BROADWELL, THOMAS, Private, No. 6675, 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., 2nd s. of Robert Broadwell, of Hull, Blacksmith, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Peterson; b. Hull, 5 Sept. 1876; educ. Blundell Street Board School there; served for six or seven years in the 1st East Yorks Rifle Volunteers; worked for 21 years with Charles Hatfield, of Hull, Coal Merchant, and after the latter’s death in 1912, for himself as a coal dealer; was called up on the outbreak of the war (11 Aug. 1914), and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 9 April, 1915. He m. at Sculcoates Parish Church, Hull, Lily (7, Walter’s Terrace, West Parade, Hull), dau. of William Atkinson, and had five children: Robert William, b. 8 March, 1903; Harry, b. 29 May, 1904; Laura, b. 7 Feb. 1899; Lily, b. 27 Sept. 1907; and Muriel, b. 2 July, 1912.

BROADWOOD, MAXIMILIAN FRANCIS, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Queen’s Own West Kent Regt., s. of Francis Broadwood, of Hever Court, Singlewell, Gravesend, and his wife, Mary Sylvia, dau. of the late Maximilian Hammond Dallson, of Hamptons, co. Kent, J.P., and grandson of the late Thomas Broadwood, of Holmbush, co. Sussex; b. Brunswick Place, Hove, co. Sussex, 1 April, 1893; educ. Evelyns (G. T. Worsley), Hillingdon, Uxbridge; Wellington College, Berks; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt. 4 Sept. 1912, and joined the 1st Battn. in Dublin 9 Oct. following. He was killed in action near Wasmes, during the retreat from Mons, 24 Aug. 1914; unm. Col. Martyn, the officer commanding the battn. at the time of his death and during his two years’ service, wrote: “He was a boy with a future before him; was beloved by us all, always cheerful, and a great loss not only to his family but to his regiment and his country. He was killed at the same time as Major Bereford and Capt. Phillips, both in his company, which had been sent to help another battn. in difficulties.”

BROCK, JOHN, Shipwright, 1st Class, 344374, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

BROCK, JOHN RAMSAY, L.-Sergt., No. 28957 16th Battn. (72nd Seaforth Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force; only s. of George Dunning Brock, of Greattree Estate, Chagford, Devon, by his wife, Seraphina Wagstaff dau. of Andrew Devoy Ramsay; b. Brantford, Ontario, 21 Sept. 1876; educ. Lapford College, North Devon; went to Canada in Aug. 1903, and was a builder, but on the outbreak of war enlisted, 18 Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914, went to the front Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert between 18 and 20 May, 1915. He m. at Chagford, Devon, 19 Nov. 1894, Rose Edith (1860, 14th Avenue East, Vancouver, B.C.), 2nd dau. of William Lyddon, of Portland House, Chagford, and has two sons and three daus.: Jack Ramsay, b. 31 March, 1904; Roy Dunning, b. 29 July, 1906; Rita Ramsay, b. 30 April, 1900; Violet Palmer, b. 10 Oct. 1901; and Emily Wilfreda, b. 14 April, 1911.

BROCKBANK, SIEGFRIED HARRISON, Private, No. 2559, 7th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only s. of James Harrison Brockbank, by his wife, Nettie Carpenter (the distinguished violinist known as Madame Nettie Carpenter), dau. of Dr. Wesley M. Carpenter, of New York; b. Highgate, 4 Feb. 1895; educ. Westminster Cathedral Choir School, and after spending five years there went to St. Edmund’s as a church student in Sept. 1908. He was placed in the 2nd School of Rudiments, but showing more than average ability, was promoted to the 1st School of Rudiments at the beginning of the spring term, 1909. At the end of the year, feeling that he had no vocation to the priesthood, he left the college and returned to the Choir School, where he remained for about a year. In Oct. 1910, he entered the Civil Service, but only remained there 18 months, as by that time a position in a London bank was offered him, which he accepted. In this profession he was making rapid progress when the war broke out. Cheerfully sacrificing all future prospects, he was among the first to join the New Army, enlisting in the 7th Middlesex Territorials on 10 Aug. Owing to previous experience in the Civil Service Cadet Corps, where he had obtained the rank of colour-sergt., he was dispensed from preliminary training, and on 2 Sept. he left England to take up garrison duty at Gibraltar. After six months spent at the Mediterranean fortress, he returned to London about the middle of Feb., and on 12 March left for active service in France. In a letter dated 27 May, 1915, he wrote: “Before the scourge, as we call the attack we made or helped to make on the 9 May, I had been feeling rather seedy for some time back, but I recovered just in time, and was luckily feeling fit. On the 7th I took part in what ‘Eye-witness’ in The Times of the 13th describes as a brilliant little affair of outposts, which took place in front of our trenches. The next platoon to us was holding the head of a sap, a sort of trench that ran from our lines slant-wise up to within 30 yards of the German trench. On the night of the 7th some Allemands raided the head and got in, but were speedily put to flight. We had sustained a few casualties, but they left four dead on the spot. While it was going on a wounded fellow of ours rushed up and said that the Germans were inside the sap. You can imagine the feelings with which I, one of the first to reinforce, went up to this sap in the pitch darkness, expecting every moment to find the Germans in possession. Luckily it was all over, except for an anxious all-night watch. The next evening was filled with preparation for the attack. Wire-cutting parties, ladder carrying parties, grenadiers, and lastly the assaulting troops coming in at night. We were moved a little in rear occupying a redoubt. After our bombardment we saw our fellows going over the parapet, their bayonets gleaming in the lovely sunshine—a stirring sight. We heard they had carried three lines of enemy trenches. Then the Germans shelled us, being the supports, and I think the strongest of us got terrified as the shells burst all around us. We were all heartily glad when in the evening the order came to man the trenches, and we found our fellows had been beaten back. The trench (our firing trench) was full of the remnants of the battns., and the whole air alive with hubbub. The Germans turned a heavy machine gun fire on to us, and the artillery started sending red-hot shells across the black sky. Morning revealed many painful sights, but we were glad to hear that the French had advanced considerably at the same time as we made our attack. We had drawn their reinforcements to us. I do not think our casualties were over heavy, as very many wounded crawled back under cover of night, and they will mostly recover. I have taken on a job the nature of which I must not mention, which precludes me from the trenches for a little while.” This it afterwards transpired was to learn grenade throwing, some 200 yards behind the firing trenches. On 5 June, the enemy finding the range of the French headquarters by means of their aeroplanes, subjected them to heavy shell fire. He fell covered with wounds, and expired a few minutes later from shock without regaining consciousness. Writing to his mother, his Capt. said: “He was always bright and cheerful and a thoroughly good soldier, and was liked and respected by officers and men alike. His company put a small wooden cross on his grave with I.H.S. upon it, which they took from a ruined church near by, knowing he was a Catholic.”

BROCKELBANK, LAURENCE SEYMOUR, Lieut., 3rd, attached 1st, Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., s. of George Seymour Brockelbank, of Elm Lodge, Blackheath, member of the London Stock Exchange, by his wife, Julia, dau. of the late Henry Turner, of Court Lodge, Knockholt, Kent; b. Eliot Park, Blackheath, 21 Sept. 1892; educ. Lindesfurn, Lee and Tonbridge School; entered the army as 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. King’s Own, 5 May, 1914, and is believed to have been killed at the Battle of Cambray, 26 Aug. 1914, being reported missing from that date. Lieut. Douglas C. Robinson wrote, 1 Nov. 1914: “On 26 Aug. all the young officers had been accounted for except your boy. Some of the Lancashire Fusiliers told me when they went up to clear away the wounded that they saw a very young-looking officer, the description of which tallied with your son, lying dead absolutely next to our Colonel (Col. Dykes). Unfortunately we could not get up to them afterwards.” From a statement made to the Rev. Gabin McFadyeen, of Saltash, by Private Copperwhaite, who had for some time acted as Lieut. Brockelbank’s servant, it appears that the “King’s Own” had been surprised by the German machine guns and lost heavily. Lieut. Brockelbank led his men heroically after he had been wounded, but a retreat became necessary, and while that was in progress he was killed instantaneously by the bursting of a shell. According to the list compiled by Capt Davy, R.A.M.C., he was buried at Hautcourt, between Cambray and Le Cateau. He was gazetted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; unm.

FITZHERBERT-BROCKHOLES, THOMAS JOSEPH, Capt., 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade, eldest s. of William Joseph Fitzherbert-Brockholes, of Claughton Hall, Garstang, co. Lancaster, J.P., D.L., C.A., by his 2nd wife, Blanche Winifred Mary, dau. of the late Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir Henry Hugh Clifford, V.C., K.C.M.G., C.B.; b. London, 4 May, 1887; educ. The Oratory School, Edgbaston, and New College, Oxford; gazetted to 3rd Battn. Rifle Brigade, then in England, 24 June, 1908, but exchanged in July, 1910, to the 2nd Battn. then at Calcutta; was promoted Lieut. 15 Feb. 1911, became Adjutant 21 Feb. 1914. On the outbreak of war he returned with his battn. to England (Oct.), and went with it to the Front early in Nov., and was promoted Capt. on the 15th of that month. He was wounded on 20 Dec., but not seriously, and was able to remain on duty, and was on constant service with his battn. in the trenches (with the exception of a short leave of seven days) until the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, when the 2nd Battn. was given a leading part in the attack, and was the first to get through the village on 10 March and entrench themselves on the far side of it. Two days later he was shot through the head while directing the fire of a machine gun in beating off a violent counter-attack, and died 14 March without recovering consciousness. Capt. Fitzherbert-Brockholes was mentioned for his services in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May. When in India he secured a special certificate at the School of Signalling at Kasauli, and a First Class at the School of Musketry. He was very keen and good at games and all kinds of sport, did excellent work in the cricket field for the Oxford University Authentics and the Green Jackets, and played polo for his regiment. All who came in contact with him spoke in the highest terms of his efficiency as a soldier, of his absolute fearlessness, and of his consideration for others.

BROCKIE, DAVID, Private, No. 75230, A Coy., 29th (Vancouver) Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder s. of the late Thomas Brockie, of Hawthornside, Hawick, co. Roxburgh, Farmer, by his wife, Anne Henderson, dau. of the late William Renwick, of Byrecleuch and Chapel Mains, co. Berwick; b. Hawthornside afsd., 1 Dec. 1878; educ. Hobkirk Public School, and Teviot Grove Academy, Hawick, and after a business training went to India, where he was for seven years with Whitaway, Laidlaw & Co. After a brief visit home he went to Vancouver about 1911, and after the declaration of war volunteered and joined the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada in Oct. 1914. He was transferred to the 29th Battn., came over with the second Contingent, went to France, 17 Sept. 1915, and was mortally wounded on 4 Nov. following, and died two days later in No. 2 Clearing Station at Bailleul. He was buried in the cemetery there; unm. For going to his assistance when he fell wounded and carrying him to a place of safety while under heavy fire, L.-Corpl. Alfred J. Hourston was awarded the D.C.M.

BROCKLEHURST, EDWARD HENRY, Capt., 6th (Rifle) Battn. The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 5th s. of the late Henry Brocklehurst, of Sefton Park, Liverpool, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of William Hutchings; b. Waterloo, near Liverpool, 15 May, 1878; educ. Harrow, and became a chartered accountant. He joined the volunteers in 1900 and was made Capt. of the 6th Battn. King’s Regt. 22 June, 1910, when he secured the certificate of proficiency qualifying him for higher rank. He was on the Special Reserve of officers, and had been gazetted as regimental instructor of musketry a short time before war broke out. He immediately volunteered for foreign service, and was killed while leading a charge at Hill 60, near Ypres, 5 May, 1915; unm.

BROCKLESBY, DENNIS, Armourer’s Crew, M. 6674, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BROCKWELL, WILLIAM JAMES, Stoker, Petty Officer, K. 2386, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BRODIE, EWEN JAMES, 11th of Lethen and Coulmony, co. Nairn, D.L., Capt., 1st Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 2nd and only surviving s. of the late James Campbell John Brodie, 9th Laird of Lethen and Coulmony, Lord Lieut. of co. Nairn, by his wife Fanny Sophia Constance, dau. of Edmund Thomas Wedgwood Wood, of Henley Hall, co. Salop; b. at Lethen, 17 July, 1878; educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted as 2nd Lieut. from the Militia to the 2nd Battn. of the Cameron Highlanders, 26 May, 1900, and was promoted Lieut. 22 Jan. 1902, and Capt. 3 May 1911. He served in the Mediterranean, Africa and China, and from 1909 to 1913 was Adjutant to Lovat Scouts (T.F.), when he rejoined the 1st Battn. of the Camerons at Edinburgh Castle. On the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914., he went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, took part in the Battle of the Aisne, and all the fighting preliminary to the First Battle of Ypres, and fell in action, in the encounter with the Prussian Guards at Ypres, 11 Nov 1914. At the time of his death he was acting as Adjutant of his battn. and was one of the only three survivors of the officers of the regt. who had left Edinburgh Castle ten weeks before. He was buried near some men of his regt., close to the spot where he fell. He m. 4 Jan. 1911, Marion Louisa, eldest dau. of William Stirling, of Fairburn and Monar, co. Ross, and had three children, David James, b. 27 Oct. 1911; Peter Ewen, b. 6 May, 1914; and Helen Charlotte, b. 22 June, 1913.

BROMLEY, CUTHBERT, Major and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, s. of the late Sir John Bromley, C.B., J.P., formerly of the Exchequer and Audit Department, Somerset House, afterwards Accountant General of the Board of Education, by his wife, Marie Louise (Sutton Corner, Seaford, Sussex), dau. of the late Richard Bowman, of Maidenhead; b. Earl’s Terrace, London, W., 19 Sept. 1878; educ. St. Paul’s School and received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Lancashire Fusiliers from the Militia, 4 May, 1898, and was promoted Lieut. 28 Dec. 1898. In Sept. 1899, he was sent from Aldershot to Malta and received his company, 15 June, 1901. It is interesting to note the fact that when he received his company he was barely twenty-two, and he and a junior Subaltern (Gaspard de Coligny Le Marchant) are said to have been the two youngest captains in the British Army. While in Malta, the South African War broke out, and in order to be fully qualified he and Capt Le Marchant joined the Malta Mounted Infantry, but as his Commanding Officer (Capt. Hamilton) fell ill, he had to remain behind in Malta temporarily to take his place. In 1901–3 Major Bromley was seconded for service with the West African Frontier Force, and took part in the punitive expedition in the Aro country, and had the West African (S. Nigeria) 1901–2 and Aro medals with clasps. While in Southern Nigeria he gained the Royal Humane Society’s Certificate for saving a native’s life from drowning, by holding him up 8½ hours in the water. During 1906–7, he was Superintendent of Gymnasia, Irish Command, but resigned this post to rejoin his own regt. the Lancashire Fusiliers, and in 1909 went with it to India, serving for some time as Transport Officer. He was appointed Adjutant, 4 May, 1914, and took keen interest in the regimental sport and in organising the men’s games. His regt., with others from India, arrived in England 13 Jan. 1915, and started on the Dardanelles Expedition on 15 March, 1915; he was in the 29th Division and his Brigade (the 86th Infantry) was the first to land on W. Beach (Lancashire “Landing”) on that memorable 25 April, their duty being to cover the disembarkation of the rest of the Division. An officer who was there said, “Bromley and Needham were always forward, leading and cheering on; all were good, but then were splendid.” On 28 April, Major Bromley was wounded in the thigh, and when examined by the doctors was found to have been wounded in the back on the day of the landing. After three weeks in hospital, he rejoined his regt. on the Gallipoli Peninsula and was again wounded by shrapnel in the foot on 28 June. An officer wrote: “He was wounded at the beginning of the charge from our trenches. When he was picked up he made the men help him forward to lead the attack.” After six weeks in hospital at Cairo and at Troodos, he started from Alexandria for Cape Hellas on the ill-fated Royal Edward, with a draft of sixty-four men, as senior military officer “Commanding the troops on board.” The ship was torpedoed in the Aegean Sea and sank in about 4½ minutes, on 14 Aug. 1915. Major Bromley had not been well that morning, having a touch of fever and was the last to jump overboard. He was injured in the head by wreckage and rendered partially unconscious, and but for that would undoubtedly have had strength to swim to the Hospital Ship Sudan. His fate was the more tragic as from boyhood he had always been such an expert swimmer, and when at Malta swam five miles, from there to the Island of Gozo. His Commanding Officer wrote: “So passed one of the bravest officers I have known, my friend for years, and one of the most popular men in the regt.” He was mentioned in Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 20 May [London Gazette, 5 Aug.], 1915, and had been gazetted temporary Major [London Gazette, 3 Aug. 1915] to rank as from 6 June. He was unm.

BROMLEY, HERBERT ASSHETON (Jett), Lieut., No. 3 Coy., 7th Battn (1st British Columbia Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. s. of the late Sir Henry Bromley, 5th Bt., by his wife, Ada, only child of Westley Richards; b. Stoke Newark, 16 Oct. 1879; educ. Farnborough and Eton, was Private Secretary to his brother, Sir Robert Bromley, Bt., Administrator of St. Christopher and Nevis (1905–6) and afterwards to the Hon. James Dunsmuir, Lieut.-Gov. of British Columbia; joined the 88th Fusiliers at Victoria, B.C., when that battn. was formed three years ago; on the outbreak of war volunteered for service overseas, was gazetted Lieut. on formation of Canadian Expeditionary Force, 21 Sept. 1911, and was killed in action at the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915; unm. Describing his death, a comrade said: “He was badly wounded in the trenches, but leaped out and led his men in a magnificent charge, calling out ‘we have got to win, follow me.’ He was quite alone away in front of his men and died a glorious death.” His Company Commander, Major R. C. Cooper, wrote to the Editor as follows: “I would, as the late Lieut. H. A. Bromley’s Company Commander, like to express my very high appreciation of him, both as an officer with the welfare of his men at heart, and as a personal friend. Mr. Bromley was invaluable to me in France with his intimate knowledge of the language and customs. His men were devoted to him and missed him greatly when wounded in the head on the 16 March at Fleurbaix. He returned to us on 27 March and remained with the battn. up to ‘Our Day’—doing duty in the trenches from the 14 to the 19 April, two days in billets and then the gas and subsequent heavy fighting. In Victoria, B.C., he was a member of the 88th Victoria Fusiliers, some time as a Company Officer and the remainder as Adjutant. He served with the regt. in the coal strikes at Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, 1913–14. On the outbreak of war he was one of the first officers selected for Active Service, being posted to my company, left for Valcartier, 28 Aug. 1914, and for England, 27 Sept. 1914, arriving at Plymouth, 15 Oct. 1914—four months of rain at Salisbury Plain and then to France. We all mourn ‘Brom.’ as a pal and soldier. His last idea, and his was a forlorn hope, was to charge and scupper some of the Boches before going under himself. His platoon on 21 April lost twenty-one killed, sixteen wounded, three prisoners and eight wounded and prisoners. This record tells of his work.”

BROOKE, JAMES ANSON OTHO, V.C., Capt., 2nd Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, eldest s. of Capt. Harry Vesey Brooke, of Fairley, Countesswells, co. Aberdeen, J.P., D.L., late 92nd Gordon Highlanders, by his wife, Patricia, only child of James Gregory Moir Byres, of Tonley, co. Aberdeen, and gdson. of the late Sir Arthur Brinsley Brooke, of Colebrooke Park, co. Fermanagh, 2nd Bt., M.P.; b. Fairley, Aberdeenshire, 3 Feb. 1884; educ. Wellington and Sandhurst, and received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Gordon Highlanders, 11 Oct. 1905, and joined the 1st Battn. at Cork in November. The following year he was promoted Lieut. (5 Aug. 1907) and transferred to the 2nd battn. in India, where he served till 1913. He was present at the Delhi Durbar and as Senior Subaltern he was one of the officers who received new colours from King George, and was awarded the Durbar medal. In 1913, the regt. went to Egypt and were stationed there till the outbreak of war, when (Oct. 1914) they were ordered to the Front. Lieut. Brooke was the Senior Subaltern and acting as assistant Adjutant. The 2nd battn. of the Gordons landed at Zeebrugge and after many days’ severe fighting, the regt. along with the rest of the Division found themselves on 29 Oct. attacked by very superior forces at Gheluvelt. Here it was that Lieut. Brooke was killed, having, as his Col. wrote, by his gallantry “saved the situation.” The Germans having broken through, he changed the formation of the line three times and finally led an assault on, and captured an important trench at a most critical moment. For this he was mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Victoria Cross, the official record stating: “For conspicuous bravery and great ability near Gheluvelt on 29 Oct. in leading two attacks on the German trenches under heavy rifle and machine-gun fire, regaining a lost trench at a very critical moment. He was killed on that day. By his marked coolness and promptitude on this occasion Lieut. Brooke prevented the enemy from breaking through our line at a time when a general counter-attack could not have been organised.” At Sandhurst he was Capt. of the Shooting Eight, was senior Colour-Sergt. of the College, won the Sword of Honour, tied for the Saddle, etc. He was unm.

BROOKE, VICTOR REGINALD, C.I.E., D.S.O., Major, 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers, 5th s. of the late Sir Victor Alexander Brooke, of Colebrooke, 3rd Bt. by his wife, Alice Sophia (Villa Ballenia, St. Jean de Luz, B.P., France), 2nd dau. of Sir Alan Edward Bellingham, 3rd Bt.; b. 53, Eaton Square, London, 22 Jan. 1873; educ. at Pau, Basses Pyrénées and at Storrington, and obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 9th Lancers, 12 Dec. 1894, and became Lieu. 29 April, 1896, Capt. 6 May, 1901, Major 7 June, 1905, and temporary Lieut.-Col. 1 June, 1907. He served in the South African War, 1899–1902, where he greatly distinguished himself. He took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein, and in the operations in the Orange Free State from Feb. to May, 1900, including the actions at Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, and Karee Siding, and was A.D.C. to the Lieut.-Gen. commanding the Headquarters staff in South Africa from Nov. 1901 to Sept. 1902. He was wounded in the Transvaal, and was twice mentioned in despatches [16 April, 1901, and 31 May, 1902], and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s medal with two. From 1902 to 1907 he was A.D.C. and then Assistant Mil. Secretary to Lord Kitchener, and was sent by him to Kabul in 1904, and afterwards became Mil. Secretary to the Viceroy of India (Lord Minto), and was made a C.I.E. in 1910. He returned with Lord Minto Dec. 1910, and served with his regt. at Canterbury and Tidworth. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the Expeditionary Force and died in hospital at Compiègne of wounds received in action during the retreat from Mons, 29 Aug. 1914; unm. The following appreciation by “A Friend” appeared in the Daily Telegraph of 12 Sept. 1914: “It was a fine ending to a fine life, Victor Brooke was known, if only as Military Secretary in India, to thousands; but it was by tens of thousands that he was liked and loved. He was almost the first man wounded in the South African War. The writer picked up the diary of a wounded Boer, in which was set down the enemy’s regret that so good a friend and fighter had been as they thought killed. Upon my conscience, I believe that the Boers who wounded him in 1899 will take an intentional and bitter revenge for his death in 1914, when they came to grips with the Germans in South West Africa. As to the manner of his death and burial, there is something to be recorded. He died on the night of 29 Aug. and he was buried early next morning at Chateau d’Annel, near Compiègne. The house had been turned into a hospital by Mrs. Depew, to whom most men who speak English will be glad to pay in full a willing debt of gratitude whenever and wherever the claim is presented. They left at eleven on the same day. I now quote the words of others: ‘The estate carpenter made his coffin, and one of the old men on the estate dug his grave. After the burial the old man said to Mrs. Depew, “Regardez, Madame.” He pointed out a gravestone to the north of the grave, which had the inscription underneath the date, 1870, “Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur.” It belonged to one of the family which owned Chateau d’Annel in those days, all of whom were buried there. Beside them the old grave-digger thought it right to lay Victor Brook—Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur indeed.”

BROOKE, VIVIAN CYRIL, Private, No. 98, A Coy., 12th Battn., 3rd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of the late Robert Parkinson Brooke, of Tasmania, formerly of India, Indigo Planter, by his wife, Amy (Rialannah, Swanston Street, New Town, Hobart, Tasmania), b. New Town, Tasmania, 19 June, 1887; educ. Queen’s College and Friend’s High School, Hobart, Tasmania; was a cashier in the Commonwealth Bank, Hobart, but on the outbreak of war volunteered and enlisted 20 Aug. 1914. He left for Egypt with the first Expeditionary Force; took part in the landing at Gaba Tepe on 25 April, 1915, when the 12th Battn. held the post of honour as covering party; was wounded and taken prisoner on that occasion and died a prisoner of war in the Turkish Military Hospital at Biga, Asia Minor, 9 May, 1915; unm.

BROOKE, WALTER, Sergt., 6506, 26 Coy. R.E., s. of Alfred Brooke, of Oxford Road, Mistley, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George Scott, of Sutton; b. Lawford, co. Essex, 3 Feb. 1885; educ. Mistley Wesleyan School; enlisted in the R.E. in 1899, and was killed in action by a shell, 10 Nov. 1914; unm.

BROOKER, HORACE BRIAN, Rifleman, 9th (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) London Regt., only s. of Horace Sidney Brooker, of Queen’s Road, Weybridge, Draper and Outfitter, by his wife, Kate, dau. of John Jonas Couzens; b. Weybridge, 20 June, 1888; educ. St. James School there, and enlisted in the 9th London Regt. 21 Aug. 1914, going into camp three days later. He was home only once subsequently, for a few hours, immediately preceding his departure for the front on 2 Nov. After a fortnight’s training in France, he went with his regt. straight into the firing line, and there he remained, with intervals of relief, right up to the memorable fight for possession of Hill 60, where he was killed in action, 21 April, 1915; unm. In his last letter, dated 14 April, he referred to a visit of Zeppelins which had dropped 11 bombs within 200 yards of the regt., making holes 24 ft. in diameter. A comrade (Rifleman Barry) wrote: “I have been closely associated with Brian since we came out in November last, and during the dreary months of bad weather in the trenches his cheery influence did much to keep us going. There is not the slightest doubt that the hill would have been lost but for the timely arrival of our regt. and the courage shown both by officers and men, who were determined to hang on like grim death, even when some men of other regts. were beginning to give way. No. 1 platoon had to get out of the trenches and charge across the open and occupy a small German trench in front, and it was while doing this that Brian was killed.” Brooker was a well-known Surrey athlete, he had captained the Weybridge Football Club for several seasons, and achieved international A.F.A. honours, thrice accompanying representative teams to the Continent.

BROOKER, WILLIAM JAMES, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1282), 199598, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BROOKING, CHARLES WILLIAM, Leading Seaman, 234617, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROOKS, ALFRED HAROLD, Private R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1888), late Ch./12955 H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROOKS, AUGUSTUS, Private, No. 27310, C Coy. 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders of Toronto), Canadian Expeditionary Force; b. about 1889; was admitted to Dr. Barnardo’s Homes, 16 Oct. 1895; emigrated to Canada in July, 1898, and settled at Riga, North-West Territory, the reports received concerning him being “uniformly good over the whole period of his stay in Canada”; volunteered for service overseas on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left Canada with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France, Feb. 1915; was wounded in the left shoulder at Langemarck, and was in hospital for a time, and was killed in action at Ypres, 23 April, 1915; unm.

BROOKS, GEORGE, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4515), S.S. 103523, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BROOKS, JAMES VINCENT, Private, No. 6/203, C Coy., Canterbury Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of James Brooks, of 88, Valley, Wakefield, Nelson, New Zealand, Farmer; b. Wakefield, New Zealand, 3 July, 1894; educ. there; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 8 May following; unm.

BROOKS, ROWLAND CAUSER, 2nd Lieut., 1/6th Battn. The Manchester Regt (T.F.), 2nd s. of Buckley Brooks, of The Manor House, Hale Barns, co. Chester, by his wife, Anna, dau. of Henry Causer, of Melbourne, Victoria; b. Cheetham, Manchester, 12 April, 1892; educ. Merton House, Penmanmaur, and Dean Close, Cheltenham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2/6th Battn. Manchester Regt. 31 Oct. 1914; joined the 1st Battn. in Egypt early in 1915, and proceeded with it to the Dardanelles. He was killed in action, whilst leading his men in the famous charge at Krithia on 4 June, 1915, from which only five officers and less than 200 men returned out of the 6th Battn.; unm.

BROOKSBANK, HUGH GODFREY, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Alexandra, Princess of Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regt., 3rd s. of Edward Clitherow Brooksbank, of Healaugh Old Hall, Tadcaster, late Major, Yorkshire Artillery, by his wife, Katherine Graham, dau. of the late Hugh Morris Lang, of Broadmeadows, Selkirk, and grandson of Edward Brooksbank, Lord of the Manor and Patron of Healaugh; b. 24 Nov. 1893; educ. Radley; received his commission in the Yorkshire’s, 5 Feb. 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914. He was severely wounded at the first Battle of Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, and died in London 16 Dec. following; unm. He was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches [16 Jan. and 31 May, 1915] for conspicuous gallantry in the field, and writing of his conduct at Ypres the senior officer of the regt. said: “A braver lad never stepped this earth; he was left in command of B Coy. when all his seniors had been shot. He commanded it like a veteran and on two occasions was largely responsible for the regt. being saved. He has been recommended for decoration.”

BROOMHAM, WILLIAM, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 2605), 172555, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROSTER, JESSEP, Ship’s Cook, 343743, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROTCHIE, ROBERT TRAILL, Surgeon, R.N.V.R., only s. of James Brotchie, of Swanney, Orkney, Tea Merchant, by his wife, Janet Catharine, dau. of Richard Brotchie, of Yorkshire; b. Crouch End, London, 29 Aug. 1885; educ. St. Paul’s School, London, and the London Hospital; served in the British Red Crescent Expedition in Tripoli, 1912, for which he received a medal; joined R.N.V.R. 13 Nov. 1913, and before being called up on 4 Aug. 1914 was in practice in Tarbert Loch, Tyne. He was lost on board H.M.S. Bulwark when that ship was blown up at Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914. He m. at Kingston-on-Thames, 6 July, 1910, Theo., 4th dau. of Robert Horne, of Kendal, co. Westmoreland, and had three children: Lindsay Drummond, b. 10 Jan. 1912 (deceased), Jean Muriel and Joan Dora, twins, b. 27 May, 1913.

BROTHERSTON, ROBERT THOMAS, Private, No 2605, 7th Durham L.I., 2nd s. of James Brotherston, of Rowlandson Terrace, Sunderland, engineer, by his wife, Jeannie, dau. of Alexander Henderson; b. Sunderland, 26 Dec. 1894; educ. Cowan Terrace Juvenile School, and Argyle House School, Sunderland; joined the 7th Durham L.I. 6 Sept. 1914, and died at the Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 5 May, 1915, of wounds received in action. He was buried in the East Cemetery there; unm.

BROTHERTON, RICHARD, Private, No. 6015, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 1st s. of Richard Brotherton, of 34, Lindum Avenue, Lincoln, formerly an Engine Driver, Great Northern Railway, by his wife, Betsy, dau. of John Graves; b. Lincoln, 2 Feb. 1881; educ. St. Peter at Gowts public school there; enlisted 18 Jan. 1905, and served three years with the colours, then joining the Huddersfield Borough Police Force. On mobilization, 5 Aug. 1914, he was called up, went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was reported missing after the fighting at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914, and is assumed to have been killed on or about that date. He m. at Lincoln, 24 May, 1908, Fanny (8, Fairfield Street, off Monk’s Road, Lincoln), yst. dau. of the late George Brown, of Poolham Hall, Horncastle, and had a posthumous son, George Richard, b. 9 (d. 31) Jan. 1915.

BROUGH, HUGH, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4819), S.S. 104209, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BROUGHTON, ERNEST CHAMIER, Lieut.-Col., 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., s. of Robert John Porcher Broughton, M.A., Cambridge, Solicitor by Royal Appointment to the Coldstream Guards; b. London 3 June, 1858; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; entered the Army as a Sub-Lieut. in the 6th Foot in Nov. 1876, and was transferred to the 65th (2nd North Riding) Foot in Jan. 1878, and served with them in India. In 1884 his regt. was ordered home, but were disembarked at Suakim, and took part in the Soudan Campaign, including the Battles of El Teb and Tamai. He got his company in 1885 and field rank in 1894 when he was posted to the 2nd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. (the old 84th) in South Africa and subsequently served in Mauritius and India till 1901, when he retired. Immediately on his arrival home he joined the 3rd Battn. (Doncaster Militia) of his old regt. as a Capt. Three months later he was appointed Major for service in the South African War, and at the close of that campaign reverted to a company command. In 1908 he was again promoted to field rank, thus gaining the unusual distinction of being three times a Major. Three months later he received the honorary rank of Lieut.-Col., and 20 April, 1909, was promoted to substantive rank to command the 3rd York and Lancaster Special Reserve, and had two extensions of service. He died in the Armstrong College Military Hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 17 Dec. 1914, while in command of his regt. then on east coast defence duty. Col. Broughton m. at Brighton, 2 Feb. 1888, Jane Henrietta King (The Cedar, Castle Donington, near Derby), dau. of Major Benjamin Bloomfield Keane, Ceylon Rifles, by his wife, Rebecca Kate, dau. of Capt. Harloe Dennis, of Galway, but had no issue. For over 25 years he was Editor of the regimental journal, “The Tiger and the Rose.”

BROWN, ALBERT EDWARD, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 4305, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROWN, ALBERT MOORE, Private, No. 5011, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of Edward Brown; enlisted 16 Feb. 1903, went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, was wounded on 14 Sept., and was first reported as missing on 2 Jan. 1915, and later, to have been killed on that date. He m. at Offenham, 16 May, 1914, Emma (Offenham, near Eversham), dau. of James Clarke.

BROWN, ALBERT VICTOR. D.C.M., L.-Corpl., No. 4943, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Edward Brown, of 34, Cemetery Road, Forest Gate; b. co. Middlesex; enlisted as a Boy, 2 Jan. 1903; became a Driver 5 Aug. 1908, and L.-Corpl. 26 May, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914; was awarded the Distinguished Conduct medal [London Gazette, 17 Dec. 1914] “for gallantry on 28 Sept. 1914, in assisting to remove into safety the wounded who were lying exposed in the open,” and was killed in action at Rentel, 5 Nov. following. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 9 Dec.] 1914.

BROWN, ALBERT WILLIAM, Private, No. 63087, 3rd Battn. (Canadian Grenadier Guards) Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Albert Charles Brown, of Balsham, co. Cambs., by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Purkiss; b. Balsham, 19 Aug. 1889; educ. County Council school there, and went to Canada, 22 March, 1912. He had joined the Canadian Grenadiers in June, 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, came over with the 2nd Contingent, and after a period of training at Shorncliffe went to the Western front. He had only been in France a month when he was killed in action, 26 May, 1915; unm.

BROWN, ALEXANDER BALFOUR, Private, No. 9695, 1st Battn. Scots Guards, s. of William Brown, of Newlyle, co. Forfar; b. Ceres, Coupar, co. Fife; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 25 Jan. 1915.

BROWN, ARTHUR EDWARD, Sergt., No. 692, 3rd Dragoon Guards (C Squadron), yst. s. of Thomas Brown, of Barlby, near Selby, Farmer; b. Kirkdeighton, 1889; educ. Barlby; enlisted about 1907, and when war was declared was in Egypt with his regt. He came home, went to the Front on 9 Nov., was wounded in action at Poperinghe on the 16th, and died two days later, 18 Nov. 1914. He m. at Aldershot, (—), and left one dau.

BROWN, ARTHUR KENNISH, Private, No. 6188, 7th Platoon, 2nd Coy., 1st Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of the late Rev. William Cowell Brown, by his wife, Fannie (20, Wellington Road, Brighton), dau. of William Isaac Lefeaux; b. Dalston, London, 22 May, 1878; educ. Coopers’ Company School, London, and Manor House School (Dr. Maxwell’s), Clapham; went to Canada in April, 1913; enlisted at London, Ontario, about a fortnight after war was declared; came over with the 1st Contingent, and after training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Festubert, 23 May, 1915; unm. The following report in connection with his death was sent by the Canadian Record Office: “On the night of 23–24 May our company was out on a working party. The work in question was the digging of a trench in front of the firing line. The men were working in pairs, and I was detailed with Private Brown. After working for about three hours, we were observed by the enemy, who immediately opened on us with artillery fire. The first shell landed four feet in front of me and a piece of the casing struck Private Brown in the head, killing him instantly. I cannot say what was done with his body, but I understand that the company holding the front line brought it in early the following morning. I believe he was buried in rear of our first line trench. This was at Festubert. It is impossible to give map location of the spot referred to.”

BROWN, BERTRAM, Private, No. 2524, 1/9th Battn., Royal Scots (Highlanders) (T.F.), s. of late George Brown, by his wife, Christina Jane Adie (15, Warrender Park Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of the late William Mitchell, of Leith; b. Leith, 27 Sept. 1892; educ. Edinburgh: prior to the outbreak of war was serving as 2nd Engineer on the s.s. Glitra, which was sunk by U-17, being one of the first of our merchant ships to suffer that fate. Brown and his comrades were compelled to row to the Norwegian coast in their boats. A week later (31 Oct.) he enlisted in the “Dandy Ninth,” and was shot by a sniper at Ypres, 9 April, 1915, when entering the trenches with supplies; unm.

BROWN, CHARLES, Private, No. 5171, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of John Brown, of Wookey, Wells, Somerset; b. co. Somerset; enlisted 24 Aug. 1903; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914; killed in action at Rentel, 8 Nov. 1914; unm.

BROWN, CHARLES ALFRED, Trooper, No. 830, Royal Canadian Dragoons, Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Charles Ambrose Brown, of 93, Harcourt Avenue, Toronto, Canada (who served with the 12th York Rangers in the Fenian raid, 1866); by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John J. Lunan; b. Markham, York, co. Ontario, 1 March, 1883; educ. Toronto; joined the 1st Canadian Garrison Artillery at Halifax, N.S., in Feb. 1900, and after serving two years, came home and enlisted in the 3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles for service in South Africa, being given the rank of Corpl. He afterwards served in the Royal North West Mounted Police, and was one of the body of picked men sent over to attend the Coronation of King George and received the Silver Coronation Medal. On the outbreak of the European War, he re-enlisted 19 Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent, 1 Oct. 1914; went to France April, 1915, and was killed in action at Messines, 20 Sept. 1915; unm.

BROWN, EDWARD, Private, No. 81105, 8th (formerly 32nd) Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd s. of George Edward Brown, of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada, formerly cashier at the Woolley and North Gawber Collieries, Barnsley, now farming at Lloydminster, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of Richard Horner, of Outwood, New Wakefield; b. Darton, near Barnsley, co. York, 5 Aug. 1888; educ. Darton Grammar School and St. Mary’s Church School, Barnsley; went to Canada with his family, with the Barr party of Colonists, leaving Liverpool, 30 March, 1903, and reached what is now known as the Lloydminster District in the following May, after trekking about 200 miles from Saskatoon, the nearest railway point at that time. After the outbreak of war he volunteered and enlisted at Lloydminster, 10 Nov. 1914; came over in March, 1915, went to the Front 26–27 April, 1915; was seriously wounded on the night of 20–21 May, 1915, at or near Festubert, and died on the 23rd; unm. He was buried in the ground of Hinges Chateau.