The Roll of Honour (part 8)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Temp. Capt. (Acting Major)

CECIL CHARLES HATFIELD HALL, D.S.O.

On the afternoon of the 26th April, orders were received that all enemy machine gun nests and snipers were to be killed or captured in VILLERS BRETONNEUX, and this duty was assigned to a certain unit in the Brigade to carry out.
Major Hall happened to arrive at the railway station in the above village when the last of the enemy were being dealt with.
The enemy suddenly opened up with a very heavy barrage on the railway station, and a call was made for 20 men of the Durham L.I. to reinforce another unit in a house which was about 50 yards from the railway embankment. Major Hall immediately got on to the railway, and displaying the utmost coolness and disregard for personal danger, got together some men with a L.G. and M.G., and led them forward over the embankment and across a road, which was being badly sniped, to the assistance of the Regt. occupying a house, and firing on an enemy M.G.
This Officer again returned from the house and brought forward more men, and at the same time took across a most important message from Brigade H.Q., and at this time the occupied house was then being shelled very heavily by the enemy, he again came back to the railway, and took across to the French troops on the right a message as to the dispositions, etc., of our own men, he then returned for the third time to the house, and organised the men he had led across, and rendered most valuable services in withdrawing men of another unit and helping the wounded.
Without doubt, the cool and brilliant example set by this Officer at a very critical moment inspired all the men with the greatest confidence.

B. C. JAMES, Lieut.-Colonel,

Cmdg. 22nd Bn. Durham L.I. (Pioneers).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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