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HARROW MEMORIALS OF THE
GREAT WAR. VOLUME IV
HARROW MEMORIALS
OF THE GREAT WAR
JULY 5th, 1916, to APRIL nth, 1917
VOLUME IV
PRINTED FOR HARROW SCHOOL
BY PHILIP LEE WARNER, PUBLISHER TO THE
MEDICI SOCIETY, LIMITED. MDCCCCXIX
In this volume are contained the Names of the
Fourth Hundred Old Harrovians who fell in the
War, from July 5th, 19 16, to April nth,
1917
Lieut.
M. R. H. A. Allen
Sec. Lt.
J. S. Anderson
Capt.
H. S. O. Ashington
Capt.
G. E. Barclay
Major
H. D. Bentinck
Lieut.
R. A. Biddulph
Capt.
C. E. Bland
Sec. Lt.
P. M. Bourke
Lieut.
H. A. R. Boustead
Sec. Lt.
R. C. Boyd
Lieut.
V. C. D. Boyd-Carpenter
Lieut.
H. J. Boyton
Capt.
A. H. Brocklehurst
Capt.
E. F. Brown
Lt.-Col.
W. S. Brown
Lieut.
J. E. J. Brudenell Bruce
Lieut.
G. K. M. Butler
Capt.
Sir H. G. T. Butlin, Bart.
Sec. Lt.
P. H. Byng.
Sec. Lt.
C. J. Byron
Sec. Lt.
T. R. Castle
Capt.
R. A. B. Chancellor
Capt.
L. S. Charles
Sec. Lt.
F. D. T. Cooper
Capt.
J. O. Cooper
Capt.
C. N. Cory
Squad.-Com. I. H. W. S. Dalrymple-Clark
Capt. E. B. M. Delmege, m.c.
Major A. H. N. Devenish
Sec. Lt. H. N. Dickinson
Capt. E. R. Donner
Sec. Lt. E. S. Doran.
Lieut. G. F. Elliot.
Capt. H. S. Farebrother, m.c.
Capt. J. G. K. Farrar
Lt.-Col. A. J. Fife
Lt.-Col. A. E. Fitzgerald
Lieut. B. La T. Foster
Sec. Lt. D. D. Fowler
Sec. Lt. A. H. Fry
Lieut. R. A. Gault
Sergt. D. B. Gillespie
Sec. Lt. A. S. Gilmour
Lieut. N. W. Goddard-Jackson
Sec. Lt. F. Grissell
Sec. Lt. C. W. A. Halliday
Lieut. J. H. Harford
Sec. Lt. G. H. Harrison, m.c.
Major G. W. Hemans
Lt.-Col. A. M. Holdsworth
Sec. Lt. A. C. Holland
Capt. R. B. Holland
Sec. Lt. J. C. How
Sec. Lt. A. W. Isaac
Capt. G. L. Jackson
Lieut. E. W. R. Jacques
Capt. E. H. C. Le Marchant
Sec. Lt. M. T. V. Lewes
Lieut. G. Lawson Lewis
Brig.-Gen. W. Long, c.m.g., d.s.o.
Lieut. A. V. Lowry-Corry, m.c
Major J. B. Lynch, d.s.o.
Major E. L. Lyon
Lt.-Col. W. H. MacGeorge
Lance-Cor. A. R. Margesson
Sec. Lt. G. F. Marsden-Smedley
Private F. S. May
Capt.
G. M. Mayer
Sec. Lt.
H. F. Miles
Lance-Cor
. H. C. Nicholas
Sec. Lt.
R. B. Nivison
Capt.
L. Norman, m.c
Major
G. B. Oliver
Lieut.
C. D. Moon Ord
Major
A. LI. Palmer
Lieut.
C. T. Ponsonby
Sec. Lt.
N. Ramsay
Capt.
C. S. Rattigan
Lieut.
J. K. Grant Robertson
Capt.
A. M. M. Robertson- Walker
Sec. Lt.
H. E. St. George
Lieut.
M. J. Shaw
Capt.
S. J. Snowden
Sec. Lt.
G. E. Thompson
Capt.
C. R. Tidswell
Sec. Lt.
W. B. Todd-Naylor
Lieut.
R. F. C. Tompson
Major
A. A. Torrens
Sec. Lt.
T. V. Tyrwhitt-Drake
Major
G. B. Tyser
Sec. Lt.
B. C. L. Umney
Sec. Lt.
R. B. Van Praagh
Capt.
J. L. Vaughan, m.c.
Lieut.
G. Y. L. Walters
Sec. Lt.
H. M. W. Wells
Lieut.
G. K. Welsford
Sec. Lt.
C. M. Williams
Sec. Lt.
D. Wilson
Sec. Lt.
F. Wollocombe
Lieut.
W. B. Wolseley
The biographies being arranged in alphabetical order,
it has been thought unnecessary to number the pages.
LIEUTENANT M. R. H. A. ALLEN
Royal Flying Corps
The Head Master's 05^-10' Aged 25 March 21st, 1917
Only son of Richard William Allen, J.P., M.I.C.E., Managing Director
of Messrs. W. H. Allen, Son & Co., Bedford, and of his wife, Geraldine
Agnew Allen.
School Racket Player, 1910.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
Married, in 191 5, Dorothy Drina, elder daughter of Major Lightfoot,
of Anchoret, Bedford.
Lieutenant Allen, on the outbreak of the War, joined the Scottish
Horse as a despatch rider. In November, 1914, he was transferred for a
course of instruction in aviation as a pilot, and took his l ticket ' the follow-
ing month. In January, 191 5, he joined the Royal Flying Corps, obtained
his Wings in April, and went to the Front with No. 12 Squadron, in Septem-
ber, 1 9 15, returning home two months later for special duty in the construc-
tion of aviation engines. For seven months he had the sole charge of testing
a well-known engine, the success of which was largely due to the thought
and care which he devoted to it, the experience which he had gained in
flyinp- being of great use to him. He never failed to impart to those under
him information about the engine, and, possessing a strong personality him-
self, he was enabled to get the best out of others. He returned to the
Royal Flying Corps in September, 19 16, and was appointed Flying Officer
to the Testing Squadron at Upavon. In December, 1916, he was promoted
Lieutenant, and in January of the following year moved with his Squadron
to Martlesham. He was accidentally killed at Martlesham, on March 21st,
1917.
MELVILLE RICHARD HOWELL AGNEW ALLEN
2nd LIEUTENANT J. S. ANDERSON
Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Church Hill n s -i5 2 Aged 19 October 10th, 19 16
Eldest son of Sir Kenneth Skelton Anderson (O.H.), K.C.M.G.,
Shipowner, and of Louisa Mary, daughter of James Cochran
Stevenson, for many years M.P. for South Shields. A younger brother,
Cadet Kenneth Angus Anderson, R.N., was killed in the explosion of
H.M.S. Bulwark^ on November 26th, 19 14.
2nd Lieutenant Anderson obtained a Commission in the 15th Battalion
King's Royal Rifle Corps on August 26th, 19 15, within a month of leaving
School, and was transferred to the 21st Battalion at Aldershot. He went to
France with his Regiment in May, 1916, and, after some months of trench
warfare near Ploegsteert, was sent to the Somme. He was severely
wounded on October 7th, 1916, whilst leading his men in an attack near
Guedecourt and died three days later at a Casualty Clearing Station at
Heilly, near Albert.
His Commanding Officer wrote : —
" He was a most capable and efficient Officer, and no Company Com-
mander in the Expeditionary Force had a more loyal or hardworking
Subaltern. He was very brave and did his work well over the parapet,
looking after his men with a discretion beyond his years."
His Company Sergeant-Major wrote : —
" During our night searches I was deeply impressed by his calm, clear
reasoning, as well as by his cool courage. ... In the attack he led his
Platoon with great gallantry until cut down."
JAMES SKELTON ANDERSON
CAPTAIN H. S. O. ASHINGTON
East Yorkshire Regiment
The Knoll 05 2 -io' Aged 26 January 31st, 19 17
Only son of Sherard A. Ashington, of West Hill House, Harrow-on-
the-Hill, and of Mrs. Sherard Ashington.
Monitor ; Head of his House. Won the Cross Country Race, the
Quarter-mile, Half-mile and Mile in the Sports of 1910.
King's College, Cambridge, 1910, B.A. 1 914.
In the University Sports of 19 12, he won the Hurdles and the Long
Jump for Cambridge ; in 191 3, the Hurdles, the Half-mile and the Long
Jump, beating C. B. Fry's record by clearing 23 ft. 5f ins., and making a
further record by winning three events in the same year. In 1914 he won
the High Jump and the Long Jump, beating his own record with a jump
of 23 ft. d\ ins. Thus in the Oxford and Cambridge Sports he had won
seven events in three years, another record. He represented Great Britain
at the Olympic Games at Stockholm.
Shortly after the War broke out Captain Ashington was given a Com-
mission in the 7th East Yorkshire Regiment and went to the Belgian Front
early in 191 5. He was wounded in the advance of July, 19 16, and was
sent to the London Hospital. After some months of light duty he returned
to the Front in November, 1 91 6, and was promoted Captain. He was
mentioned for a gallant action in the General's Divisional Orders on
December 27th, 1916. On January 28th he wrote the following letter about
a suggestion that he should join the Intelligence Corps : " I don't mind this
life. I rather like it, and I like my present position very much indeed.
Also I hate that spirit which is so prevalent of always hunting for cushy jobs
— trying to get out of it at any price — it makes me want to stay here and
see the thing through where I am." Three days later on January 31st, 191 7>
he was hit by a sniper as he was going round his posts and died the same
night without recovering consciousness.
His Colonel wrote : —
" It has been a nasty knock to every one of us, and personally I know
that I have lost one of my best and bravest Officers. . . . The men in his
Company just worshipped him and would have followed him anywhere,
and a sadder lot of men I never saw, when they knew he had been mortally
hit."
HENRY SHERARD OSBORN ASHINGTON
CAPTAIN G. E. BARCLAY
Royal Lancaster Regiment
Elmficld 02 , -o6' Aged 27 January 24th, 1 91 7
Fourth son of the late Robert Barclay (O.H.), of Bury Hill, Dorking.
His elder brother, Major Thomas Hubert Barclay (O.H.), Surrey (Q.M.R.)
Yeomanry, died on board an Italian Tug-boat after being torpedoed on H.M.
Transport Transylvania on his way to Salonika, on May 4th, 1917.
R.M.C., Sandhurst, 1908.
Captain Barclay was gazetted to the King's Own in February, 1909,
being stationed for some time at Jersey. In 191 2 he went to West Africa
and was attached to the 2nd Nigeria Regiment, and served with them all
through the Cameroon Campaign, being one of the first to enter Garva.
In May, 1916, he came home on leave, but returned to Nigeria in October
to pick up troops on his way to German East Africa. He arrived at
Dar-es-Salaam in December and was attached to the 4th Nigeria Regiment.
He was killed in action on January 24th, 1917, near the Rufigi River, when
reinforcing the firing line with his Company at a critical moment.
Extract from Routine Orders by Lieut.-Col. J. Sargent, commanding
4th Battalion Nigeria Regiment, dated January 27th, 1917 : —
"The CO. wishes to express his appreciation of the services rendered
by all ranks of the Battalion engaged in the operations on the 24^-25 th
Jan. He particularly wishes to emphasize the gallant action of the two
sections of No. 13 Company, under the late Captain Barclay, who stemmed
the attack on the 3rd Nigeria Regiment by their advance."
Major C. E. Roberts, 4th Nigeria Regiment, also wrote to his mother : —
" Captain Barclay had only taken over the command of No. 13 Company
that morning, and, with half the Company was the first to extend his men
in the bush, facing the Germans and covering the first force, which had got
disorganised. The Germans were barely 100 yards away then, and were
fixing bayonets even, but the arrival of fresh troops checked them.
" Your son behaved splendidly, walking about and encouraging his men,
as cool as a cucumber, and quite regardless of his own safety in the critical
situation. The Germans were keeping up a very heavy fire from rifles and
machine guns, and it was while more of our men were hurrying up to the
front line that Captain Barclay was mortally shot through the lungs and
died soon after."
He was mentioned in Despatches, 30th, May, 191 7, (for service with the
East African Force).
GEORGE ERIC BARCLAY
MAJOR H. D. BENTINCK
Coldstream Guards
Elmfield 95 J ~99 : Aged 35 October 2nd, 1916
Third son of the late Lieut.-Col. H. A. Bentinck and of Countess
A. Bentinck, of 53 Green Street, Mayfair. His father, grandfather, and
grand-uncle were all in the Coldstream, the latter leading the Guards at the
Battle of the Alma.
Trinity College, Cambridge. Represented the University at Water
Polo against Oxford every year he was in residence. Represented Cambridge
University at Boxing, and in 191 1 won the Army and Navy Boxing
Championship.
Major Bentinck joined the Coldstream Guards in 1903 and served at
Cairo and Khartoum with the 3rd Battalion from 1906-1910. In 19 13
he was seconded for service in the Egyptian Army.
On the outbreak of the War he obtained leave, with great difficulty, to
give up the Egyptian Army in order to join his Regiment and finally went
to the Front in April, 1915, joining the 2nd Battalion, where he remained as
Company Commander, or as Second-in-Command, until his death. He was
mentioned in Despatches and obtained his Brevet Majority in January, 191 6.
He was mortally wounded on the Somme in September, 19 16, when the
three Coldstream Battalions advanced in a line from Ginchy. He was hit
in several places, but a wound in the thigh necessitated amputation in a
hospital at Rouen, where he died on the 2nd of October, 19 16.
A brother-officer writes : —
" I think Druce is the greatest loss that we have had — such a splendid
character all round. I don't know how to put it, but I feel his influence
was so great. I felt he made me look at things in the way he did himself.
Every action and every opinion he held I had the greatest admiration for,
and I always felt his good influence. I am sure every one of us did. We
all loved him so much and admired him greatly as the best of sportsmen and
the bravest of soldiers. One can say very little on these occasions. He
has given us an example to follow, and we owe him a lot in the Regiment."
Another brother-officer writes: —
" I can't realize that Druce has left us. I forced myself to believe he
was going to get over it. . . . We have been constantly together. I don't
think it would have been possible for any one to have been a greater help
than he was, so keen about everything, so absolutely dependable that all
anxiety and worry were removed because he was there, and I knew I had
only to go to him and get his advice and things would be all right."
HENRY DUNCAN BENTINCK
LIEUTENANT R. A. BIDDULPH
2nd Dragoon Guards
West Acre o5*-io a Aged 25 November 19th, 1916
Only son of the late Assheton Biddulph, M.F.H., and of Mrs. Assheton
Biddulph of Moneyguyneen, Birr, King's Co.
Married, in 1916, Derreen Ussher, youngest daughter of W. S. Holt, of
Ball Copse Hall, Brent Knoll, Somerset.
Exeter College, Oxford. 1st Whip and Secretary to the College Beagles,
and had taken over the Mastership when War broke out. Won the College
'grind' three years in succession. Was a member of the O.T.C. and while
on manoeuvres in 1912, when attached to the Royal Scots Greys, received
1st class certificate for Scouting. When with the Special Reserve of The
Bays he won for the Regiment the Subaltern's Cup for ' Skill at Arms.'
Lieutenant Biddulph was given a Commission in the Queen's Bays and
went to the Front with his Regiment in May, 1915, where he remained for
ten months. He then returned home to be married and was given exten-
sion of leave for treatment by an aurist, having suffered from deafness owing
to the bursting of a shell close by him. He was sent to Aldershot, in
April, 191 6, where he contracted a severe attack of influenza. Having
resumed duty, though still convalescent, he got very wet while on the
march, and this brought on rheumatic fever, which affected his heart, and
he died after six months' illness, on November 19th, 191 6.
Captain Grant, of the Queen's Bays, wrote : —
" It is too sad to think that such a good sportsman and man in every
way should have had such a short life. He was most popular out here and
everywhere, and I have lost a great friend."
ROBERT ASSHETON BIDDULPH
CAPTAIN C. E. BLAND
Hampshire Regiment
The Knoll 07^-1 z* Aged 23 September 9th, 1916
Only son of the Rev. Charles Bland, Vicar of Milland, Sussex, and of
his wife, Agnes Bland.
Entrance Scholar.
Hertford College, Oxford, Scholar, 1912.
Captain Bland obtained a Commission, on the outbreak of the War, in
the nth Hants (Pioneers). He went to France with his Regiment in
December, 1915, having been promoted Captain the previous July. He
was shot through the head, while leading his Company into action, on Sep-
tember 9th, 191 6, at Ginchy Telegraph.
His Colonel wrote to his father : —
" Your son was killed while gallantly leading his men into action. We
mourn the loss of a gallant soldier and a good comrade. He was a personal
friend of mine, beloved by all his brother-officers and by his men."
His Major wrote : —
" Bland died very gallantly, and his death was instantaneous and painless
— shot through the head. The Senior O.C. was wounded early, and Bland
assumed command. He was slightly wounded, went back to be dressed, and
then led his men over the parapet. He was shot almost at once, and the
Company made no headway. Attempts to bring in his body failed."
CHARLES EDWARD BLAND
2nd LIEUTENANT P. M. BOURKE
Royal Field Artillery
Moretons io 3 -i4 3 Aged 19 July 25th, 1916
Elder son of Edmund Francis Bourke, Company Director, of Barton
Keep, Pretoria, South Africa, and of his wife, Eleanor Bourke.
Monitor ; Head of his House ; Football XI ; Cadet Officer. Matricu-
lated at Magdalen College, Oxford.
R.M.A., Woolwich. Played for the R.M.A. at Football and Rackets,
and won the Peile Racket Cup ; was Under-Officer, and won the Tombs
Memorial Prize, gaining 95 per cent of the marks in the first examination.
2nd Lieutenant Bourke was gazetted in July, 1915, and was attached to
a Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery at Woolwich. Early in October,
1 91 5, he went to France and was at once sent into the firing line, where, with
the exception of two short spells of leave, he remained to the end. He was
killed beside his gun on July 25th, 1916, in the advance on the Somme,
during a heavy bombardment, by an eight-inch shell which burst close to
him, killing him instantly.
The Brigadier-General, commanding 5th Division R.A., wrote : —
" I must express the deep sympathy of myself and the Officers of the R.A.
who have been serving with him. He was getting on so well in his Battery
and was one of the best and keenest Officers I had under me. Universally
liked by his men and comrades, his death is a very great blow to me
personally, and to all of us."
PATRICK MILLER BOURKE
LIEUTENANT H. A. R. BOUSTEAD
Middlesex Regiment (attached R.F.C.)
High Street o5 2 -n 2 Aged 24 April 5th, 191 7
Fourth and youngest son of John Melvill Boustead (O.H.), of West-
field, Wimbledon Common, and Colombo, Ceylon, and of his wife, Leila
Boustead.
Monitor, 1910. Head of his House. Won Champion Senior Swim-
ming Cup.
University College, Oxford, B.A. 1914. Won 100 yards swimming
race for Oxford v. Cambridge, 1913.
On the outbreak of the War Lieutenant Boustead obtained a Commission
in the 2/8 Middlesex Regiment and went to Egypt with them in August,
1 915, where he saw active service in the Western Frontier Campaign against
the Senussi. When the Battalion returned to Europe in 1916, he became
attached to the Royal Flying Corps, and after a month's training he obtained
his Wings and went to France in October, 1916. He there saw six months'
service, once bringing down two German machines in one day. He was
killed on April 5th, 191 7, in an aerial fight with two hostile machines. His
Observer was killed and, though mortally and terribly wounded himself,
he fought off" the enemy machines and succeeded in recrossing our lines,
making a safe and successful landing. He died an hour afterwards, and
was buried at Pozieres.
He was mentioned in Despatches on December 13th, 191 7.
His Wing Commander wrote to his father : —
" Your son was a very gallant Officer and died a magnificent death, and
even if he receives no official recognition of his gallantry, the story of his
last fight will remain as fine a memorial as any official reward could be."
His Squadron Commander wrote : —
u We have lost a very gallant Officer. He has taken part in numerous
hard-fought encounters with hostile machines and has always fought with
great gallantry. I have forwarded his name to higher authorities for
exceedingly gallant conduct."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" He was so full of humour and commonsense, so generous and
reliable. I never heard anyone say a word against him. I don't think he
ever made an enemy or failed to make a friend. I can't contemplate life
without him."
HARRY ATHELING RUSSELL BOUSTEAD
2nd LIEUTENANT R. C. BOYD
Devon Regiment
Elmfield oj'-n* Aged 23 July 14th, 1916
Younger son of Archibald H. Boyd (O.H.), Barrister-at-Law, of
Bellevue, Westward Ho !, Devon, and of his wife, Gertrude H. F. Boyd.
Entrance Scholar : Monitor, 1910 : Classical Scholar of Trinity College,
Cambridge.
2nd Lieutenant Boyd, who was working with the Great Northern Rail-
way Co. when the War broke out, enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion,
in August, 1 91 4, and received a Commission in the nth Devons in the
following November. In July, 191 5, he sailed for the Dardanelles in R.M.S.
Royal Edward and was torpedoed in the iEgean, being severely injured. He
made a good recovery and was then sent to France with the 8th Devons,
and was present at the Battle of the Sommc, at Mametz, and at Bazentin.
He was killed on July 14th, 1916, while leading his Company at Bazentin-
le-grand Wood.
His Colonel wrote : —
" I have lost a brave and gallant Officer in Bobby. He was loved by us
all, and by all the men of the Battalion."
His Company Commander, whose place he took, wrote : —
" He was quite a stranger to fear. ... As for the men, they would have
loved him, even if he had not come from Devon. They both loved him
and knew he was a good Officer — two entirely different things."
The Quarter-Master wrote : —
" Of all the young Officers he was undoubtedly the most popular. The
men worshipped him, and he was always so clever and resourceful."
The Chaplain wrote : —
" His intellect, his daring, and his geniality all combined to make a good
soldier and a splendid companion in these troubled times."
ROBERT COLIN BOYD
LIEUTENANT V. C. D. BOYD-CARPENTER
Royal Engineers
The Head Master's oi 3 -04 3 Aged 28 August 29th, 1916
Fifth son of the late William Boyd Carpenter, formerly Bishop of
Ripon, of 6 Little Cloisters, Westminster Abbey, S.W., and of his wife,
Annie Maud Carpenter.
Married, in 191 5, Eileen, daughter of the late Arthur Gardner- Woolloton.
Studied Engineering at Leeds University, at Sir William Arrol's on the
Clyde, at Middleton's works in Leeds, and at Crompton's at Chelmsford.
Acting on Mr. Pierpont Morgan's advice he went to America and was
employed on the Southern Railway, U.S.A., and also on the Canadian
Pacific ; while on the Southern Railway he had charge of construction work
at Brunswick, Georgia.
Lieutenant Boyd-Carpenter, who was in America when the War broke
out, returned to England and was given a Commission in the R.E., training
at Chatham and at Aldershot. He went to the Front in January, 1916, and
was chiefly employed in bringing up materials as our line was advanced, in
erecting necessary fortifications, and preparing the road for further advance.
He was killed instantaneously by shrapnel, in Delville Wood on August
29th, 1 91 6, when in charge of a party who were returning after putting up
wire entanglements ; he made his men go first so as to give them the safer
position, but was himself killed on reaching the open. He was buried near
Longueval Church.
His Commanding Officer wrote : —
" It seems such a platitude and so useless to say what it means to us all,
and what a loss it is. In a recent attack his work was admirable — it was
always admirable, he was quite one of the best Officers I have had. In his
quiet hardworking way he gave me complete confidence, and he was always
doing something for his men, whilst we, his comrades, just know that we
have lost another dear friend."
A non-commissioned officer said of him : —
" The men were ready to do anything for him. In fact Lieutenant Boyd-
Carpenter was held in such esteem that, when his services were requested by
the Commanding Officer of another Regiment, his own Commanding
Officer refused to part with him."
VICTOR CHARLES DOUGLAS BOYD-CARPENTER
LIEUTENANT H. J. BOYTON
Grenadier Guards
Church Hill c^'-io 2 Aged 24 December 14th, 1916
Only son of Sir James Boyton, M.P. for East Marylebone, and of
Lady Boyton, of 2 Park Square, Regent's Park, and of Marlow, Bucks.
Jesus College, Cambridge, B.A. 191 3. Rowed for the Jesus 1st Boat,
Head of the River 1912, and in the Henley Regatta of 1914 rowed bow in
the 2nd Eight, which was runner up in the final for the Thames Challenge
Cup. Was a member of the Marlow and London Rowing Clubs.
Lieutenant Boyton took a Commission while still at Cambridge in the 1st
City of London Royal Fusiliers, and was promoted Lieutenant in January,
191 4. Soon after the outbreak of War he went to Malta with his Regiment
and returned with them to France in March, 191 5. He was wounded on
May 9th, 1 91 5, and on his recovery was posted to a Reserve Battalion of his
Regiment, in which he became Captain and Adjutant. In July, 1 916, he
transferred to the Grenadier Guards and left for the Front the following
October. He was killed in action on the night of December 14th, 1916,
on the Somme.
His Colonel wrote: —
"He was a most gallant and lovable personality, and his loss is much
felt by all ranks."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" We were at Harrow together, where he was in my cricket game ; we
were at Cambridge together, where I saw him nearly every day ; and then we
were brother-officers together in the same Battalion of the same Regiment
— I do miss him so much."
HENRY JAMES BOYTON
CAPTAIN A. H. BROCKLEHURST
King's Royal Rifle Corps
The Grove 02*-o4* Aged 27 July 29th, 191 6
Second son of Alfred Brocklehurst, of The Spinney, Melton Mowbray,
and Langdale Lodge, Sutherland, and of Mrs. Brocklehurst.
Captain Brocklehurst joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1910. He
went to France in August, 19 14, with the 1st Battalion, and was through
the Retreat from Mons. He was wounded in the left arm on September
28th, 1914, and invalided home. He went to the Front again in
December, 19 14, and was again severely wounded in the left arm on May
10th, 191 5. Eleven months later he rejoined the 1st Battalion as Adjutant.
On July 28th, 191 6, he was severely wounded in the foot and body, in the
attack on Delville Wood, and died next day.
He was three times mentioned in Despatches "for gallant and distin-
guished conduct in the Field" — in June, 19 15, and January, 1 91 6, by Sir
John French, and in January, 191 7, by Sir Douglas Haig.
His Commanding Officer wrote: —
"I have lost my best friend and Adjutant, the bravest who ever lived,
always cheerful, hardworking, and ready to face any danger. Had he lived
I intended recommending him for a D.S.O., which he richly deserved on
more than one occasion."
ARCHIBALD HENRY BROCKLEHURST
CAPTAIN E. F. BROWN
Wiltshire Regiment
The Head Master's 03 , -o8* Aged 27 April 1st, 191 7
Third son of James Wyld Brown, of Eastrop Grange, Highworth,
Wilts, and of Primrose, daughter of Captain Kennedy, of Finnarts, Glenapp,
Ayrshire.
Brasenose College, Oxford, 1909, Organist. B.A. 191 2. After leaving
Oxford he resumed his studies at the Royal College of Music, and in 191 3
he became organist at Emmanuel Church, West Hampstead.
When the war broke out Captain Brown enlisted in the Public Schools
Battalion, and in October, 1914, was given a Commission in the 5th Wilt-
shire Regiment, of which he became Adjutant in two months. In May,
191 5, he went with his Battalion to Gallipoli, where he was wounded. Re-
turning from hospital at Alexandria, he took an active part in both evacua-
tions from the Peninsula. He was then given a month's leave, but was
recalled by cable when he had reached Marseilles, in order to take part in
the expedition which failed to relieve Kut.
When mortally wounded it was to his music that his thoughts returned,
and his Commanding Officer wrote: "His great worry was that he would
never use his right arm for music again, and he continually questioned the
doctor about it. Of course he was told that it would be all right, but to no
avail ; he simply could not get over the shock, and died peacefully on Palm
Sunday, April 1st, 19 17."
Describing his death his Colonel wrote: —
"Eric was commanding and leading his Company to the attack when he
was shot through the right hand, but he went on and reached the final posi-
tion. Shortly after he was again hit in the right arm, above the elbow.
This bled a lot, and he started back to the dressing station, but on his way
was hit again, this time through the right wrist."
An article in the Oxford Magazine of June 5th, 1917, said : —
"Here at Brasenose he was much more than organist or musician. He
read widely and had a real taste for literature. A man of fearless indepen-
dence of character and judgment, he was a very living force in the College.
... In a small society such as an Oxford College, where fashion and con-
vention stand for so much, the presence of such a man is an asset not lightly
to be prized, and Eric Brown's hatred of shams and the freshness of his
outlook on men and things were a stimulus and a challenge to all the
Undergraduates and Fellows of his time."
o
ERIC FRANCIS BROWN
LIEUT.-COLONEL W. S. BROWN
Wiltshire Regiment
Home Boarders 8 5 '-86* Aged 45 July 5th, 1916
Sixth son of David Brown, Shipbroker and Shipowner, of Leadenhall
Street, E.C., and Harrow-on-the-Hill, and of his wife, Annie Brown.
Married, in 1906, Marion Irene Gourlay Plenderleath, and leaves
a son.
Lieut.-Colonel Brown entered the Wiltshire Regiment from the Militia
in 1892, and became Lieutenant in 1894, Captain in 1900, and Brevet
Major in 1 91 2, in recognition of his services in the South African War.
He was gazetted Major in 1909, being then D.A.A. and Q.M.G. Wessex
Division, Southern Command. He was severely wounded in the South
African War, during which he took part in the advance on Kimberley and
the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River, and Magersfontein, and saw
fighting at Bethlehem, Wittebergen, and Colesberg. He was twice men-
tioned in Despatches.
He went to the Front in command of the 2nd Wiltshire Regiment in
March, 191 5, and in the following July was given command of the 1st
Battalion. He was instantaneously killed on July 5th, 1 91 6, by a shell
which burst just outside his dug-out near Thiepval. He had been direct-
ing an attack which was very successfully carried out by two Companies of
his Regiment, and had just sent an encouraging message to the men who
were holding the captured trenches.
A brother-officer wrote : —
"I know Colonel Brown would not have wished a better death than the
one he died, with so many ot the men who loved him, and to whom he set
such a magnificent example of coolness and bravery."
flHTi
WALTER SYDNEY BROWN
LIEUTENANT J. E. J. BRUDENELL BRUCE
Northamptonshire Yeomanry
The Head Master's ^i"-^^ Aged 38 April nth, 1917
Eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord Robert Brudenell Bruce, and
grandson of the 4th Marquis of Ailesbury : his mother was Miss Han-
bury, daughter of Capel Hanbury Leigh, of Pontypool, Monmouthshire,
Lord-Lieutenant of the County.
Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A., LL.B. 1900, M.A. 1910. Barrister-
at-Law at the Inner Temple 1902. Succeeded to the Cardigan estates of
the late Countess of Cardigan and Lancaster.
Lieutenant Brudenell Bruce volunteered in August, 19 14, and received
a Commission in the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry. He went to the
Front in February, 191 5, and fought in the 2nd Battle of Ypres, and in the
Battle of Neuve Chapelle. He died of wounds received whilst waiting
for the order to advance on Monchy le Preux, at the Battle of Arras, on
April nth, 1917.
His Squadron-Major wrote : —
"I cannot tell you how much I personally shall miss him. His kind-
ness of heart and absolute unselfishness have endeared him to us all, and his
troop loved him like a father. . . . We feel his loss most deeply, as he was
absolutely beloved by both Officers and men."
A brother-officer wrote : —
"It is no use writing on these occasions, I know, but I should just like
to say how devoted the whole Regiment was to him. Officers and men
alike all loved him."
A lance-corporal in his troop wrote : —
"I cannot tell you how much we shall miss Mr. Bruce; he was liked
by every man, and by his fellow Officers in the Regiment, and he will never
be forgotten by the men who were in his troop."
Another brother-officer wrote to his father : —
"Your son was in the squadron I used to command, and had endeared
himself to all ranks."
JAMES ERNEST JOHN BRUDENELL BRUCE
LIEUTENANT G. K. M. BUTLER
Scottish Horse
The Head Master's Oj'-io 1 Aged 2+ July 17th, 1916
Son of the late Henry Montagu Butler (O.H.), D.D., Master
of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of his wife, Agnata Frances Butler.
Entrance Scholar; Monitor,i9oa. ; Botfield Scholar, 1908. Scholar of Trinity
College, Cambridge; Members' Prize for Latin Essay, 1910; Senior
Scholar, 19H ; Porson Prize, Gladstone Prize, Montagu Butler Medal;
1st Class Classical Tripos ; 1st Class History Tripos.
Lieutenant Butler received a Commission in the Scottish Horse and
left England on August 1 8th, 191 5. He reached Gallipoli on September
1st, and was wounded at Suvla Bay three days later. He returned on
October 30th, remaining in the Peninsula till December loth, when he
went to Egypt. He died at El Kantara on July 17th, 1916, after 36 hours'
illness, the cause of which is unknown.
His Brigadier wrote : —
" He passed on as he lived, the best and happiest type of a British
Officer and gentleman."
His Commanding Officer wrote : —
" He was highly thought of and popular with all ranks, and his loss
will, I know, be deeply felt in the Regiment. Although he has been with
our Machine Gun detachment, we have always been together until a month
or two ago. Professionally 1 looked upon him as one of the best Officers
in the Regiment."
The Brigade Machine Gun Officer wrote : —
" I worked with him for ten months in an intimacy that only such an
association as the intimacy of a Machine Gun section can produce. I had
the pleasure of training him in Machine Gun work, and found him such
an apt pupil, that he very soon excelled his master both in inventive genius
and mastery of detail."
The Officer who succeeded to the command of the Machine Gun
Squadron wrote : —
" I can't just express to you in words our deep sorrow for the loss of
such a tine Officer and friend. He leaves a big blank in our ranks. ... I
learned to know him well, and to appreciate his fine capabilities and pluck.
. . . The men in his Section expressed a desire to put up a stone to the
memory of their Officer, and I was glad that it really came from them
direct, right off their own bat."
GORDON KERR MONTAGU BUTLER
CAPTAIN SIR H. G. T. BUTLIN, BART.
Cambridgeshire Regiment (T.F.)
The Grove o6 J -l l" Aged 23 September 16th, 19 16
Only son of the late Sir Henry Trentham Butlin, 1st Bart., F.R.C.S.,
sometime President of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, and of his
wife, Annie Tipping Butlin, of 22 Harcourt Terrace, S.W.
Trinity College, Cambridge, 191 1, B.A. 1914 ; won the Macnaghten
Sculls ; was a student at the Inner Temple.
Captain Butlin joined the Cambridgeshire Regiment on August 1st,
1 914. He went to the Western Front in February, 1 91 5, as 2nd Lieutenant,
and became Lieutenant, then Captain and Adjutant by June, 191 5. He was
reported wounded and missing near Beaumont Hamel on September 1 6th,
1 916, after a bombing attack. As nothing has since been heard of him
his death has now been presumed on that date. He was mentioned in
Despatches.
Lieut. -Colonel Riddell, commanding 1/1 Cambridgeshire Regiment,
wrote to his Mother : —
u Poor Guy was wounded in the act of binding up the wound of a
brother-officer while under very heavy fire at point-blank range. . . . All
we know is that he told one of the stretcher bearers to go back for help and
bring more ammunition. Every effort was made that night — and very
gallant efforts they were — to bring in your son, but without success. One
of his brother-officers crawled out in the daylight to find him, but was
driven back. The following night another effort was made. This time we
found out for certain that he was in the hands of the Germans.
" We are all very depressed at losing poor Guy. If he had a fault, it
was that he always thought of others and never gave a thought for himself
— that was how he received his wound. We have lost a brave man and a
great triend."
Major Few wrote to his Mother : —
" Lieutenant Bradford made several determined efforts himself through-
out the night to reach your son, and was the last to come in after wading
through a marsh, sometimes up to his shoulders in water, in order to try
and find a way round by a flank. He showed the greatest gallantry. . . .
He will be greatly missed by all. I don't think there is an Officer in the
Battalion who had the welfare and comfort of the men more at heart than
he had."
I.
SIR HENRY GUY TRENTHAM BUTLIN, BART.
2nd LIEUTENANT P. H. BYNG
Royal Field Artillery
Newlandi o6 3 -io' Aged 24 September 25th, 1916
Only son of Max Byng, of 4 Kensington Court, W., and of Mrs. Byng.
Exeter College, Oxford, 1910.
Owing to ill-health he had to leave Oxford and went abroad, spending
much time in Switzerland, and afterwards in Eastern Europe, learning
languages.
On the outbreak of the War 2nd Lieutenant Byng returned to England,
but the Doctors would not at first pass him for the Army, so he joined the
Recruiting Staff. In the spring of 191 5 he succeeded in passing the Medical
Examination and obtained a Commission in the King's Royal Rifle Corps.
After going through his training and becoming Machine Gun Instructor, he
transferred to the Royal Field Artillery and went out to India, being stationed
at Rawal Pindi. After six months there he joined his Battery in the Es-
Sinn position at Kut-el-Amara in April, 1 916, where he remained till
September 1 6th, when he caught enteric fever and died at the Rawal Pindi
Hospital, Amara, on September the 25th, 1916.
PERCIVAL HOWARD BYNG
2nd LIEUTENANT C. J. BYRON
Honourable Artillery Company
West Acre 09 3 -l4' Aged 20 January 10th, 1917
Youngest son of John Byron, of Wyefield, the Knoll, Beckenham, and
Ringmer, Sussex, and of Mrs. Byron.
Monitor.
Matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford.
2nd Lieutenant Byron, instead of going into residence at Oxford, enlisted
as a Private in the H.A.C., in which he soon became Corporal, and then
Sergeant. He twice declined a Commission, but finally, at the special
request of his Colonel, took a Commission as 2nd Lieutenant in his own
Regiment in October, 191 5. After taking courses in bombing and the Lewis
Gun, he became so proficient that he was for some time employed in
training recruits. He went to the Front in October, 1916, with his
Battalion, and was killed by a shell on January 10th, 1917.
His Commanding Officer wrote : —
" It was an awful blow to all of us, for he was such a fine soldier,
fearless and splendid — there was no better Officer in the Battalion and I
loved the boy, he was so calm, thorough, and reliable."
CLEMENT JOHN BYRON
2nd LIEUTENANT T. R. CASTLE
Royal IVest Surrey Regiment
Church Hill 96M>i a Aged 33 August 31st, 191 6
Second son of William Henry Castle and of his wife, Eleanor Wilhel-
mina Sadleir, of Pembroke Road, Kensington.
Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. 1904. Travelled in India, Spain, and
Germany, and worked at Toynbee Hall in 19 10. In 19 n he went to
Australia and worked on a Government Survey, returning to England in
1912, and settled in Surrey as a land agent. Was the author of a book of
poems entitled "The Gentle Shepherd."
Married, in 191 2, Muriel Isabel Catherine, only daughter of R. Mowbray
Howard, of Hampton Lodge, Surrey, and leaves a daughter.
2nd Lieutenant Castle enlisted in the Universities and Public Schools
Battalion on the outbreak of the War and, in February, 191 5, obtained a
Commission in the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. He went to
France in July, 191 6, and took part in the attack on Guillemont. He was
killed on August 31st, 191 6, by a gas shell at Delville Wood, during a
heavy bombardment.
TUDOR RALPH CASTLE
CAPTAIN R. A. B. CHANCELLOR
Royal 'Berkshire Regiment
High Street 09'- 1 4 ' A & cd 2 ' December 24th, 1916
Elder son of E. Bercsford Chancellor, M.A., F.R.H.S., of The Croft,
Wargrave, Berks, and of Mrs. Chancellor.
Monitor; Head of his House; Cricket XI 1914. Won the Shakespeare
Medal and the Bourchier History Prize. The late G. Townsend Warner
dedicated his book, " The Writing of English," to him. Matriculated at
Christ Church, Oxford, 1914.
Captain Chancellor, instead of going into residence at Oxford, obtained
a Commission in the Royal Berkshire Regiment on the outbreak of the
War. Three months later he became Lieutenant, and Captain in March,
1 916. He went to France with his Regiment in September, 191 5, where
they were in reserve, but not called on, at Loos, and in the following
December he moved with the Regiment to Salonika.
He died on December 24th, 1916, from the effects of shell wounds,
received while leading his men in a raid on the enemy trenches the
previous evening. Caring only for the conduct of the raid, he insisted that
the wounded men of his company should be carried back first, and remained
"joking and cheering on his men, with absolute disregard for himself."
Had he lived he would have been recommended for the D.S.O.
His Colonel wrote : —
" I cannot speak too highly of him. He was absolutely fearless, always
cool and collected in any emergency, and never by any chance lost his head.
He was a most valuable Officer ; his death is a great shock to me, and
he is an enormous loss to the Regiment."
Captain Rogers, of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, wrote : —
" He was such a splendid character, and never have 1 known a man
with a nicer mind. He was essentially a man in the best sense, yet with
all the intuition and sympathy of a woman."
Captain Pike, of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, wrote : —
"The few remaining old hands amongst us still talk from time to time
about Dick. The sense of our loss has not by any means diminished as
the days pass. I find it terribly hard to carry on without him. And if any
proof were needed that he did not die in vain, it would be afforded by
noticing the influence he still has in the Battalion."
Another brother-officer wrote : —
" I have never met such a well-informed fellow, nor one so well read
and interesting, and yet he was so utterly unaffected and modest."
RICHARD ALFRED BERESFORD CHANCELLOR
CAPTAIN L. S. CHARLES
Worcestershire Regiment (attached R.F.C.)
Church Hill 08^-14' Aged 21 July 30th, 1916
Second son of R. Stafford Charles, of Broomfield, Stanmore, Middlesex,
and of Mrs. Stafford Charles.
Entrance Scholar, 1908.
Captain Charles was gazetted to the Worcestershire Regiment in August,
1914, and left England for Gallipoli in May, 191 5, going straight into the
trenches on arrival. He was invalided home in the following August
suffering from shell shock. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in January,
1 91 6, and took his Pilot's Certificate in May, leaving for France on July
5th, 1 91 6. On July 30th he took part in an aerial fight, four of our
machines against twelve of the enemy, and was last seen descending in the
German lines with engine trouble. He was reported ' missing' until
October nth, when he was officially reported ' died on July 30th, in German
hands.'
His Squadron Commander wrote to his father : —
" He went over the lines for the first time on the 26th, with a party of
other machines from this Squadron, and had with them a fight with two
German machines, which were driven off". He was brought down on the
afternoon of the 30th, about 5.30 p.m., only the second time he went over.
They were in the neighbourhood of St. Quentin. This time they had
another fight, and your son and his Observer were seen by the others going
down under control, with blue smoke coming from the engine, which would
mean, not that the machine was on fire, but that a bullet had pierced one of
the cylinders. The machine, as I say, was going down under perfect control."
A brother-officer who was with him in Gallipoli wrote : —
"The Battalion has been 27 days in the firing line straight off the
reel. . . . Even Charles has gone back to the base with a touch of nerve
shock. Poor Charles, he did stick it magnificently, until it became too
much for him. He had an extremely hot corner to hang on to throughout
the Saturday and Sunday following the advance, and, although his Platoon
was under an incessant shell and rifle-fire, he kept them well in hand.
Eventually shells began dropping actually in the trench, after knocking down
his parapets and machine gun emplacements ; one shell alone killed four,
wounded another, and knocked off" Charles' hat, leaving him for the moment
practically speechless. He never gave way until relieved, and his line is still
intact."
LESLIE STAFFORD CHARLES
2nd LIEUTENANT F. D. T. COOPER
Royal Scots
High Street 1 1 »- 1 5 ' Aged 18 July 23rd, 1916
Son of F. T. Cooper, K.C., of 41 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh,
and of Mrs. Cooper.
2nd Lieutenant Cooper was killed in action in an attack on Waterlot
Farm on July 23rd, 1916. He had only been in France a few weeks. It
was merely owing to his own pluck that he was there at all, for he was only
eighteen when his name was put on the list accidentally, and his Adjutant
told him he need not go, but he insisted on being sent.
His Colonel wrote: —
" Your son was a most affectionate friend to me always : so considerate,
so kindly, so helpful, and as faithful to me in everything as an old faithful
dog. It is an odd likeness, but I know no other creature than a dog which
gives one that same unquestioning and unending affection and confidence.
" He was a brave boy, very keen, and my Regiment lost a splendid
Officer."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" I am afraid I cannot give you many particulars about your boy's
death, as I myself was knocked out by a gas shell about two days before
he was killed. I saw him last on the morning of the 19th. He was such
a fine boy, and so brave, and my Regiment lost a splendid Officer. His
death occurred on July 23rd, during an attack on Waterlot Farm. It was
impossible to bring back his body."
A brother-officer who was at Harrow with him wrote: —
" Douglas was such a splendid fellow, and such a good friend. He was
one of the kind that the better one knew him the more one grew to
esteem him."
FRANK DOUGLAS TOWERS COOPER
CAPTAIN J. O. COOPER
Royal Flying Corps
The Knoll 09'- 1 y Aged 20 July 21st, 19 16
Youngest son of the late Sir Alfred Cooper and of Lady Cooper, of
Ossemsley Manor, Christchurch.
Captain Cooper, who was in Australia when the War broke out, imme-
diately returned to England and joined the Royal Flying Corps. He was
officially posted as ' missing' on July 21st, 1916, but was later reported by
the Geneva Red Cross to have been shot down and killed on that date, while
on a bombing expedition over the German lines. He was considered by
all who knew him as one of the most promising men in the R.F.C., and, if
he had been spared, would have got his Squadron before he was twenty-
one.
His Squadron Commander wrote to his mother : —
" My whole Squadron sympathises with you. I can't tell you how
upset everyone is, he was so loved and respected. To me he is a very
great loss, my best Flight-Commander, and the best Pilot in my Squadron.
A very gallant fellow."
The sergeant in his Flight wrote : —
" He was a man without fear, with the heart of a lion. If at any time
there was the least idea of a machine being unfit to cross the lines, he would
always test it himself before sending anyone else. He won the respect and
admiration of all, from the Major to the newest joined Air Mechanic, and,
come what may, we shall never get another Captain Cooper."
JACK OLIVER COOPER
CAPTAIN C. N. CORY
Royal Field ^Artillery
Rendalls oi J -o+' Aged 28 October 30th, 1916
Son of Herbert B. Cory, of Druidstone, St. Mellons, Cardiff, and of
his wife, Constance Cory.
R.M.A., Woolwich, where he won the History Prize.
Captain Cory was gazetted to the Royal Field Artillery in 1907. In
191 1, when he was Whip to the Regimental Harriers at Bulford Camp, he
won the Harriers Steeplechase Cup, though in the course of the race he had
fallen and broken his collar-bone.
He went to the Front with the 72nd Battery forming part of the 6th
Division in September, 19 14. At the First Battle of Ypres this Battery
formed part of the 3rd Corps, which Lord French specially commended for
its great gallantry and devotion to duty. He served continuously in France
with this Battery until his death, with the exception of a few weeks when
he was in command of a Trench Mortar Battery. He was then given com-
mand of his original Battery, the 72nd, and a few weeks later, on October
30th, 19 1 6, was in his dug-out at Morval when a shell fell on it and killed
or wounded all the Officers of the Battery. His death was instantaneous
and he was buried at Festubert.
His Colonel wrote : —
"Captain Cory had not been long in his Battery, but in that time he had
endeared himself to all ranks, and we all feel that we have lost a valued
comrade, and that the Service has been deprived of a gallant and efficient
Officer."
The Captain of the Artillery of his Division wrote: —
" It will be some consolation to you to know how nobly and bravely
Captain Cory has borne himself and laboured in the great struggle. He
was always so quiet, sweet-tempered, and bright. I remember him working
away with his men after a terrible night a month ago, when his Battery
had lost all its Officers but one, getting into a new position. His men
loved him."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" He was one of the most gallant and efficient Officers in the Regiment,
and your great loss is ours also."
CYRIL NOEL CORY
SQUADRON-COMMANDER I. H. W. S. DALRYMPLE-
CLARK
Royal Naval Air Service
High Street oi'-o^ A 8 ed 2 9 September 8th, 191 6
Only son of I. H. Dalrymple-Clark, Civil Service, of 26 Hans
Crescent, S.W., and of Mrs. Dalrymple-Clark, of Farnham, Surrey.
Shooting VIII, 1904-5.
Married Margaret, daughter of Arthur Savory.
Squadron-Commander Dalrymple-Clark, after leaving Harrow, joined the
17th Lancers and retired in 1910. He then went in for flying, joining the
Royal Flying Corps, Naval Wing. He was killed in an accident while flying
at Cranwell on September 8th, 1916.
The following is taken from the Piloteer : —
"The sad accident on Friday, September 8th, deprived Cranwell of one
of its most energetic and capable Officers. Squadron-Commander I. H. W. S.
Dalrymple-Clark was universally acknowledged to be one of the best pilots
in the R.N.A.S., and his loss will be deeply felt throughout the whole
Service. Skilful and experienced, he will always be remembered as a most
steady and careful pilot, who never essayed foolhardy tricks, all his
exhibitions being carried out at safe altitudes. . . . the accident was one
which might happen to any two machines at any time when clouds are about,
and consequently no blame can possibly be attached to either pilot, nor
can any suspicion of carelessness be hinted at."
The following is taken from the Aeroplane : —
" After joining the R.N.A.S. he was stationed at Eastchurch, and
quickly showed that he was not only a very fine pilot, but had the gift of
studying his machine's peculiarities and reporting thereon in a manner which
made his tests of high value to the Service. From Eastchurch he was
transferred to the Central Flying School, under Commodore (then Captain)
Godfrey Paine, R.N., and was appointed instructor. There he did most
useful work, and was responsible for the training of many pilots who have
distinguished themselves on active service. Later on he was appointed to
experimental work and carried out many tests which produced far-reaching
results, not only as regards aeroplanes, but also concerning engines, bomb
dropping, and various scientific adjuncts to aircraft."
IAN HEW WALDGRAVE STAIR DALRYMPLE-CLARK
CAPTAIN E. B. M. DELMEGE, M.C.
East Lancashire Regiment
Druries 03 3 -o8* Aged 27 October 23rd, 1916
Son of S. Delmege, of Ballywire, Co. Tipperary, and of Mrs.
Dclmege.
Trinity College, Oxford.
Captain Delmege last visited Harrow when, as a Lieutenant in the East
Lancashires, in August, 1914, that Regiment lay in the football fields with
the Fourth Division, before going to France to take part in the Retreat
from Mons. He won the Military Cross early in the War for exceptional
dash and judgment and was on the point of being gazetted Major when he
was killed on October 23rd, 1916.
EYRE BOLTON MASSY DELMEGE
MAJOR A. H. N. DEVENISH
Royal Field Artillery
West Acre 86'-88 3 Aged 44 October 5th, 1916
Eldest son of the late Matthew Henry Devenish, senior partner in the
firm of Messrs. J. A. Devenish & Co., Brewers, Weymouth, and of
Mrs. Devenish.
Major Devenish joined the Royal Field Artillery in 1891 and served in
the South African War from 1899 to 1 902, being wounded at Driefontein.
He was twice mentioned in Despatches and received the Queen's and
King's medals with seven clasps. He retired as Captain in 1905 and joined
the Fife Militia.
He was called up on the outbreak of the War and was attached as
Major to the 15th Battery R.F.A. at Hilsea Barracks, Portsmouth. He
died on October 5th, 1 91 6, after an operation for appendicitis.
ARTHUR HENRY NOEL DEVENISH
2nd LIEUTENANT H. N. DICKINSON
Royal West Kent Regiment
Home Boarders o^-oo 1 Aged 34 October 13th, 191 6
Elder son of Henry Dickinson, of Martins, Burnham, Bucks, and late
of Peterborough House, Harrow-on-the-Hill, and of his wife, Ellen Marion
Dickinson.
Monitor, 1900.
Balliol College, Oxford, B.A. 1905. Barrister-at-Law at the Inner
Temple, 1905. He did not practise at the Bar, but devoted himself to
literary and political work. He threw himself earnestly into the cause of
Tariff Reform and wrote regularly for the World's Work and other papers :
was at one time Secretary of the Compatriots Club. Among his novels are
" Things that are Caesar's," " Keddy," which an article in the Observer called
the * the best, perhaps the only, novel on Oxford,' and "The Business of a
Gentleman."
In January, 191 5, 2nd Lieutenant Dickinson obtained a Commission in
the Royal West Kent Regiment and was for a time attached to the G.O.C.,
Chatham. Not satisfied, however, that he was bearing the full burden with
others, he rejoined his Regiment and went to the Front with the 6th
Battalion in June, 191 6. He was dangerously wounded on October 7th,
and, after cruel sufferings, cheerfully and heroically borne, died on October
13th, 1916.
A brother-officer wrote : —
" As far as I can make out, his wounds were caused by a shell which
landed in our trench. ... I learn from eye-witnesses that he was obviously
badly wounded, but refused to have anything done for himself, until all the
others had been attended to. He was most courageous, and, although he
was in so much pain, he walked about the trench with a smile on his face,
encouraging his men. His one disappointment was that he could not go
over the top with his Platoon. . . . The men were full of the extraordinary
amount of pluck he displayed. They could not praise him enough."
A Staff Officer wrote to his father : —
" It may be some very slight consolation to you to know that outside his
own family your son will be remembered always, not only as a very desirable
member of our Mess, but as a real man and a splendid Christian of the
finest type. He is a loss to the whole nation, because, had he suppressed
his natural modesty, he would have done great things."
HUMPHREY NEVILLE DICKINSON
CAPTAIN E. R. DONNER
%ifle Brigade
Moretons o9 3 -i4' Aged 21 September 3rd, 19 16
Elder twin son of the late Harry Philip Donner and of Mrs. Donner,
of Kington Langley, Chippenham, Wilts, late of 35 Prince's Gardens, S.W.
Head of his House. Football XL 191 2, 191 3, and represented the
School at Association Football.
Magdalen College, Oxford.
When the War broke out Captain Donner enlisted in the Buffs, and
shortly after, in October, 1 914, he was given a Commission in the Rifle
Brigade. He was promoted in February, 1915, and went out to the Front
in the following July. In September he was given his Captaincy, and was
subsequently mentioned in Despatches. He was killed in action at the
storming of Guillemont on September 3rd, 1916, at the head of his men.
The Officer in command at the time of his death wrote : —
" He was in the third line of German trenches, gallantly leading his
Company, when he was shot through the spine and dropped dead. When
he was in the front line I knew our Companies were then all right ; I
felt absolute security. For a boy just over twenty-one he was phe-
nomenal."
Another Officer wrote to his House Master : —
" You knew Donner well, so 1 need not tell you in what universal
respect he was held by both Officers and men. His Company was not all
that one might desire in many ways, when he took command of it nine
months ago. After two or three months, when he had had time to impress
his personality on it, it became the best in the Battalion, and more than
equal to many companies under the command of regular soldiers of many
years' experience."
Colonel Harrington, commanding nth Rifle Brigade, wrote : —
"1 had been in command of the nth Battalion until August 25th,
when I was wounded, so I was not with the Battalion when they did so
brilliantly on the 3rd September. I had many opportunities of appreciating
your son's excellent qualities, both as an Officer and a comrade. He was
a splendid Company leader and his loss to the Battalion will be very great.
He met his death, as all our best do, as a leader of men in a successful
enterprise ; but he was of a type that the British Army — and the nation,
for that matter — cannot afford to lose."
ERIC ROBIN DONNER
2nd LIEUTENANT E. S. DORAN
Royal Field Artillery
Newlands 03 3 -0 5* Aged 27 November 2nd, 19 16
Only son of Edward Anthony Doran, CLE., late Postmaster-General,
Bombay, retired, of Battenhurst, Wokingham, Berkshire, and of his wife,
Alicia Doran.
Was appointed to the Government Service in India, as Superintendent
of Post Offices in Burma.
On the outbreak of the War 2nd Lieutenant Doran volunteered for
field service and went to Egypt with the Field Post Office. He returned
to England at the end of 191 5, and enlisted in the Inns of Court O.T.C.
He was then sent to the R.A. Cadet School at Exeter, and was gazetted to
a Commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in August,
1 91 6. He left for the Front the following month and was posted to the
68th Battery R.F.A., 4th Division, in which he served till his death. He
was killed in action by a shell on November 2nd, 1916, near Ginchy.
The Major commanding 68th Battery R.F.A. wrote : —
" He seemed so absolutely fearless that one hoped his luck was in, but
I suppose it was willed otherwise. I cannot tell you what his loss means to
me personally or to the rest of the Battery, who absolutely loved him. His
end was a heroic and, I hope, a painless one. All my men wish me to
convey to you their sympathy, and to tell you that they loved him and
admired him as a lion-hearted British gentleman."
The Chaplain wrote to his father : —
" I fear that personally I only knew your son slightly ; the last time I
saw him was only two days ago, when I had lunch with him and the Major
at the Battery. But everyone to-day, in other Batteries as well as his own,
said the same thing of him — he was absolutely fearless and set a magni-
ficent example to his men, who are going through a very hard time in an
exposed position."
EDWARD SHERIDAN DORAN
LIEUTENANT G. F. ELLIOT
South Staffordshire Regiment
West Acre o4 3 -o8 7 Aged 26 August 31st, 19 16
Only son of Gerald Elliot, Solicitor, of Offendene, Sutton Road,
Walsall, and of his wife, Helen Elliot.
New College, Oxford, B.A. 1911.
Lieutenant Elliot went to the Front in September, 19 15. He was
wounded on February 16th, 19 16, and on this occasion was mentioned in
Despatches for gallant conduct in the Field. He returned to the Front in
July of the same year. He was reported wounded on August 31st, 191 6,
at Delville Wood and was afterwards presumed killed on his way back to
the Dressing Station.
His Colonel wrote: —
" He was a brave and fearless Officer and very popular with us all. He
is a great loss to the Regiment."
GEOFFREY FABER ELLIOT
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CAPTAIN H. S. FAREBROTHER, M.C.
Norfolk Regiment
The Head Master's o5'-o8 2 Aged 26 July 24th, 19 16
Younger son of the late E. W. Farebrother, F.R.I.B.A., and of his
wife Kate, nee Sutcliffe, now Mrs. Brooks Wood, of 15 Elm Place, South
Kensington, and grandson of the Rev. C. Farebrother, M.A., Rector of
Truham-cum-Corby, and Chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge.
Monitor, 1907.
R.M.C., Sandhurst, 1908.
Captain Farebrother was gazetted to the Norfolk Regiment in Novem-
ber, 1909, and served at Gibraltar, in Belgium, in India, and in Meso-
potamia. He went to the Front in November, 1914, and was three times
mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the Military Cross for con-
spicuous bravery at Shaiba, in Mesopotamia. It was there, on April 12th,
191 5, he received the wounds from which he died in London, on July 24th,
1916.
Colonel Peebles wrote to his Mother : —
" Your boy will be a great loss to the Regiment ; you know yourself
how popular he was with all ranks. We can ill afford to lose him."
Major Lodge wrote : —
" He seemed to have such a good influence both on the men and on his
brother-officers, quite extraordinary in such a young and most popular
man. You do not know what a blank his death will make in the
Regiment."
Colonel Luard wrote : —
" He was such a splendid fellow in every way."
Captain Temple-Frere wrote : —
" He was the best and keenest soldier I have ever seen."
HARCOURT SUTCLIFFE FAREBROTHER
CAPTAIN J. G. K. FARRAR
Lancashire Fusiliers
West Acre 94'-98 J Aged 36 October 4th, 19 16
Son of the late F. W. Lewis Farrar, Solicitor, and of Mrs. Farrar, now
Mrs. B. R. Beale, of Thorney Court.
Christ Church, Oxford. Was called to the Bar.
Married, in 1909, Gwendoline Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Fegan,
M.D.
When the South African War broke out Captain Farrar was in Australia,
and enlisted in the Tasmanian Light Horse, in which he became Lance-
Corporal, and served in the latter part of that War.
In August, 1914, he enlisted in the 1 8th Hussars and was subsequently
given a Commission in the Lancashire Fusiliers. After preliminary training
he first saw service in France, but his Battalion was then sent to another
Front. He was killed in action at Salonika on October 4th, 191 6.
His Commanding Officer wrote : —
"To me he was not just Captain Farrar, an Officer under my command,
but * Maria,' the intimate, whimsical, thoughtful comrade who would have
given any help, service, or advice I liked to ask, and he gave me all in full
measure. Over and over again he and I enjoyed a happy day together,
and his unfailing and humorous good spirits were a perpetual joy to me.
Full of resource as he was, full of gaiety, he was invaluable. He and
Wormald, always together, were an inseparable and splendid combination.
And as they were inseparable in service, so they became inseparable in
sacrifice and have passed into that sacred combination of brotherhood that
has left the Battalion infinitely the poorer."
JULIAN GORDON KNOWLES FARRAR
LIEUT.-COLONEL A. J. FIFE
Yorkshire Regiment
Elmfield 94 3 -g6 3 Aged 36 February 7th, 191 7
Elder son of the late Major William Henry Fife-Cookson, of Langton
Hall, Northallerton, and of Janet, daughter ot Admiral Boyle.
Married, in 1915, Mary Aileen Courage, and left two sons, the younger
ot whom died three weeks after his father.
R.M.C., Sandhurst.
Lieut. -Colonel Fife joined the K.R.R.C. in 1899. He served in the
South African War with the Mounted Infantry and was dangerously
wounded. Later he became A.D.C. to Sir Reginald Talbot, Governor-
General of Australia, and afterwards to Earl Grey in Canada.
In September, 1914, he was gazetted Major to the 4th (Reserve)
Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment. In May of the following year he
was in temporary command of the 2/5 Durham Light Infantry, and then
of No. 1 Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps at Grantham. In November,
1 91 6, he was in command of the Machine Gun Corps Base Depot in
France, where he died on February 7th, 191 7, from heart failure following
pneumonia.
The following are extracts from letters of brother-officers: —
" You can have no idea how fond we all were of him in the 2/5 Durhams,
and how greatly we missed him when he left us to join the M.G. Corps.
I can say that without exception he was the finest man I have ever met, and
I feel that I have lost, not only my Commanding Officer, but a great friend."
" It was a terrible shock to us all at the Depot and is very much felt by
all ranks here, as he was tremendously liked, and anyone would have done
anything for him."
" It will be such a great loss not only to you but to everyone else who
knew him, as he was so universally beloved."
" He gave inspiration to us all, both men and Officers."
ALEXANDER JOHN FIFE
LIEUT.-COLONEL A. E. FITZGERALD
East Surrey Regiment
West Acre 86 , -8c ; 3 Aged 45 July 13th, 19 16
Second son of the late R. A. Fitzgerald (O.H.), and of Mrs. Fitzgerald,
now Mrs. Blewitt, of Wallop House, Hampshire.
Married, in 1907, Mary Eleanor, second daughter of Colonel Irwin, of
Lynehow, Carlisle, and leaves two daughters.
After farming in Natal, Colonel Fitzgerald entered the British South
African Police as a Trooper and went through the operations in South
Africa in 1896, for which he received the medal. He obtained a Commis-
sion, in 1899, in the West Indian Regiment, and, after serving as Garri-
son Adjutant in Jamaica, he was specially employed in the Gold Coast,
and, in 1900, took part in the Ashanti Campaign, for which he also received
the medal. From 1 904-1908 he was with the Egyptian Army in the Soudan
and Kordofan, and, in 1908, was transferred as a Captain to the East Surrey
Regiment, serving most of his time with them in India. In 1902 he was
appointed Adjutant of the Nilgiri Volunteer Rifles in Ootacamund. He
was given his Majority in September, 191 5, when he proceeded to France,
as Second-in-Command of the 9th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry,
and took part in the Battle of Loos. Next day he was given the command
of the 15th Durham Light Infantry and served with them until he was
fatally wounded, in the Battle of the Somme, on July 1st, 1916, and died
twelve days latter.
He was mentioned in Despatches.
His Brigadier wrote : —
" There is no harm in telling you now that his name went in for
1 immediate reward ' of a D.S.O., and I have no doubt he would have got it,
had he lived, as 1 had especially * starred ' his name."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" There was not an Officer or a man in the Regiment who would not
have followed him anywhere, and, what is more, they did so, when they
were asked to the other day."
One of his men wrote : —
" We had a trying time of it. The Colonel worked wonderfully, and
the men loved him for the way he did it. They will never forget how brave
he was, and how he encouraged them and led them to victory that day."
ALBERT EDWARD FITZGERALD
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LIEUTENANT B. LA T. FOSTER
Manchester Regiment
The Grove 07*-i2* Aged 23 July 23rd, 19 1 6
Second son of the Rev. Frederic La Trobe Foster, late Vicar of
Brenchley, Kent, and of his wife, Frances Mary, nee Gladstone, of Combe
End, Woking.
Trinity College, Cambridge. He composed several songs, hymn tunes,
etc., one of which, a War Intercession, has had a circulation of over
30,000.
Lieutenant Foster was given a Commission in the Manchester Regiment
in October, 1914, and went to France in November, 1915. On November
25th he was slightly wounded, but recovered and came home for short
leave in May, 1916. He was reported * missing ' at the end of July, and
as nothing has since been heard of him he has been officially presumed
killed in action on July 23rd, 191 6.
His Commanding Officer wrote : —
" With my deepest sympathy I must tell you I believe he was killed.
He died anyway leading his men into an absolute hell and upheld to the
end the reputation of his Battalion. He was a most conscientious Officer,
a good worker, and liked by everyone."
A brother-officer wrote : —
"We attacked Guillemont from Trones Wood at 3.40 a.m. on July
23rd. It was almost dark, with a deceiving mist, and the shelling was so
heavy we could not see more than ten yards ahead. The Battalion fought
to the last, and, though so smashed about, are covered with glory. He was
leading the first wave on the right, where the wire had been imperfectly cut
by our artillery. They had about 75c yards to go, and he fell within 50
yards of the German trenches."
Another wrote : —
" He was so game — no matter how bad the day, or the weather, or the
Boches. He would get knocked down and come up smiling each time,
simply covered with mud and only his eyes shining. He was game all
through, and that's what Lancashire boys love."
Another wrote : —
"He was idolized by his men. ... If he was anywhere about it made
all the difference. His was a wonderful character. In many ways I never
expect to meet his equal."
BERNARD LA TROBE FOSTER
2nd LIEUTENANT D. D. FOWLER
Royal Flying Corps
The Park U a -I4> Aged 19 March 17th, 1917
Eldest son of the late James Fowler, of Dyxcroft, Rottingdean, and
Redcourt, Wimbledon Common, and of the late Mrs. Fowler.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
Was engaged to be married to Miss Joan Waterhouse, of Brighton.
2nd Lieutenant Fowler joined the Royal Flying Corps in March, 1916,
and spent some months on service in the North of England. In September,
1916, he was ordered to Salonika, and in the following month was wounded
and sent to Malta. In December he was invalided home and on recovery
was posted to the Aerodrome at Telscombe, near Brighton. He was killed
on March 17th, 191 7, at Telscombe, while night flying by orders from
Headquarters, as enemy aircraft had been sighted. The actual cause of the
accident is unknown, death being instantaneous. At the time of his acci-
dent he was Officer-in-Command at Telscombe Aerodrome. He was buried
with military honours in Rottingdean Churchyard.
At the inquest held at Newhaven, at which all the evidence procurable
was given, both Officers and men testified that he was a most competent and
skilful pilot. One of his men spoke of him as being "as fearless as a lion,
and as playful as a kitten." He was exceedingly popular, not only among
the Officers, but also among the men, and' his loss is greatly mourned at
Telscombe."
DAVID DENNYS FOWLER
2nd LIEUTENANT A. H. FRY
London Regiment
Newlands o^'-o^ Aged 30 October 31st, 19 16
Son of F. J. Fry, of Cricket St. Thomas, Chard, and of Mrs. Fry.
McCall Scholar 1904. Science and Mathematical Scholar, King's College,
Cambridge, 1904. Foundation Scholar, 1906. Bracketed 16th Wrangler,
1907. B.A., 1907. Called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 191 1.
He was devotedly fond of Harrow and one of his first acts on leaving it,
and finding himself in command of money, was to contribute generously
to the Land Purchase Scheme. His interest in the Science Schools was also
maintained after he left, and he helped very liberally both with their exten-
sion and equipment.
Married Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr. Carberry and Lady Henrietta
Evans.
2nd Lieutenant Fry, who was a member of the Inns of Court O.T.C. when
the War broke out, was given a Commission in the London Regiment in
March, 1915, and went to the Front in the following December. He was
wounded on October 8th, 19 16, when leading his Company in a night
attack, all the other Officers having been previously killed or wounded. It
was not until five days later that he reached the base hospital, where his right
leg was amputated. Septic poisoning, however, set in, and he died on
October 31st, 1916.
His Colonel wrote : —
" Although I knew from the first that there was no chance of his rejoin-
ing the Battalion, I quite hoped that he might have been spared to return
to a quiet life in England. We had no one braver or more conscientious
with us in the Regiment, and we all feel his loss greatly."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" He was singularly brave, conscientious, and thoughtful for others,
and all these qualities were very much in evidence on the night when he
was wounded."
ALFRED HAROLD FRY
LIEUTENANT R. A. GAULT
Grenadier Guards
Ncwlands !I t l \\ Aged 19 September 16th, 1916
Eldest son of Leslie Hamilton Gault, of Braehead, Montreal, and of
Tetton House, Taunton, and of Mrs. Gault.
Lieutenant Gault left Harrow in July, 1914, to take up a promising
business appointment. When the War broke out he returned to Harrow by
special permission, in order to prepare for the Army, and was gazetted to
the Grenadier Guards in January, 191 6. He was promoted Lieutenant on
September 10th, 191 6, and was killed in action six days later.
His Colonel wrote : —
" He died a most gallant death ; he fell doing outpost duty beyond the
first line of trenches on the night of September 16th. 1 am personally
very sad ; he was a dear, good, gallant lad, and was doing splendidly in
every way."
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ROBERT ANDERSON GAULT
SERGEANT D. B. GILLESPIE
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Home Boarders 93 a -97 2 Aged 36 September nth, 1916
Second son of William Gillespie, West India Merchant, of Fir View,
Weybridge, Surrey, and of his wife, Grace Gillespie.
Married Gwendoline M. Williams, and leaves three children.
Was for some years in the London and New York Office of his father's
firm, but latterly was fruit farming in Canada.
Sergeant Gillespie came over with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
He went to the Front in January, 1916, where he saw much active service
both in Flanders, and in France. He was killed on September nth,
191 6, during an advance on the Somme.
DAVID BRYCE . GILLESPIE
2nd LIEUTENANT A. S. GILMOUR
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Drurics o2'-o6' Aged 28 September 15th, 1916
Second son of the late A. Gilmour, of Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, and
of Mrs. Gilmour.
Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. 1909.
Parliamentary Secretary to W. Mitchell-Thomson, M.P. for North
Down, Ireland.
Married, in 191 2, and leaves a son and daughter.
2nd Lieutenant Gilmour enlisted as a Trooper in the London Yeomanry
in September, 191 4, and was afterwards given a Commission in the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders. He left for France in August, 19 16, and
was killed by a shell while leading his men over the parapet on September
15th, 1916, near Albert.
A brother-officer wrote: —
" He was the dearest and best fellow who ever lived, and the news has
cast a black cloud over the whole Battalion. . . . Dear old Alistair was out
and away the most loved Officer in the Battalion, and I must tell you that
guest-night to-night has been washed out — the first and only time I have
ever known such a thing to be done. Nobody had any heart for it."
Another wrote: —
" He died a gallant death, leading his men to the attack, on September
15th, at 6.30 a.m. I am giad to be able to tell you he was killed in-
stantaneously and can have suffered no pain. We brought him back and
buried him in a soldier's grave at Villa Wood, near Albert."
Another wrote : —
" Dear old Alastair was too good a man for those vile Huns to spare.
It seems that the best of our men have to go under. He was a real fine
fellow."
Another wrote : —
" He was the greatest man I ever met, and the man with the greatest
personality, and all of it for good. I realise to what an extraordinary
extent he influenced my life and the lives of all who ever met him."
ALASTAIR STUART GILMOUR
LIEUTENANT N. W. GODDARD-JACKSON
Northamptonshire 'Bjgiment
The Grove o9 3 -i4 a Aged 20 September 9th, 19 16
Elder son of Nicholas Goddard-Jackson, of Duddington, Stamford,
Northants, and of Mrs. Goddard-Jackson.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
Lieutenant Goddard-Jackson received a Commission in the Northampton-
shire Regiment and went to the Front in May, 191 6. He was killed on
September 9th, 191 6, whilst leading his men in an attack on the Bois des
Fourreaux (High Wood), near Longueval, and is buried there.
A brother-officer wrote : —
" He was leading his men very well and reinforcing the front line, where
needed. He was very popular in the Battalion, and will be greatly missed
by both Officers and men."
His Captain wrote : —
" We were all very proud of him. He was always extraordinarily
cheerful and extremely keen to get on. He was delighted at the chance of
getting to grips with the Hun, and it was in gallantly leading his men for-
ward that he was struck by a piece of shell and was killed outright."
NICHOLAS WILLIAM GODDARD-JACKSON
2nd LIEUTENANT F. GRISSELL
Coldstream Guards
Newlands 99 3 -04 3 Aged 30 September 15th, 19x6
Fourth and youngest son of Thomas de la Garde Grissell, of Redisham
Hall, Beccles, Suffolk, and of Frances Adelaide Grissell.
Adopted Architecture as a profession, serving his articles with Messrs.
Nicholson and Corlette. Studied at the Royal College of Art, and was
awarded the Diploma in Architecture; was elected an A. R.I. B. A. in 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Grissell, who, in 191 3, had accepted a three years' engage-
ment in Hong Kong, returned to England early in 191 5, and enlisted in
the Artists Rifles, subsequently receiving a Commission in the Coldstream
Guards. He was killed by the explosion of a German hand-grenade on
September 15th, 1916, after reaching the second objective during the
Guards' advance.
FRANCIS GRISSELL
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2nd LIEUTENANT C. W. A. HALLIDAY
Royal Field Artillery
Home Boarders o,8 s -04" Aged 31 November 17th, 1916
Fourth and youngest son of James Halliday, East India Merchant, of
Fishers, Harrow-on-the-Hill, and of Mrs. Halliday.
Monitor 1904. Football XI 1902-3, Captain 1903.
King's College, Cambridge, 1904, B.A. 1907. Rowed in his College
Boat : was a member of the King's Tennis VI, and of the Chetwynd
Society. Was in business in Liverpool for three years, then for a year in
London, and afterwards in Calcutta.
2nd Lieutenant Halliday returned from India in February, 191 6, and
after joining an O.T.C. was given a Commission in the Royal Field
Artillery, and went to the Front in July, 1 91 6. He was wounded on
November 8th, 191 6, and was taken to the 2/2 London Casualty Clearing
Station, but died nine days later.
The Doctor who attended him in hospital wrote : —
" Poor Halliday died yesterday — quite happy up to the very end, and
quite free from any sort of pain throughout his illness. The Padre told
me that his end was most peaceful and almost cheerful, as he was smiling
and talking away quite joyously over the happy scenes of his youth, as long
as breath was in his body."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" . . . It is also a great loss to the Royal Regiment. His keenness in
his work and his unselfishness and cheeriness at all times were splendid, and,
as I told you in my former letter, the value of his work to the Battery at a
time of stress was very considerable indeed. The last thing he would have
done was to spare himself; he always wanted to do more than his share.
. . . The other Subaltern had come to relieve him at the Observation Post,
and a shell came and got them both. In the same neighbourhood many
casualties have occurred ; altogether it was an unlucky spot for us. ... I
have wandered about a bit in parts of the world where one meets real men
and have met some splendid characters, and it does me good to think that
your son was one of them. A splendid character, who always thought of
his job and of others first, a cheery messmate, and a brave man."
CHARLES WALTER ALEXANDER HALLIDAY
LIEUTENANT J. H. HARFORD
South Wales Borderers
Moretons io'-i4 a Aged 20 October 26th, 1916
Eldest son of John Charles Harford, of Blaise Castle, Henbury, and
Falcondale, Lampeter, and of Blanche Amabel, second daughter of the Right
Hon. St. John Raikes, late Postmaster-General.
Was Captain of his House at Cricket and House Racket-player, and
won the Cross Country Race in 1914.
Lieutenant Harford had matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford,
but never went into residence, joining instead the 3rd Battalion, South
Wales Borderers, in September, 1914. In May, 191 5, he was sent to
Mudros, being attached to the 2nd Royal Fusiliers, and was severely
wounded in Gallipoli by shrapnel, on June 30th, 1915. After being in
hospital at Alexandria he was sent home and rejoined the South Wales
Borderers in December, 191 5. In March, 1916, he was sent with a draft to
Egypt, and was transhipped to France the following month, being attached
to the 2nd Battalion.
He was killed during a night patrol on October 26th, 1916. He was
lying in a shell-hole close to the German trench attempting to locate the
wire, when the enemy sent up Very lights and, in trying to confirm his work,
he showed himself and was shot dead by a German sniper.
His Colonel wrote : —
" He always stuck it and always carried out whatever orders were given
him with the utmost cheerfulness."
The Chaplain wrote : — " He went to his death like a gallant gentle-
man," and all his brother-officers wrote in the same strain of his pluck, and
of his cheerful discharge of duty.
JOHN HENRY HARFORD
2nd LIEUTENANT G. H. HARRISON, M.C.
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Druries og'-i^. 1 Aged 20 August 21st, 1916
Elder son of the late Major W. Harrison, nth Hussars, of West
Hill, Stalybridge, Cheshire, and of the late Ethel Henry, daughter of the
late Major Alexander Henry Davies, of Villa Floridiana, Naples, afterwards
Lady McDonnell of Dalness.
Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Harrison, who twice failed to pass the Army eye test,
eventually succeeded in getting into the Pembroke College Training Corps,
and was gazetted to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in January,
1915. He went out to France in May, 1916, and had only been there
three months before his death. He was posthumously awarded the Mili-
tary Cross on January 1st, 1917. He was mortally wounded on August
1 8th, 1916, while leading his Platoon in an attack on the enemy trenches at
High Wood, Fourreaux. He was hit in the arm but refused to turn back,
then wounded again, this time mortally, and died at Heilly three days
later. In his last letter home he wrote : — " I expect to have more heavy
fighting shortly. We are making history these days, and it is worth what
it may cost."
His Colonel wrote : —
" I liked the boy so much. He was such a nice lad, and I always felt
sure he would be a good fighter. I saw the Colonel of the 1st Battalion
here yesterday on leave. He told me that Harrison had done very well
for some time, and said he wanted to get him the Military Cross. He
spoke of him in the warmest terms. I always knew and said there was
good stuff in that boy, and how proud his father would have been."
Major Phillips wrote : —
" He was a very brave Officer and continued on after being wounded in
the arm. His men were very full of his courage. He was shortly after
hit again by a rifle bullet. He was through the actions on the nth and
15th July and did very well, very pleased that he accounted for a Boche or
two himself."
A Sergeant in his Platoon wrote : —
" Even after receiving his last wound one of the men wanted to stay
with him, but Mr. Harrison would not allow it and said that every man
was wanted who could possibly reach the Boche trench."
GEORGE HERBERT HARRISON
MAJOR G. W. HEMANS
29/A Lancer s y Indian Cavalry
Rendalli 93 «- 9 6« Aged 37 March 4 th, 191 7
Only son of Colonel A. G. W. Hemans, of Eagle Towers, Southsea,
and of Mrs. Hemans, and great-grandson of Felicia Hemans, the poetess.
R.M.C., Sandhurst.
Married, in 1909, Helen, daughter of the late Rev. A. J. Myers, and
leaves a son and a daughter.
After passing out of Sandhurst Major Hemans was gazetted to the
Indian Army. He was then attached to the Cheshire Regiment and subse-
quently transferred to the Indian Cavalry. He was well known in India as
a keen and most successful big-game hunter.
He went to France early in the War and was mentioned in Lord
French's Despatches of October, 1915. He was killed in action on March
4th, 1917, having only just returned to the Front after riding in the King's
Imperial escort at the opening of Parliament. At the time of his death he
was commanding a detachment of his Regiment.
The Brigadier-General commanding the Lucknow Cavalry Brigade
wrote: —
" He endeared himself to all who knew him by his cheeriness and sense
of duty, and the loss to his Regiment and this Brigade cannot easily be
replaced."
His Colonel wrote : —
" His loss is very deeply felt by the Regiment, in which he was beloved
by all. He was always cheery and bright, and eager to take part in any
enterprise where duty called. If we all do our duty like him we must be
happy, whatever happens."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" He was a very gallant gentleman in every sense of the word — no kinder-
hearted or more honourable fellow ever lived."
Another wrote : —
" He was one of the most popular and straightest fellows I have ever
met."
GEORGE WILLOUGHBY HEMANS
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LIEUT.-COLONEL A. M. HOLDSWORTH
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Church Hill 89'-94' Aged 40 July 6th, 1916
Eldest son of Arthur Frederick Holdsworth, J. P., of Widdicombe
House, Kingsbridge, South Devon, and of his wife, Florence Anne Holds-
worth.
Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Played cricket for Berkshire and Devon.
Was one of the Regimental Polo Team which played at Madrid on the
occasion of King Alfonso's Coronation.
Lieut.-Colonel Holdsworth was gazetted to the Berkshire Regiment,
from the Devon Militia, in April, 1900. He served with the 1st Battalion
until 1912, being made Captain in 1910. He was appointed Adjutant of
the 3rd Battalion in 1912.
On the outbreak of the War he proceeded with his Battalion to Ports-
mouth, where he remained until the end of 1915, being promoted to the
rank of Major in September of that year. In December, 191 5, he was
appointed Lieut.-Colonel, to command the 2nd Battalion of his Regiment in
France, remaining in command until July 1st, 1916, when he was twice
severely wounded in the Battle of the Somme at Ovillers la Boiselle. He
died of his wounds five days later, on July 6th, 1916, in No 24 General
Hospital, at Etaples.
Their Majesties, the King and Queen, sent a letter of sympathy to his
parents.
General Hudson, commanding 8th Division, wrote to him, on hearing
he was wounded : —
"Just a few lines to say how sorry I am to hear you are wounded and
to express my admiration at the gallant conduct of your Battalion in the
action of July 1st. It was magnificent and will rank on a level with the
finest achievements of the Royal Berkshires — it is hard to say more.
Everything that I asked you to do was done, and no man could have done
better. The men are cheery and full of spirit, awaiting another chance."
The Medical Officer who attended him wrote to his mother : —
" Your son was wounded early by a shell. The whole of his heel was
blown away, but he kept on for six hours walking on his toes, when he was
hit by a bullet just above the knee, the bullet smashing his thigh bone. . . .
I think his courage and endurance in ■ carrying on ' for six hours after his
left foot was shattered were marvellous. 1 wish we could have saved his
life, but I fear there was not much hope."
ARTHUR MERVYN HOLDSWORTH
2nd LIEUTENANT A. C. HOLLAND
Bedfordshire Regiment
Church Hill oz'-o^ Aged 28 July 27th, 1916
Youngest son of Dr. James Frank Holland, H.B. Majesty's Consul
for the Engadine, and Resident Physician at St. Moritz, Switzerland, and
of his wife, Jeanette Calder Holland.
After leaving School he went to Neuchatel and then to Merton College,
Oxford. B.A. 1910. Oxford University Tennis Team 1910-11, Captain
191 1. On coming down from Oxford he entered Messrs. Rothschilds's in
New Court.
2nd Lieutenant Holland enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion on
the outbreak of the War and was subsequently given a Commission in the
Bedfordshire Regiment. He went to France in January, 191 6, and served
for some months in the 10th Entrenching Battalion, being subsequently
attached to the 1st Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment. He was
killed by the bursting of a shell on the night of July 27th, 191 6, while
leading his men in Delville Wood, near Longueval.
Lieut. -Colonel Allason, commanding 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regi-
ment, wrote : —
" You will by now have heard of your son's death in action on the 27th
inst. He is a great loss to the Regiment, always cheery and a great
favourite with the men. We all sympathize most deeply with you."
Lieutenant Ernest Jungius wrote : —
" It grieves me to have to tell you that Archie was killed during an
attack on the 27th inst His last words to his Captain were : c Carry on,
old man, don't worry about me. I'm all right.' I and the rest of the
Officers cannot express to what extent we feel his loss. The men simply
loved him and they expressed this love in the only way they knew and that
was during the rest of the fight. It will interest you to know that the
Battalion did exceedingly well."
Lieutenant Francis E. Jones, R.E., 10th Entrenching Battalion, wrote: —
" I know how bitterly you will feel Archie's loss. At the same time you
must be proud that he died while so nobly doing his duty. Our Command-
ing Officer told me, soon after he came to us, how very proud he was to
have such a fine Officer in the Battalion. He was greatly liked by both
Officers and men, and on works was the most painstaking Officer I have
ever had."
ARCHIBALD CLARE HOLLAND
CAPTAIN R. B. HOLLAND
Royal West Kent Regiment
The Head Master's 043-08 3 Aged 25 October 2nd, 191 6
Youngest son of the late William T. Holland and of Mrs. W. T.
Holland, of The Gables, Bexley, Kent.
Married, in 1916, Marcia, only daughter of the late W. Saunders, and
leaves one son.
Became a Freeman of the City of London in March, 191 3, and was
admitted a Solicitor in April, 1914.
Captain Holland enlisted on 3rd August, 1914, in the Inns of Court
O.T.C., together with his thrt- brothers. Early in the following month he
obtained a Commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal West Kent Regi-
ment, was promoted Lieutenant in November, 1914, and Captain in March,
19 1 5. He went with his Battalion to France in the following July, and
there received the command of his Company. He was the Officer in
charge of the party of Royal West Kents mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's
Despatches as having held out for forty-eight hours in Trones Wood. He
was killed in action at Thiepval on October 2nd, 1916.
His Commanding Officer wrote : —
11 What can I say ? I have lost a dear and treasured friend. The
Battalion has lost one of the very best and most valuable Officers it has
ever had, or is likely to have, and B Company, believe me, is dazed. Poor
old Ralph was just coming out of his dug-out when a shell burst and frac-
tured his spine, and he died within half an hour, without recovering con-
sciousness."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" Few men have accomplished more than he did during the short period
he was in the Army ; he covered himself with glory, and I can believe that
his skill and heroism in the Trones Wood will go down to history as one
of the finest incidents of the War."
Another wrote : —
" He accomplished much in his short lifetime, and his achievements
will live for all time. Many an older man would feel proud to have done
a little of what he did."
Another wrote : —
" I have always felt that, with all his fun and gaiety, he had a vein of deep
earnestness. He was brave and true, and would not have wished a different
death."
RALPH BERTRAM HOLLAND
2nd LIEUTENANT J. C. HOW
Royal West Surrey Regiment
Head Master's, 12--15 3 ' 19 A P ril 2nd > *9 X 7
Elder son of Charles Walsham How, Solicitor, of 49 Lincoln's Inn
Fields, W.C., and of 20 Montague Road, Richmond, Surrey, and of his
wife, Mabel Louisa How.
R.M.C., Sandhurst, 1916, passing in fourteenth with a Prize Cadetship.
2nd Lieutenant How was gazetted to the Queen's Regiment in August,
1 916, joining the Reserve Battalion. He went to France in November,
191 6, and joined the 2nd Battalion on the Somme Front. He was instan-
taneously killed by machine-gun fire, while leading his Platoon into action
near Croisilles, on April 2nd, 1917.
His Colonel wrote to his father: —
" We all liked your son so much, and his loss will be very much felt by
the Battalion, as he was so very thorough and keen in his work."
The Chaplain wrote to his father : —
" I knew your son well and liked him very much, as I know his Com-
pany Commander did too. The Colonel also thought a lot of him. Quiet
and unassuming, he was very conscientious in the performance of his
duties."
A school-fellow wrote from the R.M.A., Woolwich : —
M The ' Old Bird,' as he was always known to us at Harrow, was one of
my greatest friends. He was always awfully keen to get into Sandhurst
and get to business. The indefatigable keenness with which he used to
carry out his corps work (even in days when it was not so popular as it is
now) used to amaze and almost amuse us. I am sure that no Harrovian
was ever more worthy of a soldier's life and a soldier's death than he."
JOHN CHRISTIAN HOW
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2nd LIEUTENANT A. W. ISAAC
Worcestershire Regiment
The Knoll 87 s -92' Aged 42 July 7th, 191 6
Eldest son of the late John Swinton Isaac (O.H.) of Boughton Park,
Worcester, and of Mrs. Isaac.
Oriel College, Oxford. Partner in the firm of Berwick & Co.,
and, after their amalgamation with the Capital and Counties Bank, one of
the local Directors. Played cricket for Worcestershire for many years and
was for a long time Hon. Treasurer of the County Cricket Club, and
Captain of the Worcestershire Gentlemen. He was also a member of the
Worcestershire Hunt and, a few years ago, wrote a history of the Wor-
cester Old Bank.
Married, in 1899, Lucy, only daughter of the Rev. Foley Vernon,
Rector of Shrawley, Worcestershire, and leaves two sons.
2nd Lieutenant Isaac received his Commission in the Worcestershire
Regiment in July, 191 5, and was bombing Officer to the 5th Battalion.
He then went out to the Front and was killed at Contalmaison, on July
7th, 1916.
ARTHUR WHITMORE ISAAC
CAPTAIN G. L. JACKSON
Rifle Brigade
Rendalls o8'-i3* Aged 23 April 9th, 1917
Eldest son of Colonel Geoffrey M. Jackson (O.H.), late commanding
Sherwood Foresters T.F., D.L. and J. P. for Derbyshire, Managing
Director of Clay Cross Colliery Company, and of his wife Jessie C. C.
Jackson, and nephew of the Right Hon. F. Huth Jackson (O.H.), Governor
of the School.
Monitor; Head of his House; Cadet Officer; Prize for English Essay
1913 ; Cricket XI 191 1—12—13, Captain 1913 ; Ebrington Cup for Field-
ing 1912-13; Mr. Kemp's Cup for best catch 1913 ; Football XI 1913 ;
School Racket-player 1912-13, and Winner of the Ebrington Racket.
Balliol College, Oxford, 191 3. Twelfth man for the Oxford XI, 1914.
Played several times for Derbyshire.
Captain Jackson was given a Commission in the Rifle Brigade on the
outbreak of the War and went to France in October, 1914. He was in-
valided home, after the 2nd Battle of Ypres, suffering from gas poisoning,
and served in England for some months with his Reserve Battalion. He
returned to France, as Adjutant of the 1st Battalion, in December, 191 5,
and served continuously till his death. He was mortally wounded on April
9th, 1 9 17, by a piece of shell at the Battle of Arras, after advancing about
6000 yards, and died before reaching the Dressing Station. He was men-
tioned in Despatches on January 1st, 1916.
The Colonel of the 1st Rifle Brigade wrote to his father : —
"To the Battalion the loss of an Officer like your son is irreparable.
He was popular with everyone, a keen and capable Officer, who had the
best Company in the Battalion, and a great influence for good with all."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" He was the keenest soldier 1 ever met and was awfully pleased when
he heard that he was ■ going over ' with his Company on that morning. . . .
I want you to realize how magnificent his end was : he died with the Batta-
lion he loved most and had served in longer than anyone else."
The Colonel of the 5th Rifle Brigade, with whom he trained at Minster,
wrote : —
"It always struck me as such a fine testimony to his character that,
with all his splendid record at Harrow, he was entirely unspoilt. He was
indeed the very beau ideal of an English Officer and gentleman."
GEOFFREY LAIRD JACKSON
LIEUTENANT E. W. R. JACQUES
Northamptonshire Regiment
Rendalls 09 3 -i3' Aged 21 August 1 6th, 19 16
Eldest son of the late Rev. W. B. Jacques, sometime Vicar of Whittle-
le-Woods, Lancashire, and Rector of Burton Latimer, Kettering, and of his
wife, Gertrude M. Jacques, of Orlingbury Hall, Wellingborough.
Brasenose College, Oxford, 191 3.
Lieutenant Jacques was given a Commission in the 1/4 Northampton-
shire Regiment in September, 1914. He resigned this and went to Sand-
hurst and was gazetted to the 1st Northamptonshire Regiment in May,
1 91 5, in which month he was promoted Lieutenant. He went to the
Front in November, 1915. He was killed on August 16th, 1916, while
leading his Platoon into action in High Wood, Fourreaux, and was buried
at the Extension Cemetery at Bazentin-le-Petit.
His Colonel wrote to his mother: —
" I was personally very fond of your son and feel his loss much. We
all sympathize with you in your great loss, for he was much liked by all,
Officers and men. The Regiment has lost heavily, but it had done magnifi-
cently, and the success was great. Everyone was prouder than ever of his
Regiment, which he knew had done successfully all that could be done."
The Chaplain wrote to his mother : —
" You will have heard by now that your splendid son has been killed.
He was such a brave and lovable boy, and we cannot bear to think that we
shall see him no more. In the fight before the one in which he met his
death they tell me he behaved magnificently, and everyone was full of his
praises. It is impossible to believe that such a splendid life is ended."
EDWARD WILLIAM RIGBYE JACQUES
CAPTAIN E. H. C. LE MARCHANT
Hampshire Regiment
The Head Master's o8 3 -i3* Aged a 2 October 29th, 19 16
Son of Colonel E. H. Le Marchant, the Hampshire Regiment, and of
Mrs. Le Marchant.
Cricket XI, 1913. Football XI, 1912.
On leaving Harrow Captain Le Marchant was intending to go to Sand-
hurst, but ultimately took a Commission direct in his father's old Regiment.
He was wounded at Ypres in October, 1 9 1 5, and, after a brief spell of leave,
again returned to the Front and was gazetted Captain in July, 1916. He
died on October 29th, 1 9 16, of wounds received in action six days before.
Many messages were received by his mother both from British Tommies
and French soldiers, some of these writing with the warmth of personal
regard, and others expressing sorrow for the loss of one whom they knew
and admired as a soldierly personality.
EDWARD HERBERT CHARLES LE MARCHANT
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2nd LIEUTENANT M. T. VAUGHAN LEWES
IVehh Regiment {attached R.F.C.)
The Head Master's og^* Aged 21 July 22nd, 191 6
Only child of the late Captain Price Vaughan Lewes, R.N., C.B.,
D.S.O., who died in command of H.M.S. "Superb" in 1914, and grand-
son of Colonel J. Lewes, of Llanear, Cardiganshire, well known as the
1 Hero of the Redan ' or ' Redan ' Lewes, and of Mrs. Vaughan Lewes, ne'e
Tulloch.
Studied at the Royal School of Mines, Camborne, and spent a year in
Canada. Had travelled in most parts of the world.
2nd Lieutenant Vaughan Lewes was gazetted to the Welsh Regiment in
September, 1914. He went to France in the following May and was
immediately attached to the Monmouthshire Regiment. He went through
the heavy fighting of the spring of 191 5, round Ypres, and was wounded in
the engagement at Andverous, but refused to be sent to the base and
returned to duty as soon as possible.
After short leave home he became attached to the Royal Flying Corps
and was engaged in reconnaissance work. A brilliant pilot, he brought
down three enemy planes the week before his death. It was while engaged
in a flight over the German lines on July 15th, 191 6, that he received the
injuries to which he succumbed. He had lost his way in a dense fog and
remained for many hours in the air, unable to land for fear of descending
in the German lines. When at last he did come down he was severely
wounded by shrapnel, and the aeroplane failed to work properly and got
out of control. He took the only chance that remained and jumped from
the machine, but sustained a shattered leg and internal injuries. He was
taken to the hospital, but, after lingering a few days, succumbed on July
22nd, 1 9 16, and was buried in the cemetery at Bailleul.
MARTYN TULLOCH VAUGHAN LEWES
LIEUTENANT G. LAWSON LEWIS
Lancashire Fusiliers
High Street o6 3 -u' Aged 24 July 9th, 1916
Eldest and only surviving son of Fred Lawson Lewis, Solicitor and
Clerk to the Lewes Magistrates, and of his wife, Edith Augusta Lawson
Lewis, of Benenden, Eastbourne, and St. Swithun's, Lewes.
Football XI, 1908-10; Captain, 1910. Twelfth man for the Cricket XI,
1 910. Won (with T. B. Wilson) the Torpid Fives in 1908 and the Cock-
house Fives in 1910.
Was engaged to Evelyn Colledge, daughter of W. S. Colledge, East-
bourne.
Lieutenant Lawson Lewis went to France in May, 191 5, returning home
in December of that year with a dislocated shoulder. He returned to France
in May, 1916, and was mortally wounded on the 8th July, 1916, in the Battle
of the Somme, dying on the following day at Le Treport, where he is
buried.
At the time when Warsaw was evacuated by the Russians he performed
a characteristically plucky feat. The Germans serving in the trenches
opposite triumphantly erected a small board containing the news "Warsaw
capitulated." During the night, at considerable risk, Lieutenant Lawson
Lewis crept across the intervening space and secured the board as a trophy
of war, much to the disgust of the Germans when they discovered their loss
next morning.
GRAHAM LAWSON LEWIS
BRIGADIER-GENERAL W. LONG, C.M.G., D.S.O.
Royal Scots Greys
Moretons M'-tf* A g cd 37 January 28th, 191 7
Eldest son of the Right Hon. Walter H. Long (O.H.), M.P., First
Lord of the Admiralty, and of Lady Doreen Long.
Champion Light Weight Boxer, and twice won the Middle-weight box-
ing Championship of the British Army.
Married, in 1910, the Hon. Sibell Johnstone, eldest daughter of Lord
Derwent, and leaves one son.
Brigadier-General Long was gazetted to the Scots Greys in 1890.
He served through the South African War and was wounded at Dronberg,
after the Relief of Kimberley, having taken part in the famous ride of
Sir John French. He was twice mentioned in Despatches and received the
D.S.O. Part of the time he served as A.D.C. to General Bruce Hamilton.
He went to France in August, 1914, being then Captain in charge of a
Squadron, and was shortly afterwards promoted Major, then Lieut-Colonel
Commanding the 6th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, and received the
C.M.G. He was several times mentioned in Despatches, and promoted to
Brigadier-General Commanding 56th Brigade, 19th Division, and made a
Brevet Lieut.-Colonel.
He was killed in action when in the trenches at Hebuterne on
January 28th, 191 7.
His Majesty the King wrote : —
" The Queen and I are deeply grieved to hear that your son has been
killed in action after such a distinguished career, and in the prime of youth.
I regret that my Army has lost one of its promising young Generals."
H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught wrote : —
" In Toby the Army and the Scots Greys have lost a splendid Officer,
who has always set the finest example and whose name will long be remem-
bered. His has been a glorious death, falling in action in command of his
Brigade."
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig wrote : —
" As the General under whom he was directly serving will have told
you, his death deprives the Army of one of our best Brigadiers. As a
soldier he was so practical, and thoroughly up to his work. I always felt he
was sure to attain high rank, and, as a man, he was loved and admired by
us all for his manly straightforward ways."
WALTER LONG
LIEUTENANT A. V. LOWRY-CORRY, M.C.
Grenadier Guards
Rendalls 09 3 -i3* Aged 20 September 12th, 191 6
Eldest son of Colonel Noel Lowry-Corry (O.H.), D.S.O., of Rowton
Castle, Shrewsbury.
R.M.C., Sandhurst.
On leaving Sandhurst Lieutenant Lowry-Corry was given a Commission
in the Grenadier Guards, his father's Regiment. In April, 1915, he was
sent out to France with the 2nd Battalion, and on May 1 8th he was awarded
the Military Cross, given on the Field. On this occasion his Commanding
Officer wrote : — " Armar did very well. His Company suffered heavily,
but he never lost his head, and, when his Captain and brother subalterns
were knocked out, he took command of the Company and brought them out.
He had previously done very good work with patrols and is a very promis-
ing Officer."
On August 2nd, 1915, he was wounded by the explosion of a bomb at
Givenchy, and for some time it was feared he would lose his sight. How-
ever, he recovered and in April, 1916, he returned to France, being for a
time at Brigade Headquarters as Lewis Gun Officer and acting Adjutant.
He was killed on September 12th, 191 6, by a stray bullet while helping
his Captain to settle points for an attack.
The General of the Brigade wrote : —
" You know as well as I what he was to all of us, the best of soldiers,
the cheeriest of companions, and a perfect tiger to fight. You can realize
how we all miss him."
The Officer commanding the Grenadier Guards wrote : —
" His Company was ordered to do a bombing attack. Armar was at the
top of his form, full of go, and went off saying how lucky he was to be
1 in it.
The Adjutant wrote : —
" He was the bravest boy I ever saw, always ready to take on the most
dangerous job, and he generally did it well and always did his best."
His Company Officer wrote : —
" If I may offer to you the sympathy of all the Officers of the Battalion,
it cannot lessen the blow, but may help you to bear it. Apart from the loss
of a most promising Officer to the Regiment, I am personally sorry to lose
a most cheery subaltern with lots of * devil and go' about him."
He was mentioned in Despatches on January 1st, 191 6.
ARMAR VALENTINE LOWRY-CORRY
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MAJOR J. B. LYNCH, D.S.O.
i ith Cavalry, Indian Army
Home Boarders 97^-00* Aged 33 March 5th, 191 7
Only son of Colonel James Beverley Lynch, late Commandant 12th
Cavalry, Indian Army, and of Mrs. Lynch, daughter of General George
Williams Bishop, Indian Army.
Major Lynch was gazetted to the 87th, Royal Irish Fusiliers, through
the Militia, in 1901, joining his Regiment in South Africa during the War.
He received the King's Medal and three clasps. Returning to England on
the conclusion of peace he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion, then in
India. In 1906 he won the Rackets Championship open to all India. In
1908 he was appointed to the 12th Cavalry Indian Army.
At the beginning of the War he was appointed Assistant Embarcation
Officer at Bombay, and in April, 1915, proceeded to Mesopotamia as Staff
Captain, being appointed to the 6th Cavalry Brigade. In January, 191 7,
he became Brigade-Major.
He was mentioned in the Gazette of June 12th, 1917, for distinguished
service rendered in connection with the operations at Shaiba in April, 19 15.
He was with the 6th Cavalry Brigade in the advance on Baghdad in the
autumn of 1915, and fought through the battle of Ctesiphon and the sub-
sequent retirement. In connection with this his Brigadier wrote : — "He
also carried orders for me on November 22nd and December 1st under
heavy fire all day without regard to risk, and exhibited generally coolness
and intrepidity. His horse was wounded."
He was again with the 6th Cavalry Brigade as Brigade-Major in the
victorious advance on Baghdad in March, 19 17. He was killed on the
morning of March 5th when he had gone forward with his Brigadier to
observe the position of the retreating Turks.
He was given the D.S.O. on January 1st, 191 8.
His Brigadier wrote : —
" He was my Brigade-Major, and is a great loss not only to me but also
to the whole Brigade. He was regarded by all of us as a fine soldier, and
a gallant Officer and gentleman. I trust that it may be some consolation to
his family to know how much his loss is felt by the whole Brigade."
JASPER BEVERLEY LYNCH
MAJOR E. L. LYON
iSth Hussars
Elmfield 92 , -96* Aged 39 September 17th, 1916
Son of Mrs. Lyon, of 15 Rue Las Casas, Paris.
Football XI, 1895. Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was married, and leaves a widow.
Major Lyon joined the 18th Hussars in 1900, being promoted Captain
in I909. He served in the South African War, and was awarded the
Queen's and King's Medals with four clasps. From June, 1907, to
March, 1909, he was A.D.C. to the Governor of New Zealand, and in
September, 1913, he was appointed Officer of a Company of Gentlemen
Cadets at Sandhurst.
On the outbreak of the War he was attached to the Somerset Light
Infantry and died of wounds received in action, on September 17th, 19 16.
EDWARD LYCETT LYON
LIEUT.-COLONEL W. H. MacGEORGE
Late 6th Dragoon Guards
High Street 64'-66 3 Aged 65 December 16th, 1916
Eldest son of Colonel William MacGeorge, of 18 Cleveland Square, W. }
and of his wife, Dorothy Fagan MacGeorge, nie Steel.
Married, in 1893, Hannah Mary Hainsworth, and leaves a daughter.
Lieut. -Colonel MacGeorge joined the 6th Dragoon Guards (Cara-
bineers) in 1870, and was Lieut.-Colonel Commanding from 189 1 to 1895,
when he retired. During the War he was in command of the Military
Guard, Alexandra Palace.
He died of double pneumonia on December 16th, 1916, at Alexandra
Palace.
WILLIAM HENRY MACGEORGE
LANCE-CORPORAL A. R. MARGESSON
Manchester Regiment
Small Houses 9V-96 3 Aged 38 January nth, 1917
Fifth son of Lieut-Colonel William George Margesson, 56th and 80th
Regiments, of Findon Place, Worthing, and of his wife Lucy Matilda,
daughter of Edward B. Beaumont, of Woodhall, Yorkshire.
Went to Downton Agricultural College and then to Canada, where, with
his Harrow friend, Captain G. Watson, he settled at Highland Ranch,
Cariboo Road, B.C., moving on subsequently to Westholme Mains,
Vancouver Island.
Lance-Corporal Margesson returned home to enlist in January, 1916,
and joined the Manchester Regiment. He sailed with a draft for Salonika in
November, 191 6, but was taken ill on landing and invalided home. He
died on board the Hospital Ship "Lanfranc" on January nth, 1917, and was
buried at sea off Cadiz.
ANTHONY ROBERT MARGESSON
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2ND LIEUTENANT G. F. MARSDEN-SMEDLEY
Rifle 'Brigade
The Park n J -i5* Aged 19 August 18th, 1916
Second son of J. B. Marsden-Smedley, of Lea Green, Matlock, and of
Mrs. Marsden-Smedley.
Monitor. Cricket XI 1914-15, Captain 1915. Football XI 1913-14,
Captain 1914. Association Football XI 1914-15, Captain 1915.
Matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
2nd Lieutenant Marsden-Smedley was given a Commission in the Rifle
Brigade in August, 191 5, and, after ten months' training at Minster, went to
the Front in July, 1916, just before his 19th birthday, straight into the
Battie of the Somme. On August 18th, 191 6, he led his Platoon in the
attack on Guillemont Station. After being shelled all day they went over
the parapet in the afternoon, and singlehanded he charged a machine gun
which was holding up the Company. After shooting one of the men he was
shot by the German Officer and fell on the parapet of the German trench.
His Colonel wrote to his father: —
" His Company Commander spoke to me after his death of the gallant
way in which your son behaved. Had he lived I should have recommended
him for a reward. He had not been with me very long, but, during the
short time he was here, he had proved himself of the greatest value as an
Officer. Everyone liked him, and I cannot tell you what a gap he leaves."
His Colonel in England wrote to his father: —
" Your son was exactly the type of lad who makes the best Officer — a
splendid Harrow record behind him, and accustomed to lead — he knew how
to take command, and was the sort of Officer whom men will follow any-
where."
A brother-officer wrote : —
"It is an awful grief to me : he had become one of my greatest friends
and 1 was devoted to him. He was the most unselfish and unassuming
fellow I have ever met. I saw him just a little while before they went into
action, he was so cheerful and well."
One who knew him at Harrow wrote: —
M He was an ideal fellow-worker. I can honestly say that thanks to his
unerring judgment and foresight my work at Harrow was made a thousand
times easier. As a leader at Harrow he was without equal, and as a soldier
he was without doubt even better, if possible."
GEORGE FUTVOYE MARSDEN-SMEDLEY
PRIVATE F. S. MAY
Royal Fusiliers
Church Hill 9i*-95* Aged 39 August 3rd, 1916
Second son of the late P. W. May and of Mrs. May, of St. Margaret's,
Hampstead Heath.
St. John's College, Cambridge, B.A. 1898. Was in business as a
Shipper.
In August, 1 9 14, at the beginning of the War, Private May offered his
services, but was refused on medical grounds. In March, 1916, he was
accepted and enlisted in the 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. He went to
France in the following July and was reported 'missing* on the 3rd August,
191 6, since when nothing has been heard of him and his death has been
presumed on that date.
FREDERICK STURDY MAY
CAPTAIN G. M. MAYER
London Regiment
The Knoll 06 3 - 1 \* Aged 24 February 16th, 19 17
Eldest son of Max Mayer, of 20 Bolton Gardens, S.W., and of Mrs.
Mayer.
Monitor, 19 10.
Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1 9 i 1, B.A. 1914.
Captain Mayer obtained a Commission in the London Regiment on the
outbreak of the War and went to the Front with his Battalion in March,
19 1 5. From the time they went to France until the end of 1916 he was
Adjutant of his Regiment and after that commanded a Company. He
was mentioned in Despatches on January 1st, 191 7, and on that very day
he was severely wounded. He died in hospital at Etaples, after great suffer-
ing, on February 16th, 1 91 7.
GERALD MAX MAYER
2nd LIEUTENANT H. F. MILES
KJngs Own Scottish Borderers
The Grove oS'-i2* Aged 22 September 3rd, 1916
Youngest son of George H. Miles (O.H.), of Welwyn, Hertfordshire,
and of his wife, Ethel Miles.
Brasenose College, Oxford, 1 913.
2nd Lieutenant Miles, who was still at Oxford when the War broke
out, immediately enlisted in the Artists Rifles. He served with them in
France from October, 1914, to May, 1 91 5, when he was given a Commis-
sion in the King's Own Scottish Borderers. In June, 19 15, he was wounded
at Ypres, but rejoined his Battalion in the following March. He was killed
in action while in command of his Company on Falfemont Farm, in the
Battle of the Somme, on September 3rd, 1916.
HERBERT FRANCIS MILES
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LANCE-CORPORAL H. C. NICHOLAS
yd Australian Imperial Light Horse
The Knoll 95 3 -99 s Aged 34 August 4th, 1916
Eldest son of George Clarence Nicholas, of Cawood, Ouse, Tasmania,
and of his wife, Minnie Nicholas.
Trinity College, Cambridge. B.A. 1904.
On coming down from Cambridge Lance-Corporal Nicholas returned
to Tasmania and devoted himself to country life, taking a keen interest in
the management of his property and in local affairs. He became a
Councillor of the Hamilton Municipality and a J.P. for the district. He
was also a member of the Southern Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral
Socictv.
Lance-Corporal Nicholas was one of the first to volunteer when the
War broke out and left Tasmania on October 21st, 1914. He served in
Egypt and then Gallipoli, returning to Egypt after the evacuation. He
was instantaneously killed by a bullet on August 4th, 191 6, at the battle of
El Romani, while holding Meredith's Ridge against immensely superior
forces of Turks. He was buried where he fell. Shortly after his return
to Egypt from Gallipoli he was given a Commission in the 12th Lancers
(his brother's Regiment). The papers containing his discharge from his
Troop went astray for a time, but came to hand just before the threatened
raid by the Turks on the Suez Canal. He decided, however, to remain on
with his old companions until the danger was over, and it was in the action
which immediately followed that he was killed.
A Trooper in the 3rd Light Horse wrote : —
" As a soldier he was the coolest and most cheerful that it has been my
lot to meet. He was always well to the front when anything was doing,
and no soldier ever fought better. ... No one could imagine a mean
thought or action coming from him. He never spoke unkindly of anyone."
Another wrote : —
"Heavy fighting commenced at about 12.30, and from then on things
were pretty warm. We were sent to occupy a high sand ridge, and it was
there we lost Henric. ... It was as fine a stand as was ever made by
British troops. Not a man retired until the last moment, when it was
almost too late. At the lowest estimate we were attacked by fifteen to one,
and in the seven or eight hours following the attack we only lost a few
hundred yards of ground."
HENRIC CLARENCE NICHOLAS
2nd LIEUTENANT R. B. NIVISON
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Drurics o9 3 -i3' Aged 21 September 15th, 191 6
Youngest son of Sir Robert Nivison, Bart., of Branch Hill Lodge.
Hampstead, N.W., and of Lady Nivison.
2nd Lieutenant Nivison joined the Artists Rifles in September, 191 5,
and received a Commission in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in May,
1916.
He went to France in July, 191 6, and was killed on September 15th,
1916, whilst leading his men in an attack on Flers.
His Company Commander wrote to his father : —
" I was in command of A Company soon after your son came out to
France, and he and I were thrown much together. I came to have a very
great regard for him and found I could rely on him, and he was a long way
the best subaltern I had. Believe me — he made good.
"On the 15th September, after I was wounded, your boy was left in
command of the Company, and when I saw him last he was going ahead
quite quietly, leading his men admirably by his example."
His Platoon Sergeant wrote : —
" We started the attack about six o'clock on the morning of 15th Sep-
tember. We lost our Captain before we had gone two hundred yards, but
we pushed on under your son, who took command of the Company. After
taking the first line we pushed on to the second, but the barrage had not
lifted, and some of our men, thinking that it was the enemy's artillery,
rushed through it. Lieutenant Nivison, seeing the mistake, also rushed
through the barrage and succeeded in getting the men back again with a
few casualties, which was a very daring piece of work and deserved great
credit, and every man realized what he had been saved from. As soon as
the barrage lifted, your son jumped up and waved his men on, and every-
one answered the call. As we were taking the second line he fell. During
the advance he proved himself a brave man and a grand leader."
Another Sergeant wrote : —
" He was loved by every N.C.O. and man in our Company."
ROBERT BUTLER NIVISON
CAPTAIN L. NORMAN, M.C.
Scots Guards
The Park 9 1 3 -96' Aged 35 September 15th, 191 6
Sixth son of the late Henry John Norman, of 21 Cadogan Square,
S.W., and Gadsden, Hayes, Kent, Director of the London and Westminster
Bank, and of Mrs. Henry J. Norman, of $$ Eccleston Square, S.W.
Monitor, 1895.
Went to the School of Mines in South Kensington, and then as Mining
Engineer to Johannesburg, where he later became a Stockbroker. Returned
to England in 1905, and became a member of the London Stock Exchange.
Married, in 1905, Violet May, youngest daughter of the late Wilfred
Bevan, and leaves two sons.
Captain Norman was given a Commission in the Scots Guards and went
to the Front in February, 1915. He came home in the following July to have
an operation on his knee, and, after doing light duty at Wellington Barracks,
returned to the Front in December, 191 5. He was killed in action on
September 15th, 191 6, as he led his Company into action, between Flers
and Ginchy. He was awarded the Military Cross.
LIONEL NORMAN
MAJOR G. B. OLIVER
Royal Field Artillery
Druries 95'-98' Aged 35 September 29th, 1916
Only son of the late Edward E. Oliver, Secretary P.W.D. Indian
Government, and of Mrs. Oliver.
Married, in 1914, Doris, eldest daughter of Sir George and Lady
Hutchinson, and leaves one son.
Major Oliver received his Commission in the Royal Field Artillery in
1901, and served for three years in Ashanti and Northern Nigeria. In 1910
he went to Japan, qualifying with distinction as Army Interpreter in
Japanese.
As Captain of the 11 6th Battery R.F.A. with the First Guards Brigade
he went to France early in August, 1914, and fought through the Retreat
from Mons, and the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne, Ypres, and Neuve
Chapelle.
Lord Ernest Hamilton in his book, " The First Seven Divisions,"
referring to the action of September 14th, 1914, says : —
" It may be fairly said that the British victory at Troyon was one of the
most brilliant achievements of the War. . . . Much of the success of the day
was due to the gallant behaviour of the 11 6th Battery, when the command
devolved on Captain Oliver, who took the Battery into action."
In May, 191 5, when promoted Major, he returned to England owing to
ill-health. He went back to the Front in May, 191 6, in command of the
189th Howitzer Battery, which he had been employed in training. His
Battery saw much service, being the forward guns in the advance on Delville
Wood, in the Battle of the Somme. Major Oliver was killed by a shell on
September 29th, 1916, when walking back to his Battery after reconnoitring.
His General wrote : —
" 1 deeply regret his loss. He was a most gallant and courteous
gentleman, and a very able soldier."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" The whole Battery is broken-hearted. There was not another B.C. in
the Division really cared for so much. Everyone loved him, and he always
had a good word for everyone. He had a personal charm that appealed to
all. Any one man of us would have given ourselves to have saved him ;
he was just splendid in all that he did, and a soldier from head to foot."
He was mentioned in Despatches on February 28th, 191 8, "for distin-
guished and gallant services and devotion to duty."
GUY BERTRAM OLIVER
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LIEUTENANT C. D. MOON ORD
Durham Light Infantry
West Acre 99'-oV Aged 31 December 2nd, 1916
Third son of Henry Moon Ord and of his wife, Evelyn Rosa Ord.
Gymnasium Champion 1903. Was farming.
Lieutenant Moon Ord, who had been given a Commission in the Durham
Light Infantry, went to the Front in 1916. He was wounded at Martin-
puich, on October 10th, 1916, and died of pneumonia in hospital at Sunder-
land, on December 2nd, 1916.
CHARLES DENTON MOON ORD
MAJOR A. Ll. PALMER
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
Moretons 96'-02 1 Aged 34 November 15th, 1916
Eldest son of Colonel George Llewellen Palmer (O.H.), Royal Wilt-
shire Yeomanry, and Unionist candidate for the West Wilts Division, of
Lackham, Lacock, Wilts, and of Mrs. Palmer.
Major Palmer received his Commission in the 14th (King's Own)
Hussars in May, 1901. He served in the South African War in 1902
(King's Medal, two clasps). After the declaration of peace his Regiment
was sent to India and from there he was invalided home, and returned, in 1907,
with the rank of Captain. In the following year he was gazetted to the
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. In 1910-11 he was A.D.C. to the Hon. Sir
Arthur Lawley, Governor of Bombay, and on his return to England acted
as joint Master of the Cattistock Hounds. He was much interested in
various agricultural societies in Wiltshire and was always a keen follower
of hounds. While at Ootacamund with Sir Arthur Lawley he acted as
Master of the Ootacamund Hounds.
In the early part of the War he served with his Regiment at important
stations on the East Coast. He went to France with the Yeomanry in
December, 1915, and died in hospital at Amiens, on November 15th, 1916,
from peritonitis following an operation for appendicitis. During the months
he was in France he saw much heavy fighting.
ALLEN LLEWELLEN PALMER
LIEUTENANT C. T. PONSONBY
Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Church Hill o8 3 -i2 J Aged 21 August 24th, 1916
Eldest son of the Hon. Cyril Ponsonby (O.H.), of 53 Draycott Place,
S.W., and of Mrs. Ponsonby.
Pembroke College, Cambridge, 191 2.
Lieutenant Ponsonby left Cambridge, where he had been for two years in
residence, on the outbreak of the War, and was given a Commission in the
nth King's Royal Rifles. He went to the Front in August, 1915, where
he remained for a year. He was killed by a shell at Guillemont on August
24th, 1916.
Colonel Hope, commanding the nth K.R.R.C., wrote to his father: —
"We were having an appalling time, and your son was doing splendidly.
The Germans attacked us two days running with a very heavy bombard-
ment. His Company got a very bad time indeed, and a shell burst
extremely close to him, and he was very badly hit in the shoulder and died
within a quarter of an hour. He was getting on splendidly and was the
greatest help to me, and I had hoped he would soon be a Captain. He
was most conscientious, and I could always rely on him. He did his duty
bravely.
" He took great interest in his men and went through some very trying
times at Ypres with them. I always placed great reliance on him, and, if he
had been spared, I am sure he would have done well."
Captain Marriott wrote to his father: —
" I was your son's Company Commander until I was hit in June. We
went through some very trying experiences together, and always he was
simply splendid, and an Officer one could implicitly rely on to carry out an
order, no matter what it cost him to do so. On several occasions he did
extremely well under very difficult conditions."
CYRIL THOMAS PONSONBY
2nd LIEUTENANT N. RAMSAY
Rifle Brigade
The Knoll 8 4 '-88 3 Aged 47 September 3rd, 191 6
Youngest son of Robert Ramsay, of Howletts, Kent, and of Susan
daughter of W. F. Lindsay Carnegie, of Kinblethmont, Forfarshire.
Cricket XI, 1887-8. Football XI, 1886-7.
Sheepfarming in Queensland, Australia.
2nd Lieutenant Ramsay, who was in England when the War broke out,
joined the Sportsman's Battalion as a Private at the age of 45, in October,
19 14, and a year later was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade.
He went to the Front in March, 1916, and saw much fighting. The night
before he was killed he wrote to his brother : "We are a very dwindled lot
now, and where so many good men have been * outed, I'm not complaining
if things go wrong." He was killed in action at Thiepval, on September
3rd, 1916.
His Colonel wrote : —
" You must know that no one could possibly have met and known
Norman without loving him. I did, and so did all his brother-officers. He
was so cheery, and good at overcoming difficulties, and as gallant a gentle-
man as God ever made. I knew he was much over military age and was
giving up more than most of us in worldly possessions, but he saw his duty,
and, being fit and strong, went straight along the path."
A gunner wrote : —
" His Regiment was to lead the charge on to the lines of Hun trenches
near Thiepval. . . . The Huns put up a terrific barrage, and the machine
gun and rifle fire were almost past belief. Ramsay charged across No Man's
Land with no hat or coat on, at the head of his Platoon, with fixed sword-
bayonet in his hand, and with about half his men left. He reached and took
part ot the Hun second lines, where he proceeded to barricade the trench
and hold out, collecting men here and there who were without leaders. Not
satisfied with his defences, he crawled out to see from the Hun side if there
were any flaws in his small redoubt. A Hun saw him and threw a percussion
bomb which struck him on the head, killing him instantaneously."
NORMAN RAMSAY
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CAPTAIN C. S. RATTIGAN
Royal Fusiliers
West Acre 98 3 -04' Aged 32 November 13th, 191 6
Youngest son of the late Sir William Henry Rattigan, K.C., LL.D.,
M.P. for Lanarkshire, and of Lady Rattigan.
Monitor 1904; Cricket XI 1903-4. Won the 200 yards in the School
Sports three times, the 100 twice, and the quarter mile once, and was
runner-up for the School Rackets for two years in succession.
Trinity College, Cambridge. Was a well-known member of the
Butterflies, and a keen golfer.
In 1909 he was appointed Honorary Attache in His Majesty's Diplo-
matic Service, and the same year accompanied the mission under Sir
Reginald Lister to Fez.
Captain Rattigan was on the Staff of the Garrison Commander at
Falmouth from September, 1914, for more than a year, but preferring to be
with his Battalion he resigned his appointment, and though offered another
good Staff billet he refused it, writing that he " could not leave his Regiment
and the men he loved, all of whom are such fine fellows." He went to the
Front in July, 1916, and was killed by a sniper on the 13th of the following
November.
Lieut. Downing, 7th Royal Fusiliers, wrote to his brother : —
" Your brother was slightly wounded in the mouth sometime before he
was killed, but the bullet only cut his lip and he refused to go away. W T hen
he discovered that the Company was held up, he decided to remain where
we were, namely in a shell-hole in * No Man's Land,' until receiving orders.
He and I lay in a shell-hole about 30 yards from the Hun for about five
hours, until we discovered a mine-shaft running back to our own front line.
It was very difficult to move as there was a sniper within a few yards, and
when we did look up I got a bullet through the hat, so your brother decided
to lie low for a bit, and then make a rush for the shaft. When he was just
going to make a rush, he saw a wounded man a few yards away and he said,
1 1 am going to have a shot at getting him in.' He sat bolt upright in the
shell-hole and was looking towards the man, when the same sniper hit him
in the head through his hat. ... He was buried two days afterwards in
the same shell-hole he was killed in. . . . By his death I lost one of the
finest friends I ever had."
CYRIL STANLEY RATT1GAN
LIEUTENANT J. K. GRANT ROBERTSON
Royal Flying Corps
High Street io'-io 3 Aged 21 January 1st, 1917
Elder son of John Herbert Robertson, late I.C.S., and of his wife,
Helen Rowena Robertson, of Linden House, Tonbridge, Kent.
After one term at Harrow he went to Geneva, and then to Edinburgh
University, to study medicine. He left to take up a business career in the
firm of Messrs. Robert Ingham Clark and Co., Westham Abbey, Stratford.
Lieutenant Grant Robertson enlisted in the R.A.M.C. at the beginning
of the War and then obtained a Commission in the Army Service Corps.
He went to the Front in August, 191 5, and was invalided home in the
following March. He then joined the Royal Flying Corps as a pilot and
went to France in October, 19 16. He was attached to the 51st Squadron,
where he was engaged mostly on artillery duty. On January 1st, 191 7,
near Albert, he was flying an R.E. 8 machine with an Observer, on artillery
duty over the German lines, when his machine was seen to fall in flames,
both Officers being instantaneously killed. He was buried at Heilly, on the
Ancre, in the French Military cemetery.
His Flight Commander wrote : —
" I can only assure you of the grief felt by both Officers and men of
his Squadron at the death of two of the keenest and most efficient Officers
we had." (Lieutenant Grant Robertson and his Observer.)
JOHN KEITH GRANT ROBERTSON
CAPTAIN A. M. M. ROBERTSON-WALKER
Royal Fusiliers
Morrtons 94^99' Aged 35 July 7 th, 1916
Second son of James Robertson-Walker, J. P., of Gilgarran, Disting-
ton, Cumberland, and of Emily, daughter of J. H. Austin, of Kingswood,
Shortlands, Kent.
University College, Oxford. Member of the London Stock Exchange.
An excellent cricketer, and well-known golfer, especially at Sandwich.
Married, in 1908, Madge, younger daughter of Alexander Mclver, of
Hong Kong, and Richmond, Surrey.
Captain Robertson- Walker joined the 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers in
December, 1914, became Adjutant of his Regiment in July, 1915, and was
promoted Captain in April, 1916. He went to the Front in May, 191 5.
He was mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's Despatches in 191 6, and recom-
mended for promotion. He was killed on July 7th, 191 6, while leading
with his Colonel an attack on the German trenches at Ovillers. The Batta-
lion was caught by enfilading machine-gun fire, and both he and the
Colonel fell, being killed instantaneously. The Battalion reached their
objective, and, though there were only 70 of them left, they returned with
over 80 prisoners.
A brother-officer wrote : —
" I knew Bobby — as we always used to call him — from the time he
joined the Regiment ; he was in my Platoon throughout, until he became
Adjutant. He joined knowing nothing of soldiering, but soon became
au fait with things through sheer hard work. I cannot help realizing what
a vast loss the Regiment has suffered in his death. Thanks to such as
Bobby the Battalion became not only by far the best in the Division, but
earned for itself a name outside, of which any Fusilier might be proud.
Personally I have lost a very great friend and a magnificent companion,
but apart from any personal feelings the Regiment has lost a gallant
soldier."
Another brother-officer wrote : —
"He is a great loss in every way ; loved by all; the life and soul of the
place, and brave to the end."
ARTHUR MURDO MAXWELL ROBERTSON-WALKER
2nd LIEUTENANT H. E. ST. GEORGE
Kings Liverpool Regiment
Rendalls 99 , -o 4 - Aged 31 August 13th, 191 6
Younger son of George Theodore St. George, Senior Partner in the
Firm of Blessig, Braun & Co., Merchants, Liverpool, and of his wife,
Sophia Julia St. George, of Stone House, Allerton, Liverpool.
Spent two years in France and Germany and then entered his father's
business.
2nd Lieutenant St. George joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in April,
1 91 5, and was given a Commission in the 10th SufTblks in the following
July. Finding that he had no immediate prospect of going to the Front, he
transferred to the King's Liverpool Regiment and went to France in May,
1916. His Company, in support of the South Lancashires, attacked the
enemy lines before Guillemont on August 13th, 1916. The attack failed and
he was last seen on the parapet of the third German trench, covering an
enemy with his revolver. His men saw him fall before they retired. His
body was not found when the position was taken two days later, but he has
since been reported as killed on that day.
A brother-officer wrote : —
" Though obviously not strong, he did his work with such cheerfulness,
that he kept us all in good spirits through trying and exhausting
conditions."
Another brother-officer wrote : —
" He did excellent work under fearful conditions."
One of his men who was wounded in the same engagement, wrote : —
" I cannot attempt to tell you how brave he was, and how pleasant are
our memories of him. He was a gentleman to the last letter."
In a letter he left to be posted in case he fell in action he wrote : — " I am
not sorry 1 came out here, as it is obviously the duty of every man to do
what he can to shorten the War, so that the next generation may not have
to undergo what our men have been through. I am glad to have known
the British Tommy and his wonderful fighting qualities. At present the
men are laughing and scrapping together, just as if they were not going up
into the line to-night."
HAROLD EDGAR ST. GEORGE
LIEUTENANT M. J. SHAW
Royal Fusiliers
Rendalls 96'-98 3 Aged 34 September 15th, 191 6
Third son of the late Michael Schwabacher, Stock Broker, and of
Fredericka Schwabacher.
He changed his name to Shaw, and Harrovians will know him better
by this name.
Studied mining engineering at Freiburg in Saxony, taking 1st Class
Honours, and then took a post in Mexico. This he was obliged to give
up owing to ill-health, and returning to England went on the London
Stock Exchange.
Married, in 191 1, Amy Regina Politzer, and leaves two sons.
In September, 1914, Lieutenant Shaw joined the Old Boys Corps, and
received a Commission in the Royal Fusiliers the following January. He
went to the Front in May, 191 6. He was killed in action at Gueudecourt
on September 15th, 191 6. Not long before his death he had been recom-
mended for honours for saving the lives of wounded men in No Man's
Land, and he had sent home to his wife a card which he had received from
the Divisional General, placing on record his appreciation of his gallant
conduct and services on that occasion.
His Colonel wrote to his widow : —
" I send you the account of your brave husband's death, just handed me
by an Officer who was with him at the time. He fought, as a gentleman
would, with great gallantry."
From the O.C. of the Battalion to which he was attached to his own
Colonel : —
11 1 wish to bring to your notice the gallantry of Lieut. Shaw of your
Unit, who was killed in action on the morning of the 15th inst. Captain
H. A. Robinson, who was himself wounded, reports that he observed him
fighting very bravely, and gallantly leading his men before he was killed.
Will you assure his relatives that this Officer died in a very gallant manner ?"
His Captain wrote : —
"It is difficult as yet to get at all the facts of the case, but so far as I
can gather from various people, he, being with another Officer and a hand-
tul of men, captured four German Field Guns, a most daring and splendid
thing to do. . . . But this is only one of the many plucky things he did,
and he was beloved and admired by all the men, and his loss is regretted by
all who came in contact with him."
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MAX JOSEPH SHAW
CAPTAIN S. J. SNOWDEN
Middlesex Regiment
Moretons o6«-09 3 Aged 25 March 26th, 1917
Fourth son of the late J. Snowden and of Mrs. Snowden, of The
Chantry, Stanmore, Middlesex.
Trained at Faraday House in Electrical Engineering, and received an
appointment on the L. and N.W. Railway.
His younger brother, Lieutenant H. J. Snowden (O.H.), was killed in
action on August nth, 1917.
Captain Snowden joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. on the outbreak of
the War, and received a Commission in the Middlesex Regiment in
October, 191 4. He was sent to Gallipoli in July, 191 5, and was wounded
at Suvla Bay the following month. He was invalided home, but re-
joined his Regiment in Egypt in February, 1916. While leading his men
into action in the Battle of Gaza on March 26th, 191 7, he was wounded,
and, while being carried back to the Clearing Station, was killed by the
bursting of a shell.
His Colonel wrote : —
" It is a loss to the Battalion and to myself and all the Officers, and
more especially to his Company, by whom he was admired and respected.
He was a most keen and capable Officer, and I had already sent his name
forward, in September last year, for special mention in Despatches. He
was devoted to his work, and only lately attended a course of instruction
rrom which he came with very high recommendations. All I can say is
that the Army has lost a very valuable Officer."
His Major wrote: —
" He received his wound when firing his machine gun at Germans on
the ground, when he was supporting our infantry in the attack. . . .
Although he had only been with us so short a time, he was doing
awfully well and was such an excellent fellow."
STANLEY JACKSON SNOWDEN
2nd LIEUTENANT G. E. THOMPSON
Liverpool Regiment
The Knoll io 3 -I4 3 Aged 20 September 3rd, 191 6
Elder son of George Henderson Thompson (O.H.), Solicitor, and of
his wife, Gertrude Fannie Thompson, of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool.
Cricket XI, 1913. Played in the Association Football XI against
Winchester, 1913.
On the staff of Messrs. Milligan and Mackintosh, Cotton Merchants,
Liverpool.
2nd Lieutenant Thompson enlisted as a Private in Kitchener's Army at
the beginning of the War, in August, 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieu-
tenant in the Liverpool Regiment in December, 1915. He went to the
Front in July, 19 16, and had been seven weeks in France, when he
fought in the Battle of the Somme. He was killed on September 3rd, after
the capture of Guillemont, whilst leading his Platoon into action at Water-
lot Farm, between Guillemont and Ginchy.
The Colonel of the 21st Liverpools wrote to his father : —
" Your son was such an excellent Officer, and I expected to hear great
things of him. Unhappily it was not to be, and he has laid down his life
for his country, as so many have done in this terrible War."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" I knew him better than most people and shall miss him more than any-
one in the Battalion. It is certain that no one went into that attack with
more coolness and pluck. I know this, that before I left for H.Q., we had
a long talk together, and it quite braced me up, for we knew at that time
that we were going over the top. I know how much you will miss him,
but he died a soldier's death and played * cricket ' to the end."
Another brother-officer wrote : —
u Someone who was there said that Eric was most splendidly calm and
collected, which is another instance of the people who can control their nerves
at games doing conspicuously well at this game."
Another wrote : —
u I should like you to know how extremely well-liked Eric was by every-
one with whom he came in contact. He was a great favourite both in the
ranks and as an Officer."
GEORGE ERIC THOMPSON
CAPTAIN C. R. TIDSWELL
ist Royal Dragoons (attached R.F.C.)
The Head Master's 9+ 3 ~98 3 Aged 35 October 16th, 19 16
Only son of Richard H. Tidswell, of 49 Wilton Crescent, S.W., and
Bosmere Hall, Needham Market, Suffolk, and of Mrs. Tidswell.
Captain Tidswell was gazetted to the 7th Battalion King's Royal Rifle
Corps in 1900, and in August of the following year joined the ist Royal
Dragoons. He served with his Regiment in the South African War in
1 901-2, receiving the King's medal and five clasps. He was promoted
Captain in 1910.
He went out to France with his Regiment in October, 1914, and was pre-
sent at the First and Second battles of Ypres. In the autumn of 191 5 he joined
the Royal Flying Corps as Observer, and obtained his Pilot's Certificate in
the spring of 1916, being appointed Flight Commander in the June of that
year. He went out to France with his Squadron the following month, and
was killed on October 1 6th, 1916, while flying over the German lines, in
the neighbourhood of Bapaume.
CECIL ROBERT TIDSWELL
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2nd LIEUTENANT W. B. TODD-NAYLOR
King's Royal Rifle Corps
RendaUs 07 s -i2 s Aged 22 August 24th, 1916
Only son of the late H. P. Todd-Naylor, C.S.I., CLE., I.C.S., and of
Mrs. Todd-Naylor, of Walton Court, Cheltenham.
University College, Oxford. Rowed in the University College Boat
which went Head of the River in 1914.
On the outbreak of the War 2nd Lieutenant Todd-Naylor was given a
Commission in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and was attached to one of
the newly raised Battalions. He went to France with his Battalion in the
spring of 1 91 5, and was attached to the 41st Infantry Brigade. In July,
19 1 5, he was wounded at Ypres by a bullet through the shoulder. He was
then invalided home, and after a period of light duty in England he returned
to the Front. He was killed instantaneously by a bullet from a machine
gun on August 24th, 1 91 6, while leading the first wave of his Company
in an attack on the enemy's trenches. His body was brought back from
the line, and his funeral was attended by almost the whole of his Company,
who had the greatest admiration for him.
WILLIAM BRYAN TODD-NAYLOR
LIEUTENANT R. F. C. TOMPSON
Grenadier Guards
The Head Master's 97 3 -02 a Aged 32 September nth, 1916
Only son of the late Edward Carrier Smith Tompson (O.H.), of
Round Coppice, Iver Heath, Bucks, and of his wife, Frances Rosa Tomp-
son.
Trinity College, Oxford.
Went to British East Africa, where he took up farming.
Lieutenant Tompson returned home from East Africa on the declaration
ot War and received a Commission in the Grenadier Guards. He left for
France on December 31st, 191 5, and was instantaneously killed on
September nth, 1916, in the Battle of the Somme, by the bursting of a
shell in the trench which his Battalion were holding.
He was promoted Lieutenant in the Gazette of November nth, 1916,
dating back to January 26th, 1916, and so never received the news of it.
A brother-officer wrote : —
" He was without doubt the most popular member of our Company.
With his men he was just the same, and there was not one who would not
have done anything he asked him."
RONALD FAWCETT CARRIER TOMPSON
MAJOR A. A. TORRENS
Royal Field Artillery
The Head Master's 88'-92 1 Aged 42 December 8th, 1916
Son of the late Captain A. Torrens (O.H.), and of Mrs. Torrens of The
Grove, Hayes, Kent.
Cricket XI, 1892. Member of the M.C.C. team in New Zealand,
1906-7.
On the outbreak of the War Major Torrens joined the Public Schools
Battalion and then obtained a Commission in the Royal Field Artillery.
He left for the Front in command of his Battery in May, 1916, and was
killed on December 8th, 1916, by a shell, while running across the open in
order to move his men to safety.
Brigadier-General R. C. Coates wrote : —
" I and the whole of the Artillery of the Division much feel his loss.
He was an exceptionally popular Officer, both with his brother-officers and
also with his men. He was a keen soldier."
Lieut. -Colonel H. A. Roebel, commanding 307th Brigade R.F.A.,
wrote : —
" He met his death like a soldier. He was an excellent Officer and very
popular in the Brigade. We all deplore his loss."
The following was written by a well-known man who prefers to sign
himself * a Chaplain ' : —
" Not a soldier by profession, or perhaps by inclination, he made himself
into a most efficient Officer. He had a real genius for friendship, and his
knowledge of and care for the Officers and men of his Battery were quite out
of the common. I was closely and constantly associated with him for many
weeks during the period of training, and I can say without exaggeration that
his influence was immense, and that it was always exerted for good."
ATTWOOD ALFRED TORRENS
2nd LIEUTENANT T. V. TYRWHITT-DRAKE
Rifle Brigade
The Head Master's ii'-i5 3 Aged 19 January 29th, 1917
Eldest son of Arthur Tyrwhitt-Drake, of Aldon, Yeovil, late of Holnest
Park, Sherborne, and of Mrs. Tyrwhitt-Drake.
R.M.C., Sandhurst, 19 15.
2nd Lieutenant Tyrwhitt-Drake was given a Commission in the Rifle
Brigade in November, 1915, and went to the Front in July, 1916. He was
killed on January 29th, 1917, by the bursting of a shell at his feet, death
being instantaneous. He was commanding a Company during the absence
of its regular commander and had just left Battalion Headquarters to see
about sending a Lewis Gun team to the front line, when he met his
death.
His Commanding Officer wrote: —
" He was just the type of Officer and gentleman that one wants to have
in one's Battalion, and whose loss can never be replaced. Although by no
means a genius he was a thorough sportsman, keen on his work, popular
with everyone, and always ready for a bit of excitement. He had a very
charming personality and with a little more experience would have made a
first-class Officer. I can't tell you how much we all miss him."
His Adjutant wrote: —
" He was loved by all for his fearlessness and for his sympathy for
those under him."
A brother-officer described him as " doing splendidly," and a as being
largely instrumental in driving back the attack from his sector, by keeping
up a barrage of bombs which he hurled without ceasing, while men on
each side kept him supplied."
THOMAS VICTOR TYRWHITT-DRAKE
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MAJOR G. B. TYSER
East Lancashire Regiment
Rcndalls 9 r-95' Aged 39 July 5th, 1 916
Youngest son of George W. Tyser, Shipowner, of Oakfield, Mortimer,
Berkshire, and of Mrs. Tyser.
Married, in 1903, Lucy Norah Cornish.
Major Tyser, who was in business when the South African War broke
out, immediately volunteered for service and joined Paget's Horse, even-
tually becoming Lance Bearer to Lord Methuen ; he received the Queen's
Medal and five clasps. He then became a member of the London Stock
Exchange, but on the outbreak of the present War he at once volunteered
again, and was given a Commission in the 7th East Lancashire Regiment.
From September, 1914, to July, 191 5, he was stationed on Salisbury Plain ;
he was then sent to France, and was killed in action on July 5th, 1916, at
La Boiselle.
A brother-officer wrote to his widow : —
" I heard yesterday from one of the few old Officers in the 7th, and he
asked me to tell you of a tribute to your husband's splendid bearing under
fire. A man in the Worcesters who was present at the time said to
him : —
" ■ Major Tyser was absolutely fearless, and took endless risks walking
up and down the streets of La Boiselle, being sniped all the time, in efforts
to rally some troops who were falling back. He was splendid, but un-
happily the cool way he walked about giving orders made him too con-
spicuous to friend and foe.'
" It is very sad to think that there was no East Lancashire Officer
present to speak all this praise, but I think it may help you through this
terrible time to know that a man in another Regiment should have spoken
so warmly of his magnificent courage."
GEORGE BEAUMONT TYSER
2nd LIEUTENANT B. C. L. UMNEY
Royal Fusiliers
Church Hill 1 1'— 15' Aged 19 July 23rd, 1916
Only son of Percy Umney, of Varennn, Marchmont Road, Richmond,
and of Mrs. Umney.
2nd Lieutenant Umney was given a Commission in the Royal Fusiliers
on leaving School. He was killed by shrapnel on July 23rd, 191 6.
On his way up to a certain front he sprained his foot and was very lame
while marching, and his Colonel had to send him to an advanced hospital.
After some days he was no better, and the doctor told him he would either
have to go back to the Base, or that he could go back to the Battalion. " He
at once," wrote the Colonel, "chose the latter and turned up at my Head
Quarters, in the line."
His Captain wrote : —
" He was hit in the head early in the morning by a shrapnel bullet and
died instantaneously, without the slightest suffering. His men were very
fond of him, and he was a good Officer both in and out of the Trenches.
I had been his Company Commander since May and always found him a
most cheery companion."
BASIL CHARLES LOVELL UMNEY
2nd LIEUTENANT R. B. VAN PRAAGH
King's Royal Rifle Corps
West Acre 09 s - 1 3* Aged 22 April 9th, 1917
Only child of Bertram B. Van Praagh, Solicitor, of 98 Eaton Place,
S.W., and of Mrs. Van Praagh.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
2nd Lieutenant Van Praagh joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in Sep-
tember, 1 9 14, and received a Commision in the King's Royal Rifle Corps
in the following November. He went to the Front in February, 1 916, and
was wounded in the Battle of the Somme, in September, 1916, rejoining
his Regiment in the following January. He was killed in action on April
9th, 1917, at the Battle of Arras.
Colonel Porter, of the 9th K.R.R.C., wrote to his father : —
" Your son was a brave Officer, trusted by his men. He was always
good when a fight was going on. I cannot tell you how much I personally
regret his death, it is just at this moment that a Battalion needs men of his
sort."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" His death was a great blow to us all. He saw several fierce fights in
this country and leaves behind him a reputation for great bravery."
A Sergeant in his Platoon wrote to his father : —
" The Platoon wish me to send you their sympathy in your loss by the
death of our Officer, Mr. Van Praagh, for he was a splendid soldier and a
friend to every one of his men."
Another wrote : —
" Your son made me proud to be with him, for he saved my life on July
30th, 1 91 6, when he carried me on his back."
Another wrote : —
" He died a hero's death, gallantly leading his Platoon to the first
German line, when he fell."
RALPH BERTRAM VAN PRAAGH
CAPTAIN J. L. VAUGHAN, M.C.
East Surrey Regiment
High Street io 3 -I4 3 Aged 20 August 16th, 191 6
Second son of J. M. Vaughan, of Sylva, Putney Heath, and of Mrs.
Vaughan.
Gym. VIII ; Middle Weight Boxing Champion ; won Public School
Light Weight Boxing Competition at Aldershot.
Captain Vaughan joined the East Surrey Regiment on leaving School.
He trained at Saltash, and, while there, won the Boxing Championship at
Plymouth against all the Regiments in garrison. He went to France in
August, 191 5, and was for a year in the trenches at Hooge, Festubert,
and on the Somme. For five months he was Adjutant of his Regi-
ment. He won the Military Cross for attempting to save the life
of a brother-officer and for general efficiency, being very highly spoken of
by his Colonel and by his Brigadier. On August 1 6th, 191 6, he organized
and led an attack on Guillemont, which failed. He himself was wounded
in the knee, but continued to advance, when, at the end of the action, he
was hit in the head by a sniper and instantaneously killed. He, with five
brother-officers, was buried by his Colonel behind our trenches.
A brother-officer wrote : —
" He was the finest Officer of the Battalion, and every Officer, N.C.O.,
and man was impressed by his sterling qualities. Our CO. made him
temporarily Second-in-Command just before the attack, and he carried out
the organization and details thereof in truly wonderful fashion for one so
young."
His brother, 2nd Lieutenant C. A. V. Vaughan (O.H.), was killed at
the Battle of Loos on September 25th, 1915.
JOHN LYND HURST LVAUGH AN
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LIEUTENANT G. Y. L. WALTERS
Irish Guards
Rcndalls 09'- 13 1 Aged 21 September 15th, 191 6
Son of Rowland Percy Walters (O.H.), Solicitor, of 16 Gledhow
Gardens, South Kensington, and of his wife, Ellinor Margaret Walters.
Trinity College, Cambridge, 1913.
On the outbreak of the War Lieutenant Walters obtained a Commission
in the Irish Guards, and was subsequently attached to the Machine Gun
Company of the 2nd Brigade of Guards. He went out to France in
August, 1 9 15, and fought at the Battle of Loos, and during the winter of
191 5 at Laventie and Ypres, being finally moved to the Somme front. He
was first reported * wounded and missing,' then * killed,' during the attack
on Ginchy on September 15th, 191 6, when eight other Officers of the
Machine Gun Company of the 2nd Brigade also fell.
His Colonel, with whom he trained in England, wrote: —
" I cannot say how sorry I am for your great loss, which is one that all
his brother-officers will feel, for we were all fond of him, and, although so
many are gone, he had so much character that he stood out among them.
He was always so cheery and so keen."
A brother-officer wrote : —
" You know at least that you have the greatest sympathy from all of us,
Officers and men. It is pathetic to see his groom talk of him with the
tears in his eyes. Indeed, all the men loved him dearly."
Another wrote : —
" ' Bunny,' as we called him, was wounded early in the advance, and
his servant stayed behind with him, whilst his men went on and did their
work well, as they would do, for ' Bunny ' had trained them well. . . . All
I can say is that it was a great ending to his life. I am the only Officer left
in our Company, and they were such a splendid lot of fellows. I feel I
shall never look upon the like of them again, we had always got on so well
together. Our Company did awfully well . . . and it was due to Officers
like your son that the day went so well, even if they themselves had to
make the supreme sacrifice."
GRAHAM YUILLE LAUNDY WALTERS
2nd LIEUTENANT H. M. W. WELLS
Royal Berkshire Regiment (attached R.F.C.)
Druries 02 3 -o7* Aged 27 September 15th, 19 16
Eldest son of Henry Watkins Wells (O.H.), Director of Wallingford
Brewery Ltd., of Sotwell Hill, Wallingford, and of his wife, Alexandra
Mary Wells.
Magdalen College, Oxford, B.A. 1909. Director in the Wallingford
Brewery.
2nd Lieutenant Wells joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. as a Private, on
the outbreak of the War, and in March, 1915, was gazetted to the 4th Berk-
shire Regiment. He went to France in July, 191 5, and fought in the Battle
of the Somme in July, 1916. The following month he was attached to the
Royal Flying Corps in France. On September 15th, 1916, he was reported
'missing,' after an aerial offensive patrol against twenty enemy machines over
the German lines. Nothing having been heard of him for nine months, he
has been officially presumed killed on that date.
While with his Battalion in April and May, 19 16, he received two cards,
of one of which the following is a copy : —
2nd Lieut. H. M. Wells,
1/4. R. Berkshire Regt.
Your Commanding Officer and Brigade Commander have informed me
that you have distinguished yourself by your conduct in the Field on night
May 15-16, 1916. I have read their report with much pleasure.
Major-General
Commanding 48th Division.
HENRY MAURICE WATKINS WELLS
LIEUTENANT G. K. WELSFORD
Royal Flying Corps
High Street 05*-09' Aged 25 October 20th, 19 16
Eldest son of James Hughes Welsford, Shipowner, of Hoole House,
Chester, and of his wife, Ethel Welsford.
Gymnasium VIII: Won Light-weight Boxing Competition: Ebrington
Swimming Cup.
Lieutenant Welsford, who, after leaving Harrow, had been abroad for
several years in British Columbia and Demerara, returned to England on the
outbreak of the War and enlisted in the Royal Engineers, as a Despatch
Rider. A year later he was given a Commission in the Royal Flying
Corps in France, and became Machine Gun Officer to the nth Squadron.
He was killed on October 20th, 191 6.
His brother wrote as follows, describing the manner of his death: —
" It was about 7.30 a.m. on October 20th that five aeroplanes went
up from the squadron to take photographs. They were two or three
miles over the German lines, between Arras and Douai, when they
were attacked by about 27 Hun aeroplanes, and George's machine
was ahead of all the rest and went straight into the middle of them.
A tremendous battle ensued, and George's machine being the fore-
most was prettily heavily attacked and four Huns got firing at him
directly from behind. . . . George at once got up on his seat and was busy
firing his top gun, when one Hun machine got a gun on him and riddled
the pilot, putting about seven or eight shots into his back and smashing up
the engine. The pilot was, I think, rendered unconscious, at any rate he
lost control of the machine and it turned over and dived, and poor George,
who had been standing up on his seat, was seen to go over the top plane and
disappear."
The following letter tells of an incident which occurred while he was
serving with the Engineers : —
" Sergeant Jones told me that they had gone out exploring together and
were crawling along when shells began to fall. One missed them altogether
and another hit the foot of Sergeant Jones, wounding it badly. They had
no first-aid bandages with them, so George tied up the wound with a
coloured handkerchief and carried Jones on his back, winding through the
trenches, for a mile to the dressing station."
Major K. P. Atkinson, R.F.C., wrote :— « He was one of the best
Observers in the Squadron. ... it was a glorious death and one, I am
sure, he would have preferred, being killed in action at the Front."
GEORGE KEITH WELSFORD
2nd LIEUTENANT C. M. WILLIAMS
Manchester Regiment
Elmficld o^-o^ Aged 26 July 29th, 19 16
Eldest son of Montague Scott Williams (O.H.), Landowner, J. P. for
Dorset, High Sheriff 1894, late Major (Hon. Lieut.-Colonel) Dorset Yeo-
manry, of Woolland House, Blandford, Dorset, and of his wife, Audrey
Mary Williams.
Shooting VIII, 1909.
Exeter College, Oxford. Signalling Instructor in the O.T.C. ; obtained
a First Class Aldershot Certificate in Signalling.
Was engaged to be married to Miss Ella Brown.
2nd Lieutenant Williams, who was farming in Canada, returned to
England on the outbreak of the War and obtained a Commission in the
1 8th Manchester Regiment, being subsequently transferred to the 16th
Battalion. He went out to France on July 15th, 1916, and was mortally
wounded on July 29th, 191 6, in the neighbourhood of Amiens, dying of his
wounds the same evening.
His Commanding Officer wrote to his father: —
" Though your son had only been a very short time with the Battalion,
he had earned a warm pjace in everyone's regard by his tact and cheerful-
ness."
A brother-officer wrote : —
"During the few days I knew him, I thought that he would make an
excellent Officer, as he took such a keen interest in the doings of his men."
A Chaplain in a Home Camp wrote : —
" I think you would find true consolation if you had the real evidence
I have of the place he held in the lives of his men here. The Signallers
just loved him, and there is genuine sorrow amongst them to-day in the
knowledge of his death."
CHARLES MONTAGUE WILLIAMS
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2nd LIEUTENANT D. WILSON
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Druries II*-!* 1 Aged 19 December 28th, 1916
Eldest son of David Wilson, of Carbeth, Killearn, Stirlingshire, Landed
Proprietor, D.L. for Stirlingshire, and of his wife, Susan Harvey Wilson.
R.M.C., Sandhurst, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Wilson was gazetted to the Argyll and Sutherland High-
landers in April, 1 91 6. He was with the 3rd Battalion at Dreghorn
Castle, Midlothian, till the following October, when he joined the 2nd
Battalion in France and served with them in billets and trenches for six
weeks. His Colonel described the way he met his death on December 28th,
1 9 16, as follows : — " He was wounded just outside our Headquarters' dug-
out in the early afternoon of the 27th, when he was talking to three Officers
of the Battalion which was to relieve us that night. A shell burst near,
wounding all four Officers and killing one of our signallers." He died in
the 34th Casualty Clearing Station on the evening of the next day."
His Colonel wrote : —
" I cannot tell you how sorry we all were to see in the papers that David
had died of his wounds. . . . Although he had only been with us a short
time, we had all learned to love David for his manliness and keenness in his
work, and he is a great loss to the Battalion."
His servant wrote : —
" His last words to me were, * Never mind me, I shall soon be all right
again.' He was a splendid Officer and very popular with his men, I only
wish 1 was serving him to-day. I was his servant since he joined the 2nd
Argylls and I never wish to have a better master."
A school-friend wrote : —
" I would like to let you know that he's not forgotten and is appreciated
by one who knew him well in Harrow days. He had a deep sense of humour,
endless good temper and was always willing to lend a hand to anybody. Now
he has died, ' a very gallant gentleman,' that is how I shall remember old
David."
DAVID WILSON
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2nd LIEUTENANT F. WOLLOCOMBE
Devonshire Regiment
The Grove 05 3 -i T Aged 24 September 10th, 1916
Third son of the Rev. John Henry Bidlake Wollocombe, Rector of
Stowford, Devon, and of his wife, Laura, third daughter of the late Edward
Blackburn, of Haym, Devon.
University College, Oxford, 191 1. Organized the Harrow Dinner at
Oxford, on May 28th, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Wollocombe received a Commission in the 9th Devons
in December, 1914. He volunteered for service in both the West and East
African Campaigns, but was not allowed to transfer. He went to France
in October, 1 915, and served with his Regiment near Fricourt and Mametz
till April, 1915, when he was wounded in the shoulder and invalided home.
He returned to France the following August, having asked for a Medical
Board before his leave expired. On September 6th, 1 916, he took part in
an attack on Ginchy and was shot in both legs, and being unable to get out
of a shell hole was left behind. Picked up two days later he died in the
2 1st Casualty Clearing Station at Corbie, on September 10th, and was buried
in La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie.
A brother-officer wrote : — *
" I connect him with the trenches we used to hold opposite Fricourt,
especially after one of the Boche's raids, when everyone was talking of his
extraordinary coolness under fire. . . . These old Devonshire men loved
him."
Another wrote : —
" He was a general favourite, especially with his men ... the first to
volunteer for any dangerous jobs. ... He led a straight life here on earth
and lived up to his ideals to the end."
Another wrote : —
" His popularity among the Officers of the 9th Devons was extra-
ordinary. ... It seems difficult not to grudge his life, he was such a clean
straightforward chap."
The Chaplain wrote to his father : —
" Your son was as brave as a lion and was delighted at the prospect of
battle."
FRANCIS WOLLOCOMBE
LIEUTENANT W. B. WOLSELEY
Royal Field Artillery
Rendalls io 3 -i4 ? Aged 19 July 5th, 1916
Only son of W. A. Wolseley, Proprietor of Estates in Demerara and
British Guiana, and Member of the Governor's Executive Council of British
Guiana, of 10 Sumner Place, Onslow Square, S.W., and of Mrs. Wolseley.
Drawing Prize, 1913 ; Yates Thompson Prize for Colour, 1914.
R.M.A., Woolwich, 1914.
Lieutenant Wolseley received his Commission in February, 1 91 5, and
went to France with the 48th Brigade R.F.A. in May of that year. In
September, 191 5, while at a forward observation post near Ypres, he was
buried by the explosion of a shell, but emerged alive, though wounded and
with a badly sprained ankle, and continued observing and reporting till
evening. After a spell in hospital he was sent out in December, 191 5, as
senior Subaltern with A Battery of the 160th Brigade R.F.A. He served
with distinction and was recommended by his Battery Commander for great
coolness and gallantry under severe fire. On July 4th, 19 16, he was hit by
a piece of shell on the back of the head, while running forward to attend to
his guns ; he fell just behind the guns and died in hospital at Heilly the
next morning. He was buried on July 7th, 191 6, his twentieth birthday.
The Brigadier-General of the 34th Division wrote to his father : —
" Your boy was one of the best and most promising Officers I have met
with for some years in the Royal Regiment: he was of the high standard
that we old gunners wish to get."
The Colonel, commanding the 160th Brigade R.F.A., wrote : —
"He was extraordinarily capable, cool, and fearless, and only a short
time ago I sent his name up to the General for gallant conduct."
His Battery Commander wrote to his father : —
"His gallant spirit went out when he was in the act of doing his duty,
and I cannot think of a finer end. . . . Many Officers have been in to tell
me of their grief, and the men are showing their high respect of their
gallant little Officer by their silence throughout the day. To me his loss is
irreparable."
His Battery Sergeant-Major wrote : —
" By his constant forethought he had endeared himself to the whole
Battery, for he always had considerations for our difficulties. ... He had
the men's welfare at heart ; nothing was too difficult for him to accomplish,
and suggestions for improvements were always welcomed by him."
WILLIAM BERTIE WOLSELEY
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