ABBAY, MARMADUKE JOHN NORMAN, Capt., 87th Punjabis, Indian Army, 2nd s. of the Rev. Richard Abbay, Rector of Earl Soham, Framlingham, Hon. Canon of Norwich, and Alderman of East Suffolk, by his wife, Janet, dau. of the Rev. Canon C. F. Norman, and grandson of Thomas Abbay, of Great Ouseburn; b. Earl Soham Rectory, co. Suffolk, 3 Nov. 1885; educ. at The College, Framlingham; Mr. T. Eastman’s, Winchester, and at Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Dorsetshire Regt. 16 Aug. 1905; promoted Lieut. and transferred to the 87th Punjabis, 16 Nov. 1907, and Capt. 16 Aug. 1914. On the outbreak of war he was attached to the 47th Sikhs, Lahore Division, served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was slightly wounded at Neuve Chapelle, 10–14 March, 1915, where only one British officer out of ten was untouched; and in the attack at Ypres on Sunday, 25 April, when the machine gun bearer—a Sikh—was struck down, Capt. Abbay took the gun and carried it, drawing the fire of the enemy on himself, until he fell badly wounded. Being very hot with his exertions and faint from loss of blood, he told his men to pour cold water over him, and they, being Indians, did so. The result was that, besides being very seriously wounded, he was very ill when he reached the hospital at Boulogne, the wound would not heal, and he was unable to survive the third serious operation, and died under an anaesthetic on 10 May. He was brought home and buried with military honours at Earl Soham. Bronze memorial tablets by Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, Bt., R.A., have been placed in the churches of Earl Soham, Suffolk, and Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire. His two brothers are (1916) on Active Service—Major Bryan Abbay as second in command of the 20th Royal Fusiliers (3rd Public Schools Battn.,) and Lieut. Ambrose Abbay, in command of the Destroyer Garry.

ABBOT, JOHN, Private, No. 3248, 1st Battn. Loyal North Lancashire Regt.; was employed at Mr. J. Fletcher’s Great Lever Brickworks, Bolton; enlisted on the outbreak of war; went to France early in April, 1915, and was killed in action on the Western Front, June following, aged 19.

ABBOTT, ALBERT, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5365), S.S. 99, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

ABBOTT, CHARLES THOMAS, Coy. Q.M. Sergt., No. 5080, B Coy., 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Regt., s. of Graves Abbott, Sergt. 1st Battn. Royal Scottish Fusiliers; b. Secunderabad, India, 13 Sept, 1881; enlisted 15 April, 1896; served in the South African War (Medal with Clasps), in India, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action 24 May, 1915. He m. at Karachi, 9 Dec. 1908, Margaret Helen, dau. of John William Gorbey, of Carrick-on-Suir, and had a son and two daus: Henry Graves, b. Agra, 17 Nov. 1910; Agnes May, b. Agra, 2 Oct. 1909; and Ellen Rewa, b. on the troopship Rewa in the Bay of Biscay, 26 Dec. 1911. Sergt. Abbott’s brother-in-law, Corpl. Frank R. Gorbey, D.C.M., was killed in action, 23 April, 1915.

ABBOTT, ERNEST WILLIAM, Private, No. 16125, 1st Coy. Grenadier Guards, eldest s. of William Abbott, of 123, Ranelagh Road, Ipswich; killed in action in France, 26 Oct. 1914, aged 20.

ABBOTT, FREDERICK CHARLES, Corpl., No. 20738, 10th Battn. 1st Canadian Contingent, yr. s. of Frederick Charles Abbott, of S. Mildred’s, Salters Hill, Norwood, S.E., Solicitor; b. Brixton, 2 Feb. 1885; educ. at Dulwich College; was Assistant Baggage Master, C.P. Railway, at Medicine Hat, Alberta. On the outbreak of war joined the Canadian Contingent, Sept. 1914, was promoted Corpl. April, 1915, and was killed in action in the second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915; unm.

ABBOTT, ROBERT, A.B., 211311, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ABBOTTS, HARRY, Private No. 16814, 5th Battn. Shropshire L.I., s. of David Abbotts, of Brierley Hill, co. Stafford, and Hampton Charles, co. Hereford, by his wife, Jane (d. 19 May, 1912), dau. of Richard Bedford, of Bromyard, co. Hereford; b. Hampton Charles, 4 May, 1896; educ. Bockleton National School; enlisted, 3 Feb. 1914; was sent to the Front at his own repeated request, and died of wounds received in a bayonet charge at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1914. After being wounded he was removed to the trench occupied by the Durhams, where he died. Corpl. R. J. Smith wrote: “At 3 a.m. on 25 Sept. the big guns started to clear the way for the R.B.’s, O. and C.’s, Bucks and Shropshires to get over the parapet ... all too eager they went before it was intended, and the R.B.’s fell to a man, principally owing to a mine being exploded. Five only crawled back. The O. and C.’s and Bucks in the middle found no support for them, but still went on with the Shropshires on the right, and gained their goal, ‘but owing to the heavy losses and no supports being forthcoming’ the ground gained had to be left again, and most of the casualties of the Shropshires happened then. Your brother managed to get back to our lines, and everything possible was done for him and others, but this was not much in the trenches in the daytime. He died 8.30 a.m. 26 Sept. in the traverse I was in charge of.”

ABBS, TOM WILLIAM ROBERT, S.B.A., M. 4398, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ABEL, CLAUD CECIL, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B.1884), Ch. 12162, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ABERCROMBIE, ROBERT HENRY CHESTER, 2nd Lieut., 1/8th Battn. Middlesex Regt., only s. of Chester Abercrombie, of Ashberrie, Ruislip, Middlesex, by his wife Ada, dau. of Robert Large Baker, of Leamington, M.D.; b. Willesden, N.W.; educ. at Woodriding School, Pinner, and Elstow School, where he was a member of the O.T.C. On leaving school he entered the London County & Westminster Bank, and was successively in the St. John’s Wood, Hanover Square, Uxbridge and Hastings branches, and after the outbreak of war joined the 2/9th Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. in Oct. 1914; was promoted Corpl. in Nov. and Sergt. in Dec.; obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. with the 3/8th Battn. of the same regt. in March, 1915, and the following month was transferred to the 1/8th Battn., then in Flanders. In the fighting at Frezenberg, near Ypres, 3 May, 1915, the company were detached as escort to the artillery, and he was killed while in command (the other company officers having been all killed or disabled) in the act of helping a wounded comrade. Buried in Poperinghe Cemetery; unm.

ABERDEEN, JAMES, Corpl., No. 5391, B Coy., 2nd Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, s. of (—); b. Durham, 8 June, 1880; joined Army 10 July, 1900, served nine years with the Colours and five years in the Reserve, and had a medal with 4 clasps for the South African Campaign. On the outbreak of war he was called up, and after going through the Battle of Ypres, was killed by a shell on 30 April, 1915, while resting in a wood. He m. 20 March, 1900, Brandon, co. Durham, Margaret Hannah, dau. of George Stringer, of New Brancepeth, Durham, and had two children: James Gordon, b. 16 May, 1913, and Vera Rebecca, b. 19 Oct. 1911.

ABRAM, ERNEST WILLIAM, P.O. (N.S.), 167361, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1915; m.

ABRAMS, FREDERICK, L.-Corpl., No. 9504, 2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 3rd s. of the late William Abrams, of Portsmouth; killed in action on the Western Front, 23 April, 1915, aged 23.

ABRAMS, HAROLD JAMES, A.B., No. 233190, H.M.S. Good Hope, 2nd s. of the late William Abrams, of Portsmouth; lost in the naval action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914, aged 25.

ABRATTHAT, WILLIAM, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), B. 1999, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ACTON, WILLIAM ALBERT, Private, No. 9952, 2nd Battn. L.N. Lancashire Regt., s. of William Samuel Acton, of 26, Stansfield Road, Brixton, S.W., Labourer; b. Bow, E., 2 June, 1891; joined the Army 28 Feb. 1910, served two years at Preston and Tidworth, was drafted to India in Sept. 1912, and whilst serving there gained certificates for signalling and firing; in Jan. 1915, accompanied the Indian Expeditionary Force to British East Africa, and was killed in action at Makton, 3 Sept. 1915; unm.

ADAM, THOMAS, Corpl., No. 5558, Royal Scots Greys, 2nd s. of the late George Adam, of Edinburgh, Merchant; killed in action on the Western Front, 10 Sept. 1914, aged 28.

ADAMS, CLARE ROBERT, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27420, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

ADAMS, ERNEST ALEXANDER HECTOR, Leading Seaman, 206926, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ADAMS, FRANCIS HENRY, Private, No. 10349, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Edwin Adams, of New Barn, Stanton Fitzwarren, Highworth, Wilts; reported missing between 29 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed in action in France between these dates.

ADAMS, FREDERICK, Canteen Assistant, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ADAMS. GEOFFREY LLOYD, Private, No. 1711, Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I., 4th s. of the late George Frederick Adams, of Cardiff, M.Inst.C.E., by his wife, Ellen Gertrude, Ty-Draw, Parkstone, dau. of Frank Irwin, of Ebbw Vale, co. Monmouth, M.D.; b. Penarth, co. Glamorgan, 9 Aug. 1881; educ. Bedford Grammar School. While at Bedford School he was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Certificate for saving the life of a little child at Cardington Mill, near Bedford. Enlisted in Princess Patricia’s L.I. in Ottawa after the outbreak of war, 1 Oct. 1914. Killed in action at Bellewarde Lake, near Ypres, 8 May, 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was loved and respected by his comrades and trusted by his officers. I say in all sincerity that no braver man ever lived than G. Lloyd Adams. He died facing the enemy with his rifle in his hand, and twice they drove them back.”

ADAMS, GEORGE, Stoker, 1st Class, (R.F.R.), B. 2978, 299119, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ADAMS, GEORGE STOPFORD, Major, 1st Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, elder and only surviving s. of the late Lieut.-Gen. Cadwallader Adams, C.B., late Col. 49th Foot (served in the Crimean War, wounded at Inkerman), by his wife, Ann Catherine Elizabeth (66, St. George’s Square, S.W.), dau. of Brig.-Gen. James Stopford, C.B., and grandson of the late Henry Cadwallader Adams, of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick, J.P., D.L.; b. Belgum, India, 2 July, 1872; educ. Wellington College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted (Hon. Queen’s Cadet) as 2nd Lieut. Lancashire Fusiliers, 25 Feb. 1893, and promoted Lieut. 10 July, 1895, Capt. 9 Oct. 1899, and Major 30 April, 1913, and was Adjutant of Volunteers, 15 July, 1904, to 14 Jan. 1908; served in the South African War, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State and Cape Colony (Queen’s medal with four clasps), and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 1915; was present at “Lancashire Landing” on Beach W, Gallipoli, 24–25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there 11 May following. On reaching the beach on the 25th, a withering fire from right left and centre was poured into them, and many were instantly killed, including the subaltern on his right, and the Sergt. with the wire-cutter on his left. Major Adams at once seized the wire-cutter from him and cut a lane through the barbed wire, through which he and the survivors of his company rushed. Owing to submersion in the water the breech mechanism of their rifles had become clogged. Major Adams therefore gave the order to fix bayonets, and they charged up the heights and drove the Turks from their trenches. The Colonel-in-Chief wrote: “I have heard from many in the regt. of the particularly fine behaviour and leading of your son, and I know that in his case the V.C. was thoroughly deserved.” The Colonel wrote: “It is far the worst loss we have suffered, and has cast a gloom over the whole battn., as he was so popular with all ranks.” He m. at St. Matthew’s Church, Denmark Hill, London, 12 July, 1905, Muriel Ada (3, Rectory Place, Guildford), dau. of John Cooke Harker, of Danehurst, Champion Hill, S.W., and had a son, Derric John Stopford, b. 17 Jan. 1907.

ADAMS, GEORGE THOMAS, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9765), 205993, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ADAMS, JOHN GOOLD, Capt., 1st Battn. Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), s. of the Ven. John Michael Goold Adams, Rector of Clonleigh, co. Donegal, and Archdeacon of Derry, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Robert McClintock, of Dunmore, co. Donegal, D.L.; b. Rossdowney Vicarage, Londonderry, 10 Oct. 1883; educ. Bilton Grange Preparatory School, Rugby, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Leinster Regt. 22 April, 1903, becoming Lieut. 15 Dec. 1904, and Capt. 21 Sept. 1912; served at Pretoria, 1903–4. with the Mounted Infantry at Harrismith, 1904–5, and in the Mauritius, 1905–6, and was employed with the West African Frontier Force in Northern Nigeria, 1908 to Nov. 1913. After the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he accompanied his regiment to France (Dec. 23), was wounded in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, near Ypres, 4 May following. He m. at Moneyguyneen, Birr, King’s County, 5 Aug. 1913, Ierne Grace, dau. of Assheton Biddulph, M.F.H., of Moneyguyneen aforesaid; s.p.

ADAMS, LAURENCE KINGSTON, M.A., A.R.I.B.A., Lieut., 7th King’s Liverpool Regt., s. of William Adams, of Wyndcliffe, Birkdale, co. Lancs, by his wife, Celia; b. New Brighton, co. Chester, 10 Aug. 1886; educ. Elleray Park School, Wallasey, Cheshire, Shrewsbury School, and Liverpool Univ.; joined the 7th King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.) as 2nd Lieut. in 1908, becoming Lieut. four years later. On the outbreak of war the entire regiment volunteered for foreign service and proceeded to the front early in March, 1915. Lieut. Adams fell at the head of his platoon in the attack on the enemy’s trenches at Richebourg on the night of 15–16 May. They had gained the first trench, and he was shot dead on the parapet of the second trench. His brother-in-law, Capt. Marriott, of the same regiment, and six willing privates had his body removed and buried in the Rue du Bois, about two miles south-west of Neuve Chapelle. A cross bearing his name marks the spot. After leaving Shrewsbury he graduated at Liverpool Univ., taking his degree with first-class honours in architecture, later becoming an A.R.I.B.A.

ADAMS, ROBERT JOB, Rifleman, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regiment, s. of William George Adams, of 139, Green Street, Bethnal Green, China and Hardware Dealer, by his wife, Jane Sophia, dau. of Robert Ormes; b. Bethnal Green, E., 19 Feb. 1895; educ. Bonner Street L.C.C. School, and became a clerk in the Wool Department of the Port of London Authority at the London Docks. Having originally joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles 14 April, 1910, he rejoined 6 Aug. 1914, the day following the declaration of war, went to the Front with his regt., 17th County of London, and was killed in action at Le Philosophe, between 9 and 10 a.m. on 11 June, 1915; unm. His company officer (Capt. J. Evan Evans) wrote: “He was on sentry duty, and with great keenness was trying to locate a sniper who had been seen to move earlier in the morning, unfortunately too much of his head showed over the parapet which resulted in him being struck by a bullet believed to be an explosive one. I do hope this will be of some consolation to you to know that he played a man’s game and died a man’s death in face of the enemy. Death was instantaneous with no suffering whatever.” Adams was secretary of the Christian Endeavour Society of the Grove Road Baptist Chapel and was a good all-round athlete. He won his school prize for swimming at the age of eleven.

ADAMS, ROLAND, Signal Boy, J. 23322, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ADAMS, THOMAS HENRY, A.B. (Ch. R.F.R., B. 6034), late No. 188155, R.N., s. of Thomas Henry Hicks Adams; b. Buxton, 8 Aug. 18—; entered Navy, April, 1897, and was lost on the Aboukir, 22 Sept. 1914. He m. Lancaster, 18 April, 1908, Mary Ellen, dau. of William Thomas Beattie, and leaves two sons: Thomas, b. 10 July, 1910, and Harry, b. 29 March, 1912.

ADAMS, WALTER, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3866), S.S. 101726, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ADAMS, WALTER FREDERICK, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4909), 195243, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ADAMS, WILLIAM, L.-Corpl., No. 11241, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of William James Adams, of 78, Brighton Road, Watford, Gardener, by his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of James Borthwick; b. East Finchley, N., 11 Jan. 1887; educ. St. Matthew’s School, Ipswich; enlisted after the declaration of war, in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Richébourg, 14 March, 1915; unm. He was buried in Bethune Cemetery.

ADAMS, WILLIAM FREDERICK, Private, No. 7115, 29th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of William James Adams, of Middle Street, Preston, Canada (now on active service with the Canadian Expeditionary Force); b. London, 21 Sept. 1897; went to Canada; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war; came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; crossed to France in Feb., and died 7 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Langemarck; unm.

ADAMSON, DAVID, Private, No. 8233, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, s. of William Adamson of 2, North George Street, Dundee; b. Pettenween, co. Fife; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action 14 June, 1915.

ADAMSON, JOHN EDWARD, No. 10473, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, nephew and adopted s. of Stephen Adamson, of South View, South Pelaw, Chester-le-Street; b. Durham; d. 2 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action at Cuinchy; unm.

ADAMSON, THOMAS, formerly of the Bank of Scotland, Corpl., No. S/11312, 2nd Battn. Cameron Highlanders, yst. s. of Robert Adamson, of Garfield, Cardross; killed in action in France, 11 May, 1915, aged 24.

ADAMSON, WALTER BENJAMIN, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27366, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Samuel Adamson, of 4, London Road, Halesworth, co. Suffolk; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

ADDLEY, EDWARD, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 3401, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

ADDY, EDWARD, Lieut., 9th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of Edward Addy, of Catfield, co. Norfolk, by his wife, Marion, dau. of John Garrod, of Swaffham, Norfolk; b. Ludham, co. Norfolk, 5 July, 1873; enlisted in the Norfolk Regt. in 1888, and served in that same regiment for twenty-two years, being for ten years Colour-Sergt.-Instructor at Bungay, Yarmouth, and Gorleston-on-Sea; was afterwards for seven years in India, and went to Australia in 1911. There he joined the Commonwealth Forces as a Staff-Sergt.-Major, and when war broke out volunteered for Active Service with the 9th Battn. of the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force. He was gazetted Lieut. 24 July, 1915; left for Egypt with his Battn. and proceeded to the Dardanelles, taking part in the landing; died from dysentery in Imtarfa Hospital, Malta, 17 Aug. 1915. Lieut. Addy had a Good Conduct Medal, and also a medal with two bars for the Tirah and Punjab Frontier skirmishes. He m. at Colchester, 31 Oct. 1900, Annie Laurie Gladden (72, Magdalen Street, Colchester), dau. of John Gladden, and had two sons and two daus.: Edward John, b. 27 April 1907; Raymond Clive, b. 27 Feb. 1913; Dorothy May, b. 6 Aug. 1904 and Pearl Mary, b. 30 Aug. 1910.

ADDYMAN, WILLIAM JOHN, Officers’ Steward, 2nd Class, L. 645 (Chat.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ADEANE, HENRY ROBERT AUGUSTUS, Capt. 4th, attd. 1st, Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of Admiral Edward Stanley Adeane, R.N., C.M.G., by his wife, Lady Edith Isabella Dalzell, 2nd dau. of Harry Burrard, 14th Earl of Carnwath; b. 28, Eaton Place, S.W., 31 July, 1882; educ. Winchester and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Coldstream Guards 18 Jan. 1902; promoted Capt. 1910, and retired 17 May, 1913. On mobilisation he rejoined the 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. Coldstream Guards, 5 Aug., and was killed in action near Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, with the 1st Battn. He m. at the Chapel Royal, St. James’ Palace, 15 Sept. 1909, Victoria Eugenie, dau. of Col. Sir Arthur Bigge, now Lord Stamfordham, and had a son, Michael Edward, b. 30 Sept. 1910.

ADLAM, ARTHUR WILLS, Private, No. 1269, 1/4th Battn. (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) The Royal Scots (T.F.), yst. s. of the late Richard Wills Adlam, Superintendent of Public Parks in Johannesburg (b. co. Wilts., England; d. 17 July, 1903), by his wife, Grace Campbell (49, West Savile Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of Duncan McDiarmid; b. Johannesburg, 7 Jan. 1895; came home with his mother after his father’s death; entered the service of the British Linen Co. Bank on leaving school in 1911; joined the Banker’s Coy. of the Royal Scots in Feb. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; left Liverpool about the end of May, 1915, and landed at the Dardanelles, 14 June, and was killed in action there in the attack on Achi Baba, 28 June, 1915; unm. He was twice hit early in the charge, and was endeavouring to get back to the dressing station when he was again struck, this time fatally.

ADMANS, WALTER GEORGE, Corpl., No. 13092, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Walter William Admans, of Sunnyside Cottage, Newbury, Farmer, by his wife (1st son), Jane Sophia, dau. of (—); b. Kentish Town, London, 3 Dec. 1889; educ. Charlton Road School there; enlisted 6 Oct. 1914; was severely wounded in the head at the Battle of Hooge, 10 Aug. 1915, and d. at Calais, 13 Aug. following, being buried in the Southern Cemetery there. He m. at Oxford, 26 July, 1909, Alice Elizabeth (Avon Villas, Avon Street, Stoke, Coventry), dau. of Eli John Greenwood, of Magdalen Road, Oxford, and had two children: Walter William John, b. 25 Jan. 1910, and Dorothy Mary Alice, b. 30 July, 1912.

ADSHEAD, WILLIAM, Private, No. 12294, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt., s. of Thomas Adshead, of 47, Ermott Street, Stepney, E.; killed in action on the Western Front, 15 Feb. 1915.

AFFLECK, LEWIS ALEXANDER, Private, No. 8494, 1st Battn. Scots Guards, s. of George Affleck, of Loanhead, Midlothian; b. Lesmahagow, co. Lanark; killed in action on the Western Front, 12 Nov. 1914.

AGER, JAMES ALFRED, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19331, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

AGNEW, NATHANIEL, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8676), S.S. 105083, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

AIKENHEAD, ROBERT, Private, No. 27853, 15th Battn. (48th Canadian Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder s. of Major Frank Aikenhead, commanding The (Somerset) R.H.A., by his wife, Mabel, dau. of the late Major-Gen. Edward Andrée Wylde, R.M.L.I., and grandson of the late Robert Aikenhead, of Otterington Hall, near Northallerton; b. Southsea, 22 April, 1892; educ. Cheltenham College. Was Commercial Editor of the “Toronto News,” but on the outbreak of war enlisted in the 48th Highlanders, and was killed in the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He displayed the greatest gallantry and courage, and though severely wounded and gassed, continued fighting till killed by a bullet in the head. He was always brave and cheerful, and one of the best.” A memorial tablet has been erected to his memory in the Great Elm Parish Church, Somerset.

AINAND, CHARLES, Private, No. G. 5942, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.; killed in action on the Western Front, 30 April, 1915; m.

AINDOW, FRANK NORMAN, Sapper, No. 47873, 14th Division, 89th Field Co., R.E., 2nd s. of George Aindow, of 10, Cunard Road, Litherland, Liverpool, Bricklayer, by his wife, Eliza, 3rd dau. of Thomas Potts; b. Litherland, near Liverpool, 6 Dec. 1896; educ. Church School there; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; killed in action at Ypres while working in the first line of trenches; buried at Cambridge Road Junction, Ypres; unm.

AINGE, GEORGE ALFRED, Private, No. G. 845, 1st Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt.; killed in action on the Western Front, 16 May, 1915; m.

AINGER, HAROLD, 1st Class Boy, C.Y. 27513, H.M.S. Hawke, 2nd s. of Charles Ainger, of Horsley Cross, Mistley, Essex, Horseman on Farm, by his wife, Annie, dau. of James Goby; b. Horsley Cross, 16 Nov. 1897; educ. St. John’s School there; entered H.M.S. Ganges at Shotley, 15 Sept. 1913; was transferred to H.M.S. Hawke at Chatham in Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed, 15 Oct. 1914; unm.

AINGER, JOHN, Corpl., No. 11337, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., s. of Christopher Ainger, of 14, Southern Road, Fulham; killed in action on the Western Front, 23 Dec. 1914.

AINLEY, CHARLES ERNEST, Private, No. 1638, 4th Battn. East Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), s. of George Frederick Ainley, of 51, Cogan Street, Hull; b. Hull, 9 March, 1896; educ. South Myton School there; joined the Army, 18 Aug. 1912, and was shot through the head during a battle of Hill 60 by a sniper whilst leaving a trench and instantaneously killed on 1 May, 1915; unm. Before entering the Army he was an apprentice with Messrs. King & Co.

AINSLEY, GEORGE HENRY, Private, No. 7834, The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was reported missing after the fighting on 31 Oct. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date. He m. Susan (254, Bensham Road, Thornton Heath).

AINSLIE, DENYS ALFRED LAFOUE, Lieut., 1st Battn. Devonshire Regt., 3rd s. of William Langstaff Ainslie, of Hanworth House, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Alfred Lafoue; b. Hanworth Park, 21 May, 1894; educ. Wellington College, Berks. Joined 3rd Reserve Battn. Devonshire Regt. in Jan. 1911, promoted Lieut. 25 April, 1913; gazetted to the 1st Battn. as 2nd Lieut. 14 Aug. 1914, killed in action at Givenchy 24 Oct. following; buried there. He was promoted Lieut. (after death) March, 1915. Col. Boles (commanding 3rd Battn. Devonshire Regt.) wrote: “We deplore the loss of a capable and gallant officer, and one who was most popular with all ranks.” And the chief of the Tutorial Staff of the Law Society says: “No one who knew Ainslie could fail to be impressed by the charm of his character, and attracted by his personality.”

AINSLIE, EDWARD, Private, No. 5860, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt.; killed in action on the Western Front, 15 Dec. 1914; m.

AINSWORTH, PHILIP, Private, No. G 4661, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., killed in action on the Western Front, 9 May, 1915.

AINSWORTH, WILLIAM, Sergt., No. 3198, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; b. Leicester; enlisted 8 Jan. 1900; became L.-Corpl. 14 March, 1910; Corpl. 11 July, 1912; L.-Sergt. 18 July, 1914, and Sergt. 9 Aug. following; served in South Africa, 16 Jan. to 6 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914; killed in action, 13 Sept. 1914.

AITCHISON, RONALD ANDREW COLQUHOUN, Lieut. 1st Battn. The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., only s. of Gowrie Colquhoun Aitchison, of South Collingham, Newark-on-Trent, Lieut.-Col., 2/5th Battn. Sherwood Foresters, by his wife, Rose Mabel, dau. of Thomas Smith Woolley; b. Burbage, co. Derby, 27 Dec. 1894; educ. at Hillside, Godalming, Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the King’s Own, 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted 9 Dec. 1914. Went to France with his regiment in Aug. 1914; was first in action at Cambray on 26 Aug., and was through all the subsequent actions in which the regiment was engaged, including the Battle of the Marne and the crossing of the Aisne; wounded in action near Armentieres, 14 Dec. 1914, and died a few hours later; unm. He was buried in the convent garden at Le Bizet. He had been recommended for accelerated promotion to Capt. about a month before his death, and a Staff Officer wrote: “Ever since the beginning of the war your son has done splendidly, his bravery was well known.... The men I know were devoted to him.... He was recommended on two separate occasions for gallantry on Aug. 26, and since then was again mentioned.”

AITKEN, JAMES HOME, Private, No. 6/4, 1st Canterbury Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th s. of James Home Rigg Aitken, of Canterbury, New Zealand (8th s. of John Aitken, of Cupar, Writer, and great-grandson of John Aitken, of Thornton, co. Fife), by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Stanley Bouchier, of Tipperary, and nephew of Col. Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken, V.C., one of the defenders of Lucknow; b. Christchurch, N.Z., 15 Dec. 1887; educ. Christ’s College there, and Canterbury College. Was attorney and chief agent in Christchurch of the Northern Insurance Co., and of the Indemnity Mutual, and also a member of the firm of Aitken Bros., sharebrokers, of Hereford Street. He had for a number of years been Capt. Commanding the Queen’s Cadets, but had relinquished his command owing to pressure of business, and when war broke out, no commissions being available, he joined the ranks rather than remain behind and await his chance of receiving one. He was killed near Quinn’s Post, Gallipoli, 5 May, 1915: unm. Writing to his brother, Gen. Sir A. J. Godley said: “He had been my special orderly since we landed here, and had been invaluable to me. On the 5th, the day he was killed, he was with me as usual, carrying my telescope, as he always did, and with his rifle, acting as my escort. We happened to be in one of the most forward posts when it was attacked in the afternoon by a considerable body of Turks, who, in addition to heavy rifle fire, were also throwing bombs. Some of the men were rather shaken by the explosion of a bomb in their midst, and Aitken was most cool and plucky in helping to rally them. He then helped me to extend some supports that came up, and shortly afterwards, the attack having been repulsed and having died away, I started to walk down the hill, thinking he was following me, and it was not until I reached the foot of the hill that I missed him. I then sent word back to let him know that I would walk slowly on down the valley and that he would catch me up, and it was not till I had gone some way and met Tahu Rhodes, that we began to be uneasy about him, and sent back again, with the result that, to my great grief, I heard he had been hit in the chest and had a lacerated wound, evidently from a bomb, and had died on the stretcher on which he was being brought down the valley. My two A.D.Cs., Major J. H. Hughes and Lieut. Tahu Rhodes, have carved a wooden cross, which will be placed on his grave.” Aitken was a member of the ’Varsity first fifteen, and one of the best half-mile, mile, and cross-country runners Canterbury has ever produced. He served for several years as secretary of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, and he was also actively connected with the United Tennis Club and the Hagley Golf Club. His next elder brother, Edward Bouchier Aitken, served in Egypt, and is now (1916) serving in France with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade.

AITKEN, SIDNEY CHARLES, Private, No. 10447, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Charles William Aitken, of 72, Clinton Lane, Kenilworth; b. Warwick; killed in action on the Western Front, 23 Oct. 1914. Buried 700 yards south of cross roads, north-west of Zonnebeke.

AITON, ANDREW ALFRED, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1045). 143845, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

AKED, GEORGE, Lieut., 5th Battn. Leicestershire Regt. (T.F.), only s. of George Aked, of Mapperley Park, Nottingham, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Wilkins; b. 19 April, 1895; educ. at Nottingham High School, where he served in the O.T.C. for two and a-half years, and was one of the High School Contingent reviewed by the King at Windsor in 1911. He received an appointment in the Nottingham and Notts Bank at Shepshed, near Loughboro in 1911, and in 1912, when a company of the 5th Leicesters was formed at Shepshed, he was given a commission 26 Oct. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 30 Aug. 1914. He was the only resident officer at Shepshed and had sole charge of the training of the company. At the outbreak of war the battalion was in camp and after various duties in England, including night guard near Enfield, they went to France in Feb. 1915, and were immediately sent to the Front. He was killed in action at Le Bizet, 5 March, 1915; unm. Lieut.-Col. Jones in command wrote as follows: “We have lost in him an officer of much promise. He had developed very rapidly since he joined us. He was extraordinarily conscientious in his work, and everything his duty called him to do he did faithfully, thoroughly and well.” He was buried near Armentières.

AKEHURST, ALEXANDER JAMES, Private, No. 1539, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., s. of Alfred Akehurst, of Walters Farm Cottage, Ticehurst, Sussex, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Susannah, dau. of George Cheesman; b. Etchingham, co. Sussex, 22 June, 1896; educ. Frimwell School; was a farm labourer on Walters Farm; joined the Sussex Territorials, 29 Aug. 1912; mobilised, 5 Aug. 1914, on the outbreak of war; went with his battn. to Dover and then to the Tower, where he volunteered for Imperial service; left England for the Front, 18 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Carency, 9 May, 1915; unm. He was buried about half a mile from St. Vaast.

ALCOCK, HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6711), S.S. 999, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

ALDER, DAVID, Petty Officer, 212628, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ALDER, WILLIAM STANLEY, Corpl., No. 11057, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, yst. s. of Joseph George Alder, of 35, Floyd Street, Charlton, S.E., by his wife, Emma, dau. of John Gilson; b. East Greenwich, 13 Oct. 1896; educ. Christ Church School there; enlisted 8 or 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 1 Feb. 1915; unm. He was buried in Cuinchy Cemetery (Section C, Grave No. 4).

ALDERSON, HENRY, Corpl., No. 5902, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Thomas Alderson, of 33, Martin Street, Sheffield, Carpenter; b. Sheffield, 18 Nov. 1885; educ. there; enlisted Oct. 1904, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 21 Oct. 1914. He m. at St. Andrew’s Church, Islington, 24 Dec. 1911, Ethel Francis (75, Copenhagen Street, Islington, N.), dau. of Thomas Barker, of London, and had a son, Edward Thomas, b. 21 July, 1913.

ALDERSON, JOSEPH, Private, No. 423, 8th Battn. (90th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd s. of James Alderson, of Ingleboro’ House, Formby, near Liverpool, Farmer and Butcher, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William Ellison, of Yorkshire; b. Duke’s Farm, Formby, 27 July, 1890; educ. Clitheroe Grammar School, and was then articled to a well-known firm of solicitors in Liverpool. After two years of office life he felt the need of open living, so went to Canada, where he joined the Saskatoon police force, and quickly rose to a detective. On the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914, he at once joined the 90th Winnipeg Rifles, known as “The Little Black Devils,” and came over with the first contingent. After being in several engagements he was killed, 3 June, 1915, by a “coal-box” shell which exploded at the door of a dug-out he was leaving, in a communication trench known as “Gunners siding” in Givenchy; death was instantaneous. He was buried in an orchard behind the trenches.

ALDERTON, ARTHUR, Arm. Mate, 342982, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ALDERTON, CHARLES, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3310), 176323, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ALDISS, HARRY, Stoker, P.O. 283643, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ALDOUS, CECIL, A.B., 211922, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

ALDOUS, WILLIAM, Private, No. 8286, 1st Battn. Middlesex Regt.; died on active service with the Expeditionary Force in France, 20 Sept. 1914; m.

ALDRED, JOHN WILLIAM, A.B., R.F.R., B. 2386, 208914, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ALDRIDGE, DAVID, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports. 14961, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ALDRIDGE, ERNEST SIDNEY, Private, No. 9720, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt., s. of William Harry Aldridge, of 5, Curzon Road, Chatham; died 4 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action on the Western Front.

ALDRIDGE, REGINALD JOHN PETTY DEVENISH, Capt. 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., s. of the late Reginald Aldridge, of Poole, Dorset, Solicitor; b. Poole, co. Dorset, 7 Sept. 1877; educ. privately and at Worcester College, Oxford, where he took his B.A. Degree, and won his blue for football, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Sussex Regt. 23 May, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 21 March, 1903, and Capt. 1 April, 1910. In 1902 he was Instructor of Signalling at Kasauli, and in 1904 commanded a company of Mounted Infantry in Malta. He was attached to the West African Regt. from May, 1905 to Jan. 1908, being Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster from June, 1906, to Jan. 1908, and was Adjutant to the 2nd Royal Guernsey L.I. Jan. 1908, to Jan. 1912, when he rejoined his regt. at Woking. He went to France with the first Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed instantaneously by a high explosive shell, 7 Oct. 1914, while preparing to return to the trenches for the night. He was buried in the little churchyard at Troyon. He m. in London, 5 May, 1908, Mabel Dulcibella (Broadlands, 2, Prideaux Road, Eastbourne), yst. dau. of the late Rev. John Padmore Noble, of 20, Palace Court, London, W., formerly Vicar of Childs Ercall, Market Drayton, and had two children: Reginald, b. (posthumous), 24 Dec. 1914, and Dulcibella, b. 24 Dec. 1909.

ALDRIDGE, THOMAS, Sapper, No. 1103, Kent Fortress R.E. (T.F.), s. of John Aldridge, of 50, Cambridge Road, Strood; died at Sheerness, 16 Aug. 1914, of pneumonia contracted on active service.

ALDRIDGE, WILLIAM, Private, No. 1540, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Absolam Aldridge, of Aston Farm, Wallingford, Berks; enlisted 18 March, 1898; served at Gibraltar, 10 March to 27 Oct. 1899, and in South Africa, 28 Oct. 1899, to 20 July, 1902 (Queen’s medal with six clasps: “Belmont,” “Modder River,” “Dreifontein,” “Johannesburg,” “Diamond Hill” and “Belfast”; King’s medal with two clasps: “South Africa, 1901,” “South Africa, 1902”); obtained his discharge, 17 March, 1910; re-enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 8 Aug. 1914; killed in action at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915.

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

ALEXANDER, ERNEST, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 5030, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

ALEXANDER, JAMES, Private, No. 27032, A Coy., 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, only s. of James Alexander, of 3, Eastmount Avenue, Toronto, formerly of Drumoak, Scotland, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Andrew Milne, of Echt, Aberdeenshire; b. West Cairnton, Peterculter, co. Aberdeen, 9 July, 1892; educ. Drumoak Public School, and Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen; on leaving the latter, joined his father at Niagara Falls, Canada, afterwards going with him to Toronto. Here he spent several years with the firm of Cockburn and Bundy, wholesale milliners, during which time he gained the respect of all. After being with them for one year, he became one of their travellers, and was making a success of his work. He was an enthusiastic member and officer of the Prince of Orange Lodge, No. 111, of Toronto. When war was declared, he volunteered for overseas service, 11 Aug. 1914, and left Canada with the first contingent. He was gassed, wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of St. Julien, and died of wounds about 27 April, 1915; unm. He was buried at Moorseele.