BROWN, FREDERICK GEORGE, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15571. H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

BROWN, FREDERICK JAMES, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 7549, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BROWN, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Private, No. 10327, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of William Brown, of 2, Treadway Road, Hackney Road, N.E.; b. co. Middlesex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Cuinchy, 6 Feb. 1915.

BROWN, GEORGE, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306510, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

BROWN, GEORGE, Private, No. 7870, 1st Battn. Scots Guards, s. of William Brown, of Burnside Cottage, Newmill, Keith; b. Keith, co. Banff; enlisted 24 March, 1911, aged 20; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing, 11 Nov. 1914; unm.

BROWN, GEORGE FREDERICK, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15562, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

BROWN, GEORGE SHIPTON, L.-Corpl., R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 10513, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BROWN, GEORGE WILLIAM, Private, No' 8563, 1st Suffolk Regt., 2nd s. of Frederick William Brown, of Chaplin’s Cottage, Caple St. Mary, near Ipswich, formerly of Gosbeck, Suffolk, Shepherd, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Dye, of Helmingham; b. Stowmarket, Suffolk, 12 Aug. 1893; educ. Ashbocking and Gosbeck schools; joined the Army 18 June, 1912, and was killed in action 7 May, 1915; unm.

BROWN, HARRY JAMES, Seaman, R.N.R., 4010A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROWN, HEDLEY, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15474, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROWN, HENRY AUGUSTUS, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10013), 206254, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROWN, HERBERT HENRY, Bugler, R.M.A., 11965, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

HURST-BROWN, DUDLEY, 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., yst. s. of W. Hurst-Brown, of Hurstbourne, 62, Oxford Gardens, W.; b. 8 June, 1897; educ. at Cardwallis, Maidenhead, and Winchester, where he was in the O.T.C. It had been intended that he should proceed to Oxford in the autumn, but war breaking out in the interval, he offered his services and received his commission in the Special Reserve on 11 Aug. 1914. He was at the Front five months, during which time he went through some of the most severe fighting, but escaped injury until receiving his fatal wounds in action in Flanders, 15 June, 1915. He died the same day; unm. In a letter received the day before his death he stated how glad he was he went to the Front, although the fighting was becoming something frightful, and that he saw but little chance as a junior officer of ever getting safely home again, and concluded the letter with the famous Latin epitaph of Horace, “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.”

BROWN, JAMES, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8655), S.S. 105081, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROWN, JAMES, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BROWN, JAMES CARTMELL DENNISON, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), yr. s. of Sir Frank Brown, of Norton Priory, Stockton-on-Tees, D.L., by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of John Hedley, of South Hetton, co. Durham; b. Stockton-on-Tees, 2 Sept. 1893; educ. Rugby (1907), and Pembroke College, Cambridge (1912). On the outbreak of war he at once applied for a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Durham L.I., 28 Aug. 1914. He went to France on 17 April, 1915, for divisional training, but consequent on the German attack with asphixiating gas his division was at once pushed to the front and engaged, and took part in the fighting around Ypres, 23 and 25 April, 1915. On Sunday, 25 April, he was wounded twice. He was first treated at Poperinghe Hospital, then removed to Hazebrouck, where he died on 27 April, 1915. His Colonel wrote: “He was one of the best officers we had, and did his duty to the last. On the day he was hit he had done valuable reconnaissance work in the morning, and, when hit, had taken part in a very good little attack. Although wounded in two places, he showed his pluck by returning unhelped to our lines. It is only by such examples as this that we may hope to conquer the enemy and keep up the tradition of the country.” A brother officer also wrote: “We all liked him very much, he was such a cheerful fellow, and so conscientious that I knew that anything entrusted to him, however slight or wearisome, would be properly carried out.” The Medical wrote: “He was a tremendous favourite with us all, and I can say I never had to attend to a pluckier lad.” His elder brother, Lieut. Frank D. Brown, of the same battn., was wounded near Ypres in May, 1915, and is again (1916) on active service.

BROWN, JOHN ALEXANDER, Rifleman, No. 3215, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Brown, Corpl., A Coy. 1st Battn. (London Irish) The London Regt. (with 28 years’ service), by his wife, Sarah; b. Old Street, Shoreditch, 10 April, 1876; educ. St. John’s Road Higher Grade School there; served 12 years with the London Irish, and after the outbreak of war joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 10 Sept. 1914; was wounded at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, and died in King George’s Hospital, Stamford Street, 21 Nov. following. He m. at Hoxton, 4 Jan. 1897, Alice Rosina (18, Hemsworth Street, Hoxton), dau. of John Brown, and had seven children: John Alexander, b. 2 Aug. 1902; George Arthur, b. 22 March, 1905; William Charles Joseph, b. 3 April, 1907; Alice Rosina, b. 23 July, 1897; Minnie, b. 18 Sept. 1900; Florence Marion, b. 22 Sept. 1910; and Blanche Mabel, b. 16 Sept. 1912.

BROWN, JOHN EDWARD GUY, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt., yst. s. of Alexander Francis Garden Brown, of Magonet-Stoke Gabriel, co. Devon, by his wife, Charlotte Mary, dau. of James William Alston, of Stockbriggs, co. Lanark; b. Swindrigemuir, co. Ayr, 28 Aug. 1892, and was educ. at Bradfield College. He received his commission in the 2nd Battn. of the Royal West Kent Regt., then in India, on 20 Sept. 1911, when just 19. Having been applied for in 1913, as an officer for the 64th Pioneers by the Commandant, he successfully passed two examinations in Indian languages, winning thereby a substantial prize given by the Indian Government, and intended to pass the final in the autumn of 1914. He became Lieut. on 1 July, 1914, and was at home on leave when war broke out. He was then attached on its formation to the 6th Service Battn. of the Royal West Kents in the new army. In Oct. 1914, in consequence of the heavy losses sustained by the 1st Battn. in the Battle of Ypres, he was sent out to join it, but by an error in the Army List copied in the newspaper accounts he was given as attached to the Royal Berkshire Regt. On leaving the 6th Battn. his commanding officer wrote: “I am very sorry to lose your son; he did very good work while with my battn. and I can ill afford to lose him. However, his work will bear its fruit in the future.” He spent the winter in the trenches between Messines and Zillebeke and went through some heavy fighting in Nov. when the battn. lost so many officers, that he, though a junior, had to act as company commander during the months of Dec. and Jan. During this time in the trenches he passed a course of instruction under the R.E. officer attached to the battn. which qualified him as a regimental scout and bomb officer, a post he held at the time of his death. He was killed in action at Hill 60, near Zillebeke, Flanders. 22 Feb. 1915; unm. His commanding officer, Col. P. M. Robinson, wrote: “I regret your son’s death immensely, he was a gallant man and a good officer, always ready to do rather than to talk. He had won my admiration on several occasions during the time I have been commanding this battn., and I had a very high opinion of him. I much regret his career has been cut short”; and Capt. Molony (who joined the battn. in Feb. from the reserve of officers): “During the short time I knew your son I acquired a very real respect and a great liking for him. This being my first experience of trench work, he really commanded the company, while I watched his methods and learnt from him. I was very much struck by his thorough efficiency as well as his imperturbable courage. Having left the Army nearly eight years ago and never before having been in action, I badly wanted someone to put me in the way of it. No one could have done it more thoroughly and at the same time tactfully than your son. During this time he was offered and accepted the very honourable, but at the same time dangerous position of battn. scout officer. I did not like it much because it would mean that I should very often be deprived of his assistance, but I heard the commanding officer, when discussing his suitableness, say among other things ‘He is as brave as a lion.’ He is a great loss to the regt. and his qualities would have carried him very far in his profession had he been spared. I hope it will be some consolation to you to know that he did not suffer. When I heard he was hit I went to him at once. He was quite unconscious, and remained so until he died, perhaps some two minutes later.” Speaking of his death, the Adjutant said: “He was setting a splendid example, and, regardless of danger, was walking about laughing at the bombs, and greatly encouraging his men by his behaviour.”

BROWN, JOHN SAMUEL, Chief Armourer, 341170, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROWN, JOHN SAMUEL, A.B., 201534 (Chat.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BROWN, NORMAN, Private, No. 12/1569, 15th North Auckland Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of Arthur Brown, formerly of co. Down, Ireland, by his wife, Mary (44, Springfield Road, Christchurch, New Zealand), dau. of Abernethy Patterson; b. Christchurch, New Zealand, March, 1881; educ. St. Alban’s School, Christchurch; volunteered Dec. 1914, and died of wounds at Gaba Tepe, 11 May, 1915; unm.

BROWN, NORMAN McLEOD, Sergt., No. 1057, 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Robert Brown, of Kirkcaldy, co. Fife, Draper, by his wife, Mary Davidson, dau. of David Findlay; b. Kirkcaldy, 16 Nov. 1888; educ. High School there; entered the Civil Service and received an appointment in the India Office, where he was engaged till he volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war. He had been a member of the London Scottish for some seven years, went to France with them as a corpl., was promoted Sergt. at the Front, and at the time of his death had been recommended for a commission. He was shot in the trenches at Givenchy by a sniper, 24 Dec. 1914, and was buried in the cemetery there; unm.

BROWN, OSCAR, Lieut., 7th Lancers, Indian Army, attd. 4th Dragoon Guards, 8th s. of the late William Hooper Masters Brown, of Highfield House, Sherborne, co. Dorset, by his wife, Mary, dau. of William James, of Pembroke, b. Sherborne, 20 May, 1888; educ. Sherborne School, and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 48th Northamptonshire Regt. 19 Sept. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 7 May, 1910. In Sept. 1912 he exchanged into the Indian Army, and joined the 7th (Hariana) Lancers. While riding for the Delhi Cup in 1913 his horse fell and injured him to such an extent that he was invalided home, and on the outbreak of the war, being still in England, he was attached to the 4th Dragoon Guards, going to France with them in Sept. 1914. He was killed in action by a shell at Ypres, 24 April, 1915, and was buried at Elverdinghe; unm.

BROWN, PHILIP GEORGE MORTIMER, Private, No. 9704, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of the late Frederick Robert Brown, Solicitor, by his wife, Emily Louisa (Thirlmere, Dukesthorpe Road, Sydenham, S.E.), dau. of George Phillips, of Beckenham, b. Sundridge Park, co. Kent, 15 Oct. 1896; educ. The Hall, Sydenham Preparatory School, and Dulwich College. He joined the London Rifle Brigade early in 1914, and on the outbreak of war was with his regt. at Eastbourne for the midsummer manœuvres. Volunteering for foreign service, he left with his regt. for France early in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 3 May, 1915; unm. His commanding officer wrote: “He died doing his duty to the last, and was buried the same night. After he was slightly wounded himself, he spent all his time attending to other wounded friends, and it was whilst performing this duty that he was killed.”

BROWN, WALTER GILBERT, Seaman, R.N.R., 13630, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROWN (alias BROWNING), WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class (N.C.S.), 298889, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

WREFORD-BROWN, CLAUDE, D.S.O., Capt., 2nd Battn. 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), 5th s. of the late William Wreford-Brown, by his wife, Clara Jane (5, Litfield Place, Clifton, Bristol), dau. of Henry Clark, M.D.; b. Clifton, 17 Feb. 1876: educ. Waynflete, Durdham Downs; Wells House, Malvern Wells; and Charterhouse. After serving in the Royal Warwickshire Militia, he obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st Battn. of the “Fighting Fifth,” 15 May, 1897, being promoted Lieut. 24 Nov. 1899, and Capt. 15 April, 1901. In 1898 he took part in the Soudan Campaign under Lord Kitchener, being present at the Battle of Omdurman and the capture of Khartoum (Queen’s medal and Egyptian medal with clasp). He was employed in the occupation of Crete in 1898, and then, under Lord Methuen, served throughout the South African War, 1899–1902. He took part in the advance on Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein. Afterwards he took part in the operations in the Orange Free State (March-May, 1900) and in the Transvaal (July-Nov. 1900), including actions at Venterskroom and Rhenoster River. Twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 9 July and 10 Sept. 1901], he received the D.S.O. for his services at Lichtenburg and the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. He was selected to represent his regt. at the Coronation of King Edward VII. In April, 1908, he was on the North-West Frontier of India, and while serving in the Mohmand Campaign was seriously wounded. On 4 Sept. 1912. he was appointed an instructor at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, which post he filled until 17 Feb. 1915, when he joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt., then in France. Capt. Wreford-Brown was killed on the Menin Road, south of Ypres, 200 yards east of Wieltje Farm, north of Hooge, on Whit Monday, 24 May, 1915; unm. His regt. had been practically wiped out on the 13th, and when he heard of this he insisted on leaving Boulogne, where he was in hospital, and going back to reform the regt. He arrived at headquarters west of Ypres, Friday, 21 May, and there found 85 worn-out men of his battn., and about 450 of the 5th Fusiliers and Durham L.I., and 15 officers, a new draft which had just arrived, all from the same depôt. These he formed into a battn., and on Sunday, 23 May, was ordered to join the Brigade—only two clear days to form a new regt.! They marched between 15 and 29 miles on a sweltering hot day, losing several men on the way under shell fire. They arrived at Menin Road on Monday (Empire Day) the 24th; and were ordered out into support at 6 a.m. Wreford-Brown was commanding. At about 1 p.m. he received orders to advance to a certain point and attack a position which was allotted to him. The battn. shortly after leaving its support position came under heavy fire, and for a distance of two and a-half miles across country of open fields of buttercups, was continually under high explosive fire and shrapnel, machine and rifle fire. The regt. was formed up for the attack on the ridge which they took, but with very heavy casualties. Ten of the officers were wounded in this, leaving Wreford-Brown and two lieutenants. These and the remaining men dug themselves in, and on getting to the ridge they found the Germans very strong in a farm called Wieltje: it looked as if the Germans were on three sides of them. The regt. on the right could not be found, and two companies of the 5th were taking on three miles of Germans. At 7 p.m. he sent word as to his position and the heavy casualties. The answer came back: “You must try and take it and hold it at all costs.” One of the captains in the firing line who was wounded and lying in a ditch reports that Wreford-Brown told him to go back to hospital, and congratulated him on getting back to England wounded, and said: “Good-bye, old fellow, I shall not see you again. I am ordered to attack the place, it is hopeless, but I shall lead my men to it”; and with that he turned to his men and called for a rifle and bayonet and said: “Now we will make the final charge of the Mohicans,” which he did, leading the men. The Germans had 20 to 25 machine guns concentrated on them: Wreford-Brown fell 10 yards from the German trench mortally wounded. The remaining Lieut. reformed for a second attack and got wounded; the remaining few retired back to the trench behind the hedge, which they had dug after gaining the ridge. Only one officer got back safely, and he was with the machine gun a long way behind, which did not come into action. The regt. on the right had been delayed and came up afterwards. In the opinion of all he was shot several times and was certainly killed. Several attempts were made to recover his body, but it lay between two trenches of the Germans, and it was impossible owing to their withering fire. The Commander-in-Chief came round himself and thanked the survivors for their bravery. His brother officers bore general testimony to his capability and great courage. His brother, Capt. O. E. Wreford-Brown, died 7 July, 1916, of wounds received in action on the Somme.

BROWNE, ARTHUR GEORGE, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Notts. and Derbyshire Regt. (Sherwood Foresters), s. of the late John Barrett Browne, Bandmaster 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers, by his wife, Isabella Helen, dau. of the late Hon. Capt. A. J. White, Indian A.C. Dept.; b. Mount Abu, India, 2 Sept. 1889; educ. Laurence Military Asylum, Sanawar, India; joined the Army 2nd Sept. 1903, at the age of 14, and served in the band of the 1st Battn. of the Gloucestershire Regt. for eight years, when he became an N.C.O., and joined the ranks, later becoming Sergt. He received his commission for “services in the field,” 1 Oct. 1914, and was transferred to the Notts. and Derbyshire Regt. He was killed in action near Armentières, 20 Oct. 1914; unm.

BROWNE, GORDON STEWART, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Wiltshire Regt., 4th s. of Henry John Browne, of Grosvenor House, Faversham and Chatham, Merchant, by his wife, Emily Martha, dau. of George William Gill, of Rochester; b. Chatham, 15 May, 1890; educ. Haileybury and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Wiltshire Regt. 18 Sept. 1909; promoted Lieut. 26 Jan. 1911, and Capt. 25 Oct. 1914. He went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was wounded at Caudry on the fourth day of the retreat from Mons, but recovered and returned to the Front. On 17 Nov. he was badly wounded during the fighting at Hooge and died at the Allied Forces Base Hospital, Boulogne, 27 Nov. 1914. His body was brought home and buried at St. Margaret’s Cemetery, Rochester. Capt. Browne, who was unm., was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915 for “gallant and distinguished service in the field.”

BROWNE, HAROLD VERNON, Capt., Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry, yr. s. of Leonard Gilbert Browne, of Hoburne, Christchurch, co. Hants, formerly of Buckland Park, South Australia, by his wife, Helen Mary, dau. of Henry Strong Brice; b. Buckland Park, 25 Aug. 1885; educ. Hazlewood, Limpsfield and Wellington College. He resided from 1909–14 at Cheriton Manor, Templecombe, and after that at Preston House, Iwerne Minster. In 1908 he joined the Dorsetshire Yeomanry and became Lieut. 4 Oct. 1913, and Capt. July, 1915. On the outbreak of the war he volunteered for foreign service, and was sent on special service in July, 1915, from Egypt to Gallipoli, and was military landing officer at Suvla Bay all through the August landing. He was killed by a shell on the beach while doing his work of landing troops, 7 Sept. 1915, and was buried there. His commanding officer at Suvla Bay wrote: “I, like all who came in contact with him, had learnt to be very fond of and admire him. He was a splendid man and a brave soldier, who did not seem to know such a thing as fear or danger, and he met his death, I think and trust, a painless one, when nobly doing his duty, and actually giving an order in connection with it. He was a true and good soldier and died a soldier’s death.” He was a very fine all-round athlete, he played in the school cricket eleven at Wellington, and afterwards for Dorset County, was a first-class golfer and lawn tennis player, hunted regularly with the Blackmore Vale Hounds, and rode in many point-to-point races and steeplechases. Capt. Browne m. at St. Peter’s, Eton Square, 24 June, 1908, Doris (Preston House, Iwerne Minster, Blandford), elder dau. of John Tillard, of Blakeney, co. Norfolk, and had three sons and one dau.: Anthony Harold Scott, b. 21 April, 1909; Peter Francis William, b. 1 Jan. 1912; Nigel Philip, b. 20 Jan. 1913; and Ursula Patricia, b. 24 Nov. 1915.

COLLIS-BROWNE, ALFRED ULICK, Lieut., 1st. Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., yst. s. of William Alfred Collis-Browne, of Monteagle, Godalming, Major (ret.) 5th Battn. Rifle Brigade; b. Byfleet, co. Surrey, 13 June 1889; educ. Killcott, Godalming; represented the R.M.A. at Association Football, 1908; joined the Yorkshire L.I. in South Africa, 1910, and was promoted Lieut. 27 July, 1914. On the outbreak of war he proceeded with his regt. to the Front, was appointed Machine Gun Officer, and was killed in action whilst making a reconnaissance of a trench at Ypres, 13 April, 1915. He was buried at Zonnebeke, near Ypres; unm. The Adjutant of his battn. wrote: “He was one of the pluckiest fellows I ever knew. Only a fortnight ago, in an action we had, the captain in the trenches reported how splendidly he worked his guns, and the good effect it had on his men, by whom he was greatly beloved.” He was mentioned in F M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.

BROWNING, FRANK HERBERT, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10905, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROWNING, JAMES ALEXANDER, Major, 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), yr. s. of Edward Campbell Browning, of Rushden House, co. Northants, by his wife, Alice Louisa, dau. of C. Pratt Barlow; b. Onslow Square, London, 25 June, 1878; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; obtained his commission, 11 May, 1898, and was promoted Lieut. 16 Aug. 1899; Capt. 14 Sept. 1901, and Major 5 July, 1911. From 1906–09 he acted as Adjutant to the Queen’s Bays and was A.D.C. to the Inspector-Gen. of Cavalry in the early stages of the South African War, and in 1901–02 he took part in the operations in the Orange River Colony, the Transvaal and Cape Colony, for which he received the Queen’s medal with five clasps. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed by a shell at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914, while in command of his regt. He was buried at Wulverghem, and was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Capt. Browning m. at St. Mary’s Church, Higham Ferrers, co. Northants, 21 March, 1903, Lilian Brenda (Stonycroft, Aldershot), only dau. of Capt. Basil John Fisher, U.S.A., and had two sons: Geoffrey Alexander, b. 21 March, 1907; and Peter Campbell, b. 18 March, 1910.

BROWNLEE, JAMES ALEXANDER, Petty Officer (N.S.), 185918, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BROWNLOW, MARK, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271387, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BROYD, ERNEST JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9569), 203287, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BRUCE, ALFRED, Private, No. 1239, 1/4th Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I. (T.F.), 2nd s. of the late William Bruce, by his wife, Alice Annie (40, Chatsworth Place, Harrogate); b. Aldboro’, Borobridge, co. York, 17 May, 1893; educ. Grove Road Board School, and Technical School, Harrogate; entered the service of the Educational Offices, Wakefield, where he was on the permanent clerical staff, but after the outbreak of war enlisted in Sept. 1914. and was accidentally drowned with six other soldiers at Gainsborough in a pontoon accident, 19 Feb. 1915; unm. He won the West Riding County Minor Scholarship in May, 1904, and passed the Oxford Junior Examination at the age of 14.

BRUCE, GERVASE RONALD, Midshipman, R.N., s. of Percy Robert Bruce, of Downhill, co. Londonderry, and Clifton Hall, Notts, Major, South Notts Hussars, by his wife, Aletheia Georgina, dau. of the Right Hon. Sir Richard Horner Paget, of Cranmore Hall, Somerset, 1st Bart., P.C., and grandson of Lieut.-Col. Sir Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce, of Downhill, near Coleraine, and Clifton Hall, Nottingham, 4th Bart., late Coldstream Guards; b. London, 19 Jan. 1899; educ. Osborne and Dartmouth Colleges; mobilised from Dartmouth. Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in the Battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, by the sinking of H.M.S. Monmouth, 1 Nov. 1914.

BRUCE, JOHN ELLIOTT LIDDERDALE, R.A., Major, Royal Garrison Artillery, 2nd s. of Col. Elliott Armstrong Bruce, of Stenhouse, Barnstaple, Indian Army [grandson of Sir William Bruce, of Stenhouse, 7th Bart.], by his 1st wife, Mary Rebecca, dau. of the Rev. William Dawson; b. Rangoon, 10 Jan. 1870; educ. Carshalton House, Carshalton, Surrey; St. Paul’s School and Woolwich Academy; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Artillery, 15 Feb. 1889, and promoted Lieut. 15 Feb. 1892, Capt. 19 July, 1899, and Major, 7 Aug. 1909; was D.A.A.G. for Royal Artillery in India, 29 March, 1906, to 31 May, 1907; Staff Capt., India, 1 June, 1907, to 16 March, 1908, and Brigade Major, India, 17 March, 1908, to 28 March, 1910; served (1) in Burma as Orderly Officer, 1891, with the Wuntho Expedition (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 9 Feb. 1892] (medal with clasp); (2) with the Waziristan Expedition, 1894–5 (clasp); (3) in the operations in the North-West Frontier, India, 1897–8, with the Tochi Field Force (medal with clasp); (4) in South African War, 1900; took part in operations in the Transvaal, Orange Free State, and Cape Colony, March to Sept. (Queen’s medal with three clasps); (5) on North-West Frontier, India, 1908, as D.A.Q.M.G. (12–31 May) to Field Force during operations in the Mohmand country; and (6) with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, 1915; took part in the landing, 25 April, and was killed in action there 29 May following, being mentioned in Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatches [London Gazette, 5 Aug. 1915]. Major Bruce m. at Tilford, Surrey, 12 Sept. 1900, Charlotte Mabel, yst. dau. of the late T. J. G. Johnstone, of the Ceylon Civil Service, and had two sons: John Charles Douglas, b. 2 Aug. 1902; and Henry Malcolm, b. 28 Feb. 1904.

BRUCE, JONATHAN MAXWELL, Major, 107th Pioneers, Indian Army, eldest s. of Richard Isaac Bruce, of Quetta, Teddington, C.I.E. late Commissioner in the Punjab (who received the thanks of the Indian Government on several occasions for distinguished frontier service), by his wife, Lilla, dau. of the Rev. John Beavor Webb, Rector of Dunderrow, co. Cork, and gdson. of Jonathan Bruce, of Miltown Castle, co. Cork; b. Dharmsala, India, 22 June, 1873; educ. Haileybury and Sandhurst; obtained his commission, 16 Jan. 1895, and was promoted Lieut. 16 April, 1897, Capt. 16 Jan. 1904, Double Company Officer 8 March, 1908, and Major 16 Jan. 1913. He saw active service on the North-West Frontier of India in 1897–8, taking part in the defence and relief of Malakand, the action at Landaki and the operations in the Mahmund Country, receiving the medal with two clasps. Major Bruce was killed in action at Festubert, 24 Nov. 1914, and was buried at Bethune. He m. at St. Alban’s Church, Teddington, 14 Sept. 1905, Mabel Waldron (Kenilworth, Seymour Road, Hampton Wick), 3rd dau. of Henry Trengronse, of Hampton Wick, J.P., and had two daus.—Mary Aileen, b. 5 May, 1908, Barbara Maxwell, b. 11 March, 1910.

BRUCE, WILLIAM ARTHUR McCRAE, Lieut., 59th Scinde Rifles, Frontier Force, Indian Army, only s. of Col. Andrew McCrae Bruce, of Roch d’Or, Sanares, Jersey, C.B., Unemployed Supry. List, Indian Army; by his wife, Margaret Hay; b. 15 June, 1890; educ. Mr. Bickerstith’s Preparatory School, Netherwood, Hastings; Mr. Reynold’s Preparatory School, Cliff House, Southbourne, Hants; Victoria College, Jersey, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Was a King’s Indian Cadet, and after passing out of Sandhurst in the autumn of 1909 was gazetted 2nd Lieut. on the unattached list for the Indian Army 29 Jan. 1910, and sailed for India in H.M. Troopship Plassy, on 11 Feb. from Southampton. On arrival in India he was ordered in join 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, to which regt. he was attached; after serving with them for one year he was posted to the 59th Scinde Rifles F.F. at Kohat, Punjab, and joined on 8 March, 1911. In 1911–12 he took part with his regt. in one or two small affairs against Wuzeerie Raiders. In 1912, he passed in musketry and signalling. In the autumn of 1913, he marched with his regt. from Kohat to Qullundur, arriving there on 17 Dec. 1913. In June, 1914, Col. Fenner, commanding the regt. wrote of him: “A big, fine and promising young officer of excellent ability. As Transport and Signalling Officer, has performed his duties with marked success. Personally popular, good at games and a fine rider. He is good tempered, has tact, judgment, self-reliance, reliability and common sense. His influence with officers and men is good, he is active and temperate.” In 1914, he was granted eight months’ leave to England where he arrived on 10 April. On the outbreak of war he was ordered to rejoin his regt. and sailed for India in H.M. Trooper Dongola on 10 Aug. On arrival in Egypt he was ordered to disembark and proceed to Cairo and await the arrival of his regt. With his regt, he arrived in Marseilles about 17 Sept. and in Oct. joined the fighting line. He took part in all the work done by his regt. until he was killed on 19 Dec. 1914. Major I. L. Leede, commanding the 59th Scinde Rifles F.F. wrote on 20 Dec. 1914: “I am deeply grieved to have to write and tell you that your son Lieut. Bruce was killed yesterday, during a night attack. He met his death in a German trench which we had taken, he was shot through the chest and killed instantly.... Until Col Fenner was killed, your son was my company officer, and I was very fond of him indeed, and I am more grieved than I can say to have to tell you of his death. I consider him to have been a young officer of most exceptional promise, and I have seen him under fire off and on for two months. Will you please accept the very sincere sympathy and condolence of the whole regt.” Capt. Anderson of 59th Scinde Rifles F.F. writing on 20 Dec. 1914, to Gen. J. R. B. Atkinson, said. “A N.C.O. of mine got back last night. He had been with Bruce, who was the first man into his part of the trench, and died most gallantly holding it. He (the N.C.O.) says he told his men to retire, but they said the Sahib had ordered them not to, so they died there.” Lieut. C. J. S. Le Cornu, 56th Punjab Rifles F.F. with the 33rd Div. Sig. Coy., writing on 27 Dec. 1914, said: “I had a long talk with Anderson, the Adjutant. He said to me: ‘If you are writing to Bruce’s people do tell them how very fond we all of us in the regt. were of him, and that he died doing an extremely plucky thing....’ He was leading a bombing party, ... and the men who were with and near him that night cannot speak too highly of him.... Every single officer and man in the 59th I saw to-day had a word of sympathy for you, and they one and all said how very pluckily your son had died.” Capt. Scales, attached to the 59th Scinde Rifles, who was very severely wounded in the same attack, wrote on 9 Jan. 1915: “Your son was with me just a minute or two before we left our trenches to attack the German trenches, he was in splendid spirits and ready for anything.... His loss will be felt by everyone in the regt. as he was the best of good fellows, and absolutely fearless.”

BRUMPTON, ERNEST WILLIAM, Gunner, R.M.A., 5923, (R.F.R., B. 547), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BRUNS, THOMAS JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13363, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BRYANT, CHARLES WILLIAM, Ordinary Seaman, J. 10225, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BRYANT, HENRY EDWARD, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4220), S.S. 102908 H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BRYANT, JOHN WILLIAM, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8959), 207950, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BRYANT, RICHARD, Chief Armourer, 168951, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BRYANT, THOMAS HENRY, Armourer’s Crew, M. 7291, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

BINGHAM-BRYDEN, EDWARD CARRUTHERS, Private, No. 1137, D Coy., 4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only s. of the late Edward Carruthers Bryden, of Birklees, Goulburn, New South Wales, Dental Surgeon, by his wife, Anna Maria (Birklees, Goulburn, New South Wales), dau. of the late Henry Bingham, of Annagh House, co. Mayo [2nd s. of Robert Augustus Bingham, of Bingham Castle, co. Mayo]; b. Birklees, Goulburn, 30 July, 1894; educ. Goulburn and afterwards at an Agricultural College, and when war broke out was on a station learning farming previous to taking up land for himself; volunteered for Imperial service at the end of Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force on the Euripides, 19 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there the following day; unm. His company officer wrote: “He was in my company and under me since we left Sydney. I wanted you to know he died as a true soldier. His body was buried on the battlefield.”

BUCHANAN, DUNCAN ALLAN, Private, No. 1837, 1/8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), eldest s. of Thomas Watters Buchanan, of Oak Bank, Oban, Sheep Farmer, by his wife, Jane Cooper, dau. of the late William Allan, of Morningside, Edinburgh; b. Colisnacone Farm, Glencoe, co. Argyle, 19 Dec. 1894; educ. Oban High School; prior to the outbreak of the war was in the employment of Messrs. Hosack & Sutherland, Lawyers at Oban, but volunteered his services immediately and enlisted in the Cycle Corps of the 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, going with his regt. to Flanders in May. On 11 June, 1915, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were in the trenches near Festubert, and as the men were short of rations, parties of ten from each platoon were organised to go to the rear for the purpose of obtaining food. No. 16 platoon, of which Buchanan was a member, went first. The firing trench was only between 50 and 100 yards from the enemy, and the men had to run about 100 yards across the open to get into the communication trench. When they were about half way across the Germans opened fire. Buchanan was badly wounded by a bullet in the thigh. He was brought home and died in Netley Hospital 6 July, following, from haemorrhage caused by the rupture of an artery. In all the letters from officers and comrades, also the nurses and orderlies, reference was made to his brightness and to his cheerful obliging disposition under all circumstances. He was unm.

BUCHANAN, JAMES HERBERT, Lieut., 4th (Extra Reserve) Battn. Princess Victoria’s Royal Irish Fusiliers, attached 1st Battn. Leinster Regt., only s. of George Buchanan, of Prospect House, Ballyward, Banbridge, co. Down, retired teacher and farmer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Ochiltree; b. Ballyward, 12 Aug. 1892; educ. Excelsior Academy, Banbridge, and Queen’s University, Belfast, where he studied with a view to entering the ministry of the Presbyterian Church. While at Queen’s University he was for three years a member of the O.T.C. and rose to the rank of Sergt. On 24 June, 1914, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., being posted to the 4th Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers. After joining he spent some time training at Carrickfergus, was promoted Lieut. 2 Nov. 1914, and on 16 Feb. left for France with a draft of 200 men. They arrived on the 18th and spent five days at the base. He was then attached to the Leinster Regt. and served with them in the trenches until 15 March, when he received his fatal wound. Writing of his death his Captain said: “On the evening of 14 March he led his men against a German trench, and with great valour took it and held it till morning when it was found to be untenable. At daylight the order was given to retreat, and while assembling his men he was shot twice through the body by snipers.” He was carried to the Field Hospital where he died next morning (16 March, 1915) at 11 o’clock and was buried the same evening in the officers’ cemetery at Dickebush. A commanding officer wrote: “To say that Lieut. Buchanan was loved by his men is not enough, they idolised him.”

BUCHANAN, WILLIAM, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 166810, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

GRAY-BUCHANAN, CECIL GORDON, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse, Australian Imp. Force, yst. s. of Lieut.-Col. (Hon. Col.) James Ross Gray-Buchanan, of Eastfleld, Cambuslang, and Scotstoun, co. Lanark, late Commanding 3rd and 4th Battns. The Cameronians, and previously for many years with the 26th Cameronians; by his wife, Kate, dau. of James Farie, of Farme, co. Lanark, and grandson of Thomas Gray-Buchanan, of Ardoch and Scotstoun; b. Eastfleld, Rutherglen, 9 Sept. 1886; educ. Cargilfield School and Fettes College, Edinburgh; joined the Australian Light Horse on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 14 May, 1915. The Col. commanding the regt. wrote that he had had the opportunity of observing him on a good many occasions, both on shipboard and in Egypt, and his service was ever a credit to himself and his family and that he was seen to fall gallantly doing his duty to the last.

GRAY-BUCHANAN, CLAUDE, Capt., 35th Sikhs, Indian Army, eldest s. of Lieut.-Col. Michael Rowand Gray-Buchanan, of Ettrick Dale, Isle of Bute, by his wife, Frederica, 7th dau. of Henry Stuart, of Montford, Isle of Bute [and granddau. of Rear-Admiral Lord George Stuart, C.B., 7th s. of John, 4th Earl, and 1st Marquis of Bute], and grandson of Thomas Gray-Buchanan, of Ardoch and Scotstoun: b. Timaru, New Zealand, 17 Feb. 1878; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst, out of which he passed first in 1898; when he was attached to the 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt. as a probationer for the Indian Army. He served with that regt. at Lundi Kotal (Khyber Pass) and on the North West Frontier of India from October, 1898 to October, 1899, when he was appointed to the 35th Sikhs, and promoted Lieut. 30 Oct. 1900. He served through the Waziri Campaign in 1901, for which he received the medal and clasp. He received his company, 20 July, 1907, and passed out of the Staff College, Quetta, in Dec. 1913. Early in Aug. he was appointed to the Headquarters Staff of the Royal Flying Corps, Expeditionary Force and on 2 Nov. 1914, was attached to the 8th Gurkhas. He was at first reported missing, but afterwards officially reported as having been killed in action near Festubert, 4 Nov. 1914. He m. at St. Augustine’s Church, Dumbarton, 2 July, 1914, Jane Cecilia Hope, only dau. of Major Robert Elmsall Findlay, of Boturich Castle, co. Dumbarton, s.p.

GRAY-BUCHANAN, WALTER BRUCE, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), fourth s. of Lieut.-Col (Hon. Col.) James Ross Gray-Buchanan, of Eastfleld, Cambuslang, and Scotstoun. co. Lanark, late commanding 3rd and 4th battns. The Cameronians, and previously for many years with the 26th Cameronians; by his wife, Kate, dau. of James Farie, of Farme, co. Lanark, and grandson of Thomas Gray-Buchanan, of Ardoch and Scotstoun; b. Eastfield, Rutherglen, 20 Aug. 1885; educ. Cargilfield School and Fettes College, Edinburgh; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. Cameronians, 16 Feb. 1905, transferred to 2nd Battn. 16 Feb. 1907, promoted Lieut. 13 Oct. 1909, and Capt. 3rd Nov. 1914, and appointed Adjutant 8 Feb. 1915. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 10 March, 1915, and was buried there; unm. A comrade wrote: “One of those whose memories will never be forgotten and whose deeds will add to the glories of the old regiment.”

BUCK, FREDERICK, Petty Officer, 210184, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

BUCK, THOMAS CYRIL, D.C.M., Sergt., No. 7584, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; s. of John Buck, of Frettenham, co. Norfolk, Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Maria Buck, dau. of the late William Cooke, of Buxton; b. Frettenham, 3 Nov. 1891; educ. Elementary School there; enlisted at Norwich, 27 Dec. 1907; was promoted Sergt. in Sept. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, greatly distinguishing himself at Givenchy and again a week later near Gheluvelt, and was killed in action at Richebourg on the morning of 9 May, 1915, being hit by a shrapnel bullet. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal “For conspicuous gallantry and ability at Givenchy, 21 to 23 Dec. 1914, in going forward under heavy fire to select positions for machine guns, and subsequently for rescuing a wounded man who was lying out under fire. He also behaved gallantly on 29 Oct., near Gheluvelt, when in charge of machine guns.” Lieut. T. A. Tapp wrote: “As officer in charge of the machine gun section I feel I must write to you and tell you how dreadfully cut up we all are at losing Sergt. Buck, who had made a name for himself, not only for his machine gun section, which was the best in the Army, but also for his own great personal bravery and devotion to duty. I feel I shall never have any chance of getting another Sergt. even half so good as Sergt. Buck was,” and Col. J. A G. R. Drummond Hay, Commanding Coldstream Guards, writing at the wish of Col. Ponsonby said: “I will quote Colonel Ponsonby’s own words as they evidently convey the feeling in the battn. as to the conspicuously gallant manner in which Sergt. Buck has conducted himself throughout the war. ‘Sergt. T. Buck, who got the D.C.M. a little time ago and was my machine gun Sergt. was killed (this was in a big fight that took place on Sunday, 9 May). He will be a great loss. He has been right through the war, and was one of the bravest and coolest men under fire I have ever seen. I had already mentioned him twice before for that reason and was so glad when he was given D.C.M., which he had so well earned.’”