The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 (part 8 of 10)

The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 (part 8 of 10)

=PLAYFAIR, LAMBERT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Scots, attd. 1st Squadron Royal Flying Corps, only s. of Harry Playfair, of Siloni Bari Tea Estate, North Lakhimpur, Upper Assam, India, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of the late A. P. Sandeman, and grandson of the late Lieut.-Col. Sir Robert Lambert Playfair, K.C.M.G., LL.D., by his wife, Agnes (18, Queen’s Gardens, St. Andrew’s, Fife), dau. of Major-Gen. Thomas Webster, of Balgarvie, co. Fife; b. Dibrugarh, Assam, India, 7 Dec. 1893; educ. at Oakham, and passed into Sandhurst with a Prize Cadetship, 14 Jan. 1912; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots, 5 Feb. 1912, joined the 2nd Battn. in March, and afterwards the 1st Battn. at Allahabad; left India with his Regt. for England in Oct. 1914, and in March, 1915, entered the Royal Flying Corps as observer on active service. On 6 July, 1915, when engaged in signalling to our guns the positions of the enemy’s batteries, his aeroplane was assailed first by one German machine and then by another. These were driven off in turn whenever they ventured to approach, Lieut. Playfair in the intervals resuming his observation duties--then the two German machines which had the great advantage of superior speed, made a combined assault but rather than give way he ordered an attack on the two, although he had only five rounds left. He was shot through the heart and his body was skilfully brought back to our lines by his pilot, 2nd Lieut. O. D. Filley, who afterwards received the Military Cross for this engagement. He was buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium; unm. His Colonel wrote that he was an unusually capable officer, that his death was heroic, and that it was indeed an honour to have had such an officer under one’s command. His Major reported that he was extraordinarily brave, feared absolutely nothing, loving fighting in the air, and was such an example of grit and ability that his death was a great loss to the squadron, and added that he “knew of no one who could gather so much information from a single reconnaissance as Lieut. Playfair.”

=PLAYFAIR, HON. LYON GEORGE HENRY LYON=, Capt., 126th Battery, 29th Brigade, R.F.A., only s. and h. of George James, 2nd Baron Playfair, C.V.O., Brigadier General and Hon. Col. 2nd Highland Brigade, R.F.A., by his 2nd wife, Augusta Mary, dau. of Henry Thomas Hickman, of Chorlton House, Leamington; b. London, 19 Oct. 1888; educ. St. Andrew’s, Eton and the Royal Military Academy (where he passed in second); gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. 18 Dec. 1908, Lieut. 18 Dec. 1911, and Capt. 18 Dec. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, while acting as observing officer for his battery, in a trench close to the German lines, 20 April, 1915; unm. One of his gunners wrote of him: “A finer officer or better gentleman, it would be hard to find.”

=PLEACE, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., 12239 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1553), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PLUMB, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9435, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=PLUMB, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 12774, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=PLUME, GEORGE=, Master-at-Arms (R.F.R., Ch. A. 1814), 350101, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MANSEL-PLEYDELL, EDMUND MORTON=, of Whatcombe, co. Dorset, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., attd. 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., elder s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Edmund Morton Mansel-Pleydell, of Whatcombe, co. Dorset, J.P., D.L., 12th Lancers (died 13 Oct. 1914), by his wife, Kathleen Emily (Croft House, Botley), 4th dau. of the late Sir Thomas Francis Grove, 1st Bart.; b. Bangalore, India, 23 Dec. 1886; educ. Wellington, and Sherborne; was for some time a Lieut. of the Royal Agricultural Contingent, Senior Division, O.T.C. (T.F.), and on the outbreak of war was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Dorsetshire Regt., 30 Nov. 1914; trained at Wyke Regis until 25 Jan. 1915, when he was ordered to Rouen, and there transferred to the Worcestershire Regt.; proceeded to the front, 2 March, and was killed in action at Kemmel, during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, on the 12th, while leading his platoon in a charge against the German trenches; unm. Buried there. His Col. wrote: “He was my most promising officer, and would have, had he lived, I am certain, distinguished himself.” He was a well-known footballer, forward member of the London Devonians, Lennox, Richmond, Trojair and Stund Clubs; a good rider to hounds, and polo player, a successful cricketer and shot, and a pig sticker while in Morocco.

=PLUMMER, ARCHIBALD ALFRED=, Private, No. 8652, 2nd Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., s. of William Plummer, Labourer; b. Bungay, co. Suffolk, 9th May, 1892; enlisted in the 3rd Battn. Norfolk Regt. 28 Jan. 1909, was transferred to the Lincolns and was killed in action with the Expeditionary Force in France, 10 March, 1915; unm.

=PLUMMER, ARTHUR HENRY=, 2nd Lieut. 5th Battn. The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 3rd. s. of the Rev. Francis Bowes Plummer, Rector of Halewood and Hon. Canon of Liverpool, by his wife, Edith Mary, dau. of Rev. Canon Barker, Rector of Hexham; b. Walton-on-the-Hill, 5 Nov. 1891; educ. Trent College, Derbyshire, (Jan. 1901 to July, 1910, holding a scholarship for the last five years), and Trinity College, Oxford (Oct. 1910 to June, 1914), where he studied medicine and gained the first place in the 2nd Class Honours List of the Final School of Physiology. After the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he tried to secure some position in the Army where he could make use of his medical knowledge. Failing to realize his hopes, he applied for a commission in the 5th Battn. Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 19 Oct. After four months at Blackpool, with the reserve unit, he was, in Feb. 1915, transferred to the Service Battn. at Canterbury, and shortly afterwards (21 Feb.) left England to join the First Army in France. For four months he was engaged in hard fighting in the trenches near Bethune and, to use his own words, “was often as nearly blown to pieces as possible.” He was killed in the late afternoon, 17 May, 1915, in action near Festubert. Writing to his father, the Commanding Officer said: “He was killed whilst occupying with his platoon our foremost trench, doing his duty gallantly and fearlessly. In addition to his military command, he was throughout the long battle indefatigable in his attention to the wounded, and his medical skill brought timely relief to many a stricken comrade. His fine manly character and kindly disposition had already endeared him to all of us.” Capt. H. K. S. Woodhouse, commanding C Coy., wrote: “After a very hard morning, my company was told to go in support of another regt. and your son accompanied me with his platoon. I left him to go to some other duties, and did not see him again alive.... He was shot in the neck while he was directing some men to their places, and the bullet must have touched his spine, for he fell and was unconscious for an hour before he died.... He was buried in the rear of the English fire trench, alongside his platoon sergeant, who was killed earlier in the day.” While at Trent he was a member of the O.T.C. (1906–1910), Senior Prefect, Gold Medallist and Captain of Cricket and Football (1909–1910).

=PLUNKETT, GERALD=, B.A., Barrister-at-Law, Sub-Lieut., A Coy., Collingwood Battn. Royal Naval Division, yst. s. of Patrick Joseph Plunkett, of 14, Palmerston Road, Dublin, and grandson of the late Walter Plunkett, of Bryne House, co. Meath; b. Dublin, 11 Aug. 1887; educ. Belvedere College (S.J.), Dublin (where he took honours each year in Intermediate Examinations), and New College, Oxford (B.A.); was called to the Irish Bar, 1910, and was a member of the North-West Circuit; joined the Trinity College O.T.C. on the outbreak of war, and was given a commission, 20 Oct. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 4 June, 1915. He was Platoon Commander and gallantly led his men in the attack on the Turkish position that day, cheering them on to the last. He was emptying his revolver into the Turks when he was shot in the head, and killed instantly; unm.

=POCOCK, FRANK WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 1851, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Frank Pocock, of 14, Tadema Road, Chelsea, by his wife, Rose Hannah, dau. of John Vickers; b. Chelsea, 11 Sept. 1891; educ. Harwood Road Council School, Fulham, was a Timber Merchant’s Salesman; joined the Kensingtons 24 Feb. 1909; completed his term of service 23 Feb. 1914, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. following rejoined his regt. on the 6th; volunteered for foreign service; went to France on 3 Nov., was wounded in the ear at Neuve Chapelle on 16 March, and was killed in action at Festubert, 9 May, 1915, while leading his platoon from one German trench to another; unm. Buried there. Lieut. Penn wrote that he “faced the enemy unflinchingly and died a noble soldier’s death.”

=POCOCK, WILLIAM JONATHAN=, Stoker. 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4447), S.S. 103463, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PODD, JOHN EDMUND=, Sergt., No. 106, 4th Battn. Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Henry Podd, of 23, Wykes Bishop Street, Ipswich, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Daniel Button; b. Ipswich, 13 Oct. 1885; educ. Cavendish Street School, St. Clement’s, Ipswich; was a Machinist at Stoke Foundry, Ipswich; joined the Suffolk Territorials, 2 Sept. 1902; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 8 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. He m. at Butley Church, co. Suffolk, 12 May, 1913, Kate Edith Elizabeth (15, Cobbold Street, Ipswich), dau. of David Mayhew, of Butley, and had a son: John Edmund, b. posthumous 10 June, 1915.

=POINTER, WILLIAM=, A.B., 220380, H.M.S Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POLING, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Bombardier, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 32), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POLLARD, CLIFFORD=, Boy, 1st Class. J. 23543 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; s. of William Pollard, of 15, Greenfield Road, Holmfirth, near Huddersfield; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=POLLARD, EDWARD BRANCH=, Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, attd. 176th Coy. Royal Engineers, yst. s. of George Richard Macintosh Pollard, of Burns Cottage, Moffat, co. Dumfries, M.D., by his wife, Grace, dau. of the Rev. J. Macfarlane. LL.D.; b. Clapham, co. Surrey, 1 March, 1883; educ. Royal School of Mines, and on finishing his mining and metallurgical course went to the Mundydroog mines, Mysore, in Oct. 1907, where he was in the Mounted Rifles Coy. of the Kola Gold Fields Volunteers. When war was declared in Aug. 1914, he was in Northern Nigeria. As soon as practicable he threw up his mining appointment, returned to England in Nov. 1914, and was given a 2nd Lieutenancy in the 8th Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 6 Dec. 1914, being promoted Lieut. 27 Jan. 1915. He was for some time Transport Officer at Borden Camp, but on 17 April, 1915, was seconded to the 176th Coy. R.E., and sent to do mining operations in the North of France. On 7 July six of his men were entombed in a tunnel by the explosion of a German shell. He immediately organised a rescue party under heavy fire, and his men were subsequently saved by a brother officer. In order to get at some timber which had to be moved, he himself got up on the top of the debris, thereby exposing himself to the snipers, and was shot in the forehead, from which wound he died at Abbeville, on the 26th; unm. Buried in Moffat Cemetery. His Adjutant wrote: “His conduct in this necessary but dangerous work was beyond all praise. I reported the whole incident, and trust his conduct will receive due award.” In 1905 he gained the Remanet Scholarship, and in 1907 won the Edward Matthey Prize; obtained his A.R.S.M. in the same year, and was also a M.Inst.M.M. In 1907 he was selected by the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for Post-Graduate Course in various parts of the world.

=POLLARD, GEOFFREY BLEMELL=, Lieut., 119th Battery. R.F.A., elder s. of Alfred William Pollard, Assistant Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum, by his wife, Alice, dau. of George Francis Gloyns England, of Crediton; b. Kensington, 5 April. 1888; educ. King’s College School, Wimbledon, and St. Paul’s School, Hammersmith, where he was head of the Army Side, Captain of Shooting, Lieut. of the Cadet Corps, and Captain of his House. Passed 2nd into Woolwich in 1906 (thereby gaining an exhibition from his school), joined the 146th Battery, R.F.A., in 1908, transferred subsequently to 40th and 119th. Qualified as a 1st Class Interpreter in French, 1910. During the retreat from Mons, between Elouges and Dour, “he was in the very hottest on the very first day and behaved splendidly” (letter from Brigadier-General Headlam), helping Major E. W. Alexander and Capt. Francis Grenfell (both of whom obtained V.C.’s for their work that day) to manhaul the guns of the 119th when it was impossible to get the horses to them. He was killed while on observation duty in advance of his battery, 24 Oct. 1914, and buried the following day in the Churchyard at La Couture. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. His war-letters “printed for friends” 1915, under the title: “On Active Service.”

=POLLARD, HOWARD=, Proby., 2nd Cook’s Mate, M. 7798, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POLLEY, ALFRED CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2949), 179128, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POLLEY, HARRY=, Private, No. 941, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of David Polley, of Woodstock, Brambletye Road, Earswood, co. Surrey, Gardener, by his wife, Lucy Rebecca, dau. of Shadrach Fairs; b. Redhill, co. Surrey, 13 Feb. 1875; educ. St. Matthew’s Schools there; was for some time a Grocer’s Assistant at Home and Colonial Stores, Edgware Road; went to Australia in 1909, and settled at Lismore, New South Wales, working as a Cowman and General Hand; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the 15th Battn. A.I.F.; left for Egypt in Dec.; went to the Dardanelles 1 June, 1915, and died on the Hospital Ship Maheno, 29 Aug. following, of wounds received in action at Suvla Bay the previous day; unm.

=POLLOCK, FREDERICK ROBERT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder s. of the late Robert Erskine Pollock, of Avening Court, co. Gloucester, K.C., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Mary Viner, only dau. and heiress of Frederic Carl Playne, of Avening Court, aforesaid, Capt. 1st Battn. Rifle Brigade (who served through the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny), and grandson of Robert John Pollock, Barrister-at-Law, Lieut. 8th Madras Cavalry [2nd son of the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt.]; b. 74, Queens Gate, S.W., 24 Oct. 1885; educ. Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 13 Aug. 1904, promoted Lieut. 15 June, 1907, and from 29 Dec. 1909 to Feb. 1914, served with the West African Frontier Force. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and was killed while leading his men in an attack near Langemarck, Belgium, 23 Oct. 1914; unm.

=POLLOCK, MARTIN VINER=, LL.B., Barrister-at-Law, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers, 2nd and only surviving s. of the late Robert Erskine Pollock of Avening Court, Avening, co. Gloucester, and 74, Queen’s Gate, K.C. (see preceding notice); b. 74 Queen’s Gate, S.W., 15 May, 1888; educ. Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge; was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in Nov. 1910, and went to the Oxford Circuit. He was given his commission in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. of the South Wales Borderers, 15 Aug. 1914, and afterwards transferred to the 2nd Battn. He left with his regt. for the front in March, 1915, and was killed in action while leading his men in an attack near Richebourg St. Vaast, France, 9 May, 1915; unm.

=POLLOCK, WALTER=, Private, No. 2160, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of James Pollock, of Port Glasgow; served in Egypt and in the Dardanelles; killed in action, 20 May, 1915.

=POLSON, GEOFFREY WILLIAM=, Lieut., 1st Battn The Black Watch, only s. of the late Daniel Maclean Polson, of Paisley, by his wife, Ethelle Beatrice (Invervar, North Berwick), dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. Joel Blades, R.A.; b. Paisley, 16 Sept. 1890; educ. St. Ninians, Moffat; Charterhouse, and New College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut., The Black Watch, 19 Aug. 1913, to rank as from 21 Sept. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 2 June, 1914; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne, 15 Sept. following, while temporarily in command of his company; unm. Buried in the Cemetery at Moulins, Canton of Craonne, France. Dr. W. A. Spooner, Warden of New College, Oxford, wrote: “Geoffrey Polson was one of the best, if not the best, undergraduate I can remember at his college. Understanding that he came to Oxford to learn, he stuck always manfully to his work, and succeeded in taking a fore place in the Honour History School, for which he finally entered. But study formed but a small part of his College activities; in games, particularly in all games bearing on military life, he was an expert and a natural leader; in social life he had the art of attracting and winning friends and was deservedly one of the most popular and most influential men in College. When he left us we all expected him to make a first-rate officer; and our expectations were filled during the short period of his military career. His friends and the whole College heard with profound regret of his death, but they felt that he had died as he had lived, and that his death was the worthy crown of his life.” While at Charterhouse he won two scholarships, and during his last year, when he was head of the school, was presented with a copy of “Forty Years of My life in India,” by the late Lord Roberts, for being the best all-round boy at school, and at sport. At New College, he took 2nd class honours in History; was a keen golfer and played for his College.

=POND, BERTIE=, Private, No. 7112. 1st. Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 2nd s. of Henry Pond, of 212, King Street, Norwich, by his wife, Rose Hannah, dau. of John Richardson (and Mary Ann) Fox; b. Norwich, co. Norfolk, 20 Nov. 1888; educ. Carrow School, Norwich; enlisted in the Army, 25 July, 1904; went to France in Aug. 1914, and died of wounds received in action at Ypres, 25 Oct. 1914. Buried in Bethune Cemetery. He m. at Norwich, 1909, Alice Jane (36, Eagle Walk, Newmarket Road, Norwich), dau. of the late Josiah William (and Anna Maria) Larkman, and had three children: Donald Bertie; b. 15 Sept. 1909: Norman Henry, b. 23 Oct. 1910; and Phyllis Alice, b. 31 Dec. 1914.

=PONSFORD=, alias =JONES, THOMAS EDWARD=, Private, No. 57662, 20th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, only s. of Thomas Edward Ponsford (died 24 March, 1907), by his wife, Alice (8, Prospect Place, Barnsbury, Islington, N.), dau. of (--) Jones; b. Clerkenwell, E.C., 24 June, 1890; educ. Wilmington Street School there; went to Canada in April, 1910, and settled at Toronto, and was engaged on farm work; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the 20th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over in June, 1915, and died in hospital at Shorncliffe, 8 Sept. 1915, while training; unm.

=PONTEFRACT, ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17262, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=POOK, RICHARD THOMAS=, Driver, No. 2268, 1/3rd Coy. Kent Fortress R.E., eldest s. of James Pook, of Noman’s Wood, Wadhurst, Carter, by his wife, Ruth, dau. of Richard Muggridge; b. Beanford Farm, Battle, co. Sussex, 15 April, 1883; educ. Battle School; was a Coal Carman at Tunbridge Wells; enlisted 31 May, 1915; left England for the Dardanelles, 12 Oct. 1915, and was drowned in the collision of H.M.S. Hythe, 29 Oct. 1915, when she was wrecked in the Ægean Sea, off Cape Wells. He m. at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Wadhurst, Sussex, 14 Dec. 1907, Florence Edith (4, Hill Street, Tunbridge Wells), dau. of George Benge Gardener, and had two children: Francis Norah, b. 16 Sept, 1908; and Edith Margaret Elsie, b. 20 Nov. 1912.

=POOLE, EDWARD BRUCE=, Private, No. 2262, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., s. of Frederick Poole, of 9, Hill Street, Hastings; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 9 May, 1915.

=POOLE, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 2518, 2nd Home Counties Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (T.F.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 13 May, 1915; m.

=POOLE, HUGH EDWARD ALGERNON=, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars, 2nd s. of Major Arthur Edward Poole, a Military Knight of Windsor, late 10th Hussars, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Dunbar Smith; b. at the Cavalry Barracks, York, 7 Jan. 1889; educ. Christ’s Hospital, Horsham; enlisted in the 14th Hussars in 1906 and served in India. Being home on leave when war broke out in Aug. 1914, he was attached to the 20th Hussars, going to the front with them as a corpl.; mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914, he was promoted for gallantry in the field and gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 11th Hussars, as from 1 Oct. 1914; served in the trenches through the winter of 1914–15, and was wounded for the third time at Zillebeke, by a shell while guiding his squadron from the trenches in the early dawn of the 24 May; he was taken to Boulogne and died there of tetanus, 2 June, 1915, unm. He was buried at Windsor with full Military honours. On 1 Sept, at a place called Mary at the junction of the Marne and the Ourcq, he and two other men of the 20th Hussars returned three times under fire to try and save a mortally wounded comrade. The 20th Hussars were acting as rearguard at the time and were attacked at 2 p.m. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He had done excellent work ever since he had been with the regt. and was very popular with officers and men; he is a great loss to us.”

=POOLE, WALTER=, Private, No. G. 3554, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt., s. of Freeman Poole, of Witcham, near Ely; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 5 May, 1915.

=POOLE, THOMAS LUKE=, Private, No. 8947, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, s. of J. C. Poole, of 35, West Street, Berwick-on-Tweed; b. Berwick: enlisted 29 April, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 20–26 Oct. 1914.

=POOR, ALBERT HENRY=, Sergt., No. 9099, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Walter Poor, of 14, Union Terrace, St. Sidwell’s, Exeter, Gardener; b. Exeter, 27 Sept. 1893; educ. there; enlisted 1 May, 1911; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; was promoted Sergt. at the Front, 23 Nov. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne, the Marne, Landrecies, La Bassée, St. Julien, Festubert, etc.; was home on leave in July, returning to the Front on the 28th, and died near Vermelles, at 2 a.m., 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds inflicted by a stray bullet. He was buried in Vermelles Cemetery. 2nd Lieut. E. Platt wrote: “I had an intense admiration for the smart way he performed all his military duties. This view I may say was shared by Capt. Darell who was commanding his Coy. in the early stages, and afterwards by Capt. Longueville.”

=POPE, CYRIL MONTAGU=, B.A., B.C.L., Lieut., 2nd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., eldest s. of the late Reginald Barrett Pope, of 41, Sussex Square, Brighton, LL.B., Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Richardson (4, The Cliff, Blackrock, Brighton), dau. of Alexander Reid; b. Brighton, Sussex, 6 Aug. 1888; educ. Brighton; Temple Grove, East Sheen (now Eastbourne), and won a scholarship for Winchester College, where he won an Exhibition for Brasenose College, Oxford (1907), taking there a second class in “Mods,” and “Greats,” second class in Jurisprudence, the Senior Hulme Exhibition in 1912, and finally, in 1913, his B.C.L.; and was in the second year of his articles with Messrs. Stuckey, Pope & Carr. In 1910 he obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Battn. Oxford and Bucks L.I. In March, 1914, was gazetted Lieut. to the 5th (Special Reserve) Worcester Regt. He went to France, 13 Aug 1914, attd. to the 2nd Battn.; served through the retreat from Mons, and was seriously wounded in a charge through the Polyon Wood, near Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914, dying on his way to the 22nd Field Hospital. He was buried in the cemetery on the Hollebeke Road, just past the junction of the Menin Road; unm. Major Sweetman, of the 2nd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., wrote: “I saw him just after I was hit leading on his men most gallantly against a strong position of the enemy.” At Brasenose he stroked the first Torpid in 1912 and was a member of the Association football team.

=POPE, ERNEST RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9964), S.S. 2589, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POPE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111165, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Henry Richard Pope, of 2, Hampton Road, Hanworth; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=POPE, HENRY JAMES=, Private, No. 2292, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Henry Pope, of High Street, Burwash, Platelayer on the S.E. & C.R., by his wife, Emma Annie, dau. of the late John Isted, of Burwash; b. Burwash, co. Sussex, 28 July, 1883; educ. National School there; was a Gardener; joined the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers in 1899 for three years and in 1912 became a member of the National Reserve. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he rejoined his old corps, went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May following. He m. at Burwash Parish Church, 7 July, 1910, Alice Elizabeth (Sketrick, Etchingham, Sussex), dau. of Jabez Munday, of Faringdon, Berkshire, and had a dau., Alice, b. 28 Oct. 1912.

=POPE, HERBERT=, Private, No. 631, 10th Battn. Australian Light Horse (Western Australia), s. of William Pope, of Henrietta Street, Waterford, Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth (Brook House, Moss Lane, Pinner), dau. of Richard Harieey, of Killoteran House, Waterford; b. Tower Hill, Ferry Bank, co. Waterford, 11 April, 1893; educ. privately and at Waterford. About four years before his death he went to Western Australia and acquired a farm there. On the outbreak of war he enlisted, and was killed in action in the charge of the Australians at Suvla Bay, 7 Aug. 1915; unm.

=POPE, REGINALD THOMAS BUCKINGHAM=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Welch Regt., 2nd s. of the late Reginald Barrette Pope, of 41, Sussex Square, Brighton, LL.B., Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Richardson (4, The Cliff, Blackrock, Brighton), dau. of Alexander Reid; b. Eton Place, Brighton, 29 July, 1891; educ. Junior House, Brighton College; Rottingdean School, near Brighton; Bradfield College, where he won an exhibition, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Welch Regt. 20 Sept. 1911, and joined at Cairo in Nov., was promoted Lieut. 16 July following; proceeded to France with his regt. in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action, 16 Feb. 1915. His Major wrote: “We had a most terrible time.... Your brother thought he had seen a sniper and got up with a rifle to try and shoot him, when almost immediately he was hit right through the forehead. He died at once without any suffering at all. When night fell I managed to get his body back and had him sent out of the trenches. He is buried at Chateau Rosenthal, Ypres, between Capt. Lloyd and another officer.” Lieut. Pope was a very keen sportsman, played football and cricket for his school, and went big game shooting in the Soudan in Jan. 1914. His elder brother, Cyril Montagu Pope, Worcester Regt., was fatally wounded near Ypres, in Oct. 1914 (see his notice).

=POPE, WALTER GEORGE HENRY=, M.A.A., 165439, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PORT, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3905), 191709, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=PORTEOUS, DICK MACDONALD, D.S.O.=, Capt. 1st Battn. Princess Louise’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, only s. of Col. John James Porteous, of 7, Sloane Street, S.W., late R.A.; b. Dublin, 15 June, 1883; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (the old 91st), 22 Oct. 1902, Lieut. 19 Oct. 1907, and Capt. 13 Sept. 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, greatly distinguishing himself; was awarded the D.S.O. for conspicuous gallantry on many occasions throughout the campaign [London Gazette, 15 April, 1915], the official record stating that “His very great daring and total disregard of danger on reconnaissance duty, especially at St. Eloi on 19 Feb. 1915, were noticeable,” and was mentioned again in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for distinguished service in the field. He was killed in action, being shot through the head in the trenches near Ypres, 10 May, 1915; unm.

=PORTER, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Rifleman, No. 1551, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.); s. of the late Edward Porter, Plasterer, by his wife, Alice (now wife of Benjamin William Hatine, of 1, Ferndale Road, Forest Gate, E.), dau. of Edward Jackson; b. Childs Hill, London, N., 28 July, 1896; educ. Manse Road School, West Ham; was a Clerk in an Assurance Office, 110 Cannon Street; joined the London Irish Rifles in July, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 29 Aug. following. Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery.

=PORTER, GEORGE HENRY=, Petty Officer 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2455), 169078, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PORTER, HARRY=, Private, No. 3617, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; b. Codford St. Mary, co. Wilts; educ. there; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 14 June, 1900; was called up from the Reserve on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 24 Oct. 1914. He m. at Wellow, co. Somerset, Elizabeth Ann (The Batch, Wellow, Somerset), dau. of (--), and had three children: William George, Frederick Robert, and Florence Gertrude.

=PORTWAINE, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16678, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=POSTLETHWAITE, JOHN JOYCE=, Trooper, No. 336, 11th, attd. 5th, Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of Frank Postlethwaite, of Brentnor, Tavistock, co. Devon, M.R.C.S., by his wife, Emma Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. H. M. Joyce, Vicar of Penton; b. Stapleton, co. Cumberland, 11 June, 1893; educ. King’s College, Taunton, and Tavistock Grammar School; went to Australia in March, 1911, and settled at Burrowa, New South Wales, and later at Winton, Queensland, as a Station Hand; joined the Australian Light Horse at Brisbane in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt in March; went to the Dardanelles, Aug. 1915, and was killed in action there, 2 Nov. following, while serving his machine gun; unm. Buried in Shell Green Cemetery, Anzac, Gallipoli. His company officer wrote: “Your son had recently been transferred from my squadron to the machine-gun section of this regt. (5th Light Horse), a position which he quickly learnt. At all times he proved himself to be a good soldier, as able and willing to perform the many fatigue duties as he was resourceful in the firing line”; and a comrade: “There were a good many of the men rolled up to see him buried: fellows from his own regt. and also from the one to which he was posted. From the Major downwards, your son was tremendously popular, and the men are very cut up at his loss. A cross, bearing his name, regt., age, and date of death, was erected by his regimental comrades.”

=POTTER, BERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2622), 284614, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POTTER, FRANK WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9478, 3rd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Henry Potter, of 198, Bedford Hill, S.W., member of the firm of Henry Potter & Co., West Street, Charing Cross, Army Musical Instrument Makers, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of George Lash; and a great grandson of the late Samuel Potter, of the Coldstream Guards, who compiled and published in 1815 the authorised Bugle, Drum and Fife Calls, including the Last Post, a revised edition of which is now in use in the Army and Navy; b. Sidcup, Kent, 19 Aug. 1887; educ. Cheltonia College, Streatham, S.W. (where he won the prize for “High Character”); went to Canada about 1903 and was in Dakota when war was declared; went to Toronto and volunteered for Imperial service Aug. 1914; came over with the first Canadian contingent in Oct.; went to France early in Feb., served through the Second Battle of Ypres, and the various engagements during the early part of 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915; unm. Buried near Givenchy, behind trench No. 19, 500 yards east of the “Ducks Bill.”

=POTTER, MAURICE HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 11182, 1st Battn. Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt., 4th s. of Elijah William Potter, of Six-Mile Bottom, Newmarket, co. Cambridge, Goods Porter on the Great Eastern Railway at Six-Mile Bottom Station, by his wife, Jane, dau. of James Cook; b. Six-Mile Bottom, 1 May, 1891; educ. Council School there; enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters, 2 March, 1909; served in India, Sept. 1911 to Oct. 1914, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Nov. 1914 to 1 Feb. 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action near La Bassée, and was buried 30 yards west of the Estaires-La Bassée Road; unm. He gained the 2nd Class Certificate of Education 19 Dec. 1909, and a 1st Class Certificate of the same, 27 March, 1913; he also gained four good conduct badges, and the swimming certificate at Bombay, 17 Jan. 1914. His three brothers are all now (1916) on active service.

=POTTER, VICTOR JAMES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25352 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke, s. of William Henry Potter, of 23, George Street, Sutton, co. Surrey; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=POTTER, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Bugler, No. 1255, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Reuben Potter, of 33, D’Eynsford Road, Camberwell, London, S.E., Pensioner, by his wife, Jane, dau. of the late John Faux, of Leatherhead; b. King’s Cross, London, N., 1 Aug. 1895; educ. Grove Lane Board School, Camberwell; was employed by Warner & Sons, 3 and 4, Newgate Street; joined the 1st Surrey Rifles, 20 Dec. 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 16 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 25 May following; unm. Buried there.

=POTTER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8288), 207367, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POTTERTON, LEWIS JOHN=, A.B., S.S. 618, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POTTS, GEORGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 15741, 15th (Service) Battn. Durham L.I., eldest s. of Thomas Farrar Potts, of 17, Grosvenor Street, Southwick-on-Wear, Shipyard Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ellen (died 1910), dau. of Joseph Rooney, of Southwick; b. Southwick, 14 March. 1895; educ. Board School there; was employed at Hylton Colliery; enlisted 7 Sept. 1914, trained at Halton, Yorks; was promoted L.-Corpl. and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26 Sept. 1915; unm. He was buried in Loos Cemetery.

=POUGHER, WILLIAM ANDREW=, Corpl., No. 8395, 2nd Battn. Leicestershire Regt., eldest s. of Samuel Thomas Pougher, and nephew of A. D. Pougher, the famous Leicestershire cricketer; b. Leicester, 1889; educ. Holy Trinity Schools there; enlisted in the 2nd Leicestershires, March, 1908, and served in India for six years, being drafted direct to France on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 27 July, 1915; unm. Sergt. W. Andrews wrote that “Corpl. Pougher was his best scout, and right-hand man.”

=POUGHER, WILLIAM HENRY=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 647), 164970, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POULTNEY, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3125), S.S. 100753, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POULTON, JAMES=, Private, No. 6493, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Joseph Poulton, of Ladywood, Birmingham, by his wife, Annie; b. Birmingham, 10 July, 1888; enlisted 9 Dec. 1905; served three years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve for nine years; called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914, and was reported missing after the fighting at Soissons, 14 Sept. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day. He m. at All Saints’ Church, Birmingham, 8 Oct. 1911, Florence Ann (200, Bolton Road, South Heath, Birmingham), dau. of Thomas Chater, and had two children: Thomas James, b. 8 May, 1914; and Irene May, b. 9 Oct. 1912.

=POULTON, WILLIAM MITCHELL=, A.B., 213679, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=POVEY, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3752), 186391, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POWELL, ARTHUR CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1720), 124746, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POWELL, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10190 (R.F.R., I.C. 40), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POWELL, CHARLES VICTOR=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111772, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=POWELL, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 113461, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POWELL, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, No. 7183, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of the late Frank Powell, Postman, by his first wife, Winifred, dau. of Joseph Tracey, of Gloucester; b. Longdon, near Tewkesbury, co. Gloucester, 29 Nov. 1889; enlisted 21 Feb. 1907; went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 21 Oct. 1914. He m. at St. Michael’s Church, Stonebridge Park, Willesden, 22 Feb. 1914, Emily Annie (106, Goldhurst Terrace, South Hampstead), eldest dau. of David Harper, of 31, Winchelsea Road, Harlesden, N.; s.p.

=POWELL, HAROLD OSBORNE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, only s. of Hubert John Powell, of Hill Lodge, Lewes, Land Agent, by his wife, Mabel, dau. of Charles Francis Trower, Barrister-at-Law; b. Lewes, co. Sussex, 20 Aug. 1888; educ. Winchester; was a Land Agent in his father’s office in Lewes; joined the Sussex Yeomanry in 1908, and the Inns of Court O.T.C. in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug. 1914; gazetted as attd. to the 4th Reserve Regt. of Cavalry on the 22nd; went to France 8 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines, during the First Battle of Ypres, 31 Oct. following; unm. Buried in a cottage garden at Messines. His commanding officer at Tidworth, where he went through his training, wrote: “I considered him one of the smartest and quite the most able of the young officers here, that was the reason why I selected him as the first of his class to go to the Front. He had a charming personality and was always full of energy.” His commanding officer at the Front also wrote: “He was fighting in the town of Messines guarding a barricade at very close quarters with the enemy. I sent him with a message to the Queen’s Bays on my left, and while carrying the message he was shot by a sniper”; and the officer commanding his squadron: “I had many opportunities of seeing your son’s behaviour under fire--it was in the highest sense praiseworthy. He showed himself in this his first and only action to be a very cool and efficient officer.” At Winchester he was a member of the Commoner football XV, 1903–06, and captain of Commoner VI, 1905–06.

=POWELL, JOHN=, A.B., S.S. 1861, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POWELL, RHYS CAMPBELL FFOLLIOTT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Highland L.I., only child of Major-Gen. Charles Herbert Powell, of the Lower House, Wickham, co. Hants, C.B., Indian Army, by his wife, Alice, dau. of the late James Mackenzie, of Auchenheglish, co. Dumbarton, and grandson of Capt. Williams Wellington Powell, 9th Regt.; b. Dharamsala, Punjab, 24 July, 1892; educ. St. Clare, Walmer; Winchester College, and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Highland L.I., 3 Sept. 1912; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Verneuil, 14 Sept. 1914, during the Battle of the Aisne; unm.

=POWELL, WILLIAM ARCHIE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3821, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POWELL, WILLIAM JOHNSON=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 284603, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POWER, HERBERT=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Frederick Edward Power (died Sept. 1915), late Northamptonshire Regt., by his wife, Ellen Matilda (7, Newsteine, Brighton), dau. of the late Charles James Barnett, of 12, Chichester Terrace, Brighton, J.P. and D.L. for Gloucestershire; b. Northampton, 14 March, 1886; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and St. Paul’s School, London (Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Northamptonshire Regt., 24 Jan. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 1 Dec. 1908, and Capt. 15 June, 1913; appointed Adjutant, 20 Nov. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; unm. Buried just outside Neuve Chapelle. Capt. Power was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.

=POWER, JOYCE=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9324), 308879, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=POWNALL, GEORGE HARLEY=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., only s. of the late Frank Pownall, of 7F, Bickenhall Mansions, W., Barrister-at-Law, Registrar of the Royal College of Music, by his wife, Helen Augusta, yst. dau. of Sir William Henry Stephenson, K.C.B.; b. London, 30 Aug. 1883; educ. Evelyns, and Cheltenham College, and subsequently went to the Britannia, passing in third on the list and first out; became Midshipman 15 Sept. 1899, Sub-Lieut. 1902, Lieut. 1903, and Lieut.-Commander 1912; served in China as Midshipman, H.M.S. Terrible, under Sir Percy Scott, and on coming home took his “five firsts.” He chose the submarine branch of the service, and after serving in B.1, and having the charge of the A boats at Fort Block House and serving in C.9, he was eventually appointed to the Onyx at Plymouth and finally 1st Lieut. to the Egmont, with command of the Malta Submarine Flotilla. He was second in command of landing operations at V Beach, Gallipoli, during the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was struck while giving orders from his picket boat. He was carried on board a transport where he died in a few hours, being buried at sea. He m. at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, 17 Dec. 1910, Vera, dau. of Henry Chichester, of Verbeer, Cullompton, Devon.

=POWRIE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2852, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Thomas Powrie, Private, No. 9754, 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers (now on active service in France), by his wife, Emily (58, Canal Road, Mile End, London), dau. of the late Edwin Beard; b. Mile End, London, 18 Dec. 1896; educ. Harford Street L.C.C. School there; was employed in the firm of Messrs. Remington, typewriter manufacturers, as a mechanic; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 21 Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 25 March, 1915; was in the actions at La Bassée and Neuve Chapelle, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 14 Nov. 1915, of a bullet wound in the head, received at the Battle of Loos. He was buried in the Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne (Grave No. 2771).

=POYNTER, JOHN JACK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16550, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRATLEY, ELISHA=, Stoker, 1st Class, 238572, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PRATT, ALFRED MASON=, Corpl., No. 3/614, New Zealand Medical Corps, s. of James Pratt, Member of the Mounted Armed Constabulary, New Zealand, formerly Sergt. in the Donegal P.W. Artillery; b. Wyndham, New Zealand, 1886; joined the Staff of No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital at Wellington, 20 March, 1915, with which he went to Egypt, and after some months in Cairo, proceeded to Salonika, and was lost on H.M. Transport Ship Marquette, when that ship was torpedoed in the Ægean Sea, 23 Oct. following.

=PRATT, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 287482, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRATT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5284), S.S. 100034, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRATT, LIONEL HENRY=, 2nd Lieut,. 18th Battn. (London Irish) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of Edward Roger Pratt, of Ryston Hall, Downham, co. Norfolk, J.P., D.L., by his wife the Hon. Louisa Francis, née Mulholland, dau. of John, 1st Baron Dunleath; b. Ryston Hall aforesaid, 17 Dec. 1889; educ. Uppingham School, and on leaving there in 1904 entered Lloyd’s Bank. He joined the London Irish on the outbreak of war, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France with his regt. in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. On this occasion the London Irish formed part of the 47th Division, and referring to them F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French said in his Despatch of 15 Oct. 1915: “The 47th Division occupied the southern outskirts of Loos. Thence it pushed on, and by taking possession of the cemetery, the enclosures and chalk pits, succeeded in forming a strong defensive flank. This London Territorial Division acquitted itself most creditably. It was skilfully led, and the troops carried out their task with great energy and determination.” He was buried at the cross roads between the cemetery and South Maroc; unm. His Major wrote: “He was so absolutely reliable as an officer, so conscientious, so calm. If he said he had been up to the German wires, they all knew he had been--he was so absolutely fearless. His loss was a disaster to the regt.”; and the Sergt. of D Coy.: “It was D Coy.’s particular task to take the cemetery, just outside the village. We got there all right, and going on splendidly. A party of Germans commenced firing on some of the Scots following us. A sergt. sent a message for an officer to come along. Mr. Pratt immediately volunteered and walked along the top of the trench and got a bullet. When he was lying there wounded he displayed his usual great bravery, and was a wonderful example to his men. Everybody loved and esteemed him, he was the Battalion’s greatest loss in the battle. A better officer we could not have had, his work out here has been invaluable.”

=PRATTEN, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5720), 284931, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=PREECE, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 17016, 9th (Service) Battn. Worcestershire Regt., s. of George Preece, of Newland Post Office, Coleford, Glos., by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Grazier; b. 30 June, 1896; educ. at Clearwell C. Schools; was in the employ of Mr. C. T. Palmer, of Newland House, J.P.; volunteered and enlisted, 29 Aug. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 20 June to 10 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in action there; unm. He was a member of the choir at All Saints’ Church, Newland.

=PRENTICE, JOSEPH=, Acting Sergt., No. 7673, 2nd Battn. The Essex Regt., 4th s. of the late Charles Prentice, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of James Patient; b. Springfield, co. Essex, 19 May, 1885; educ. there; was a member of the Essex Constabulary, and later an employee at the Chelmsford Golf Club; enlisted 5 Oct. 1903; served three years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve; rejoined his old regt. the day after war was declared, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 22 Aug.; served during the winter of 1914–15, and died in No. 18 General Hospital, Etaples, 29 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres on the 26th. Buried at Cainers. He was recommended for the D.C.M., for conspicuous bravery in the field, 14 March. Sergt. Prentice m. at Shelly Church, Ongar, 1910, Alice (Well Lane, Galleywood, Chelmsford), dau. of William Tarling, of Ongar, and had three children: Joseph Charles, b. 29 April, 1911; Sydney Reginald, b. 5 Feb. 1913; and Gladys Evelyn, b. 18 April, 1915.

=PRESCOTT, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 12628, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of John Prescott, of Budleigh Hill, Allerford, co. Somerset, Game Keeper to Sir Thomas Acland; by his wife, Mary, dau. of Samuel Burgess; b. Selworthy, co. Somerset, 11 May, 1890; educ. Allerford; was a Gardener in the employ of Sir Thomas Acland, at Allerford, for five years, and then for 1½ years in the employ of Sir Ian Amory, at Tiverton; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 17 Sept. 1914; went to France 9 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, on the 25th of that month; unm. Buried in the churchyard there.

=PRESTON, ARTHUR JOHN DILLON=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only s. of Major Arthur John Preston, of Swainston, co. Meath, late Duke of Wellington’s Regt., B.A., Trin. Coll., Dublin, J.P. cos. Durham and Meath, by his wife, Gertrude Mary, dau. of Richard Knight, of Bobbing Court, co. Kent; b. Luther House, Huddersfield, 16 Nov. 1885; educ. Malvern College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd (Militia) Battn. of the Durham L.I., 5 Oct. 1904, posted to the 1st Battn. Dublin Fusiliers, 2 March, 1907, promoted Lieut. 15 Dec. 1909, and Capt. 2nd Battn. 7 June, 1914; served with the 1st Battn. in Egypt, where he joined the Mounted Infantry, winning at Cairo the Lloyd Lindsay prize. At the outbreak of the European War he was ordered to Naas and afterwards to the Curragh to raise the 6th Service Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, with which he proceeded to the Gallipoli Peninsula on 9 July. He took part in all the heavy fighting at Suvla Bay until 15 Aug. when he fell in the moment of victory. The Colonel of his battn. writing to his widow, remarked: “I am sure all Ireland will soon hear of the charge of the Dublins and Munsters on that (15th) afternoon. Your husband (Capt. Preston, second in command) was responsible for it and organised it splendidly, and in conjunction with Capt. Whyte he brilliantly led it. It was a magnificent sight considering they charged up a hill through a hail of bombs and bullets. Capt. Preston got safely on the hill (capturing the trench), but in the counter-attack was fatally wounded in the right breast. I was the last officer to speak to him, and told him how splendidly he had done. Personally, I feel his death very much. No man could have helped his colonel more than he, the success of the regt. was greatly due to him.” Capt. Whyte, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, wrote: “We closed on the Munsters, and all collected on some dead ground about 100 yards from the crest; I was sitting beside John, and he was in his usual spirits, laughing and joking. When the word came that we were to clear the ridge we fixed bayonets, then we all started together, Dublins and Munsters, John shouting ‘Come on boys.’ They (the Turks) threw bombs and opened fire upon us as we neared the top, but we went straight on and rushed the trench. The Turks put up their hands. I saw John stop his men who were just going to bayonet a Turkish officer. As you know, he was my best friend, and was loved by every one in the regt., officers, N.C.Os, and men. The only consolation is that he died a glorious death, leading his men to victory, the death I am sure he would have chosen.” Capt. Preston wrote to his wife on that fatal 15 Aug., remarking: “I have had six hours sleep and am full of buck and life.” Also to his father a five-page letter. The battle had even then commenced in the valley below. It was written under strenuous circumstances, no change of clothes for five nights, and only six hours sleep, no chance of a wash, and exposed to the heat of a tropical sun, yet his last written words were “Love to you all; I am very fit and quite happy.” He and the Adjutant, Capt. Richards, who fell at the same time, were buried side by side in the same grave close to the sea shore at Suvla Bay. A flat gravestone covers them with their names engraved upon it under the words “In Victory.” He was mentioned for gallant and distinguished service in the field by Sir Ian Hamilton in his Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915. While in Egypt he and Lieut. Crozier sailed some hundreds of miles up the White Nile from Khartoum, in a rough native boat, on which occasion they secured a fine bag of big game, including lion, buffalo, elephant, hippo, and various specimens of antelope, deer, etc. He was a keen sportsman, well known with the Kildare and Meath hounds, and a fine cricketer and tennis player, and the best shot with revolver and rifle (tied) in his battn. Capt. Preston m. at St. Mary-le-Bone Church, London, 24 March, 1914, Sylvia, dau. of Arthur James Billin, of Tadworth, co. Surrey, and had a son: John Nathaniel, b. 27 Jan. 1915.

=PRESTON, GEORGE FRANCIS=, Private, No. 365, 3rd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of James Preston, of Milton, Hampshire (who served as a gunner in the R.G.A. for 12 years, and is one of the few survivors of Lord Roberts’ march from Kabul to Kandahar), by his wife, Florence Alexandra, dau. of the late Capt. F. Bunyer, R.H.A.; b. Harda, Central Province, India, 20 March, 1893; educ. National School, Milton; went to Australia in July, 1913, and settled at Milton, New South Wales, to learn farming; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt with the main force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was wounded in the right arm, shortly afterwards, and was killed in action there, 7–12 Aug. 1915; unm.

=PRESTON, GEORGE THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2520), 202274, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PRESTON, THOMAS ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17074, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRETT, JESSE=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2123), 165403, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRICE, ALFRED=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 3715), 133963, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=PRICE, CHARLES LEMPRIÈRE, D.S.O.=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, only child of Col. Thomas Charles Price, of 8, Inverness Gardens, Kensington, W., late R.A., by his wife, Amy Earle, dau. of Chas. Monteiro D’Almeida Lemprière, and gdson. of Col. Thomas Smith Price, H.E.I.C.S. (who received the Punjab medal with clasps for Mooltan and Googerat); b. Alderney, C.I., 17 Sept. 1877; educ. St. Paul’s School; privately, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Scots, 8 Sept. 1897; and promoted Lieut. 29 June, 1899, and Capt. 3 Nov. 1903; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and Lydenberg (5–8 Sept.); operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to Dec. 1901, and Feb. 1902 to 31 May, 1902; operations in Orange River, Dec. 1901 to Feb. 1902; was acting Provost Marshal, Komati Poort, and afterwards Station Staff Officer (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 20 Aug. and 10 Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with three clasps, and King’s medal with two clasps; awarded D.S.O. “for gallantry in leading an attack on the Boer position at Bermondsey, East Transvaal 16 May, 1901”; and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from -- Aug.; was appointed Adjutant at the Front, and was killed in action at Vailly on 16 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne, while in command of the regt.; unm. A brother officer wrote: “I was present at the Battle of Mons with him and also at Le Cateau, and in the trying retreat almost as far as Paris, during the whole of which he was indefatigable, cheery, doing the work of ten men, full of resource, regardless of danger, the bravest and finest man I have ever known or wish to know; in losing him we have lost our best, a great sportsman and staunch friend. He will be mourned by the whole regt., by whom he was respected and beloved”; and Private P. Clancy, in describing his experiences during this time, said [“Dundee Advertiser”]: “We met the Germans on 23 Aug. On the 26th we were nearly annihilated at Cambray owing to the French reinforcements not coming up. About 7.30 o’clock that morning one of our airmen descended and reported that the French were advancing about 20 miles off, and would be able to reinforce us about mid-day. We waited anxiously, but 12 o’clock came and no French, and 5 o’clock and still no French. Half-an-hour later Major Butler gave the order ‘Retire, men, for God’s sake; every man for himself.’ Shells were flying thick about us, and it was an awful order to give. We got the order alright, but, with a few exceptions, it did not reach the Gordons, with disastrous results to them. So we began the never-to-be-forgotten retreat, with shells and bullets flying about everywhere. We got into Einecourt. When we got between a church and a farmhouse we came across two women and a child. Pipe-Major Duff said he would stay behind and look after them. This he did, and we saw no more of them. Our Adjutant, Capt. Price, who was one of the finest and most popular of the officers, and who was on horseback, said to us ‘Keep your heads, men. There are no marked men here. If the bullets are going to hit you they will hit you.’ The Gordons, 18th Royal Irish and 2nd Royal Scots were all together on the retreat, falling back as fast as they could. The last fight on the retreat was at St. Quentin, and then we fell back to Hams, within 24 kilometres of Paris. We blew up all the bridges and the roads as we retreated except one bridge, and upon that solitary bridge and for five miles beyond it 150 guns of the outer defences of Paris were trained. On came the massed forces of the Germans and started to cross the bridge. Out blazed the guns and the bridge was blown to bits, along with the Germans who were approaching and crossing it. Their losses were awful. But for us it was a terrible retreat, and I shall never forget it. Then came the turning movement. We were seventeen days and nights in the trenches at the Aisne without being relieved. It was a time of artillery duels. Here we lost Capt. Price, who had saved thousands of men at Cambray. He lost his life trying to save another’s. One of our N.C.O.’s was wounded and began to yell. Capt. Price was in his bomb-proof dug-out when he heard the shouting, and he called out to the man, ‘Alright man, I will be with you in a few minutes.’ Just as he got out of the trench he was hit by a bit of shell, and died a few hours afterwards. His loss was deeply regretted, because he was beloved by everybody.” At Mons, when the troops were in full retreat, men of many regts. hurrying down the road, and getting hopelessly mixed and out of hand, under heavy shell-fire, he noticed some guns on a ridge and succeeded in rallying some of his men in all that ghastly confusion, and holding the ridge for over an hour, while the guns were removed. Capt. Price was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914, “for gallant and distinguished service in the field.” He had the Coronation medal and was Past Grand Sword Bearer of England. In a speech at the Annual Dinner of the Royal Scots, Edinburgh Association (29 March, 1902), Col. Douglas described how, during the Boer War, Capt. Price was recommended for the V.C. They attacked the Boers, said Col. Douglas, in a very strong position at Bermondsey, their flanks being protected by precipices. It was a difficult position to turn. He sent Lieut. Dalmahoy with E Coy. to the left and they were round the Boer’s right in no time. The guns were in action at 1,600 yards. But E Coy. made the Boers bolt. Major Moir and Lieut. Dalmahoy went after them. Then the Boers took up a rearguard position, and it was here that Major Moir got hit in five places. He (Col. Douglas) sent Lieut. Price with a message to the firing line. When he reached it Corpl. Paul was in command. Lieut. Dalmahoy, Private Sheddon and another man were lying wounded about 50 yards in front of the firing line, which was 400 yards from the Boers. The men had two of the small intrenching implements with them, and with these each scraped up a little earth in front of them. This was the only cover they had. Lieut. Price ran out, picked up the nearest of the three wounded men, and carried him in. He found it heavy work and called for three volunteers. Three young L.-Corpls., M’Gill, Miller and Smith, at once responded. He made them take off their equipment and coats, and did the same himself, and then unarmed and in shirt sleeves they ran out. Nevertheless, the Boers at once turned a heavy fire on them, and, in bringing in the wounded, one of the bearers was hit. Lieut. Dalmahoy was again hit in the head, and Private Sheddon was killed. Lord Kitchener promoted Corpl. Paul to Sergt. for his gallantry, and recommended Lieut. Price for the V.C., and the three young L.-Corpls. for Distinguished Conduct Medals.

=PRICE, EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307395, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PRICE, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3876), 188494, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PRICE, PHILIP FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2434), 297773, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PRICHARD, FREDERICK GILES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., 3rd s. of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard, M.A., Rector of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of William McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire; b. Whalley Vicarage, co. Lancaster, 23 Aug. 1891; educ. Heswall (Miss Gore); Lindley Lodge, Nuneaton; Marlborough College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Yorkshire Regt., 4 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 Aug. 1914; served one year in England, and subsequently three years in India at Tezpur, Fyzabad, Kailana, and Kamptee; returned to England on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 Jan. 1915; was invalided home, suffering from frostbite, 19 Feb. following, but rejoined his regt. at the end of April; was severely wounded in the head and in six places in limbs and body as he was leading a platoon to the trenches on 3 May, within a week of his rejoining, and died in the Military Hospital, Millbank, London, S.W., 9 Aug. 1915; unm. His brother, Lieut. R. G. Prichard, was killed in action, 27 April, 1915 (see following notice).

=PRICHARD, ROWLAND GEORGE=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. The Suffolk Regt., yst. s. of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard, M.A., Rector of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of William McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire; b. Thornton-le-Moors Rectory, co. Chester, 23 Sept. 1895; educ. Lindley Lodge School (Mr. R. S. Lea, M.A.), and Hereford Cathedral School (where he was for three years in the O.T.C.), and had been accepted for matriculation at Brasenose College, Oxford, but war breaking out, obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 15 Aug. 1914. He joined his regt. at Felixstowe, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France the same month attd. to the 1st Battn.; took part in the heavy fighting to the north of Ypres, for 11 days, and was then ordered to join the composite brigade of survivors, and was killed in action near St. Julien, 27 April following, while gallantly leading his men against some German trenches. Buried near St. Julien, in the rear of the trenches along the Zonnebeke-Ypres Road. When Sir H. Smith-Dorrien inspected his regt., a few weeks before his death, Lieut. Prichard was temporarily in command of a company, and his men were highly commended. His brother, Lieut. F. G. Prichard, died of wounds, 9 Aug. 1915 (see preceding notice).

=PRICHARD, THOMAS LEWIS=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd s. of the Rev. Thomas Prichard, Vicar of Amlwch, Anglesey, and Rural Dean of Twrcelyn, by his wife, Jane; b. Penmachno, co. Carnarvon, 1 Oct. 1881; educ. Friar’s, Bangor; and Trent College, Nottingham; was made an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 18 Oct. 1900; gazetted Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 23 Feb. 1901; served in the South African War, 1901–02, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, Oct. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and received the Queen’s medal with four clasps. After his return he joined the Reserve of Officers, and in 1907 became an Inspector under the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, but on the outbreak of war rejoined his old regt.; was gazetted Capt., 2nd Battn., 9 Sept. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and died at the Allied Forces Base Hospital, Boulogne, 9 Nov. following, of wounds received in action on 27 Oct. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery. Capt. Prichard m. at the Parish Church, Waltham St. Lawrence, co. Berks, 26 Aug. 1908, Dorothy (Cae Synamon, co. Carnarvon), elder dau. of Leopold McKenna, of Honeys, Twyford, co. Berks, and niece of the Right Hon. Reginald McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and had two children: Leopold Owen, b. 22 July, 1912; and Cicely Gwladys, b. 18 May, 1909.

=PRIDMORE, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 7017, 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., eldest s. of John Pridmore, of Montreal, Canada, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of George Mason; b. Gretten, co. Rutland, 14 May, 1885; educ. there; enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. in 1901; served with them in the South African War for one year; transferred into the Northamptonshire Regt. in 1903, and after being with the Colours for six years, passed into the Reserve, and became a Warder at H.M. Prison, Hedon Road, Hull. He was called up on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 1 Nov., and was killed in action at La Bassée 22 Dec. following, while endeavouring to save the life of his officer. Buried there. He was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Sergt. Pridmore was one of the East Hull Fanciers, showing pigeons and cavies. He m. at the Baptist Church, Hull, 26 Aug. 1911, Mabel (Grindell Street, Hedon Road, Hull), dau. of John Priestman, of Hull, and had two daus.: Miriam May, b. 13 Jan. 1913; and Florence Edna, b. 22 July, 1914. His three brothers are now (1916) all on active service; one in the Scottish Rifles, one in the Border Regt., and another with the Canadian Contingent.

=PRIMMER, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15993, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRIMO, JOHN JAMES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8281), 293992, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRING, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5035, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=PRINGLE, LEONEL GRAHAM, M.V.O.=, Capt., 1st Battn. Highland L.I., 4th s. of the late Commander James Thomas Pringle, of Torwoodlee, co. Selkirk, R.N., D.L., J.P., by his wife, Ann Parminter (Southdean, Colinton Road, Edinburgh), only child of the late Col. Black, 53rd Regt.; b. Ilkley, co. York, 27 April, 1880; educ. Vitzthum Gymnasium, Dresden; Sunningdale School; Radley College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Highland L.I., 12 Aug. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 1 Aug. 1900, and Capt. 24 June, 1908; joined the 2nd Battn. Highland L.I. in Oct. 1899, and transferred to the 1st Battn. on receiving his captaincy; left India for France 22 Aug. 1914, but stopped to guard the Suez Canal, arrived in France 4 Dec., was seriously wounded in action at Givenchy on the 19th of that month, and died a prisoner of war in Lazaret 111, St. Sauveur, Lille, 29 Dec. following; unm. Buried with military honours in the Southern Cemetery. Lille. Capt. Pringle had qualified as an interpreter, and was awarded the M.V.O. (5th Class) in 1903.

=PRIOR, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./10711, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRISMALL, ARTHUR=, Capt., 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.); b. 3 Jan. 1862; educ. privately; was for over 30 years with the banking firm of Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co.; joined the 4th Middlesex R.V.C. (West London Rifles) in 1881, receiving a commission in 1897; retired in 1905, but on the formation of the Territorial Force in 1907, rejoined, and was gazetted Capt. 10 Dec. 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with his Battn. in Nov., and was killed in action during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He m. in 1890, Sarah Russell Thomson (65, Loxley Road, Wandsworth Common), and had two sons and one dau.

=PROCTER, CECIL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3377), S.S. 101179, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PROCTER, MIDGLEY=, A.B., (R.F.R., B. 3906), 163930, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=PROCTER, THOMAS=, A.B., 224748, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRODRICK, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8007), S.S. 103747, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PROWSE, ARTHUR ROWLAND=, A.B., J. 3470, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=PRYCE, HUGH BEAUCLERK MOSTYN=, Capt., 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade, only s. of Edward Stisted Mostyn Pryce, of Gunley Hall, Chirbury, co. Salop, J.P., Montgomeryshire, by his wife, Henrietta Mary, yst. dau. of Charles William Beauclerk, of Winchfield House, Hants, D.L., and granddau. of the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Frederick Beauclerk [4th s. of Aubrey, 5th Duke of St Albans]; b. at Belmont, near Christchurch, Newport, co. Monmouth, 26 Oct. 1881; educ. Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. List, 8 Jan. 1901, and posted to the Rifle Brigade, 9 March following; promoted Lieut. 12 April, 1904, and Capt. 18 Jan. 1911; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, from Jan. to 31 May, 1902, and in those in the Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, Jan. 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 26 Jan. to 19 March, 1915, on which latter date he died at No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, of wounds received in action on the 16th during the Battle of St. Eloi. He was shot by a German sniper after gallantly storming the trenches there. Buried in the Cemetery of Bailleul; unm. Capt. Pryce was a good rider to hounds and a keen shot, and very popular in his regt. At Eton he was known as cox. of the Thetis and Prince of Wales boats on the river.

=PRYKE, EDGAR=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269721, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRYOR, ROBERT SELWYN=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., eldest s. of Selwyn Robert Pryor, of 19, Park Crescent, London, W., Merchant, in the firm of Messrs. Cotesworth & Powell, of 148, Leadenhall Street, E.C., by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Charles Lloyd Norman, of Bromley Common, Kent; b. 13, Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London, W., 25 Oct. 1895; educ. 13, Somerset Street, London, W. (Mr. Egerton); Northaw Place, Potter’s Bar (Rev. F. J. Hall); Eton, where he was in the O.T.C., and Trinity College, Cambridge, and on the outbreak of war was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France, 4 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Julien, near Ypres, 1 May following, by a sniper; unm. Buried there.

=PUCKLE, CHARLES EDWARD MURRAY=, 2nd Lieut., 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of Charles Murray Puckle, of Upton Grey, Toorak, Melbourne, Australia, Pastoralist, by his wife, Caroline Amelia, dau. of the late Charles Shuter, Police Magistrate, La Cote, Greendale, Victoria; b. St. Kilda, near Melbourne, 19 Feb. 1887; educ. Melbourne Grammar School; and was a Pastoralist in West Australia. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914 he at once volunteered and enlisted in the 1st Australian Division as a Private, leaving for Egypt in Oct. After five months there and in Lemnos, he took part in the memorable landing at Anzac Cove, 25 April, 1915. He was promoted 2nd Lieut. on the field in July, and was killed in action on the night of 31 July, 1915, leading an attack on the Turkish trenches. His Col. wrote: “By the dash and gallantry of this storming party the position was won, although not without many casualties, and Lieut. Puckle was unfortunately killed while bravely leading his men across the fireswept zone. I extremely regret the loss to the Battn. of such an efficient and promising young officer. He was universally respected and popular with all ranks, and his loss is keenly felt by all of us.” Lieut. Puckle was mentioned in Despatches by Sir Ian Hamilton. He was unm.

=PUGH, WILLIAM JAMES THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13366, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PULLEN, ALFRED JAMES=, Plumber’s Mate, M. 6553, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PULLEN, GUY HARPER=, 2nd Lieut. Royal Horse Guards, The Blues, 2nd s. of Hugh Charles George Pullen, of Messrs. Davidson, Pullen & Co., Rua de Quitanda, 145, Rio de Janeiro, Merchant, and gdson. of the late Capt. T. C. Pullen, R.N.; b. Rio de Janeiro, 26 Feb. 1889; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and St. Francis Xavier’s College, Bruges; was afterwards engaged in business in the city of San Paulo, Estado de San Paulo, Brazil, being well known in the business circles of both Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo as a thorough sportsman, and a member of the big clubs of both cities. On the outbreak of war he came over from Rio to join the Army, and obtained a commission in the Royal Horse Guards, 10 Nov. 1914. He served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, in the charge of the Royal Blues, at Verlorenhoken, 13 May, 1915; unm.

=PULLEN, PERCY LESLIE=, 1st Class Stoker, K. 13489 (Ports.), R.N., 5th s. of James Pullen, of Bowley Farm, Farm Carter, by his wife, Charlotte; b. Kirdford, co. Sussex, 10 Feb. 1894; educ. North Mundham, near Chichester; joined the Navy 19 Dec. 1912, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; unm.

=PULLINGER, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 15500, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PULSFORD, FREDERICK THOMAS GEORGE=, Rifleman. No. 2338, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Frederick Luke Pulsford, of 10, Tradescant Road, South Lambeth Road, S.W., by his wife, Blanche Bertha, dau. of George Hawke; b. London, 26 June, 1897; educ. Westminster City School; volunteered and joined the Rangers after the outbreak of war, 8 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 21 April, 1915. Buried at the back of the trenches there. 2nd Lieut. H. H. Bentley wrote: “On 21 April your son and his friend Elvin were in a dug-out at Zonnebeke tending to the pressing wants of a comrade who was dreadfully wounded. As they busied themselves with him, a German shrapnel fell into the dug-out and burst. The violence of the explosion and the deadly hail of shrapnel bullets annihilated all the occupants of the dug-out, and The Rangers lost two fine soldiers in the painless heroic deaths of your son and his friend Elvin. It gives me great pain to have to break this sad yet heroic news to you, because he was always a great friend of mine and one who always did the utmost of his duty.”

=PUMPHREY, JOHN LAURENCE=, B.A., Trooper, No. 2263, Northumberland Hussars, Imperial Yeomanry, yr. s. of Joseph Pumphrey, of Hindley Hall, Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Colliery Owner, by his wife, Frances, dau. of Jonathan Priestman; b. Shotley Bridge, co. Durham, 27 April, 1891; educ. Sedbergh School and Trinity College, Oxford (graduated B.A. in 1914); volunteered and joined the Northumberland Hussars after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Belgium with them in the 7th Division early in Oct., and died in hospital at Ypres, on the 25th of that month, of wounds received in action during the first Battle of Ypres the previous day; unm. The Hussars were dismounted and advancing to attack when he was shot through the head. Buried in Ypres Cemetery. His Major wrote: “He was one of the best and was enormously liked by officers and men alike. He always did his bit and a bit extra.” While at Sedbergh he was head of the school, and in the O.T.C. both there and at Oxford, where he took a 3rd class in Moderates and a 3rd in Greats. He played Rugby for his College and was President of the College Athletics in 1913.

=PUNCHARD, EDMUND ELGOOD=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt. (21st Brigade, 7th Division), 2nd s. of the Rev. Elgood George Punchard, D.D., Honorary Canon of Ely, by his wife, Catherine Mary, dau. of Joseph Johnson; b. Luton, co. Beds, 21 Oct. 1890; educ. Haileybury (1902–08) and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1909–10); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Bedfordshire Regt., 5 Oct. 1910, and promoted Lieut., 11 June, 1912; left Southampton, 4 Oct. 1914; returned to Dover, because of submarines, 6 Oct.; left again and arrived at Zeebrugge, 7–8 Oct.; Bruges (St. Croix), marched from 4 to 8 p.m., 8 Oct.; left for Coq-sur-Mer, arriving at 2.30 p.m., bivouac at Uytkirke, 9 Oct.; left for Ostend, 5 a.m., 4 p.m. ordered back to Bruges, arriving 8 p.m., 10 Oct.; retreated to Beernem, 4 to 8 p.m., 11 Oct.; to Coolscamp, 7.30 a.m., 12 Oct.; to Roulers, 13 Oct.; to Ypres, 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., 14 Oct.; entrenched at Halte, on Menin-Ypres road, 15 Oct.; skirmish with Uhlans, at Gheluvelt, 16 Oct.; Gheluvelt, Battle of Ypres begun, 17 Oct.; left at 4.30 a.m. for Baecleare, arriving 7.30 p.m., advanced to Terhand, 18 Oct.; Terhand, retired to Gheluvelt, 19 Oct.; under heavy fire till dusk, moved out towards Baecleare, and entrenched, 20 Oct.; returned to Gheluvelt, in trenches, 21 Oct.; under heavy fire, worst at 3.30 p.m., 22 Oct.; shelled from 8 p.m., two Bedford officers killed, first Army Corps expected, 23 Oct.; fusilade, 6 a.m., seventh day of battle, third in trenches (night and day) unrelieved, 24 Oct.; reinforced by Highland L.I. and King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 25 Oct.; brigade hard pressed, retired to Hooge, 26 Oct.; advanced again towards Gheluvelt, bivouac at Kruiseck, 27 Oct.; shelled all day in trenches from 9 a.m., opposed by three German Army Corps, 28 Oct.; shelled at dawn, Yorks and Gordons retreated on Zandvorde-Gheluvelt road, trenches recovered, 29 Oct.; fight on Menin-Gheluvelt road and in the woods, 30 Oct.; trenches shelled from 2 a.m. to 1 p.m., ordered out of trenches at 4 p.m., advanced up the hill, over turnip field, by wood of Zandvorde, the ridge won, 31 Oct. He was killed in this attack, being shot at the head of his platoon; unm. The following day 300 survivors from the battn. mustered under the one officer left. Lieut. Punchard was buried at Kruiseck, near Gheluvelt. He was mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 18 Feb.] 1915 for distinguished service in the field.

=PUNSHON, HAROLD FINLAY=, Corpl., No. 2126, 8th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Thomas Punshon, of Ashley Terrace, Chester-le-Street, co. Durham, by his wife, Agnes Kershaw, dau. of the late Richard Finlay; b. Chester-le-Street, 23 Feb. 1892; educ. Higher Grade School, Gateshead; was employed at the Priestman Colliery Office; joined the Durham L.I. Territorials in April, 1912; was in training in camp when war was declared in Aug. 1914, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 19 April, 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres on the 26th, being shot by a sniper; unm. Buried about half a mile S.E. of St. Julien. Capt. John Turnbull in a letter to his brother wrote: “I regret very deeply to have to inform you that your poor brother Harry was killed on Monday the 26th. I was not with him when he met his death, but saw him an hour before, when, I am sure you will be proud to know, he was doing his bit in a splendidly cool manner, under most trying circumstances. I got separated from the body of men with whom he was, but have since learned that he with two or three other N.C.Os., and a few men were cut off by a large body of Germans. Some of our chaps had to surrender, but Harry and a few others made a dash for it and got clear. He was killed soon after this, while going between trenches with ammunition.”

=PUNTER, HENRY=, Private, No. G. 282, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt., s. of Frederick Punter, of Send Road, Send, near Woking; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1911.

=PURCHASE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 4204, 2nd Battn. The Essex Regt., s. of the late (--) Purchase; b. 20 Feb. 1876; enlisted in the Essex Regt., 8 May, 1894; served in the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 22 Aug. 1914 to 1 Nov. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action. Buried at Armentières. Sergt. Purchase had the Long Service and Good Conduct medal, and was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914. He was also awarded the French Medaille Militaire for conspicuous bravery. He m. at St. Thomas Church, Brentwood, 25, Jan. 1913, Alice Elizabeth (32, Alfred Road, Brentwood, co. Essex), yst. dau. of Henry Matthews, of Hutton, co. Essex, and had a son, Frederick Henry, b. posthumous, 16 Nov. 1914.

=PURDON, JOHN=, Private, No. 11029, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; b. Whiston, co. Lanark; enlisted 14 Sept. 1914, aged 29; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; wounded and admitted to No. 23 Field Ambulance, 8 April, 1915; discharged to duty, 14 April; killed in action 16 May following. He m. at Glasgow, 19 April, 1912, Grace. (16, Moir Street, Glasgow), dau. of (--) Suttons, and had a dau.: Grace Catherine, b. 10 Dec. 1914.

=PURDY, RICHARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8444), S.S. 104630, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=PURNELL, FREDERICK DAVID=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6455), 183408, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea. 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=PURSER, JOSEPH=, Private, S/7043, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt., s. of F. J. Purser, of 24, Balmore Street, Highgate; died in Chelsea Hospital, 18 Jan. 1915, of tetanus, contracted while mobilised for service.

=PURVIS, LIONEL=, Sergt., No. 17, F. Coy., 14th Battn. (The London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of John Prior Purvis, of 16, The Grove, Blackheath, S.E., Surgeon, by his wife, Frances Mary, dau. of William Vaughan; b. Greenwich, S.E., 19 July, 1873; educ. Roan School there; was a Furniture Manufacturer; joined the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers, 7th Middlesex, 12 Nov. 1894; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France 14 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines, 1 Nov. following; unm. He won many prizes at Bisley and elsewhere, and was 7th in the King’s Prize Competition at Bisley in 1904; he was also twice a member of the winning team for the Daily Telegraph Cup.

=PUTTERGILL, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5206), S.S. 1844, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PUTTICK, JAMES FREDERICK=, A.B., J. 8750, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=PYE, OSCAR GEORGE=, Trooper, No. 3080, 1st Life Guards, 3rd s. of William Pye, of Jeskyns Court, Cobham, Gravesend, Farmer and Landowner, by his wife, Mary, dau. of the late William Miskin; b. Cuxton, Rochester, co. Kent, 12 Aug. 1892; educ. Thanet College, Margate; was a Manager of Farms at Cuxton and Cobham, but after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, joined the 1st Life Guards, 5 Sept. following; went to France, 1 Nov. 1914; took part in the fighting during the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in action in the advance trenches near Ypres, 13 May, 1915; unm. He was buried on the battlefield about 1½ miles from Ypres, on the Ypres-Menin Road. An officer wrote: “Your son was in my troop from the time he came up from the base, and I have never known any man who was more liked and respected by all his comrades, myself included. He was always an example to everybody by his cheerfulness and the way he did his work, and the troop feel his loss very much”; and a comrade: “He was an exceedingly brave man, he never showed any sign of fear, and was always one of the first to volunteer for any dangerous or disagreeable job.”

=PYE, REGINALD EBE=, Rifleman, No. 3847, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Ebenezer Clayton Pye, of 8, Britten Street, Chelsea, S.W., by his wife, Elizabeth Emma, dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Allsup; b. Chelsea, 8 Oct. 1896; educ. Marlborough Road L.C.C. School there; was Page to the Hon. Mr. Gathorne Hardy, of Cadogan Square, then to Dr. McConnell, of Hampstead; when 17 years old he was apprenticed to motor trade, and got his licence for driving the Saturday before war broke out; joined the London Irish Rifles in March, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in the Aug. following; went to France, 1 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915.

=PYEFINCH, LEONARD THOMAS=, Private, No. 7861, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 20 Oct. 1914.

=PYMAN, JAMES=, Capt., 3rd Battn. The Border Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., yr. s. of the late James Pyman, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Shipowner, by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late John Sutcliffe, of Stallingbro’ Manor, Lincoln; b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 12 Aug. 1883; educ. Mill Hill and Hamelin, near Hanover; gazetted Lieut. 3rd (Militia) Borderers, 20 May, 1903, and Capt., 19 May, 1906; later joined the Reserve of Officers, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, rejoined his regt.; went to France, 14 Oct. 1914, attd. to the 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., and was killed in action near Hooge, 18 Nov. following, by a high-explosive shell; unm.

=QUEGAN, JOHN=, Private, No. 2009, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of William Quegan, of Kinnitty, King’s County, Labourer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Terence Higgins; b. Kinnitty aforesaid, 20 Oct. 1890; educ. Kinnitty National School; went to Australia in April, 1912, and worked on the Trans-Australian Railway; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Dec. and died on board H.M. hospital ship Sicilia, 6 Aug. 1915, from wounds received in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli; unm.

=QUICK, ROBERT GEORGE=, Private, No. 2197, 4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Robert Ernest Quick, L.-Corpl. No. 20592, Oxford and Bucks L.I., by his wife, Leonora (5, Stirling Road, Higham Hill, Walthamstow), dau. of George Bush; b. Higham Hill, Walthamstow, 30 Aug. 1896; educ. Higham Hill Council and the Higher Elementary (Scholar) Schools, there; was an apprentice to the wood machining; volunteered and joined the 4th City of London Royal Fusiliers, 10 Aug. 1914; sailed for Malta, 4 Sept. following; went to France from there early in 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 27 April, 1915; unm. Sergt.-Major Birch wrote speaking highly of him.

=QUIGLEY, HUGH DOMINIC=, S.B.A., M. 5012, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=QUIN, JAMES EDWARD=, Private, No. 24640, 13th Battn. (5th Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder s. of James Quin, of Corbally House, Limerick, J.P., Merchant, head of the firm of John Quin & Co., of Limerick, by his wife, Marian Frances, dau. of Nicholas James Lalor, of 33, FitzWilliam Place, Dublin, J.P.; b. 70, George Street, Limerick, 24 Nov. 1888; educ. Stonyhurst College and Louvain University (where he obtained his degree “faculté de droit”), and went to Canada in April, 1912; was a Salesman with Lindsay & Co., Montreal. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he immediately proceeded to Valcartier, and joined the 5th Royal Highlanders of Canada; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain, and went to the Front in Feb. 1915. He was reported missing after the Second Battle of Ypres, 22 April, 1915, when his battn. defended the cross-roads at Ypres, refusing to surrender, in spite of nearly all their number being killed, badly wounded, or taken prisoners, and he is now officially stated to have been killed in this action; unm. A comrade wrote: “I don’t think I ever met a more good-natured, generous hearted and unselfish fellow.... No words of mine would fit tribute to his memory.... I know he was thought a lot of by his superiors”; and another: “He was always given the most dangerous tasks to perform, and to my knowledge he always performed them ably and well.”

=QUIN, SIDNEY JOHN=, 2nd Writer, 347163, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=QUIN, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5827), S.S. 100714, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=QUINN, HENRY=, Private No. 2013, 9th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), s. of the late Charles Quinn, by his wife, (--) (45, Renforth Street, Dunston), dau. of (--); b. Teams, 27 Aug. 1893; educ. St. Philip’s R.C. School, Dunston; enlisted July, 1914; went to France, April, 1915, and was killed in action, 5 July, following; unm.

=QUINN, JAMES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8259), 293970, R.N., s. of Michael Quinn, Sugar Boiler in McFies, Liverpool; b. Liverpool, 10 April, 1878; educ. St. Joseph’s School, Liverpool; served 12 years in the Royal Navy, including the operations in China at the time of the Boxer rebellion, and lost his life in H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He was well known as the sailor “Handcuff King,” being a popular exponent of the trick of freeing himself from handcuffs and leg irons; he on several occasions demonstrated before Dover audiences, jumping from the Prince of Wales Pier Head while manacled at the wrists and legs, and in a few seconds coming to the surface entirely free from all encumbrances. He was a bearer at King Edward’s Funeral and received a memorial medal from King George V. He m. at Liverpool, 5 June, 1905, Mary Ellen (36 Boundary Street East, Liverpool, N.), dau. of Arthur Quinn, and had two sons: Arthur William, b. 21 Jan. 1909 (d. young); and James, b. 14 Jan. 1914.

=QUINN, JAMES=, Private, No. 1726, 3rd Battn. Durham L.I., s. of Joseph Quinn, of Sunderland, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Carry Plunkett; b. Ryhope, co. Durham, 1885; educ. Ryhope Elementary School; enlisted in the D.L.I. about 1903; served eight years with the Colours and then joined the Reserve; mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to France in Oct., and was killed in action by a hand grenade, 4 June, 1915, while on guard at Ypres. He m. at St. Patrick’s Church, Sunderland, 5 Feb. 1908, Elizabeth (17, Sussex Street, Sunderland), dau. of John Cassidy, and had three children: Patrick James Cassidy, b. 16 June, 1912; Joseph Cassidy, b. 14 Dec. 1914; and Elizabeth Jane Cassidy, b. 17 Feb. 1909.

=QUIRK, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9517), S.S. 106877, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=QUOGEN, VICTOR WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., U. 1368, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=QUY, TERENCE EDWARD DANIEL=, Rifleman, No. 2447, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Daniel Arthur Quy, of 4, Formosa Street, Paddington, Grocer, by his wife, Mary Charlotte, dau. of Thomas (and Mary) Helier, of Woolwich; b. Paddington; educ. Longford House School, Margate, and the Polytechnic, Regent Street; enlisted in The Rangers on the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914; went to the Front with them in Dec., and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 18 April, 1915; unm. Writing to his father, Capt. A. H. Arbuthnot said: “The Poly. Company went up to the trenches on the night of the 17th. and the next morning it was our duty to support by our fire a small attack that was being carried out by the battn. on our left. Your son was doing his part nobly when I deeply grieve to say, as he was firing over the parpapet, a bullet from the enemy struck him in the head. Death was instantaneous, so I am thankful to say he suffered no pain. That same night we buried him with three other comrades of his company in a little cemetery about 100 yards behind the trenches, and the spot is marked by a neat plain wooden cross.”

=RACKHAM, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7267), 291149, H.M.S. Hogue, lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RADCLIFF, HERBERT TRAVERS=, Capt., 5th (Reserve), attd. 1st, Battn. Leinster Regt., 2nd s. of the late George Edward Radcliff, of Wilmount, Kells. co. Meath, by his wife, Emma May Alexandria, dau. of John Travers Madden, of Inch House, Balbriggan; b. Kells, 11 Aug. 1882; educ. Royal School, Armagh; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Leinster Regt., 27 Oct. 1906; promoted Lieut. and Capt. 10 Feb. 1913; went to France, 6 March, 1915, attd. to 1st Battn., and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 15 March following; unm. Lieut.-Col. A. B. Prowse, commanding 1st Leinster Regt., wrote: “He was holding a trench which had a garrison of 30 men, and which was attacked by 100 Germans at, or soon after, dawn. He was killed instantaneously by a bullet which struck him in the head, and could have suffered no pain. I may add that the Germans were beaten off with a loss of 34 killed alone. During the few days he has been with us he has proved himself a brave and gallant officer, and we deplore the loss of a good comrade, and offer you a whole-hearted sympathy”; and Lieut. C. I. Mackay, of the 5th Battn.: “I was with him when he was killed. He was my company commander both here and in Passage, and, like all the men of the company, I would have done anything for him. He always thought of the men first and afterwards himself, and it was through this unselfishness he met his death. Some one said the Germans were leaving their trench to attack, and no one looked out, so he looked over and was hit. He suffered no pain whatever. He was buried on Monday night, and we have handed all his things to the Quartermaster, who will send them to you in a few weeks. I only know too well how useless it is to express sympathy, but I have taken this opportunity of expressing not only my own sympathy, but that of all the men of the company, who had grown to love him, even in the few days under his command.”

=RADCLIFFE, JOHN=, Private, No. 12647, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of Thomas Craine Radcliffe, of Roslyn Boarding House, Isle of Man, Joiner, by his wife, Mary, dau. of George Towle, of Derby; b. Ramsey, 11 June, 1893; educ. Wesleyan Day School there; was a clerk in the office of Messrs. Dickenson, Cruikshank & Co., Advocates; enlisted 15 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915; unm.

=RADCLIFFE, SAMUEL=, Gunner T., H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

=WILSON-RAE, REGINALD=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. East Surrey Regt., eldest s. of William Wilson-Rae, of The Warren, Strawberry Vale, Twickenham, Landed Proprietor, by his wife, Felicia Benigna Iza, dau. of Felician Faleçki, a Baron of Poland; b. London, 12 Jan. 1891; educ. Mostyn House, Parkgate (Ches.) and Liverpool University; was attd. to the Statistical Department of the firm of Magniac Williamson & Co., Stockbrokers, London; joined the London University O.T.C. in 1913; gazetted 2nd Lieut., in the 3rd East Surrey Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France, 19 Dec. 1914, and was attd. to the 1st S. Staffordshire Regt.; served with them until 22 March, when he rejoined his own regt., and was killed in action 2½ miles south of Ypres, on the 30th of that month, while leading a bombing party; unm. Buried at Voormezeele. He had been specially recommended by his commanding officer for his conduct in charge of night patrols and in the firing line. He was a fine all-round athlete, being a member of both the Vesta Rowing Club and Twickenham Football Club, and had won many prizes for rowing, cycling and shooting.

=RADMALL, STUART=, L.-Corpl., No. 10009, 1st, attd. 2nd Battn. Wiltshire Regt., yst. s. of John Henry Radmall, of Chingford, by his wife, Edith Anna, dau. of Josiah Griffin, of Blackheath; b. Chingford, co. Essex, 7 March, 1896; educ. Forest School, where he was in the O.T.C.; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 24 Aug. 1914; was promoted L.-Corpl., and went to France, 27 Nov. following; served in several engagements with the 1st Battn. till 27 Jan., when he was taken ill and sent to the Base Hospital at Rouen, where he remained for six weeks; on recovery joined the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; unm.

=RAILSTON, SPENCER JULIAN WILFRED=, Lieut., 18th King George’s Own Lancers, Indian Army, attd. 4th Dragoon Guards, 1914, yr. s. of Col. Henry Edward Railston, of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, late Cameronians, by his wife, Magdalen, dau. of the Rev. Charles Edward Oakley, Rector of Wickwar, co. Glos., and subsequently of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, by his wife, Lady Georgina, née Moreton, eldest dau. of Henry George Francis, 2nd Earl of Ducie; b. Hamilton, co. Lanark, 8 Jan. 1889, and was educ. at Radley College, from where he passed direct into Sandhurst at the age of 17, and passed out tenth in 1907. He won the Champion Cup for gymnastics at his Public School, and represented it in the Boxing Competition at Aldershot, and both at his Public School and at Sandhurst he was in the cricket XI. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. Indian Army, 17 Aug. 1907, and was attd. for his first year to his father’s regt., the Cameronians. Soon after joining, while in India, he entered without any training for the Lightweight Boxing Championship of India, and won it. At the expiration of a year he was appointed to the 18th K.G.O. Lancers, and played in their polo team. He was a good big game shot and a good steeplechase rider. When riding a steeplechase at Jubbulpore, a few months before his death, his girths broke after the first fence. He managed to pull the saddle and weight cloth from under him and rode the remaining 2¼ miles bareback, carrying them on his arm, and notwithstanding the horse falling once, he finished the course. He was promoted Lieut. 17 Nov. 1909, and after going through the cavalry course at Sangor came home on a year’s leave in 1914, and played polo through the London season in Count de Madre’s team (The Tigers). He was to have become Adjutant of his regt. on the expiration of his leave, but the European War broke out, and he at once volunteered for active service, and was attd. to the 4th Dragoon Guards, with whom he went to the Front and served with them through the battle of Mons, and all subsequent actions till he was killed at Messines, Belgium, on 1 Nov. 1914. The Major-General Commanding the 1st Cavalry Division sent the following account of Lieut. Railston’s death to his father: “I am deeply grieved at the death of your gallant boy, who on every occasion of this war has so distinguished himself. He is a great loss to his regt. He lost his life by a gallant act. His regt. was holding one-half of the village of Messines, south of Ypres, and the Germans the other half for 24 hours. In front of his troop a poor woman was lying wounded, and your boy left his cover to bring her in. He was struck by many bullets and killed. Had he lived he would certainly have been mentioned in despatches.” Another officer wrote: “His loss will be felt by the whole Cavalry Brigade, as he has been simply splendid through all these trying times, always cheery, and full of go, and ready to take on anything. Surely when the war is over, there will be no more gallant act than that to write of, and we are all so proud of him.” A memorial tablet was erected to his memory in Tortworth Parish Church. Gloucestershire.

=RAILTON, ARTHUR TEMPLE=, Lieut., 1/4th (Ross Highland) Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), elder s. of Joseph Arthur Railton, of Woodburn, Buxton, by his wife, Alice Temple, dau. of James Mawson; b. 29 Nov. 1890; educ. Denstone College, Oundle School, and Glasgow University (where he obtained his B.Sc. degree in naval architecture, and served five years in the O.T.C.); volunteered on the outbreak of war and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 4th Seaforth Highlanders, 2 Sept. 1914; went to the Front 5 Nov following, his Battn. being attd. to the Meerut, and then to the Lahore, Indian Division, with which latter he served through the Battle of Neuve Chapelle; was wounded in the attack at Aubers Ridge, France, 9 May, 1915, and killed by a shell a few hours later while lying helpless near the German trenches. Buried in the orchard at Vieille Chapelle, between two of his brother officers; unm. His commanding officer wrote; “He was as brave and gallant as anyone who has ever worn a uniform, and he simply did not know what fear was.... Had he been spared he would have gone very far in his profession as a soldier. He fell, as I am sure he wished, at the head of his men, who may and probably did equal him in bravery and gallantry, but who could not possibly surpass him in either.” His promotion to the rank of temporary Lieut. to rank as from 1 Nov. 1914, was announced the day before he fell.

=RAINBIRD, JOHN=, Private, No. 6365, 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, s. of John Rainbird, of 9, Ravensdon Street, Kennington; b. Fulham, 15 Jan. 1883; educ. North End Road Board School there; enlisted 11 June, 1901, served seven years with the Colours and then passed into the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Kemmel, 2 May, 1915. Buried at Dickebusch. He m. at St. Pancras, 6 April, 1910, Clara Frances (37, College Place, Camden Town, N.), dau. of William Gibaud, and had two children: Hilda Kathleen, b. 26 July, 1911, d. 18 April, 1914; and Edith Pansy, b. 31 Oct. 1912.

=RAINES, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4733), 296016, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=RAINHAM, JOHN THOMAS=, Trooper, No. 9/747, 5th Otago Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. s. of Henry Rainham, of Otago, Central N.Z., Miner; b. Otago, N.Z., 24 Jan. 1871; was employed by the Dunedin Drainage Board as a licensed Drainer; was a member of the Dunedin City Guards, serving with them till they disbanded; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22 Oct. 1914; left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 27 Aug. 1915. He m. at Roxburgh 13 June, 1892, Mary, dau. of Patrick (and Margaret) Galvin, and had two sons; John, b. 18 Sept. 1893; and William, b. 8 Sept. 1894, who both volunteered for Imperial service. The elder was severely wounded at Anzac Cove, and the younger met with an accident while in camp which prevented his accompanying his battn. to the Front.

=RALEIGH, GEORGE HEBDEN=, Brevet Major, 1st Battn. Essex Regt., and Commander, 4th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, yr. s. of William Thorp Raleigh, of Goronga, Pakenham Upper, Victoria, by his wife, Matilda Jane, dau. of George Hebden; b. Melbourne, Australia, 30 June, 1878; educ. C.E. Grammar School, Geelong, and Melbourne University; and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15 Nov. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 11 March, 1900, Capt. 8 Jan. 1908, and Brevet Major 22 June, 1914. He served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899–1900, including actions at Colesberg (1–29 Jan.); the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley; in the operations in the Orange Free State, including operations at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.); actions at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, where he was dangerously wounded; Vet River (5–6 May) and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, including actions at Frederickstad (17–25 Oct.); operations in the Transvaal and Cape Colony, 30 Nov. 1900, 31 May, 1902; during which actions he was with the Mounted Infantry, and received the Queen’s medal with six clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. He then served with his regt. in India, Burma and Baluchistan for about eight years. On his return to England he did duty at Warley with the 3rd Essex Regt. (the old Essex Rifles Militia), where he gave great attention to flying, and was attd. to the Air Battn. R.E., 10 April-12 May, 1912, at Farnborough, and later was appointed to command the 4th Aeroplane Squadron at Durrington on Salisbury Plain. He went to the Front about 13 Aug. 1914; carried out air work at Mons, the Marne, the Aisne and Ypres, and was killed at Dunkirk, 20 Jan. 1915, by the falling of his aeroplane, after his return from a raid on Ostend on the night of the 19th; unm. Buried in Dunkirk Cemetery. While on Salisbury Plain Major Raleigh flew from there, in two stages, to France, and many of his flights were exceptional both for speed and altitude. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.], 1914, and again after his death in that of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.

=RALPH, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7430), S.S. 102654, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RALPH, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4812), 296311, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=RAMBERG, KARL ANDRES=, A.B., J. 14096, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=RAMSAY, ALEXANDER=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, attd. 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., elder s. of the Rev. Alexander Ramsay, B.D., Minister of the Highgate Presbyterian Church, London, N., by his wife, Ella Euphemia Barbara, dau. of the Rev. William Clark, of Barshead; b. Coatbridge, co. Lanark, 9 Aug. 1887; educ. City of London School, and Caius College, Cambridge, and on leaving there entered the Board of Education as a Junior Examiner; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Reserve of Officers, 10 June, 1912, promoted Lieut. 25 March, 1915; was attd. to the 5th Royal Fusiliers on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with the 1st Warwickshires, 21 Oct.; served in the trenches at Houplines, St. Yvon and Messines, and died a prisoner of war in a German Field Hospital, at Roulers, 28 April following, from wounds received in action at St. Julien, on the 25th, during the Second Battle of Ypres. Buried at Roulers. His Col. wrote: “He died gallantly leading his men against the German trenches on 25 April. He had done many gallant deeds since he has been with us, and we have all learnt his value as a man and as an officer”; and his Capt., who was wounded in the same engagement: “I had the luck to have him as one of my subalterns, and got to know him intimately since 1 Feb. I liked him immensely, and so did everyone else in the Battn. There was no one who looked after his men or got to know them like he did. I did not see him killed, but I feel sure he died a gallant death, leading his men in the attack in which we all suffered so.” A fellow officer, now (1916) on Headquarters Staff, also wrote: “Ramsay came to me when he first joined the Royal Warwicks, my regt., and I have no words to express the admiration I have always felt for him. He has been splendid out here, and I know all my men loved him, and we are all feeling his death as a personal loss. When I left my regt. and came to the Brigade Staff he asked me to write to you if anything happened, and that is how I know your address. He was thought highly of by everyone, and I know that his name has already gone forward in the honours list made up by the General some weeks ago.” While at Cambridge he took a double first (classics and history), was President of the Union, and obtained the Winchester Reading Prize.

=RAMSAY, LEWIS NEIL GRIFFITT=, M.A., B.Sc., 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Special Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, 2nd s. of Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, of 41, Braid Avenue, Edinburgh, formerly Professor of Humanity in Aberdeen University, Professor of Classical Archæology in Oxford, Victoria Gold Medallist of the Royal Geographical Society, Medallist of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and one of the original Fellows of the British Academy, by his wife, Agnes Dick, 2nd dau. of the Rev. William Marshall, of Kirkintilloch; b. Aberdeen, 3 Feb. 1890; educ. Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh; Aberdeen University; Christ’s College, Cambridge, and the Imperial College of Science. He graduated M.A. at Aberdeen in 1910 and B.Sc. in 1913, with special distinction in Botany, and was about to submit a piece of research work for his Cambridge B.A. During 1914 he acted as Assistant to the Professor of Natural History at Aberdeen, and shortly before the outbreak of war he had been made a Beit Memorial Fellow and had begun work at the Imperial College. He had been a keen Volunteer and Territorial, and applied for a commission on 11 Aug. 1914; rejoined his old unit, the 4th Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), as a Private early in Sept. 1914, and was at once promoted to his former rank of Colour-Sergt. In reward for his services in drilling he was (18 Nov.) given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn., and early in Dec. was sent to France to the 2nd Battn., then at the Front. He was killed in action on Sunday, 21 March, 1915. His Battn. had taken part in, and suffered loss at, the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and were engaged in consolidating the position after the battle when he was shot by a sniper. He became engaged a few weeks before war began to V. Grace, dau. of the late Major Ferguson, I.M.S., and of Mrs. Ferguson, Aberdeen, and granddau. of Colonel Hunter, C.B., C.S.I. His orderly wrote: “On 21 March, about noon, I placed out in the sun a chair for him to write a letter while I was making his lunch, and about ten minutes after a man of our company was struck on the head at a low part of our trench, so Mr. Ramsay jumped up at once and went and dressed him. That was what caused his death. He knew it was a very dangerous part, but that was always his first thought, the safety of his men. So Mr. Ramsay gathered together all sandbags which were lying about, and started to put them up. It was while doing that that he was struck by a sniper. As soon as he fell I was beside him, for he was only working at about a few yards from me at the time. I got out his field dressing and bandaged him up the best I could, then I sent for the Doctor, who arrived a few minutes after; but he was beyond all aid. We made him as comfortable as possible until the end. He was unconscious the whole five hours and passed away peacefully. It was a great blow to his platoon for they thought the world of him, and myself I knew had lost a great friend and good master. He was taken away at night by the stretcher-bearers and buried in Estaires with full military honours, and laid to rest beside our dear old Col.” [Grave No. 524.] He had been a devoted student of field Zoology, and especially ornithology, from his earliest childhood, and had amassed a great amount of data regarding the ornis of Aberdeenshire. On the more technical side may be mentioned his notes on the moult of the herring-gull and on the collections made by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. He himself had travelled considerably, and had made valuable collections not only of birds but also of mammals, insects, and botanical specimens in various places, notably in Asia Minor in the summer of 1907. In addition to his work on birds, Mr. Ramsay left unfinished a “Revision of the Nereidac,” a piece of work which was expected by competent judges who knew its substance to become a classical paper on that group of marine worms. Latterly he had turned to entomology with a view to studying it from the economic side. A list of his published work appears in “British Birds,” IX, 1, 1915, p. 17 f., prepared by his friend, Lieut. A. L. Thomson, A. and S.H. He played the Highland pipes well, and was a member of the Aberdeen Pipers Society. He represented Aberdeen University for several years in long distance running and in swimming.

=RAMSDEN, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6557), 186587, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RANCE, WILLIAM JOHN=, Petty Officer, 201566, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RANCOMBE, MARCUS ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1593, 1/3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only s. of William John Rancombe, of 15, Cwm Cottages, Abertillery, co. Monmouth, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Amos Buckle, of Waddesdon, Bucks; b. Abertillery, 14 April, 1895; educ. there; joined the 3rd Monmouthshire’s Territorial Regt., 25 June, 1913, and prior to the outbreak of the war was engaged at the Six Bells Colliery. He volunteered for foreign service; went to the Front, 16 Feb. 1915; was badly wounded in action near Messines Ridge, 16 March, 1915, and died at Bailleul, on Easter Monday, 5 April following; unm. He was buried in Bailleul Cemetery. His Company Officer wrote that he was one of his most reliable and useful men, a thorough good shot, signaller and despatch rider, one who could ill be spared.

=RANDALL, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, No. 2093, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. s. of Charles William Randall, of Barton Bendish, Alderton Hill, Loughton, co. Essex, Merchant, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Edward Witton, of South Lopham, co. Norfolk; b. Norwich, 29 Feb. 1892; educ. Sidcup College; was engaged in his father’s business as Managing Director of Hamburg (German) branch and Director of C. W. Randall & Co., Ltd., London; joined the London Scottish, 15 June, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug., went to France 15 Sept. with the first batch of Territorials to leave for the Front, and was killed in action at Messines, 1 Nov. following, during the famous charge of the London Scottish; unm. Buried there. A window was erected to his memory in Woodford Parish Church.

=RANDALL, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6831, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RANDELL, CHARLES WESTLEY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 196243, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RANDLE, DONALD=, Rifleman, No. 2916, 21st Battn. (1st Surry Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of the late George Beavis Randle, W.G., Manufacturers’ Agent, by his wife, Sarah (Shandwick, Hazelwood Lane, Palmer’s Green, N.), dau. of the late John Mitchell, of Dorking, Norfolk; b. Wood Green, 13 March, 1894; educ. there; was a Clerk with Messrs. Kirwan & Co., Hatton Garden; volunteered after the outbreak of war, and joined the Surrey Rifles in Sept. 1914; went to France, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May following; unm. Four of his brothers are on active service; the eldest an officer in A.S.C., another in R.F.C., and two in Royal Bucks Hussars.

=RANGECROFT, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Acting Chief Stoker, 283745, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=RANDS, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Rifleman, No. 3057, 1/16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of William Rands, of 108, Florence Road, Wimbledon; b. Battersea, 12 Feb. 1892; educ. Queen’s Road School, Wimbledon, and on leaving there in 1906 entered the shipping firm of Messrs. McEwan & Co., of 97, Cannon Street, E.C., in whose employ he was when war broke out in Aug. 1914; volunteered and joined the Queen’s Westminsters, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France with the first draft; was wounded in action at Armentières 3 May following, and died two days later in No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station; unm. Buried in the Bailleul Annex (Grave No. 816).

=RANKEN, HARRY SHERWOOD, V.C.=, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps, elder s. of the Rev. Henry Ranken, B.D., Minister of Irvine, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Mathew Morton; b. Glasgow, 3 Sept. 1883; educ. Irvine Royal Academy and Glasgow University, where he graduated M.B., Ch.B. “with commendation” in 1905, and became M.R.C.P., London, 1910; was for some time House Physician and House Surgeon, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, and Assistant Medical Officer, Brook Fever Hospital, Metropolitan Asylums Board; gazetted Lieut., R.A.M.C., 30 Jan. 1909, and promoted Capt. 30 July, 1912; transferred to Egyptian Army, Aug. 1911; Member of the Sudan Government Sleeping Sickness Commission, and in charge of the Sleeping Sickness Camp at Yei, Western Mongalla, 1911–14; came home on leave, July, 1914, and volunteered for war service, and was restored to British establishment, Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 12 Aug. 1914, attd. to the 1st King’s Royal Rifle Corps; created a Knight of the Legion of Honour by the President of the French Republic “for gallant conduct from 21 to 28 Aug. 1914,” and decorated with the Victoria Cross [London Gazette, 16 Nov. 1914] “for tending wounded in the trenches under rifle and shrapnel fire at Hautevesnes on 19 Sept. and on 20 Sept., continuing to attend to wounded after his thigh and leg had been shattered”; died of his wounds at Braisne, 25 Sept. 1914; unm. The Times History of the War, Pt. 41, p. 44, says: “It is a safe statement that no man ever won the Victoria Cross more nobly than did Capt. Harry Sherwood Ranken, R.A.M.C. Capt. Ranken was severely wounded in the leg whilst attending to his duties on the battlefield. He arrested the bleeding from this, and bound it up, and then continued to dress the wounds of his men, sacrificing his chances of salvation to their needs. When finally he permitted himself to be carried to the rear, his case had become almost desperate. He died within a short period.” Col. Northey, commanding 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, wrote to his parents of his personal loss and the loss the whole Battn. has sustained. Several other of his brother officers wrote in the same strain. The P.M.O. of the Egyptian Army regarded his death as a great loss to science. Sir William Leishman deplored the loss of a friend, and wrote of him as a man who thought nothing of doing three men’s work. In collaboration with Dr. H. E. Plimmer and Capt. Fry he prepared a series of “Reports on the Experimental Treatment of Trypanosomiasis.”

=RANKEN, JOHN=, Corpl., No. 1839, A Coy., 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), 3rd s. of William Ranken, of 11, Spence Street, Edinburgh, Glass Manufacturer, surviving partner of John Ford & Co., of Edinburgh, by his wife, Pauline Catherine, elder dau. of the late William Ford, of Ferreyside, Liberton, Midlothian; b. Edinburgh, 13 March, 1881; educ. George Watson’s College there (1886–98); was apprenticed to Messrs. Belfrage & Carfrae, C.E., Edinburgh, later seeking further professional experience in the west of Scotland and in the north of England, and eventually became Director and Joint Manager of the firm of Firth, Dunlop, and Ranken, Leeds, one of the largest steel stock firms in the north of England. He joined the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade, Royal Scots, on 16 Nov. 1899; served with them till 6 Jan. 1904, and on the outbreak of war, rejoined his coy. on 5 Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles 13 June, and on 28 June brilliantly led a bombing party in a successful attack on the Turkish trenches, and for his conduct was mentioned in Gen. Ian Hamilton’s Despatch [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915]; wounded in this attack he might, with honour, have sought hospital shelter, but he hung on and subsequently died before reaching the Hospital Ship, 29 June, 1915; unm. The following passage occurs in “The Story of the Royal Scots” (p. 243), “Bomb-throwing played an important part in the action, and is shown by the account of Private Herbert T. Grant, of B Coy.: ‘I noticed a communication trench at right angles to the one we held, and a little further down choked with Turks, so I grabbed the bag of bombs again and went down to the place. Fortunately Corpl. Ranken (Grenade Corpl.) was there, and we threw them at the Turks as fast as I could light them. There was an explosion which sent me flying. I managed to crawl up the trench a bit, and a fellow bandaged me up.’” Buried in Gulley Beach Cemetery. As a school boy he was a keen cyclist; captained his school club, and carried off its chief awards at the sports, under the auspices of that club, held at Powderhall in 1898. He was a well-known International runner in Scottish cross-country championships; captained the first Scottish cross-country International team, and represented his country on five or six different occasions; twice won the Scottish cross-country championship, and several times ran for Scotland in the International athletic championship against Ireland in the one mile and four miles events.

=RANKIN, JAMES=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, L. 4351 (Dev.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RANKING, JAMES GABRIEL LANCASTER=, Capt., Assistant Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Indian Political Department, late Indian Army, elder surviving s. of Lieut.-Col. George Speirs Alexander Ranking, late I.M.S. now R.A.M.C., (T.F.), Administrator, 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, by his wife, Elizabeth Maunsell, yr. dau. of the late John Duncan, Assistant Inspector General, Royal Irish Constabulary, Commandant of the R.I.C. Depôt, Phoenix Park, Dublin; b. Tunbridge Wells, 14 Oct. 1883; educ. Tunbridge and Aldenham Schools, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.) Indian Army, 21 Jan. 1903; served his first year with the 2nd East Lancashire Regt.; posted to 46th Punjabis, 23 April, 1904; and promoted Lieut. 21 April, 1905, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1912; selected as probationer, Indian Political Department, 17 Dec. 1908; confirmed as Political Assistant, 5 Oct. 1911; appointed H.M. Consul at Ahwaz, and Assistant to Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 26 April, 1914; killed in action there, near Bushire, 12 July, 1915; unm. On that day, information having been received at the Residency that a concerted attack was to be made on the Residency that night, a reconnoitring party of 26 Sepoys and 6 Sowars, under the command of Major Oliphant, 96th Infantry, and Capt. Ranking, set out to verify the report. The cavalry party under Capt. Ranking came suddenly upon a strong body of the enemy (Tangistanis) in a garden, who opened fire at close range. The horse ridden by one of the Sowars was brought down. Capt. Ranking pulled up and dismounted to extricate the Sowar who lay pinned beneath his fallen horse. This he did, but it cost him his life, as he was shot down and killed. Major Oliphant coming to his rescue was also shot dead. The bodies of the two officers were recovered on the following day and brought into Bushire, and buried in the Telegraph Cemetery at Sabzabad. The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India wrote to Lieut.-Col. Ranking: “His Excellency desires me to say that the Political Department of which he is the Head, have lost in your son a most keen and promising officer, and one who had already done much good work for the Empire in remote and isolated parts of Persia,” and Major Trevor, Resident, Persian Gulf: “Your son and I went through some stormy times together in Arabistan at the beginning of the year, and then we both came here, and found things getting very lively. In the circumstances. I got to know your son very well and felt his loss a very great deal myself. I found him a most excellent assistant, and think that in addition to your having lost a dear son, his friends have lost a good friend and gallant gentleman. The Government has lost a very valuable officer.”

=RANSOM, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Officers’ Steward, 1st Class, L. 2595, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RATCLIFFE, GIBSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4848), 300320, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RATE, RICHARD AUSTIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7516), S.S. 102766, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RATTENBURY THOMAS ERNEST=, Corpl., No. 1413, 18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Thomas Charles Rattenbury, by his wife, Annie (4, Besborough Place, London, S.W.), dau. of Henry Abrams; b. Westminster, S.W., 13 Sept. 1893; educ. St. Matthews School, Westminster; was engaged as a Clerk with Pathé Frères; joined the London Irish Rifles in 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at St. Alban’s; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. following, while gallantly advancing with his platoon to the attack on the German trenches; unm.

=RAVEN, JOHN ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3923), 184171, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=RAWLINGS, CECIL GEORGE SANDBROOK=, L.-Corpl., No. 1784, 12th Battn. (The Rangers), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of George Rawlings, of Rosemont, Salisbury, by his wife, Ida, eldest dau. of William Sandbrook, of The Mount, Market Drayton, co. Salop; b. Salisbury, co. Wilts, 11 June, 1894; educ. Salisbury School and Denstone College, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; was employed with Messrs. Story & Co., at Kensington, and later with Messrs. Waring & Gillow; joined the Rangers, Oct. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France on the following Christmas Eve, and was killed in action near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915; unm. Capt. Arbuthnot in sending the news to his parents, wrote: “Just as it was getting light on the morning of the 15th, two platoons under Major V. Hoare were sent out to obtain information for the Brigade Gen., and to act as supports to some troops in front. It was not an easy task to move across the open in daylight, but Major Hoare’s leading was skilful, and he found the way into the shelter of a trench. When he had got about three-quarters of the men in the trench a shell burst right in the trench, and I most deeply regret to say killed Major Hoare and three men, one of those killed I grieve to say was your son. He was killed in action doing his duty. When darkness came on in the evening we buried him about 30 yards behind the trench. A Capt. of the King’s Royal Rifles read the burial service, abbreviated, by the light of an electric torch, while we stood round in a half-circle to prevent the Germans seeing the light and firing on us. I can assure you that your son’s death is a real loss to the company; he always did his work so calmly and efficiently, and at the same time he was a great favourite with the whole platoon.”

=RAWLINGS, FRANK HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3848), 190362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RAWLINGS, JOSEPH EASTOE=, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8926), S.S. 105702, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RAWLINS, CLIFFORD ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9107, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RAWLINSON, CURWEN VAUGHAN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st, Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., only s. of the late Charles William Rawlinson, of Court House, Winchfleld, a Master of the Supreme Court, by his wife, Amy Vaughan (Shapley Heath, Winchfield, Hants), dau. of the late Alfred Fowler, of Down Hall, Kent; b. Kensington, 19 Aug. 1890; educ. Rugby; was reading Law with Messrs. Buck, Mellor and Norris, of 45, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, but after the outbreak of war joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in Nov., and obtained a commission, 16 Dec. 1914. He was killed in Flanders in the front trenches at Hill 60, 21–22 May, 1915; unm.

=RAWORTH, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Private, No. 2414, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Raworth, R.N. (now serving in a monitor off the Belgian Coast), by his wife, Marion Helen (21, Pear Tree Cottages, James Street, Hounslow), dau. of the late Alfred French; b. Notting Hill, London, 17 Nov. 1894; educ. Spring Grove Council School, Isleworth; after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Kensingtons, 1 Sept. 1914, served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, including the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and was shot by a sniper while leaving a dug-out for the trenches, 10 April, 1915; unm. He was buried in the churchyard at Fleurbaix.

=RAY, GEORGE=, Sergt., R.M.A. (R.F.R., A. 0761), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RAY, JAMES HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22054, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=RAYNER, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B., (R.F.R., B. 6901), S.S. 1083, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=RAYNER, FRANK=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26354 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=RAYNER, WILLIAM THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5071), 179317, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RAYNES, ALBERT BRAINERD=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., eldest s. of Albert Edward Raynes, of 201, Denman Street, Nottingham, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of the late Anthony Terzza, of Nottingham; b. New York City, U.S.A., 21 Nov. 1894; educ. High Pavement School, Nottingham, and Nottingham University College, where he was in the O.T.C., and on the outbreak of war was given a commission in the 3rd Royal Sussex Regt., 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, attd. to the 2nd Royal Berkshires, and was killed in action during the bombardment preceding the attack at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; unm. He was struck by a shell towards the end of the bombardment and wounded, and shortly afterwards was killed instantly by another shell. A brother officer wrote: “I very much enjoyed his company during the time we were together.... He died like a British officer and a gentleman.” He was very fond of music and a good amateur photographer.

=RAYNOR, HERBERT=, Private, No. 2805, 1st Battn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regt., s. of John Raynor, by his wife, Eliza (now wife of William Cardwell, of 13, Cowel Street), dau. of George Fish; b. Blackburn, 9 Dec. 1894; educ. St. Paul’s School there; enlisted 9 Aug. 1914; went to France, Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 9 May, 1915; unm.

=READ, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1618U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=READ, WILLIAM=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 312525, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=READER, HENRY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6719), 186352, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=READING, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1389), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=REARDON, GEORGE HERBERT=, A.B., 236287, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

=REARDON, SAMUEL MICHAEL=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 156685, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=REASON, PATRICK EDWARD=, 2nd Writer, 345759, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=REDDOCK, SAMUEL ALLAN=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. (Toronto Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of ---- Reddock; b. Toronto, Canada, 5 April, 1885; educ. Dutferin School, and the Central Business College, Toronto; joined the 2nd Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada as a Private in 1906, and became successively Corpl., Sergt., Colour-Sergt.; volunteered for Imperial Service after the outbreak of war; came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915; was promoted Lieut., 12 May, 1915, after the battle of St. Julien, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 26 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Festubert; unm. Buried Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne.

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

=REDMAYNE, JAMES=, Sergt., No. 2017, 7th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of William Redmayne, of 7, Cecil Street, Barnoldswick, co. York, Farmer, by his wife, Isabella Jane, dau. of Thomas Parker; b. Kirkby Malham, near Bell Busk, co. York, 2 June, 1879; educ. Wigglesworth, near Settle, co. York; was employed with Messrs. Bateman, Wholesale Provision Merchants, of Colne, co. Lancaster, for several years, but went to Australia in Jan. 1908; settled at Kyogle, and worked at a Sawmill for Messrs. Munro & Lever; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the Australian Imperial Force in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt in April; went to the Dardanelles in the beginning of June, and died on Hospital Ship Gascon, 11 July following, of wounds received in action there; unm.

=REDMOND, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8209), S.S. 104015, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=REDPATH, JAMES THOMAS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, eldest s. of the late James Alexander Redpath, Northumberland Constabulary, by his wife, Hannah (now wife of Police Supt. Robert Henry Taylor, of Hexham), adopted dau. of Thomas and Hannah Mattison, of South Lodge, Blagdon, Northumberland; b. Haddon-on-the-Wall, co. Northumberland, 15 July, 1887; educ. Morpeth; enlisted in Feb. 1903; promoted Sergt. in 1906, and was given a commission, 11 Feb. 1915, in his own Battn.; served in Egypt and India, and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action at Y. Beach the following day. A commanding officer wrote: “His was a promising young life cut down. He had the brains and ability to rise to anything he wished”; and a comrade: “He was one of the best and died like a soldier. Twice he was wounded, had his wounds dressed and returned to the firing line between the time of landing on Y. Beach, on 25 April and 26 April, when he was killed gallantly leading his men. He behaved most coolly and well all through.” He was for two years running the Battn. shot, and held certificates for efficiency; took a keen interest in shooting, and hunting big game. He m. at Rothbury. 19 Oct. 1906, Agnes McMillan (16, Comely Bank, Edinburgh), dau. of William Macdonald, of Edinburgh, and had two children: Alexander William, b. 4 Sept 1909; and Rosalind Constance, b. 27 Feb. 1915.

=REED, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Chief Stoker, 295282, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=REED, JAMES McGREGOR=, A.B., 233483, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=REED, JOHN ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5263), S.S. 1916, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=REED, JOSEPH JOHN=, Private, No. 10903, No. 3 Coy., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of Joseph Reed, of 30, Cleaveland Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Brass Dresser, by his wife, Comfort Thurza, dau. of John Miles, of Deepfields; b. Wolverhampton, co. Stafford, 28 Oct. 1893; educ. St. Mark’s Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton; was a Grocer’s Assistant at Burges & Coulbourn’s, Team; enlisted on the outbreak of war, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France on 26 Nov. 1914, and died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, 26 Dec. following, of wounds received in action at Givenchy, on the 21st; unm. Buried in cemetery at Lillers.

=REED, OLIVER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3790), S.S. 1028, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=REED, REGINALD JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman, 234667, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=REED, WILLIAM ELLIS=, Private, No. 8571, 1st Battn. The Bedford Regt., eldest s. of William Reed, of The Mount, Royston, co. Herts, formerly of Whaddon, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Ellis (and Jane) Smith, of Whaddon; b. Whaddon, co. Cambridge, 9 Oct. 1887; educ. National School there; enlisted 3 July, 1906; served five years in Gibraltar, Africa and Bermuda, and passed into the Reserve, 13 March, 1913; was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; landed in France on the 13th of that month; took part in the retreat at La Bassée, and round Ypres, also in various other engagements during the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in action near Ypres, 30 March, 1915; unm.

=REEVES, GEOFFREY FREDERICK JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt., only s. of Edward John Reeves, of The Cottage, Chandler’s Ford, co. Hants, Civil Engineer, by his wife, Erica Mary, dau. of the Rev. F. Young, of South Sheen; b. St. Leonards-on-Sea, 12 Oct. 1894; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and Jesus College, Oxford (Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Hampshires, 15 Aug. 1914; joined his regt. on the 31st, and was attd. to the 2nd Battn.; landed at the Dardanelles, 26 May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 6 June following; unm. Buried near Krithia. An officer of the 12th Royal Warwickshire Regt. wrote: “The Hampshires were fine and stuck to the trench. The position of the trench in which your son was, was in low ground so that he could not see the enemy advancing on the left; so kneeling on the parados he was directing their fire with good effect; I was passing just underneath him when he fell with a bullet through the head, death being absolutely instantaneous and just as he was in the middle of an order. It was due to officers like your son that the regt. stood firm in a very critical situation, and we also had a hand in recapturing the lost trenches.” During his last year at Victoria College he was head prefect, won the King’s Gold Medal for classics, was Colour-Sergt. of the Corps, Capt. of the shooting eight, and shot for the Oxford University during the summer term of 1914.

=REGAN, EDWARD=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2224), 157652, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=REID, FRANCIS JACKSON=, Private, No. 19765, 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. s. of Surgeon-Gen. Sir Adam Scott Reid, of 10, Zetland House, Chenistan Gardens, Kensington, W., K.C.B. M.B., M.Ch., I.M.S. (ret.), late P.M.O. Punjab Command, by his wife, Sidney Vaughan, dau. of Sidney Vaughan Jackson, of Ballino, co. Mayo; b. Hounslow, 11 Nov. 1881; educ. Bedford Grammar School; went to Canada about 1906; and was employed on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in Ontario and Winnipeg; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over with the first contingent, went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, on the night of 24–25 April following, while attempting (with some of the survivors of his Battn., which, with the Canadian Scottish, had charged through a wood during the night), to dig himself in; unm. Buried there. A comrade wrote telling of his death, and added how much he had been liked by the officers and men of his Battn.

=REID, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5348), 184847, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=REID, GEORGE WHITELEY=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., elder s. of the late George Reid, of Oporto, Portugal, by his wife, Alice Georgina (Oporto), dau. of the late Rev. Edward Whiteley, M.A.; b. Campo Alegre, Oporto, 20 Sept. 1879; educ. Charterhouse, and Oriel College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., 4 Dec. 1901, and promoted Lieut., Sept. 1904, and Capt., 17 July, 1909, and appointed Adjutant, 21 March, 1912; served in the South African War (Queen’s medal with four clasps) 1902, and with the 88th Brigade, 29th Division, at the Dardanelles, 1915; landed at V Beach from the River Clyde on the night of 25 April, and took part in the subsequent capture of Sedd-el-Bahr village and Hill 141, and was killed in action during the advance on Krithia on the night of 1 May, 1915; unm.

=REID, JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 652, 1/8th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest s. of John Reid, of Forth View, Preston, Prestonpans (who served with the Cameron Highlanders in the Nile Expedition, 1884–5; operations in Upper Nile, 1885–6, and in the South African War, 1900–1), by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John Sutherland; b. Tranent, East Lothian, 16 July, 1894; educ. Tranent Public School; was employed as an Engineer with the Edinburgh Collieries at Bankton Colliery; joined the Royal Scots (T.F.) in March, 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914; trained at Haddington; went to France, 2 Nov. following, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; unm. Buried there, about 400 yards S.W. of Picantin. His Capt. wrote: “I many a time admired your son’s coolness and courage, and had always the utmost confidence in him. He was very keen on his duty, and let nothing come between himself and it; in fact, I can sum him up no better than by saying ‘he was a true soldier.’ He was a favourite with his comrades, and admired and much esteemed by myself and other officers of the Prestonpans Company.”

=REID, ROBERT LOGAN=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, 2nd s. of Robert Logan Reid, of 3, Newark Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Teacher of Music, by his wife, Agnes Hood, dau. of James Pattison; b. Pollokshields, aforesaid, 21 Jan. 1890; educ. High School there, and Glasgow Royal Technical College; served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Underhill & Ritchie, Electrical Engineers, and was for some time their travelling representative, subsequently being in the employ of Messrs. Allan Arthur & Ure, as manager of their North Berwick Depôt; joined the Glasgow Territorials in Jan. 1908; served with them four years and after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, obtained a commission in the 35th Signal Coy., Royal Engineers, 14 Oct. following; went to the Dardanelles, 3 June, 1915, unattd., and was there connected chiefly with the 29th Division, and was killed in action 8 Aug. 1915; unm. Three of his brothers are now (1916) on active service.

=REID, WILLIAM BRAMICH=, A.B., J. 1591, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=REID, WILLIAM LEONARD=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Dorsetshire Regt., 2nd s. of the Rev. John Reid, M.A., Minister of Foulden Parish, co. Berwick, by his wife, Martha Craig, dau. of John G. Gilchrist, of San Francisco; b. Foulden, 28 May, 1889; educ. St. Mary’s School, Melrose; Celle, Hanover, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Dorsetshire Regt., 6 Nov. 1909, promoted Lieut. 4 Jan. 1912, and Capt. 23 Jan. 1915; joined his regt. in Madras, India, 5 Jan. 1910; qualified for, and obtained, an interpretership in German while home on furlough in 1912; appointed Station Staff Officer, and Cantonment magistrate at Deolali, Bombay, on his return to India, but resigned this position on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and, rejoining his regt., went to the Persian Gulf with the Indian Expeditionary Force; took part in the fighting at the Shat-el-Arab, and the capture of Basra, subsequently being appointed German Interpreter to the Force, in which capacity he proved himself of the greatest use to the Expedition. During March, 1915, when a large body of Turks were concentrating round Basra, at his own request and that of his Col., he was permitted to leave the Indian Government Office, where he had been engaged, and return to his regt. The Turks were attacked and completely routed at Shaiba, but it was during this attack that he was wounded, 14 April, 1915, and he died the following morning; unm. Buried there. The Adjutant in describing his death wrote: “Reid was about 50 yards to my right, and I saw him directing his men very cool and collected, and about two o’clock when Cushing was mortally hit, Reid went over and attended to him. Later I had occasion to go over past him, and he asked me to send along more ammunition. About 4 p.m. the long desired artillery support began, and we started forward again. Reid was about the first to dash on with some few men. Then I saw him come back for more. I kept seeing him at intervals in the rushes till we were about 200 yards from the enemy, when we fixed bayonets. After the trench was taken I asked where he was, and was told he had been shot through the body in the last rush just before bayonets were fixed. Fortunately the regimental doctor was close up, and seeing he must be in considerable pain at once gave him some morphia. We put him in a cart with another wounded officer, and he died in the Field Hospital at Shaiba early next morning. I have been a very close friend of Reid’s for the last three years, and he makes a great gap here, though we cannot but be proud of the manner of his death. He was the most fearless man I’ve known.”

=REILLY, RALPH ALEC=, Lieut., 31st Punjabis, attd. 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force), yst. s. of Col. Bradshaw Lewis Phillips Reilly, of Oak Grange, Pangbourne, Indian Army, by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of Thomas White, of Eastry, Kent; b. Jubbulpore, Central Provinces, India, 7 Jan. 1889; educ. Bedford Grammar School; Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. Indian Army, 9 Sept 1908; served his first year with the Sherwood Foresters, being posted to the 31st Punjabis in Dec. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1910; was appointed Quartermaster 10 Oct. 1912; served at Fort Sandeman, and received high commendation from general officer commanding Quetta District for his services in that appointment; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, landing at Marseilles, 12 Oct. 1914, attd. to the 58th Vaughan’s Rifles, and was killed in action near La Bassée, 23 Nov. following, while attempting, with only six sepoys, to stop the attack of the 112th German Infantry Regt. Buried in Bethune Cemetery; unm. Major C. E. D. Davidson Houston, Commanding 58th Rifles, wrote: “I write on behalf of the officers of the regt. and myself to express our very great sympathy with you in the death of your son about noon on the 23rd inst. His loss will be very keenly felt by us all, for I have seldom seen a young officer so thoroughly keen and efficient and so dependable. I have had many opportunities of seeing his work as he was in my double company till I succeeded to the command on Col. Venour’s death, and I should have been only too glad to have had him with us permanently. Early on the 23rd, I heard rumours of the line away to our left being very hard pressed, so I sent up your son to the trenches with extra ammunition, and to bring back any reports he could from our officers of the exact situation. He arrived there safely, but, unfortunately, the crisis developed very rapidly, and as he was returning along the covered way a mass of Germans swept over the regt. on our left and reached the covered way. The last seen of your son alive was leading the half-dozen men he had with him against an overwhelming number of Germans--as honourable a death as is possible for a soldier”; and Major Thomson: “I would like to say how sorry we all were to have lost your son. In the short time he was with us we were able to see how good an officer he was. It will be some consolation to you to know that he died in a most plucky attempt to stop the enemy with a handful of men.”

=RENDEL, REGINALD DACRES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., yr. s. of the late Leopold Joseph Rendel, Engineer at Elswick, and English Manager of Armstrong’s Works at Potzzuoli, Italy (died 1896), by his wife, Gertrude Maria (Arverne, Crowborough, co. Sussex), dau. of the Rev. Frederick Fleming Beadon; b. Potzzuoli aforesaid, 3 May, 1896; educ. Crowborough; Summerfields, Oxford; Wellington College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Oxford and Bucks L.I., 12 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. following; went to France, 25 Nov., and was killed in action at Richebourg St. Vaast, 16 May, 1915; unm.

=RENNIE, JOHN=, Private, No. 9891, 1st Battn. Royal Scottish Fusiliers; accidentally drowned while on active service with the Expeditionary Force, 18 Aug. 1914.

=RENTON, HARRY NOEL LESLIE=, Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd s. of James Henry Renton, of Aspley Guise, co. Beds, formerly of Colombo, Ceylon, F.R.C.I.; b. Colombo, Ceylon, 18 Dec. 1894; educ. The Knoll, Woburn Sands, and Harrow School, matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, in April, 1913, and was to have entered into residence in Oct. 1914, but, on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, obtained a commission in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 23 Sept. 1914; was promoted Lieut. 13 Feb. 1915; went to France 20 May, and was killed in action near Hooge 30 July, 1915, during the capture of a German trench; unm. Buried there. Major Hennessy, of the 9th Battn., wrote: “I think you know what affection I had for your son, and the high esteem in which I held him. He was a real soldier through and through, absolutely fearless, painstaking, trustworthy, and his men loved him. He was my right hand in everything, and however difficult the task set him I could always be absolutely sure he would see it through all right”; and Capt. Young: “All through the day Noel behaved with the greatest coolness, and I do not know what we should have done without him, as there were only three of us. He never paid the slightest attention to danger, and he was tremendously pleased when I ordered the charge. Not only his own platoon but the whole company were devoted to him, and would have followed him anywhere--as they did. As you know he and I were great friends since last Sept., and there is nothing I can say except how fond we all were of him, and that he died as well as a man could.” At Harrow he was a monitor of the School, head of his house; house cricket and football captain, a member of the school cricket XI. He was a fine cricketer, and kept wicket for the School in the Eton and Harrow match at Lord’s in 1914.

=RENVOIZE, ALBERT JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9562), 212151 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=REVELEY, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11753, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=REVITT, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111883 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=REYNELL, CAREW=, Lieut.-Col., 9th Imperial Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of Walter Reynell, of Reynella, South Australia, Vineyard Proprietor, by his wife, Emily, dau. of William Bakewell, of Shirley, Payneham, South Australia, and gdson. of John Reynell, of co. Devon (in male descent from Sir Richard Reynell, temp. Henry II.), who settled in South Australia in 1838, and planted the first vineyard in that State, and great nephew of Sir Thomas Reynell, K.C.B. (who served through the Peninsula and at Waterloo); b. Reynella, near Adelaide, 16 Sept. 1883; educ. St. Peter’s College, Adelaide, and on leaving there joined his father in the management of the vineyard. He joined the 16th Australian Light Horse as a Private, and after passing through the various non-commissioned ranks was gazetted Lieut. to the 7th Light Horse. Two years later he qualified for the rank of Capt., and was posted to the 22nd Light Horse. The same year he was promoted Major, and when the European War broke out he immediately volunteered for Imperial service. He went to Egypt as second in command of the 9th Light Horse, and on the death of Lieut.-Col. Miell succeeded to the command. He was killed in action at Anzac, 28 Aug. 1915. He had led three charges, within the space of two hours, against the Turks, and it was on the occasion of the fourth charge, while encouraging his men, that he fell, shot through the heart by a bullet. General Russell, writing to General Hughes, said: “Had I had any idea that he would have taken charge of the assault himself I would not have let him go. Anyway, we have lost as fine an officer as ever came from Australia. It is the luck of war, I know, but it is very hard luck when it means losing a man like Reynell;” and the latter, in a letter to Mrs. Reynell, wrote: “His regiment was temporarily detached, and sent over to Gen. Cox to do some special work. Gen. Cox is in command of the Indian Forces, and he told off one of the 9th Regt. Squadrons to take an important trench and, as they always do, they did their work magnificently. But it is now evident that your fine husband was too keen--if such is possible--and instead of leaving the work to the Capt. of the squadron, he went out himself. Gen. Cox and none of his Staff knew of this or they would have certainly stopped him.” General Birdwood, commanding the Australian Expeditionary Force, also wrote to a relative: “Col. Reynell turned out a first-class soldier. I had hoped so much from his command, for I knew how much he would have looked after his regt., and how well they would all have followed him. Such indeed proved to be the case during his very brief command. I am sure you know how deeply I do sympathise with you about this, more especially as I had seen a good deal of Reynell since he came here, and had taken such a fancy to him, for I at once recognised in him a really good, straight, fearless soldier. I think that perhaps almost anyone but him would have been content with the trenches already taken, and would not have decided to go on further to turn the enemy out of another position, as he did, and we can only admire his fearless courage and example in leading his men on in spite of everything.” Col. Reynell was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s despatch of 26 Aug. to 22 Sept. 1915 [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915]. He was a fine horseman and a prominent polo player, and for three years was Master of the Adelaide Hounds. He m. at Hahndorf, South Australia, 6 May, 1910, May Mabel, dau. of Douglas John Byard, M.A., and had two children: Richard, b. 19 Jan. 1912; and Lydia, b. 9 Feb. 1911.

=REYNOLDS, EMANUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3251), 302684, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=REYNOLDS, FRANK=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1404, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=REYNOLDS, HENRY CLENDON COLLIS=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. Wiltshire Regt., only s. of Thomas Collis Reynolds, of 92, Cambridge Gardens, North Kensington, W.; b. London, 1883; educ. Linton House School and Bradfield College; joined the Wiltshire Regt., and became Capt. 19 May, 1906; served in the South African War, 1901 (Queen’s medal), later going with his Regt. to St. Helena, to guard the Boer prisoners; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept. 1914; unm. Buried at Vailly. Capt. Reynolds had King George V.’s Coronation medal.

=REYNOLDS, HERBERT JOSEPH=, L.-Corpl. No. 595, 5th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of Edward Lee Reynolds, of 66, Milman Road, Walton, Liverpool, by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Edward Davis, of Holywell; b. Tranmere, 5 July, 1890; educ. Arnot Street Council School, Liverpool; was Manager of the Star Engineering Works, Southport; joined the Territorials in 1908; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 17 July following; unm. He was buried in an orchard farm, south of Givenchy.

=REYNOLDS, JOSEPH=, Petty Officer, Ch. 164729, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=REYNOLDS, LOUIS VICTOR=, Ordinary Telegraphist, J. 14432, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RICARD, FRANK=, M.A., LL.B., Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., eldest s. of Charles Ricard, of 97, Westbourne Terrace, London, W.; b. Amsterdam, 8 Jan. 1888; educ. Harrow, and King’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. Jan. 1913, LL.B., Nov. 1912, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, April, 1913; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Oct. 1914, and posted to the 1st Battn. 15 March, 1915; went to France 6 March, 1915, and was killed in action near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 25 April, 1915; unm. He was a fine linguist, and exceptionally musical, being an excellent violin player.

=RICHARDS, HUGH LIDDON=, Lieut., 14th (South Otago) Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of the Ven. Isaac Richards, Archdeacon of Invercargill, and Vicar of St. John’s there, Graduate of Exeter College, Oxford, by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of Robert (and Emma) Oxland; b. Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand, 14 July, 1891; educ. Lawrence High School, Otago, New Zealand; joined the New Zealand Field Artillery, 1909; gazetted Lieut., 14th Infantry Regt. (N.Z.T.F.), 25 March, 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt 16 Oct. following; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb., and was in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915; and was killed in action on Pope’s Hill 4 May following; unm. Buried in Beach Cemetery, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. An elder brother, Lieut. R. Richards, died of wounds on 23 May (see his notice).

=RICHARDS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304400, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=RICHARDS, ROBERT=, Lieut., Field Artillery Brigade, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of the Ven. Isaac Richards, Archdeacon of Invercargill, and Vicar of St. John’s there, Graduate of Exeter College, Oxford (see under Lieut. H. L. Richards); b. Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand, 20 July, 1886; educ. Christ’s College, Christchurch, New Zealand, and the Merchant Venturers’ College, Bristol; joined the Warwickshire Territorial Artillery Brigade, 1907; gazetted Lieut., New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade, 7 June, 1912; volunteered with it for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt 16 Oct. following, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles 25 April, and died in hospital at Alexandria, 23 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli; unm. Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria.

=RICHARDSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1426, 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, s. of William Richardson, of Monkwearmouth, Master Mariner (lost at sea), by his wife, Harriet, dau. of William Healia; b. Monkwearmouth, 30 May, 1875; educ. Colliery Schools there; was employed at Hylton Colliery; enlisted, 1 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action “somewhere” in France, 29 March, 1916. He m. at Sunderland, 30 Aug. 1902, Sarah Jane (5, Varna Street, Southwick-on-Wear), 1st dau. of Joseph Gray, of Sunderland, and had five children: Thomas, b. 22 May, 1906; George, b. 10 Dec. 1910; Joseph, b. 22 Feb. 1914; Catherine, b. 8 May, 1904; and Gladys, b. 25 Jan. 1916.

=RICHARDSON, HENRY CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13853, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=RICHARDSON, HERBERT JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3881), 184244, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=RICHARDSON, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10904, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of John Richardson, of the Banks, Dunchurch; b. co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died at Bethune, 11 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action at Cuinchy the same day. Buried Bethune Town Cemetery.

=RICHARDSON, JOHN THEODORE=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 2837, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RICHARDSON, RUSSELL=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 25607, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=RICHARDSON, WALTER FAIRFAX=, Capt., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., s. of Major-Gen. John Soame Richardson, C.B. (who commanded the Australian Contingent in the Sudan Campaign); b. Sydney, New South Wales, 17 Sept. 1873; educ. there; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Lancashire Regt., from the Local Military Forces, N.S.W., 2 June, 1894; promoted Lieut. 19 Nov. 1897, and Capt. 21 Nov. 1901; was Adjutant of his Regt. from 23 Dec. 1904 to 22 Dec. 1907; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Rouge Bancs, 9 May, 1915; unm. Buried at Rouge Croix.

=RICHARDSON, WILLIAM=, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), No. 9651, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RICHARDSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 69), 173718, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RICHES, ROBERT JAMES=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 173426, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=RICHES, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 2117, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), s. of Samuel Riches, of Waldron, Sussex, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of David Rolph, of Cambridge; b. Clerkenwell, S.E., 25 Jan. 1887; educ. Waldron, Sussex; was a Bricklayer; volunteered and enlisted, Sept. 1914; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May following; unm.

=RICKARD, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7254), S.S. 102184, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RICKMAN, STUART HAMILTON=, Major, 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Albert Divett Rickman, Rifle Brigade (with which he served 24 years), by his wife, Helen Burns-Fulton (now wife of Edward Dunn, of Childrey Manor, Wantage); b. Chatham, 11 May, 1872; educ. Eton; was gazetted to his father’s old regt. from the Militia on 29 Nov. 1893, became Lieut. 18 March, 1896, Capt. 27 July, 1900, and Major 16 Dec. 1911; served on the N.W. Frontier of India (Tochi medal with clasp), 1897–8, and in the South African War, 1899–1900, including the Relief of Ladysmith, the action at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and action at Val Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights (14 to 27 Feb. 1900), and the engagement at Pieter’s Hill; also during the operations in Natal, March to 22 April of that year (twice mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. and 10 Sept. 1901], (Queen’s medal with three clasps). He was subsequently employed with the West African Frontier Force (25 May, 1907, to 23 Nov. 1908), and in India; came home on leave from the 2nd Battn. in May, 1914, and on the outbreak of war was appointed second in command of the 1st Battn., with which he went to France on 21 Aug. During the retreat from Mons he was mortally wounded in the Cambray Le Cateau action on 26 Aug. while in command of the rearguard, and died the next day and was buried at Fontaine-au-Pire; unm. Gen. ... wrote to a friend: “None saw Major Rickman dead. He was dangerously wounded gallantly commanding the rearguard of our retirement on the afternoon of 26 Aug. and he was left, of course, where he fell.... By his excellent arrangements in placing his companies, and by his quiet confident manner in command of the supports to the most dangerous and important parts of our line, he did more than anyone to enable us to maintain our positions in that part of our line. I put him first in the list of officers mentioned in my report of the battle that day”; and a Staff Officer wrote: “The Rifle Brigade did splendidly, and Major Rickman’s conduct was magnificent, but we could not expect anything else from him. We brother officers have lost a fine soldier and the regt. has sustained a terrible loss and a real friend. One consolation is he fell fighting in the ranks of the regt. he loved so well. He will live in the annals of the regt.” He was mentioned for gallant and distinguished service in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s despatches of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914 and 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915].

=RIDDELL, JAMES FOSTER=, Brigadier-Gen., Commanding Northumberland Infantry Brigade, late 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, only s. of the late John Riddell [5th in descent from the Rev. Archibald Riddell, 3rd s. of Sir Walter Riddell, 2nd Bart. of Riddell, co. Roxburgh], by his first wife, Jane, dau. of William Peppercorn; b. 17 Oct. 1861; educ. Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1 July, 1881, Capt. 18 Nov. 1889, Major 10 Jan. 1900, Lieut.-Col. 15 Aug. 1904, Col. 15 Aug. 1907, substantive Col. 10 Feb. 1909, Brigadier commanding Northumberland Infantry Brigade, 3 July, 1911, and Brigadier-Gen. 5 Aug. 1914; served in the Hazara Campaign of 1888 (mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp); in the South African War, 1899–1900 and 1902, including the operations in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River, 1899–1900, and in the Orange Free State Jan. to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France, 21–26 April, 1915. During the South African War he raised the 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (which he afterwards commanded), and on the battn. being disbanded after the war, was given the command of the 2nd Battn. with whom he finished his term of command in the regt. having served with it for about 30 years. His next command was in 1911 when he was made Brigade Commander of the Northumberland Infantry Brigade. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he was one of the first colonels to be gazetted Brigadier-General. Throughout the winter of 1914–15, Gen. Riddell guarded the important part of the north-east coast behind which lay the vast military resources of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and he further prepared his Brigade for service abroad. On the night of 20–21 April he crossed with his Brigade to France, and on 26 April--not a week later--was killed in the Second Battle of Ypres. It had been intended, as are, of course, all large units at first to quarter the Northumberland Brigade at a base in France. Billets were actually taken, but on the 22nd the Germans delivered their first gas attack and the Brigade was rushed up in all haste to help to fill the great gap torn in our line. By Sunday, after a forced night march without food or rest, except the men’s emergency rations, the Brigade was in touch with the enemy. All that day and the night before, Gen. Riddell was moving about among his men where the fire was hottest, inspiring the men with his extraordinary cheerfulness and absolute coolness. Men and officers alike speak of his example of absolute fearlessness. Next day, April 26, orders were received at Brigade Headquarters that the Brigade was to attack and retake at all costs the village of St. Julien--a frontal attack over open ground swept by fire of all kinds. At about three o’clock, Gen. Riddell decided he must go forward into the firing line. His Brigade Major did all that he could to stop him, as in that officer’s words, “There was a very murderous fire going on over the ground he had to cross. But he was much too brave a man to be deterred by anything I said.” He reached his men, and wearing the marks of his rank exposed to every sniper, he stepped out before them, a stick in his hand. An eyewitness wrote: “It was only a question of time.” The bullet entered the cap close to the fatally conspicuous gilt flap, and Gen. Riddell fell, killed apparently instantaneously. Field-Marshal Sir John French afterwards addressed the Brigade (depleted within a week from leaving England of more than half its officers and men), and speaking of Gen. Riddell, said: “He fell at the head of his Brigade while leading you to attack the village of St. Julien. I deeply deplore the loss of one of the most gallant officers that ever lived and one of the best leaders.” He m. at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 17 April, 1912, Margaret Christabel (Lesbury House, Lesbury, R.S.O., Northumberland), dau. of the late Sir Henry Hall Scott, well known in Northumberland and of Eilanreach, co. Inverness. An old brother officer, who had known Gen. Riddell all his life wrote in the “Regimental Gazette”: “Throughout his life he was a master soldier, no finer company officer ever lived or one who understood his men better ... no truer hearted or more loyal comrade ever breathed. Always a fine horseman and a very bold one, he was well known in the Cattistock country and in all the hunting fields of the Northumberland he knew and loved so well.”

=RIDDLE, ERNEST ALFRED=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9548), 296897, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RIDDLE, FRANCIS EDMUND LANGTON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd surviving s. of the Rev. Arthur Esmond Riddle, Rector of Tadmarton, Banbury, by his wife, Edith May, dau. of Major-Gen. James Don Kennedy, I.A. (ret.); b. Tadmarton Rectory, Banbury, co. Oxon, 10 June, 1893; educ. Bloxham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Special Reserve of Officers Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 1 Oct. 1913; received a commission in the 2nd Battn. 1 Sept. 1914; was assistant recruiting officer at Cowley Barracks, Oxford, for two months, doing useful work during that period; went to France, 25 Nov.; was continuously in and out of the trenches (save for a brief leave, 20–28 March) during the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué during the Battle of Festubert, 16 May, 1915; unm. Buried near breastworks N. of the Rue du Bois. His former commanding officer wrote: “He gave his life--fighting gallantly--for his King and Country, and helping to add to the reputation of the regt. with all his might. They, for their part, have lost a brave, cheery gentleman, and one who, from my experience when he was under my command, found no duty too much for him, and whose one idea was to help”; and a brother subaltern: “He will be missed by his company and men more than I can say, who always relied on him and looked up to him in any emergency. The regt. will miss him as an extremely brave officer, and still more as a friend that was always willing to help.” While at school he was successful athlete, winning the Sports Championship both in 1910 and 1911.

=RIDER, JOB ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7963), 292920, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RIDGEWAY, LEONARD PERCY=, Corpl., No. 14404, 1st Battn. The Bedfordshire Regt., 4th s. of William Ridgeway, of 83, Queen’s Road, Watford, Grocer, by his wife, Millicent, dau. of J. Davis, of Watford; b. Watford, co. Hertford, 9 Aug. 1893; educ. Victoria Council Schools there; was a Butcher by trade; enlisted in the Bedfordshires after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at Dovercourt; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 18 April, 1915; unm. Buried at Ypres. His brother, Rifleman R. S. Ridgeway, was killed in action 27 Feb. 1915 (see following notice).

=RIDGEWAY, RALPH STANLEY=, Rifleman, No. 2879, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of William Ridgeway, of 83, Queen’s Road, Watford, Grocer; by his wife, Millicent, dau. of J. Davis, of Watford; b. Watford, co. Hertford, 26 Feb. 1895; educ. Watford Grammar School; was a Clerk in the Accountant’s Office, Euston Station; joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at Crowborough, Sussex; went to France end of Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Wulverghem, 27 Feb. 1915; unm. Buried in Wulverghem Churchyard. His brother, Corpl. L. P. Ridgeway, was killed in action at Hill 60, 18 April, 1915 (see preceding notice).

=RIDGLEY, THOMAS ANGUS=, Driver, No. 4/232A, No. 1 Coy., Royal Field Engineers, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only s. of the late Thomas Ridgley, of Townsville, Queensland, M.B.C.M. (Edinburgh, 1881), by his wife, Phœbe (13, Warrender Park Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of Angus Gregorson, of Oban, Argyleshire, Banker; b. Townsville aforesaid, 23 March, 1884; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; went to the Argentine in Aug. 1906, and at the time war was declared in Aug. 1914, was managing an estancia in Entre Rios; returned to England at the end of Oct., and joined the New Zealanders; went with them to Egypt; proceeded to the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died 26 May following, of wounds received in action there; unm. Buried there. His Capt. wrote: “I feel I cannot pass over the death of Driver Ridgley without telling you how much we all appreciated him as a member of our company, and how keenly we feel the loss his death has caused us. He was one of our best. Though a driver he came ashore to do sapper’s work. Horses being of no use here, drivers were temporarily not required, and he wanted to be of use.”

=RIDGWAY, ISAAC ALTHORP=, M.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., Lieut., 6th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, yst. s. of Thomas Joseph Ridgway, of Wildersmoor, Lymm, Cheshire, J.P., Registrar of Warrington County Court, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Robert Dawbarn; b. Lymm, 24 Aug. 1886; educ. Mostyn House School, Parkgate, Brighton College, and Victoria University; was articled as a pupil to Mr. Anthony G. Lyster, Engineer-in-Chief of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in 1907, and in 1913 was appointed Government Engineer for Queensland in the Federal Lighthouse Service. When the European War broke out in Aug. 1914 he was in the extreme north of Queensland, and with great difficulty obtained permission to volunteer for Imperial service with the Commonwealth Imperial Force. He was given a commission in the 6th Battn. in Dec.; left for Egypt, Jan.; went to the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and died at sea 12 May following, from wounds received in action during the advance on Krithia on the 8th; unm. Letters from the Gen., and many officers, speak of his great courage and wonderful bravery, and of his power with the men, and state how greatly his death was deplored by one and all. He became M.Sc. in 1910, and A.M.I.C.E. in 1911, and was a member of several Engineering and Geological Societies both at home and abroad.

=RIGBY, ERNEST=, Corpl., No. 28519. R.E. Motor Cyclists, 3rd Signal Coy., attd. 15th Hussars, yr. s. of John Rigby, of Greenheys, Aigburth, Liverpool, Cotton Broker, by his late wife, Janie, dau. of the late I. Powell, of Liverpool; b. 17 Nov. 1888; educ. Liverpool College High School; was established in business in London as a Merchant; but volunteered his services as a motor scout and express rider, 5 Aug., the day following the declaration of war; went to France early in Sept.; proceeded to the firing line, 15 Oct., attd. to the A Squadron, 15th Hussars, and was killed in action at Veldoek, near Ypres, 12 Nov. following, being shot through the heart; unm. Buried there in the garden of a ruined chateau. He wrote only three days before that his commanding officer had offered him a commission. The Sergt.-Major of A Squadron, 15th Hussars, who first announced his death wrote offering the sympathy of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, and added: “He had won the esteem of us all by his pluck, unassuming manner, and the happy knack he had of overcoming every hardship with a smile, and he died as he had lived through the campaign, bravely, for whenever or whatever danger threatened he was always a volunteer, and had done splendid work as a cyclist on many an occasion.”

=RIGG, JOHN=, Private, No. 12821, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of George Rigg, of Milford Lodge, Cloghans Hill, Tuam, and Race Park, Headford, co. Galway, Clog Block Manufacturer, by his wife, Martha Ann, dau. of Richard Blackburn; b. Outgate, Hawkeshead, co. Lancaster, 25 July, 1887; educ. Hawkeshead School and privately; was a Clog Block maker; enlisted 18 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 7 April, 1915; was mortally wounded at Cambrin, 11 July, 1915, by a shell while on sentry duty, and died in No. 3 British Military Hospital, Le Treport, France, 9 Aug. following; unm. He was buried in the British Military Cemetery, Le Treport. Capt. Byng Hopwood wrote to a friend: “I went on to the second battn. yesterday and inquired about Private John Rigg. He was in the trenches with his company at Cambrin and was on sentry, when a German shell exploded in the trench, killing two of his comrades and seriously wounding him. I know those trenches well, and in some places you are only 15 yards from the Germans. Rigg was popular with his comrades and always did his duty willingly and well. I wish there were more like him.”

=RIGGALL, EDWARD GORDON=, Flight Lieut. Royal Naval Air Service, 2nd s. of Frederick William Riggall, J.P., Mayor of Grimsby (1895–6), Partner in the firm of Dickinson, Riggall & Davy, Louth, Grimsby & Brigg, Auctioneers; b. Grimsby, 21 Aug. 1895; educ. Humberstone Foundation School, Old Clee (1904–12); and on leaving there was apprenticed to an Aeronautical Engineer and Aeroplane Manufacturer. He obtained his pilot’s certificate from the Royal Aero Club, and after the outbreak of war was gazetted Sub-Lieut, R.N.A.S., 18 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. (for good work), 1 Jan. 1915. He flew over the English Channel from Dover to Calais on an aero biplane, 11 Feb. following; was commended for a daring reconnaissance over the Belgian littoral, made during a great storm in Jan., and for a flight over Zeebrugge on 12 Feb., when bombs were dropped which damaged the German Submarine works and power house, and took part in the great raid by the combined French and British Air Fleet of 48 aeroplanes on Ostend and district, 16 Feb. From this he did not return, and after exhaustive enquiries the Admiralty reported that he had been shot down and killed while returning from this exploit. He was captain of his school, and had passed the senior Cambridge Local Examination with honours and with matriculation exemption.

=RILEY, CHARLES LEONARD=, A.B., 223545, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RILOT, JOSEPH CHARLES=, Private, No. 1619, 3rd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of Frank Hammond Rilot, of 29 Haldon Road, Exeter, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Charles Lee; b. Harrow, co. Middlesex, 17 Aug. 1891; educ. Tottenham High School, and after seven years’ experience of farming in different parts of Devonshire, went to Australia in 1912 with a view to settling there. He had acquired some knowledge of Australian farming at Laxa, Waaia and elsewhere in Victoria when war broke out. He enlisted at Sydney, 15 Dec. 1914; left Australia for Egypt Feb. 1915, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles in April, 1915, and after four months continuously in the trenches there was killed in action at Lone Pine, between the 6–12 Aug. 1915; unm.

=RINTOUL, DAVID WYLIE=, M.B., Ch. B., Lieut., R.A.M.C., attd. 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder s. of David Rintoul, of 26, College Road, Clifton, Bristol, M.A. (St. Andrews and Cantab.), House Master of Clifton College, by his wife, Catharine Barclay, dau. of W. W. Yool, J.P.; b. Clifton, 23 May, 1889; educ. Clifton College, and St. Andrews University, where he graduated as M.B. and Ch.B., in June, 1912; was House Physician at Bristol General Hospital from Nov. 1912, to Nov. 1913, after holding a temporary appointment at the Royal Infirmary, Dundee; and subsequently Medical Officer, Claybury Asylum; received a Lieutenancy in the South Midland Field Ambulance (T.F.), 1 June, 1913; and was gazetted to the R.A.M.C., 30 Jan. 1914; joined the 5th Field Ambulance, 2nd Division, on mobilisation, 4 Aug. 1914; was transferred as Medical Officer to the 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, and later to the 3rd Battn.; went to France, 18 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near St. Julien, during the first Battle of Ypres, 21 Oct. following; unm. The commanding officer of the Battn. wrote; “He was brave and fearless, and most gallant. He had no idea what fear was--his one idea being to assist the wounded.”

=RIORDAN, JOHN=, A. B. (R.F.R., Ch. A. 1465), 134738, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RIPLEY, CHARLES ROGER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., 3rd s. of the late Sir Frederick Ripley, 1st Bart., of Acacia, by his wife, Katherine (63, Earl’s Avenue, Folkestone), dau. of David Little, of Mount Royal, co. York, and grandson of the late Sir Henry William Ripley, 1st Bart., of Rawdon, M.P.; b. Scarborough, 13 Nov. 1888; educ. Scarborough School, and Cheltenham College; obtained a commission as Lieut. 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. of the York and Lancaster Regt., 13 June, 1913; posted to the 2nd Battn., 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches near Lille, 22 Oct. following, in a night attack; unm. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

=RIPPER, ALLAN GILBERT=, L.-Corpl., No. 2159, 1/5th Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Charles Ripper, A.R.C.A. (Loud.), Head Master Municipal School of Art, Lancaster, by his wife, Eveline Matilda, dau. of the late Herbert (and Maria Jane) Gilbert, and nephew of Professor William Ripper, D.Eng., D.Sc., M.Inst.C.E., and Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science; b. Quernmore, Lancaster, 26 April, 1895; educ. Royal Grammar School there (Scholar) and Sheffield University (Storey Exhibitioner), where he had been for 12 months when war broke out. He at once left the University and joined the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. (T.F.) in Sept. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, was promoted L.-Corpl in April, and was killed in action near Verlorenhoek, 8 May, 1915, while attempting to remove a wounded comrade to a place of safety. Buried on the battlefield. Major Bates, 2nd in command of the regt., at a Public Recruiting meeting at Lancaster, said “There was no man braver than any other, all were equally brave, but he would like to mention one gallant little chap from the Lancaster Grammar School, L.-Corpl. Ripper, a cheery fellow, always smiling and the pluckiest lad he had ever met. He went up to his mate to try to succour him, but in so doing he also ‘went West.’ He had not left his country poorer but richer.” In 1911, he won the “Grey” Gold Medal for chemistry, and in July of the following year obtained his matriculation certificate, passing the Oxford and Cambridge Higher Certificate Examination in 1913.

=RIPPER, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 169635, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=RIPPON, WILLIAM ROBERT=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12206, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RISHTON, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4400), S.S. 103387, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RISK, ROBERT=, Private, No. 8/278, 14th South Otago Coy., Otago Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of David Risk, of Kelso, Farmer; b. Kelso, Otago, New Zealand, 25 Sept. 1893; educ. Public School there, and Tapanui High School; joined the 14th Otago Territorials in 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt, 16 Oct. following; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 2 May following; unm. Buried there. Two of his brothers are now (1916) on active service. He was interested in all sport, and was a member of the Kelso Football and Athletic Clubs.

=RIXON, FREDERICK ERNEST=, A.B., J. 14975, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=RIXTON, GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 187637, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBATHAN, DOUGLAS PARKER=, Capt., 1/5th Battn. The Welsh Regt. (T.F.), 5th s. of the late George Beckett Robathan, of The Gove, Risca, Monmouth, M.R.C.S., Eng., by his wife, Frances Elizabeth (Ovid House, Radyr), dau. of the late John Paull, of Brockley, Somerset; b. Risca, 28 Jan. 1888; educ. Llandaff Cathedral School and Cranbrook School, Kent; was a Mining Engineer at “Insoles” Colliery; joined the Monmouth Volunteers as a 2nd Lieut, in Jan. 1908; transferred to the 5th Welsh Territorials, April, 1908; passed the School of Instruction and obtained his certificate as a Musketry Instructor, 1909; became Lieut. 7 April, 1909, and Capt. 1 July, 1914; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; left England with the 53rd Welsh Division, 18 July, 1915, for the Dardanelles; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay, 9 Aug., and was killed in action there the following day. His Col. wrote of him as “devoted to his duty and always to be relied on,” and a brother officer said that when wounded “lying on the ground he still cheered his men on--‘Stick it, Welsh,’ he shouted, and kept on shouting until another bullet came along and got him in the lung. He died the best death any man could die, and as game as possible. His lot did wonderfully well and fought like ‘good ’uns,’ and it was a hot shop they were in.” A private also wrote: “He led his men into one of the fiercest fights that has ever been fought on Gallipoli Peninsula. He was loved by his men and admired by all. He fought as gallantly as any as long as he was able to lead, and I am expressing the thoughts of all the Battn. when I say it has lost one of its best soldiers.”

=ROBBINS, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9916, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=ROBERTS, BERTRAM=, Private, No. 2802, 1/15th Battn. (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of the late Robert Roberts, Stationmaster at Coedpoeth, near Wrexham, G.W.R., by his wife, Mary Jane (43, Talbot Road, Wrexham), dau. of the late Edward Jones, of Glanravon, Wrexham, Farmer; b. Southsea, near Wrexham, co. Denbigh, 25 June, 1890; educ. Victoria Council School and Grove Park Secondary School there; entered the Civil Service in 1907; joined the Civil Service Rifles following the outbreak of war, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915; and was killed in action at Festubert, 30 May following; unm. Buried near Festubert. His platoon sergt. wrote: “We feel we have lost in him a comrade who could ill be spared; his absolute indifference to danger did much to inspire confidence in those around him. He was killed by a shell that fell right in the trench and death was instantaneous.”

=ROBERTS, CECIL HARRY=, Acting Stoker, Petty Officer, K. 3377, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBERTS, CLIFFORD EDWARD=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, 271333, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=ROBERTS, FRANK=, Private, No. 383, 1st Newfoundland Regt., 4th s. of Samuel Roberts, of 120, Hamilton Street, St. John’s, Newfoundland, by his wife, Julia; b. St. John’s, aforesaid, 27 March, 1892; educ. Springdale Street Commercial School; was an employee in the Boot and shoe Factory of Mr. F. Smallwoods, later entering the Dry Goods Department of Marshall Bros.; joined the Red Cross Division, 1st Newfoundland Regt., after the outbreak of the European War, 31 Aug. 1914; was at his own request transferred to the Army; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and died 23 Oct. 1915, from wounds received while on patrol duty the previous day; unm. Buried at Mudros Island. He was a keen athlete, being the Champion Bantam-Weight Wrestler of Newfoundland, winning three gold medals and one silver one. He also won many prizes on the parallel bars.

=ROBERTS, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 8666. 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt., 7th s. of Robert Roberts, of 19, Clarendon Road, Havant, Labourer, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of the late George Maxwell; b. Havant, co. Hants, 22 Feb. 1892; educ. St. Faith’s School there; enlisted 18 April, 1910; served in India; returned to England in Dec. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there on the 28th; unm. His half-brother, Chief Petty Officer Bertram Jessie Maxwell, was killed in action in the Battle of Jutland, 31 May, 1916, and another brother, A.B. Leonard Roberts, was drowned off the S.S. Highland Corrie, 5 May, 1916.

=ROBERTS, GEORGE BRADLEY=, 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, attd. 1st Battn. Manchester Regt., yr. s. of the late Major Henry Bradley Roberts, R.E., by his wife, Alice, dau. of the Rev. G. J. Banner, M.A.; b. Chatham, 23 Aug. 1895; educ. Bedford Grammar School; Liverpool College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut, unattd. list. Indian Army, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France attd. to the 1st Manchester Regt., 11 Jan. 1915, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 7 May, 1915, of wounds received in action, near St. Julien, during the second Battle of Ypres on the 26th of the previous month; unm. Buried at Boulogne.

=ROBERTS, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26650, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Henry Roberts, of 38, Choubert Square, Choubert Road, Peckham, S.E.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=ROBERTS, HENRY GEORGE LLOYD=, Clerk, R.N., only s. of Charles Lloyd Roberts, of Victoria, B.C., by his wife, Mary (142, Bishop’s Mansions, Bishop’s Park, S.W.), dau. of the late John Byrne, of Birr, King’s Co.; b. East Molesey, co. Surrey, 11 July, 1896; educ. Millington School, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, and Christ Hospital, Horsham; entered the Navy, 15 July, 1913, served a year on H.M.S. Bellerophon, and was lost in H.M.S. Hogue when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. The Chaplain, who was saved, wrote: “Your son was standing on the aft bridge and he and four Midshipmen were throwing wood overboard; then as the Hogue was sinking I told him and all who could swim to strip off boots, coats, etc. (he was fully dressed), and jump off and swim to something that would float, and that was the last I saw of him--your boy was not afraid, he was as cool as any one I saw, and I believe every piece of wood he threw over saved some lives.”

=ROBERTS, HERBERT EDWIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R. B. 7504), 102749, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=ROBERTS, JAMES RHODERIC TRETHOWAN=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., elder s. of William Roberts, of Errington, 18, King’s Avenue, Clapham Park. S.W., and Bridgestone House, Sheppey, Author and Journalist, a member of the literary staff of The Times since 1895; by his wife, Adelaide Rodder, dau. of the late James Trethowan, of Truro, Cornwall; b. London, S.W., 4 March, 1896; educ. St. Olave’s Grammar School, London, and the Royal Military College. Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Suffolks, 1 Oct. 1914; went to Ypres, 1 Dec. following, and was killed in action near Ypres, 3 March, 1915, being shot near his trench by a sniper; unm. Buried Locre Churchyard.

=ROBERTS, JOHN ALFRED=, Private R.M.L.I., Ports. 14951, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBERTS, JOSEPH BALDWIN=, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3178), 183890, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROBERTS, OSWALD HENRY=, Private, No. 2670, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of James Casimer Roberts, of 15, Ormiston Road, New Brighton, by his wife, Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of William Bate, of Worthenbury, Flintshire; b. New Brighton, co. Chester, 15 April, 1878; educ. St. Francis Xavier’s College, Liverpool; was a Collector and Agent; enlisted 17 Sept. 1914; went to France, 25 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914; unm.

=ROBERTS, THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 968), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROBERTS, THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 25), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBERTS, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13029, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBERTS, WILLIAM CLIFFORD=, Leading Seaman, 222351, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

=ROBERTS, WILLIAM JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 2271, A. Coy., 1/4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers), The Loudon Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of James Roberts, of Ashford, co. Middlesex, late R.N., by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald Clarke, of Barna, co. Galway, Ireland; b. Costello Bay, co. Galway, 6 Sept. 1889; educ. Chapeltown, co. Kerry, and Clacton-on-Sea, co. Essex; held a responsible position in a large clothing firm in London but, on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service and joined the Royal Fusiliers that month; went to Malta in Sept., trained there until Jan. 1915, when he went to France; took part in several engagements, being promoted L.-Corpl. while in the trenches and was killed in action during the second Battle of Ypres, 26 April following; unm. His Capt. wrote expressing his regret at losing such a good man, saying: “He was away from the company doing special duty at the time of his death, which duty had he come through would have gained him distinction and promotion.” He also said he was proud to have had such a man under his command.

=ROBERTSON, EDMUND JOHN MACRORY=, Lieut., Royal Field Artillery, s. of Lieut.-Col. John Robert Stevenson Robertson, of Ellarona, Hayling Island, co. Hants, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), by his wife, Elizabeth Manisty, dau. of the late Edmund Macrory, K.C.; b. London, 29 May, 1891; educ. Parkfield, Haywards Heath, and Bradfield College, co. Berks; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., 23 Dec. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 23 Dec. 1913; went to France with his Battery (70th) in the 2nd Division in Aug. 1914; was wounded at Mons, Sunday, 23 Aug., and was killed in action at Festubert, 22 May, 1915, by a shell, while mending the telephone wire at the observation station; unm. Buried at Beuvry, near Bethune. A former Major of the battery wrote: “I shall never forget the way he stuck it out at Givry (Mons) on 23 Aug. 1914, when we got such a gruelling. Although he was hit in the leg and head, he carried on and I never knew it till afterwards, setting the most magnificent example to the men. I also admired his grit in getting away from hospital as soon as he could, and rejoining the battery. Wherever there was anything to be done I never found him wanting, and I knew I could rely on him. He did his duty right gallantly.” His Major also wrote: “It was a beautiful moonlight night and the guns were thundering all the time--it was a true soldier’s funeral in the field. There were many tears shed for we all felt what a sad loss we had all sustained. I never knew a better soldier. He was, indeed, one of the ‘salt of the earth’ and loved by us all”; and a letter written on behalf of the N.C.O.’s and men said: “If you could have heard the utterances of condolence and sympathy which I heard when the sad news was circulated, then you would have realised what a splendid and noble officer your dear son was. No one in the service was loved and respected more than Mr. Robertson was by every man in the battery. Even his horses loved him; he died as he would like to die, fighting for his country and loved ones at home. He was a fine example to the men under him, and always brought out what was best in a man.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 17 Sept. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.], 1915.

=ROBERTSON, FRANK=, Capt., 12th (Service) Battn. Worcestershire Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, yst. s. of the late James Robertson, of Newtown Lodge, Waterford. Draper, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late William Gall, of Middle-Hyttie, Muitlaw; b. Waterford, 23 Sept. 1885; educ. Diocesan School there (Rev. George Ennis); was in the Drapery Business; went to London in 1911 to take up a position with Dent, Alcroft & Co.; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war and joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 7 Aug. 1914; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Worcestershire Regt. 29 Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 29 Nov. following, and Capt. 1 Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles early in May, 1915, attd. to the 2nd Royal Fusiliers, and died at the Deaconess Hospital, Alexandria, 25 June, 1915, of wounds received in action at Achi Baba on the 4th; unm. Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria (Grave No. 477). His Col., Sir Edward Clarke, after he was wounded, wrote to his brother; “Capt. Robertson is one of my best officers, and I have a great personal regard for him as a friend and comrade. In fact, the whole battalion waits anxiously for more news of him,” and again later: “Your brother was a born soldier, and I looked forward to a distinguished career for him. He is a great loss to his country. His brother officers and all ranks of the Battn. deplore the loss of a good friend and comrade.”

=ROBERTSON, JAMES=, Private, No. 21144, 11th (Service) Battn. Royal Scots, s. of James Robertson, by his wife, Janet, dau. of William Walker; b. West Calder, co. Midlothian. 27 Feb. 1881; educ. West Calder; was a Shale Miner; enlisted in 11th Royal Scots, 20 April, 1915; went to France, Oct. 1915, and was killed in action at near Sansertes Wood, 14 Nov. 1915, being shot by a sniper while carrying sandbags to the trenches. Buried in Sansertes Wood. He m. at West Calder, 1903, Margaret, dau. of Terrance Dolan, of West Calder, and had a son and four daus.: Peter, b. 16 Sept. 1906; Elizabeth Steele, b. 9 Oct. 1903; Janet Walker, b. 23 Aug. 1909; Margaret Dolan, b. 14 Oct. 1911; and Annie, b. 30 Aug. 1915.

=ROBERTSON, JAMES=, Private, No. 6735, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of William Clow Robertson, Labourer, by his wife, Isabella; b. Galashiels, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. Burgh School there; enlisted 12 April, 1906; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914; was wounded in the arm at Chavonne, 25 Sept, following and invalided home, 2 Oct.; returned to duty, 24 Feb. 1915, and died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, 30 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at La Bassée. He m. at Galashiels, 23 Dec. 1910, Bessie (16. Hall Street, Galashiels, Selkirk), dau. of Thomas Broad, and had two children; Robert Tom, b. 18 Aug. 1912; and Margaret, b. 7 Dec. 1914.

=ROBERTSON, JAMES=, Armourer Corpl., No. 27006, 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest s. of William Edmonstone Robertson, of Lilybank, Burntisland, Fifeshire. Warehouseman, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Wilson, of Millerhill, Farmer; b. Portobello, near Edinburgh, 17 Oct. 1884; educ. Portobello and Burntisland Public Schools; was for some time a Clerk in the Locomotive Department of the North British Railway at Burntisland and Cowlairs, and while there was a member of the Fifeshire Artillery Volunteers; left for Canada, 18 April, 1908; worked for a short while on a freight elevator, afterwards entering the Carpet Warehouse of T. Eaton & Co., Toronto; joined the 48th Canadian Highlanders in 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in Feb., and died 28 April, 1915, of gas poisoning received in action at Langemarck two days previously. He was a keen athlete and a clever swimmer and diver, and while a member of the Fife Artillery Volunteers gained many first and second prizes for shooting. He was a member of the Broadview (North) Presbyterian Church, Toronto, and a prominent Freemason. He m. at Burntisland, March, 1908, Jessie (15, Arundel Avenue, off Danforth Avenue, Toronto), dau. of the late J. Dick, of Burntisland, Scotland, and Toronto, Canada, and had two children: William, b. at Toronto, 1909; and Effie, b. at Toronto, 1912.

=ROBERTSON, JOHN=, Capt., 1/4th Royal Scots (T.F.), s. of the late Alexander Robertson, of Holmiry, Glenisla, Alyth, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Mackenzie, of Alrick, Glenisla; b. Holmiry aforesaid, 6 June, 1874; educ. Glenisla Public School, and Harris Academy, Dundee; was a Banker by profession, and was Agent, Blenheim Place Branch Office of the National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh; served for a few years with the 5th (Vol.) Battn. of the Black Watch, and joined the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles (4th Royal Scots) in Jan. 1893; received a commission in the same Battn., Jan. 1910, and was promoted Capt. Nov. 1913, succeeding to the command of the well-known Bankers Coy.; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; left for the East, landed at the Dardanelles, 11 June, 1915, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915, “gallantly leading his men.” Buried at the Base. He had the Long Service medal. Capt. Robertson m. in Edinburgh, 16 Sept. 1913, Janet Ritchie (151, Bruntisfield Place, Edinburgh), dau. of Fergus Robertson, of Glenshee, Perthshire; s.p.

=ROBERTSON, JOHN EDMOND=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 9072, 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 2nd s. of George Robertson, of Old Aberdeen, Baker, by his wife, Isabella Milne, of Aberdeen; b. Aberdeen, 5 Nov. 1884; educ. King Street Public School, and Central Higher Grade School, Aberdeen; enlisted in King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 8 Dec. 1904, and served in Egypt and India, and with the Mediterranean Force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles (Beach Y), 25 April, 1915; was promoted Coy. Sergt.-Major for gallant conduct in this and the subsequent fighting and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915. He m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Bombay, 19 Dec. 1911, Bella, 3rd dau. of the late Alexander Rothnie, of the Caledonian Railway, Aberdeen, and had a son and dau.: Ian Alexander, b. 18 Sept. 1912; and Audrey Elizabeth, b. 11 Sept. 1914. He combined a strong interest in literature with an all-round proficiency in sports, and his exceptionally happy and cheery nature won him great popularity alike among officers and men.

=ROBERTSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 4205, 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, s. of the late Robert Robertson, Tobacco Spinner, by his wife, Annie (3, Back Hedley Street, Newcastle), dau. of David Patton; b. Bishop Auckland, co. Durham, 19 Aug. 1882; educ. St. Mary’s, Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted in 1900; served in the latter part of the South African War, 1901–02; was 12 years with the Colours, being afterwards employed at Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Elswick Shipyard; re-enlisted in the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers on the outbreak of war, and was transferred to the 1st Battn.; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 28 Feb. following; unm. Buried there. His brother, Driver David Robertson, is now (1916) on active service with the Royal Field Artillery.

=ROBERTSON, ROBERT HORSBURGH=, Corpl., No. 2309, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Robert Holmes Robertson, of Stonelaw House, Rutherglen, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Robert Horsburgh, and nephew of John Horsburgh, of the Hele Paper Co., Ltd., of Cullompton, co. Devon; b. Rutherglen, 11 Oct. 1884; educ. Stonelaw School and Glasgow Academy, was in business with his uncle at the Hele Paper Co., Ltd., but on the outbreak of war immediately joined the London Scottish, and was early drafted to France. He quickly rose to be a corpl., and was on the eve of being gazetted to a commission when he was shot by a bullet at dawn on 6 May, 1915; unm. His Capt. wrote: “He was a splendid fellow, and had done so well that he was offered and had accepted a commission in the regt. He was greatly loved by his comrades.” He was buried at Richebourg in an orchard by the remainder of the “five inseparables,” of whom he had been one, and a cross marks the spot.

=ROBERTSON, ROBERT JOHN CHARLES=, Private. No. 1423, 4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt., s. of Robert John Robertson, by his wife, Annie; b. Hackney, 27 Nov. 1894; joined the Royal Fusiliers, Aug. 1910; accompanied his regt. to France and was killed in action, 27 April, 1915; unm.

=ROBERTSON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115087, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBERTSON, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 5470, 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., s. of William Robertson, of 170, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne; b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 14 Nov. 1884; educ. All Saints’ School there; was employed as a Riveter at Armstrong, Whitworth & Co.’s Shipyard; enlisted in the 3rd East Yorkshires, and after serving his time with the Colours, joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, where he was attd. to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action, 8 April, 1915, being shot by a sniper. Corpl. Robertson was well-known in sporting circles, being several times successful in boxing competitions; also competing with success in running events as Joe Coe; and in 1913 he won the regimental gold medal for running at Beverley. He m. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mary Jane, dau. of (--), and had a son, Alexander, b. 8 April, 1909.

=ROBERTSON, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 173, B Coy., 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of Laurence Henry Robertson, of Aywick, East Yell, Shetland, Seaman and Carpenter, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William James Jamieson; b. East Yell aforesaid, 24 Sept. 1892; educ. Public School there; went to Australia in Nov. 1911, and settled at St. Mary’s, Sydney, and was employed in a leather factory; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War, and joined the 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt, Nov. 1914, and died at Cairo, Egypt, 9 March, 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while on active service; unm.

=ROBERTSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, of Mounteagle, Fearn, Ross-shire, Major, 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F), eldest s. of the late John Robertson, of Mounteagle, by his wife, Alexandrina Mary, dau. of Robert Matheson of Edinburgh; b. Edinburgh, 18 June, 1868; educ. Tain Royal Academy; was an old Volunteer and Territorial officer; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st Seaforth Volunteers (afterwards the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Seaforth Highlanders), 10 March, 1897, and became Capt. 4 Jan. 1905, and Major 10 May, 1914: volunteered with his Battn. for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915. Buried at Vieille Chapelle. He was a member of the Ross County Council, and had the Volunteer decoration and the Long Service medal. He m. at Tain, 30 July, 1902, Minnie Henderson (Mounteagle, Tain), dau. of Andrew Fraser, of North Glastullich, Tain, and Balaldie, Fearn, and had a son: John Andrew Fraser, b. 1 Oct. 1908.

=ROBERTSON, WILLIAM KEITH=, Private, No. 81751, 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. s. of David Robertson, of Court Lodge, Caterham, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Dr. William May; b. Warley, co. Essex, 26 Feb 1893; educ. Tonbridge School; went to Canada in March, 1914, and settled in Saskatchewan on a ranch; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War; came over with the second contingent in Feb. 1915; went to France, 1 May, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; unm. Buried at Festubert (K5 Illirs, Voilanies).

=FORBES-ROBERTSON, KENNETH=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, elder s. of the late Farquhar Forbes-Robertson, of Slead Hall, co. York, by his wife, Laura (2, Keynsham Bank, Cheltenham), dau. of C. H. Macaulay, of Slead Hall, Yorks; b. Slead Hall aforesaid, 17 April, 1882; educ. Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Seaforth Highlanders, 11 Aug. 1900; promoted Lieut. 10 May, 1902, and Capt. 6 April, 1911; served (1) in East Africa, 1904; took part in the operations in Somaliland, and action at Jidballi (medal with two clasps); (2) on the North-West Frontier of India, 1908; took part in the operations in the Zakha Khel country; also in operations in the Mohmand country and the engagement of Matta (medal with clasp); and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 5 Oct. to 7 Nov. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action in Ploegsteert Wood while leading a reconnoitring party; unm.

=ROBINS, FREDERICK JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2796), S.S. 100030, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBINS, HENRY GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3365), 191262, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBINSON, ABRAHAM BURCHELL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14971, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROBINSON, ALBERT EDWARD=, Blacksmith, 341124, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBINSON, ALBERT VENIS=, E.R.A., R.N.R., 862 E.A., H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=ROBINSON, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10255), 204049, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROBINSON, ALFRED ELLIOT SOMERS=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, 3rd s. of William George Robinson, of Kelvinside, Glasgow, late Sergt.-Major R.E., by his wife, Clara; b. Bermuda, 5 Sept. 1878; educ. Garnethill School, Glasgow; enlisted 10 Sept. 1894; served in the Tirah Campaign, 1897–98 (medal with three clasps); was given a commission in the 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers, 9 April, 1915; went to France, 24 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915. Gen. Gough, in a letter to his wife, said he could not express too deeply his opinion of this officer’s gallantry, and enclosed an extract of his report as follows: “At Givenchy, 16 June, showed very gallant conduct in leading his platoon to the attack of a strongly entrenched enemy. He was well ahead of his men, and had reached the enemy’s wire, when he was killed.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915. He was a very good shot, was in the regimental team for several years, and in the army sixty in 1909, when stationed in Dublin. He m. at Leyton Parish Church, 5 Aug. 1905, Elise Esther (37, Sister’s Avenue, North Side, Clapham Common, S.W.), dau. of Jean La Bastie, of Pau (who served in the Franco-German War, 1870), and had two children: Adele Velma, b. 27 Sept. 1907; and Violette Marie, b. 5 Dec. 1909. His yr. brother, Wilfred Gower Robinson, was killed in action at Ypres, 25 April, 1915.

=ROBINSON, FRANK=, Sergt., No. 1362, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), 4th s. of James Robinson, of George Hill, Robertsbridge, Chauffeur, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Charles Laurence; b. George Hill, Robertsbridge, co. Sussex, 5 July, 1894; educ. Salehurst School, there; was Sawyer at the Robertsbridge Timber Mills; joined 5th Sussex Territorials, 13 May, 1911, and rose to the rank of Sergt.; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; left for France, 18 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station 9 May, 1915, of wounds received the previous day at Festubert. Buried, New Cemetery, Chocques; unm. He had been recommended for a commission, and would have received one in a few days.

=ROBINSON, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3228), 191640, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROBINSON, FRANK STANLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 9257, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of the late (--) Robinson, by his wife, Catherine (now wife of (--) Sainty, of 1, Baptist Lane, Broad Street, King’s Lynn); b. Tilney All Saints, co. Norfolk, 29 Dec. 1891; educ. Tilney All Saints Public School; enlisted 18 Sept. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 Dec. 1914; unm. His commanding officer, Lord Northland (since killed), writing to his mother, said: “You have indeed lost a gallant son and the regt. a promising non-commissioned officer.”

=ROBINSON, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11024, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of William Robinson, of Egmanton, near Tuxford, co. Nottingham, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Henry (and Ann) Taylor; b. Egmanton aforesaid, 28 March, 1896; educ. there; was engaged on farm work; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France 23 Nov. following, and died of wounds 25 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried near the Church at Cuinchy.

=ROBINSON, JOSEPH COOPER=, Private, No. 21021, 9th (Service) Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, yst. s. of John Robinson, of Sunderland, Driller in Shipyard (d. 1895), by his wife Margaret (13, Brougham Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Michael Hedley, of Sunderland; b. Monkwearmouth, co. Durham, 28 Nov. 1889; educ. Board School, Southwick; was employed in the Sunderland Bottle Works; enlisted, 24 Aug 1914; trained at Grantham, and was killed in action at Chocolate Hill, Gallipoli, 21 Aug. 1915; unm. The same day his great friend and school fellow G. Hepinstall, with whom he had been brought up, enlisted and gone to the Front, was killed some distance away.

=ROBINSON, JOSEPH ROBERT=, Private, No. 10947, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Robert Robinson, of East Barkwith, co. Lincoln (now on active service with the 3rd Lincolnshire Regt.), by his wife, Jane, dau. of Joseph Tuxford; b. Welton, co. Lincoln, 20 April, 1889; educ. East Barkwith; was a Guard on Great Central Railway at Lincoln; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 11 Aug. 1914; went to France 24 Nov. following, and was killed in action at La Bassée 14 June, 1915; unm. Buried there. His three brothers are all now (1916) on active service.

=ROBINSON, LAUNCELOT ALEC (LANNIE)=, Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., yst. s. of Capt. John Charles Robinson, of Armadale, Parkstone, late Union Castle Steamship Co., by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Alexander Bell; b. Acton, 28 July, 1885; educ. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, High Barnet, and Banister Court, Southampton; was a purser in the Union Castle Steamship Co.; appointed Acting Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., 25 Aug. 1914; joined H.M S. Bulwark 24 Sept. following, and was killed on active service when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914; unm.

=ROBINSON, LAWRENCE LEONARD=, A.B., J. 1445, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=ROBINSON, LESLIE JOHN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., only s. of the Rev. William Robinson, Vicar of East Haddon, co. Northants, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Hall, of Hud Hey, Haslingden, Lancs.; b. Holme Vicarage, Westmoreland, 7 Oct. 1883; educ. Kelly College, Tavistock; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Northamptonshire Regt., 22 April, 1903, and promoted Lieut. 28 Jan. 1905, and Capt. 1 Dec. 1910; as Assistant Adjutant and Musketry Instructor at Colchester from 1908 to 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Nov. 1914 to 12 March, 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle. While at Kelly College he was in the Cadet Corps; won the shooting cup three times, and shot at the Devon County Volunteer meeting in 1901, when his college won the Public Schools’ Challenge Shield. At Sandhurst he was in the athletic team against Woolwich, and when with his regt. in Malta he won the Officers’ Cup for shooting. He m. at St. Giles’, Oxford, 21 Aug. 1913, Louisa Sophia, dau. of the late Walter Merivale, M.I.C.E., and had two children: Anthony Leslie and Diana Merivale, twins, b. 6 March, 1915.

=ROBINSON, REGINALD WILLIAM=, Capt., 5th (Service) Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 3rd s. of Sir Richard Atkinson Robinson, of 59, Hazlewell Road, Putney, S.W., J.P., D.L., Chairman of the London County Council (1908), by his wife, Jane Wilson, dau. of Thomas Thistle; b. South Kensington, 15 June, 1880; educ. St. Paul’s School, and the Royal School of Mines, South Kensington; was for a time a member of the London Scottish Volunteers; joined the C.I.V. in 1901, and served with them in the South African War (medal); and was later a Lieut. in the Rhodesian Volunteers; obtained a commission as temporary Lieut. in the Inniskilling Fusiliers after the outbreak of war, 4 Oct. 1914, and was appointed Capt., 5th Service Battn., 3 Dec. following; left for Gallipoli, July, 1915; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay, and was killed in action there 15 Aug. 1915; unm.

=ROBINSON, THOMAS WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 329), 194399, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBINSON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Corpl., R.M.A. (R.F.R., A. 0580), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROBSHAW, THOMAS ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4429), S.S. 1494, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBSON, JAMES HERBERT=, Private, No. 4620, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Robert Robson, of 68, High Street, Langley Moor, co. Durham; b. co. Monmouth; enlisted 11 March, 1902; obtained his discharge, 22 Sept. 1905; re-enlisted after the outbreak of war, 13 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 25 Oct. 1914.

=ROBSON, JASPER LEEMING=, Private, No. 6567, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of the late Matthew Jasper Robson, of West White Hill, Kirkwhelpington, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Farmer; b. Hunmanby, co. York, 22 April, 1887; educ. County Council School, Felling-on-Tyne, and privately; enlisted 18 Jan. 1906; served in Egypt 29 Sept. 1906 to 12 Feb. 1909, and with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., from 12 Aug. 1914, and died a prisoner of war in No. 1 Reserve Hospital, Hanover, Germany, 14 Oct. 1914; unm. Buried there.

=ROBSON, OLIVER AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 12396, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest and only surviving s. of Oliver Robson, of 9, Colchester Road, Leyton, co. Essex, Postal Servant, by his wife, Louise Harriett, dau. of Augustus Bourlet; b. Bristol, 20 Oct. 1894; educ. there and in London; was employed in the Post Office Telephone Department; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France to join his Battn., 9 Jan. 1915; was reported missing after the fighting at Cuinchy on the 25th of that month, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date; unm.

=ROBSON, RICHARD ERNEST=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 2448, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Richard Robson, of Howden, Northumberland, Coal Trimmer; b. Howden, 2 March, 1880; joined the 1st Durham R.E. (Vol.), 2 Feb. 1896; and served in that corps until 31 Jan. 1899; being returned as an efficient in the years, 1896–97–98; enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, 10 Feb. 1899; appointed L.-Corpl. 27 July, 1899, Corpl. 30 Aug. 1901, L.-Sergt. 2 July, 1902, Sergt. 5 Aug. 1905, Coy. Sergt. 7 Nov. 1907, Coy. Q.M. Sergt. 21 Oct. 1913, and Coy. Sergt.-Major 1 April, 1915; served in the South African War, 18 March, 1900, to 6 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with five clasps, “Johannesburg,” “Diamond Hill,” “Belfast,” “Cape Colony,” “Orange Free State,” and King’s medal with two clasps, “S.A. 1901,” “S.A. 1902”); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914 to 27 Sept. 1915, and was mortally wounded in the Battle of Loos, and died the same day. Buried, at La Rutoire, north of the Loos Road, one mile S.E. of Vermelles. He m. at Christ Church, Victoria Street, Westminster, 25 Feb. 1905, Lilian, dau. of Joseph Filderby, of Ladywood, Birmingham, Scales Fitter, and had a son and a dau.: Richard, b. 3 Nov. 1907; and Margaret Lilian, b. 30 Aug. 1906.

=ROBSON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 8170, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of Thomas Robson, of Newcastle, by his wife, Mary Anne Elizabeth; b. Shieldfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 9 June, 1891; educ. Gateshead; enlisted in the Coldstreams at Newcastle, 23 Nov. 1908, went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Landrecies a few days later, 25 Aug. 1914. “Many splendid things were done that night at Landrecies,” wrote Corpl. G. Gilliam (“Penny Magazine,” 28 Nov. 1914), “but there was nothing finer than the work of our Maxim gunner Robson, who was on our left. Our machine guns were by now at our end of the town, and they had a solid mass of Germans to go at. Robson was sitting on his stool, and as soon as the officer ordered ‘Fire’ he pressed the two buttons and his Maxim hailed death. It literally was a hail of fire that met the packed Germans, and absolutely swept down the head of the column, so that the street was choked in an instant with the German dead. In spite of this absolute hail, a few Germans managed to break through their walls of dead and wounded. One of them disguised as a French Officer, and wanting us to think he had been a prisoner, but had just broken away from the Germans, rushed up to Robson and patted him on the shoulder and said; ‘brave fellow’; and with that he whipped round his sword and killed our Maxim gunner on the spot; but he himself was instantly shot down by our enraged fellows. I suppose he did not mind taking his chance.” He m. at St. Mark’s, Kennington, Annie Francis (32, Werhum Street, Kennington, S.E.), dau. of John Gosling, and had a dau., Annie, b. 29 Nov. 1913.

=ROBSON, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17824, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=ROCKLEY, ERNEST=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16809, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=RODDAM, ROBERT COLLINGWOOD=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, only s. of Lieut.-Col. Roddam John Roddam, of Roddam, co. Northumberland, J.P., B.A., late commanding 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers, now commanding 15th Northumberland Fusiliers, by his wife, Helen Fredericka, yst. dau. of Capt. Alexander Taubman Goldie, of The Hermitage, Isle of Man, late R.N.; b. Roddam Hall, near Alnwick, 10 Jan. 1890; educ. Wellington College; joined the 7th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.) as 2nd Lieut. in Aug. 1908; transferred to the 3rd Special Reserve, commanded by his father, in 1910, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Dec. 1912. He was in Ceylon when war broke out; returned to England at once and joined his Battn. in Sept., went to France in Dec. as a Lieut., and was then attd. to the 1st Battn., and promoted Capt.; and was killed in action at Hooge, 16 June, 1915, gallantly leading his Company in an attack on the German trenches; unm. Buried there. His Col. (now Brig.-Gen. Ainslie) wrote: “He will be a great loss as an officer, in fact I know of no one who shaped better or showed more soldierlike qualities. Over and over again he has been in very nasty situations and every time he has come out smiling, and kept his end up splendidly. It will be a consolation to you to know what a tip-top officer he was.” Capt. Roddam was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 23 June, 1915] for gallantry with the handful of men in the advanced trench left capable, after having had their trench mined at St. Eloi, 14 April; and was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

=RODDIS, CHARLES HENRY=, Private, No. 3071, 1/5th Battn. Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Joseph Charles Roddis, of 13, Fieldhouse Lane, Leeds Road North, Huddersfield, Stone Machinist, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Henry Wheeldon, of Sheffield; b. Sheffield, 6 Feb. 1897; educ. Parson Cross School, Wadsley Bridge, near Sheffield; was apprenticed as a tool fitter at David Brown & Sons, Motor Engineers, Lockwood, Huddersfield, but, on the outbreak of war, volunteered for foreign service and joined the 5th West Riding Regt.; went to France in April, 1915; volunteered as a bombthrower, and was killed in action at Fleurbaix, 25 June following; unm. Buried at La Croix, near Fleurbaix. Major G. P. Norton wrote: “Private C. Roddis was mortally wounded by a shell about 4.45 yesterday afternoon, and he died in the first-aid post the same evening. The enemy was shelling our trenches, and your son was in a dug-out, about the last shell they fired hit on the top of the dug-out and burst inside.... He was such a nice lad and a splendid soldier. His heart was in his work; he took up bombing and turned out one of the best bombers in the Brigade. He was doing a turn in the trenches to make room for others to be trained as bombers, and it is very hard that he should have been killed before he could use the bombs on the Germans. His is a great loss to me personally, and all the officers and his comrades.”

=RODGER, WALTER WASHINGTON BUCHANAN=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), yst. s. of the late Walter Washington Buchanan Rodger, Ex-Provost, of Greenock, C.E., J.P., by his wife, Emma Amelia (Bagatelle, Greenock), dau. of William Clark Rodger, of New York; b. Greenock, 13 May, 1895; educ. Trinity College, Glenalmond; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 20 Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 1 June, 1915, and was killed in action near Krithia, 8 July following; unm. Buried there. He was a member of Glenalmond O.T.C. for four years, and one of the Bisley team two years.

=RODGERS, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, R.N.R., 1780C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROE, HENRY GRAEME=, Private, No. 2020, 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of the late Colin Graeme Roe, of Allestree House, Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, Artist, by his wife, Caroline Louisa, dau. of James Andrews, and grandson of Robert Henry Roe, Animal Painter; b. Brincliffe Edge, Sheffield, 24 July, 1889; educ. Abbeydale School there; displaying a great taste for engineering he entered the works of the Hardy Patent Pick Co., where he remained over four years. In Nov. 1908, he went to an uncle in New Zealand, continuing his engineering work there, after three years he went to Sydney, and finally became 2nd Engineer on the S.S. Koonokarra (Lever Bros.), which was employed collecting the products of the Solomon Islands. Arriving at Sydney on a return voyage at the end of 1914, he enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Forces in Jan. 1915, and after a short period of training in Liverpool Camp, N.S.W., left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in April. He was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, between 7 and 14 Aug. 1915; unm.

=ROGERS, ALBERT SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, 301451 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROGERS, ALFRED SIDNEY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4758A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROGERS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9129), 203989, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROGERS, ERNEST JOHN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27386, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=ROGERS, HAROLD HILDRED=, Driver, 1st Sussex Battery, R.F.A., only s. of the late William Rogers, of Felixstowe (who served five years in the Navy and was invalided out), by his wife, Rosa Catherine (now wife of George Dancy, of 2, Ivanhoe Terrace, Ham Road, Broadwater, Worthing), dau. of George Wadey, of Cold Waltham, Pulborough, Sussex; b. Felixstowe, co. Suffolk, 24 Oct. 1894; educ. Washington, Pulborough, Sussex; was a Market Garden Labourer; had joined the Worthing Territorials about April, 1913, and on the outbreak of war, volunteered for foreign service; went to India, Oct. 1914. and was drafted from there in Nov. 1915, to the Persian Gulf; and was drowned in the River Tigris, 25 Dec. 1915: unm.

=ROGERS, HENRY MILWARD=, Capt., 5th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), only s. of the late William Rogers, of The Grange, Coppull, Lancashire, Mining Engineer, some time Mayor of Wigan, by his wife, Helen (The White House, Parbold), dau. of Richard (and Catherine) Procter; b. Southport, 27 Sept. 1879; educ. Bilton Grange and Radley College; was a Mining Engineer, and a partner in the firm of Messrs. Kellett, Walker & Rogers, Mining Experts, and was largely interested in South Wales and Lancashire collieries. He joined the old Vol. Battn. (now the 5th Territorial Battn.) Manchester Regt., 3 Aug. 1899. and after passing the School of Instruction for field service, obtained his commission as Capt. 17 June, 1905. On the outbreak of the European War he volunteered with his regt. for foreign service; left England 6 Sept. 1914 for Egypt; landed at the Dardanelles, 3 May, 1915, and died on board H.M. Hospital Ship Reindeer, 26 May, 1915, from wounds received in action there a few days previously. He m. at Horwick Parish Church, 3 Sept. 1903, Muriel (Alderbrook, Parbold, Lancashire), 5th dau. of Col. Charles Frederick Ainsworth, of Lower Brazley, Horwick, V.D., and had three sons: Charles William Milward, b. 12 Sept. 1904; Martin Milward, b. 17 March, 1908; and David Milward, b. 25 March, 1911.

=ROGERS, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 20073, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=ROGERS, MAURICE CROSTON=, 2nd Lieut., 59th Field Coy. R.E., only s. of John Croston Rogers, Senior Inspector of National Schools, Ireland; b. Dublin 29 March, 1894; educ. at Campbell College, Belfast, where he won both a Junior and a Senior Scholarship and the McNeill Gold Medal, which is awarded to the best Mathematical Scholar of the year. He early selected the Army as his Profession and, when a branch of the O.T.C. was started at the college, he at once joined it and, after some time, became its Senior Sergeant. While connected with the Corps he passed the test in Signalling, being the first Irish schoolboy to obtain this distinction. He also passed the test in Musketry and obtained Certificate A. In June, 1912, he entered the R.M.A., Woolwich, direct from school. At the end of the first term, his name appeared second on the list of his class and, in a subsequent term, it appeared first. Passing out of the Academy he obtained second place, and was awarded the Armstrong Memorial Medal and the French Prize. He received his commission in the Royal Engineers, 17 July, 1914, and when war was declared was at once summoned to Chatham, where he remained until the 23 Jan. 1915, when he was sent to France and posted to the 59th Field Coy. He died of wounds received in action at Wulverghem, 25 Feb. following, and was buried in the Churchyard of Neuve Eglise, where his men erected an oak cross and kerb over his grave. His commanding officer wrote: “Although he had been with the Company only a short time he was greatly liked by us all, both officers and men, and we deeply regret his death, not only as the death of a very promising young officer, but because it means to us the loss of one for whom, in the short time he had been with us, we had learned to feel a great personal regard and liking.

=ROGERS, RONALD JOSEPH=, Capt., 14th Battn. The Rifle Brigade, attd. 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only s. of Joseph Rogers of River Mead, Keynsham, Bristol, formerly of Weston-super-Mare, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Henry Lovebond, of Bridgwater; b. Sandford, Banwell, co. Somerset, 18 Dec. 1883; educ. St. Peter’s School, Weston-super-Mare, and Blundells School, Tiverton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 16 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieut. 1903, and Capt. April, 1908; served in the South African War, 1902, taking part in the operations in Cape Colony and Orange River Colony, March to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps). He retired in 1908 and went to the Malay States, where he held an appointment as Manager of a rubber estate; but after the outbreak of the European War offered his services and was appointed Capt. in the 14th Rifle Brigade, 20 March, 1915; went to the Dardanelles 21 May, 1915, attd. to the 1st Battn. of his old regt., and was killed in action at Saghir Dere Ravine, 28 June following, during the great advance on Krithia. Buried there. Capt. Rogers was a famous Rugby football player; played for Somerset, and was chosen by the Rugby Football Union as forward in the British team, 1904, against Australia and New Zealand. He also held the Vellum Certificate of the Royal Humane Society for saving his own father’s life at sea at Newport, Pembrokeshire, 2 Oct. 1897. He m. at Plymouth, 7 Nov. 1911, Hilda May, eldest dau. of Col. Alfred Lionel McNair, of Merrifield House, Plympton, South Devon, and had a son, Geoffrey Ronald, b. 16 Nov. 1912.

=ROGERS, VALENTINE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 541), 200458, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=COXWELL-ROGERS, RICHARD HUGH=, of Dowdeswell Court, Trooper, No. 2234, Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry (T.F.), only s. of the late Godfrey Hugh Wheeler Coxwell-Rogers, of Dowdeswell Court, and Ablington, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Aileen Emma (Donegal Cottage, Carrigaloe, co. Cork), dau. of Richard Hugh Smith Barry, of Bally Edmond, co. Cork; b. Leckhampton, near Cheltenham, 10 May, 1884; educ. Cheltenham College; went to British Columbia in 1900; returned to England in 1914, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. of that year, volunteered and joined the Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry as a trooper, went to the Dardanelles, Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 21 Aug. following; unm.

=ROGERS, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5294 B., H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROGERSON, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Capt., 10th Battn. Durham L.I., and Adjutant 12th (Service) Battn. of the same, yr. s. of John Rogerson, of Croxdale Hall, Durham; b. Croxdale Hall, 19 Oct. 1872; educ. Aysgarth; Harrow; and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. (2nd Durham Militia) Durham L.I., 1893, and Capt. 5 Jan. 1898, was for six years Instructor of Musketry, afterwards retiring. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he rejoined, was gazetted Capt., 10th (Service) Battn. Durham L.I., 19 Aug., and appointed Adjutant of the 12th Battn., 18 Sept. following, and died very suddenly at Bullwater Camp, Woking, 13 Nov. 1914, while on active service. He was a keen sportsman, and while at Cambridge was Master of the Trinity Foot Beagles, and hunted with the South Durham, Hurworth and Zetland hounds. The Gen., in announcing his death, stated that he had rendered most valuable service to the regt. from the date of its being formed, and his loss would be greatly felt. He m. 3 Nov. 1898, Violet, elder dau. of Lieut.-Gen. William Henry Mackesy, 79th Highlanders and Indian Staff Corps, and had, with another son and two daus., an elder son Richard William, b. 1902.

=ROLLESTON, FRANCIS LANCELOT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder s. of Humphry Davy Rolleston, of 55, Upper Brook Street, London, W., C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P., Temporary Surgeon-Gen. (Consultant Physician) Royal Navy, and Senior Physician, St. George’s Hospital, London, by his wife, Lisette Eila, 2nd dau. of Francis Mackenzie Ogilvy; b. London, 7 April, 1895; educ. Hillside, Godalming (1904–8) and Eton (1908–14), where he was in the O.T.C., and was undergoing his annual training in camp when war broke out. He immediately offered his services at the nearest recruiting office, and was given a commission in the 2nd Battn. The London Regt., 29 Aug. 1914; went to Malta in Sept. 1914; proceeded to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at l’Epinette, near Armentières, 26 April following, being shot through the heart while examining the barbed wire in front of his trench at night; unm. Buried at Ferme Buterne, Armentières. While in the Eton O.T.C. he was three times in the winning section, the last time as commander, and had been singled out for special commendation by the Gen. at the 1914 Inspection. He obtained his House Colours in 1913; won the Novice Pulling in 1912, with Armstrong (also killed in action), and the Junior Pulling again with Armstrong in 1914. He was also second in Junior sculling and rowed in House Fours.

=ROLSTONE, JAMES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5918), 187177, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROLT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11016, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=ROMANS, ALFRED=, Private, No. 1390, 8th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of William Romans, of 7, Farnell Road, Staines, Stoker, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Charles Lamb; b. Staines, co. Middlesex, 28 Sept. 1897; educ. Kingston Road Central Schools there; was a Lino Worker; joined the Middlesex Territorials when only 15, in 1912, and on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered for foreign service; went with his regt. to Gibraltar, 10 Sept. 1914, and returned to England, 12 Feb. 1915, crossed to France, 8 March, and was killed in action during the repulse of a German attack on the trenches occupied by the 8th Middlesex at Zonnebeke, Sunday, 25 April, 1915.

=RONALD, JAMES McBAIN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. (The Buffs) East Kent Regt., 6th s. of the late Robert Bruce Ronald, of Pembury Grange, Tunbridge Wells, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of (--) Fowler; b. 26 April, 1876; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Kent Regt., 5 Sept. 1896; promoted Lieut., 9 April, 1899, and Capt. 1 July, 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers, 6 April, 1904, to 31 Dec. 1907; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb.-May, 1900, including actions at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.); Poplar Grove, and Dreifontein (slightly wounded), and afterwards served as Railway Staff Officer; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July-29 Nov. 1900, and those in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902 (again slightly wounded in Oct. 1901; mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queens medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps). He retired in 1912, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, resumed service as a Railway Transport Officer, and rejoined his old regt. in the following March; went to France, and was killed in action near St. Julien during the second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915. Buried there. Capt. Ronald m. at Bagenalstown, 7 Oct. 1903, Evelyn Mary (Bifron’s Cottage, near Canterbury), dau. of S. Crosthwaite, of Bagenalstown, co. Carlow, and had a dau., Patience Mary, b. 3 Nov. 1908.

=RONALD, KENNETH McGEORGE=, Trooper, No. 452, 6th Light Horse, 2nd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of Robert Wilson Ronald, of Nap Nap, New South Wales, Grazier, by his wife, Veronica, dau. of the late Thomas McGeorge, grandson of Robert Bruce Ronald, of London and Melbourne, and great-grandson of Robert Wilson Ronald, of Liverpool; b. in Hay, New South Wales, 9 Oct. 1895; educ. Church of England Grammar School, Geelong (July, 1905–Dec. 1913); volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in 6th Light Horse; went to the Dardanelles and was killed in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 12 July, 1915. Buried in Shell Green burial ground on slope of Island of Samothrace; unm. Lieut. G. A. Ferguson wrote: “He was one of the 12 attd. to my troop on that day, to do a certain piece of work, and how well they did it, and how brave they were. I can assure you it was very hot work. On and on they came in the face of a murderous fire, but not one of them flinched. I am very proud of the men who were with me that day. I had been in close touch with your son Kenneth ever since he joined the regt., and always found him to be one of the keenest of soldiers, and the most gentlemanly boy it has ever been my pleasure to meet. He was loved by all his comrades. I feel extremely sorry for his brother, who was wounded a few days before, they were such great mates. Kenneth was one of the bravest and the strongest constitutional man I ever seen. He was wounded with shrapnel, and although fearfully wounded, was fully conscious right to the last”; and the Rev. T. G. Robertson, Chaplain, Australian Imperial Force, 6th Light Horse: “On 12 July, our Southern forces were engaged in a big attack, and our work here was to harass the Turks, and so cause reinforcements to be sent to them, instead of to Cape Helles. In this a small troop of the 6th Light Horse played a very gallant part--Mr. Ferguson, the officer in charge, being mentioned in Despatches. They went out from our trenches towards the enemy, and stormed an enemy hill very gamely, but unfortunately we lost four good men and many wounded. They had to face rifle fire, machine-guns and shrapnel. They did their work however, and were successful in their object, and that meant saving many lives probably among our Southern forces. So that your son liberally gave his life for others. I understand that he was hit behind the ear by a shrapnel pellet.” And a comrade wrote of him: “On the 12th, Kenneth Ronald was in a small covering party to draw the Turks fire. Ken had the bad luck to be in the thickest of the fire, and was hit by shrapnel. He was carried away to safety almost immediately, but did not live long. He was very highly thought of by all his comrades. I marked his grave, as to make sure for a headstone, but to-day I find his good friends have already fixed up a temporary cross. When all is arranged properly I will take a photo of Ken’s grave for Mrs. Ronald; if I get through myself, she shall have it. It is terribly sad for Bob Ronald, who is away wounded. He and Ken were always together, they were almost inseparable.” At his school he was a Prefect; Senior Member of the Upper Sixth, and Captain of the Boats. He won the School Cup for Sports in 1913, and rowed two years running in the School eights in the Public Schools (of Victoria) Eight Oar race. He was also a good football player.

=ROOME, PHILIP WILLIAM=, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., 3rd s. of Henry Roome, of 114, Breakspear Road, Brockley, late of the Admiralty, by his wife, Phoebe, dau. of the late George Wade, of Deptford; b. Brockley, 28 June, 1872; educ. Mercers School, London, and Whitgift School, Croydon; entered the Navy as an Assistant Clerk, Jan. 1889; and was promoted Paymaster, Jan. 1903, Staff Paymaster, Jan. 1907, and Fleet Paymaster, Jan. 1911; served in China, 1899–1901, and 1903–05 (medal); was appointed to H.M.S. Aboukir, July, 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He m. at St. Margaret’s, Lee, 22 Dec. 1902, Maud Hunter (2, Dacre Park, Lee, S.E.), dau. of the late James Davisson, Civil Servant, and had issue, four children: Philip Pearse, b. 30 Sept. 1904; Richard William, b. 12 Nov. 1905; Phoebe Isabella Maud, b. 4 May, 1908; and Phyllis Mary, b. 21 Feb. 1911.

=ROOTH, RICHARD ALEXANDER=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd s. of the late John Wilcoxon Rooth, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Elizabeth Crudy (Gordon House, Hythe Road, Brighton), dau. of Henry Smith, of Bristol, Solicitor; b. London, 22 March, 1866; educ. Highgate School; France, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted Lieut., Dublin Fusiliers, 29 Aug. 1885, and promoted Capt. 7 June, 1894; Major, 7 June, 1896, and Lieut.-Col. 7 June, 1914; joined the 2nd Battn. in Egypt in Aug. 1885, and later went to Quetta, and Poona; was Adjutant of his Battn. from 16 Dec. 1893, to 30 March, 1897, and of the Poona Volunteers, 1 April, 1897, to 31 March, 1902; took part in the operations in the Aden Hinterland, 1903, and then returned to Ireland; was in command of the Depot at Naas, for some years, he was then stationed at Gravesend till June, 1914, when he was appointed to the command of the 1st Battn. then in Madras; was at Fort George when that town was attacked by the Emden; returned with his regt. to England in Dec. 1914; left for the Dardanelles in March, and was killed in action at Sedd-ul-Bahr, during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. He was killed instantly as he was stepping on the beach. He m. at Dawlish, Amy, dau. of Francis Cann, of Dawlish, M.D., and had two children: Richard, b. 7 June, 1900; and Nancy, b. 23 May, 1908.

=ROPER, WILLIAM ALBERT=, Private, No. 11784, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of Albert Edward Roper, of West Charleton, near Kingsbridge, co. Devon, Labourer, by his wife, Caroline Jane, dau. of Thomas Ellis; b. Malborough, co. Devon, 13 April, 1893; educ. West Charleton Village School; was intending to join the Police Force when war was declared, and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 5 Sept. 1914; went to France, 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 18 March, 1915, being shot by a sniper while digging a small trench from the main one; unm. Buried in the Cemetery there.

=ROSE, BENJAMIN JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2058), 192157, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROSE, CHARLES EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1351), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROSE, CLEMENT=, Private, No. 15734, 8th (Service) Battn. The Yorkshire Regt., 3rd s. of John George Rose, of 19, Hamilton Street, Monkwearmouth, co. Durham, Mastmaker, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas (and Jane Anna) Browell, of Monkwearmouth; b. Monkwearmouth, 30 April, 1897; educ. National School there; enlisted in the East Yorkshires, 14 Oct. 1914. but was claimed by a brother serving with the Yorkshires for that regt. and was accordingly transferred. He was killed in action in France, 13 Oct. 1915.

=ROSE, GEOFFREY CRAIG=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, attd. 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, elder s. of Charles Edward Rose, of Townshend House, Regent’s Park, N.W., Author and Dramatist, now Hon. Supt. of St. Dunstan’s, Regent’s Park, by his wife, Mary Greer, dau. of James Connell, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire; b. Hampstead, 2 Nov. 1896; educ. Ovingdean Hall, Brighton (Rev. D. H. Marshall), and Aldenham School, co. Herts (E. Beevor’s House); was given a commission in the 3rd Seaforth Highlanders, from the O.T.C., 14 Aug. 1914; went to France in Nov., attd. to the 1st Gordons, and died in London, 13 Feb. 1915, from wounds received in action near Wytschaete on 14 Dec., while gallantly leading his men into action. He was distinguished at school for his exceptional promise as a writer and debater (he had an article accepted by a magazine at the age of 16).

=ROSE, HERBERT JOHN=, T.D., Capt., 1/8th (Ardwick) Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), only s. of John Henry Roberts Rose, formerly of the Red House, Yoxford, Suffolk, and late of 21, Victoria Road, Withington, Manchester, Engineer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of John Fletcher, of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire; b. Beckenham, co. Kent, 18 May, 1866; educ. Wrexham and Manchester Grammar Schools; was for many years in business with the Calico Printers Association, Manchester, but early in 1914, became a partner in the firm of Etchells Cougdon & Muir, Engineers, Ancoats, Manchester. He had joined the 6th Lancashire (2nd Manchester) Volunteers in Nov. 1884, and received a commission in the old 5th Volunteer (now the 8th Territorial) Battn. of the Manchester Regt., Nov. 1904. He was gazetted Capt. 15 June, 1906, after passing the School of Instruction for field service, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered with his regt. for foreign service. He left England, 10 Sept. 1914, and proceeded to Egypt where they landed, 27 Sept. 1914. Three weeks later the Battn. were sent to Cyprus, landing 20 Oct. They were the only troops on the Island, and Capt. Rose was in command of the detachment at the annexation ceremony at Limasol on 7 Nov. 1914. On 18 Jan. 1915, they left Cyprus for Cairo, where they stayed until they embarked for Gallipoli on 2 May, landed at the Dardanelles, 4 May, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915. A brother officer wrote: “Rose did splendidly well, behaving (I saw him) with the utmost gallantry. When I left about one hour before he was killed, he was alive and well, and doing jolly well in exceedingly difficult and dangerous circumstances. He was always at it, comforting the badly wounded, conducting the midnight burials, and so on, and many fellows had cause to thank him for numerous such services performed, all at the sacrifice of the little time available for rest. These things were done quietly and without advertisement, but I saw them and think it right they should be recorded. On the day of the big fight he did splendidly, taking risks in his efforts of cheering and encouraging his men. He died a gallant gentleman”; and another: “Rose was perfectly splendid over here.... He was an absolute hero.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22 Sept. 1915 [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Capt. Rose received the Long Service medal in Nov. 1904. and the Territorial Decoration in May, 1915; was a good marksman, a Bisley shot and won the old Mancunians gold cup. He took a great interest in the work of the Church Lads Brigade, and was for some time Adjutant of the 6th Manchester Church Lads Brigade. He m. at Croydon, Surrey, 2 Aug. 1899, Caroline Emily (Tregenna, Cheadle, Cheshire), dau. of the Rev. Thomas Theodore Waterman, Secretary of the Christian Evidence Society, and had two daus.: Marian, b. 24 July, 1900; and Margaret Louisa, b. 29 Oct. 1905.

=ROSE, JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1973D, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROSE, LAUNCELOT ST. VINCENT=, Major, 55th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, 2nd s. of Frederick William Rose, of Tarlogie, co. Ross, by his wife, Katherine Ross, dau. of Daniel Gilchrist, of Ospisdale, and grandson of Major Hugh Monro St. Vincent Rose, 12th Lancers; b. London, S.W., 4 Aug. 1875; educ. St. Paul’s (Scholar) and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, 15 March, 1895, and promoted Lieut. 15 March, 1898, Capt. 1 April, 1904, and Major 30 Oct. 1914; served in Gibraltar; in Ireland doing Ordnance Survey Work; went to South Africa in 1910; returned to England with the 7th Division after the outbreak of war, 19 Sept. 1914; went direct to Lyndhurst Camp to get his 55th Field Coy. equipped; left with it for France, 5 Oct. following; took part in the First Battle of Ypres, and was killed in action near Sailly-sur-La-Lys, Rue de Bethune, 28 Nov. 1914. Buried there. A brother officer wrote: “Very keen regret at his death is felt through the Division, as he was liked by all who knew him, whilst the men of the company feel that they have lost a friend, as well as an officer. He died attempting a very brave act”; and the following is an extract from the 20th Brigade War Diary: “29 Nov. 1914, Major Rose, commanding the 55th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, which has been attached to the Brigade during the war, was killed last night putting up the wire outside the trenches--a great loss. Neither he nor his company have spared themselves in helping us with our trenches and wire entanglements the whole time. He was a man full of resource and courage.” A commanding officer wrote: “He was a fine officer and a great loss to us all. We were all so fond of him, always cheery and hard-working, he met a soldier’s death in work of great risk and had done already his full share of fighting for his country and for freedom.” Another extract: “Such a plucky chap, and just the sort we want. He need not have joined in the attack in the wood as he was cutting stakes for barbed wire, and the Brigade came along for an attack, passed his company, so he ordered them to charge with the Brigade and fixed bayonets: it is called the R.E. Charge.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. At St. Paul’s he was in the rowing four for two years, and for some time Capt. of the four; was in the gymnasium eight at Woolwich Academy in 1894; represented Woolwich in their running team, winning many prizes; his best record being the half mile in 2 minutes, 6 seconds, in a grass track. He represented the officers at Rugby and rowed for two seasons, giving many fine exhibitions in the R.E. four. While in Gibraltar he gained a name for himself as a polo player, and played in the Garrison’s team. He ran ponies in several races, winning, amongst others, the well-known Steeplechase for the Subalterns Cup, riding his pony himself in that race. He also won many prizes in the Gymkhana Races, and in one cracked his skull and was unconscious for a fortnight. He started a boxing club for the N.C.O. and sappers, which was in flourishing condition. In Ireland he won many prizes for his flowers, being a great gardener, and in South Africa went in for big game shooting, polo, playing, etc. He m. at St. John’s Church, Chelsea, 18 Dec. 1909, Jonkvrouwe Agneta Wendela Elizabeth (The Chestnuts, Hartford Bridge, Winchfield, co. Hants), dau. of Jonkheer Dr. Wilhem van Citters, of Zeeland, Holland, Consul-General for the Netherlands in Berne, and had a dau.: Noreen Leonie Ross, b. 16 Oct. 1913. His brother, Capt. Walrond Rose, of the Cameronians, was killed in action, 22 Oct. 1914.

=ROSE, OWEN WILLIAM=, Private. No. 1795, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of George Thomas Rose, Private, No. 12775, 6th (Service) Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., by his wife, Mary (4, Du Burstow Terrace, Hanwell), dau. of George Mills, of Uxbridge, Middlesex; b. West Ealing, London, W., 6 Oct. 1896; educ. St. Mark’s Council School, Hanwell; and was employed as a roundsman at Sainsbury’s when war broke out. He had joined the Middlesex Territorials about 1912, and volunteered for foreign service; mobilized at Sittingbourne and went with his regiment to Gibraltar and while there shot a German prisoner who was trying to escape from a detention camp. The matter was the subject of an official enquiry and it was held that Rose had done no more than his duty. He afterwards accompanied the Battn. to France, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 30 April, 1915; unm.

=ROSE, RONALD HUGH WALROND=, Capt., 1st. Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), yst. s. of the late Frederick William Rose, of Kensington, and grandson of Major Hugh Monro St. Vincent Rose, of Tarlogie, co. Ross, 12th Lancers; b. London, 11 July, 1880; educ. Scott’s Preparatory School, Kensington, and St. Paul’s; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Warwickshire Regt. from the Militia, 4 Jan. 1899; and promoted Lieut., 17 March, 1900, and Capt. 4 May, 1905, transferring to the Scottish Rifles, 20 May, 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers, 10 Oct. 1906, to 31 March, 1908, and Adjutant Territorial Force, 1 April, 1908, to Jan. 1910; joined his regt. at Bloemfontein in 1910, and nine months later was made Commandant of the South African School of Signalling at Pretoria; returned to Scotland in 1912, and was stationed at Glasgow when war broke out in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force the same month; took part in the Retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne; was wounded in the ankle during the German rush for Calais, when he was in command of a covering party to the regt., but went on leading his men until he was killed at Fromelles in the same action, 22 Oct. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. He m. at Eastham, 29 March, 1910, Hetty (The Paddock, Heston, Cheshire), yst. dau. of the late George Fletcher, of Liverpool, and had two children: Audrey, b. 13 April, 1912; and Jean Diana, b. 1 May, 1914.

=ROSE, THOMAS=, Private, No 1466, 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), elder s. of Lewis Rose, Caretaker, Edinburgh Public Library, by his wife, Hughina, dau. of John McIntosh, Farmer, Tonque; b. Edinburgh, 20 July, 1896; educ. Broughton Public School (Junior and Higher Grade), Edinburgh; was an apprenticed clerk in the North British and Mercantile Insurance Co., 64, Princes Street, Edinburgh; joined the 4th Royal Scots (T.F.) in March, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 13 June, 1915, and was killed in action there, 13 July following. His Sergt. wrote: “I always found him a good soldier and a willing and consistent worker. He never shirked anything either while we were at home or since we have been out here, and we all feel deeply the loss of one of our most steady, reliable, and hard-working comrades.” The Manager of his firm writing, said: “He was a boy of promise, and would probably have had a successful career here.”

=ROSE, TOM ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1751), 200364. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROSEVEARE, HAROLD WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Wiltshire Regt., eldest s. of the Rev. Richard Polgreen Roseveare, Rector of St. Paul’s, Deptford, and Rural Dean of Greenwich, by his wife, Mary Isabel, dau. of Thomas Martin Skinner, of Monmouth. J.P.; b. Monmouth, 18 March, 1895; educ. Little Appley School, Ryde (1902–8), Marlborough College (Scholar, 1908–July 1914), and had won a classical scholarship at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he was to have gone into residence in Oct. 1914. He had received a commission as 2nd Lieut., in the Wiltshire Regt. (Special Reserve), 18 April, 1914; and on the outbreak of war joined his regt. direct from his O.T.C. annual training camp, 4 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force on the 13th, and died 20 Sept, following, of wounds received in action at the Battle of the Aisne the same day, while leading a section of his men to locate and take a machine gun. Buried at Vailly. While at Marlborough he was senior prefect, a member of the Rugby football fifteen, and Cadet Captain of the O.T.C.

=ROSIER, FREDERICK=, Sergt., No. 9623, 7th (Service) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., eldest s. of Brad Rosier, of Walsham-le-Willows, by his wife, Rebecca, dau. of Frederick Price; b. Pakenham, co. Suffolk, 5 June, 1875; educ. Rickinghall village school; enlisted in the 2nd Northamptonshire Regt., 15 March, 1894; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps (“Belmont,” “Modder River,” “Orange Free State,” “Transvaal”), and King’s medal with two clasps (South Africa, “1901,” “1902”); took his discharge, 14 March, 1903, and then joined the Reserve for six years. After the outbreak of war he re-enlisted in the 7th Suffolks, 7 Sept. 1914, with his former rank of Sergt., and after acting as Drill Sergt. for some time at Shorncliffe, went to France, 30 May, 1915, and died in the Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 25 July, 1915, of wounds received in action. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. 2582). His commanding officer wrote: “He was not only a very efficient sergt., but also a good keen man on whom I knew I could always rely to carry out the most dangerous of our duties. His pluck when in pain from his wound was magnificent.” He was for ten years a bellringer at St. Mary’s Church, Walsham-le-Willows, and was also secretary of the local branch of his Trade Union. Sergt. Rosier m. at Walsham-le-Willows, 13 Dec. 1902, Ellen (Walsham-le-Willows, Bury St. Edmunds), yst. dau. of the late William Knott, of Stanton, and had three children: Frederick Arthur William, b. 26 July, 1903; Winifred Dorothy, b. 22 May, 1906, and Florence Lucy, b. 23 Aug. 1908.

=ROSS, ARCHIBALD SEYMOUR=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 3rd and yst. s. of the late Edward Charles Russell Ross, Barrister (first winner of the Queen’s prize at Wimbledon), by his wife, Margaret Seymour (Callands, North Berwick), yst. dau. of Capt. John Osborne, of 67, Eton Place, S.W., 6th Inniskilling Dragoons; and gdson. of Horatio Ross, of Rossie Castle, Montrose; b. The Rounds, Wimbledon Common, co. Surrey, 26 Nov. 1889; educ. Ardoreck, Crieff; and Glen Almond, Perth; joined the 3rd Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 18 Aug. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 26 Aug. 1914, afterwards being transferred to the 1st Battn. and joined them at the front, 11 Feb. 1915; was reported missing after the action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915, and was later ascertained to have been killed that day while leading his men in a charge; unm. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I cannot speak too highly of Ross. He was brave to the extreme, and liked by all ranks. I shall never forget his splendid coolness under very heavy shell fire on Neuve Chapelle day, 10 March, 1915, an example, not only to the men, but to myself as well”; and another: “if he died, he died splendidly. I have never met anyone who I admired more. His character was great and noble, his personality charming, his mind pure and simple. As he ran forward to that fatal charge, he shook hands with a brother officer, left in reserve, saying ‘Good-bye--if I don’t come through, anyway, it’s a glorious death to die.’” 2nd Lieut. Ross was a good all-round sportsman and expert with rod, rifle and gun, and a keen yachtsman.

=ROSS, CECIL JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7241). S.S. 102193, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROSS, COLIN JOHN=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270035, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROSS, GEORGE ALEXANDER SINCLAIR=, M.A., Capt., 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), elder s. of the late William Sinclair Ross, of Marchmont Road. Edinburgh, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James Nilson; b. Edinburgh, 8 March, 1870; educ. Edinburgh University, where he graduated M.A. in 1894, and became a teacher of mathematics in Broughton Higher Grade School, Edinburgh; joined the 6th Royal Scots (T.F.) in 1902, as Lieut. in the College Coy. (recruited from students attending the Training Colleges of the Scottish Churches studying in Edinburgh); promoted Capt. 22 March, 1908; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was transferred to the 4th Battn. with the bulk of his Company, 19 Nov. following; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915, leading his Coy. in a charge on the enemy’s trenches; unm. He was a keen golfer, being well known on several of the golf courses near Edinburgh.

=ROSS, JAMES JOHN (ERIC)=, Private, No. 11208, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots; b. Ireland, 6 Dec. 1888; educ. South African University; went to South Africa with his parents in infancy, but returned to England after their deaths; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 3 Aug. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Vierstraat, 22 March, 1915, being shot by a sniper while on sentry duty; unm. Buried there.

=ROSS, JAMES OSWALD=, Private, No. 8/846, 14th Otago Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of Duncan Ross, of Mandeville, Southland, New Zealand, Farmer; b. Mandeville aforesaid, 7 Dec. 1891; educ. there; joined the Otago Regt., 1 April, 1911; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War, at Dunedin, 22 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 2 May following; unm. Buried at Walker’s Ridge.

=ROSS, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10808), S.S. 2905, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=ROSS, WILLIAM MUNRO=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only s. of William Edmond Ross, and his wife, Gertrude Maud, dau. of the late Thomas Bevan, of Stone Park, Greenhithe, co. Kent; b. Bishops Stortford, co. Herts, 22 March, 1892; educ. St. Andrew’s, Eastbourne, Eton (J. H. M. Hare’s House), and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Pitt Club and took a Tripos degree in 1914. In Oct. 1914 he received a commission (dated 14 Aug.) as University Candidate in the 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, being given a year’s seniority in respect of his university degree, was promoted Temp. Lieut. (commission ante-dated, 25 Oct. 1914) and confirmed in rank of Lieut. Dec. following. In Jan. 1915, he took out a draft to the 2nd Battn. (formerly the 92nd) and was killed close to the German trenches in the attack on Neuve Chapelle, 11 March. A brother officer wrote: “He was leading his platoon in splendid style when he was hit by several bullets.” He was very keen on hunting, shooting and cricket, and was very musical.

=ROSSER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4251), 207934, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROSSITER, PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., elder s. of Sydney Rossiter, 11, Cumberland Road, Brighton, Assistant Inspector of Schools for East Sussex, formerly Headmaster (1904–14) of Fairfields School, Basingstoke, by his wife, Ada, dau. of John Cooper, of High Street, Cheltenham; b. South Hackney, London, 15 March, 1894; educ. Fairfields School and Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Basingstoke and University College, Reading, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. of the Berkshires, 22 July, 1914, joined in August, sailed from Southampton on 19 Dec. following and was attached on landing to the 2nd Queen’s Royal West Surreys; killed in action near Armentières, 19 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried at Fleurbaix. Philip Rossiter won a Hants County Junior Scholarship in 1906 and a Senior in 1910. He held the latter for four years at Reading University College. He was an undergraduate of London University and passed the B.Sc. Intermediate examination in 1912. At college he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Sports Club and a member of the Student’s Representative Council. He obtained his Colours for Rowing and was a member of the 2nd Four in 1913 and 1914. He, however, showed most interest in the O.T.C., in which he attained the rank of Colour-Sergt. and passed the examinations for both the “A” and “B” Certificates. He was also a keen swimmer, and at Basingstoke Grammar School he won the Senior Cup for two years in succession. His younger brother, Sydney, Leading Seaman, Nelson Battn. R.N.D., was severely wounded at Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915.

=ROSSON, WILLIAM HAROLD=, Private, No. 3782, 9th, attd. 1/7th, Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Joseph Rosson, of The Cottage, Kestrel Grove, Bushey Heath, Butler to Mr. W. B. Gair, of Kestrel Grove, by his wife, Kate, dau. of John Cato, of Kirtlington, near Oxford; b. Bushey Heath, 14 Nov. 1896; educ. Stanmore, Middlesex; was a Groom; joined 9th Middlesex, 8 Aug. 1914; transferred to the 1/7th Battn. and left for France, 13 March, 1915, and died at Merville Hospital, 18 June, 1915, of wounds received on the 15th. Buried in Military Cemetery, Merville; unm. His Company Commander, Capt. I. M. Cossar, wrote: “he was seriously wounded on the 15th of this month, as we were coming into the trenches. The Germans turned a machine-gun over the ground behind the trenches for some long distance back, and caught the company, wounding two of my best men. Your son received a bullet wound in his back, injuring the spinal column. He was at once taken to the dressing station where a motor was waiting to take him to Merville Hospital. His wound was very serious.”

=ROSTRON, JOHN=, Private, No. 6/928, D Westland Coy., Canterbury Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force; b. about 1872; educ. Peel School, Little Hulton; was for some time in the mechanic’s shop at Lord Ellesmere’s Wharton Hall Colliery; went to New Zealand in 1903, and took up work in the coal pit at Ronango; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canterbury Infantry Regt.; served in Egypt; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 8 May, 1915. He m. at Peel Church, Little Hulton, 20 Feb. 1901, Clara, dau. of Thomas Boardman, and had a dau., Ethel (63, Manchester Road West, Bottom Lane, Little Hulton), b. 4 April, 1902.

=DE ROUGEMONT, MAURICE HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., only s. of Arthur Francis de Rougemont, of 5, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, W., by his wife, Janet Emma, dau. of Henry Goodenough Hayter, of Winterbourne, Sidmouth, South Devon; b. Westbourne Gardens, London, W., 13 June, 1889; educ. Charterhouse (Gown boys), 1903–07, and Lausanne, 1908; was at Lloyd’s; joined the Artists’ Rifles, 1909; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France as Sergt. in the 1st Battn. Oct. 1914, and, after passing through the School of Instruction at Bailleul, received a commission in the 2nd Queen’s Royal West Surreys, 27 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 16 May, 1915. According to the statement made by his servant they and two other men got separated from the rest of the Coy., and after attending to some of our wounded in the trench near which they found themselves, they came across another Coy. of the Queen’s, which had lost all its officers. It was whilst leading his own men and this Coy. that he was shot, as they were climbing the parapet of a German trench; unm. Buried near Festubert. An officer wrote, “He was an excellent officer, and very much liked by his men. His loss is a great trouble to them”; and another: “If there is one thing that can help you in your loss, it will be knowing that he died doing his duty like a man, and leading his platoon over the German trenches. He was shot when on the top of the parapet.”

=ROURKE, THOMAS=, A.B., No. 234175, 1st Class Gunner, H.M.S. Tiger, only s. of the late Edward Rourke, by his wife, Lucy (5, Stand Street, London Road, Manchester), dau. of Dennis Kennedy; b. Ashton-under-Lyne, 11 April, 1890; educ. St. Michael’s School, George Lee Street, Ancoates; entered the Navy about 1906 and was killed in action in the North Sea, 24 Jan. 1915; unm.

=ROUST, JOSIAH ROBERT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307023, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=ROUTH, HAROLD=, Rifleman, No. 1959, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of John Routh, of 189, Rosebury Avenue, E.C.; b. Birmingham, 28 Aug. 1897; educ. there and L.C.C. School; joined The Rangers in May, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. following; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died in the General Hospital, Boulogne, 2 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Hill 60, on 27 April. Buried at Boulogne. He was the youngest in the regt.

=ROW, HARRY AKERS=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. The Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Benjamin Row, of North Lodge, Saxmundham, Corn, Seed and Coal Merchant, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Woodward, of Old Newton, Suffolk; b. Saxmundham, co. Suffolk, 22 March, 1886; educ. Ipswich Grammar School; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Suffolks, 29 May, 1913, and was in command of the half company of Territorials in Saxmundham; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Nov., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; unm. Col. H. W. Crinddas wrote: “As commanding officer of your son’s regt. I am writing to offer you and your family my sincerest sympathy in this great loss. It may be some consolation to you to know that he died well, at the head of his men, leading them most gallantly in the face of a murderous fire. I saw him shortly after he was killed lying in a trench, shot through the head. His end must have been quite instantaneous; so it will be a relief to you to know that he died without pain, just passing from life to death without knowing it. He was buried to-day at Vielle Chapelle. I have not been long with this regt., but quite long enough to appreciate your son’s work at its true value, and I feel that by his early (though glorious) death I have lost a most valuable officer and good friend.” He was a keen sportsman, and particularly fond of shooting and fishing.

=ROW, JAMES EDWARD=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 1012, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=ROWAN, ANDREW PERCIVAL=, Capt., 10th Battn. (Western Australia) Australian Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of the late Andrew Rowan, of Arranmore. St. Kilda, Melbourne, and St. Hubert’s Vineyard, Victoria; b. Melbourne, 31 Aug. 1876; educ. Queen’s College, St. Kilda, and Melbourne Grammar School; served as a Lieut. in the Australian Force in the South African War, 1901–02; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He was appointed Lieut., Australian Field Artillery, in July, 1903, but retired in 1910 and joined the Reserve of Officers. He then went to Western Australia and took up farming at Murgarrin, and on the outbreak of the European War immediately offered his services and was gazetted Lieut., 10th (Western Australia) Light Horse, 28 Oct. 1914. He took part in the operations at the Dardanelles, was promoted Capt. at the end of July for good work done in the field, and fell in action there, 7 Aug. 1915; unm. He was killed instantly by a bullet in the head and chest as he sprang over the edge of the trench to lead his men in the great charge at Walker’s Ridge, when the Australian Light Horse were almost wiped out. Brig.-Gen. F. Hughes, Commanding 3rd Light Horse Brigade, wrote to Mrs. Rowan: “I trust you will forgive me for writing, but I desire not only to express my deepest sympathy with you in your sorrow, but also to bear testimony to the excellent work your son did while he was with us. He led his men with great skill and determination when the Turks attacked them at Quinn’s Post soon after our arrival here, and although twice wounded he stuck to his post and directed the men with the effect that the enemy were driven back with considerable loss. I have no doubt you have already received full particulars of the engagement on the 7th, when he and his comrades so bravely attempted to take the Turks trenches. It was one of those heroic acts that failed through want of proper support. He truly did his best for his King and Empire.”

=ROWAN, JOHN LECK=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), eldest s. of John Rowan, of Dardenne, Kilmalcolm, co. Renfrew, by his wife, Isabella Gordon, dau. of James Shearer; b. Greenock, co. Renfrew, 27 Jan. 1890; educ. Greenock Collegiate School and Academy, and Glasgow Technical College; was an Engineer in the service of the P. & O. Co.; gazetted 2nd Lieut., in the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), 13 May, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 31 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, 12 July following, while leading his platoon; unm. Buried there. His Col. wrote: “I can testify he was a fine fellow, and as brave as they are made, and no one regrets his loss to the Battn. more than I do”; and his Capt., writing to express his sympathy, stated that he had lost both an officer and a friend, one that could not be replaced. Private Ferns also wrote: “The corner of the trench which I was holding had been under a heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, so that the sand bags and parapet started to fall in on top of me. I could not look over the trench to see what was going on in the enemy lines, so I passed along word to your son, Lieut. Rowan, to come along as I got suspicious of the constant fire being trained on the one corner of the trench, as it was opposite to the entrance of the communicating trench. Your son came and fired a night searchlight. At great personal risk he had a look over the top of the trench. He located three Turkish bomb throwers between 20 and 30 yards off our trench, so he gave us the word to open fire. We did so, and must have riddled the three of them with bullets. After that he came back to where I was standing, and before he would ask anybody else he gave me a hand to rebuild the corner of the trench, while the bullets were whirring over our heads, so close that we could feel the air of them.” Private Martin, in speaking of the bravery of Lieut. Rowan, said: “He was ahead of everybody when the shell struck him. While lying on the ground he shouted, ‘Go on, boys, I’m done.’ Two of us rushed to his assistance and helped him into a sitting position, where he emptied his revolver at the Turks in front. Then, shaking hands with each of us, he lay down as if he were asleep.”

=ROWBERRY, ALFRED CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8046), 293134, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROWE, ARTHUR=, Petty Officer, 212807, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROWE, FRANK CHARLES=, Leading Stoker, 227513, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROWE, JOHN=, Leading Seaman, 232049, Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROWE, JOSEPH FRANK=, Petty Officer, 179707, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROWE, JOSEPH JAMES=, Private, No. 5415, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Francis Fuick Rowe, of Borningham Green, near Aldborough; b. Baconthorpe, near Holt, co. Norfolk; enlisted 11 Feb. 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 25 Oct. following; unm.

=ROWLANDS, PERCIVAL HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5020, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROY, KENNETH JAMES=, Capt., 4th Battn. (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regt., s. of the late Rev. James Roy, Rector of Stockton-on-Forest, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas Denman, Barrister-at-Law (Chancery Division); b. Appleton Vicarage, Bolton Percy, co. York, 21 Jan. 1877; educ. St. Peter’s School, York, and The Oaks, Upper Deal; joined the 3rd Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt. (York Militia), in Feb. 1896; was attached to the depot of the Manchester Regt. at Ashton-under-Lyne, 1898, and got his company, Feb. 1899. On 15 June, 1901, he was selected for a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Middlesex Regt. and became Lieut. 6 March, 1903, and Capt. 9 Nov. 1910. From Nov. 1899, to 23 April, 1905, he served with the 2nd Gold Coast Regt. W.A.F.F., taking part in the operations in Ashanti (Medal), and in the expedition into the Tiansi Country in 1902; served in South Nigeria, 1907–09, and was attached to the West African Rifles, 1911–12. He went to France with the Expeditionary Force and is believed to have been killed in action on the Mons Road, 23 Aug. 1914. A brother officer who was wounded and taken prisoner, wrote from Germany: “I saw Capt. Roy killed in a hand-to-hand fight on the Mons Road. He fought splendidly, but we had no chance, there were about 250 Germans against 40 of us, the remnant of my Company who defended Obourg station on the canal. I was lying on the ground helpless. We managed to keep the Germans in check for a bit, but were eventually overpowered, only a few, I fear, escaped to tell the tale.” His brothers: Commander Robert Stewart Roy, R.N., Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth; Staff-Paymaster Norman Frederick Roy, R.N.; and Surgeon Donald Whatley Roy, F.R.C.S., R.N.V.R., Hospital Ship Plassy; are now on active service.

=ROYAL, ARTHUR CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4308), S.S. 1439, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROYALL, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Chief Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner), 136424, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROYES, THOMAS PERCY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16894, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUCK, JOHN EGERTON=, Major, 1st, attd. 7th (Service), Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., only s. of the late Egerton Wynder Ruck, of Mayfield, Cheam, by his wife, Margaret Bradshaw, dau. of John Bradshaw Wanklyn; b. Cheam, co. Surrey, 12 Jan. 1874; educ. Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Gloucestershire Regt., 21 Oct. 1893, and promoted Lieut. 5 Oct. 1897; Capt. 25 Oct. 1903, and Major 17 Feb. 1915; was Adjutant of the Regt., 17 Dec. 1901 to 16 Dec. 1904; and of the Boer Camp at Diyatalama, Ceylon; also of the Militia and Special Reserve, 16 Nov. 1906 to 15 Nov. 1911; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1900; took part in the operations in Natal, 1899, including actions at Rietfontein and Lombard’s Kop, and in the defence of Ladysmith (Queen’s medal with clasp); and (2) with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 11 July, 1915, to 8 Aug. following, on which latter date he was killed in action near Anzac Bay. He m. at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 11 May, 1905, Eleanor Fanny (14, Henleaze Gardens, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol), dau. of the late Major Alexander Ferdinand Henry Mitchell Innes, 60th Rifles, and had two children: Gordon Alexander Egerton, b. 31 Aug. 1906; and Patricia Louisa Egerton, b. 5 Feb. 1912.

=RUDD, ALEXANDER RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6654), 222193 H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUDD, FREDERICK THOMAS=, A.B. Seaman, No. 5635A, Royal Navy, s. of Frederick James Rudd, of 36, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Edmund Howlett, of Pulham Market, Norfolk; b. Lowestoft, co. Suffolk, 14 Jan. 1897; educ. Yarmouth Road School, Oulton Broad; joined the Navy 9 Feb. 1914, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUDDERHAM, EDWIN ROBERT=, Boy, Servant, L. 4251, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUDDERHAM, SIDNEY W.=, Marine Wireless Telegraph Operator, 1st Class, R.N.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUDDICK, JAMES JOHN (WILLIAMS, J. J.)=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9436), S.S. 106664, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUDDOCK, HAROLD EDWY COLSTON=, Lieut., 28th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 4th and youngest s. of the late Montague Greville Ruddock, of the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Franklin Hay, and grandson of the late Rev. Edward Ruddock, of Westbury, Somerset; b. Richmond, Surrey, 29 Dec. 1885; was some years in the 13th Kensingtons and London Scottish, and on going to Australia was given a commission in 88th Infantry Battn. Commonwealth Military Defence Forces in 1912; offered his services shortly after war was declared, and was promoted Lieut. 17 Aug. 1915, and attached to 28th Battn. Australian Infantry. He contracted pneumonia while on active service in Gallipoli and died 22 Nov. 1915, in hospital at Alexandria, and was buried in the Chatby Cemetery there. He m. at St. Anne’s, Kew Green, Surrey, 29 June, 1909, Constance Mary, dau. of Henry Howard Aldous, Kew Green, Surrey, and had two children: Henry Edward, b. 13 May, 1910; and Alice Mary, b. 22 March, 1914.

=RUDKIN, WILFRED GEORGE=, 2nd Sick Berth Steward, M. 1327, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUDMAN, HARRY STANLEY=, Trooper, No. 7/1137, 8th Canterbury Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only s. of the late Albert Rudman, of Salford, Manchester, by his wife, Florence (135, Blackfriars Road, Salford), dau. of the late George Newman, of Bath; b. Salford, 1 Feb. 1890; educ. North-Eastern County School, Barnard Castle, Durham, and the Royal Technical Institute, Salford; went to New Zealand in 1912, and settled at Stonyhurst, Christchurch. New Zealand; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in June; went to the Dardanelles about 5 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action at Waterfall Gully, there, 18 Nov. 1915; unm. He was buried in the Regimental Burial Ground at Walker’s Ridge the following day.

=RUEGG, KENNETH STANES=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), 2nd s. of the Rev. Ferdinand Stanes Ruegg, B.A., Rector of Wetherden, Stowmarket, by his wife, Alice Sophia, 2nd dau. of Robert Bianchi, of Dovercot House, Long Clawson, and London, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.; b. Llanvair-Kilgeddin, near Abergavenny, 8 June, 1890; educ. privately; enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters in 1910; was given a commission and gazetted 2nd Lieut., Sherwood Foresters, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action 20 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne; unm.

=RUGG, EDWARD ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3253), S.S. 791, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RUMBLES, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, 223110, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=RUNCORN, THOMAS JAMES=, Private, No. 5804, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of Robert James Runcorn, of 19, River Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William Hampton; b. Tamworth, 2 June. 1887; educ. there; joined the Army about 1907; went to the Front, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; unm.

=RUSH, SYDNEY WALTER=, Rifleman, No. 1422, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Walter Rush, of 27 and 29, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W., Draper and Ladies’ Outfitter, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of J. R. Collender, of Bow; b. Paddington, London, W., 21 Sept. 1890; educ. Mathematical School, Rochester; was a partner in his father’s business; joined The Rangers in Feb. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec., and was killed in action at St. Eloi, near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915; unm. Buried behind the trenches near the Menin Cemetery. His Capt. wrote expressing great regret at his loss, adding how devoted he was to his duty, and what a wonderful capacity he had for sticking it.

=RUSSELL, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5554), 302354. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUSSELL, FRANCIS=, Leading Seaman, 193098, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RUSSELL, FRANK=, Mechanician, 284204, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RUSSELL, HENRY=, Plumber, 344095, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 19360, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch B. 5326), 182451, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUSSELL, JAMES FORTEATH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. 10th Gurkha Rifles, only s. of Col. Alexander Fraser Russell, of The White Bungalow, Tidworth, co. Hants, C.M.G., A.D.M.S., Salisbury Plain, and Laura Charlotte, eldest surviving dau. of Col. Frederick Prescott Forteath, of Newton, Morayshire, and nephew of Sir James Russell, of Edinburgh; b. Mhow, India, 20 Dec. 1887; educ. Edinburgh Academy, Bedford Grammar School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd. list, Indian Army, 25 Jan. 1908; was attd. for his first year to the 1st Seaforth Highlanders, and served with them on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1908, taking part in the operations in the Mohmand country (medal with clasp); was subsequently posted to the 89th Punjabis at Mandalay, but two months later (1 June, 1909) was transferred to the 10th Gurkha Rifles. He rendered good service under trying circumstances in escorting Chinese soldiers over a large section of road, who were retiring from Tibet to Calcutta, on their way to China, and was commended for a “road report” prepared for the march of a Battn. of British Infantry from Darjeeling to Dacca in Oct. 1913. He was on furlough in Scotland when war broke out in Aug. 1914; rejoined his regt. in India; went to Egypt, Oct. 1914, as machine-gun officer of his Battn.; took part in the repulse of the Turks at the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, May following, and was killed in action there, 2 July, 1915; unm. Buried there (I. 12 Ravine). He was for some years the youngest officer in the Army holding a medal for war service.

=RUST, EDWARD=, Private, No. 1830, 4th Battn., The Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest son of the Rev. Edward Rust, M.A., B.D., Vicar of Hamsteels, Durham, by his wife, Sarah Gregson, dau. of Edward Horatio Thew, of Gateshead; b. Gateshead, co. Durham, 10 Oct. 1895; educ. Scorton Grammar School, co. York; joined the Yorkshire Territorials in March, 1914, while still a student at Scorton, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 17 April, 1915; was twice wounded while charging with his regt. at St. Julien on the 24th, and was taken to the Field Hospital, but returned to the firing line the following evening, where he remained until his regt. was relieved on the 29th, and died from his wounds just as he left the trenches. Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery. Capt. Maughan wrote: “The youngest man in my company, he shared in all the arduous duties and marches, and I never knew him utter a complaint.” A tablet was erected to his memory by the scholars of the Scorton Grammar School, and was unveiled by the Rev. W. Kerr Smith, Governor of the School, 29 July, 1915, and a stained glass window was placed to his memory in Hamsteels Parish Church.

=RUTHERFORD, JOHN THOMAS HENRY=, Private, No. 9735, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, eldest s. of John Thomas Rutherford, of 45, Howe Street, Haggerston, London, Cabinet Maker, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Thomas Dillon; b. Hoxton, London, 16 July, 1888; educ. Hammond Square Council School there; enlisted 29 Aug. 1906; served 7 years with the Colours, then passed into the Reserve; mobilized on the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force the same month; served with his regt. through the retreat from Mons and the various subsequent engagements, and was killed in action at Hooge, 25 Sept. 1915; unm.

=RUTLEDGE, JAMES EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 278362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RUTTER, EMANUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 1699, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=RUTTER, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 9164, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of the late (--) Rutter, by his wife, Mary (263, Icknield Port Road, Ladywood, Birmingham); b. Birmingham, 12 Dec. 1893; educ. St. John’s, Ladywood; enlisted 8 July, 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action in the Brickfields at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried there.

=RUXTON, WILLIAM RALPH=, L.-Corpl., Imperial Light Horse, only child of Charles Harcourt Vernon Ruxton, of Rosmeath, Park Town, Johannesburg, Lieut., 4th South African Horse (now on active service in German East Africa), by his wife, Lauvetta Eliza, eldest dau. of the Rev. Ralph Daly-Cocking, M.A., Incumbent of Holy Trinity, Brighton, and grandson of William Ruxton, of Ardee House, co. Louth, J.P., D.L.; b. Sylhet, Assam, India, 7 Sept. 1895; educ. Park Town School, Johannesburg (1904–6); Mowden School, Brighton (1906–9), and Haileybury College (1909–12), where he was in the O.T.C., and Matriculated at the London University in 1912; on leaving Haileybury entered the Staff of Electrical Works of the Victoria Falls Power Company in Johannesburg; joined the South African Defence Force in 1913, and on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, enlisted as a trooper in the Imperial Light Horse, being promoted L.-Corpl., in Sept., for plucky conduct under big shell fire at Kumos, N.W. Cape Province, in action against Maritz, leader of the Rebellion, and was killed in action against Kemp on the farm Rooidam, near Upington; unm. Buried there. His Squadron Officer wrote: “We have lost in your son a gallant gentleman whose memory will remain green in the hearts of his comrades.”

=RYAN, CHARLES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 177312, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RYAN, GEORGE JULIAN, D.S.O.=, Capt. and Brevet Major, 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2nd s. of the late Lieut.-Col. George Ryan, Army Medical Service, by his wife, Louisa Clotilda (Ashby Cottage, Ryde, Isle of Wight), dau. of Major N. Colthurst-Brabazon, 83rd Regt. (R.I.F.); b. Tenby, co. Pembroke, 18 Sept. 1878; educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and United Services College, Westward Ho!, North Devon; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, 8 Sept. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 11 March 1899, Capt. 9 June, 1906, and Brevet Major 7 Nov. 1908, being employed with the Egyptian Army from 6 Feb. 1903, to 15 Feb. 1910; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1901; employed with the Mounted Infantry in the advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont and Modder River; operations in the Transvaal, June-29 Nov. 1900; operations in Cape Colony; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–March, 1901, and those in the Orange River Colony, March-June, 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with five clasps, D.S.O.); (2) in the Soudan, 1905, with force sent against the Nyam Nyam tribes in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 18 May, 1906]; Egyptian medal with clasp); (3) in the Sudan, 1906; took part in the operations at Talodi, in Southern Kordofan (clasp to Egyptian medal); (4) in the Sudan, 1908: in operations in the Blue Nile Province, then with force commanded by El Lewa Dickinson Pasha sent to punish the murderer of the Deputy Inspector and Police Commandant, who had been treacherously slain at Kamlin; and (5) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 22 Aug. 1914; was promoted temp. Lieut.-Col. 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 23 Jan. 1915, when returning across the danger zone, after inspecting his men in the trenches, while in temporary command of the Battn. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 22 June, 1915. He was unm.

=RYAN, JOHN JAMES=, A.B., F.F. 3609, killed in action at Tsing-Tau, 22 Aug. 1914, on board H.M. Destroyer Kennet, while engaged in chasing the German destroyer S.90.

=RYE, FREDERICK CLEMENT=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1183), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RYLANCE, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4190), 277713, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RYLANDS, REGINALD VICTOR=, Capt. 1/7th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), elder s. of Richard Walter Rylands, of Ashburn Lodge, Worsley, Manchester, Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Isherwood, of Bolton; b. Eccles, 5 Nov. 1891; educ. All Saints’ School, Bloxham, and Shrewsbury School, and after spending a short time in Germany, went to Manchester University, taking his LL.B. in 1912. While there he served his articles as solicitor with his father’s firm, Messrs. Boote, Edgar, Grace & Rylands, of Manchester, Solicitors, and passed his final examination in June, 1914. He was three years in the Cadet Corps at Shrewsbury, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1/7th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), 18 July, 1910, attained the rank of Lieut. 5 Jan. 1912, and received his Company, 26 Sept. 1914. Along with other units of the East Lancashire Territorial Division, his battn. went out to Egypt in the autumn of 1914, and for some time he commanded the detachment that guarded the important railway centre at Atbara, a position of great responsibility for a young officer of 23. He left Atbara, about Feb. 1915, for Khartoum and was later moved to Suez, going to the Dardanelles early in May, 1915, and was killed during a night attack at Gallipoli, 29 May, 1915; unm. Capt. Williamson wrote of him: “He has proved himself to be one of the finest officers that a regiment could have. You can well imagine the amount of grit in a man when he goes forward under heavy fire though badly wounded.... I say unreservedly that I am proud to be in the same regiment as such a man as that.” Lieut. George Chadwick, of the same battn. wrote: “The battn. was ordered to move on the night of 28 May and dig new trenches which the Manchester Brigade were to man on the day of the charge. Your son was on the left, in command of half the Company. We advanced about 11 o’clock, with a full moon which was not to our advantage; we crept to within about 150 yards of the enemy’s trench and started to dig in. A message came down the line that your son had been hit in the shoulder, a Sergt. that was near by gave him water and did everything that was possible, but the bullet must have got in to some vital spot, as he passed away in about five minutes. We put him to rest the next day in a grave in rear of our trench and put him a cross up made out of a periscope which had been broken by a sniper”; and A. E. Fawcus, Capt. and Act. Adjt. 1/7th Manchester Regt.: “On the night 28–29 May, B and D Companies of our Battn. were ordered to advance and dig ourselves in about 200 yards from the enemy’s trenches; this meant advancing across the open under fire for a distance of about 170 yards. Your son was on the extreme left of our Company and trying to get into touch with the Battn. on our left, but as they had failed to reach their proper place he was unable to do so. Unfortunately the moon rose, and as we had no cover were easily seen by the enemy who opened a hot fire on us.... The section he was with consisting of about eight men were cut off from our next trench and we did not get connected with them for about 48 hours. I was receiving verbal messages from him up to about 2 o’clock on 29 May, 1915, and then I heard he was seriously wounded. Unfortunately we were entirely cut off from our lines behind, as the communication sap was only completed after 72 hours and he in turn was cut off from us so that we could give him no assistance. An hour or two later I received a message to say that he was dead. I afterwards heard that he died in five minutes and never recovered consciousness after he was hit. It is difficult to say whether he was hit once only or by a machine-gun. I regret to say that we could not bury him until the third day as on the day after he was killed a party attempted to do so and one man was immediately killed. His men told me he was slightly hit during the advance but this did not deter him from leading his men splendidly. The operation was a difficult one and our casualties were severe, but thanks to the bravery of the men and their officers was successfully carried out.” A younger brother, 2nd Lieut. Harold B. Rylands, is now (1916) attached to the Lancashire Fusiliers, now in France.

=STOPFORD SACKVILLE, GEOFFREY WILLIAM=, Sub-Lieut., R.N.. 2nd s. of the late Col. Lionel Richard Stopford Sackville (Commanding 4th Battn. 1891–7), Rifle Brigade, by his wife, Constance Evelyn (Ecton, Northampton), dau. of Major George Gosling, and grandson of Sackville George Stopford Sackville, of Drayton House, co. Northants, M.P., J.P., D.L. [grandson of Rev. the Hon. Richard Bruce Stopford, 4th s. of James, 2nd Earl of Courtown, K.P., P.C.]; b. South Raglan Barracks, Devonport, 22 May, 1893; educ. St Peter’s Court, Broadstairs, and the Osborne (1906) and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; served as Midshipman on H.M. ships St. Vincent, 15 May, 1911, to 14 Jan. 1912, Cornwallis, 15 Jan. 1912 to 29 Sept. 1913, and Invincible, 30 Sept. 1913 to 31 Dec. 1913; took 1st Class for Seamanship and did his three months course at Portsmouth in H.M. ships Victory, Excellent and Dryad; appointed Sub-Lieut., H.M.S. Hampshire, 30 May, 1914, but never joined, being sent to Britomart Gunboat on arrival at Hong Kong; and on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. following, was with the rest of the crew drafted to H.M. Destroyer Ribble; served in that ship at the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was severely wounded while superintending the landing of troops that day, and died 21 May following, in the Bombay Relief Fund Hospital, Alexandria; unm. Commander R. Wilkinson wrote: “Geoffrey was struck in the forehead standing aft, and superintending the disembarkation of soldiers, and cheering them up in his quiet manly way. He was always keen to go into action and to be doing something.”

=SADLER, ROBERT HENRY=, Trimmer, 92 T.S., Trawler Section R.N.R.; lost when the mine sweeping Trawler No. 61 (Thomas W. Irvine, of North Shields) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.

=SADLER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7474). S.S. 102594, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SADLER, WILLIAM EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. South Lancashire Regt., eldest s. of William Frederick Sadler, of 41, Hampstead Lane, N., East India Merchant, by his wife, Ada Mary Barton, dau. of the late Z. F. Warren; b. Upper Clapton, 20 Sept. 1896; educ. Cranleigh School, and Highgate School, and on leaving the latter in May, 1913, entered the employ of Messrs. Price, Forbes & Co., of Lloyds. Having served 4½ years in the O.T.C., he applied for a commission on the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 10th South Lancashires, 13 Nov. 1914, but quickly transferred to 3rd Battn.; went to France, 24 March, 1915, attd. to 2nd Battn., and was killed in action while deepening some partly made trenches on Hill 60, near Ypres, 8 May, 1915; unm. His Col. wrote: “He died gallantly, doing his duty. His company commander had a very high opinion of him. Shortly before he was hit I had been round his platoon in the trenches and thought what a cheerful, smart young fellow he was, and how well and bravely he was doing his duty,” and the Adjutant, Major (now Lieut.-Col.) Cotton: “He was a gallant lad, most deservedly popular and a thoroughly--especially I might say--promising young officer, keen, energetic, and reliable”; and numerous other letters from officers and friends bear testimony to his energy, capability, and great courage.

=SAIGEMAN, JACK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4805), S.S. 1717, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ST. CLAIR, HON. CHARLES HENRY MURRAY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, yr. s. of Charles William, 15th Baron Sinclair, formerly 57th Foot (with which he served in the Crimea and Indian Mutiny), by his wife, Margaret Jane, yr. dau. of James Murray, of Bryanston Square; b. 19 Dec. 1878; educ. Eton and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 7 May, 1898, and promoted Lieut. 12 Dec. 1899; served in the South African War, 1899–1902, took part in the advance on Kimberley, was present with the Highland Brigade at Magersfontein, and also in the demonstration at Koodoosburgh against the right of the Boer position, and in the final scene at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb., mentioned in Despatches), Poplar Grove and Dreifontein; was attached to Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Rawlinson’s Column as signalling officer during the operations in the Orange Free State and Transvaal, 1900–1, including the actions at Wittebergen (1 to 29 July), and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps and King’s medal with two clasps. He became Capt. 19 April, 1902, served as Adjutant 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, June, 1903–6, was A.D.C. to Gen. Sir Bruce Hamilton, commanding 2nd Division at Aldershot, June, 1906–7, and Staff Capt. Scottish Command, 1908–12, in which last year he was posted to the 1st Battn. of his regt. then at Agra. He landed in France with the Indian (Meerut) Expeditionary Force, 13 Oct. 1914, and served in the north of France until the 20 Dec. following, when he was killed in action in the trenches near La Bassée; unm. He was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French, 31 May, 1915. Capt. St. Clair was a member of the King’s Bodyguard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) and a Knight of the Saxe-Ernestine Family Order.

=ST. GEORGE, GUY STANFORTH WEMYSS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King George’s Own, Gurkha Rifles, only surviving s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Harry Hamersley St. George, Senior Ordnance Officer, Scottish District, by his wife, Agnes Collin Wemyss (The Cottage, Lexden, Colchester), dau. of George Wright Loch; b. Colombo, Ceylon, 1 July, 1888; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst: gazetted to the 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers, 19 Jan. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 19 April, 1909. In 1908 he was transferred to the Indian Army and was appointed to the 1st Gurkha Rifles. When the war broke out his regiment was sent first to Egypt, and then to France in Nov. 1914, where he was made Brigade Machine-Gun Officer. He was in action at Festubert and Neuve Chapelle, and became Adjutant on the death of Capt. Gilbert Kennedy. Lieut. St. George was mortally wounded at Ypres, 27 April, 1915, and died the following day, and was buried at Hazebrouck, France; unm. His Col. wrote to his mother: “Since Capt. Kennedy was shot, your son has been adjutant, and, as such, has been constantly with me and has endeared himself greatly to me. His death is a great shock to me; he was a most capable soldier, and a first-rate Adjutant, and he will be a very great loss to the regiment”; and Gen. Powell said: “His loss has been very much felt by the 1st. as he was so liked by his brother officers and so much thought of as a capable and promising officer. He appealed to me because of his keenness for rifle shooting; a great shot, a good marksman, and an enthusiastic sportsman.”

=SAIT, JOHN=, Private, No. 20248, East Surrey Regt. (T.F.), s. of Thomas Sait, of Red Lion Lane, Tolworth, Carpenter; b. Hammersmith, London, 19 March, 1863; educ. Tolworth; enlisted in the 2nd East Surreys, 24 June, 1878; served 7 years and 87 days with the Colours, and 4 years 278 days in the Reserve, obtaining his discharge, 23 June, 1890; took part in the Egyptian War, 1885 (medal with clasp and bronze star); rejoined 9 Nov. 1915; died in Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man, 15 Jan. 1916, of double pneumonia contracted while on active service. He m. at Kingston-on-Thames, 1 July, 1887, Ellen (27, Cross Street, Hampton Hill, Middlesex), dau. of Charles Russell, Gamekeeper, and had six children: John Thomas, b. 22 Jan. 1889; Arthur Edward, b. 7 May, 1904; Henry James, b. 1 July, 1906; Margaret Ethel, b. 3 July, 1891; Florence May, b. 16 Dec. 1896; and Gwendoline, b. 22 Feb. 1897.

=SALE, ALEXANDER GORDON=, Lieut., King’s African Rifles, yr. s. of Richard Sale, of Barrow-on-Trent, Derbyshire, J.P., by his wife, Mary Alexina, dau. of Alexander Gordon, of Ashludie, Forfarshire, D.L., J.P.; b. Barrow-on-Trent, co. Derby, 14 Nov. 1894; educ. Horris Hill, and Repton School; went to British East Africa in Feb. 1914, and was on the Staff of Pauling & Co., Contractors for the Railway to the Magadi Soda Lake, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. of the same year joined a Pioneer Corps and was engaged in laying telegraph wires and making transport roads, until he was given a commission in the King’s African Rifles, in Jan. 1915. He was killed in action during his first engagement at Utegi, Nyanza Province, British East Africa, 9 March, 1915; unm. Buried on the border of German East Africa. While at Repton he was head of his house, a school prefect and a sergt. in the O.T.C., and obtained his colours for both cricket and football.

=SALE, FREDERICK HAROLD=, Yeoman of Signals, 226735, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SALES, HENRY=, Stoker, Petty Officer 29, 4058, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SALMON, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302930 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SALMONI, FRED STANLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 791, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of William Salmoni, of 8, Elm Street, Cardiff; b. there 24 Dec. 1892; educ. Stacey Road Board School, Cardiff, emigrated to Queensland in 1912; on the outbreak of war enlisted in the Australian Contingent, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 28 April, 1915; unm. On the morning of the 27th his platoon commander, Lieut. T. Robertson, with a party of thirty picked men (including Salmoni) went forward to occupy an outpost position in advance of the main line of defence. Early the following morning the enemy massed in large numbers opposite their position and demanded their surrender; this was refused, but as they were greatly outnumbered they had to retire, and only a few of the party succeeded in reaching the main line. Although killed on 28 April, his body was not found until the 24 May. He was buried in Shrapnel Valley, about one mile north-east of Gaba Tepe. Before going to Australia he was a member of the 14th Coy. of the Cardiff Boys’ Brigade.

=SALT, THOMAS FREDERICK CYRIL=, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. (2nd Gwent) South Wales Borderers, formerly Private, No. 3203, 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt., only s. of Thomas Frederick Salt, of Gwentland, Abertillery, co. Monmouth, Colliery Proprietor, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of the late John Carpenter, Colliery Proprietor; b. Arral House, Aberbeeg, co. Monmouth, 26 Oct. 1893; educ. County Intermediate School, Abertillery, and on leaving there was articled to Mr. W. Stewart, M.E., Managing Director of Messrs. Powells’ Tillery Colliery Co., with whom he served for four years; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 3rd Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.); trained at Northampton and Cambridge; went to France, Jan. 1915; was wounded in action at Neuve Chapelle, 15 March, 1915, and died in No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station, 3 April following; unm. Buried in Bailleul Cemetery. A comrade wrote: “From the time we went to Northampton to the fatal night he and I had been great pals, and during our stay in France we always slept and lived together. When he went away to hospital I was sadly alone, and felt his absence keenly. The evening he was shot his platoon was relieving us in the firing line, and it was within 20 yards of his destination that the blow came. As the men of his platoon were filing by me I heard someone say ‘Cyril is hit,’ and I immediately went out and found him, and in company with three other fellows took him to cover of our trench. The bullet had entered his temple right behind his right eye, and passed through parallel with his forehead. As soon as we got under cover another young fellow and I bandaged his wounds and sent for the ambulance. As the enemy’s fire at this time was very hot and our parapets were in places blown away, the work of our stretcher-bearers was much hindered, and as a consequence they were unable to move Cyril for about two hours. Meanwhile, I got coats, etc., and made him as comfortable as possible. At intervals I would talk and try to cheer him up, and it was honestly grand to see the way poor Cyril would try to pull himself together. He was a soldier in every sense of the word.... In losing Cyril, not only I but the whole regt. has sustained a great loss, and his absence caused quite a gloom over us all. With the officers as well as the men he was highly respected, and I don’t think in this world there was a more conscientious and upright fellow breathing. It will be gratifying, and I am positively certain a great joy to you, to know that he led a real Christian life, and died as you would have wished him. On more than one occasion he has prompted me, and was ever on the alert to do a good turn when he thought necessary. I cannot possibly say enough in his favour. He honestly was a genuine pal.... He laid down his life for freedom and the right, and his end was a glorious one.” He had been gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 11th South Wales Borderers, 6 March, 1915, and he was on the point of returning to England to take up his commission when he was wounded.

=SALTER, JOHN=, Private, No. 1816, 10th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 3rd s. of the late Charles Salter, by his wife, Henrietta (55, Albert Terrace, Cardigan Road, Leeds), dau. of Alexander Broughton; b. Leeds, 31 Jan. 1886; educ. Central High School there; was employed by the Leeds City Tramways, and was a Member of the Leeds Engineers (T.F.), 1905–7; went to Australia in Sept. 1912, and settled at Adelaide, S. Australia, as a Tramway Trust employee; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 10th Battn. in Dec.; left for Egypt in April, 1915; went to the Dardanelles in May, 1915, and was killed in action at Gaba Tepe, 16 June following; unm. Buried there.

=SALTMARSH, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 12461, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of William Saltmarsh, of 17, Jacob Wells Mews, George Street, Manchester Square, London, W., Coachman, by his wife, Anne, dau. of William Wallis, of Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex; b. Hutton, co. Essex, 10 June, 1892; educ. St. Mary Abbotts School, Kensington; was a Brass Finisher; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 23 Sept. 1914; trained at Caterham, Surrey; went to France, 14 Feb. 1915, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 25 March following, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 20th; unm. Buried at Boulogne.

=SALVESEN, EDWARD MAXWELL=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd s. of Edward Theodore Salvesen, a Lord of Session with the title of Hon. Lord Salvesen, etc., by his wife, Isabelle, dau. of John Trayner, LL.D., Hon. Lord Trayner of the Court of Session; b. Crawford Priory, co. Fife, 30 Aug. 1891; educ. Cargilfield, Midlothian; Clifton College, and University College, Oxford, where he was a member of the O.T.C., and graduated with 2nd Class Honours in Law in Oct. 1914; enlisted as a trooper in Lovat’s Scouts in Sept. 1914, and after training with them for two months was given a commission in the Reserve Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Dec. 1914; went to France to join the 2nd Battn., 1 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near St. Julien, 25 April following; unm. He was engaged to Kitty, dau. of Hugh Peake, of Lambton Hall, Hounslow.

=SAMPSON, FREDERICK JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14507, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SAMS, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ply. 4095 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 648), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SAMSON, WILLIAM HORACE=, Leading Stoker, 182954, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SANDBACH, WILLIAM=, Major, 6th (Service) Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., yst. and last surv. s. of the late Rev. Gilbert Sandbach, Rector of Upper Sapey, co. Hereford, J.P., by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Archibald Maxwell, and grandson of Samuel Sandbach, of Woodlands, co. Lancaster, and Hafodunos, Abergele, J.P.; b. Upper Sapey, 24 Oct. 1865; educ. Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 7th Royal Fusiliers, 7 Feb. 1885; transferred into King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. in 1885, being promoted Lieut., and Capt. 21 Oct. 1895; served in India, Malta, Gibraltar, and through the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in relief of Ladysmith, including operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop (severely wounded); operations in the Transvaal, May–June, 1900; operations in Natal, April-June, 1900, including action at Laings Nek; operations in Orange River Colony, June, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900, Feb. to March, 1901, and April to 31 May, 1902, and operations in Orange River Colony, Sept. to Nov. 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901]; Queen’s medal with four clasps, King’s medal with two clasps). He retired 15 July, 1903, and in 1907 bought the property of Hazelby, near Newbury, where he resided until the outbreak of war, when he immediately offered his services and joined the 6th (Service) Battn. of his regt. He was gazetted Capt. Reserve of Officers, 13 Sept. 1914, and promoted Major 24 Oct. following; left for Gallipoli, 12 June; landed at the Dardanelles about 10 July, and was killed in action during the attack on Chanak Bair, 9 Aug. 1915. Buried in the Gallipoli Peninsula, near the scene of action. The Adjutant, Capt. Birley, wrote: “I want to tell you what a noble death your gallant husband died. He was the first one of all to give us warning of the Turks’ attack about 4.45 last Monday morning. Quite early on in the engagement he got a terrible wound in the mouth, and I saw him in the firing line trying to give his men instructions as though nothing had happened. I begged him to go back to the Regimental Aid Post, to have his wound properly dressed, but he wouldn’t leave his men. The next I saw of him was taking ammunition boxes across the open to be refilled, and he was finally killed whilst rallying his men back into the trenches. He was shot through the heart, and must have died instantaneously.... I should just like to tell you that I am mourning the loss of a splendid comrade and brave brother-officer, and that the Battn. in general, and his own company in particular, was simply devoted to him.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916]. He m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1907, Helen Margaret (Hazelby, Newbury), yst. dau. of the late Rev. Canon Robert James Dundas, for 33 years Rector of Albury, near Guildford, and had three children: Peter Dundas, b. 17 Oct. 1907; Ralph Maxwell, b. 20 April, 1909; and Pamela Margaret, b. 11 Jan. 1910.

=SANDERS, RICHARD INGERSOLL (JACK)=, Private, No. 26001, 14th Battn. (Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd s. of James Harris Sanders, of 110, Cannon Street, E.C., Merchant, by his wife, Marie Louise, dau. of James Ingersoll Day, of U.S.A.; b. Shenley, co. Herts, 21 April, 1891; educ. Temple Grove, East Sheen, and Wellington College, and on leaving there went to Germany, where he remained for just over a year. On his return to England he started in business with Messrs. Jardine, Mathesons, Merchants, London; went to Canada in Dec. 1911; was for a short time in the Bank of Montreal, and then in the British Trade Commissioners’ Office there, but subsequently entered the firm of A. K. Drury, of Montreal, and only left them on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, when he volunteered for Imperial service, and joined the 14th Battn., D Coy.; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to France, 10 Feb. 1915, and was reported “wounded and missing” after the fighting near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date; unm.

=SANDERSON, ARTHUR WATSON=, T.D., Major, 1/7th Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), yst. s. of the late William Sanderson, of Leith, Distiller; b. Leith, 31 May, 1870; educ. Edinburgh Institution; was a Rectifier and British Wine Manufacturer; joined the 5th Vol. Battn., The Royal Scots, 9 Jan. 1895; and became Major (Special Reserve of Officer), 21 Dec. 1908; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; landed at the Dardanelles about 12 June, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915. He m. in 1905, Ethel C. (Lyne Villa, 252, Ferry Road, Edinburgh), dau. of the late Robert L. Watson, of Dundee, and had four children.

=SANDERSON, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9224), 202928, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SANDERSON, PHILIP NOEL=, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers; 2nd s. of William John Sanderson, of Eastfield Hall, Warkworth, co. Northumberland, by his wife, Amy, dau. of Peter Wright, of Upper Clapton; b. at Newcastle, 24 May, 1887; educ. Marlborough and Sandhurst; received a commission in the 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 9 Oct. 1907, was promoted Lieut. 24 March, 1909; exchanged to the 1st Battn., and went with them to Khartoum and India. Here he made a special study of signalling, and when ordered to Ismailia, in Oct. 1914, was appointed to Gen. Wilson’s Staff, and the following month gazetted Capt. Returning to England during the equipment of the 29th Division, he was stationed at Rugby, whence he proceeded to the Dardanelles. He landed 25 April, fell mortally wounded on the 26th, and was taken to the hospital ship Guildford Castle, where he died the same day. He was buried at sea a mile off Cape Helles the next morning, with his Colonel, another officer, and six of his men. Capt. Sanderson m. at Lucknow, Doris, dau. of Charles Jordan, of Richmond, Yorkshire; s.p.

=SANDHAM, JAMES FREDERICK=, Sergt., No. 566, 1/3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of James Sandham, of 6, East Block, Peabody Buildings, Chelsea, by his wife, Sophie, dau. of William Bryant; b. Chelsea, S.W., 19 Nov. 1888; was in the employ of Messrs. George Pulman & Sons, Printers, of High Street, Marylebone; joined B Coy. 1/3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, of which Mr. H. Pulman was Capt., 8 May, 1909; volunteered for Imperial Service, and left for Malta, 4 Sept. 1914; left there for France, 31 Dec. following, and died at the Clearing Hospital, Merville, 12 March, 1915, of wounds received in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 10th. Buried in Merville Cemetery, Grave F 2. Capt. H. A. Moore, commanding D Coy., 1/3rd Royal Fusiliers, wrote he “died from wounds received while serving with my company in a charge which was successfully made against the German trenches in the afternoon of Wednesday, the 10th, during the recent Battle of Neuve Chapelle. It will be some comfort for you to know that Sergt. Sandham did his duty bravely, and fought and died like a true British soldier.” And a comrade wrote that the battn. had lost one of its best men, who had died like a hero, his last words being to kiss his boy and to tell his wife not to worry as he had done his duty. Sergt. Sandham m. at Marylebone Parish Church, 1911, Alice (16p, Sutton Dwellings, Chelsea, S.W.), dau. of William Brown, of 39B, Lewis Buildings, Chelsea, and had a son, Frederick Alfred, b. 18 Nov. 1911.

=SANDISON, JOHN BURNETT=, Private, No. 16768, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest s. of Lewis Grant Sandison, of West Granton Road, Edinburgh, Printer, Compositor, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of John Burnett; b. Edinburgh. 6 Sept. 1882; educ. Board School there; volunteered for foreign service during the Boer War and enlisted in the Royal Scots; served there in South Africa, 1902 (medal); on leaving the Army went to America, and Canada, where he worked at various occupations in various places; returned to England, 1 Jan. 1915, and at once enlisted in his old regt.; went to France in March, and died in No. 8 Field Hospital, 23 June following, from wounds received in action at Ypres on the 21st; unm.

=SANDS, HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109990, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SANSOM, ROBERT ANDREW=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 855), 217455, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SANSOME, ARTHUR=, A.B., 210412, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SAPSTEAD, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12320, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SARFAS, ALBERT EDWARD=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 166241, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SARGEANT, WILLIAM=, Painter, 1st Class, 170798, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SARGEAUNT, ARTHUR FREDERICK=, Lieut.-Col., Royal Engineers, eldest s. of Col. Richard Arthur Sargeaunt, of Aspley Guise, co. Beds, late R.E., by his wife, Emily Alberta, dau. of Charles Sargeaunt, J.P.; b. Bombay, 1 Nov. 1870; educ. Marlborough College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14 Feb. 1890; and promoted Lieut. 4 Feb. 1893; Capt. 13 Feb. 1901; Major 14 Feb. 1910, and Brevet Lieut.-Col. for his services, 1915; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with clasp and King’s medal with two clasps); was instructor at the School of Military Engineering from 1 Oct. 1908 to 13 Feb. 1910; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, in command of a Field Coy.; was subsequently appointed Commanding Royal Engineer of a Division, and was killed in action near Ypres, 31 July, 1915. Buried at Brandhoek. He was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Feb. and 22 June, 1915]. He m. at St. Thomas’s Church, Edinburgh, 9 May, 1906, Clare Marguerite, dau. of Andrew Smart, of Edinburgh, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P.E., and had two daus.: Hilda Clare, b. 13 Feb. 1907; and Aileen Marguerite, b. 18 Feb. 1909.

=SARGENT, ALFRED=, Ch. E.R.A. (Pensioner, Pension No. 17108), 132356, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SARGENT, FREDERICK=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 149368, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SARGENT, HENRY BENJAMIN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17490, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SAUL, CHARLES THOMAS=, Leading Signalman, 217688, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SAUNDERS, ARTHUR COURTENAY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., yr. s. of Lieut.-Col. Robert Erasmus Saunders, of Alton Pancras, Dorchester J.P., formerly of 1st Battn. 7th Royal Fusiliers, and of 3rd Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., by his wife, Edith Marion, dau. of Col. James William Graves, 18th Royal Irish Regt.; b. Rownhams House, near Southampton, 29 May, 1883; educ. Northwood House, near Winchester (Mr. T. Eastman), and Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., from the Militia, 4 May, 1901; promoted Lieut. 6 July, 1904, and Capt. 26 Oct. 1911; was employed with the King’s African Rifles from 20 Oct. 1909, to Dec. 1914; served in the Somaliland Expedition, 1908–10 (medal with clasp); was in command of the Chebling Patrol against the Marakwet tribe Oct. and Nov. 1913 (mentioned in Despatches of 29 Dec. 1913); and of a force of the King’s African Rifles, when they repulsed a much stronger force of the enemy, including 50 Europeans with six Maxims, at Mizima on Tsavo River, 26 Sept. 1914. He rejoined his own regt., 25 Jan. 1915, and went to France, 6 March; and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 14 March, 1915; unm. Buried at Dickebusch about three kilometres from Ypres. On leaving the King’s African Rifles, Sir H. Conway Belfield, K.C.M.G., wrote to him: “As I understand you are rejoining your regt. at the expiration of your leave after five years’ service in the 3rd Battn. King’s African Rifles, I have pleasure in expressing to you my satisfaction at the efficient manner in which you have performed important duties in the British East Africa, and in commending you for the sterling and soldierlike qualities which you have exhibited. Your handling of your men in the recent skirmish at Mizima was most creditable, and is testimony to your skill as a tactician.” Lieut.-Col. H. D. Tuson, after the death of Capt. Saunders, wrote: “He had only arrived the previous day, and was commanding a company on the day the Germans attacked the trenches near St. Eloi, and during the attack was moving by a communication trench from one of his trenches to another when he was shot through the head and killed instantaneously,” and Major F. A. Dickenson: “He was doing extremely well when he was killed. When we were attacked in force he collected some of his men and rushed up a communication trench and held on for a long time, and so helped stave off the attack, which gradually dwindled away till we re-took the last trenches by a vigorous counter attack.” Lieut.-Col. B. R. Graham, Commanding 3rd King’s African Rifles, wrote from Nairobi: “I am very grateful for the sad details regarding your son’s death. He was a very gallant soldier who did not know the meaning of the word ‘fear’ and we all tender our very genuine sympathies in the loss you have suffered, and which we share,” and an officer who served with him in British East Africa: “I have known him for the last few years well. He was a soldier, a sportsman, and a man, and it was with grief I read of his death to-day.” He won the officers’ championship cup at the Garrison rifle meeting at Gibraltar in 1906, while serving with the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., and played in the polo team of that Battn.

=SAUNDERS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 9920, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Edwin Saunders, of Cadbury, Thorverton, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Mary; b. Cadbury aforesaid, 31 May, 1893; educ. Cadbury School; was a Farm Labourer; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 1 Jan. 1913; went to France in Aug. 1914, and died in Aldershot Hospital, 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action on 29 Oct.; unm.

=SAUNDERS, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3799), 202656, Chat., H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SAUNDERS, ROBERT EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4184), 193887, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=SAUNDERS, STANLEY ROLAND=, L.-Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ports./11383, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SAUNDERS, WALTER LAYTON=, Private, No. 7075, 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., only s. of William Walter Saunders, of 136, Muirkirk Road, Catford (professionally known as Walter Fullerton, Humourist), Letter Sorter at G.P.O, by his wife, Anne, dau. of Thomas Morgan; b. at Walworth, S.E., 17 Oct. 1883; educ. Hollydale Road Board School, East Lambeth; enlisted in 3rd Worcesters, 8 July, 1902, and served three years with the Colours and nine with the Reserve; being for more than two years in the Officers’ Mess. His time with the Reserve expired on 7 July, 1914, but on the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service with his old battn., left for France, 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near La Bassée, 27 Oct. following. He was much liked and esteemed in his regt. His commanding officer, on his leaving the service, wrote that he had found him “an excellent lad in every way.” He m. at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Southwark, 7 Jan. 1911, Olivia Sophia (49, Surrey Square, Walworth, S.E.), only dau. of William Monk Wheeler, and had a son: Walter Ernest Louis, b. 3 Oct. 1912.

=SAUNDERS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10912, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, s. of the late Richard Saunders; b. Dublin; educ. St. John’s School there; enlisted 5 Aug. 1910; joined the 2nd Battn. at Aldershot, and was drafted to the 1st Battn. in India; returned to England with his regt., arriving 23 Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 6 March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 14 May following; unm. Buried on the Beach there.

=SAVAGE, ARTHUR HENRY=, Private, No. 2000, 4th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), s. of Henry Savage, of Sutton, Pulborough, Sussex. Gamekeeper to Lord Leconfield, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Henry Carver, of Tillington, Petworth, Sussex; b. Tillington, Petworth, co. Sussex; was a Gamekeeper on Lord Leconfield’s estate; enlisted 24 Aug. 1914; trained at Newhaven; left England with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 12 Aug. 1915; unm. He was buried in a cornfield at Anafarta Sagir, 1:20,000, 105 H Furrow.

=SAVAGE, EDWIN=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 202244, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SAVAGE, HARRY=, Chief Armourer, 340576, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SAVAGE, JOHN ARDKEEN=, Capt., 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., elder s. of the Rev. Francis Forbes Savage, Vicar of Flushing, Falmouth, by his wife Ethel Margaret; b. Chatham, 16 Sept. 1883; educ. Kelly College, Tavistock; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Militia) Battn. West Riding Regt., Oct. 1899, and served with it in the South African War, 1900–1, taking part in the operations in Cape Colony, Dec. 1900, to June, 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Garrison Regt., 22 Nov. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 30 May, 1904; transferred to the 1st Northamptons (then in India), 8 July, 1905, and became Capt. 28 March, 1912; served with the West African Frontier Force from June, 1909, to Nov. 1913; left for France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Troyon, during the Battle of the Aisne, 17 Sept. 1914; unm. Buried near Troyon.

=SAVIN, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13859, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SAWKINS, CLAUDE THOMAS=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22753, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Oscar Joseph Sawkins, of Kingsland Cottage, Fingringhoe, near Colchester; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SAWYER, THOMAS HENRY=, M.A.A., 150159, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=SAXTON, HAROLD HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 1641, A Coy., 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of George Henry Saxton, of Church Street, Eastwood, co. Notts., by his wife, Mary Wilcockson, dau. of Henry Bircumshaw, and grandson of Henry Saxton, J.P.; b. Eastwood, 15 March, 1895; educ. Heanor Secondary School and Grosvenor School, Nottingham. Later he took up a business appointment in London with Messrs. Shoolbreds, when he was invited by the management to join A Coy. of the Queen’s Westminsters, of which Lieut.-Col. Rupert Shoolbred was commanding officer, and accepted. On the outbreak of war he wrote to his parents intimating that the Brig.-Gen. had promised the Grey Brigade for foreign service, when needed, and went on to say, “The Queen’s Westminster Rifles is one of the regts. that form the Grey Brigade, and practically all the fellows have volunteered to go abroad if necessary. I feel it my duty to do so, not because the others have done so, but because I am a trained man. I know a fellow has his duty to his home as well as his country, and if you say I have not to volunteer I shall not. Of course, I know you won’t want me to go, but it’s the same with every fellow, and someone must do it.” He went with his regt. to France early in Nov, and was killed in action, being shot through the head by a sniper at Armentières, 10 Dec. 1914; unm. He was buried in Chapelle d’Armentières Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote of him to his mother in the highest terms of appreciation, both as his commanding officer and as a member of the firm whose company was proud to include him amongst its members. Sergt.-Major A. H. Davis wrote to his father: “He was such a good chap, and had the making of a splendid soldier. He was very keen at everything he had to do.”

=SAYER, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10872, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., eldest s. of James Sayer, of Sunderland, Labourer, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William Burn Moore, of Sunderland; b. Millfield, Sunderland, 6th June, 1879; educ. Bishopwearmouth; enlisted in the 1st Durham L.I.; was seven years with the Colours and five with the Reserve; served through the South African War (Queen’s and King’s medals with bars for the relief of Ladysmith), 1899–1902, and in India; was then employed at Osborne, Graham; re-enlisted for the war, 5 Oct. 1914, and died 7 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres. He m. at St. Bennett’s, Sunderland, 1907, Agnes (8, Clarendon Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of John Tunney, of Mayo, and had four children: John James, b. 7 March, 1912; Robert William, b. 23 Sept. 1914; Margaret Agnes, b. 1 Aug. 1907; and Emily, b. 13 Sept. 1909.

=SAYER, STANLEY KILBOURNE=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 21993, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SCAMATON, PATRICK=, Ship’s Steward’s Assistant, 347430, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SCARFE, JOHN WILLIAM= (alias =ERIC GREY=), Chief Stoker, 177681, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SCARTH, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10683, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of John William Scarth, of 10, Prospect Terrace, Neville’s Cross, Durham, formerly A.B., R.N., by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Atkinson, Verger at Durham Cathedral; b. Durham, 27 Feb. 1895; educ. Crossgate Parish School there; enlisted 15 April, 1914, and died in No. 13 General Hospital at Boulogne, 15 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at Rentel on 29 Oct.; unm. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery.

=SCATCHARD, THOMAS=, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps, yst. s. of Thomas Edward Scatchard, of Boston Spa, co. York, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., by his wife, Martha, dau. of Robert Theakston; b. Boston Spa, 6 July, 1878; educ. Epsom College; gazetted Lieut. in the R.A.M.C., 31 July, 1905, and promoted Capt. 31 Jan. 1909; joined his regt. at Aldershot, where he served for 18 months, then proceeded to India and was there for 5½ years, being stationed at Lucknow, Agra, Kailana and Ranikhet; returned to England, and served the nine months’ course at Millbank, London, for promotion to Major, and then a year at Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, where he was when war was declared in Aug. 1914; went to France with the 26th Brigade, R.F.A., 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Sablonnières on 8 Sept. following. Buried in the Cemetery there. He m. at Agra, India, 12 Nov. 1907, Ada Mary, yst. dau. of Col. Hugh de la Motte Hervey, and granddau. of Gen. Hervey, C.B., and had a dau.: Phyllis May Lindsay, b. 20 Dec. 1908.

=SCHLEIDER, GEORGE JAMES WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 1882, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Jacob Thomas Schleider, of 2, Darlington Road, West Norwood, late R.E.; b. Dulwich, 12 March, 1898; educ. Gipsy Road School, West Norwood; volunteered and joined the 1st Surrey Rifles, 15 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915, by the bursting of a shell.

=SCHMIDT, HENRY=, Car. Crew, M. 1936, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Henry Schmidt, of 49, Bowen Road, Harrow, co. Middlesex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SCHMIDT, HENRY JOHN=, Corpl., No. 1047, 14th Battn., 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only s. of the late Henry Charles Schmidt, Baker and Confectioner, by his wife, Annie (now wife of William Godfrey Fish, of 70, Woodstock Street, Canning Town, London, Bootmaker), dau. of Eli Benn; b. Plaistow, London, E., 3 May, 1895; educ. Holy Trinity Schools there; went to Australia in 1912, and settled at Melbourne as a Clerk; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt, 24 Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and was killed in action at Lone Pine, 7 Aug. 1915 following; unm. Buried there. Capt. Andrew Gillison, Chaplain to the 14th Battn. wrote: “After reaching the position by a night advance, the Battn. took up the post and dug in on the morning of that date. The enemy, who were holding a ridge opposite, were firing on our men, and Corpl. Schmidt was unfortunately hit by a bullet which passed through his body. He was very cheery and we thought he might pull through, but shortly afterwards he became unconscious and death ensued very speedily. He was such a bright cheery fellow and a general favourite ... [he] was buried with an officer and another comrade near the place where he fell.”

=SCHNEIDER, HERBERT HUGO=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers (S.R.), 2nd s. of Theodore Schneider, of Granville House, Overhill Road, Dulwich, S.E., Merchant; b. East Dulwich, 5 Feb. 1888; educ. Bedales School, Petersfield, Hants, and at the Crystal Palace School of Practical Engineering; was assistant to the firm of Messrs. Barry, Leslie & Egerton, 1907–9; elected a Graduate of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1909, and an Associate Member, 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of Officers, R.E., 8 Jan. 1910; went to West Africa, 1911, and served as Assistant Engineer on the Lagos Railway Northern Extension, Northern Nigeria; returned to West Africa in 1912, after leave of absence, as Assistant Engineer on the Sierra Leone Government Railway; appointed Surveyor to the Survey of Northern Nigeria, 1914, and was holding this post when war broke out; joined the West African Frontier Force, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Lum, near Molle Bridge, in the Cameroons, 5 Dec. following; unm. The General Officer Commanding wrote: “Lieut. Schneider was killed instantaneously. His loss is much felt, as, in addition to his attractive personality, he was a most capable young officer, and had done previously particularly meritorious work with the Royal Engineers.” Chief Engineer, Capt. Frank L. Giles, wrote: “He was always so cheery and bright, and yet his keenness and energy for his work were inexhaustible, and with this were combined technical skill and absolute thoroughness and reliability and complete fearlessness.”

=SCHOFIELD, THOS.=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2864), S.S. 186, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SCHREIBER, VIVIAN GEORGE EDWARD SPENCER=, Midshipman, H.M.S. Monmouth, only child of the late Major Julian Meade Schreiber, 12th Battn. Suffolk Regt. (Vol.), by his wife Hilda Rose (Patcham Place, Patcham, Sussex), 2nd dau. of the late S. B. Abinger, of Hampton House, Hampstead, N.W.; b. Thames Ditton, co. Surrey, 21 Feb. 1899; educ. Holyrood House, Bognor (Naval Preparatory School), Osborne and Dartmouth; appointed Midshipman to H.M.S. Monmouth, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, 4 Aug. 1914, and was lost when the Monmouth was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. following; unm.

=SCHURER, LOUIS HENRY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., A. 1935), 134774, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SCHWABEN, HENRY ROBERT=, Private, No. 1984, 10th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), attached 2nd Battn. Norfolk Regt., 3rd s. of the late Hans Walter Schwaben, Engineer and Artist (b. Gelsenkirchen, Germany; came to England with his parents in 1875, became denationalised in 1875, and died in London, 25 May, 1914), by his wife, Helena Geraldina (5, Fairfax Road, Bedford Park, W.), dau. of Peter Henry Jordan, 60th Rifles (who served through the Crimea and Indian Mutiny); b. Edinburgh, 17 July, 1889; educ. Birmingham and London; was a Traveller; served for some years in the King’s Royal Rifle Cadets, and then for three or four years in the Royal Bucks Hussars (Volunteers) Yeomanry; volunteered and enlisted in the 10th Middlesex, the second week in Aug. 1914; was one of 16 selected for the Scout Section of the battn.; went to India in Oct.; volunteered for service in the Persian Gulf in Feb. 1915; went there attached to the 2nd Norfolks, and died of dysentery while on active service, 29 July, 1915; unm. Buried at Asaui, 14 miles below Nasaryeh. An officer wrote: “I know that his section officer in the Middlesex thought very highly of him, and told me he was giving me one of his best men.”

=SCINDEN, ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 846), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SCOTT, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 9689, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; b. Barony, co. Lanark; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Forces in France, etc.; killed in action between 4 and 12 Nov. 1914. He m. at Leith, 4 April, 1893, Rachel (3, Cavendish Place, Edinburgh), dau. of (--) Cavanagh, and had a son John, b. 9 Dec. 1902.

=SCOTT, CHARLES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2930 A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SCOTT, CHARLES EDWARD ARTHUR=, Leading Seaman, 218970, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SCOTT, DAVID CAMERON=, Private, No. 1389, 5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), s. of James Scott, of 2, Glenorchy Place, Edinburgh, Baker, by his wife, Isabella C.; b. Edinburgh, 29 July, 1895; educ. London Street School there; joined the Boys’ Brigade connected with the Greenock Parish Church; became Staff Sergt., and, in 1912, joined the Royal Scots (T.F.); volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 27 May following; unm. Buried there.

=SCOTT, EDWARD CLAUD=, 2nd Lieut., 28th Coy. Royal Garrison Artillery, only surviving s. of the late Gen. Hugh Aboukir Scott, R.A., by his wife, Laura Millicent (The Garth, Winchester), dau. of Henry Wells Allfrey; b. Jersey, 15 May, 1892; educ. Repton; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., 23 Dec. 1911; joined the 5th Siege Battery, 19 Feb. 1912; left for France, 27 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Armentières, 21 Nov. following. Buried at Fleurbaix, near Armentières; unm.

=SCOTT, FRANCIS WILLIAM=, Sapper, No. 5203, Canadian Engineers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, late Lieut., R.N., yr. s. of the late Hon. Henry Robert Hepburne-Scott, of Knipton, Grantham, by his wife, Lady Ada, née Douglas Home (Nisbet Mill, Ancrum, Roxburghshire), dau. of Cospatrick, 11th Earl of Home; b. Springhill, Coldstream, 19 Aug. 1886; educ. Remenham, Henley-on-Thames, and Ascham School, Bournemouth; entered the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet on H.M.S. Britannia, 24 May, 1901, became Sub-Lieut. March, 1907, and Lieut. 31 Dec. 1908; and was invalided out of the service in Aug. 1912, owing to deafness. He then went to British Columbia and when war broke out was at Kitselas, on the Skeener River, Prince Rupert. He immediately went to Vancouver City and joined the 1st Coy. Canadian Engineers. He came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and died, 4 May, 1915, in Boulogne Hospital, from wounds received in action on the Ypres Canal two days previously. He was buried in the British Military Division, Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. 1885); unm. He received the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving life at sea, 15 Jan. 1910, while acting as Lieut. on H.M.S. Hindustan off Spithead.

=SCOTT, GEORGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 11518, A Coy., 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), s. of Charles Scott, of 2, Hawthorn Vale, Leith, Engineer, by his wife; b. Leith, 8 Aug. 1895; educ. North Fort Street School there; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 6 June, 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Hooge, 26 Sept. 1915; unm.

=SCOTT, HENRY FRANK=, Private, No. 12490, 1st Battn. Somersetshire L.I., s. of Samuel Scott, of Lansdown View, Rush Hill, Bath, Labourer, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of William Green; b. Camerton, near Radstock, 25 Oct. 1890; educ. Church School there; enlisted Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 27 April, 1915; unm.

=SCOTT, RICHARD THOMAS FOLLIOTT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., eldest s. of the Rev. Richard Curtis Folliott Scott, Rector of Hulcote and Salford, co. Bedford, by his wife, Edith Marion, dau. of Thomas R. Wilson, of Newlands, Hitchin, co. Herts; b. Arlesey Vicarage, co. Bedford, 8 Dec. 1893; educ. The Knoll, Woburn Sands, and Lancing College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Yorkshire Regt., 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 30 Oct. 1914; went to France in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Hooplines, 16 March, 1915; unm. Buried in Hooplines Cemetery.

=SCOTT, ROBERT FRASER=, Private, No. 2086, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th s. of the late James Edward Scott, Shipbroker (died 10 June, 1915); b. London, 15 July, 1888; educ. City of London School; and on leaving there entered his father’s business; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 13th London Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Laventie, 23 Dec. following; unm. Buried Aux Quatre Paroises, between Ypres and Armentières. An officer wrote: “He had all the ideal qualities of a good soldier, though he really should have been an officer; he was always cheerful, he did not care at all whether a task was dangerous or not, and he never shirked any duty. It was through doing his duty that he died, and I know, from what he said to me, that no death could have been nearer his choice.”

=SCOTT, VICTOR=, Private, No. 4054, 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Frank Scott, of 42, Warbreck Road, Aintree, Capt. in Booth Steamship Co., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of John Fulton; b. Liverpool, 28 March, 1894; educ. Skerry’s College there; was a Shipping Clerk; volunteered and joined the Liverpool Scottish, 11 Nov. 1914; went to France, 12 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 11 March, 1915, during the fighting in the Ypres salient; unm. Buried at Zillebeke.

=SCOTT, WALLACE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4984), S.S. 1805, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SCOTT, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 1101, 1st Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), only s. of William Scott, of 28, Glover Street, Perth, Assistant Stationmaster, North British Railway, Perth General Station, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Thomas Tosh; b. Craigie, Perth, 26 Jan. 1890; educ. Western District School and Sharp’s Institution, Perth; was for some time a clerk in the firm of Messrs. Thomas & McLeish, Solicitors, Perth; enlisted in the Black Watch, 23 Dec. 1907; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Bigshute, 23 Oct. following, during a charge on the German trenches; unm. He was a first-class shot, and for over three years had been clerk to the President of the Regimental Institute. He was also a good musician (organ and piano), being exceedingly fond of music.

=SCOTT, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16447, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SCOTT, WILLIAM LESLIE=, Lieut., 1/5th (Buchan and Formartin) Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), elder s. of William Leslie Scott, of Peterhead, Solicitor, by his wife, Elizabeth Campbell, dau. of the Rev. James Lowe, Minister of Thornton; b. Peterhead, 24 Dec. 1892; educ. at home and at Peterhead Academy; was studying medicine at Aberdeen University, but after the outbreak of war received a commission as 2nd Lieut., and was gazetted to the 2/5th Battn. of the Gordon Highlanders, 24 Nov. 1914. He was transferred to the 1/5th Battn. 19 April, 1915, and was promoted Lieut. about the time that battn. joined the Expeditionary Force in France. He was killed in action during the fierce fighting that took place at and along the lines from Festubert, 16 June, 1915; unm. He was buried immediately behind the firing line, not far from Festubert village.

=DAWSON-SCOTT, JOHN KEARSLEY=, Capt., Royal Engineers, yst. s. of Gen. Robert Nicholl Dawson-Scott, of Brent House, Penrith, Col. Commandant, Royal Engineers, by his wife, Grace Mansel, dau. of John Whitlock Stradling-Carne; b. The Grove, Boltons, South Kensington, 18 May, 1883; educ. The Castle, Tonbridge; Tonbridge Grammar School, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers, 31 July, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 26 Dec. 1904, and Capt. 31 July, 1913; was on home service, 1902–6, on foreign service at Cairo, 1906–11, and was appointed 2nd Assistant Instructor, School of Military Engineering, 24 April, 1912; went to France with the 1st Army Corps, attd. to the 5th Field Coy., R.E., in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, 29 Oct. following, by a high explosive shell, while reconnoitring the German position at a distance of about 300 yards; unm. Buried there. Brig.-Gen. Rice wrote: “We R.E. of the 1st Army have had many severe losses during this battle near Ypres, but none that we deplore more than that of your boy,” and his commanding officer, Major North: “He was the most able assistant a company commander could hope for.” Capt. Dawson-Scott received the cross of Knight of the Legion of Honour for gallantry during the operations between 21–30 Aug. His eldest brother, Lieut. Geoffrey Nicholl Dawson-Scott, R.G.A., died on active service at Pretoria, 31 Dec. 1900, during the Boer War.

=SCOUGALL, ALEXANDER=, Colour-Sergt., No. 5970, Royal Marine L.I., 3rd s. of the late George Scougall, of Peebles, by his 2nd wife, Agnes, dau. of George Kay, of Eloridgehill, Lanarkshire, and brother of William Scougall, Stationmaster, West Calder; b. Woodhouse, Manor Parish, co. Peebles, 25 May, 1873; educ. Manor, Walkerburn, and Peebles Public Schools; joined the Royal Marine L.I. at Edinburgh in Nov. 1890; did one year boy’s service; passed for Corpl. at Chatham, 13 July, 1894, with 98 marks, and was awarded First Class Certificate; and for Sergt. at Walmer, 31 March, 1896, obtaining 187 marks and a special certificate; served in the Orinoco River (in H.M.S. Fantome) during the dispute between the United States and Venezuela; in the South African War (medal), and in China, and on completing his 22 years’ service (Oct. 1912) entered the Shanghai Municipal Council’s Service. When the European War broke out he was an Inspector in the Shanghai Public Works Department, and immediately volunteered, but was not accepted until Oct. He left within 24 hours for London, but the Japanese boat by which he travelled took 65 days to do the trip (12,000 miles), being held up in the Indian Ocean for 10 days by the German Cruiser Emden. He took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Quinn’s Post, Gaba Tepe, between 9 and 10 a.m. on 3 May following; unm. A comrade wrote: “Colour-Sergt. Scougall was an old pal of mine also, he being of about the same service as myself. He was well known at Chatham and we all regret his loss, and he is one of many veterans of ours who have gone. He was killed on Monday, 3 May, between 9 and 10 a.m. The shot entered his eye and death was immediate. Bugler Sillence of our Battn. was a few yards from him when he was hit, and I have gone over the day with him. We were ordered out at 4 a.m. to prepare an attack up a very steep ravine between two hills; the Turks held all the crests. It was hopeless to carry out. As soon as our troops got in view they were mowed down with M.G. and rifle fire, it was awful; time after time fresh troops went on but all suffered the same, nobody got to the objective, and we had to give it up. Our Battn. had over 300 casualties, all who tried suffered the same; the dead and wounded had to be left till dark. The wounded were got down by degrees; it took days to bury the dead. Every movement brought a deadly fire, they were within a 100 yards. This happened at Gaba Tepe where we reinforced the Australians and New Zealand forces on their first landing; we afterwards were shipped to this end, Sedd-ul-Bahr, and are having some tough work still. I expect we are in for a winter of it. Trench fighting is awful slow work, and you are kept on a tension all the time; the devils have plenty of grit and put up a fair fight, no gas or gas shells at present and no white flag incidents since the first, when we weren’t having any, and nipped them all. About the difference in date, many of the dead were not buried by our own people, and their effects are not gathered properly. They are reported missing until their bodies are found and identity discs are sent in; facts known to people near one get mixed or reported wrongly because it is impossible to thoroughly inquire into every case unless a doubt is raised. Dead often have to be left even for weeks when an attack fails. You may take my date as correct; it is the date in my book, also in the Battn. records. I don’t know where the other date came from, we had re-embarked and started afresh elsewhere before then, so it is obviously incorrect. I am an old China bird myself, but I came home in 1897,” and another: “He was killed on 3 May at Quinn’s Post; Gaba Tepe, where the Australians landed, and buried in a little trench with others of his comrades. You see he was some 300 to 400 feet up the cliffs, and it was practically useless bringing the dead down in the gully where we had to depend on water running. He was accorded a Christian burial, and a very decent one considering the time and space allotted. I myself buried 14 in one grave, and read the Burial Service.” Scougall had the Long Service, and Good Conduct medals. He was a good all-round sportsman, played cricket and football, and was in the winning tug-of-war team in Shorncliffe District Tournament in 1897.

=SCRIVENER, CYRIL ALFRED=, Sapper, No. 4/344, New Zealand Field Engineers, s. of Alfred Thomas Scrivener, of Hamilton, New Zealand, Farmer; b. Stratford, New Zealand, 2 July, 1893; educ. Public schools there; joined the New Zealand Engineers in Sept. 1914; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and died at Mudros, Lemnos Island, 13 June, 1915, of enteric fever contracted while on active service; unm. Buried there.

=SCRUTTON, FRANK RICHARDS=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 3347), 212547, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SCULLY, CHARLES RICHARD=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, 345433, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=SEABROOK, JAMES HERBERT=, 2nd Lieut. and Despatch Rider, attd., 5th Cavalry Brigade, 4th s. of William Seabrook, of the Nurseries, Chelmsford, by his wife, Elizabeth Mary Ann, dau. of James Pertwee (of a Huguenot family originally named Pertuis); b. Brent Hall, Boreham, co. Essex, 30 Oct. 1883; educ. Chelmsford College, was before the war associated with his father in the well-known horticultural business of Messrs. W. Seabrook & Sons, but on mobilisation volunteered as a Despatch Rider, was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., and attached to the 5th Cavalry Brigade. He left England with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Marne, 10 Sept. 1914; unm. Buried at Grandelu, about 18 miles north-east of Meaux. Writing to his mother, Lieut. F. F. Blake, Commanding 5th Signal Corps, Royal Engineers, said: “Your son was killed yesterday, while carrying out his duty. He was sent to me some weeks ago as a motor cyclist despatch rider, and he had done splendid work for me and was immensely popular with all.... We were in touch with the Germans early in the morning and moved to turn their flank. I sent your son to Headquarters of 2nd Army with a message before this, and when he returned to the point of despatch, we had gone. He was told by another of my motor cyclists where we had gone, and which road to take, but he appears to have missed his way, coming in contact with the enemy. The end must have come very quickly and painlessly, as he was shot in the head, two other bullets also found their mark. All this we found later in the day, as we were in action all the forenoon, and I was not informed of his death till late in the evening, when I am glad to say we had gained a decisive success. Your son died a glorious death, which we must all be prepared for, doing his duty in the service of his country.”

=SEAGER, THOMAS=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 294712, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SEAMAN, HENRY=, Private, No. 4608, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of James Seaman; b. Westminster, 11 April, 1888; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 3 Sept. 1914; went to France, 4 Oct., and was reported missing between 29 Oct.-2 Nov. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed between those dates. He m. at St. Andrew’s Church, Peckham, 8 March, 1914, Ellen (7, Blackhouse Street, Canterbury Road, Old Kent Road, S.E.), dau. of Joseph (and Ellen) Mackey, and had a dau.: Ellen, b. posthumous, 10 Feb. 1915.

=SEAR, JOSEPH SACKVILLE=, Private, No. 4359, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only s. of the late Frank Sear, Hay and Straw Dealer, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Thomas Kearsey, of Dustfield Farm, Charlbury, Oxon; b. Wendlebury, Oxon, 8 July, 1894; enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, 25 June, 1915; proceeded with the 11th Battn. to the Dardanelles, and was killed there by a bomb, 6 Aug. 1915, only 48 hours after his arrival at the Front; unm.

=SEARLE, GEORGE CHARLES=, Leading Stoker, 302485, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SEARLE, GEORGE WILLIAM AUGUSTUS=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25452, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SEARLE, JOHN=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 154450, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SEARLES, EDWARD GREGORY=, A.B., J. 12270, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SECKER, GEORGE VANE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17010, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SEDGELEY, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8768), S.S. 2013, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SEDGWICK, GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2057U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SEELEY=, WILLIAM ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13408, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SEENEY, HUGH=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports./14615, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SEFTON, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7882), S.S. 103314, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SELBY, BEAUCHAMP HENRY=, Capt., 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, eldest s. of Beauchamp Prideaux Selby, of Pawston, Mindrum, Northumberland, J.P., by his wife, Fanny, yst. dau. of the late Joseph Pocklington Senhouse, of Netherhill, Cumberland, J.P., D.L., and grandson of Prideaux Selby, of Pawston, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Admiral Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Bart.; b. London, 4 June, 1882; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd., 8 Jan. 1901, and appointed to the Northumberland Fusiliers, 23 March following; promoted Lieut. 21 May, 1902, and Capt. 1 Oct. 1912; served on the North-West Frontier of India, 1908, taking part in the operations in the Mohmand country, and engagement at Matta (medal), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died 21 Sept. 1914, from wounds received in action the previous day, near Vailly, during the Battle of the Aisne; unm. His Col. wrote: “You will doubtless have heard from the W.O. the sad news of your son’s death. It has been a sad blow to us all to lose such a gallant soldier, and good comrade. He was shot through the head in the trenches north of Vailly, on the 20th, and though he lingered for nearly 24 hours, he was quite unconscious, and his chance of recovery was looked upon as practically hopeless. He is buried close to where he fell.... Your son was one of the lion-hearted breed that are such a power in a regt. At the fight at Fromières, the day after Mons, he did very gallant work under a heavy fire to the great admiration of the O.C. 1st Lincolnshire Regt. with whom he was temporarily detailed. My brother officers all join in offering you our most sincere sympathy in the loss of your gallant son.”

=SELLEN, ALBERT FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8993, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SELLENS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9466), S.S. 105406, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SELLICK, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11306, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SEMARK, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Sergt., No. 9609, 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), s. of Harry Semark, Cement Labourer, late Rifle Brigade, by his wife, Rose (57, Cuxton Road, Strood, Rochester), dau. of William Chappell, of Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent; b. York, 23 Dec. 1892; educ. St. Nicholas School, Strood; enlisted in Feb. 1910; was in the Special Reserve, going up for a month’s training each year, headquarters being at Canterbury; was called up on mobilisation, 4 Aug. 1914; went to Dover, where he was promoted Sergt., and was engaged in drilling recruits at Hythe and Dover during the winter; went to France, 6 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, Ypres, 3 May following, during the gassing of the Canadian troops; unm. Three of his brothers are now (1916) on active service; two with the East Kent Regt. (both wounded), and one with the Royal Warwickshire Regt.

=SETTER, AUGUSTE ARTHUR LEOPOLD=, Private, No. 8139, 1/2nd Battn. The Border Regt., 2nd s. of Thomas Setter, of Caterham, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, by his wife, Emilia (The Lodge, Grove House, The Grove, Ealing, W.), dau. of Louis Cugny, of Ferreyre, Switzerland; b. Tower of London, 28 July, 1887; educ. Caterham Board School; enlisted in Nov. 1908; went to France about the 4 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 18 Dec. following. Buried there. His company officer wrote saying he was a thorough soldier and one of the best men in the company. He m. at Norwich, 3 Aug. 1914, Edith, dau. of (--) Gallant; s.p.

=SETTERFIELD, CHARLES ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3322, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SETTERFIELD, EMMANUEL WILLIAM=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 160543, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SETTERFIELD, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6596), 184292, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SEVERNE, HENRY FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 1/6th Battn. Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Arthur De Milt Severne, of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, Solicitor, by his wife, Adelaide Elizabeth, dau. of the late John Hubbersty; b. Wirksworth, co. Derby, 16 Feb. 1892; educ. Riber School, near Matlock; Marlborough College (where he was in the O.T.C.), and the Royal School of Mines; joined the University of London Artillery in 1910 or 1911; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted in E Coy. of the 6th Sherwood Foresters; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 25 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, Belgium, 10 May, 1915, being shot through the heart by a sniper; unm. Buried at Kemmel. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, and recommended for saving the life of an officer on 27 April. On that day a small charge was exploded in a mine. Some hours afterwards a small party of Royal Engineers, consisting of a Sergt. and two Lieuts., entered the gallery. One Lieut., who was a little way behind the others, found them unconscious from the effects of gas. He ran back to the entrance and shouted for help. 2nd Lieut. Severne, who was standing near, without a moment’s hesitation, jumped down the shaft although, being a mining engineer, he well knew the danger. He helped the Lieut. to drag his brother officer along the gallery until the former also began to suffer from gas. He told him to go back and said that he would bring the unconscious man along. This he did, although his burden was a heavy one, until he was himself rendered unconscious. In the meantime other help had arrived, and all were brought round except the Sergt. It was undoubtedly due to 2nd Lieut. Severne’s prompt and gallant conduct that the life of one officer was saved and possibly that of the other. The late Capt Johnson, V.C., who was in charge of the party of Engineers, was filled with admiration and reported 2nd Lieut. Severne’s conduct for official recognition.

=SEWARD, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3004), S.S. 100460, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SEWELL, HENRY=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1576 U., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SEWELL, REUBEN JOHN=, Petty Officer, 215836, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SEWELL, SIDNEY DAVIES=, Major, 3rd London Field Coy., Royal Engineers (T.F.), elder surv. s. of Col. Thomas Davies Sewell, of 29, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W., F.R.A.S., Senior proprietor of the Broad Arrow and Naval and Military Gazette; clerk of the Spectacle-Makers’ Company and Secretary of its diploma scheme; late Commandant 4th Battn. The Essex Regt., by his wife, Elizabeth Sophia, eldest dau. of the late George Burt, formerly a Sheriff of the City of London; b. London, 12 Oct. 1875; educ. Tonbridge School; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. (Volunteers) 23 June, 1892; and was promoted Lieut. 23 June, 1894; Capt. 19 June, 1898, and Major 16 April, 1910; was in command of the 3rd London Field Coy. (T.F.), and volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 18 Feb. 1915; unm. Buried there. Capt. Sewell was a long service volunteer and had the Territorial Decoration, and was a member of the London Territorial Force Association.

=SEWELL, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15140, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SEWELL, WILLIAM FANE DALZELL DALRYMPLE=, Private, No. 2053, B Coy., 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), attd. Dehra Dun Brigade, Meerut Division, Indian Expeditionary Force, only s. of William George Dalrymple Sewell, of 20, Balcombe Street, N.W., by his wife, Edith Maud, dau. of the late Robert Dalzell, grandson of Col. Henry Fane Haylett Sewell, Indian Army, and great-grandson of the late Gen. Sir William Henry Sewell, K.C.B., Hon. Col. 79th Cameron Highlanders; b. Valparaiso, Chili, 24 March, 1896; came home to England, 11 May, 1906; educ. at Mr. Charles D. Pridden’s at Walton-cum-Felixstowe, Suffolk, and at Lancing College, Shoreham-on-Sea, Sussex. Joined the O.T.C. at Lancing, and rose to be Bugler L.-Corpl. in the band. Entered Great Northern Railway service, 1 May, 1913. Enlisted 4 Sept. 1914, joining regt. at Bedford, which left for France on 5 Nov. 1914, being the first Highland Territorial unit to cross. Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 11 March, 1915, while his battn. were pushing forward an attack in front of the Bois de Biez, he having been hit by shell. From all his superiors and comrades the highest testimony came of this boy, who was just completing his nineteenth year. A comrade wrote: “He was a popular and brave soldier, and we miss him exceedingly.” The officer commanding of B Coy. wrote: “He was a good soldier, and always carried out his orders promptly and well. We buried him on the field of battle.” His Major wrote: “Young Sewell is shaping well, is a favourite and will be a fine soldier. We’ve got our eye on him.” His Colonel wrote: “The boy’s associations with the regt. were of the very best kind from start to finish, and it was a very real pleasure to do anything I could for him as regards his commission.... The last time I saw your dear son alive was when I took him to see our General about his commission. Would that it had been possible for him to have got his commission before the fight. I know he would have made a good officer and done well for his King and Country.” In civil life his keenness for duty and the right was of the soundest. His chief superior on the Great Northern Railway wrote thus concerning him: “I deeply regret the tragic end of so young and promising a life. Your son was a most likeable fellow, and everyone with whom I placed him spoke most highly of his capability and personality. I can only hope you may be consoled by the thought that he died like a man, and in furthering the great cause so near to all our hearts. His letters are typical of all that is best and bravest in British youth.”

=SEYMOUR, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (Coastguard), 212477 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SHADRAKE, CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306734, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SHAFFOND, CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 85), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SHAKERLEY, ERIC PIERS=, Capt., King’s Royal Rifles, yst. s. of Capt. Geoffrey Joseph Shakerley, of Weddington Hall, Nuneaton, late R.H.A., by his wife, Emma, 2nd dau. of Sir Richard Pierce Butler, of Ballin Temple, co. Carlow, 9th Bart.; b. Shrewsbury, 8 March, 1885; educ. Clifton College and Cooper’s Hill, 1904–6; and on leaving the latter accepted an appointment in the Soudan Irrigation Service in preference to entering the Indian Public Works Department, and went out to the Soudan in the autumn of 1906. A little later he was put in charge of the works then in progress in the Sudd region of the Upper Nile, and remained in charge of this work till he retired from the Service early in 1913, to join a firm of horticultural chemists at Alperton. For his services in the Soudan he received the Medjideh (4th class) in 1912. Immediately on the outbreak of war he applied for a commission in the Army, and was gazetted Lieut. in the 6th (Reserve) Battn. King’s Royal Rifles, 15 Aug. 1914, obtaining his Captaincy 24th Nov. following. After three months training with the regt. at Sheerness he left for the Front on 13 Nov. 1914, and was attached to the 1st Battn. then in the trenches. On 10 March, 1915, he commanded an assaulting party in an attack upon the enemy’s trenches at Givenchy. The party came under a heavy fire from rifles and machine guns suffering very severe casualties, notwithstanding which, headed by Capt. Shakerley, it succeeded in reaching the wire entanglements, which had not been breached, but here Capt. Shakerley was shot dead, 5 yards from the enemy’s trench; unm. Capt. Shakerley was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 22 June, 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field.

=SHANNON, IAN HERBERT CROAL=, Private, No. 2713, 1/7th Battn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (T.F.), elder s. of Rev. John Alexander Shannon, M.A., Minister of Balbirnie U.F. Church, Markinch, co. Fife, by his wife, Annie Molyson, dau. of the late James Croal, of the Haddington Courier; b. Balbirnie U.F. Manse, Markinch, 11 Feb. 1895; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; and Royal Technical College, Glasgow, of which latter he was an Associate, having taken his diploma in Electrical Engineering (with distinction) in the Spring of 1914; was in the employment of James Howden & Co., Engineers, Glasgow, when the war broke out, and immediately enlisted in 1/7th Battn. Black Watch, being attd. to the Machine Gun Section; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action while dressing the wounds of a comrade at Festubert, France, 16 June, 1915; unm.

=SHANNON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Colour-Sergt.-Major, No. 9019, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, yst. s. of William Henry Shannon, of 42, Mountjoy Street, Dublin, late Corpl. 2nd Middlesex Regt., and Warder, Prisons Service, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of Rodger McGoldrick, of Dromahair, co. Leitrim; b. Rangoon, British Burmah, 15 March, 1882; educ. St. George’s and Marlboro’ Street National Schools, Dublin; was for a short time in the Prisons Service, then for about a year in the A.M. Corps; enlisted 5 Dec. 1902; served at Aldershot, Dublin, Butafant, Fermoy, Naas, and Gravesend, and was then posted to 1st Battn. in India; returned home end of Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 12 July following. He m. at Gravesend Military Church, 18 Jan. 1915, Ada Amy (5, Albion Road, Gravesend), dau. of Charles Fennell, of 5, Albion Road, Gravesend; s.p.

=SHAPTER, LEWIS HENRY=, Capt., 3rd Special Reserve (West Suffolk Militia) Battn. Suffolk Regt., s. of Lewis Shapter, of Barnfield Crescent, Exeter, M.D.; by his wife, Elizabeth Charlotte, dau. of Capt. Edgar Bayly, Suffolk Regt., and great grandson of Col. Richard Bayley, of the same regt., and nephew and adopted s. of Col. Charles Edward Brown, and of his wife, Frederica Louisa (Kahun, Talbot Hill, Bournemouth), née Bayly; b. Exeter, 7 Sept. 1886; educ. Stourwood College, near Bournemouth; obtained a commission in the West Suffolk Militia; promoted Lieut. 18 March 1905, and Capt.; had passed the School of Instruction and qualified as an Instructor of Musketry; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, attd. to the 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., and was killed in action near Ypres, 31 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Chateau Rosenberg, Croix le Blanc.

=SHARMON, FREDERICK=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. A. 2009), 163555, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SHARP, ARTHUR=, Gunner, R.M.A., R.M.A. 12711, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SHARP, JOHN=, Private, No. 2330, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), s. of John Sharp, of 26, Gloucester Road, Hounslow Heath, Middlesex, Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Louiza Annie, dau. of George Lovegrove; b. Station Road, Hounslow, 14 Sept. 1884; educ. there; was a Stone and Earthenware Carver; had joined the Middlesex Territorials, 11 Nov. 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for active service; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Poljitze, 23 May following; unm.

=SHARP, VIVIAN KING=, Sapper, No. 67686, Royal Engineers, (Railway Section), yr. s. of Sidney Sharp, of The Grove, Ealing (formerly of Tangleymere, Chilworth, Surrey), Consulting Engineer, by his wife, Ellen Blanche, dau. of William Eager, of Whipley, Wonersh, Surrey; b. Surbiton, 6 Feb. 1891; educ. at Colet Court and St. Paul’s School, and was a keen oarsman and rowed in his House boat. In 1909 he entered the General Manager’s Office of the Great Western Railway, and from the outbreak of war was engaged on military work in connection with the railway. He volunteered for the Front in Nov. 1914, was accepted in March following, his detachment being sent to France at the end of the month. After much good work he was invalided into hospital on 12 June, sent over to England to the 1st London General Hospital on the 18th, and died on the 20th; unm.

=SHARP, WILLIAM CHARLES JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12874, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SHARRATT, SIMEON=, Private, No. 11391, No. 3 Coy. 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Simeon Sharratt, of 1, High Fields Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, Felt Hat Maker, by his wife, Elizabeth; b. Nuneaton, 21 Sept. 1894; educ. Nuneaton and Hinckley Church Schools; was a Gardener; enlisted 3 Sept. 1914, went to France, 22 Dec., was wounded in action near La Bassée, 24 Jan. 1915, and died on the 26th; unm. He was buried at Bethune. Sergt. V. White wrote: “A Private Clarke was badly hit by a sniper on 24 Jan. 1915, and your son went to his assistance, when he was shot, probably by the same sniper, through the wrist and stomach.”

=SHATTOCK, MONTAGU DE MANCHA=, Capt., No. 4 Coy., 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of Henry Foster Shattock, member of the London Stock Exchange, by his wife, Charlotte Rice (88A, Lexham Gardens, Kensington, W.), dau. of James Allerton; b. Broad Green, Croydon, co. Surrey, 9 Oct. 1867; educ. St. John’s, Hurstpierpoint, and King’s College, London, and was afterwards a member of the Stock Exchange. He enlisted in the Queen’s Westminsters in Nov. 1892, and after passing through the ranks as Corpl., Sergt and Colour-Sergt., obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. 5 April, 1902, and was promoted Lieut. 6 June, 1903 and Capt. 21 March, 1905. He afterwards went through the Hythe musketry courses and became musketry instructor for the regt., under Lieut.-Col. A. Shoolbred, whose firm provides a company in the corps. He had resigned some time before the war broke out, but rejoined, and obtained his company again, 5 Aug. 1914. He went with his regt. to the Front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action, presumably by a German sniper, in the trenches near River Lys, Armentières, France, 9 Jan. 1915, and was buried there behind the trenches; unm. In 1905 he captained the team of the Queen’s Westminsters which defeated a team of the 7th New York National Guard at Bisley. In the following year he took a team to New York, the return match being won by the Americans.

=SHATTOCK, THOMAS HENRY=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 5731, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SHAVE, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5822), 187872, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SHAW, ALFRED=, Private, No. 2023, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of John Hellawell Shaw, of 36, George Street, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Wood; b. Marylebone, London, 13 June, 1871; educ. Huddersfield, co. York; went to Australia in March, 1910, and settled at Worsley Bush, Worsley, and worked on the Railways; joined the 11th Battn., 27 Jan. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements, 27 April; went to the Dardanelles, 1 July; and was killed in action there, 1 Aug. following, during an early morning charge; unm. Buried there.

=SHAW, BERNARD HENRY GILBERT=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt., 2nd s. of the Right Rev. Edward Domett Shaw, Lord Bishop of Buckingham, D.D., by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Alfred Gilbey, of Wooburn Park; b. Bishop’s Stortford, co. Herts, 11 Oct. 1893; educ. Marlborough College (Foundation Scholar), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt., 3 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 6 May, 1914; went to France 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 19 Dec. following; unm. His commanding officer wrote: “Your boy died most gallantly, fighting in a German trench, which had been taken during the night.” While at Marlborough he was in the cricket eleven, 1911, scoring 94 against Rugby at Lords, and at Sandhurst was captain of the hockey and cricket eleven. His yr. brother, Lieut. A. G. Shaw, Sherwood Foresters, was killed in action, 24 Dec. 1915; and his eldest brother, Lieut. E. A. Shaw, Oxford and Bucks L.I., fell in Oct. 1916. The only surviving brother, R. G. Shaw, is a Midshipman, R.N.

=SHAW, HUGH JAMES=, Capt., 5th, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, eldest s. of the late William Sissmore Shaw, of Madras, India, Merchant, by his wife, Violet Amy Yule (now wife of Robert Francis Chiappini de Winton, of The Grange, Folkestone), dau. of Major-Gen. Arthur Thaddeus Searle; b. Madras, India, 16 May, 1886; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne, and Harrow; obtained a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Special Reserve of the Royal Fusiliers in 1908; promoted Lieut. 1 Oct. 1910, and Capt. 26 Sept. 1914; went to France attd. to the 1st Battn. in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 12 Nov. following, being suffocated by falling earth in his dug-out; unm. Buried where he fell. His brother, Capt. R. P. Shaw, was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 27 Nov. 1915 (see his notice).

=SHAW, MANFRED SAMUEL=, Private, No. 8820, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of the late Joseph Camm Shaw, by his wife, Mary Ann (now wife of William Sedgwick, of 50, Station Road, Handsworth, Birmingham), dau. of Manfred Ball, Farmer; b. Sheffield, 26 April, 1893; educ. Handsworth, Birmingham; was employed at the Lorry Works; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 12 Aug. 1910; served three years with the Colours, then joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Vaast, Belgium, 11 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried near Richebourg St. Vaast. His brother, Corpl. Jesse Shaw, is now (1916) serving with the R.G.A.

=SHAW, RAYMOND PUGH=, M.A., Capt., 5th, attd. 2nd, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, s. of the late William Sissmore Shaw, of Madras, India, Merchant, by his wife, Violet Amy Yule (now wife of Robert Francis Chiappini de Winton, of The Grange, Folkestone), dau. of Major-Gen. Arthur Thaddeus Searle; b. Madras, India, 15 Aug. 1887; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne; Harrow; Cheltenham College, and Trinity College, Cambridge (graduated M.A.), and was afterwards a partner with Mr. R. F. de Winton in a Preparatory School at Gore Court, Sittingbourne, and The Grange, Folkestone, but on the outbreak of war was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, promoted Lieut. 13 March, 1915, and Capt. Oct. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 27 Nov. following, being shot dead on leaving his trench to go to the help of a wounded man in the open; unm. Buried there. His brother, Capt. H. J. Shaw, was killed in action in France, 12 Nov. 1914 (see his notice).

=SHEA, BATT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 284107 Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SHEA, JAMES HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 8154, B. 1114, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SHEARIN, EDWARD=, Private, No. 12711, 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of James Shearin, of 10, Albert Street, Govan, Glasgow; b. 25 Nov. 1896; educ. St. Saviour’s School, Govan; enlisted in the Royal Scots, Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died 31 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action; unm.

=SHEARMAN, SAMUEL=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 343091, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SHELBOURNE, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4614), S.S. 103732, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SHELDON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7115, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SHEPHEARD, RICHARD JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9919), 297749, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SHEPHERD, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10101), 208670, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SHEPHERD, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 2101, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SHEPHERD, GERALD ALEXANDER GASELEE=, Capt., 57th Wilde’s Rifles, F.F., Indian Army, eldest s. of the late Major Alexander Innes Shepherd, 4th Punjab Infantry, F.F. (now 57th Wilde’s Rifles), who died on active service 1884, by his wife, Agatha (Wychcote, Somerville Road, Bournemouth), dau. of the late Rev. John Gaselee; b. Kasauli, India, 14 July, 1882; educ. Bedford, and Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Suffolk Regt., 8 May, 1901; transferred to the Indian Army, 3 Sept. 1902; promoted Lieut. 8 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 8 May, 1910; served (1) on the North-West Frontier of India, 1902; took part in the operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris; (2) in Tibet, 1903–4, action at Niana; took part in the operations at and around Gyantse, including the march to Lhassa (medal with clasp), and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from end of Oct. to 22 Dec. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action at La Bassée; unm. Buried in Bethune Cemetery.

=SHEPHERD, JAMES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 187749, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SHEPPARD, CHARLES EDWARD=, Leading Stoker, 310548, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SHEPPARD, ISAAC=, Private, No. 11369, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th s. of the late Frederick Sheppard, of Bower Chalk, by his wife Sarah (Bower Chalk, Salisbury), dau. of William Feltham, of Bower Chalk; b. Bower Chalk, co. Wilts, 6 May, 1889; educ. National School there; was a carter; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 7 Dec., and was killed in action at Richebourg, Belgium, 5 May 1915; unm. He was buried on a farm on the west side of the road from Rue des Benceaux to Rue du Bois.

=SHEPPARD, REGINALD=, Private, No. 6124, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of Thomas Sheppard, of Salisbury, co. Wilts, by his wife, Martha, dau. of Amos Hallett; b. Salisbury, co. Wilts, 30 May, 1886; educ. St. Edmund’s School; was a Small-holder; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 27 Feb. 1905; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 29 Jan. 1908; passed into the Reserve, 26 Feb. 1908; rejoined his old regt. on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug.; took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, the fighting in the Ypres salient, and was killed in action in the trenches at Zillebeke, 20 Nov. 1914. He m. at Salisbury, 18 Sept. 1909, Mary Jane (40, Wingford Road, Clapham Park, S.W.), dau. of Dathan Sumbler; s.p.

=SHEPPEE, FREDERICK JOHN=, alias Frederick Johnson, Private, No. 1371, C Coy. 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of Frederick John Sheppee, of Clapham, S.W. [of a family of French origin], by his wife, Mary, sister of William Adams, of The Towers, Taroona, Tasmania, and dau. of John Adams; b. London, 25 April, 1873; educ. Emanuel School, Wandsworth Common; was in New Zealand when the war commenced, and immediately tried to enlist there, but was refused as over age. He then went to New South Wales and joined the Australian Contingent under the name of Frederick Johnson; left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, was wounded in the thigh in the first landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was for some time in hospital in Egypt, but returned to duty, and was killed in Gallipoli between 7 and 14 Aug. 1915; unm.

=SHERGOLD, GEORGE HENRY=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4881), 195173, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SHERRING, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 3077, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Frederick William Sherring, of 80, Clinton Road, Bow, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of William Johnson; b. Forest Gate, Essex, 2 March, 1896; educ. Malmesbury Road Council School, Bow; entered the employ of Messrs. H. S. King & Co., of Cornhill, Bankers, on leaving school, and joined the Territorials, 8 Sept. 1914. He volunteered for foreign service, left for France in March, 1915, was in several engagements, including the Battle of Loos (25 Sept.), and was killed in action in the trenches at Loos by shell fire, 30 Oct. 1915; unm. He was buried at Fort Tosh, north of Loos, on the Loos-Hulluck Road.

=SHERWOOD, SIDNEY WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3260, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Harry Leslie Sherwood, H.B.M. Consul at Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., by his wife, Adeline Myra, dau. of the late Robert Taylor, of Brighton; b. London, 27 Sept. 1892; educ. privately, and studied at School of Musical and Dramatic Art, 1907–10. He played the part of Elf Pickle in “Pinkie and the Fairies,” His Majesty’s Theatre, Dec. 1908; in “Where Children Rule,” Garrick Theatre, 1909–10; Kiffin in “Vice-Versa,” Comedy Theatre, 1910–11; in “The Great Name,” Prince of Wales’ Theatre, 1911; in “Where the Rainbow Ends,” Savoy Theatre, 1911–12, and Garrick Theatre, 1912–13 and 1913–14; and in the plays produced by the Play Actors’ Society at the Court Theatre, “The Demagogue” and “Hester” and others. Immediately after the outbreak of war he threw up his many private interests and enlisted in the Army. He left England in Feb. 1915, and soon afterwards went into the trenches. Was present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and fell, during the terrible fighting, in the attack on the German trenches at Aubers Ridge, Sunday, 9 May, 1915. It was a perfect Spring morning, with sunshine and a blue sky. The Kensingtons were ordered out to take part in what was thought to be a great attack. They went forward from trench to trench in the face of the deadliest fire, and, with a regt. of Regulars, succeeded in dislodging the enemy from their positions. They maintained their hardly-won position for a number of hours, and then were ordered to withdraw, having lost eight officers and 89 men killed. He was unm.

=SHIELDS, THOMAS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 112628, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SHIMMIN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11741, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, s. of John Shimmin, of Avonmore, Port St. Mary, Isle of Man; b. Isle of Man; enlisted 23 Oct. 1914, aged 34; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16–18 May, 1915.

=SHINGLETON, ARTHUR ROBERT=, Driver, No. 1624, Battery, Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), 4th s. of the late Thomas Shingleton, of Dover, by his wife, Ellen Elizabeth (now wife of (--) Newing, of 3, Jubilee Cottages, Primrose Road, Dover), dau. of George Falwell, of Dover; b. Dover, 30 Dec. 1896; educ. Holy Trinity School, Dover, Kent; joined the R.F.A., 30 Oct. 1914, and was knocked down and killed by a runaway horse at Sevenoaks, 12 Feb. 1915, while on service; unm.

=SHINNIE, HERBERT FORSYTH CRAIG=, Sub-Lieut., Royal Naval Reserve, 8th s. of Robert Shinnie, of 150, Bon-Accord Street, Aberdeen, Carriage and Motor Car Manufacturer; b. Aberdeen, 21 July, 1892; educ. Aberdeen Grammar School (1902–7) and having joined the Navy League in 1906 decided to adopt the sea as a profession. He was then too old to join the Navy direct, so was indentured as an apprentice in seamanship to the Adam Line, and in the autumn of that year joined the s.s. Aberlour at Newcastle. Under Captain Barnett on this ship he served for the next four years, making three voyages round the world, and while still on his last voyage as an apprentice, was gazetted Midshipman, R.N.R., 1 April, 1911. During the following Nov. and Dec. he was on H.M.S. Africa the flagship of the Third Division, Home Fleet, completing the first part of his naval training, which had already been begun with the men of the Naval Reserve at Aberdeen. In the latter month he received an appointment as a junior officer in the British India Company’s Service, and joined the s.s. Ekma at Belfast, his rank being that of Fourth Officer. He sailed at once for the East, and soon after his arrival in Calcutta was promoted Third Officer and transferred to s.s. Ellenga, and in the summer of 1912, was again promoted, this time to R.M.S. Kaurthala, one of the large mail boats running between Calcutta, Rangoon and Singapore. In the spring of 1913, he joined the s.s. Chakrata at London, and continued upon her until the end of March, 1914, when he returned home to prepare himself for his First Officer’s Certificate. The examination for this he successfully passed in June, 1914, and almost immediately afterwards was notified by the Admiralty to join the Home Fleet for the Annual Manœuvres. He accordingly reported himself for duty, and was despatched to Sheerness to complete the complement of H.M.S. Formidable. During the whole month of July they were at sea engaged in manœuvres on a greater scale than usual. During the next three months Shinnie was twice mentioned for commendable service, and received his promotion to the rank of Sub-Lieut. while at sea. He was lost when the Formidable was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on the morning of 1 Jan. 1915. One of the Petty Officers who was with Shinnie on the quarterdeck, writing after the disaster, says: “I had no time to exchange words with my officers, but Sub-Lieut. Shinnie superintended the lowering of the quarterdeck boats and ordered Petty Officers to take charge of them, as they were mostly married men. He remained perfectly cool and calm to the very end, and when the order came from the Capt. to look out for ourselves the Sub-Lieut. went to see that each of the men near him had something that would float and that they could hang on to. As far as I know he went down with the ship.” A brother officer, who was badly injured by the second explosion and had to be helped overboard at the end says: “I was amongst the last who left the ship, but after I was in the water I saw Sub-Lieut. Shinnie still at his post. He was then fastening on one of the life-saving collars.” He was unm.

=SHIP, FRANCIS ALFRED=, L.-Corpl., No. 7648. 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), s. of Francis Charles Ship, of 203, Maxey Road, Plumstead; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 25 Dec. 1914.

=SHIPLEY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3899), 309117, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SHIPP, GREGORY=, L.-Corpl., No. 8338, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Frederick Shipp, of Gaywood Road, King’s Lynn; b. co. Norfolk; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 1 Jan. 1915. Buried in Soldiers’ Cemetery, Rue du Bois, Bethune-Richebourg Road; unm.

=SHONK, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch B. 8533), 396982, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SHORT, ALBERT FREDERICK=, Rifleman, No. 2563, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of the late Alexander William Short, of Stepney, Lighterman, by his wife, Emma Amelia (33, Salmon’s Lane, London, E.), dau. of Alfred Seymour; b. Stepney, E., 3 March, 1894; educ. Cayley Street Council School, S.; was a Confectioner’s Packer; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles about 24 Aug. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26 Oct. 1915, while acting as stretcher-bearer. Buried Fort Tosh, a little north of Loos, on the Loos-Hulloch road; unm. A comrade wrote: “He was killed by a shell while endeavouring to succour some of his unfortunate comrades, and he died like a hero. I mourn the loss of a true and brave comrade who never shirked his duty, and he was laid to rest alongside his fellow stretcher-bearer, who was killed with him. I attended his funeral the following evening, and a little wooden cross now denotes where heroes fell.”

=SHOTTON, ROWLANDSON HARDY=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8558), 203871, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Robert Shotton, of 2, East Street, Hendon, Sunderland; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SHOVE, VICTOR ALBERT=, A.B., 227275, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SHRUBB, FRANK JAMES=, Private, No. 14121, 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of Henry Shrubb, of Almodington House, Sidlesham, Chichester, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Green; b. Birdham, co. Sussex, 25 July, 1895; educ. Manhood School there; enlisted 8 Dec. 1914; went to the Front, 15 Aug. 1915, took part in the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept., and was killed in action at Levantie, France, 8 Jan. 1916; unm. A comrade wrote: “He was filling sandbags to build up the trenches with. Four of them were together and a shell fell among them. Frank being killed instantly.... He was buried in a little cemetery about a mile from the trenches, and a cross marks the spot.”

=SHUTE, THOMAS JOHN=, Rifleman, No. 2774, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Thomas John Shute, of 56, Conder Street, Stepney, E., by his wife. Jenny, dau. of (--) Harris; b. Limehouse, E., 12 Nov. 1889; educ. Dalglish Street School, Limehouse, E.; was a Shipping Clerk; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and died, 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos. Buried New Cemetery, Choques. He m. at Stepney, 8 March, 1915, Annie (17, Tredegar Square, Bow, E.), dau. of Michael Hurley; s.p.

=SHYER, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports/16676, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SIBBALD, JOHN=, Private, No. 10001, D Coy., 2nd Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, yst. s. of John Hadden Sibbald, of Harelaw Cottages, Longniddry, for 27 years Forrester to the Earl of Wemyss, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Abner Baillie; b. Aberlady, co. Haddington, 25 Dec. 1885; educ. Aberlady Public School; enlisted 4 Jan. 1906; was stationed at Maryhill Barracks, Glasgow; Stirling Castle, and Chatham; went to South Africa with a draft for the 2nd Battn.; served with the Military Police there; formed one of the Guard of Honour, during the King’s visit to Balmoral in 1911, and again on the occasion of their Majesties visit to Edinburgh after the Coronation; and took part in the Military Pageant in London; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 10 Nov. following; unm. Buried there. He was in the winning team of the inter-company tug-of-war challenge shield in the 1st Battn. 1905–6–7, and had the cross guns four years in succession for his musketry.

=SICHEL, GEOFFREY MICHAEL JOHN=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt. (“The Die Hards”), elder s. of Walter Sydney Sichel, of 50, Egerton Gardens, S.W., Author and Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Constance Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the late John Holms, M.P.; b. Campden Hill, London, W., 15 May, 1890; educ. Bradfield College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Middlesex, 18 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 27 Sept. 1912; was in India with his regt. when war broke out; left for France, 18 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action 3 miles east of Ypres, 9 Feb. 1915, while his battn. was engaged in repelling an attack of the Prussian Guard; unm.

=SILCOX, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10074), 213480, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SILK, GEORGE DOLLAR=, Private, No. 5951, 1st Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was reported missing after the fighting on 31 Oct. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date; m.

=SILK, JOSEPH=, Private, No. G. 14063, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 23 April, 1915.

=SILK, NORMAN GALBRAITH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers, only child of Fleet-Paymaster Ernest Edwin Silk, R.N., Royal Naval Depôt, Sheerness, by his wife, Isabel Maud, dau. of Capt. Ernest C. Wilford, late 65th Regt.; b. Rushbrook. co. Cork, 30 April, 1895; educ. Eastman’s, Southsea; Cheltenham College (Newick House), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Jan. 1913 to Feb. 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st South Wales Borderers, 24 Feb. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914; went to France with his battn. at the outbreak of war; served through the retreat from Mons, and the Battles of the Aisne, the Marne, and Ypres, where he was wounded in Nov., and invalided home; joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt. on recovery in Feb. 1915, and left England with it for the Near East in March; took part in the landing at Sedd-ul-Bahr on 25 April, and in the subsequent fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and was killed in action there, 9 June, 1915; unm. The colonel commanding South Wales Borderers wrote: “To me, as a commanding officer, he is a very great loss. He had proved himself to be a most gallant and capable officer and as devoted to his men as they were to him. He was always bright and cheerful, and always only too keen to be ever right at the front, and I know that had he lived he must have made a name for himself.”

=SILKSTONE, BERT=, Private, No. 9570, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of William Silkstone, of 103, Padget Street, Brightside, Sheffield; b. co. York; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 4 Oct. 1914.

=SILLETT, ERNEST HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1047), 173052, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=CIVILIAN-SILLS, STEPHEN=, Canteen Assistant, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SILVER, CHARLES=, Private, No. G. 2053, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 12 March, 1915.

=SILVESTER, ALFRED FERDINAND=, Rifleman, No. 2895, 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Keeley Silvester, of 34B, Lavender Sweep, Clapham Common, S.W., Minister in the Catholic Apostolic Church, by his wife, Julia, dau. of Joseph Simpson; b. London, 30 Dec. 1887; was a Confidential Clerk in a City Bank; joined the Queen’s Westminster Rifles in 1909; completed his term of service in 1913, but volunteered and rejoined after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 24 Jan. 1915, and died in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 14 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Houplines, near Armentières, on the 6th; unm.

=SILVESTER, ANSON LLOYD=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., elder s. of the Rev. James Silvester, M.A., F.R. Hist. Socy., Vicar of Great Clacton and Little Holland, Clacton-on-Sea, author of “The Spiritual Year,” “A Century of Sonnets,” and other works, and Editor of “The Lord’s Portion,” by his wife, Constance Ellen, formerly Sister Lloyd of H.M. Nursing Service, dau. of William Lloyd, of the General Post Office [Baronet coll.]; b. Walcot, Bath, where his father was senior curate of the parish, 11 Dec. 1888; educ. Trent College, co. Derby, where he distinguished himself in study and sport, becoming Victor Ludorum of the school, and in 1908 won an Exhibition in Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in the Honours School of Modern History in 1912, with 2nd Class Honours. At Oxford he belonged to the Officers’ Training Corps, as a member of which he was one of the guard of honour at the funeral of His Majesty King Edward VII and at the Coronation of His Majesty King George V, and afterwards joined the 9th Royal Sussex Regt. Special Reserve, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6 Sept. 1913. He spent some time in Germany in the spring of 1914, to obtain a thorough proficiency in German, having also studied French, with a view to an appointment in H.M. Consular service, for which he had received the necessary nomination. He was engaged in volunteer Y.M.C.A. camp work when the war broke out, and on mobilisation he was summoned to join his regt. at Chichester. For some time he was on duty at Dover, but went to the Front in Sept. 1914, with five other officers of his regt., receiving leave of absence for a few days, after terrible experience in the trenches; and returning to the Front at the end of Nov. He fell in action, while bravely leading forward his men to recapture a position the Germans had taken the same day at Cuinchy, near La Bassée, on the night of 31 Dec. 1914; unm. His body was not recovered until 12 Jan., when he was buried in the cemetery at Cuinchy. W. R. Smethurst, his platoon Sergt., wrote: “We had some very rough times together, shared each other’s rations, and always the same dug out during that awful time we had last October at Ypres. About that time he contracted that bad cough that he had, and I tried many a time to get him to go to hospital, but he would not. When he went on leave I never expected that he would come back to us again as he really was not fit,” and referring to his death: “We crept up to 30 yards of them (the Germans) when they opened on us a terrific fire both from machine guns and rifles. Your son fell practically at the first shot, and so did 11 men out of 2. I spoke to Mr. Silvester and asked him if he was badly hit. He did not answer my question but ordered me to take the men away and retire back to our old position. He must have expired almost immediately.”

=SILVESTER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6976), 191889, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SILVERTON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 1347, 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of the late William James Silverton, by his wife, Alice (14, Appleford Road, North Kensington); b. North Kensington, 18 Nov. 1895; educ. Middle Row School there; was a Chemist; joined the Royal Fusiliers in July, 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 10 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; unm.

=SIMMONDS, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4910), 159624, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SIMMONDS, RICHARD STANLEY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 11386, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SIMMONS, ALBERT=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4165), 291953, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SIMMONS, ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10519), 193736, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SIMMS, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11783, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Alfred Simms, of 28, Albert Street, Bedford; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SIMMS, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1066, D Coy., 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2nd s. of William Simms, of Pilley’s Island, Newfoundland, Fisherman, by his wife, Norah, dau. of Jacob Parsons; b. Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, 17 Oct. 1887; educ. there; was a Lumberman; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 11 Feb. 1915; left St. John for Britain, 20 March, 1915; trained at Stob’s Camp, Scotland; left for the Dardanelles, 10 Aug., and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 30 Dec. 1915, by shrapnel; unm. His company officer (Capt. March) wrote: “During storm and rain and amid shot and shell he always managed to attend to the needs of the fatigued men and officers. A cup of hot tea and something to eat he always had ready”; adding: “He did splendid work; he kept us alive during those terrible days at Suvla.”

=SIMMS, GEORGE NORMAN, M.V.O.=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, yst. s. of the late George Simms, of 7, Porchester Gate, and Sumner Grange, Sunningdale, by his wife, Alice Maud (Gilderdale House, Gerrards Cross), dau. of Thomas Pearson, of Scarborough, Yorks; b. 7, Porchester Gate, London, W., 21 Oct. 1875; educ. Eastbourne College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, from the Militia, 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 11 March, 1899, and Capt. 6 June, 1906; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in the operations in Orange River Colony, Jan. to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Etreux or Oisy, 27 Aug. 1914; unm. Capt. H. S. Jervis, Royal Munster Fusiliers, wrote: “It falls to my lot, as the Senior Officer surviving the action of 27 Aug., to write and amplify the terrible news which I presume you have already received from the War Office, of the death of your son. To say that we all feel the acutest sorrow at your loss, which is also ours, is to but inadequately express our feelings. He leaves a gap which it will take many years to fill. On 27 Aug. his company was on outpost duty with mine, in front of the Battn. which was to cover the withdrawal of our Brigade. The latter got away safely, but to achieve this the Battn. had to sacrifice itself. The enemy was coming from the north and began working round to eastward of us. Your son’s company was sent to the post of danger to prevent this. It was a most difficult undertaking, inviting his complete isolation from the rest of us, but he carried it through, fought a smart little action, and returned with the loss of but three men. We then continued the withdrawal, and it was discovered that the enemy had surrounded and cut us off. Again George Simms was sent to the post of danger, this time in front. He went off at the head of his men, and having revealed the enemy in an entrenched position straight across the line of retreat, he proceeded to attack at once. A murderous fire was opened on him and his men, and a destructive cross-fire was brought to bear on them from a loopholed house. While gallantly exposing himself as an example to his men, he was shot in the body and fell dead. The whole five officers of his company were killed--a magnificent example to the remainder of the Battn. The next day the Germans sent out a party of our men whom they had taken prisoners, to bury our dead, and your son was placed in a grave with eight of his brother officers who fell in the same action. His personal effects were buried with him, nothing being touched. His kit was on our transport wagons, which may have escaped. When I came to this Battn. four months ago, I was attd. to your son’s company so that I might see how the new system was run, and it really was a lesson on the art of managing men. The Brigadier, after inspecting his company, said: ‘I should like to serve under Capt. Simms myself.’ No higher praise is needed. The whole Battn. was devoted to him, and his company was far the best of the Battn. In the Mess we shall miss him more than anywhere, his invincible good temper, tact and sense of humour made him an ideal senior member of the Mess.” In the War Office Record he is spoken of as a sound Company Commander. He was awarded the 5th Class of the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of the presentation of new Colours to the Battn. by His Majesty King Edward VII at Cork, 1 Aug. 1903.

=SIMPKINS, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Signal Boy, J. 21561, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SIMPSON, ABRAM=, Private, No. K.P. 458, 8th Section, D Coy., Drake Battn. Royal Naval Division, s. of Abram Simpson, of 9, Maltkiln Lane, Castleford; b. Castleford, co. York, 6 June, 1895; educ. Lock Lane School there; enlisted after the outbreak of the war, 11 Sept. 1914, and was attd. to the Drake Battn. of the R.N.D.; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles; was wounded in the hip during a bayonet charge on 14 May, 1915, but returned to the trenches after a few days in hospital, and died, 20 June following, of wounds received in action; unm.

=SIMPSON, ALBERT VICTOR=, A.B., No. 235888, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SIMPSON, ALEXANDER MATHIESON=, Private, No. 14455, A Coy., No. 4 Platoon, 1st Battn. Cameron Highlanders, only child of the late Alexander Lee Simpson, of Glasgow, Slater, by his wife, Maggie, widow of (--) Logan, dau. of John Mathieson, Coal Miner, grandson of William Simpson, of Glasgow, Schoolmaster (by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Robert Lee, of (--), Ireland), and great-grandson of Alexander Simpson, of Girvan, co. Ayr, who emigrated to Rockhampton, Australia, about 1850; b. Glasgow, Jan. 1890; brought up by his aunt, Miss Sarah Simpson, of 68, John Street, Dunoon, Argyle, and educ. Glasgow and Dunoon Grammar Schools; was a Painter; enlisted about Oct. 1914; went to France, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. He m. at Dunoon, 1914. Annie (Orwell Cottage, Edward Street, Dunoon), dau. of (--) Smith.

=SIMPSON, ANTHONY HENRY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., yr. s. of James Herbert Simpson, of Rugby, M.L., by his wife, Charlotte Maria, dau. of Henry Wilson; b. Rugby, 28 Dec. 1887; educ. Hillbrow School, Rugby (1896–1901); Rugby School (1901–6), and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1906–11, Scholar), and was afterwards an assistant master at Tonbridge School, where he was an officer in the O.T.C.; gazetted Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Dec. 1914; went to France, 19 Jan. 1915, and died at the Base Hospital, Boulogne, 1 Feb. following, from bronchitis contracted while on active service; unm. Buried in the Cemetery there.

=SIMPSON, ARCHIBALD=, Leading Seaman, 220490, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SIMPSON, ARCHIBALD CRANBY=, Trooper, No. 13/442, No. 3 Troop, 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of (--) Simpson, by his wife, Katherine (Ohaupo, New Zealand); b. Turakina, New Zealand, 1891; educ. Government Schools, and St. Patrick’s College, Wellington; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and joined the Waikato Mounted Rifles, 14 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt Oct. following; went to the Dardanelles in May and died about 19 May following, of wounds received in action there the same day; unm. His Major wrote: “As far as I can remember your boy was wounded on 18 May, when the Turks attacked us. I cannot say if he spoke after being wounded, as he was taken away by the stretcher-bearers to the dressing station, and from there to the clearing hospital. I understand he died whilst being taken from the dressing station to hospital, and was wounded in the head. He was given a Christian burial in the North Cemetery, and now lies on the portion of the Gallipoli Peninsula which he fought so bravely to hold. You have the satisfaction to know that he fought like a man and died like a hero for his King and Country. He was a brave man and a true comrade, and I felt the loss of his assistance.”

=SIMPSON, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9675, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SIMPSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 10129, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 23 March, 1915.

=SIMPSON, HUBERT ZEPH=, Assistant-Paymaster, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Hawke, elder s. of the late Zephaniah Simpson, member of the London Stock Exchange (1875–1913), by his wife, Lucy Eva (61, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W.), dau. of John Tucker, of Barnstaple, Solicitor; b. Herne Hill, S.E., 20 Nov. 1880; apprenticed to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Co., 12 Feb. 1896, and qualified as Master, 16 Oct. 1903, but, after serving with that company and in the Glen and Union Lines, was compelled through near sight to give up his career and start anew. He obtained an Assistant Pursership in the R.M.S.P. Co., and in 1907 was made Purser, being one of the very few Pursers to hold a Master’s Certificate. On 30 May, 1913, he was appointed Purser of the R.M.S.P Arcadian, on which he served until the outbreak of war. He had joined the Royal Naval Reserve as Midshipman, 13 April, 1897, being promoted Sub-Lieut. 25 July, 1903; but eye trouble having rendered him unfit for combatant service, he retired, and in April, 1909, applied for appointment as Assistant Paymaster, which he received, 5 Sept. 1910. He was appointed to H.M.S. Hawke, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; unm. Admiral Fremantle, writing in May, 1913, described him as “a keen and zealous officer, who would give valuable assistance in war time”; and the Secretary of the R.M.S.P. Co. wrote: “During the years he was with us he won the esteem of those with whom he served and the warm regard of his brother officers, and he will be very greatly missed, not only by our own people ashore and afloat but also by numbers of passengers with whom he travelled.”

=SIMPSON, JAMES=, Corpl., No. 9856, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., s. of Frank Simpson, of 72, Larch Road, Balham Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 11 Feb. 1915.

=SIMPSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 1798, 6th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, s. of Thomas Simpson, of Clitheroe, Cotton Weaver; b. Clitheroe, co. Lancaster; educ. there; enlisted 16 Sept. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action, 8 May, 1915; unm.

=SIMPSON, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 164860, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SIMPSON, JOHN EDMUND=, Capt., King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., elder s. of the late Rev. John Curwen Simpson, of Thurnscoe, South Yorks, by his wife, Frances Maria (Dale Lodge, Brompton, near Scarborough), dau. of Samuel Sheppard, of Taunton; b. Bayswater, London, 9 July, 1873; educ. St. James’, Southleigh, and St. Paul’s, Stony Stratford; joined the Volunteers, gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 5 May, 1900; promoted Lieut. 26 April, 1901, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1907, and from 1910 to 1913 was Adjutant of the 3rd Special Reserve Battn. at Pontefract. On the outbreak of war he went to France with his regt. and was shot through the chest while leading his men in an attack on a farm house occupied by Germans, at Messines in Flanders, 31 Oct. 1914; buried in a field near to where he fell; unm. Capt. Simpson was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914 [London Gazette, 9 Dec. 1914], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His brother, (Capt. Launcelot Simpson, M.V.O., another “K.O.Y.L.I.” officer, after being wounded at Le Cateau, is now (1916) a prisoner of war at Gütersloh, Westphalia, Germany.

=SIMPSON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1320, 4th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, s. of the late William Simpson, by his wife, Eliza (17, Warkworth Street, Lemington-on-Tyne), dau. of William Tiplady, of Kibblesworth, co. Durham; b. Dewley, Throckley, 2 Jan. 1897; enlisted following the declaration of war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action west of Wieltte, 25 May, 1915; unm. Sergt. R. Rewcastle, of B Coy., in forwarding to his mother a Bible taken from his pocket, wrote: “He died nobly while doing a duty that would have increased the safety of his comrades. He was buried the same day, and a cross marks the spot where he lies.”

=SIMPSON, WILLIAM RUSSELL=, Trooper, No. 8531, 2nd Squadron, 5th Reserve Regt. of Cavalry, attd. 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), s. of James Simpson, of 5, Bruce Street, Edinburgh, Vanman, by his wife, Agnes Baird, dau. of William Russell; b. Edinburgh, 21 June, 1889; educ. South Morningside School; was in the employ of W. Bell & Son, Cab Proprietors, Edinburgh; volunteered and enlisted 9 Sept. 1914; died at York, 14 Jan. 1915, of pneumonia contracted while training; unm.

=SIMS, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8741, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SIMS, JOHN=, Naval Cadet, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Bulwark, eldest s. of Charles Sims, of Lodsworth, Petworth, A.R.A., by his wife, Agnes Helen, dau. of the late John Macwhirter, R.A.; b. Hammersmith, London, W., 17 Oct. 1898; educ. The Wells House, Malvern Wells; entered the Navy, Sept. 1911; appointed to H.M.S. Bulwark, 16 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914.

=SIMS, JOHN=, Stoker (Coastguard), 148321 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SIMS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304106, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SIMSON, HERBERT=, Chief Petty Officer, 158864, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SINCLAIR, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 10942, Machine Gun Section, 4th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. s. of George Thomas Sinclair, M.A., of 91, Comiston Road, Edinburgh, formerly of Craigengar, Culross, by his wife, Marian, dau. of John McEwen, Register House, Edinburgh, and grandson of the Rev. William Sinclair, of Kirkwall, Orkney; b. Sanquhar, co. Dumfries, 10 Oct. 1889; educ. High School, Dunfermline, and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and on leaving there was employed in the British Linen Company’s Bank, Dunfermline; went to Canada in 1910 to take up an appointment in the Bank of Montreal; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the 4th Battn.; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in February, and was killed in action at St. Julien, near Ypres, 23 April, 1915; unm. Buried at Vlamertinghe, three miles west of Ypres. Lieut. Washington wrote. “He died a hero’s death. Rushing to the aid of a wounded comrade he was hit, and died shortly after. He was absolutely fearless and game to the last, and his behaviour under terrific fire was splendid. His memory is much honoured by myself and the Machine Gun Section.” His brother, Lieut. Fraser McEwen Sinclair, of Glencraig, co. Fife, R.A.M.C., is now (1916) on active service in Egypt.

=SINDALL, RICHARD ERNEST=, Capt. (Shelford Detachment), 1st Battn. Cambridgeshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Sindall, of The Elms, Shelford, Cambridgeshire, Contractor, and a Member of the Cambridge Town Council, by his wife, Henzell Margaret, dau. of Thomas Usher Crass; b. Cambridge, 11 April, 1889; educ. Perse School, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Cambridgeshire Regt., 1 Oct. 1908, promoted Lieut. 1 March, 1910, and Capt. 23 June, 1913; left for the Front with his regt., 14 Feb. 1915, was seriously wounded by the bursting of a shell on 26 June near Armentières, and died from his wounds, 1 July, 1915; buried at Bailleul; unm. The 1st Battn. of the Cambridgeshire Regt. was warmly congratulated by Brig.-Gen. Longley for the part it took in the Battle of St. Eloi. He stated that the way that they advanced under very heavy shell and rifle fire towards St. Eloi was splendid and that they were of the greatest assistance in holding the village when the German attack was at its worst. Col. Copeman, in a letter published by the Cambridge Daily News, said: “We were in the thick of the great fight last Sunday, and I am proud to tell you that the regt. did very well, so the General told me. It was an unexpected attack, and we were hurled into the midst of terrific shell and rifle fire which lasted from 4.30 on Sunday to about 5 a.m. Monday.” A special correspondent with the Cambridgeshire Regt. wrote: “The people of Cambridgeshire must not be allowed to forget that the 1st Cambridgeshires took part in what has been reported as the greatest engagement of the present war and the world’s history. At 10 p.m. amid the dull boom of our artillery and the terrific, earsplitting explosions of the French 75’s, we went out ready to do our part. The officers in charge of the company were Capt. R. E. Sindall, Capt. Keenlyside, Lieut. Shaw, and Lieut. Bates. Lieut. Seaton and Lieut. Sir H. G. Butlin, also officers of the company, were already gaining experience in the trenches, and had a rough time of it. After drawing tools and sandbags, we went forward. Ceaseless numbers of ‘flares’ were sent up, and when passing a gate, the man with the biggest laugh in our company, L.-Corpl. E. Vawser, was hit. He was promptly attended to, and hopes were expressed that he would soon be better. An R.E. officer took charge of us, and we were allotted our job. All the while bullets and shells were flying around us, and one could mark the passage of the shells through the air by a streak of light from them. It was rather a terrifying experience for us to be baptized with such a hail of bullets, and I must say that I never saw one case of funk in the whole company. The boys may be heartily congratulated on their sang froid, and the Cambridgeshire people have good reason to be proud of them. After our spell close up, we manned some reserved trenches, eventually arriving ‘home’ at 8 a.m. after a good hard night’s work.” His brother, Capt. W. T. Sindall, of the same regt., was invalided home from the Front on 6 April, 1916.

=SINGER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6779), 194593, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SINGLETON, JOSHUA=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 345952, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SINNOTT, PETER=, Private, No. 11726, 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, s. of Peter Sinnott, of 1, Ellis on Street, Gateshead; b. Edinburgh, 17 March, 1896; enlisted 26 Nov. 1913; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, in an attack on the Turkish trenches, 28 June, 1915; unm.

=WILMOT-SITWELL, STANTON DEGGE=, Lieut., Portsmouth Battn. Royal Marine L.I., 2nd s. of Francis Stanton Wilmot-Sitwell, of Monk’s Well, Beaulieu, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Mary Innes, elder dau. of Capt. Charles Elliot Farquharson, 21st Lancers, and grandson of Robert Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell, of Stainsby House, co. Derby, J.P., D.L.; b. The Grove, Bolton’s, London, S.W., 25 July, 1896; educ. Newlands, Seaford, and Malvern College, where he was a prefect; was given a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Royal Marines, 29 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 27 March, 1915; went out with the R.N.D. in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Feb. 1915, landed at Gaba Tepe with the Anzacs, and was killed in action on the slopes of Achi Baba, 13 July following; unm.

=SIZER, WILLIAM JOHN THOMAS=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4851B., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SKARRATT, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1986), 12977, R.F.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SKEATES, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 309112, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SKELTON, HENRY=, Trimmer, No. 3376, Trawler Eagle, s. of John Skelton, of 31, James Street, Holderness Road, Hull, Coalheaver on sea-going ships, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of George Hullah, of Beeford; b. Hull, co. York, 23 March, 1886; educ. Blenkin Street School, Holderness Road, there; was employed in the firm of Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co., Ship Owners, Hull, as a fireman on the steamers sailing from Hull to New York and Boston, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 joined a trawler which had been taken over by the Admiralty for mine-sweeping purposes, and was accidentally drowned at Cromarty, 13 Jan. 1915. He was returning from a few hours’ leave, and the weather being very bad the small boat he was in was capsized. He m. at St. Philip’s Church, Sculcoates, 11 April, 1908, Catherine (14, May Terrace, Walker Street, off Hessle Road, Hull), dau. of Tom Clark, and had two sons: Arthur, b. 21 Sept. 1912; and Henry, b. 18 April, 1914.

=SKIN, ALBIN SAMUEL=, A.B., 237656, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SKINNER, ARTHUR=, Private, No. G. 1454, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 9 May, 1915.

=SKINNER, JOHN THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5048), S.S. 1834, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SKINNER, PHILIP JOHN LANCELOT=, Sub-Lieut., R.N., yst. s. of Major Charles Lancelot Andrewes Skinner, of 57, Eccleston Square, S.W., late 4th Hussars, by his wife, Lady Kathleen, née Ponsonby, yst. dau. of Walter William Brabazon, 7th Earl of Bessborough; b. The Chantry, Ipswich, 23 Jan. 1894; educ. St. Andrews, Eastbourne, and Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges, where he was cadet capt., H.R.H. the Prince of Wales being under his charge; served as a cadet on H.M.S. Cumberland; joined H.M.S. Hercules as a Midshipman in 1911, afterwards served on H.M.S. King George V.; was appointed acting Sub-Lieut. H.M.S. Formidable, 29 July, 1914; and was lost when that ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel, 1 Jan 1915. The following is an extract from one of the many letters received from some of the bluejackets and other survivors off H.M.S. Formidable: “We found him a most kind and considerate officer, a fearless and true British sailor, and a splendid type of the true English gentleman. He was esteemed and respected by all who knew him, both by officers and men, and we loved him.”

=SKINNER, RONALD SWEYN=, Sergt., No. 737, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of the Rev. Frederick William Skinner, Vicar of Tibenham, co. Norfolk, by his wife, Agnes Mary, dau. of Edward Cooke; b. Ashwe11thorpe, co. Norfolk, 22 Nov. 1888; educ. Banham Grammar School; joined the Queen Victoria Rifles in Nov. 1910, was promoted Sergt. Jan. 1915, and on the outbreak of war proceeded to the Front with them; he died of wounds received in action at Hill 60, Flanders, 3 Feb. 1915; buried Dranoutre; unm. His Capt. wrote: “From the first moment he went into action in the trenches he showed himself a bold and resolute soldier who thought first of his duty and nothing of himself. He had recently been named for a commission. At all times he showed a fine example and exercised a most beneficial influence thereby over the men under his command. I cannot think how we shall get on without him: men such as he proved himself over and over again are hard indeed to replace.” He was Capt. of the Olympic Rifle Club five years, and shot for his company at Bisley two years.

=SKINNER, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1816), 187806, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SCOT SKIRVING, ARCHIBALD=, Capt., 5th Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, yr. s. of Robert Scot Skirving, M.B., of Sydney, N.S.W., by his wife, Lucy, dau. of the late Trefferson Hester, M.D.; b. Sydney, New South Wales, 7 Sept. 1884; educ. Sydney Grammar School; Eton House, Tonbridge; and the University of Sydney, at which last he graduated as M.B. and C.M. in 1911 with high honours, being the second man of his year. A resident medical officer in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney till 1913, he proceeded in that year to England to take the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, but on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for active service. He had previously joined the University Scouts in 1907, and the 2nd Australian Infantry Regt. in 1909, transferring from the latter in the following year to the N.S.W. Scottish Rifles, which became the 25th Australian Infantry under the new regulations, and after being temporarily attached to the Black Watch was given a commission as Lieut. in the Royal Irish Fusiliers, 4 Sept. 1914, and promoted Capt. 2 Dec. following. He died 9 Aug. 1915 (on board the hospital ship Valdivia), from wounds received near Suvla Bay, and was buried at sea five miles south of Imbros Island. The letters of his fellow officers show him to have been as able and keen in his military duties as he was capable and distinguished in his profession of medicine.

=SLADE, EDWARD FRED=, Rifleman, No. 3604, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Edward Henry Slade, of Bedmond, King’s Langley, by his wife, Kate, dau. of George Gamby; b. Abbots Langley, co. Herts, 9 Dec. 1892; educ. Watford Grammar School; was employed on the London & North-Western Railway at Euston, but after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Queen Victoria Rifles, 17 Nov. 1914, and was accidentally drowned in France, while bathing in the rear of the British trenches, 12 Aug. 1915; unm. Buried in the village yard at Chippilly. Slade was a student at the Guildhall School of Music, and a choirman and deputy organist at Abbot’s Langley Parish Church, and was considered by Professor Docker, R.A.M., to be a very promising organist. His company officer wrote that his death was “a great loss to the company, as he was an able and willing soldier under all circumstances.”

=SLATER, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110190 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SLATER, DAVID=, Stoker, R.N.R., U. 1354, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=SLATER, GEORGE MICHAEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9611), 297247, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SLATTER, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109395, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SLATTERY, HENRY JAMES=, Rifleman, No. 2953, 18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of the late Alfred Richard Slattery, by his wife, Elizabeth (2A, Frederick Mews, Kinnerton Street, Knightsbridge, S.W.), dau. of Elijah Peachey; b. Knightsbridge, 23 Nov. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s Schools, Knightsbridge; was in the employ of Mr. John Morgan, Army Tailor, of 5, Albemarle Street, W.; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the London Irish Rifles, 4 Sept. 1914; trained at the White City and St. Albans; went to France, 9 March, 1915; took part in the actions at Givenchy and Festubert, and died 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, on the 25th; unm. Buried in the cemetery at Noeux-les-Mines. He was in the choir at St. George’s Hospital, and afterwards at St. Mary’s, Graham Street, S.W.

=SLAUGHTER, JAMES GALLOTHY=, Chief Shipwright, 340623, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SLESSOR, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. 12370), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SLIMM, FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS=, Acting Corpl., No. 1267, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Frederick George Slimm, Private, No. 71299, A.S.C., now serving with the British Expeditionary Force, by his wife, Jessie (15, Taylor’s Place, Stepney), dau. of James King; b. Mile End, London, E., 16 June, 1893; educ. Ben Jonson Schools, Stepney; was a Printer’s Layer-on; joined the 17th County of London Regt. in March, 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, while finding range for the battn.; unm. He was to have been married shortly.

=SLINEY, RICHARD=, Leading Seaman, 179858 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=SLOPER, WILLIAM=, Chief Petty Officer, 160618, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMALL, AUSTIN JAMES=, Cook’s Mate, M. 5525, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMALL, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Bugler, No. 823, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Frederick Small, of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, Carman, by his wife, Frances, dau. of Robert Stephenson; b. London, W., 12 Sept. 1890; educ. St. Andrew’s Council School, London; was a Cloth Shrinker; joined the London Irish Rifles, 13 March, 1909; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 11 March, 1915, and died 28 Sept. 1915, at a Base hospital, of wounds received in action during the Battle of Loos on the 25th. Buried at Neoux-les-Mines. He m. at St. Thomas Church, Regent Street, W., 22 Feb. 1914, Josephine (101, Beaufoy Road, Battersea), dau. of Alexander Fromant, and had a dau., Elsie, b. 4 June, 1915.

=SMALL, NORMAN HOWARD=, Private, No. 2096, 1/9th Battn. (Highlanders) the Royal Scots (T.F.), 3rd s. of David Alexander Small, of 106, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Outfitter, by his wife, Minnie, 3rd dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Donald; b. Edinburgh, 27 Sept. 1895; educ. Edinburgh Academy; was a Business Student; volunteered and joined 1/9th Royal Scots in Aug. 1914; left for France, 23 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station, Poperinghe, 23 April, 1915, of wounds received the same day at St. Jean, near Ypres. Buried in Military Cemetery, Poperinghe; unm. His elder brother, W. E. A. Small, was killed, 26 Sept. 1915 (see following notice).

=SMALL, WILLIAM ERNEST ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., No. 2306, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), eldest s. of David Alexander Small, Outfitter, by his wife, Minnie, 3rd dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Donald; b. Edinburgh, 10 May, 1891; educ. Royal High School and Edinburgh University; was a Farmer in Saskatoon, Canada; volunteered and joined the Royal Horse Guards in Dec. 1914; was formerly for six years in Lothians and Border Horse; joined as Trooper; promoted to Corpl.; left for France, 23 May, 1915; was killed instantaneously by direct shell at Vermelles, 26 Sept. 1915, when advancing to Loos. Buried in Military Cemetery, Vermelles; unm.

=SMART, ERNEST JOSEPH=, Petty Officer, 192004, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMART, JOHN GORDON=, Sergt., No. 1218, Orsett Troop, Essex Yeomanry, 2nd s. of John Smart, of 13, Brunswick Street, Hillside, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academician, by his wife, Agnes P. (15, Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of Robert Main, of Doune, Perthshire; b. Edinburgh, 26 June, 1876; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and on leaving there served his apprenticeship with Mr. H. J. Blanc, of Edinburgh, Architect, after which he migrated to London, where he achieved a considerable reputation as an architectural designer. During the South African War he joined the 2nd Battn. of the Imperial Yeomanry in Jan. 1901, and served through that campaign, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps (Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony), and obtaining his discharge with the rank of Corpl. in Sept. 1902. On the outbreak of the European War he enlisted in the Essex Yeomanry as a trooper, went to the Front, Nov. 1914, and was promoted Sergt. May, 1915. He distinguished himself in action at Poljitze, near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, and was specially mentioned for his gallant conduct on this occasion in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of May, 1915. He reached Burnham-on-Crouch from the Front, on four days’ leave, on 19 June, 1915, and died there on the 23rd from acute pneumonia supervening on gas poisoning at Ypres. His principal hobby was yachting, to indulge in which he resided at Burnham, and he was buried there with full military honours on his 39th birthday; unm.

=SMEATON, WILLIAM DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 4208, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of John MacRae Smeaton, of Hawick, co. Roxburgh, retired Civil Servant, and late of the London Scottish, by his wife, Florence Jane, dau. of William Kench; b. Wimbledon, co. Surrey, 17 Jan. 1897; educ. Wimbledon School and privately; joined the London Scottish, 1 Jan. 1915; went to France, 5 July, 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. following. An officer wrote: “The company had to advance under very heavy fire, and it may be some small satisfaction to know the company went forward as steadily as if they had been in Hyde Park, and worthily upheld the splendid reputation of this regt. Your son when dashing forward fifty yards in front of the trenches was hit in the lower part of the stomach, and rapidly became unconscious, died and was buried on the field of battle.”

=SMEETH, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1095), late R.M.A., 10436, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMELLIE, JAMES MILLER STIRLING=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4509, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ADOLPHUS SAMUEL=, Leading Signalman, 220809, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ALBERT EDWARD=, Telegraphist, J. 1624, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ALBERT ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3044), S.S. 100458, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, ALBERT JAMES=, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1139), Late Chat./9954, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ALFRED=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 155565, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, ALFRED EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17617, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, AMOS CHARLES=, Bugler, No. 9377, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., eldest s. of Shipley Vickers Smith, of 2, The Grove, Shaw Heath, Stockport, District Agent, Prudential Insurance Co., formerly of the same regt. (who served in Malta, India, Afghanistan and the Jhobb Valley Expedition), by his wife, Clara, dau. of the late James Harris, of Morley, Contractor (who served with the 31st Regt. in the Crimean War), and grandson of Amos Charles Smith, of Sheffield; b. Sutton-upon-Hull, co. York, 4 Dec. 1892; educ. Middleton Street School, Hull, and Army School; enlisted as a Bugler in the 1st King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 15 Oct. 1907; served in South Africa, and was afterwards stationed at Hong Kong and Singapore, where he was when war broke out. His battn. was ordered home. While at home he was taken ill with malarial fever, but hearing that his battn. had been ordered to the Front, despite the advice of the doctor, he immediately set off to rejoin it at Winchester. He arrived too late, however, and was sent to the 3rd Battn. at Hull, but left for France a fortnight later with a draft for the 2nd Battn. (13th Brigade, 5th Division), and died on 7 April, 1915, of wounds received on the 5th, near Hill 60; unm. A comrade wrote: “I am sorry to state that he got shot on Easter Monday, losing a leg. He bore his pain well, not a word of complaint and still merry and bright. Shells were dropping around us all the time and, to make matters worse, it rained all day.” His only brother, Shipley Vicker Smith, Bandsman, No. 10428, King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., is now (1916) on active service.

=SMITH, ALFRED LEONARD=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 3599), 189658, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, ARCHIBALD=, Sergt., No. 12802, 2nd Battn. The Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 14 March, 1915.

=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1155, A Squadron, Northamptonshire Yeomanry, only s. of Charles Slater Smith, of Norton House, Tenby, Farmer, by his wife, Bertha, dau. of Joseph Hill; b. River View, Woodford, near Thrapston, Northants, 24 Sept. 1890; educ. Lewisham College, Weston-super-Mare; volunteered and joined the Northants Yeomanry, 8 Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for the Front in the 8th Division in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 9 March, 1915; unm. Buried, Walle Farm, Pont Riqueult, Lestrem, Flanders. He was a well-known and successful rider under the National Hunt Rules.

=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5299), 297535, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 2108, 1/6th Battn. Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt (T.F.), s. of Richard Smith, of 9, Brighton Street, Cromwell Road, Shipley, by his wife Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of John Sutcliffe; b. Shipley, co. Yorks, 30 July, 1897; educ. Baildon Wood Bottom Board School; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the West Yorkshires, 7 Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 April, and was killed in action at Rue Petillon, 3 June, 1915, being shot by a sniper; unm. Buried in Rue Petillon.

=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 3016, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ARTHUR GILLIAT=, Lieut., 26th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, only surviving s. of Harold Gilliat Smith, of 37, Kenilworth Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, by his wife, Laura Sybil, dau. of the late Philip Grove, of Eastcote, Northants, and grandson of the late Joseph Smith, formerly of The Oaks, Woodmansterne, co. Surrey; b. Blackheath, S.E., 3 July, 1888; educ. Rugby School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E., 18 Dec. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 4 Feb. 1911; left for France, 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Klein Zillebeke, during the First Battle of Ypres, 1 Nov. following; unm. His commanding officer wrote: “I have lost a loyal friend and a most keen and efficient officer.... He died a fine death, gallantly leading his section against the Germans.”

=SMITH, ARTHUR GUY=, Lieut., R.N., 2nd s. of Capt. Charles Valentine Smith, R.N., of the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, and 17, Woodfield Road, Ealing, W., by his wife, Josefa Francis, dau. of the Hon. Robert Butler, Receiver General of the Bahamas; b. Poona, India, 10 July, 1891; educ. Alperton Hall, Wembley, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; entered the Navy, 5 May, 1904; became Midshipman 15 July, 1909; Sub. Lieut. 15 July, 1912; and Lieut. 15 July 1914; was mainly employed in the surveying service at Home and in the West Indies in H.M. ships Research and Mutine; joined H.M.S. Good Hope in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; unm.

=SMITH, ARTHUR MARK=, Private, No. 2550, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died 26 April, 1915, of wounds received in action at St. Jean; m.

=SMITH, ARTHUR PHILIP=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 308719, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, BERNARD RIDLEY WINTHROP=, Capt., 1st Battn. Scots Guards, only s. of Francis Nicholas Smith, of Wingfield Park, Ambergate, Derby, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Constance Ella, dau. of the late Rev. Benjamin Winthrop, of 82, Cromwell Road, London, S.W., and a nephew of Sir Gerard Smith, K.C.M.G., formerly Lieut.-Col. Scots Guards; b. at Duffield, near Derby, 19 Dec. 1882; educ. at Carter’s, Farnborough; Eton College (Evans’ House), and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A.); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Scots Guards, 1 Aug. 1905, promoted Lieut. 14 May, 1910, and Capt. 1 Nov. 1914; was seconded for service under the Colonial Office and appointed A.D.C. to Sir Henry Belfield, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the East African Protectorate, 13 Aug. 1913; obtained leave from the Colonial Office to rejoin his regt. on the outbreak of war; returned to France direct in Oct. 1914; was wounded in action in the trenches near Ypres, 8 Nov. 1914, and removed to Christol Hospital at Boulogne, where he died, 15 Nov. 1914; unm. His body was brought to England and buried in a private cemetery in Wingfield Park. He rowed No. 6 in the Cambridge eight v. Oxford in 1905.

=SMITH, BERTIE WILLIAM=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 22119, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, CHARLES=, Private, No. 1513, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), Transport Section, 2nd s. of John Smith, by his wife, Annie (83, Under Road, Hastings), dau. of Norman Tomars; b. Hastings, 25 June, 1879; educ. Village School, Ore, Hastings; was an employee of the Local Board; joined 5th Sussex Territorials, 1902; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France 17 Feb. 1915; invalided back to England July following and died of disease in Camberwell Hospital, 5 Aug. 1915. He m. at Hastings, 1904, Louisa (45, Sandown Road, Ore, Hastings), dau. of John Robert Gringer, of 51, Jersey Street, Brighton, Fishmonger, and had two sons and three daughters: Harry P., b. 3 Oct. 1904; William J., b. 3 May, 1912; Edith P., b. 26 Nov. 1906; Winnie L., b. 20 Oct. 1909; and Rose E., b. 17 Feb. 1915.

=SMITH, CHARLES JOSEPH=, Plumber’s Mate, N. 5491, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, CHARLES KING=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 12461, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Frederick Smith, of 104, Priory Park, Kilburn, N.W.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, CHARLES SAMUEL=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, 112414, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 10510, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ERNEST GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 17544, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ERNEST LAURENCE=, Private, No. 227, 6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), 3rd s. of John Smith, of 160, Warton Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tailor, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Liny Lloyd Daney; b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 13 Aug. 1889; educ. St. Mary’s Catholic School and Westgate Road Council School; was employed with the North-Eastern Advertising Company, Newcastle, joined the Northumberland Fusiliers Volunteers (now the 6th Territorial Battn.) about 1907; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in action in the trenches, near Ypres, 15 June following. He had a medal for good work in rifle practice in connection with the Ponteland Coy.; He m. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 19 Oct. 1912, Mary Alice (72, Mason Street, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of the late Thomas Smith, and had two children: Dorothy Vera, b. 30 March, 1913; and Audrey, b. 29 Dec. 1914.

=SMITH, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4823), 202637, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=SMITH, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6480), 288029, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9220, 4th Battn. The Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, died there, 23 Aug. 1914; m.

=SMITH, GEORGE=, Private, No. G. 1243, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 23 April, 1915; m.

=SMITH, GEORGE CATT=, Corpl., No. 917, No. 3 Platoon, A Coy., 13th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, yst. s. of Alfred William Smith, of Ramsgate, Photographer, by his wife, Katherine, dau. of J. Sackett, of Pegwell, Ramsgate; b. Canterbury, 29 July, 1887; educ. Holy Cross Church School there; went to Australia; joined the 2nd Australian contingent in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, during the night of 6–7 Aug. 1915; unm. According to particulars given to his brother, Mr. A. G. Smith, by survivors of this action, they were over the ridge and well on to the of Sari Bair, when he apparently got ahead of his comrades. He was found the next morning in a fighting attitude with rifle and bayonet at the engage, and, most remarkable of all, in an upright position, smiling. He was buried at the foot of Sari Bair, side by side with a New Zealander.

=SMITH, GEORGE EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10168), 298691, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, GEORGE HARRIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10152), S.S. 107881, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6170), 182124, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, GEORGE STUART=, Private, No. 2499, 1/5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest s. of Robert Smith, of 19, Leamington Terrace, Edinburgh, Manager, Central Meat Market Co., Ltd., Edinburgh, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Alexander Inveriarity Millar; b. Edinburgh, 24 Feb. 1888; educ. George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh; was a Wholesale Meat Salesman; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Royal Scots; left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 19 March, 1915, and was killed in action, 28 June, 1915; unm. Buried near Krithia, Gallipoli. His comrade, Private Charles Groves, wrote: “We have lost a true and loyal comrade, who never hesitated to say what he meant, and whose word was a bond. Everyone who knew him here and who had any dealings with him had the greatest respect and affection for him. He died as he lived--doing his duty, and with his face to the foe. His life was an example for all. In the section he was at all times a pillar of strength, and his quiet confidence often imbued us with strength to carry out our work.” Private Smith was a member of the Heriot Golf Club and Turnhouse Golf Club (Midlothian), of which latter he was a “plus” player, representing his club in the Inter-Club Tournament of 1913. He played in the Battn. Rugby football team.

=SMITH, GILBERT JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6468, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, HARRY SCELLEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10076), S.S. 2619, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, HENRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3670C, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, HENRY WILSON (TAS.)=, Sergt., No. 11/378, Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of the late Frederick Charles Smith, by his wife, Louise Emily (174, Terrace, Wellington, N.Z.); b. Featherstone, Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand, 4 April, 1887; educ. Featherstone and Carterton, Wairarapa, and Hawkes Bay, Hastings; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Wellington Mounted Rifles; was promoted Sergt.; left for Egypt, Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles in May, and was killed in action at Anzac Cove, 30 May, 1915; unm. Sergt. Smith was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatches. The deputy censor (Selwyn Chambers), who was in the trenches with him, wrote: “He was killed in action on Sunday, 30 May, and we have lost one of our best soldiers and a true friend. We were hard pressed and nobody in the squadron did more to encourage those about him and help them to bear up in a very difficult position. He was injured by a hand grenade and lived for some hours, and even while lying wounded unable to take any active part in the defence of the trenches, he continued to encourage his comrades. Eventually he passed away in a peaceful sleep and we lost a true soldier.”

=SMITH, JAMES ALEXANDER EDINGTON=, Private, No. 1163, 8th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), only s. of James Smith, of The Vale, North Berwick, Clothier, by his wife, Margaret Wilhelmina, dau. of William Purves; b. North Berwick, 30 March, 1893; educ. High School there; was an Engineer’s Apprentice; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the Royal Scots, 1 Sept.; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and died in Netley Hospital, 15 May, 1915, from wounds received in action near Fleurbaix on 20 Dec. 1914; unm.

=SMITH, JAMES ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./7094, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=SMITH, JAMES MONTAGUE=, Lieut., 1/5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest s. of the late James Smith, of 4, Brunton Place, Edinburgh, M.D., J.P. (died May, 1914), by his wife, Eliza (15, Chalmers Street, Edinburgh), dau. of James Smith, of Edinburgh; b. Edinburgh, 30 Aug. 1892; educ. George Watson’s College, and Edinburgh University, and was in his final year of studying medicine, when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He had received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Royal Scots (T.F.), 17 June, 1911, and was promoted Lieut. 22 Dec. 1912; and volunteered for foreign service with his Battn. He left for the Dardanelles, 10 March, 1915, as Machine Gun Officer and Assistant Adjutant; took part in the landing on 25 April, and was killed in action there, 2 May following; unm. Buried at Twelve Tree Copse. Lieut.-Col. J. R. Wilson (himself wounded) wrote: “The Adjutant was killed five days before, and your son was acting Adjutant in his place. From the meagre details I have got so far, I judge he joined with the line of our men who made a bayonet charge to restore the broken British line which had given way before the enemy’s attack. In the fighting resulting, he and two other officers were killed. There is consolation in the knowledge that he died gallantly doing his best for his country.” And Capt. D. L. McLagan: “As your son’s temporary commanding officer it is my duty to write and tell you how gallantly your son behaved on the night when he was killed. I was within a few feet of him after a charge which we are told saved the whole army from a break through by the Turks. Your son gave of his best at all times for his Battn., and on this night he was not behind. He led a section of the men for a very great distance to occupy a vacant trench during the night, and when we arrived there we found the Turks had got round behind. We all had the impression that the French Senegalese were behind us, and while we hesitated, the blast which killed so many of us, including your son, came upon us. By a great chance and the goodness of God I was saved by a machine-gun protecting me from the bullets intended for me, and thus I was the only officer to return from that far-off trench when morning came. We drove off the Turks and saved the situation but at what a cost? Montie was a fine fellow who did his duty nobly and unselfishly and never spared himself. His is another name to add to the roll of those who have fallen to make the 5th Royal Scots what they are now.” Major James Scott of the R.A.M.C. also wrote: “He was a most promising young man in every respect, and I am sure had he been spared would have made his mark in whatsoever path he chose to tread. He was most highly esteemed by every one, from the Col., Adjutant and officers to the humblest man. Being appointed Adjutant was the highest honour I ever knew conferred upon a man so young, but yet he was equal to it, and threw his whole energy into whatever task he undertook. It was practically impossible for such a brave young soldier to escape being wounded because he ventured so much and led his men so well.” He was Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C. at George Watson’s College, and joined the University O.T.C. in 1910.

=SMITH, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10/1036, B Coy. (East Coast Regt.), Wellington Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of William Smith, of Regent Street, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand, formerly of Wakefield, co. York, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of J. S. Meiklejohn, of Melbourne, Australia, and nephew of the late James Sim Benyon, proprietor and Editor of the “Kumara Times”; b. Hokitika, West Coast, South Island, 4 Nov. 1879; educ. Kumara High School, after which he served as an apprentice in a grocery business in the same town. He then joined the Justice Department of the New Zealand Government, and was appointed to H.M. Prisons, being ultimately transferred to the Survey Department. On the outbreak of war he joined the main body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, took part in the defence of the Suez Canal, and was killed in action, 2 May, 1915, eight days after landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula; unm.

=SMITH, JOHN=, Private, No. 2484, 5th Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), s. of the late James Smith, of Battenhurst Farm, Stonegate, Farm Bailiff, by his wife, Eliza (Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, Sussex); b. Stonegate, co. Sussex, 24 June, 1890; educ. Stonegate School; was employed as gardener at Afterglow, Wadhurst; joined 5th Sussex Territorials Sept. 1914, and died of pulmonary tuberculosis at his home, Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, 25 July, 1915; unm.

=SMITH, JOHN=, stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115515, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13677 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, JOHN ACKLAND=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20594 (lev.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, JOHN ALEXANDER HAY=, B.A., LL. B., Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, only s. of the late William Smith, of Calcutta, Jute Merchant, by his wife, I. Seath (now wife of W. G. Mair, of Clifton Bank, St. Andrews), dau. of Alexander Nicoll, of Dundee, Merchant; b. Darjeeling, India, 17 Nov. 1890; educ. Stanley House, Bridge of Allan, Clifton Bank, St. Andrews, and Pembroke College, Cambridge graduated B.A. Hons. and LL.B. 1912), and was continuing the study of law in London, when war broke out in Aug. 1914; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 11th Royal Scots on the 27th of that month, and was promoted Lieut. shortly before his death; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in action at La Touret, near Festubert, 14 Aug. 1915; unm. Buried at Hinges. He was the heir and one of the residuary legatees of the late Mr. John Smith, of Adderley, Forfarshire, but by the terms of the bequest was only to have a life interest up to the age of 25. As he was only 24 years of age his share of the residue went to the Dundee Infirmary and the Dundee Victoria Hospital for Incurables.

=SMITH, JOHN ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16726, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, JOHN CHARLES=, Private, No. 11098, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of Joseph Smith, Park Lane Corner, Berkswell, Sawyer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Thomas Gibbs; b. Temple Balsall, near Knowle, co. Warwick, 12 April, 1893; educ. at Burton Green, Kenilworth, and Temple Balsall, near Knowle; enlisted 18 Aug. 1914; went to France early in Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. following; unm.

=SMITH, MALCOLM ST. AIDAN=, Private, No. 286, A Coy., 10th Battn., 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of Henry Teesdale Smith, of Arthur’s Seat, Crafers, South Australia, Railway Contractor, by his wife, Lydia Kate, dau. of Samuel Johnson, of Melbourne, Victoria, and great grandson of Major Henry Teesdale, who was killed at the Battle of Meeanee, and whose services are mentioned in Sir William Napier’s “Conquest of Sind”; b. Torquay, Tasmania, 31 May, 1890; educ. Cordwalles, Maidenhead, England, and Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia; and was an assistant engineer in the construction of the Minnipa Hill railway on Eyre’s Peninsula and on a section of the East-West line. On the outbreak of the European War he immediately volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary force, went to Egypt with them; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there two days later. He was wounded twice, but refused to go back. An officer in another Battn. wrote to his father: “He was a member of the Battn. that deserved all the praise for the initial landing, and the way they waded ashore and cleared the first hill is simply incredible. On the Tuesday after our big advance, I found my way to the beach late at night, and at once enquired at the Dressing Station, but they could only say they thought a Malcolm Smith had been killed. There is no sentiment (or time for it) on the field, but his friends in the Company say he died as they hope to die, right in the middle of it.”

=SMITH, PERCY LOWE=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4670, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7495), S.S. 102811, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of William Smith, of Eastward, Carnwyllie, Arbroath; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ROBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2922, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ROBERT ERNEST=, Private, No. 5761, 4th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., s. of Alfred Smith; b. Cookley, co. Worcester, Jan. 1880; educ. Wolverly Parish Schools there; enlisted in March, 1900; served in the South African War, 1901–2 (Queen’s and King’s medals), and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 15 May, 1915; unm.

=SMITH, ROBERT JOSHUA=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17440, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, SIDNEY=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4434, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, SIDNEY CHARLES=, Blacksmith, 343371, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, SIDNEY JOSEPH=, Private, No. 12331, No. 3 Coy., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, yr. s. of Francis Louis Smith, of 35, Alfred Street, Neath, Gardener, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Julia O’Leary, of Caerleon, Monmouth; b. Newport, co. Monmouth, 6 Feb. 1888; educ. Brynock National Schools; enlisted 1 Sept. 1905; went to France with the Expeditionary Force about 12 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battle of the Marne and the advance to the Aisne, and was killed in action at Zillebeke, 7 Nov. 1914. Buried 1½ miles east of Zillebeke, near Ypres. His company officer the late Capt. Alwyn Gosselin, D.S.O., wrote expressing regret at his loss, and added: “Your son was always cheerful under the very trying conditions of the campaign, and he is a great loss to his comrades.” He was at one time considered the Army champion in bayonet exercises. He m. at St. Joseph R.C. Church, Neath, South Wales, 16 Nov. 1913, Mary Anne (Crythan Road, Neath), dau. of John (and Eliza) Singleton.

=SMITH, STANLEY IVAN=, A.B., J. 3081, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, SYDNEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2564), 186020, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914

=SMITH, SYDNEY HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9317), S.S. 106555, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, THOMAS=, Private, No. 10229, 4th Reserve, attd. 3rd. Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of the late Thomas Smith, of Hull, by his wife, Minnie; b. Hull, 14 March, 1894; enlisted July, 1913; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914; was wounded in March and invalided home, and died in King George’s Hospital, Stamford Street, S.E., 16 Sept. 1915, of wounds and appendicitis; to an inquiry as to whether he would wish to go to the Front again he wrote: “I am willing if I am needed, as duty to my King comes before pleasure. I am proud I have been able to do a little.” He m. at St. Peter’s Church, Drypool, Hull, Daisy Mary (149, Seaford Road, West Ealing), eldest dau. of John Henry White, of Wandsworth, now Private, No. 074568, A.S.C.M.T; s.p.

=SMITH, THOMAS GRIFFIN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 4798, B. 100, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, THOMAS SYDNEY=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., elder s. of the Rev. Sydney Edward Smith, Rector of Sprotborough, Doncaster, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of Major-Gen. Augustus Arthur Currie, C.B.; b. Womersley Vicarage, co. York, 31 March, 1895; educ. Hill House, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Radley, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., 19 Aug. 1914; went to France, 7 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 11 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, TOM=, Private, No. 337, T. Coy., 7th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of the late Eli Smith, by his wife, Hannah (now wife of William Ward, of Ginfield Ully, near Dursley; b. 18 Aug. 1886; educ. Dursley, co. Gloucester; served some time in the Navy; went to Australia; on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for Imperial service; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 9 May, 1915. His brother was one of the Dursley Volunteers who volunteered for foreign service during the Boer War, and was killed in that campaign.

=SMITH, WALTER PALMER=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2168., H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=SMITH, WALTER SIDNEY=, Private, Ports./14879, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, WALTER WYVILLE=, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd s. of Robert Harris Smith, late of the Old Manor, Feltham, by his wife, Rosa Louisa, dau. of John Bashford, of Byfleet; b. Feltham, co. Middlesex; educ. with the Rev. F. Cavalier at Wramplingham Rectory, and at King’s College School, Wimbledon, where he entered the Training Corps, being later Capt. of the Feltham Rifle Club; after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers in Sept. 1914, was promoted 2nd Lieut. 30 Dec. 1914, and killed in action at Loos, 18 Oct. 1915; buried Vermelles Cemetery; unm. His Commanding Officer, Major S. Gubbins, sent the following account to his parents: “Your son was killed last night about half-past six, while leading a bombing section in an attack which fully gained its objects, and the result of which you will have seen reported in the papers before this reaches you. So well was his work done, and so excellent his plans, that although 200 yards of trench of vital importance to us was gained, hardly any of his men were killed, although nearly all were wounded. Your son’s loss is a very heavy blow to the regt., and also to the Division. The qualities he showed were rare, and were far more than mere courage. A bombing officer of the very first class is almost impossible to replace under months of training. Your son was killed instantaneously by a bullet through the heart just as the men had succeeded in capturing the trenches they were attacking. His body is now with his company, and will be taken to-night for burial in ... Cemetery. I hope it may be some consolation to reflect that he died a fine death, the finest death of any in the battn. yet, and that when many before had failed, he was successful. The whole regt. shares your loss.” His company officer, Capt. N. B. Ellis Cooper, added: “Your son first of all commanded the company bombers. Our bombers co-operated with those of the Essex regt. in an attack on a German trench. Soon after the attack the officer in charge was wounded, and your son was in command. He displayed the utmost resource and gallantry, and the attack was completely successful before he was finally killed. The attack was a very fine affair, and has brought the utmost credit to our battn., and I think that we owe this credit to your son’s skill in training the bomb-throwers previous to the attack, and his gallantry in leading them during the action.”

=SMITH, WILLIAM=, Chief Petty Officer, No. 148381, Royal Navy, eldest s. of Alfred William Smith, by his wife, Louisa; b. Bridport, co. Dorset, 22 Dec. 1873; educ. at Northallington School, Bridport; joined the Navy, 22 Dec. 1891; served in the Witu Expedition, Aug. 1893 (Ashanti medal with Witu clasp), and in the European War; was lost on H.M.S. Goliath, 13 May, 1915, when that ship was torpedoed at the Dardanelles. He m. at Devonport, 27 Dec. 1897, Alice Maud (27, Alexandra Road, Ford), eldest dau. of John Stribley, R.N., and had four children: Alfred William, b. 28 Sept. 1899; George Reginald, b. 25 Oct. 1906; Ernest Leslie, b. 5 July, 1909, and Phylis Dorrien, b. 5 Jan. 1915.

=SMITH, WILLIAM EDMUND=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, 1874, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, WILLIAM GERALD FURNESS=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. North Staffordshire Regt., 2nd s. of the Rev. George Furness Smith, M.A. (Oxon.), of 14, Riverdale Road, East Twickenham, Chaplain of Royal Naval School, East Twickenham, and Editorial Secretary of Church Missionary Society (1893–1915), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Armstrong Hayes, of Edmondstown Park, Rathfarnham, co. Dublin; b. Surbiton, co. Surrey, 7 July, 1888; educ. Birkenhead School, Clare College, and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He took his B.A. (2nd Class Classical Tripos) in 1910, with a second Class in the Theological Tripos in the next year; in Dec. 1911 he went to India to serve on the staff of St. John’s College, Agra, where Bishop Durrant subsequently testified to the value of his influence and his teaching ability; on returning to England in 1913 he became a tutor at St. Aidan’s Theological College, Birkenhead, and was to have been ordained Deacon in Sept. 1914, but having been a member of the O.T.C., he volunteered, and enlisted in the Public Schools’ Battn. After a few weeks’ training at Epsom, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., North Staffordshire Regt., 6 Oct. 1914, left for France 16 March, 1915, and was promoted Lieut. 24 June the same year. He died of wounds received in action close to Ypres, after recovering a trench when in charge of a party of bomb-throwers, 5 July, 1915. The following passage in F.M. Sir John French’s Report, dated 6 July, appears to refer to this: “On the morning of the 5th a party of Germans rushed a barricade on the Ypres-Roulers railway after a two hours’ artillery bombardment, but a prompt attack by our troops immediately recaptured the positions.” Lieut. Smith was buried in the military cemetery, close to Poljitze, about one mile north-east of Ypres; unm. Gen. Allenby wrote to Gen. Sir John Keir: “Will you please convey to the officers commanding the North Staffordshire Regt. our appreciation of, and gratitude for, the gallant behaviour of Lieut. Smith of that regt., with his grenadier party who came to the support of the 41st Brigade yesterday morning, and in a counter attack on the Germans who had demolished a barricade and rushed a trench in the left of our line. I would also express our deep sorrow on hearing that this brave officer has died of his wounds, and would offer our sympathy to his regt.” In forwarding this to Gen. Harper, Sir John Keir wrote: “Will you please communicate this to the officer commanding North Staffordshire Regt., and say how well deserved I know this appreciation to be. I hope to see Col. de Falbe personally to express to him my feeling with regard to the good work done by this fine battn. I sympathise in the sad loss they have sustained.”

=SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY=, Mechanician, 292066, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, WILLIAM OLIVER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 307471, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, WILLIAM WILTON=, A.B., 235327, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Mechanician, 283349, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BRICE-SMITH, JOHN KENNETH=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., yst. s. of the Rev. Brice Brice-Smith, Rector of Hameringham, with Winceby, Horncastle, by his wife, Kate Emily, 3rd dau. of the late John Middleton, of Benton House, Newcastle-On-Tyne; b. Hameringham, co. Lincoln, 2 Nov. 1894; educ. Quy Vicarage, Cambridge; Cranleigh School, Surrey, and entered at St. John’s College, Cambridge; after the outbreak of war he was given a commission in the 7th Lincolnshires, 27 Nov. 1914; went to France in July, 1915, and died 11 Sept. following, from wounds received in action the previous day, S.W. of Ypres; unm. Buried at Poperinghe. While at Cranleigh he was senior prefect, Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C., a member of the School Shooting Eight, and captain of both cricket and football teams.

=BROADLEY-SMITH, ALAN FRANCIS=, Major, 5th Battn. Border Regt. (T.F.), only s. of William Herbert Broadley-Smith, of Ambleside, by his wife, Mary Matilda, dau. of Capt. Arthur Trollope, 36th Foot; b. Derby, 24 March, 1876; educ. Repton and Bruges; joined the 5th Border Regt. (T.F.) as a 2nd Lieut., 28 Jan. 1909, and was promoted Lieut. 24 Dec. following; Capt. 8 Aug. 1910, and Major 18 April, 1915; acted as Instructor of Musketry from 1910 to 1915; and was Intelligence Officer and Provost Marshal for the Barrow District; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and was appointed a General Staff Officer of the 3rd Grade, on the 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 25 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Hooge, 16 June, 1915, while making a reconnaissance; unm. Buried on the outskirts of Zouave Wood, near the Chateau there. Lieut.-Col. J. A. Milburn, Commanding 5th Border Regt. wrote: “Not only was he a great personal friend of mine, but also he was my best officer, and his death has come as a very great shock to me. His company would have followed him to the ends of the earth, and he was loved by both officers and men of the Battn. alike.” He was a fine all-round sportsman, and held the position of amateur huntsman to Mr. Curwen’s (Workington Hall) Foxhounds.

=COMPTON-SMITH, ROGER NOEL=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Compton-Smith, of Tudor Place, Richmond Green, co. Surrey, LL.B., Barrister-at-Law of the inner Temple; b. Hampton Court, 16 July, 1894; educ. Horton School, co. Bedford, and Heidelberg College; entered the Manchester House of Tootal Broadhurst Lee Company, Ltd., on leaving school, and in July, 1914, had arranged a tour with the representative of the firm throughout America and Canada, but, war breaking out in the following Aug. he volunteered and was given a commission in the 6th Manchesters, 5 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt a few days later; went to the Dardanelles, 2 May, 1915, and was killed in action there on the 27th. He was at the time warning his men to evacuate the trench they were in, as it had been condemned as dangerous, being enfiladed by the enemy; unm. Brig.-Gen. Noel Lee, who was himself shot on 4 June, and died in Malta, wrote on the 25 May: “In his duties since he joined the regt., there are none who have done better and very few as well. His whole heart was in what he undertook and as an officer he was one of the most useful and dependable in a regt. which is noted for efficiency. With the mess he was always popular and more than respected on account of his character. His men of No. 15 Platoon literally worshipped him, as he was not only their officer but their leader, who never spared himself, and their friend upon whom they could always rely for help and assistance in their work. His loss is great indeed.” While spending his school holidays at Brixham, he became a bold and skilful small boat sailor and a strong swimmer, and at Alexandria saved the life of one of his men who, while bathing, had ventured beyond the reef. He was a good all-round athlete, and a keen fisherman.

=DENROCHE-SMITH, ARCHIBALD JOHN=, Lieut., 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars, elder s. of Thomas Denroche-Smith, of Balhary, Meigle, co. Perth, late Judge Bengal Civil Service, by his wife, Florence Elizabeth, dau. of the late Gen. John Bayly, C.B., Col. Commandant, R.E.; b. Balhary, aforesaid, 30 Sept. 1890; educ. Evelyns; West Drayton, and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 18th Hussars, 23 Feb. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 10 April, 1912; went to France, 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Vendresse, during the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914, while leading his troop to the assistance of the 4th Dragoon Guards; unm. His Col. wrote: “As a soldier he had a very good chance of rising high in his profession, as he was very fond of his work, and we shall greatly miss him from among our circle, as a friend, as a soldier and as a sportsman. We had great hopes of his success in the polo world,” and his Squadron Major: “I never want to have a better officer in my squadron in time of war or peace. He was the best young officer that had joined us for a long time. I had recommended him for a decoration given by the French Government to our officers. I only hope I may meet death as gallantly as your son did, if it comes my turn.” He was Captain of the 18th Hussars polo team; had jumped at Olympia on several occasions, and won point-to-point races, and also steeplechases.

=LAWSON-SMITH, JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., yr. s. of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge, Tadcaster, B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, dau. of the late Gen. Sir William Davies; b. Colton, co. York, 24 March, 1892; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne; Stubbington (Foster’s); Royal Naval College, Osborne (Cadet, 1902–3); Repton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt., 3 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. Oct. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Bois Grenier, 20–21 Oct. following; unm. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His brother, Lieut. T. E. Lawson-Smith, was killed in action, 30–31 Oct. 1914 (see following notice).

=LAWSON-SMITH, THOMAS EDWARD=, Lieut., 13th, attd. 11th, Hussars, eldest. s. of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge, Tadcaster, B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, dau. of the late Gen. Sir William Davies; b. Colton, co. York, 14 March, 1889; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne, Stubbington (Foster’s), Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13th Hussars, 15 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 6 Dec. 1913; went to France attd. to the 11th Hussars, Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Messines, 30–31 Oct. following; unm. His brother, Lieut. John Lawson-Smith, was killed in action, 20–21 Oct. 1914 (see preceding notice).

=MANNERS-SMITH, FREDERICK=, Major, 2nd Battn. 3rd (Queen Alexandra’s Own) Gurkha Rifles, yst. s. of the late Surg.-Gen. Charles Manners-Smith, formerly of Oakfield, Kempsey, co. Worcester, I.M.S., by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Dr. Samuel Davies; b. Kempsey, 15 Nov. 1871; educ. Norwich and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Gloucester Regt., 2 May, 1891, promoted Lieut. 19 Oct. 1892, transferred to the Indian Army in 1893, and joined the 3rd Gurkhas in 1895; became Capt. 10 July, 1901, and Major 2 May, 1909, being Adjutant of his battn. 1901–5; served with the relief force in the Chitral Campaign, 1895 (medal with clasp), and with the Expeditionary Force in France, 1914; died of wounds received the same day in the trenches near La Bassée, 3 Nov. 1914; buried at Bethune. He m. at Lucknow, 25 Jan. 1902, Hilda Clara Frances, yst. dau. of the late Henry Carnsew, formerly of Summers Place, Billingshurst, co. Sussex; s.p.

=SOMERS-SMITH, RICHARD WILLINGDON=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest s. of Robert Vernon Somers-Smith, of Bur Lea, Walton-on-Thames, J.P., C.C., Clerk to the Grocer’s Company, by his wife, M. Gertrude, dau. of John A. Radcliffe, of Cobham; b. Hersham, co. Surrey, 27 Oct. 1882; educ. Eton, and Merton College, Oxford; went to Ceylon, and became a Tea Planter, but on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, returned to England, and obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the King’s Royal Rifles, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action near Hooge, 30 June following, while running forward to help dig out some of his men who were buried by a shell; unm. Buried there. Like his father and brother, he was a distinguished Eton and Oxford athlete. At Eton he rowed in the Eight at Henley, and at Oxford, during his first year he won the Freshmen’s miles, rowed in the “Trials,” stroked his Torpid up five places, stepped straight from the Torpid into the ’Varsity eight, where he rowed two, stroked his College eight, and won the University pairs with Graham, of Balliol. The next year he stroked his College into the final of the coxwainless fours, coached the Torpid up three, rowed bow in the winning University crew, rowed seven to Bucknall’s stroke in the College eight, reached the final of the University pairs with Brocklebank, and only lost to a heavier pair by re-rowing after a dead heat with only a short rest, and as captain, rowed in four events at Henley for his College, besides sweeping the board at the College sports. He had his rowing Blue and was also offered his running Blue, but could not both row and run. His brother, Capt. John Robert Somers-Smith, London Regt., gained the Military Cross at the Second Battle of Ypres, 13 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Gommecourt, 1 July, 1916.

=SELBY-SMYTH, MILES BURY=, Capt., 4th Battn. The Rifle Brigade, only s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Edward Guy Selby-Smyth, of Darby House, Sunbury-on-Thames, Royal Irish Rifles, by his wife, Georgina Florence (42, Cornwall Gardens, London, S.W.), 2nd dau. and co-h. of Capt. the Hon. John James Bury, R.E. [2nd s. of Charles William, 2nd Earl of Charleville], and grandson of Gen. Sir Edward Selby-Smyth, K.C.M.G.; b. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 17 Nov. 1884; educ. Rottingdean (Mr. Stanford’s) and Bradfield College, co. Berks; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade, from the Militia, 16 May, 1908, and promoted Lieut. 23 Jan. 1911, and Capt. 30 Nov. 1914; was A.D.C. (extra) to the Governor of Western Australia from 20 April, 1910, to 10 Feb. 1912; went to France, 20 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 15 March, 1915, leading his company in a counter-attack on the Germans. Buried near the Church of Dickebusche. He m. in London, 8 Oct. 1912, Violet Emily (4, Tite Street, Chelsea, S.W.), yst. dau. of the late Capt. Cecil Drummond, R.B., and had a dau.: Pamela Dorothy Beaujolois, b. 25 Aug. 1913.

=SMYTH, RICHARD ALEXANDER NOEL=, Capt., Royal Garrison Artillery, 2nd s. of Lieut.-Col. Frederick Augustus Smyth, of Weymouth, Brig.-Surgeon, I.M.S., late of Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles (who served in the Afghan, Burma, Chin Lushai and Chitral Campaigns, also in the attack and siege of the Malakand), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. John Cole, Vicar of Isle Brewers, Somerset; b. Morar, Gwalior, India, 18 Dec. 1888; educ. Weymouth College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., 31 July, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 31 July, 1905, and Capt. 30 Oct. 1914, was for some time on garrison duty in England, and then served for six years in Ceylon; went to the Front with the 5th Battery Siege Artillery, in Sept. 1914, doing valuable work as “forward observing officer,” and was killed in action, being shot by a sniper, while in the act of helping a wounded infantry soldier, near Armentières, France, 7 Nov. 1914; unm. Buried at Bac St. Maur on the River Lys. Lieut.-Col. M. B. Roberts, Commanding 2nd Siege Brigade, wrote: “If he was as good a son as he was an officer, you have every reason to be very proud of him. I can truthfully say ever since we have been in action (a fortnight) your son had been doing most excellent work--cheerfully, keen and always ready for anything, and for some days past I had fully made up my mind to forward his name to higher authority for the manner in which he carried out his work. I miss the best of officers--the very best in the battery, his loss is irreparable.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915]; but both honours were gazetted in error to Lieut. R. A. E. Smyth, Antrim Reserve R.G.A., who had never been at the Front. As Capt. Smyth has been killed and the Military Cross is not conferred posthumously the latter announcement was cancelled.

=SNARE, ALBERT=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., A. 936), 125421, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SNEATH, CLAUDE DAVIS=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt., s. of George Sneath, of Gloucester Lodge, Golder’s Green, Hendon, J.P., by his 2nd wife, Marian Eliza Harriett, dau. of Charles William James Davis; b. Greta House, Finchley, 18 Jan. 1889; educ. Christ’s College, Finchley, and London University (where he was in the O.T.C.), and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. in 1912, and promoted Lieut. 15 Dec. 1912. On the outbreak of war he was transferred to the 4th Battn. which was one of the first regts. to go to the Front; was at the Battle of Mons, 23 Aug. 1914, also at Cambray and Le Cateau, 26 Aug. 1914; afterwards in the retreat, and then at the Battle of the Marne and on the Aisne, and was killed in action at Croix Barber, 14 Oct. 1914; unm. He was a fine hockey player, and played back for the Hendon Hockey Club, also for Middlesex and the Philistines on many occasions. He was also a good cricketer, and was president of the Golder’s Green Working Men’s Club.

=SNEDDON, JAMES=, Private, No. 18547, 13th (Service) Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), s. of John Sneddon; b. Bellshill, co. Lanark, 11 July, 1887; educ. Bellshill; enlisted at Stirling, 19 Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died in No. 1 Casualty Clearing station, 8 Feb. 1916, from wounds received in action the previous day. He m. at Bellshill, 30 Nov. 1906, Christina Leggatt (2, St. Mary’s Wynd, Stirling), dau. of (--) Graham, and had issue: Andrew Graham, b. 20 Nov. 1909; John Graham, b. 23 Dec. 1911; Euphemia, b. 22 Oct, 1907; and Christina Clark, b. 26 May, 1914.

=SNELGROVE, SIDNEY HENRY=, Lieut., 14th (Service) Battn., attd. 7th Battn., King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. s. of John Sidney Snelgrove, of Kingswood, Tunbridge Wells, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Gertrude Emily, dau. of the late John Henry Chatteris; b. Tunbridge Wells, 7 Dec. 1891; educ. Hurstleigh, Tunbridge Wells; Rugby (Mr. Brooke’s House), and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 21 Nov. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; was attd. 7th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, and went to France 16 July following, and was killed in action 31 July, 1915, while leading his platoon under heavy shell fire in support of another company, in the counter-attack at the Chateau Hooge. Buried Sanctuary Wood, south of Hooge: unm. Lieut.-Col. G. A. P. Rennie, D.S.O., Commanding 7th King’s Royal Rifle Corps, wrote: “He was leading his men splendidly at the time,” and Lieut.-Col. Sir Thomas Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, Bart., Commanding 14th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps: “... one of my smartest officers. I was quite sure he would distinguish himself when he went to the Front.” Letters from other officers and men all speak in the highest terms of his courage, energy and great capability. At Hurstleigh he was head of the School and captain of the cricket and the hockey elevens, and at Rugby was in his house eleven, and a signaller in the O.T.C. His elder brother, Capt. John Sidney Norman Snelgrove, Royal West Kent Regt., is now (1916) on active service.

=SNELL, GEORGE NOWELL=, Stoker, 3rd Class, K. 21993, H.M.S. Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SNELL, WILLIAM JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12869, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SNEYD, THOMAS HUMPHREY=, Capt., 4th. attd. 2nd. Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, only s. of Major-Gen. Thomas William Sneyd, of Ashcombe Park, Belmont, and Onecote, co. Stafford, late Commanding Queen’s Bays (1877–82), by his wife, Charlotte Marion, dau. of Capt. William Wheatley Repton, Bengal N.I.; b. Lightoaks, near Cheadle, co. Stafford, 20 Oct. 1883; educ. Sandroyd, Wellington College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), 22 April, 1903; and promoted Lieut. 14 May, 1904; joined his regt. in South Africa in Aug. 1903, and acted as A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Sir Henry Hildyard; retired in July, 1910, and after a year and a half spent in the Argentine, returned to England in Jan. 1912, and joined the 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers as Capt. 30 Oct. 1912; went to France attd. to the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, Belgium, 2 Nov. 1914. Buried in Ploegsteert Wood. He m. at St. John’s Church, Forfar, 3 June, 1914, Phœbe Marianne, yr. dau. of John Sharp Callender-Brodie, of Idvies, Forfar, and had a dau., Averil Marion Anne, b. 7 April, 1915.

=SNOSWELL, THOMAS EMDEN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1467), 146107, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SNOW, WILLIAM CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4628), 195194, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SNOWDEN, HARCOURT JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Hertfordshire Regt. (T.F.), yr. s. of the Rev. Harcourt Snowden, of St. Peter’s, Broadstairs, by his wife, Augusta, dau. of Martin Daniel; b. Ramsgate, 12 Dec. 1887; educ. Hildersham House, St. Peter’s; Parkfield, Haywards Heath; Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the Hertfordshire Regt. under Lieut.-Col. Viscount Hampden’s command, 2 June, 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 26 Sept. 1914. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action while visiting sentries early in the morning of 11 Jan. 1915; unm. He was buried near Richebourg l’Avoué. His Major said: “I had such confidence in him that, when I knew that he was the officer on duty, I never went round the posts to see that all was well.” Another officer wrote: “He was a fine example to us all of a good and straight living Englishman.”

=SOLLEY, ALFRED JOHN GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20426, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SOLLITT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3544), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SOMERTON, CHARLES ENOS=, Ship’s Steward, 341939, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SOMERTON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Private, No. 1342, A Coy. 1st Newfoundland Regt., s. of Frederick Somerton, of Trinity, Newfoundland, Magistrate, by his wife, Caroline Augusta, dau. of Charles Soule Hibbert, of Bromley, Kent; b. Bruges, Newfoundland, 31 March, 1888; educ. Bishops Field College, St. John’s, Newfoundland, and on leaving there engaged in Scholastic pursuits and taught for three years at Salvage, Newfoundland, and afterwards at Cape Ray. He then went to Canada, but when the European War broke out returned home; volunteered and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force in Feb. 1915; left for England in April, 1915; went to the Dardanelles Sept. and died on board the Guildford Castle, 25 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action at Gallipoli on the 20th; unm.

=SONES, HERBERT JAMES=, Signal Boy, J. 24586, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SORSBY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 4637, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; b. co. York; enlisted 19 March, 1902; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 30 Aug. 1914; killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914; m.

=SOURBUTTS, RICHARD=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 269610, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SOUGHTON, THOMAS EDWARD=, Gunner, No. 686, 2nd Home Counties, 1/6th Battery, R.F.A. (T.F.); b. Hellingly, co. Sussex, 23 March, 1893; educ. Horsebridge, Hellingly; was an employee in the firm of Messrs. Howard Bros., Hellingly; enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, Oct. 1914; went to India, and died in Ferozepore Barracks there, 3 Dec. 1915, from internal injuries caused by a fall from an ammunition wagon on the 1st, while on service; unm.

=SOUTER, CHARLES JESSE=, Chief Petty Officer, 169027, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SOUTH, FREDERICK=, Leading Seaman, 224839, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SOUTHERN, HENRY WALTER=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25688, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SOUTHERN, JOHN GEORGE=, Private, No. 3097, 7th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), eldest s. of the late George Southern, of Southwick, Miner, by his wife, Alice (Walter Tom Street, Southwick, Sunderland), dau. of John Lathon; b. Southwick, 27 March, 1891; educ. High Southwick Council School; was employed at the Hylton Colliery; enlisted 9 Nov. 1914; trained at Sunderland, and went to the Front, 19 April, 1915, coming into action a few days later at Ypres on Whit Monday, when the 7th Durhams were severely cut up. He was killed in action at Armentières, 31 July, 1915; unm. He was a regular Sunday School teacher at a Primitive Methodist Church, and was engaged in Christian Endeavour work. His great ambition was to become a foreign missionary, and a few days before his death he wrote intimating that if spared to return home his future would be devoted to that cause. One of his officers, writing to his mother, said: “In the past his presence among us inspired all that was good. In the future, if God spares us, we will retain a lasting memory of his goodness.”

=SOUTHERTON, HARRY PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14664 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SOUTHWICK, CHARLES THOMAS=, Sergt., No. 1212, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Charles Southwick, of Heatherlands, Poole, Schoolmaster, by his wife, Mary Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Harland; b. Kinson, co. Dorset, 27 Feb. 1887; educ. Secondary School, Broughty Ferry, and St. Mark’s College, Chelsea, and on leaving there became Assistant Master at the Vineyard School, Richmond, under Mr. Lancaster; joined the 13th Kensingtons in 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 3 Nov., and was killed in action in the attack on Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915. In letters received from the Front it was stated that in this action Sergt. Southwick with his platoon reached the second German trench, where a piece of shrapnel broke the glasses he was wearing. Then, a volunteer being called for to return to the English lines for reinforcements, he undertook the dangerous task, was seen to start on his errand, and from that time seems to have completely disappeared. He had a fine baritone voice, and was successively bass singer in the Petersham, Chelsea (Sidney Street), and St. Peter’s (Bayswater) Choirs, and also a member of the Queen’s Hall Choir. He m. at Stratford, Essex, 12 Sept. 1914, Lilian Francis (Ashleigh, The Bridle Path, Woodford Green), dau. of William Webster, of Ashleigh, Woodford Green; s.p.

=SOUTHWOOD, HORACE GEORGE=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 271932, H.M S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SPACKMAN, HAROLD JOHN=, Private, No. 13845, 10th (Service) Battn. Devonshire Regt., s. of Frederick William Spackman, of The Dairy, Manningford, Bohune, by his wife, Eliza Catherine, dau. of Alfred Manners, of Heddington, Calne, Wilts; b. Manningford, Bohune, Pewsey, co. Wilts, 24 May, 1897; educ. Woodborough School; enlisted 17 Sept. 1914, and died at the Red Cross Hospital, Bath, 12 March, 1915, of meningitis contracted while on service; unm.

=SPAIN, EDWARD SYDNEY STEPHEN=, Leading Seaman, 235099, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SPALDING, FRANK=, Coy. Quartermaster-Sergt., No. 6896, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of John Spalding, of 70, Scorer Street, Lincoln; b. Lincoln, 1890; educ. there; was apprenticed to Messrs. Robey, Blacksmiths, but before his time expired gave this up and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 20 Aug. 1906; was appointed L.-Corpl. 19 Aug. 1907; Corpl. 17 Oct. 1908; L.-Sergt. 17 March, 1910; Sergt. 15 Aug. 1913, Pioneer Sergt. the same day; and acting Coy. Quartermaster-Sergt. (for meritorious conduct at the Front), 20 Nov. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and died at Ecquedecques, Belgium, 1 Jan. 1915, from an accident while on active service. Buried in field opposite Delalean Farm, Ecquedecques, about 2 kilometres from Lillers. He was an enthusiastic footballer, being at one time a member of the Lincoln Wednesday Team, and while in the Army was one of the Battn.’s Soccer representatives; he was also a member of the old Lincoln Volunteers for some time. Coy. Q.M.-Sergt. Spalding m. at St. Thomas’s, Lambeth, 6 Aug. 1911, Kate (128, Ash Street, Walworth, London), dau. of (--) Skinner, and had two sons: Eric Arthur, b. 23 July, 1912; and Leslie Stuart, b. 30 Oct. 1914.

=SPARKES, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12476, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SPARKS, HARRY ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8408), S.S. 104457, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SPEAREY, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, A.B. (Coastguard), 194745, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SPEKE, THE REV. HUGH=, Major, 10th (Service) Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, 7th s. of the Rev. Benjamin Speke, Rector of Dowlish Wake, by his wife, Caroline Sophia, elder dau. of John Bird Fuller, of Neston Park, Wilts, grandson of William Speke, of Jordans, co. Somerset, J.P., D.L., and nephew of John Hanning Speke, the African Explorer; b. Dowlish Wake, co. Somerset, 24 Feb. 1878; educ. Uppingham, and Keble College, Oxford; served in the South African War, 1899–1901, with the Wiltshire Yeomanry; afterwards continuing his preparation for Holy Orders at Wells Theological College in 1901. He was ordained at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Advent, 1902; was for three years curate at St. Michael’s, Bromley-by-Bow, and was then Vicar of Curry Rivel from 1905 to 1910, and in the autumn of that year left to take up work in Western Canada, where he was on the Mission Staff at Edmonton, and subsequently worked at Bow Island, Alberta, and was finally in charge of the district of Athabasca, but, after the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he returned to England in Oct.; and was given a commission as Capt. in the 3rd Battn. of the Somerset L.I., 23 Oct. 1914. He transferred to the 9th Battn., and was promoted Major 21 Dec. following, and after training with it at St. Austell and Wareham, exchanged into the 10th Lancashire Fusiliers in July, 1915, in order to go to the Front. He went to France at the end of the month, and was killed on reconnaissance at Vierstaat 11 Aug. following. Buried in the cemetery at Dickebusch. A brother officer wrote: “It happened about 11.30 on Wednesday night. He went out to reconnoitre the German trenches with a Sergt.; he was away about an hour and a half, and procured some very useful information; they were on their way back when he was shot; he must have been shot at least three times in the head and neck, and can have suffered no pain”; and another: “He was one of the bravest and best, and in the short time he had been with us had endeared himself to everybody. I am sure there is not an officer or man who does not feel his loss. His own company is cut up terribly.” Another also wrote: “We laid the Major to rest reverently with a short service last night (Thursday) in a small cemetery near here and placed a wreath on the grave, and are putting up a cross in a few days so as to mark it. All the officers and the whole company are very cut up over our loss as we were all very fond of him indeed. One of the men remarked in a letter referring to the death of Major Speke, ‘he was a brave and fearless man,’ which is very true, and we all had a great respect for him,” and: “Your gallant husband died, not merely doing his duty, but, as I judge, for another, for I feel pretty sure that he undertook a dangerous job which he would not let one of his junior officers undertake.” In Canada he proved himself a born pioneer. Even the small prairie towns were irksome to him, and he would contrive to spend most of his time in a shack out on the far-flung prairie. As though his own wide field were not large enough he would, from time to time, find that his duty called him on an expedition to the Sweet Grass Hills, across the boundary line to the south, to the Cypress Hills away to the east, or to the irrigated belt away to the north. Loth as he was to leave S. Alberta, it was the same spirit that led him to accept the offer to establish a pioneer mission in Athabasca, and so patiently to face the vexing difficulties raised by others that would have led most men to draw back before embarking on the task, and later to resign when the conditions of service were so changed. One winter he spent in a tiny shack measuring 10 ft. by 8 ft., having as his companion a lad from his own village at home who in days gone by had carried his gun. He m. at Tarrant Crawford Church, Dorset, 8 April, 1915, Ruth Lettice, dau. of the Rev. Charles Lewis Kennaway, of Stephen’s Plot, Spetisbury, Blandford, late Rector of Garboldishham, co. Norfolk; s.p.

=SPENCE, JAMES MCKENZIE=, Sergt., No. 12/218, 15th North Auckland Regt., Signalling Division, Headquarters Staff, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of James Mearns Spence, of Deveron Street, Whangarei, New Zealand; b. Whangarei aforesaid, 16 June, 1886; educ. there; was for some years a Reporter on the Staff of the Whangarei “Northern Mail” and “Northern Advocate,” subsequently becoming sub-editor of the “North Auckland Times” at Dargaville; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt as a signaller with the main body, was successively promoted Corpl. and Sergt., and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 16 Nov. 1915; unm.

=SPENCER, CHARLES JAMES=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt., eldest s. of Charles Alfred Spencer, of Stoughton Lane, Leicester, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Warwick, of Longthorpe, near Peterborough; b. Leicester, 10 Jan. 1879; educ. Charterhouse; joined the Cardigan Artillery Militia in 1898; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Devonshire Regt., 18 Oct. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 11 May, 1901, and Capt. 14 July, 1908; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of Ladysmith, being with the 2nd Battn. in Major-Gen. Hildeyard’s Brigade, while the 1st Battn. was shut up in the town; operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5–7 Feb. 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights (14–27 Feb. 1900) and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March to June 1900, including action at Laings Nek (6–9 June); and those in the Transvaal, Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902; was severely wounded and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps and King’s medal with two clasps. He was Adjutant of the 7th (Territorial) Cyclist Battn. of the Devonshires from 14 July, 1908 to 29 Feb. 1912. On the outbreak of war he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action, 18 Dec. 1914, while leading his company in an attack on the German trenches. Buried near Estaires. Capt. Spencer m. at Pennycross Church, near Plymouth, 20 Oct. 1909, Katherine Margaret (Crapstone House, Yelverton, South Devon), yst. dau. of the late Robert Bayly, of Torr, Plymouth, and had a son, Charles Richard, b. 5 Dec. 1910.

=SPENCER, JOHN=, Private, No. 572, 5th Coy., 2/5th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Spencer, of Liverpool, Watch Finisher; b. Liverpool, 1854; educ. Corporation School there; enlisted in the R.G.A. (Militia) and served with them 22 years (Long Service medal and certificate); re-enlisted in Oct. 1914, and was accidentally drowned in Carrier’s Dock, Liverpool, 27 Dec. following, while on service. He m. at St. Nicholas Church, Liverpool, Mary Jane (23, Back Strickland Street, Liverpool), dau. of (--) Young, and had five children: William, b. 28 Oct. 1878; John, b. 22 July, 1891, R.N.; George, b. 30 Jan. 1896; Margaret, b. 5 June, 1882; and Emily, b. 14 May, 1898.

=SPENDLOW, JOHN JAMES=, Leading Seaman, 237135, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SPICE, ALBERT=, Cook’s Mate, 1766, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SPICE, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9019, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SPICER, ARTHUR JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2214), 301561, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SPICER, GEORGE HENRY=, Gunner, 35031, 41st Battery, 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 3rd s. of George Spicer, of Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent, by his wife, Jane; b. Frindsbury, 23 Jan. 1885; enlisted 1 Feb. 1905; served seven years with the Colours then passing into the Reserve, was employed at Messrs. Lysaght’s Works, Newport, Mon.; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 9 Nov. following, of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle in a gallant attempt to save Lieut. Towell. Major H. A. Hamilton, Commanding 41st Battery, wrote: “I am sure you would like to know how your husband gave his life for his country. I need not say how much I and all his comrades sympathise with you in your great loss, but you may have a little consolation in knowing that he was severely wounded in performing a gallant act, which was reported to his commanding officer and brought to the notice of the general officer commanding the division.” He m. at St. Woolo’s Church, Newport, Mon., 1 June, 1914, Beatrice Amelia, dau. of Henry George Evans, of 19, Victoria Crescent, Newport; s.p.

=SPICER, MAURICE ARNOTT=, Corpl., No. 81840, 32nd, attd. 10th, Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th s. of the late Herbert Spicer, of Cranbourne, St Margarets near Ware, by his wife, Martha McMurray, dau. of David Arnott; b. Hambledon, co. Surrey, 23 April, 1882; educ. Mill Hill; was sisal growing in the West Indies from 1900 to 1903, afterwards farming in Canada until the outbreak of the European War; enlisted in the 32nd Battn. 21 Oct. 1914; came over with the reinforcements for the first contingent in March, 1915; went to France with a draft for the 10th Battn. early in April, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 22 May, 1915; unm.

=SPIELMANN, HAROLD LIONEL ISIDORE=, Capt., 1/10th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), yr. s. of Sir Isidore Spielmann, of 56, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, W., C.M.G., F.S.A., by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Sir Joseph Sebag-Montefiore; b. London, 12 Jan. 1893; educ. Clifton and Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. June, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2/10th (Oldham) Battn. Manchester Regt., from the University O.T.C., 14 Oct. 1914; was promoted Capt. in March, 1915, to date as from 28 Nov. 1914; volunteered with the greater part of the battalion for foreign service; landed in Gallipoli, in command of a draft, 25 July, 1915, and was killed in an attack on the Turkish position, 13 Aug. following; unm. Lieut.-Col. G. Robinson, commanding 10th Manchesters, wrote: “He only joined us about three weeks ago, when he arrived in command of a draft of 248 men, and I was so impressed with his keenness and energy that I put him in command of a company. My judgment was fully borne out. Your son worked hard, and I felt I could always rely on him. On the evening of the 12th inst. a battalion next to us in the fire trenches lost a portion of a trench on their front, and I was forced to organise a counter-attack by one hundred men of my battn. under your son and two other officers. Your son was in command of his section of the attack, and carried out his orders with skill and gallantry. He reached his objective, but was immediately killed, and his men had eventually to fall back under strong opposition. His death, by bullets, was instantaneous.... Our men had done well, and we regained most of what had been lost, but they were ‘done,’ and I lost many of them besides my excellent young officer Spielmann.... It was crushing to me losing him. He was a ‘gentleman officer’ with such high notions of chivalry, honour and esprit de corps. I considered him one of my best officers, and had just recommended him for a permanent captaincy, as I had such a high opinion of his capabilities. Your boy died a hero’s death in his country’s cause, and that must ever be a source of satisfaction and comfort to you, and one in which you must all take a pride--falling in action gallantly leading his men. What more can a soldier ask for?”

=SPIERS, HAROLD ALFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J 23568 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SPIERS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., A. 2103), 131072 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea. 22 Sept. 1914.

=SPILLARNE, CORNELIUS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 308380, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SPINDLER, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class, 289816, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SPINKS, FREDERICK HERMAN VICTOR=, Rifleman, No. 10489, B Coy., 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd s. of Thomas Samuel Spinks, of 114, Leucha Road, St. James’ Street, Walthamstow, by his wife, Clara, dau. of Frederick Herman Greenslade; b. Clapton, N., 29 Oct. 1896; educ. Coppermill Road Council School, Walthamstow; enlisted 27 Jan. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 13 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, etc., and was killed in action two days before his 18th birthday, near Ypres, 27 Oct. 1914. A comrade wrote: “He was killed in action the same day as Prince Maurice of Battenberg. His company had advanced against the Germans and taken up a position for the night. He could have lain down and gone to sleep, because he was a signaller, but the man next him had to do two two hours on duty looking through the porthole in the trench, and as he felt a bit bad, your poor boy offered to do it for him. Well, Fred had not been looking out for more than ten minutes when a bullet struck him in the head, and he must have died instantaneously. I cannot tell you more particulars now, but I know it was near Ypres. I was entrusted to write your letter because Fred was a signaller, and I am one of the few that are left.” He gained the 3rd class certificate for education, 23 Feb. 1912, and the 2nd class, 2 April, 1912.

=SPITTLE, FRANK THOMAS=, Rifleman, No. 2857, A Coy., 1/9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of Augustus Alfred Spittle, of 41, Manby Road, Leyton Road, Stratford, Essex, by his wife, Ellen Emily, dau. of George Abbott, of Maldon, Essex; b. Stratford, 25 April, 1896; educ. Downsell Road Council School, Leyton, and County High School, Leytonstone; volunteered and joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles on the outbreak of war; went to France, 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action, 23 Feb. 1915. Buried Wulverghem Cemetery. Major Lees (since killed in action) wrote; “He was one of a working party repairing the parapet of the trench during a mist, which suddenly lifted, and the Germans opened fire, and he was hit before he could get under cover, and died a few minutes later. He was very popular with his comrades and will be sadly missed.”

=SPITTLES, THOMAS ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, No. K. 726, 3rd s. of Francis Edward Spittles, of South Hayling, by his wife, Elizabeth Bessie, dau. of Robert Applin; joined the Royal Navy about May, 1907, and was lost on H.M.S. Lynx, 9 Aug. 1915, when that ship was sunk by a mine in the North Sea. He m. at Portsmouth, Alice Georgina May (Rose Cottage, South Mundham), dau. of George Horne.

=SPOONER, ALEXANDER=, Leading Stoker, K. 114, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SPOONER, CHARLES ALBERT VICTOR=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26754, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SPOONER, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16147, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SPORTON, GEORGE HERBERT=, A.B. (Coastguard), 206749, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SPRINGALL, WILLIAM EGLETON=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5437), 178793, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SPRUNT, ALEXANDER DALZELL=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., 2nd s. of John Dalziel Sprunt, of 3, East India Avenue, London, E.C., and Montgomerie, Berkhampsted, by his wife, Jane, dau. of John Naismith; b. Hampstead, London, 7 Jan. 1891; educ. Berkhampsted School, and New College, Oxford, where he graduated with honours in July, 1914, and was nominated Assistant Professor of Natural History at Glasgow University, obtaining his degree the week that war was declared. Having served for about 10 years in the Officers Training Corps, he and his brother (also killed in action) were offered commissions. He accepted and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Bedfordshire Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, being ordered to join his Regt. at once at Dovercourt. Later he was detailed to take out a draft to the Base at Havre, and from there took up a draft of the Guards to the trenches, where he was attd. to the 2nd South Staffordshires, with whom he remained till he was mortally wounded, bring shot down about 15 yards from the enemy’s lines. He died in hospital at Lillers, France, 17 March, 1915, of wounds received in action on the 10th, near Neuve Chapelle. His company had been chosen to lead the attack, and he was shot down about 15 yards from the enemy’s lines, where he seems to have lain from morning till night, when he was rescued and finally taken to Lillers. He was buried in the cemetery there; unm.

=SPRUNT, EDWARD LAWRENCE=, Private, No. 1510, 1st Battn. Honourable Artillery Coy. (Stretcher-bearer Section), 3rd s. of John Dalziel Sprunt, of 3 East India Avenue, London, E.C., and Montgomerie, Berkhampsted, by his wife, Jane, dau. of John Naismith; b. Hampstead, London, 28 Aug. 1892; educ. Berkhampsted School, and Jesus College, Oxford, at which latter he held an open exhibition. Having served about nine years in the O.T.C., he was offered a commission on the outbreak of war, but being eager to go to the Front as soon as possible, and thinking he would probably be sent for months to a regimental depôt to train recruits (as his elder brother was), he enlisted as a Private in the Honourable Artillery Coy., and went to the Front with them and served through the winter of 1914–15. Later was again offered a commission and the War Office instructed his Col. to send him home that he might take it up. After getting his discharge he went back to the Col. and said he had heard there was to be a battle next day, and as he did not wish to leave on the eve of it, he asked permission to remain and see his comrades through it. The Col. replied that as he had put it so gallantly he could not refuse his request, and so he might remain. That evening the Battn. went up to the trenches and was under fire about 36 hours, including the fierce fight of 16 June, 1915, losing about half its numbers. On 17 June, about 2 a.m., near Chateau Hooge, Belgium, he was helping to carry a wounded comrade on a stretcher, and had got within about 15 yards of the dressing station, when a shell came over and exploded underneath the stretcher, killing him and two others, and wounding the remaining two stretcher-bearers. He was buried on the battlefield, near the Ypres-Menin Road; unm. His commanding officer wrote: “Your son had the opportunity of not going up (to the trenches) and of returning home, but refused to leave his comrades at such a time, and so showed a magnificent spirit--worthy of a man in this Regt. He discharged his duties with great valour under great danger. The circumstances were such as to lead me to specially recommend him for gallant conduct, and the enclosed card has been received from the General. I have pleasure in sending it to you, while regretting very much the circumstances which have been greatly appreciated by his comrades.” The card is of the first class, being printed in gilt letters, the ordinary card being in black letters. It reads: “Third Division, British Expeditionary Force, 1510, Private E. L. Sprunt, Hon. Artillery Coy. Your commanding officer and brigade commander have informed me that you distinguished yourself by your conduct in the field on 16 June, 1915. I have read their report with much pleasure, and have brought it to the notice of higher authority.” Later the Assistant Military Secretary wrote that he had been mentioned in a despatch from F.M. Sir John French “for gallant and distinguished service in the field.” “I am to express to you the King’s high appreciation of these services, and to add that His Majesty trusts that their public acknowledgment may be of some consolation in your bereavement.”

=SPRY, ERNEST JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2224), 181820, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SPURDEN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7194, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 17 Nov. 1914; m.

=SQUIBB, FRED=, Private, G. 909, 1st Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt., s. of Frederick Squibb, of West Clandon, Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 5 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action.

=SQUIRE, ALAN RICHARD=, Sergt., No. 10/782, Wellington Infantry Battn., eldest s. of Richard Jas. Squire, of Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand, by his wife, Charlotte Louisa, dau. of the late Josiah Claridge, Carpenter; b. Hawera, 12 Sept. 1892; educ. Hawera, N.Z.; was a Painter and Signwriter; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body as a gunner; arrived at Gallipoli, 7 May, 1915, and served there for three months, taking part in the severe fighting during that period; was promoted Sergt. the beginning of Aug., and was killed in action there a few days later, 7 Aug. 1915; unm. At the time he was killed he was temporarily in charge of the machine-guns, most of the officers having been killed or wounded.

=SQUIRE, STANLEY CHARLES=, Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., 2nd s. of the Rev. Charles Edward Squire, M.A., Vicar of Southrop, Lechlade, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Florence Charlotte, dau. of Morgan Yeatman, of Shawfield, Bromley, Kent; b. Llangrove Vicarage, near Ross, co. Hereford, 26 June, 1893; educ. St. John’s School, Leatherhead, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (Science Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Gloucestershire Regt., 26 Aug. 1914; promoted Lieut., 27 Jan. 1915; sailed on 22 June for the East; was at Cape Helles on 8 July for a few weeks, then took part in the Expedition to Suvla Bay, where he was killed in action while in charge of the machine-gun section, 9 Aug. 1915, on Chanak Bair. They occupied an exposed position, and he was hit by a bullet after bandaging a wounded man, and killed instantaneously, early in the day. The only two survivors (Stokes and Bennett), who returned later on with the last machine gun, received the D.C.M. He was unm. His brother, Capt. G. F. Squire, of the same Battn., was wounded the same day.

=SQUIRES, FRANCIS CHAVASSE=, Capt. and Adjutant, 23rd Sikh Pioneers, Indian Army, yr. s. of the late Rev. Henry Charles Squires, M.A., for 20 years Church Missionary Society Missionary, Western India, and afterwards Vicar of Holy Trinity, Richmond, Surrey, by his wife, Ada Martha (23, West Park, Eltham, S.E.), dau. of Thomas Chavasse, of Wylde Green House, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, F.R.C.S., and nephew of the Right Rev. Francis James Chavasse, D.D., Lord Bishop of Liverpool; b. West Chiltington Rectory, co. Sussex, 22 Feb. 1885; educ. St. Paul’s School (Foundation Scholar) and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Aug. 1905, and attached to the East Surreys in India, and the following year transferred to the Indian Army and posted to the 23rd Sikh Pioneers. He became Lieut. 5 Aug. 1907, and was appointed Adjutant, 25 Oct. 1912. He served in the Zakka Khel Expedition, 1908, for which he received a medal, and on the outbreak of the European War obtained his Company, 5 Aug. 1914. Capt. Squires was wounded in action at Lahej, 5 July, 1915, and died at Aden on the 7th; unm. His commanding officer wrote: “His high and sterling qualities were never better shown that on the extremely hard march to Lahej, in intense heat, when he was indefatigable and untiring in going back along the column, assisting men and getting them water, etc., and keeping me informed of everyone’s position. He reached me at Lahej just as the Turkish attack began, and throughout the early part of the night did magnificent work conveying orders to different units, and keeping me informed of their positions.... At about 11 p.m. the advanced line was withdrawn to an enclosure.... At your son’s urgent request I allowed him to go out with some men to keep clear a portion of the road near at hand. It was while carrying out this order that he received a gunshot wound.... He died on 7 July, and was buried in Aden that evening.... As a regt. we mourn the loss of a gallant officer and a kindly friend. Indian officers and men all express their deep grief. I lose a trusted Adjutant, and one whose sincere friendship I am proud to know I always held. His was a fine end, and I know he was contented it came thus in action.” He was an enthusiastic soldier, devoted to the well-being of his men, a good linguist and an excellent musician.

=SQUIRRELL, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 16149, 1st Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 3rd s. of James William Squirrell, of Hill Cottage, Hintlesham, by his wife, Emma, dau. of the late John (and Ann) Percy; b. Hintlesham, co. Suffolk, 15 June, 1884; educ. there; was a Stockman; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 6 Nov. 1914; went to France about 20 May, and was killed in action at Ypres, 25 May, 1915. He m. at Hintlesham, 28 Dec. 1908, and had two sons: Stanley William, b. 12 Jan. 1910; and Jack Reggie, b. 21 Jan. 1914.

=STABLE, LOSCOMBE LAW=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welch Fusiliers, eldest surviving s. of Daniel Wintringham Stable, of Plas Llwyn, Owen, Llanbrynmair, co. Montgomery, and of Holly Lodge, Wanstead, co. Essex, LL.B., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, and a Director of the Prudential Assurance Company, by his wife, Gertrude Mary, dau. of George Still Law, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, of Lincoln’s Inn; b. Wanstead, 21 March, 1886; educ. The Wells House, Malvern Wells, Winchester (Fort’s House), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and passed out with honours; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Welch Fusiliers, 2 Feb. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 11 April, 1911, and Capt. 21 Oct. 1914; went to France, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches about four miles south of Armentières, facing the village of Vertouquet and Rouge Bancs, 26 Oct. 1914; unm. Buried in La Cordonnerie Farm, close to Armentières, and about two miles from Fromelles. Col. H. Delmé Radcliffe wrote: “About your gallant son, who was one of the subalterns in the Battn. under my command. He was a most excellent soldier--fearless to a degree, and always the most cheerful of companions, and was therefore most popular with his brother officers, and in his death is most deeply regretted by all ranks. He received his death wound, so it was reported to me, going to the assistance of one of the men who was wounded and lying outside of the trenches. This was just like him, as he was always a model of unselfishness and thoughtfulness for others.” Private Ellis, the wounded man, was saved. Capt. Stable had some experience of mountaineering and winter Alpine sports, and was a fine polo player, having played for his regt. at Meiktila, Shwebo, Bhamo, Maymyo, Mandalay, Quetta, Bareilly, Meerut, Allahabad, Cawnpore, Lucknow, and finally in the winning team for the Infantry Polo Tournament at Delhi in 1913.

=STACEY, JAMES=, Private, No. 11395, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of George Stacey, of 62, Fergusson Road, Attercliffe, Sheffield, by his wife, Emily, dau. of William Hancock; b. Attercliffe, 27 Feb. 18--; educ. Council School there; enlisted in the 4th Reserve Battn. 1 Sept. 1914, and was posted to the 1st Battn. after action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914. He was reported missing, and is now assumed to have been killed on that date; unm.

=STACEY, RICHARD JOHN=, Officer’s Cook, 2nd Class, L. 1597, (Dev.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=STACKHOUSE, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Capt., 2nd, attd. 1st, Battn. Sherwood Foresters, elder s. of the late William Anthony Stackhouse, of Taitlands, Settle, J.P., V.D., Major, 3rd Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regt., by his wife, Marian Frances (Casterton Grange, Kirkby Lonsdale), dau. of the late William Hodgson Hale, of Arrerille, Kirkby Lonsdale; b. Settle, co. York, 8 Aug. 1883; educ. Riber Castle, Matlock; Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Lancashire Fusiliers, 4 Nov. 1903; and promoted Lieut. 13 March, 1907, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1913; served with the 4th Lancashires at the Curragh and in Tipperary, but on its disbandment under the Territorial scheme was posted to the 1st Battn. at Malta, from which he was specially promoted to the Sherwood Foresters in 1907, and served with the 2nd Battn. at Kinsale, Aldershot, Plymouth and Sheffield. When his Battn. went to France in Sept. 1914, he was left at home to train the New Army, and was made Adjutant of the 10th Battn., 7 Sept. 1914; was transferred to the Royal Berkshires in Oct., but eventually went to France in Nov., attd. to the 1st Sherwood Foresters, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915. Buried there. He was a keen sportsman--shooting, tennis, polo and motoring being among his favourite pursuits. The following are extracts taken from letters received from his commanding officer and others: “He was one of the most popular men in the Battn., and his death is indeed a great blow to all of us. He was always so cheery, even under the most adverse circumstances, and I ... had a high appreciation of his many good qualities.” “He really performed most gallant service the whole time, and although I know he was not a strong man, he stuck it, and showed us all an excellent example, we all loved him.” He m. at All Souls, Langham Place, London, 7 Dec. 1912, Theodora Charlotte, 2nd dau. of Alfred Reginald Norrington, of Abbotsfield, Plymouth; s.p.

=STACPOOLE, GEORGE ERIC GUY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Irish Regt., eldest s. of Richard George Stacpoole, of 26, Walton Street, Hans Place, London, and of co. Clare, by his wife, Edith Maude, dau. of Sir Edward Dean Paul, 4th Bart., and great grandson of the late Richard John de la Zouche Stacpoole, of Eden Vale, co. Clare; b. Sefton Park, Liverpool, 10 Jan. 1892; educ. Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Irish Regt., 4 Nov. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 16 Aug. 1914; joined his Regt. at Nasirabad, India, in Jan. 1912, and while stationed there went in for transport work, and passed the appointed course; returned to England in Nov. 1914; went to France in Dec. with the 27th Division, and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 27 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried in Dickebusch Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote: “I very much deplore his loss, as a gallant officer, fearless, true and upright, and popular with all ranks of his Battn.”

=STAFF, SAMUEL ROYAL=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10485), 215096, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STAFFORD, ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16390, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STAFFORD, ROWLAND HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3801, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STAGG, JOSEPH ALBERT EDWARD=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2117), 182790, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STAHL, ERNEST FRANK=, Private, No. 2685, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of the late Councillor George Peter Stahl, of Lambeth, by his wife, Elizabeth Ada (26, Herbert Road, Stockwell Road, Brixton, S.W.), dau. of Charles Payne, of Southampton; b. Berkeley Street, Lambeth, S.E., 28 Nov. 1894; educ. Lambeth Parochial Schools; was an assistant at the Times Book Club, Oxford Street, W.; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the Surrey Rifles in Sept.; went to France, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915, whilst trying to rescue a wounded comrade; unm. Buried near Givenchy. Capt. Arthur Hutchence hence wrote: “Your son’s death was a noble one; he was shot whilst trying to bring a wounded comrade into safety under a heavy fire. His loss is felt by all ranks of my company, and we all unite in offering you our sympathy.” He was a good all-round athlete.

=STALLARD, WILLIAM HAROLD=, A.B., 240992, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STANDING, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12613, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=STANDLEY, ERNEST GEORGE=, A.B., J. 7789, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=STANLEY, FREDERICK HARRY=, Rifleman, No. 2851, C Coy., 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Harry Lawrence Stanley, of 111, Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George Cockburn; b. 14, Sebert Road, Forest Gate, Essex, 24 Nov. 1893; educ. Cooper’s School, Bow; was a Clerk; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined The Rangers, 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 27 April, 1915; unm. Buried, Verlorenhoek.

=STANLEY, GEORGE THOMAS=, S.B.A., M. 2392, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=STANLEY, ROBERT GEORGE=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 176645, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=STANNARD, GORDON=, L.-Corpl., No. 7995, 2nd Battn. Essex Regt., s. of David Stannard, of Kirton, near Ipswich, by his wife, Cecelia; b. Kirton, near Ipswich, 29 Dec. 1886; educ. Trimley Road School; enlisted at Ipswich, 5 July, 1904; went to France, 6 Jan. 1915, and died in Boulogne Hospital, 21 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action. He m. at All Saints’ Church, Dovercourt, 9 Sept. 1914, Evelyn May (Red House Farm, Trimley St. Martin, near Ipswich), dau. of John (and Ellen) Churchyard, and had a dau.: Victoria Gladys May, b. 19 Dec. 1914, and d. 29 July, 1915.

=STANNETT, ROBERT=, Bugler, Ch./12775, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STAPLES, JOHN=, Leading Stoker, K. 1806, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=STARKE, HARRY=, Sapper, No. 2385, 1/3rd Coy. Kent Fortress R.E. (T.F.), only child of James Starke, of 9, Kenwood Road, Highgate, N., for 48 years Carman on G.N. Railway, by his wife, Martha, dau. of Andrew (and Mary) Smith; b. Holloway, 27 March, 1871; educ. Blundell Street L.C.C. School, Caledonian Road, Holloway, N.; was a Carpenter by trade; served in the 17th North Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps from 19 Feb. 1890 to 5 Jan. 1893, and after the outbreak of war enlisted, 31 May, 1915; went to the Dardanelles in the transport Hythe, and was drowned in a collision off Gallipoli, 28 Oct. 1915. He m. at St. Saviour’s Church, Hornsey Rise, 20 Feb. 1892, Emily (8, Montem Street, Upper Holloway, N.), dau. of William Root, Gardener for over 30 years to Mr. R. Gaskell, North Hill, Highgate, N., and had issue: Frederick James, b. 5 June, 1893; Harry William Alfred, b. 20 Oct. 1894; Emily Martha, b. 6 Nov. 1897; Florence Ivy, b. 17 June, 1899; and Catherine Alice, b. 9 Feb. 1901.

=BARBER-STARKEY, WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH=, Capt., 52nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery, eldest s. of William Joseph Starkey Barber-Starkey, Aldenham Park, Bridgenorth, co. Salop, J.P., B.A., by his wife, Margaret Aimeé, 3rd dau. of Sir George Kinloch, of Kinloch, 1st Bart., J.P., D.L.; b. The Hall, Huttons Ambo, co. York, 4 March, 1880; educ. Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the R.F.A. from the Militia, 6 Oct. 1900; promoted Lieut. 24 Oct. 1903, and Capt. 9 May, 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., from 17 Aug. 1914, and died a prisoner of war in a German Field Hospital, 10 Sept. following, from wounds received in action at Le Cateau, 26 Aug. previously; unm. Buried at Le Cateau.

=STARR, FRANCIS JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2714), S.S. 50, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=STARR, THOMAS ADIN=, Private, No. 11380, 8th Battn. Welsh Regt., only s. of Thomas Starr, of 2, Bolt Street, Newport, Monmouth; b. 4 Sept. 1887; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 14 June to 8 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in action there; unm.

=STATHAM, LOUIS FORSYTH=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2028D, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STEADMAN, ALBERT=, Private, No. 2289, 1/4th Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), eldest s. of Frederick Steadman, of 70, Beaver Road, South Ashford, Kent, employee in S. E. & C. Railway Works, Ashford, by his wife, Hannah Jane, dau. of Robert Hatton, of Dover; b. South Ashford aforesaid, 9 Dec. 1893; educ. S. E. & C. Railway Schools there; was a Clerk in the Ashford Branch of the Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd.; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; went to India with his regt. in Dec. which was stationed at Mhow, Central India, till July 1915, when it was sent to Aden. He died of heatstroke at As Sela Sheikh Othman, 25 Sept. 1915, while taking part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on Aden; unm. He was fond of swimming, and represented his company in the regimental swimming contests at Mhow.

=STEANE, PERCY HOWARD=, Private, No. 2631, 15th Battn. (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles) London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Frederick Houston Steane, Solicitor’s Managing Clerk; b. Balham, 31 Oct. 1892; educ. Balham Grammar School; was in the service of the Ocean Insurance Company, but on the outbreak of war enlisted Aug. 1914, and was killed at Festubert, 18 May, 1915, while on sentry duty in the trenches. Capt. H. B. Farquhar wrote: “Your son was ever of the most conscientious character, doing his duty thoroughly and cheerfully, was ready to share all hardships and lighten the burdens of others.”

=STEARNS, ERIC GORDON=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, yr. s. of Thomas Robert Stearns, of Lansdowne, Woodridings, Hatch End, co. Middlesex, Insurance Official, by his wife, Alice, dau. of James Grant, of Ipswich and Belize; b. Hornsey, 25 March, 1895; educ. St. John’s College, and Lower School, Harrow; was a Clerk in the Sun Insurance Office; joined the Artists’ Rifles (28th London Regt.) in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 6 April, 1915, and posted to the Royal Fusiliers; went to France in Oct. 1914, and died at Abeele of wounds received in action in Belgium, while in charge of a party digging a new trench; unm. His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. W. F. Sweny, wrote: “I have seen enough of your son to realise what a useful and cool officer he was”; Sergt. F. H. Smith: “Mr. Stearns was almost worshipped by the men under his command; they would have followed him anywhere, for they knew he was a man. He had not an atom of fear in him, and he had always a smile and a cheery word for everybody. I do not think anybody could be more liked and respected than he was”; and Private W. H. Leighton: “The bullet caught him just above the hip and passed upwards. We did everything we possibly could but all in vain, worse luck. He bore it extremely well, as he always did everything, being a very brave officer and one whom the men had the greatest confidence in and would have followed him anywhere.”

=STEEL, JOHN=, Mechanical Stoker (R.F.R., B. 1557), 276964; b. Dublin, 25 Dec. 18--; served in the European War, and was lost in H.M.S. Goliath at the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915. He m., 22 Sept. 1900, Fanny (10, Harbour Village, Goodwick, co. Pembroke), dau. of (--), and had two sons: Richard John, b. 28 June, 1901; and Edward James, b. 31 Oct. 1906. He had the medal for saving life.

=STEELE, MATTHEW JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 2476, 1/4th Battn. East Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of Thomas Steele, of Hull, Cab Proprietor, by his wife, Maria Elizabeth, dau. of James Outram; b. Hull, 27 April, 1892; educ. Warne Street Council School there; was an Assistant Steward, Hull and Barnsley Railway Head Offices; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 4th East Yorkshires; went to France, 17 April, 1915, and was killed in action east of Ypres, 26 May, 1915. From letters received it appears that one of his comrades had been shot by a sniper, and that Steele, thinking he might still be alive, went to his assistance and was himself shot through the heart. He m. at St. Stephen’s Church, Hull, 1 March, 1913, Kathleen (76, Portland Street, Hull), dau. of John (and Ada) Moorhead, and had a son, Kenneth James, b. 13 June, 1914.

=STEELE, WILSON=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11446 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STEER, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 190537, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=STENNING, LESLIE GERALD=, Lieut. and acting Capt., 6th Battn. The Essex Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of Henry Stenning, of 16, Norfolk Road, Seven King’s, Civil Servant, by his wife, Selina, dau. of Richard Coleman; b. Ilford, co. Essex, 25 Feb. 1894; educ. County High School there; was a Bank Clerk; obtained a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Essex Territorials 1 Oct. 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 16 Oct. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 24 July, 1915; acted as Capt. from 3 Aug., and died on H.M. Hospital Ship Soudan on the 13th, from wounds received in action there; unm.

=STENT, JAMES JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1456), 196002, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=STEPHENS, GEORGE ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14049, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STEPHENS, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9680), 201448, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STEPHENSON, HAROLD=, Private, No. 4020, 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), s. of John James Stephenson, of Shepstone Avenue, Walton, Liverpool, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James Rigby; b. Liverpool, 7 March, 1893; educ. Venice Street School there; was a Pattern Maker; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Liverpool Scottish, 2 Nov. 1914; went to France end of Jan., and was killed in action at Hooge, 16 June, 1915; unm.

=STERLING, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, elder s. of John Lockhart Sterling, of 30, Ashton Gardens, Glasgow, by his wife, Clara Frances, dau. of James Lowe, of Lancashire; b. Glasgow, 19 Nov. 1903; educ. Glasgow Academy; Sedbergh School, and Pembroke College, Oxford (scholar), where he took a second in Honour Mods., and had just completed his second year when war was declared in Aug. 1914; volunteered for foreign service and was given a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. -- March, 1915; took a draft of his regt. to France in the middle of Feb. 1915; was attd. to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action near Ypres, 23 April, 1915; unm. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Dickebusche. His commanding officer wrote: “He was in command of a trench which was of the utmost importance, and had held it most gallantly all day. He was killed about 8 p.m. I cannot tell you how much the Scots Fusiliers mourn his loss. He was quite one of my best.” In 1914 he wrote the Newdigate prize poem on the Burial of Sophocles, which he read at the Encaenia in the June of that year. His younger brother, 2nd Lieut. John Lockhart Sterling, 3rd Battn. R.S.F., attd. 2nd Battn. R.S.F, was killed on 28 Sept. 1915, before Hulluch, France. Two editions of “The Poems of Robert Sterling” were published by Oxford friends in 1916.

=STERLING, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9097, West Yorkshire Regt., s. of William Sterling, of Hebburn, Joiner, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James Turner; b. Hebburn New Town, co. Durham, 13 Feb. 1897; educ. there; enlisted on outbreak of war, 1914, and went with his regt. to France, 9 Jan. 1915. He died of wounds received while in action at Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915, buried in Bailleul Cemetery; unm. A comrade wrote: “We fought hard all day, not having time to eat, and late at night we went about 50 of us to a billet to eat. Shortly afterwards the Germans shelled our place, and mostly all were either killed or wounded, Private W. Sterling being hit in the back with shrapnel and died two hours afterwards in a hospital near by.”

=STERN, LEONARD HERMAN=, 2nd Lieut., 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battn.) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder s. of the Rev. Joseph Frederick Stern, Minister of the East London Synagogue, Stepney, since 1887; b. Synagogue House, Stepney, 12 Sept. 1891; educ. at The Preparatory School, Holly Hill, Hampstead, and University College School. Proceeding to Cambridge in 1910 as an Exhibitioner in Classics of Magdalene College, he was elected a Scholar of his College in the following year. He also held the Cambridge Jewish Exhibition. He graduated B.A. in 1913, taking a First-Class in the Honours Classical Tripos in that year. In the following year he gained Second-Class Honours in the History Tripos. He obtained his college football colours in 1912, in which year he played in the College team against Magdalene College, Oxford. He was a member of his school Cadet Corps, and subsequently joined the Cambridge O.T.C., in which he obtained the rank of Sergt. Throughout his stay at the University he took an active part in the affairs of the Cambridge Hebrew Congregation, holding in succession the several Synagogue offices. He was an occasional speaker at the Union Society, and read several papers at college societies. He devoted a considerable part of his vacations to social work in East London, being a manager of the Stepney Jewish Lads’ Club and the Oxford and St. George’s Lads’ Club. He also took a keen interest in the Boy Scouts movement, and became a scout-master of the 7th Stepney Troop B.P. Scouts. On the outbreak of war he co-operated with other Toynbee Hall workers in the organisation of the East London Scouts for public service in the Metropolis. He enlisted in the ranks of the Kensington Battn. of The London Regt. with a number of the lads of his troop, and shortly after was made a sergt. of his company. He obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the same regt. 6 Feb. 1915, and left for France on 7 March, was wounded several times, and was killed in action at the Battle of Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; unm. Col. Fred E. Lewis wrote: “He fell gallantly. He had a dangerous job, but he went through with it, setting a fine example to his men. I grieve to think it cost him his life. We have lost a promising officer.” And Major N. E. Stafford, in notifying his death to the Depot Officer of the regt., said: “He met his death leading his men in the true British way. Although he had only been with us a short time, he had already won the esteem of his brother officers, and gave great promise as an officer. He was put in charge of the bombers, and he showed zeal and initiative in his work. Col. Lewis, who has gone to hospital very ill, desires me to express his great regret at the loss of so promising an officer.”

=STERN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5331, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=STEUART, ALAN JOHN=, Sergt., No. 43209, Royal Canadian Engineers, 3rd Field Coy., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th s. of the late Capt. Robert Steuart, of Westwood, Linlithgowshire, H.E.I.C.S., J.P., D.L. (died March, 1913), by his wife, Alice Mary (Westwood, West Calder), dau. of Patrick W. V. Dudgeon, and grandson of Robert Steuart, of Carfin and Westwood; b. Westwood House, co. Linlithgow, 6 May, 1888; educ. Blairlodge School, Stirling, and Bromsgrove, co. Worcester; was an Electrical Engineer; went to British Columbia in 1912, and settled at Vancouver, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 at once enlisted in the Canadian Engineers, was promoted L.-Corpl. in Nov. 1914, and Sergt. in Jan. 1915; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Vlamertinghe, 24 April following, during the gas attack by the Germans at the second Battle of Ypres, when the Canadian Engineers (who were in the 3rd Infantry Brigade, establishing contact with the Allies, at the terminus to the north-west of Ypres) were ordered forward to dig protection trenches in front of the oncoming enemy; unm. Buried in Vlamertinghe Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote: “He was a very keen, good soldier, of untiring effort and unfailing cheerfulness.... As popular with the men as with the officers.”

=STEVENS, ARTHUR=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 2087), 190224, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=STEVENS, FRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7115), S.S. 101839, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=STEVENS, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 148212, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STEVENS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7057), S.S. 101670, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=STEVENS, LOTHIAN BASIL=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Scottish Rifles, yst. s. of Col. George Morton Stevens, late R.A., by his wife, Mary, dau. of Surg.-Gen. William Campbell Maclean, C.B., M.D., LL.D.; b. Southampton, 13 March, 1894; educ. Blundells School, Tiverton, and Balliol College, Oxford (Mathematical Scholar); where he took a first-class in moderations in mathematics, July, 1914; joined the Public Schools Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. in Sept. 1914, and obtained a commission in the 3rd South Staffordshires, 3 Oct. 1914; went to France in March, 1915; was attd. to the 2nd Scottish Rifles; was reported wounded and missing after the fighting at Fromelles, 9 May following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day; unm. The officer commanding the 2nd Scottish Rifles wrote: “I am afraid your son must have died from his wound. It is a great distress to us all, as he was so keen and interested in his work, and such a bold and reliable leader.” His brother, Capt. R. W. M. Stevens, died of wounds, 27 Aug. 1914.

=STEVENS, REGINALD WALTER MORTON=, Capt., Royal Irish Rifles, and Brigade Major, 9th Infantry Brigade, 2nd s. of Col. George Morton Stevens, late R.A., by his wife, Mary, dau. of Surg.-Gen. William Campbell Maclean, C.B., M.D., LL.D.; b. Dover. 18 Dec. 1876; educ. Mr. T. Eastman’s, Stubbington; Appuldurcombe, I.W., and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Irish Rifles, 5 Sept. 1896, and promoted Lieut. Aug. 1898; and Capt. 2 Jan. 1904; joined the 2nd Battn. at Poona in Oct. 1896; served in the South African War, Oct. 1890–1902; took part in operations in Cape Colony, 1899 to 1900 (was severely wounded at Stormberg, 10 Dec. 1899) and Nov 1900, to April, 1901 (Assistant Staff Officer to Assistant Inspector-Gen., Western Section, Lines of Communication), and in Orange River Colony, April, 1901, to 21 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps, King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) in East Africa; was Special Service Officer on Staff during operations in Somaliland, 7 May, 1903, to 12 June, 1904; present at action at Jedballi (medal with two clasps); was Adjutant 25 Jan. 1905 to 25 Jan. 1908, and Officer of a company of Gentlemen Cadets at the R.M.C., Sandhurst, 25 Jan. 1908 to 21 Jan. 1910; joined the Staff College in 1910; was attd. to the Naval War College, Portsmouth, 1912, and 1 Nov. of that year was appointed Brigade Major, 9th Infantry Brigade, Southern Command, an appointment he continued to hold until his death. He went to the front 13 Aug. 1914; was in action at Le Cateau on the 26th, and an urgent order to retire instantly having been received, to ensure its reaching the front line and being acted on without delay, Capt. Stevens rode himself to deliver it and was mortally wounded in doing so, and died in a farmhouse the following day, 27 Aug. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.], 1914, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He m. at Alverstoke, Hants, 1912, Elisabeth (Cambridge Cottage, Alverstoke), dau. of the late Rev. J. C. Mace, of Hawley, Blackwater, and had a dau., Agnes Desirée, b. 11 Sept. 1914--two weeks after her father’s death.

=STEVENS, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 23397, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STEVENS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Petty Officer, 226024, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STEVENSON, CHARLES=, Lc.-Corpl., No. 1803, 3/1st Battn. R.A.M.C. (T.F.), s. of Charles Stevenson, Ex-Provost of South Queensferry, West Lothian, by his wife, Jeanie, dau. of Robert Gibb, of Paisley, Scotland and Manitoba, Canada; b. Milngavie, 1873; educ. South Queensferry Public School; was an Organist and Choirmaster (retired); volunteered after the outbreak of war; left England for the Dardanelles, 30 July, 1915, and was drowned when H.M. Transport Royal Edward was sunk in the Ægean Sea, 13 Aug. 1915, by an enemy submarine; unm.

=STEVENSON, GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 9137, B. Coy., 1st Battn. Cameron Highlanders (Machine Gun Section), 3rd s. of the late John Kay Stevenson, 41, Muirpark, Eskbank, Dalkeith, late Sergt., 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (died 23 Nov. 1915), by his wife, Jessie, dau. of the late Charles Graham, of Kirkcaldy, Master Painter; b. Eskbank, Dalkeith, co. Midlothian, 31 Aug. 1893; educ. Dalkeith High School; enlisted 4 Oct. 1911; went to France with his regt., and was killed in action, 14 Sept. 1914, at the Battle of the Aisne; unm. Mrs. McLachlan, wife of the Col. Commanding 1st Camerons, wrote: “To-night an officer of the Camerons has just been to see me, and I asked him about your George. He says that he was killed and buried on the battlefield during a lull in the fighting. He also said that George was a very fine soldier, and a great loss to the Machine-Gun Section.”

=STEWART, CHARLES=, Private, No. 9511, 2nd Battn. Scots Guard; b. Anderston, Glasgow; enlisted 26 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915.

=STEWART, DONALD=, Private, No. 4576, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, s. of P. Stewart, of the Isle of Skye; b. Skye; enlisted 21 Aug. 1902; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 4 Nov. 1914.

=STEWARD, EDMUND=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9115), 200012, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=STEWART, DOUGLAS EVERARD MACBEAN=, Lieut.-Col. 1st Canterbury Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of Francis Macbean Stewart, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., of Canterbury, New Zealand, formerly of Inverness, Scotland, by his wife, Annie Stevens (Bealey Avenue, Christchurch, N.Z.), dau. of S. C. Farr; b. Ashburton, Canterbury, 25 May, 1877; educ. Boys’ High School, Christchurch. On leaving school was for several years accountant for Messrs. Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., and later joined in establishing the firm of Stevenson, Stewart & Co., shipping agents. In 1900 was Lieut. Canterbury Highland Rifles, 10 months later becoming Capt. Commanding. When the Territorial scheme came into operation he was offered and accepted the Captaincy of the 1st (Canterbury) Infantry Regt., and in May, 1912, was promoted Major. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, was given the command of his regt. 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. Col. Stewart held the medal for 12 years’ service with the New Zealand Volunteer and Territorial Forces, and was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 12 June, 1915. In announcing his death, Major A. E. Loach, who succeeded to the command, wrote: “From first to last Col. Stewart evinced an unfailing interest in the efficiency and welfare of his command, and his loss is most keenly felt by one and all, not only in a personal sense, but in that the regt. has been deprived, at this early stage, of that able leadership, confidence in which means so much to any regt. on active service.... I enclose with this letter reports from Lieut. Lawry and Corpl. McInnis, who were with the Colonel at the time of his death. On Sunday last, after a landing had been effected, Col. Stewart pushed on to the rendezvous with the 1st and 2nd Companies, leaving me behind to bring on the remainder of the battn. The Colonel was accompanied by the Adjutant, but on attaining the ridge occupied by our troops he was separated from the majority of his men, the difficult nature of the country and the disposition of the troops being such that it was impossible to maintain touch. From Lieut. Lawry’s account it is evident that the Colonel, regardless of danger, gallantly pushed right into the firing line, with the object of steadying and encouraging the men preparatory to withdrawing them to a more suitable position. The circumstances under which your husband so bravely met a soldier’s end make the regt. proud, indeed, to have served under so gallant an officer, and his example will prove an incalculable stimulus to his regt. throughout the campaign.” The reports above referred to are as follows: “Gallipoli, 27 April, 1915.--Sir, On the afternoon of Sunday, the 25th instant, I found myself left with a mere handful of some six or eight men on the extreme left of the firing line, about the spot ‘Gallipoli 237-z-6.’ This ridge was so strongly occupied by Turks that I had to shelter my men down the side of the cliff. On the opposite bank shrapnel was raining torrents of lead, and we saw Col. Stewart nearly struck. He called to us, ‘What are you doing?’ and learning that I had so few men, said, ‘Lie doggo where you are, I am sending for reinforcements.’ Shortly afterwards he joined us, and about 100 reinforcements--Australians, Aucklanders and Canterbury men--soon came up. Col. Stewart took charge, and with great coolness led us on to successive positions till we were within 150 yards of the crest where he decided to await the enemy. An Australian said to him, ‘Sir, we took this hill six times to-day, and six times we have been driven back.’ With characteristic coolness the Colonel replied, ‘Very well, we will take it a seventh time, and this time with the help of God and the battery we will hold it. But this is a better position than on the top, so we will await them here.’ The hillside was covered with scrub, and as the Turks came on the Colonel moved with great daring from bush to bush, controlling fire and encouraging the men. At one time an Australian Capt. urged him to retire, but he replied, ‘No, if we lose this hill we are done. We must hold on.’ There seemed to be snipers about picking off the officers. Possibly the Colonel was too unmindful of his own safety, and about 4 p.m. he was killed instantaneously by a bullet which passed through both temples. Immediately after the Turks made a bayonet charge. Finding myself the only officer on the ridge, I ordered rapid fire, which the men gave heartily, the Turks retiring to their trench. In a few minutes they charged again, and again rapid fire held them back, but as they fell back they rushed round our left flank. We swung our thin line round and a third time drove them back. But by now--4.45 p.m.--the ranks were sorely depleted. I had only a dozen men able to fire, and we took the opportunity to get away down into the valley with the wounded. I am sure that Col. Stewart’s cheery coolness under so very hot a fire enabled our men to do valuable and desperate work against vastly superior numbers. (Signed:) R. A. R. Lawry, Lieut., Canterbury Infantry Battn.” “Gallipoli, 26 April, 1915.--Sir, I was with Col. Stewart yesterday afternoon (25 April, 1915) when he was killed. It was about 4 in the afternoon, and we were very hard pressed trying to hold the top of ridge 237-z-6. We were on the point of retiring when Col. Stewart arrived with about 30 men, Australians and New Zealanders, and said, ‘Hullo, Corporal, how’s things?’ I told him things were pretty hot and we were thinking of retiring. ‘Well, come on boys,’ he said, ‘we’ll give them a bit more before we leave,’ and although I told him it was not safe for him to come on the top as men were falling all round us, he came and knelt down beside me, and a few seconds later a bullet struck him in the temple, passing clean through his head, killing him instantly. I was hit twice myself then, one grazing my shoulder and another hitting the cartridges in my belt, but doing no damage. There were only about a dozen of us left then. Col. Stewart died fighting, Sir, like the brave man he was. (Signed) Corpl. A. McInnis, 2nd South Canterbury Coy., Canterbury Infantry Battn.” Col. Stewart m. Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, 9 April, 1902, Edith Ilia (Zeitoun, Merivale Lane, Christchurch, New Zealand), eldest dau. of Richard Hill Fisher, of Canterbury, New Zealand, and had issue two sons and a dau.: Ian Warren, b. 30 March, 1903; Donald Macbean, b. 16 March, 1905; Patricia Joan Hill, b. 24 Feb. 1910.

=STEWART, GEOFFREY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder and only surviving s. of the late Major-Gen. Sir Herbert Stewart, K.C.B., by his wife, Georgina Janet, widow of Major-Gen. Sir Henry Tombs, K.C.B., and dau. of Admiral Sir James Stirling, and great grandson of the Hon. Edward Richard Stewart [7th s. of John, 7th Earl of Galloway, K.T.]; b. Binfield, co. Berks, 28 Oct. 1878; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 13 July, 1898, and promoted Lieut. 12 Dec. 1899, and Capt. 3 Feb. 1907; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley, including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River, and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; including actions at Vet River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to Oct. 1900, including action at Belfast, and operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, Nov. 1900; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to Sept. 1901, and those in Cape Colony, Sept. 1901, to 31 May, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with two clasps. He was employed with the Egyptian Army from 26 Oct. 1905, to 25 Oct. 1907; retired from the Coldstream Guards in 1910, and joined the Reserve of Officers, 23 July, 1910, joining the Leicestershire Yeomanry (T.F.) as Capt. in 1911, being promoted Major, 18 Feb. 1914. When war broke out was on the North Midland Mounted Brigade Staff, but rejoined the Coldstream Guards in Dec.; went to France at once, and was killed in action at Givenchy, on the 22nd of that month. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. He was at one time Page of Honour to Queen Victoria. Capt. Stewart m. at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, 2 June, 1908, Violet (Winwick Manor, Rugby), dau. of William Clarence Watson, of Colworth, co. Beds., and had two children: Malise Herbert, b. 16 Feb. 1911, and Jean Violet, b. 25 March, 1909.