BOLTON, JAMES FREDERICK, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1909), late Ch. I/12380, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BOLTON, JOHN, Lieut., 5th Battn. East Lancashire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Henry Hargreaves Bolton, of Heightside, Newchurch-in-Rossendale, co. Lancaster, J.P., etc. (see preceding notice); b. Accrington, co. Lancaster, 6 Jan. 1889; educ. Tonbridge School, and Manchester University. On leaving the latter, where he took the three years’ mining engineering course, he was engaged at the Accrington and Rossendale Collieries, of which his father was Managing Director, and after a short time was placed in charge of the commercial department at Accrington, and was soon recognised as a capable and energetic business man. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th (Territorial) Battn. of the East Lancashires, 19 June, 1913, and volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war. His regt. went out to Egypt in Sept. 1914, and while there he took a special course in scouting under Gurkha officers, and was made Scout Master of the battn. He received his Lieutenant’s commission 6 May, 1915, and sailed for the Dardanelles the same day. He was killed by a shell which fell in the front line trenches, in the bombardment before the advance on Krithia, 4 June. After his death his father received from General Douglas, commanding 42nd Division, the following card of congratulation which had been sent to him, but before it reached him he had been killed: “The General Officer commanding the 42nd (East Lancs.) Division congratulates Lieut. J. Bolton, 1/5 Battn. East Lancs. Regt. on the gallant action performed by him on 12 May, 1915. Signed C. O. W. Douglas, M. Genl. Commd., 42nd Division.” The action referred to was fetching ammunition from the base under fire of the enemy, when the battn. ran short in the trenches. He was unm. and was buried at Ghurka Bluff, Gallipoli.

BOLTON, JOHN, Private, No. 2575, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; b. co. Lancaster; enlisted 1 April, 1899; served in South Africa, 9 Aug. 1900 to 4 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medals with two clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., from 11 Sept. 1914; died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, Braisne, 8 Oct. following, of wounds received in action; m.

BOLTON, JOSEPH CROOK, Private, No. 25689, 14th Battn. (Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of (—) Bolton; b. Clitheroe, 3 June, 1883; educ. Royal Grammar School there; went to Canada in Oct. 1912, and was a painter; on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, enlisted, came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to the Front, 10 Feb. 1915, and died 23 April, 1915, of wounds received in the great Canadian Charge at St. Julien. He was buried in Vlamertinghe Churchyard, Belgium. He m. 20 May, 1907, Emma (52, Eshton Terrace, Clitheroe, Lancs), dau. of (—) Rushton, and had two children: Frank, b. 12 May, 1910; and Marjorie Esther, b. 4 Nov. 1908.

BOLTON, WILFRED, Private, No. 260, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of (—) Bolton, of Normanton, Yorkshire; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 18 May, 1915.

BOLTON, WILFRID, Sub-Lieut. R.N.V.R., Collingwood Battn., R.N.D., 2nd s. of Henry Lushington Bolton, of The Sanctuary, Westminster, and The Gables, Crowborough Beacon, Sussex, Solicitor, by his wife, Chloe, dau. of James Richard Gordon; b. Porchester Terrace, London, 26 May, 1897; educ. at The Grange, Crowborough; Parkfield, Haywards Heath; Osborne and Dartmouth. On leaving Dartmouth in April, 1914, he was rejected for the Navy on account of a slight defect in sight. On the outbreak of war joined the R.N.V.R., and was killed in Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915.

BOLTON, WILLIAM, L.-Corpl., No. 15252, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Kemmerl, 29 May, 1915; m.

BON, ROBERT, Private, No. 2399, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Croix Barbée, 15 Oct., 1914.

BOND, JOSEPH, Private, No. 10752, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 1st s. of Joseph Bond, of 44, Brough Street, Derby, Warder, Derby Prison, by his wife, Kate, dau. of the late Thomas Gordon, of Derby; b. Derby, 1 March, 1895; educ. St. Joseph’s R.C. School there; was for some time a Porter at the Great Northern Railway Station at Derby, and enlisted 1 June, 1914. He was sent to France 9 Oct. following, was severely wounded in the fighting around Ypres, 19 Nov. 1914, and died at No. 4 Clearing Hospital two days later. He was buried in the Military New Cemetery at Poperinghe; unm.

BOND, OLIVER HUGH DEVEREUX, Sapper, No. 2074, 1/1st Kent Field Coy., R.E., only s. of the late David Bond, of Bovey Tracey, South Devon, by his wife, Harriett (Watford, near Rugby, Northamptonshire), dau. of Hugh Devereux; b. South Kensington, 4 June, 1891; educ. Long Buckby (Rugby) Council School; was a Plumber; enlisted 22 May, 1915, and went to the Dardanelles 23 Sept. 1915. He was mortally wounded by a Turkish shell when returning from a day’s work in the trenches, at Lala Baba, Suvla, 1 Dec. 1915, and died an hour later. The doctor who attended him said: “He was one of the bravest lads I have had under my notice during the war,” and his N.C.O. wrote: “He did not know what fear was.” He was buried in the Reserve Area, 2nd Mounted Division, south of Chocolate Hill; unm.

BOND, SAMUEL, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3693), S.S. 101259, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BOND, THOMAS MORGAN, 2nd Lieut., 11th Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, late Private, No. 9973, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt., yst. s. of Major Thomas Morgan Bond, of 37, St. James’ Square, Holland Park, W., R.A.M.C. (retired), by his wife, Martha Francis, dau. of Alexander Meiklejohn, of Greenock; b. Belfast, 12 Oct. 1896; educ. Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, Sussex; enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade on 10 Aug. 1914, five days after the declaration of war, and at once joined his battn. for training at Crowborough. He left for France on 4 Nov., served in the trenches through the winter and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 2 May, 1915, aged 18 years and 7 months; unm. He was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Irish Rifles, 10 May, to rank as from 10 March, but did not live to take up his commission.

BOND, WALTER, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7905), S.S. 103590, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BONE, HARRY, Gunner, R.M.A., 12056, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BONE, WILLIAM GEORGE ALFRED, Private, No. 1652, 1/4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 1st s. of William George Bone, of 253, Seward Street Buildings, Goswell Road, E.C., by his wife, Ada Rose; b. St. Luke’s, London, E.C., 29 Aug. 1895; educ. L.C.C. Central School; enlisted Aug. 1913, and was killed in action in Flanders, 27 April, 1915; unm.

BONFIELD, JAMES GEORGE, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14967, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

BONIFACE, VICTOR GORDON JOHN, Leading Seaman, 204435, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BONNAR, WILLIAM McGREGOR, Trooper, No. 726, 6th Australian Light Horse, 3rd s. of William Bonnar, of 51, Braid Avenue, Edinburgh, Joint General Manager, New Zealand and Australian Land Company, Ltd., by his wife, Mary Strachan Baird, dau. of John Calderwood; b. Edinburgh, 31 March, 1890; educ. George Watson’s College there, which he left in 1909, deciding to take up stock farming. After some training in Lauderdale he left Scotland for Australia, where he spent four years on a large sheep and cattle station in New South Wales. Soon after the outbreak of war he joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Dec. 1914, proceeded in March, 1915, with reinforcements of his regt. to Egypt, and two months later crossed to Gallipoli. He had volunteered for bombing work, and while engaged in this was severely wounded and died on the hospital ship Sicilia two days later, 13 June, 1915, being buried at sea three miles off Gaba Tepe; unm.

BOONE, CHARLES FREDERICK DE BOHUN, Capt., 2nd Battn. Essex Regt., eldest s. of the late Col. Frederick Browne Boone, H.E.I.C.S., by his wife, Mary Frederica, dau. of Major-Gen. Wavell, F.R.S; b. Nagode, India, 16 May, 1870; educ. Haileybury, and Oriel College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13 July, 1892, and promoted Lieut. 30 Sept. 1896, and Capt. 9 Oct. 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers from Sept. 1902 to Nov. 1906, and was afterwards attached to the staff of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; served with the relief force in the Chitral campaign (medal with clasp), 1895; in the South African War, 1900–2, being employed with the mounted infantry; took part in operations in the Orange Free State, Transvaal (May-Oct. 1900 and again Nov. 1901–May 1902), and in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River (Jan. 1901); present at the actions at Vet River (5–6 May, 1900), the Zand River, Diamond Hill (11–12 June), Belfast (26–27 Aug.), Frederickstad (17–25 Oct.), and at Colesberg (1–29 Jan. 1901), etc. (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Aug.-Sept. 1914; wounded at the Battle of the Marne, and died in the Lycée Pasteur, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 23 Sept. 1914; unm.

BOORER, WALTER JAMES, Trooper, No. 1839, West Kent Yeomanry, eldest s. of Walter George Boorer, of High Street, Cobham, Surrey, Printer and Publisher, formerly of Dorking, by his wife, Rachel, dau. of the late Samuel Butler of Tooting, Surrey; b. Dorking, co. Surrey, 15 Jan. 1897; educ. St. Martin’s National School, Dorking; volunteered and enlisted in the West Kent Yeomanry, Whit Monday, 24 May, 1915; left England for the Dardanelles in Sept., and was killed in the trenches there, 8 Nov. 1915. He was buried in his regimental cemetery in Y Ravine at Helles, Gallipoli. His Major wrote: “Your son and another man were both killed by the same shell, which came down the trench in which they were in. Death was almost instantaneous, and he could have suffered no pain. He had not been long in my squadron, but during the time he was with me he did his duty as a soldier, and displayed great courage under fire.”

BOORMAN, CYRIL ADLINGTON, Trooper, No. 801, posthumous Lieut. B. Squadron West Kent Yeomanry (T.F.), only child of Frederick William Boorman, of Gravesend, Solicitor and Commissioner for Oaths; b. Gravesend, 11 Sept. 1891; educ. King’s School, Rochester, where he held a King’s Scholarship; joined the West Kent Yeomanry in 1913, and on mobilization volunteered for foreign service with them, but died at home of cerebro-spinal meningitis, contracted while in training at Westbere, near Canterbury, 3 March, 1915. He was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. R.E. 27 March, to rank as from 1 March (prior to death). Lieut. the Hon. A. R. Mills wrote: “He joined the troop with me in 1913, and was under me for two trainings and, of course, since mobilisation, and was one of my most efficient men—intelligent, keen, and a first-rate soldier, and I feel sure would have made a most excellent officer.” Mr. Boorman was in his school cricket eleven for several years and captain of the football eleven; he also held the record for the long jump at the school sports, and was a member of the Gravesend Cricket and Rowing Clubs. He had matriculated at London University and passed the A.M.I.C.E. examination.

BOOT, ARTHUR, Private, No. 1076, 7th Battn. 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of George Arthur Boot, of Risley House, 1 Berridge Road East, Nottingham, by his wife, Mary Kate, dau. of Mark Spink Shaw; b. Robin Hood’s Chase, Nottingham, 29 April, 1893; educ. Grosvenor School. He joined the Nottingham Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.) as a driver (No. 328), 27 June, 1911, and obtained his discharge 30 Sept. 1913, after which he went to Australia. On the outbreak of war, he enlisted in the 7th Battn. of the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, left with his battn. for the Dardanelles, was dangerously wounded in the head in action there, 9 May, 1915, and died on board the hospital ship Nevasa on the 27th of that month; unm. He was buried at sea. His two brothers are now (1916) on active service, the elder, Leonard, with the Red Cross in France; the yr., George Harold, as Lieut. in the 15th Sherwood Foresters in France.

BOOTH, GEORGE THOMAS, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24708 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

BOOTH, JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10630 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BOOTH, ROLAND HARTLEY, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24104 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Arthur Newsome Booth, of 177, Newsome Road, Huddersfield, co. York; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

BOOTH, THOMAS, Private, No. 21338, 4th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Thomas Henry Booth, of 46, Ball Haye Road, Leek, Leather Merchant, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Bamford, of Stafford; b. Leek, co. Stafford, 24 Feb. 1877; educ. Leek Grammar School; was for some time manager of his father’s leather warehouse; joined the 2nd Manchester Volunteers in 1896, and the 1st Coy. North Staffordshire Volunteers in 1900, and served with them until their disbandment on the organisation of the Territorial Force in 1907; went to Canada in June, 1912, and was in the employ of the Hudson Bay Co., at Winnipeg; volunteered and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war; came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France, 31 March, 1915; was shot by a sniper while being relieved from the trenches at Ploegsteert, 2 Sept., and died of wounds in the Northern General Hospital, Leicester, on the 30th of that month. Buried in the family vault at Leek; unm.

BOOTH, TOM, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9662, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BOOTHAWAY, ARTHUR, Private, No. 9127, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of Alonzo Boothaway, of Central Avenue, Wigston Magna, co. Leicester. Hosiery Framework Knitter, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William Vann; b. Wigston Magna, 4 Jan. 1892; educ. Board School there; enlisted 28 May, 1911, and at the time of the outbreak of war was serving as a valet at King Edward VII Hospital, Grosvenor Gardens, W. He went through the retreat from Mons, was wounded on 7 Nov. 1914, but recovered and returned to the trenches on 24 Dec., and was killed in action near Festubert, 3 Jan. 1915, while being relieved from the trenches. He was buried in the soldiers’ cemetery, Rue du Bois, Bethune (Richebourg Road, Row B, Grave 17); unm.

BOOTHBY, JAMES ROBERT, Lieut.-Commander R.N.V.R., No. 4 Squadron Armoured Cars, formerly Lieut., Royal Scots, 2nd s. of the late Alexander Cunningham Boothby, of St. Andrews, by his wife, Madeline (now wife of Alexander Rigaud Wilson Wood, of 7, Abbotsford Crescent, St. Andrews), dau. of Frederick Lewis Maitland Heriot, of Ramornie, co. Fife; b. Springfield House, Cupar, Fife, 17 Jan. 1883; educ. St. Salvators, St. Andrews, and Glenalmond College, Perthshire. In May, 1900, he joined the Fife Artillery Militia. He served in the 24th Battn. Imperial Yeomanry during the South African War, receiving medal with five clasps. He rejoined the Fife Artillery in 1903 and was subsequently appointed to the Royal Scots and served in India. When the regt. came home he resigned owing to temporary ill-health and went to Vancouver. On the outbreak of war he returned to England and obtained a commission in the Armoured Car Division. He was killed in action on 1 May, 1915, at Gallipoli, the day after landing at Gaba Tepe. His commanding officer wrote: “I can only say this, that every officer and man in the Armoured Car Force simply loved Jim Boothby. I never want a more loyal, good-hearted and good-natured second in command than he was. His own men saw that he had, what perhaps few out there got, a proper burial.” He was unm.

BOREHAM, CHARLES WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st class (R.F.R., B. 4450), S.S. 103462, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BOSANQUET, LIONEL ARTHUR, of Cleddon Hall, co. Monmouth, Lieut.-Col., 9th Battn. The Sherwood Foresters (Notts, and Derby Regt.), eldest s. of the late Arthur Bosanquet, of Cleddon Hall, J.P., I.C.S., Judge, Bombay Presidency, by his wife, Matilda, dau. of Col. Andrew Crawford, and grandson of Augustus Henry Bosanquet, of Ossidge, Southgate, H.E.I.C.S.; b. Southgate, co. Herts., 29 Jan. 1862; educ. Mr. Rose’s private school, Ramsgate, and Harrow; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted Lieut. to the Sherwood Foresters, 10 March, 1883, and promoted Capt. 8 May, 1892, and Major 9 May, 1903. He served in the Tirah Campaign 1897–8, took part in the operations in the Bazar Valley (25–30 Dec. 1897), the action at Dargai, and in the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, receiving the medal with two clasps; and retired in 1911. On the outbreak of war he rejoined and was given command of the 9th (Service) Battn. of his regt., 26 Oct., 1914. He went out to the Dardanelles and was in action from the 23 July to 22 Aug. 1915. He was wounded on 9 Aug. but rejoined in a week and was killed in action 22 Aug. 1915. Col. Bosanquet was killed (believed by machine guns) in Dead Man’s Gully, while leading his battn. To quote from a General’s letter, whose brigade found and buried his body: “He must have done well, for he was close up to the enemy, ahead of most of his men, who were stretched out behind him, never a one with his back turned, and all in perfect alignment.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [and published in the Supplement to the London Gazette dated 28 Jan. 1916], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Col. Bosanquet m. at Crockham Hill, Kent, 31 Aug. 1892, Alice Emily (7, Springfield Place, Bath), 2nd dau. of the Rev. John Erskine Campbell-Colquhoun, of Killermont and Garscaddon, co. Dumbarton, M.A., J.P., D.L., formerly Vicar of Southwold and Crockham Hill, and granddaughter of the late John Campbell-Colquhoun, of Killermont and Garscaddon, by his wife, the Hon. Henrietta Maria, née Powys, dau. of Thomas, 2nd Lord Lilford, and had issue: Cicely Alice Colquhoun, b. 25 Nov. 1893; and Eveline Louise Emmeline, b. 11 Jan. 1899.

BOSANQUET, SIDNEY COURTHOPE, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. The Middlesex Regt., elder s. of Charles John Bosanquet, of Stokesay, Kidbrook Park, Blackheath, Electrical Engineer, by his wife, Edith, elder dau. of the Rev. John Lloyd, of Llanvapley, co. Monmouth, and grandson of the late Rev. Edward Stanley Bosanquet, Rector of Bolingbroke, co. Lincoln, and great nephew of the late Samuel Richard Bosanquet, of Forest House and Dingeston Court, co. Monmouth, J.P., D.L.; b. Belvedere, co. Kent, 15 July, 1894; educ. St. Lawrence’s College, Ramsgate; received his commission 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Houplines, near Armentières, 16 Dec. 1914; unm.

BOSEMAN, JOHN, Private, No. 631, 1st Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force; a native of co. Armagh, Ireland; volunteered on the outbreak of war; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915.

BOSHER, CHARLES WALTER, Corpl., No. 2446, 1/7th Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Walter John Bosher, of 8, High Street, Egham, by his wife, Winifred Birkett, dau. of Henry Channing; b. Egham, co. Surrey, 2 Sept. 1884: educ. at Cranleigh School, Surrey; was in business with father as a corn and coal merchant; joined the 1/7th City of London Regt. early in Sept. 1914, and after training at Watford during the winter, went to the Front, 17 March, 1915. He came safely through the Battle of Loos (25 Sept.), and was killed in action three weeks later at Hulluch, 19 Oct. 1915, by the explosion of a trench mortar; unm. His cousin, Corpl. R. F. Bosher, who joined the Colours the same day was killed by the same explosion (see following notice).

BOSHER, RONALD FREDERICK, Corpl., No. 2449, 1/7th Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Ellington Bosher, of Lewes, Sussex, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Arthur Garratt; b. Lewes, co. Sussex, 24 March, 1893; educ. at Lewes Grammar School; was a farmer’s assistant; joined the 7th City of London Regt. early in Sept. 1914, and after training at Watford during the winter, went to the Front, 17 March, 1915. He came safely through the Battle of Loos (25 Sept.), and was killed in action at Hulluch, 19 Oct. 1915; unm. His cousin, Corpl. C. Bosher, who joined the Colours the same day, was killed at the same time (see previous notice).

BOSWELL, BENJAMIN, Private, No. 5784, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Benjamin Boswell, Blacksmith; b. Small Heath, Birmingham, 25 Dec. 1886; educ. Ada Street Council School there; enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regt., purchasing his discharge from it in 1902. On 4 Oct. 1903, he joined the Coldstream Guards, and died of wounds received in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 15 Sept. 1914. He m. at Christ Church, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 16 April, 1911, Lily, dau. of William Herrick, of Small Heath; s.p.

BOSWELL, JOSEPH NORMAN, Boy, 1st Class (Dev.), J. 29552, H.M.S. Formidable; lost when that ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel, 1 Jan., 1915.

GARNETT-BOTFIELD, ALFRED CLULOW FITZGERALD, Lieut., 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers, yr. s. of the late William Egerton Garnett-Botfield, of Decker Hill, and The Hut, Bishop’s Castle, co. Salop, J.P., F.G.S., by his wife, Elizabeth Clulow (Decker Hill, Shifnal, etc.), dau. of John Howard-McLean, of Aston Hall, co. Salop, and gdson. of the late Rev. William Bishton Garnett-Botfield, of Decker Hill, co. Salop, and Haughton Hall, co. Chester, M.A., J.P.; b. Bishop’s Castle, 16 June, 1892; educ. Eton (Mr. Churchill’s House), and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was up at Cambridge for the Long Vacation when war was declared. He volunteered the same day, and was given a commission in the Rifle Brigade, 15 Aug. 1914. After a course of training at Sheerness he was sent to the Western Front in Nov., and on arrival there was attached to the South Wales Borderers, and was subsequently (22 Jan. 1915) transferred to that regt. He served through the fighting at Festubert, Givenchy, La Bassée and Neuve Chapelle, where he several times had his clothes pierced with bullets but escaped unwounded, and was killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915; unm., and was buried there. He had been promoted Lieut. in March. Writing to his mother, his company officer, Capt. A. C. Lloyd, said: “Your very gallant son fell in action on the 9th (Sunday). His platoon was ordered out to an advanced trench under protection of our artillery fire. The order was given to advance from there, and though heavy maxim gun fire was coming from the German lines, he at once and without any hesitation gave the command, ‘Prepare to advance.’ I was myself hit and just saw him leap out of the trench, only to fall at once instantaneously killed. I have recommended him for his gallant conduct, and only hope that an official recognition of his qualities as a soldier will receive due mention.... A more efficient subaltern than your son could not be found, always ready for any work however hazardous, and always most cheerful. The men all loved him, and would have followed him anywhere, as they always knew he could lead them.” And his commanding officer, Major A. I. Reddie, wrote: “On the 9th an assault in the early morning had been attempted on the enemy’s trenches. This was unsuccessful, so another was made in the afternoon, when our battn. were detailed to carry it out in one part of the line. Your son’s platoon during the artillery bombardment had to crawl along an old trench in front of the breastwork in order to get nearer the enemy’s lines. This they had to do under heavy fire, but succeeded so far. When the time came for the assault your son jumped up to lead his men, and was shot at once before he got any distance. Several attempts were made at night to recover his body, but owing to the enemy’s fire it was found impossible to do so before we were relieved at midnight; but it is still hoped to do so, and we had arranged to bury all the officers in an orchard near a place called ‘Windy Corner.’” His body was afterwards recovered and “buried on the 10th in the evening by being carried across our trench on one of the bridges used for the ditch ... about 300 yards on the left of the cinder track. The ditch between our line and the German line is the most permanent guide. This ditch, about 4 feet deep and 16 feet wide, runs parallel to our line, then at right angles to this into the German. The spot would be about 250 yards to our left of this junction and 40 yards from this point back in the direction of the Rue du Bois.” At Cambridge he was in the first Third Trinity boat. He stroked the winning University Trial Eight two years in succession, and with Mr. A. Drewe won the Foster-Fairbairn Pairs in the record time of 8 min. 35½ secs. He was also a keen tennis and hockey player. He was intensely musical, much of his spare time being spent at the organ. He was a member of Third Trinity, Leander and Viking Rowing Clubs, and but for the war would more than possibly have stroked the University boat in 1915. One who knew him very intimately at Cambridge as an engineering student wrote to his mother of him: “Your son was one of the best types produced by Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, a type we can very ill afford to lose.... He was much honoured, respected ... and loved by all oarsmen, and many hoped he might in his last year have obtained the coveted ‘Blue.’ As engineer he displayed a great ability in practical things and a thorough understanding of machines and men. An untimely end through his fearless bravery has robbed us of one of the very finest of the coming generation.”

GARNETT-BOTFIELD, CHARLES SIDNEY, Capt., Bedfordshire Regt., elder s. of the Rev. Charles Ramsey Garnett-Botfield, M.A., Vicar of Moreton, Oswestry, co. Salop, by his wife, Ida Mary, dau. of Thomas Aldersey of Aldersey, co. Chester, and gdson. of the Rev. William Bishton Garnett-Botfield, of Decker Hill, co. Salop, and Haughton Hall, co. Chester, M.A., J.P.; b. Rochdale, 5 Oct. 1887; educ. Rossall and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Bedfordshire Regt. 8 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 5 March, 1910, and Capt. 2nd Battn. 15 Sept. 1914. He died at Boulogne, 14 Dec. 1914, from wounds received in action at Ypres, 30 Oct. 1914, and was buried at Moreton; unm. Capt. Garnett-Botfield was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field.

BOTHWELL, WILLIAM, Private, No. 18312, 13th (Service) Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), s. of William Bothwell, of 10, Bogside Place, Easter House, Lanarkshire; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died in the Canadian General Hospital, Camiers, 4 Oct. 1915.

BOTLEY, ALBERT WICKSTEAD, A.B., Ch. J. 10692, H.M.S. Formidable; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the English Channel, 1 Jan. 1915.

BOTTGER, ABBIN ERNEST HENRY, Private, No. 7774, 1st Battn. Highland Light Infantry; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between 11–18 March, 1915.

BOTTING, EDWARD CHARLES, Private, No. G. 915, 6th (Service) Battn. East Kent Regt., s. of John Botting, of 12, Wheatley Terrace, Erith, Kent; b. Battersea, S.W., 20 July, 1893; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 13 Oct., 1915.

BOTTING, GEORGE, Private, No. G. 71, 7th (Service) Battn. East Surrey Regt., s. of Joseph Botting, of Cowdry Cottage, Midhurst, Sussex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 8 Oct. 1915.

BOTTOMLEY, ALBERT, Private, No. 2010, 4th Battn. Manchester Regt.; was employed at Messrs. Platt Brothers & Co.’s Works, Oldham; enlisted early in 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915, aged 25.

BOTTOMLEY, THOMAS REGINALD, B.A., Lieut., 1st Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., eldest s. of Thomas Bottomley, of 25, Norman Road Thornton Heath, co. Surrey, formerly of Ripponden, Halifax, by his wife, Ellen, eldest dau. of the late Peter Whiteley, of Liverpool; b. Ripponden, co. York, 17 Oct. 1887; educ. Rishworth Grammar School, and St. John’s Training College, Battersea, and from the latter was appointed as a teacher by the Croydon Educational Committee in 1909. He was connected mainly with the Oval Road Boys’ School, and with his boys he was a great favourite and an intimate friend, joining in all their sports and gaining their confidence in every way. As an internal student of London University he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1913 and had intended to take the Honours Degree examination in 1915. It was while at London University that he entered the Officers’ Training Corps, in which he spent three years until April, 1914, when he accepted a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st East Yorkshires. He entered barracks in June, left for the Front the beginning of Sept. a few days after his marriage, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 23 Sept. 1914. He was elected to membership of the South London Harriers in 1911, and was known mostly to the cross-country members, having been a regular attendant at headquarters. He avoided racing not being keen on it, nevertheless he finished 26th in the match against the Ranelagh Harriers in 1912. He m. at Cambridge, 29 Aug. 1914, Eveline Mary, only dau. of William Henry Gibson, of The Hollins, Sowerby Bridge; s.p.

BOUCHER, HAROLD ERNEST, Private, No. 7065, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of the late Arthur Boucher, by his wife, Helena, dau. of James Whitehouse; b. Birmingham, 17 Aug. 1886; enlisted in 1st Battn. 28 Dec. 1906, and exchanged into the 3rd Battn. when he went to Egypt, serving seven years with the colours. On the outbreak of war he was called up from the Reserve, and died at Viviers, Landrecies, 2 Sept. 1914, of wounds received in action. He m. at Windsor, 4 Dec. 1912, Gertrude Annie (4, Park View, Winson Street, Dudley Road, Birmingham), dau. of George Hawkins, and had two children: Frances Annetta Gregson, b. 11 Oct. 1913; and Kathleen Gertrude Magdalen, b. (posthumous) 27 April, 1915.

BOUGHTON, ERNEST GEORGE, Rifleman, No. 3226, No. 2 Platoon, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt., 3rd s. of Horace John Boughton, of 15, Auckland Road, Bow, E., by his wife, Ann, dau. of George Parrot; b. Bow, London, E., 22 May, 1896; educ. Chisenhale Road Council School; was a Shop Assistant; enlisted 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and died in hospital at Bethune, 15 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at La Bassée the previous day; unm. Buried in Bethune Cemetery. His Platoon Officer, Lieut. W. A. Piercey, wrote: “He was wounded to-day. He was struck twice by a German sniper while out of the trench under my orders. Rifleman Gowers, who was with him, acted in a very cool and soldierly way in assisting his comrade under fire, and your son bore up most bravely under the pain and discomfort inevitable in being brought in under such circumstances. We have every reason to be proud of them both.”

BOULDEN, REUBEN WILLIAM HENRY, Leading Seaman, 237607, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

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

BOULT, THOMAS, Corpl., No. 1639, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry; a native of Seaham Harbour, Durham; went to Canada from West Hartlepool about 1910; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry; was severely wounded at Ypres, where he had a leg shot off, and died in hospital at Boulogne, 15 May, 1915. Three of his brothers are on service, two in the Army and one in the Navy.

BOULTON, JAMES FORSTER, Midshipman, R.N., H.M.S. Monmouth, yr. s. of Alexander Claude Forster Boulton, of 28, Ranelagh Avenue, Barnes, J.P., Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, formerly M.P., North Hunts, by his wife, Florence Marion, dau. of Henry Harmes; b. Putney, 3 April, 1899; educ. Willington School, Putney, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges. He was appointed to H.M.S. Monmouth on the outbreak of war, as a Naval Cadet, and was advanced to the rank of Midshipman only a few days before he was lost in the sinking of H.M.S. Monmouth, while in action off the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. Entering Willington School as its youngest boy in May, 1905, he left it as head boy at Christmas, 1911, after being head of Form V and prize-winner the previous July. Having entered Osborne Royal Naval College in Jan. 1912, he was second of his year at Easter and first of his year at Midsummer. He was top in bookwork in the Christmas term, and third in the final order for the year. He played for the Soccer XI in various “forward” positions. In the following year he won the fly-weight boxing, and passed out second of the 70 Cadets of his “year.” In Jan., 1914, he entered Dartmouth College, where he was also first in bookwork in his first term. His aggregate position at both colleges was generally second—a highly creditable record when one remembers the number of Cadets.

BOURGES, JOHN (JEAN), Private, No. 67214, 25th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Gabriel Bourges, of Cancale, Ille et Vilaine, France; b. Cancale, 3 May, 1890; educ. there, and left France on a French fishing vessel in 1904 for Canada, and on account of ill-treatment remained there and worked as a sailor, and never returned to France until he came with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he at once volunteered, crossed to France in Sept., and was killed in action 27 Dec. 1915, by the bursting of a shell in his trench; unm. He was buried in the cemetery of the 25th Battn. by the Rev. Father Doyen, of the 5th Brigade.

BOURKE, BERTRAM WALTER, Capt., 5th, attd. 2nd, Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only surviving s. of the late Major William Henry Bourke, of Heathfield, Ballina, co. Mayo, Connaught Rangers, by his wife, Sarah Louisa, dau. of James John Young; b. 9 Dec. 1882; educ. in Saint Servant, France; served with the Royal Engineers (Militia) from which he exchanged into the 5th Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1904; passed the school of instruction for employment with the Regular Forces, and obtained the rank of Capt. 24 Feb. 1912. He left for the Front on 2 May, 1915, was attached to the 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and was killed in action while gallantly leading his men near Ypres, just a week later, 9 May, 1915. Capt. Bourke m. at Stapletown, Carlow, 19 April, 1913, Eileen, dau. of George Neville Usher, of Carlow, and had two daus.: Vivienne Neville, b. 29 Jan. 1914; and Patricia Bertram, b. 4 Nov. 1915.

BOURKE, EUSTACE GEORGE WALTER, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest s. of Walter Longley Bourke, of Monycrower, Maidenhead, late Major, Duke of Lancaster’s Own Imperial Yeomanry, by his wife, Ethel Kathleen Jane, only dau. of the late Capt. John W... Freeman, of Rockfield, co. Hereford, 16th Regt., and grandson of Rev. the Hon. George Wingfield Bourke, M.A., [4th s. of Robert, 5th Earl of Mayo]; b. 24 June, 1888; educ. at Mr. Arnold’s School at Wixenford, Uppingham and Sandhurst, and received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 6 Feb. 1909, becoming Lieut. 20 Aug. 1912, and Capt. 18 May, 1915. For some time he was A.D.C. to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and was appointed A.D.C. to the Governor-General of South Africa, but was unable to proceed with Lord Buxton to take up the appointment on account of the outbreak of the war. He went out to the Front on 12 Aug. 1914, being in command of the machine-gun section of his battn. He was with his battn. during the retreat from Mons and on the Aisne. Near Ypres, on 26 Oct., he received a bullet wound in the foot, and was sent home. Subsequently he was appointed Adjutant of the 6th (Reserve) battn. of his regt., which appointment he might have retained until the end of the war but for his own determination to go again to the Front. Early in May he was transferred as Adjutant to the 9th Battn., and on the 20th of that month he again proceeded to the Front. “20 May. Just off,” he wrote. “We shall be in France before you get this. I can’t understand myself. I expected when the time came I should be sorry to go. However, I slept like a top last night, no worries, so far no fears. Everything seems to me to be quite all in the day’s work. It’s odd when you think of it.” He was promoted Capt. on 18 May, though not gazetted until a few weeks later. Capt. Bourke was killed in the first action in which the 9th battn. was engaged, and within half a mile of the spot where he was wounded in October. The battn. was ordered forward and marched up a railway cutting in full view of a German observation balloon. Within a few minutes they were being heavily shelled, and one burst close to Capt. Bourke and his servant (Rifleman S. Chater), who were together; the latter was blown into the air, but neither was injured. Capt. Bourke turned back to see if his man was hurt, and they then made for some small dug-outs in the side of the cutting. Before they could take cover, however, another shell fell close to them, and Capt. Bourke was badly hit. Chater again escaped unhurt, though he afterwards suffered so severely from shock that he had to be invalided home. Chater ran off under heavy fire to fetch a doctor, and succeeded in bringing one back in a very few minutes, but only to find that Capt. Bourke was already dead. Chater remained with him for several hours in the hope of being able to bring his body in, but this was impossible. It was, however, recovered the next day, and he was buried in a cemetery close to Ypres, where a wooden cross, put up by his Colonel and some of his brother officers, marks his grave. Col. Chaplin (himself killed shortly afterwards), in writing to Capt. Bourke’s father, said: “I cannot express to you how very deeply we feel his loss. He was most conscientious and a very useful officer, and did his duty admirably. I fear his loss to the battn. and to myself is almost irreparable.” And Major Hope (2nd in command), in another letter said: “I should like to add that I myself only knew your son for about a month, but that was quite long enough to become devoted to him and to appreciate his sterling qualities both as a man and as a soldier. I believe it was the same throughout all ranks of the battn., to which his loss is indeed irreparable. I was in the same mess with him, and he was always so cheery and capable in any difficulty. Chater, his servant, is heart-broken, and has gone to hospital.” Capt. Eric Benson also wrote: “In the short time he was with us he did so much for the battn. and helped everyone. We all miss him more than I can say, both as a soldier and as a friend.” Like so many of the Bourke family, he was devoted to hunting. In regimental point-to-point races, too, he never missed a chance of a plucky ride for a place, and many will remember how well he was often carried by his charger “Maxim Gun.” The charm of his personality is vividly illustrated in the lifelike description of him written by a friend, and here quoted: “He was still a boy, though already in the Army and an A.D.C., when I first knew him, about four years before his death. He retained to the last day I saw him before he went out to the war for the second time the light-hearted look of amusement at life of a typical boy, and his open expression, curly brown hair, and big humorous brown eyes heightened this first impression, but as time went on and things were discussed with and before him and, incidentally, his own experience and plans, it was striking to see how often he summed up a question in a few words modestly and often lightly spoken. Then, when it came to decisions, whilst almost turning the laugh against himself, he was clear as to his own course of action, and this invariably included consideration for and loyalty to others. He seemed to see his way without question. His handsome, healthy face and figure and look of high spirits seemed to put up the temperature when he came into a room.”

BOURKE, JAMES PATRICK, Private, No. 93, 1st Australian Light Horse, 2nd s. of James Bourke, Private Estate Steward, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Hugh Wallis; b. Kilfrush, co. Limerick, 23 Nov. 1880; educ. National School, Hospital; went to Australia in June, 1907; enlisted after the outbreak of war and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 26 June, 1915. He m. at Hospital, 10 Sept. 1905, Mary, eldest dau. of Loughlin Doran, of 26, Deyne Avenue, Rusholme, Manchester, and had a dau., Mary Elizabeth, b. 23 Nov. 1906.

BOURNE, ERNEST, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4221), 294840, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BOURNS, CHARLES, Lieut., 6th, attd. 4th, Battn. The Rifle Brigade, yr. s. of Charles Bourns, of Boley, Lichfield, formerly of West Hill, Oxted, Physician, by his wife, Florence, dau. of Edward Walker, of West Hill, Oxted, and Araluen, Eastbourne; b. West Hill, Oxted, 7 Aug. 1881; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School and St. John’s College, Oxford (M.A.), and was an Assistant Master at Repton when war was declared. Being a member of the Repton O.T.C., he obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in Oct. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. in the Rifle Brigade, 22 Jan. 1915. He was killed in action near Hooge, 25 May, 1915; unm. He was an Oxford (Rugby football) Blue in 1903.