The Roll of Honour (part 7)

FRENCH, HERBERT, Private, No. 7145, 1st Battn. (33rd Regt.) 1st Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of John French; b. Kimer, co. Sussex; enlisted as a Driver (No. 40744) in the R.F.A. about 1894, and was 18 years with the Colours; served in the Sudan (medal), 1897–98, and in the South African War (medal with two clasps), 1899–1902; went to Canada about 1912 and settled at Vingham, Ontario; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 16 Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent Oct., and died on service in Bulford Manor Hospital, 24 Dec. 1914, following an operation. He m. at Brighton, Sussex, 22 April, 1894, Jane (Broughdale Avenue, London, Ontario), dau. of Harry Hayles, and had six children: Hezekiah George, b. 7 June, 1878, m. with three children; Harry, b. 8 April, 1883; Herbert John, b. 21 June, 1900, now (1916) on active service in France; George, b. 9 Aug. 1910; Daisy, b. 9 Dec. 1897; and Maude Gladys, b. 4 March, 1903.

FRENCH, JOHN EDWARD, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10100), 202476, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

FRENCH, JOSEPH ROBERT, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16365, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

FRENCH, VALENTINE DOUGLAS, 2nd Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. Shropshire L.I., 3rd s. of [the Hon.] John French, of Miramar, Queenstown, Resident Magistrate, J.P. [2nd s. of Charles, 3rd Baron De Freyne], by his wife, Nani, dau. of Valentine Blake Dillon; b. Peatra House, Frenchpark, co. Roscommon, 3 Jan. 1889; educ. Jesuits College Limerick; gazetted to the 5th Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 9 April, 1906; but retired in 1907 and became Manager of the Shelford Rubber Estate at Klang, Malay States. On the outbreak of war he returned home and received a commission in the 5th King’s Shropshire L.I., 10 March, 1915; went to France with his regt. 20 May, and died 16 June, 1915, of wounds received in action, and was buried in Dickebusch Churchyard, at the corner of the south wall of Sanctuary; unm. Capt. H. Measor wrote: “When we knew at the last moment before leaving England that he was coming with us, all of us, and we C Coy. officers in particular, were delighted that we should have him with us. His wonderful good spirits and cheeriness at all times was a tonic of inestimable value to those of us who are not blessed with as stout a heart and as great courage as he was. I last saw him standing in a field which was swept with a hail of shrapnel, cheering the men of his platoon on, and seeing them all into the comparative safety of a concentration trench before he took any advantage of the cover himself, and even after he was hit I am told that he went on encouraging his men and giving them heart.” Lieut. French’s elder brother was wounded in the same action, and has since died of his wounds. His cousins-german, Lord De Freyne and the Hon. George French, were killed in action a few weeks previously.

FRICKER, ALFRED HENRY, Private, No. 6463, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of George Fricker, of Wookey Wells, Somerset, by his wife, Elsie; b. Radstock, co. Somerset, 4 Aug. 1885; educ. Radstock and Wells; enlisted 5 Dec. 1905; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Chivy, France, 14 Sept. 1914. He m. at Wells, 20 March, 1909, Emily (63, Thomas Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan), dau. of William John Berryman, and had three children: George William Henry, b. 3 Feb. 1910; Alfred John, b. 16 June, 1913; and Ellen Norah, b. 17 Jan. 1911.

FRICKER, BASSELL SAXE, Private, No. 3/894, Ambulance Division, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of the late Henry Charles Fricker, of Greymouth, New Zealand; b. Greymouth, 22 March, 1884; educ. Greymouth High School; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war; left New Zealand with the sixth reinforcements, and was drowned while on active service in H.M.S. Marquette, 23 Oct. 1915; unm. He was a keen sportsman and powerful swimmer, and held several medals for swimming.

FRICKER, JOSEPH HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110662 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

FRIEND, GEORGE BURTON TADDY, Capt., 6th (Service) Battn. (The Buffs) East Kent Regt., eldest s. of the late James Taddy Friend, of Northdown, D.L., by his wife, Mary Stewart (Northdown, Isle of Thanet, Kent), dau. of George Irvine, of Bruckley House, Mossley Hill; b. Northdown, afsd., 1 Oct. 1879; educ. Wellington House, Westgate-on-Sea and Harrow; gazetted to the 1st Battn. E. Kent Regt., from the Rifle Brigade Militia, 7 March, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 2 Nov. 1900; served with his regt. in India 1900 to 1903, retiring in 1906 to take up farming. At the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. he rejoined his old regt. and was gazetted Capt. to the 6th Battn. 1 Oct. 1914. He went to France, 1 June, 1915, and was killed in action in Flanders, 25 July, 1915, while with a party repairing barbed wire entanglements in front of the trenches. He m. 1 June, 1906, Susie Frances Selby, 2nd dau. of the late Richard Copley, of Thrapston, co. Northants, and had two sons: James Irvine, b. July, 1907, d. 17 Aug. 1911; and Geoffrey Francis, b. 26 Jan. 1909. His three brothers are (1916) on active service.

FRIEND, HARRY EDWIN, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27538, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

FROGGATT, ALEXANDER, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15598, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

FROST, EDMUND LIONEL, Lieut., 4th Battn. South Lancashire Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Edmund Frost, of Chesterfield, Meads, Eastbourne, M.D., Mast. Surg., etc., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of the late Walter Theobalds, of Birkenhead, Cheshire; b. Lasswade, Midlothian, 30 May, 1891; educ. Dover College Junior School, and Uppingham, where he was a Præposter, Captain of Games, Captain of the School Football and Hockey teams, Captain of his House (Fircroft), and Champion Heavy Weight Boxer; and Trinity College, Cambridge. He passed his “Little Go” at the age of 16, but remained at Uppingham till old enough to go to Cambridge. He graduated with honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, 1912, and during his three years there, he obtained sixteen medals, two silver spoons, a cup, and three oars, for Boxing, Rifle and Revolver Shooting and Sports. He was the ’Varsity champion heavy weight boxer in 1910, for which he received his half blue, and gained another half blue for Rifle Shooting. He only became a “wet bob” his last year, but so excellent an oarsman was he that he narrowly missed inclusion in the Cambridge Crew of that year; as it was, he was awarded the Trial Eights Cup. He was Captain of the ’Varsity Revolver Team and obtained the ninth place in the International Revolver Championship, N.R.A., at Bisley in 1912; he made a remarkable record in marksmanship with a revolver, by scoring 82 out of a possible 84, under service conditions. On leaving Cambridge he became actively associated with the firm of Messrs. Peter Stubs, Ltd., File and Steel and Tool Manufacturers, Warrington, of which his uncle, Mr. F. A. Frost, was Chairman and Managing Director. The following year, 1913, he went to France with the object of perfecting his knowledge of the language and coming into touch with the Continental trade of the Company. He received a commission in the 4th (Territorial) Battn. South Lancashire Regt., 1 Nov. 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, was promoted Lieut. 24 Sept. 1914; went to France 11 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, Flanders, 16 June, 1915; unm. On this occasion his Battn. with three other regts. assaulted the German position at Hooge, and carried three trenches at the point of the bayonet, and the Brigadier-General, addressing the Battn. after the battle, said: “The Battalion did splendidly. You have proved that the 4th South Lancashires can never be broken.” Lieut. Frost was shot through the head, and though he lived three-quarters of an hour, never regained consciousness. He was buried in Sanctuary Wood, near Ypres. Major Crosfield wrote: “I was speaking to him only ten minutes before, and though we were in the thick of it, he was just as bright and cheery as ever. The whole Battalion mourns his loss.” The Rev. W. Bracecamp, Chaplain to the Battn., wrote: “When the Battalion left to make the charge he was thoroughly cheery and said to me, ‘Good-bye, Padre. We shall soon meet again.’ Your son was one of the finest characters it has ever been my privilege to meet. He was beloved by officers and men alike. His fine physique, his noble character, endeared him to everybody. He was one of the noble fellows whose life could not be spared, but he has voluntarily laid it down in a noble cause for God, King, and Country.” Lieut. Frost had travelled a great deal in company with his father, both in Europe, America, and the Far West.

FROST, GERARD GARTON STACY, Private, No. 2692, 16th Platoon, D Coy., 9th (Highlanders) Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest s. of Charles Edward Frost, of 30, St. Mark’s Terrace, City Road, Lakenham, Norwich, Private House Agent for Bullard & Sons, Ltd., Brewers, by his wife, Annie; b. Lakenham, Norwich, 20 Nov. 1884; educ. Norwich, and had been in business in Manchester, holding a very good position with Vincent Smethurst there. After the outbreak of war he joined the Royal Scots with his great friend Charles Newsham (who was afterwards killed by the same shell as himself), 10 Nov. 1914, and after training at Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, left for the Front towards the end of Feb.; he lost his life during the bombardment of Ypres, three shells dropping into the billets of his company and killing him and six of his comrades as they lay sleeping, 7 April, 1915. He was buried on the ramparts of Ypres close to the Porte de Lille; unm. Lieut.-Col. R. S. Blair, commanding 9th Royal Scots, wrote: “He died a soldier’s death, and we are grateful and proud of his courage and devotion to duty and his Corps.” Private Frost was a member of the Cheadle Golf Club, and was well known in the amateur rowing world of the North, being for two or three years captain of the Didsbury Rowing Club, the junior four of which he stroked to victory at the Northwich, Agecroft and Lancaster regattas in 1912. He was also on the committee of the Norwich Swan and Dolphin Swimming Clubs and winner of many swimming trophies; his two younger brothers are in a Canadian regt.

FROST, KENNETH, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., yr. s. of Ralph Frost, of Wandsworth Common, London, Managing Director of J. Miles & Co., Ltd., 68–70, Wardour Street, member of the Westminster City Council, by his wife, Sarah (died 1895), dau. of John Bolton, of Manchester; b. London, 28 April, 1892; educ. Reading School, and afterwards entered the employ of a firm of wholesale stationers in London. He joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1909, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and as a corporal left with his Battn. for France, 22 Oct. 1914. Three months later he was given a commission in the South Staffordshire Regt., being transferred to the 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., 16 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Zillebeke, Flanders, 22 Feb. 1915; unm. His Commanding Officer in the South Staffordshire Regt. described him as one of the promising young officers in his command both for resource and bravery.

FRY, HORACE, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7348), 291257, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

FRY, JAMES, Sergt., No. 7267, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of the late John Fry, of Timsbury, Bath, Farm Labourer and ex-soldier, by his wife, Emily; b. Southstoke, co. Somerset, 21 Oct. 1889; educ. Marksbury National School, near Bath; enlisted 24 Feb. 1907; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; killed in action at Langemarck, near Ypres, during the Battle of the Aisne, 23 Oct. 1914. He m. at Greenwich, Amelia Ann (100, Brookmill Road, St. John’s, S.E.), dau. of Henry George Shephard, and had two children: James Arthur George, b. posthumous, 12 Dec. 1914; and Ida Edith, b. 30 April, 1913.

FRYER, EDWIN SAMUEL, Rifleman, No. 2902, B Coy. 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd London Infantry Brigade, only surviving child of Samuel Fryer, of the Harvest Home, Bury Cross, Alverstoke, Hants, Beer Retailer, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of James Day, of Manwell, Somersetshire; b. London, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. Archbishop Tenison’s Grammar School, London; and after a short time in the Civil Service, left at the age of 21 to enter a private firm. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the Queen Victoria Rifles, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France 4 Nov., and was killed in action at Lindenhock, 18 Dec. 1914; unm. Buried at Lindenhock, Belgium. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He always did his duty well and cheerfully under often very trying conditions, and showed a fine spirit, setting a splendid example to the rest of the men, by whom he was much liked and respected, and who, in common with myself, will feel his loss very much.” He was a Freemason and a highly esteemed member of the Equitable Friendly Society, having been Worthy Master during the year 1912.

FRYER, ERNEST GEORGE, Sub-Lieut., R.N.R., s. of the late Robert Edward Fryer, of Bristol, by his wife, Mahala Rebecca (now widow of the late Thomas Alfred Paczensky, of Abberton Glebe, near Colchester), dau. of David Rhamm, of Wisbech; b. Writtle, Chelmsford, co. Essex, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. St. James’ Collegiate School, Jersey; entered the P. & O. S. N. Company’s Service about 1908, and was a Second Officer when the war broke out. He was appointed a Probationary Midshipman, 25 July, 1905, rank confirmed in 1908, and became Sub-Lieut. in 1912; commissioned to H.M.S. Triumph, 4 Aug. to 4 Sept. 1914, he was placed on the German H.A.L. Frisia and navigated her with a prize crew from the neighbourhood of Tsing-tau to Wei-hai-Wei. On 4 Sept. he was placed on board H.M. Destroyer Jed, which proceeded to the Eastern Mediterranean, where, in Feb. 1915, he was appointed to H.M.S. Vengeance. On 12 June he was sent with a party to blow up a rock at the entrance to an island harbour in Asia Minor, when some accident caused a hose of gun-cotton to ignite. Several of the party were badly burnt and the boat had to be abandoned. Fryer died on board H.M.S. Vengeance three days later, 15 June, 1915, and was buried at sea, off the coast of Mitylene; unm.

FRYER, NORMAN MOODY, Private, No. 13740, 5th (Western Cavalry) Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of the late Thomas Henry Fryer, of Wells, co. Norfolk; b. West Kensington, London, 1895; educ. Gorleston High School, Suffolk; went to Canada; joined the 16th Light Horse, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for service overseas; left with the First Contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct.; went to the Front in Feb. and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; unm.

FUCHSBALG, MAURICE MARCELLE, Private, No. 1450, Honourable Artillery Coy., only s. of Edward Bernard Fuchsbalg, of Ovingdean, Trinity Road, Tulse Hill, S.W., Managing London Partner of Schenker & Co., by his wife, Adele, dau. of the late Edward Frankel, of Vienna; b. Brixton, S.W., 29 May, 1888; educ. Dulwich College, and on leaving there spent four years in Austria, Belgium and France, and then entered his father’s business in London, where he held an important post when war broke out. He joined the Honourable Artillery Coy., 21 Aug. 1914; went to France, 27 Dec. 1914; was wounded in action at Ypres and admitted to the Canadian Stationary Hospital at Le Touquet, 15 Feb. 1915, and died there on the 23rd; unm. Buried in the Cemetery there.

FULCHER, FREDERICK, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4450, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Charles Fulcher, of Easton, Wickham Market, co. Suffolk; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

FULFORD, WILLIAM IRA, Private, No. 109346, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 3rd s. of Henry York Fulford, of Silcote, Ontario, Canada, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of the late Samuel Greenfield; b. Sydenham, Grey co., Ontario, 29 Nov. 1888; educ. Owen Sound and Toronto; was a first class mechanic and was employed in the Russell Automobile Factory of Toronto; enlisted 12 April, 1915; left Canada with a draft for the 2nd Contingent, went to the Front about 1 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres 1 Dec. 1915, by a shell which burst over the tent he was then in. He was buried at Chateau Rosenburg (grave E. Ref. B. 670, 11); unm. His officers all spoke highly of him, one wrote: “As his troop officer I found your son to be a thorough soldier, always dependable and filled with a patriotic desire to do the most for his country.”

FULLER, COLIN MELVILLE, Private, No. 2271, H Coy. 1/4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), yst. s. of Robert Henry Fuller, of 10, Epsom Road, Croydon, Tea Merchant, by his wife, Janet Hellen Innes, dau. of Colin Wright, of Perthshire; b. Croydon, co. Surrey, 13 Sept., 1894; educ. there; was in the Motor Trade; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted Aug. 1914; went to France in November, 1914, and was killed in action at the battle of Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; unm.

FULLER, FRANK ALEXANDER, Private, No. 1676, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of Alfred Fuller, of 11, Laurel Villas, New Road, Bedfont, Middlesex, Gardener, by his wife, Belinda, dau. of William Bowden; b. Hoddesdon, co. Herts, 4 Jan. 1894; educ. Ivor Heath, Bucks; was a gardener; joined the Middlesex Territorials in 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke in the fight for Hill 60, 26 April, 1915; unm. His brother Thomas, 1/8th Middlesex, was killed in action the same day as himself (see his notice), and four other brothers are now on active service: William, Bombardier, No. 55760, R.F.A.; James, Private, No. 77739, R.H.A.; Harry, Private, No. 1281, Royal Fusiliers; and Victor, No. 10881, Army Cyclist Corps.

FULLER, HARRY, Ship’s Corpl. 1st Class, 208912, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

FULLER, JAMES, A.B. (R.F.R.. B. 5769), 179913, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

FULLER, LEONARD, Private, No. 1170, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, 5th s. of the late Alfred Fuller, of Ramsey, co. Hunts. J.P. and Alderman of Hunts County Council, by his wife, Augusta Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Pope Bates, of Ramsey, M.R.C.S.; b. Ramsey, co. Hunts, 2 Sept. 1881; educ. Aldenham School, Herts; went to Canada in 1912, and settled at Montreal as a Real Estate Agent; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined P.P.C.L.I. in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France, Dec. 1914, and died at Dickebusch, Belgium, 8 March, 1915, from wounds received in action at St. Eloi. He was buried in the Regimental Cemetery at Dickebusch; unm.

FULLER, THOMAS, Private. No. 7681, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), s. of Alfred Fuller, of 11, Laurel Villas, New Road, Bedfont, Middlesex, Gardener, by his wife, Belinda, dau. of William Bowden; b. Hoddesdon, Herts, 27 Oct. 1889; educ. Iver, Bucks; was employed on the Metropolitan Railway; joined the Middlesex Territorials in 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke in the fight for Hill 60, 26 April, 1915.

FULLER, WILLIAM JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 106984, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

FULLICK, ROBERT STANLEY, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13038 (Po.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

FUNNELL, THOMAS EDWARD, Leading Stoker, Coast Guard, 299136 (Po.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

FUREY, IGNATIUS, Private, No. 1312, 1st Newfoundland Regt., s. of George Furey, of Harbour Main, Newfoundland, Fisherman and Farmer, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Michael Murray; b. Harbour Main, aforesaid, 29 July, 1896; educ. High School there; joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 27 March, 1915; left for England, 27 April, 1915; served at the Dardenelles, and died in the Third Canadian Stationary Hospital at Mudros, Gallipoli, 7 Dec. 1915, of tetanus and frostbite; unm.

FURNESS, ARTHUR, Sapper, No. 20130, 55th Coy. Royal Engineers, 2nd s. of George Furness, of 64, Gibraltar Road, Halifax, Fruit Merchant and Commission Agent, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of George Hodson; b. Halifax 5 Dec. 1889; educ. Halifax Council School; enlisted in May, 1910, and when the war broke out had been stationed at Singapore for three years. He was ordered home with his regt., went to France in Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Fauquissart, 21 March, 1915; unm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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