CULLIP, ALEXANDER GEORGE HOLLIS, Bugler, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 16865, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

CUMMING, COLIN EDWARD, M.A. (Hons. Edin.), Lieut., 103rd Battery, R.F.A. 31st Brigade (28th Division), 2nd s. of Robert Charles Cumming, of Edinburgh, formerly of Stafford, retired Bank Manager, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late David Duff, of Calcutta, and grandson of the late Capt. John Cumming, 26th (Cameronians), 4th (King’s Own) and 80th Foot; b. Stafford, March, 1890; educ. at Royal High School, Edinburgh, 1902–7 (“Dux” in 1907 and gold medallist in Latin, Greek and French), and Edinburgh University (M.A. with first-class honours in Classical Literature, 1911). At the University, where he was highly esteemed and beloved, he was an active member of the O.T.C., and got his commission in the R.F.A. Reserve, 16 Sept. 1909. While preparing for the Indian Civil Service he was offered an engineering cadetship in the Transvaal gold-mining industry, and, solely with a view to the family interests, he accepted this, relinquishing his Indian aspirations, and went to Johannesburg in 1913. His one year in Africa gave promise of rare success, but, at his country’s call, he gained permission to come home with the Imperial troops, and, going straight to the Scottish R.F.A. headquarters, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 22 Sept. 1914, and was soon selected as Adjutant. Appointed to the 103rd Battery, then stationed at Winchester, where he did further strenuous work, he accompanied the Battery to the Front in Jan. 1915. He was killed in action by shell near Ypres, 24 Feb. 1915; unm. The Major in command (now Lieut.-Col. Hope, D.S.O.), wrote that they had been shelled for about an hour. Their dug-out was hit, and when the Major, himself wounded, became conscious, Cumming was trying to help him out of the débris when another shell arrived and they were both knocked senseless. Lieut. Cumming died during the night in hospital, never having regained consciousness. He was buried in the cemetery at Poperinghe. After his death he was gazetted to a full Lieutenancy, to rank as from 8 Dec. 1914.

CUMMING, THOMAS SUMMERS, Private, No. 14807, A Coy., 12th Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of Archibald Matheson Cumming, of 9, Dobbies Loan, Glasgow, by his wife, Barbara, dau. of Walter Buchanan; b. Glasgow 3 June, 1896; educ. there; enlisted Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; unm. From information supplied by the Red Cross, it appears that he was shot through the head when he had just got over our own parapet preliminary to the charge.

CUNLIFFE, THOMAS HENRY WITHERS, Capt., 1st Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, only s. of the late Robert Ellis Cunliffe, of The Croft, Ambleside, Solicitor, by his wife, Helen (The Croft, Ambleside), dau. of Henry Sharp, of Townend, Deepcar, Yorks; b. Pendleton, Manchester, 9 July, 1885; educ. Bilton Grange and Rugby; obtained his commission in the Lancashire Fusiliers from the Militia, 29 Nov. 1905, and was promoted Lieut. 6 Feb. 1910, and Capt. 17 March, 1915. Capt. Cunliffe was with his regt. in India when war broke out, and proceeded with it to Gallipoli, where he was killed in action on Gurkha Bluff, 4 June, 1915, while in charge of the machine gun section of his regt. He was buried in the regimental cemetery at Lancashire Landing; unm. Col. Ormond, Lancashire Fusiliers, wrote: “His handling of the machine guns, in the position after the Turks had been charged, was, I understand, masterly. He was well in front of the line screened from the enemy’s view by a bushy shrub. His guns pointed across the front of our position, so that when the Turks charged at night he raked their ranks right and left. His knowledge of his work, his command of his company and his great natural gifts marked him out for a great career.... The very gallant Cunliffe worked his machine guns and was killed. His great courage and skill had been of the utmost value in the operations.... Capt. Cunliffe was launched into deep water at the landing on the Peninsula, and swam to shore fully equipped with rifle and pack under heavy fire, a feat which only a very fine swimmer could have accomplished. His guns could not be landed, but he collected his gun teams on the beach and marched them up to fill the gap between Capt. Haworth and Capt. Shaw’s detachments, so linking up the battn. and restoring its internal communications.”

PICKERSGILL-CUNLIFFE, JOHN CUNLIFFE, of Cobb Court, Cootham, Pulborough, Sussex, Capt., 6th, attached 4th, Battn. Worcestershire Regt., elder s. of the late Charles Pickersgill-Cunliffe, of Beacon Hill Park, Hindhead, Surrey, by his wife, Audrey (Crossways, Cootham, Pulborough, Sussex), dau. of Charles Hoskins Master, and nephew of Harry Pickersgill-Cunliffe, of Staughton Manor, Huntingdon; b. Barrow Green House, Oxted, co. Surrey, 27 Jan. 1884; educ. Haileybury College; joined the Sussex Militia in 1898, and served in the South African War, 1901–2, receiving the Queen’s medal with clasp. He was gazetted to the 2nd Worcesters from the Militia, 4 July, 1903, and promoted Lieut., 4 April, 1907; served in Africa, Ceylon and India, and retired 1 July, 1913. He went on the Cape to Cairo Motor Expedition, arriving at Cape Town, 5 Aug. 1913, and leaving Broken Hill, Jan. 8, 1914. On mobilization, 4 Aug. 1914, he rejoined his old regt., was promoted Capt., 1 Sept., went to France, 27 Aug. 1914, and was wounded in action near Lille, 24 Oct. following, and invalided home. On recovery he left 12 May, 1915, to join his regt. at the Dardanelles and was killed in action there 4 June, 1915; unm. A comrade who was with him at the time he was killed wrote: “Cunliffe arrived with a few men who wavered under the hot fire, but he jumped on the parapet and told them he would show them the way. There he stood with the bullets whistling all round him while they climbed over. Later on as he was looking over the parapet a bullet struck him in the head and he died with a smile on his face and a cheery word for his men at the head of the advance”; and the Colonel: “If he had been spared I am confident he would have earned great distinction. I was not very near when the regiment made their most successful attack and all accounts tell of his coolness and dash, he is a great loss to us.” He was a keen sportsman and big game shot.

CUNNINGHAM, JOSEPH, Private, No. 18044, 4th Battn. (The King’s) Liverpool Regt., s. of Mark Cunningham; b. Liverpool, 24 Aug. 1893; educ. St. Anthony’s School there; enlisted following the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914; was wounded in the chest, and died in Boulogne Hospital 10 days later, 10 May, 1915; unm.

CUNNINGTON, ERNEST, Stoker, P.O., 304513, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

CURRIE, JOHN MCLEAN, Private, No. 46131, D Coy., 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd s. of John David Currie, of Windsor, Nova Scotia, High Sheriff for Hants co., by his wife, Bessie, dau. of the late James Cutting, of Truro N.P.; and gdson. of the late John Currie, D.D., Professor of Hebrew, Pine Hill Theological College, Halifax, Nova Scotia; b. Maitland, Hants Co. N.S., 18 Oct. 1896; educ. Maitland High School and Windsor Academy, N.S.; enlisted in No. 1 Coy. Royal Nova Scotia Regt. (17th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force), in Aug. 1914, on the declaration of war; left Windsor for Valcartier, P.Q. on the 20th of that month, went to England with the first Contingent in Oct.; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter and after the 17th Battn. was disbanded, joined the 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders) under Col. John Currie; went to France in Feb., and was killed in action at Langemarck, 23 April, 1915; unm.

CURRIE, THOMAS, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./11225, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

CURRIE, WILLIAM PERRY, Gunner, No. 42467, 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Bartlett Lingely Currie, of Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, by his wife, Martha J., dau. of Valentine Haines; b. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Lincoln, co. Ontario, 15 July, 1895; educ. Niagara afsd.; was a Painter; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; went to France 7 April, was wounded in action at St. Julien, and died in Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, 4 May, 1915; unm.

CURRY, JOHN WILLIAM, Private, No. 1644, Royal Marine L.I. (Reserve), eldest s. of Henry Curry, Drill Instructor, by his wife, Martha, dau. of James Slack; b. Kilburn, 5 April, 1880; educ. Nunhead Passage School; joined the Marines, 28 April, 1898; served on H.M. ships Majestic, Ocean and Empress of India, and two years at Devonport Dockyard, obtaining his discharge, 1 June, 1906, with the highest character. He was called up from the Reserve on mobilisation, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, 22 Sept. 1914. He m. at Peckham, S.E., 19 Dec. 1900, Mary Ann (41, Herman Road, Old Kent Road, S.E.), dau. of George Stout, and left five children: Henry William Felix, b. 20 Sept. 1904; John R. J., b. 20 Dec. 1905; Benjamin, b. 19 April, 1912; Sydney, b. 14 Sept. 1915; and Ivy Ethel, b. 1 June, 1902.

CURRY, LEON HALL, Capt., 42nd Battn. (affiliated to the Black Watch), Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of the Hon. Nathaniel Curry, of Montreal, Canada, Senator, President of the Canadian Car and Foundry Co., by his wife, Mary, dau. of David Hall; b. Amherst, Nova Scotia, 21 Oct. 1885; educ. Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S., and was an official of the Canadian Car and Foundry Co. He had received a commission as Lieut. in the 5th Royal Highlanders of Canada (Militia), 2 Jan. 1913, and after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered and was gazetted Capt. 42nd Battn. in March, 1915. He left Canada 10 June, 1915, crossed to France early in Oct., went into the trenches with his company, 19 Oct. 1915, and was killed the same night, with two brother officers, by the bursting of a trench mortar. His Colonel wrote: “He was one of the most reliable and painstaking officers, who by his intelligence and thoroughness could always be depended upon to carry through successfully any duty that might be given to him, we all realise we have lost a most valuable officer as well as a true friend and lovable companion.” He was buried in the English cemetery at Armentières, and a stone was erected by his brother officers and company. He m. at Wimbledon, England, 9 July, 1913, Marion, dau. of John McKeen, Manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S., and had a son, b. 21 April, 1914, died in infancy.

CURTIS, ROBERT HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3887), 183944, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

CURTIS ROY BARNETT, Private, No. 6202, No. 2 Coy., 1st Battn. (7th Fusiliers of London), 1st Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1st s. of the late Richard John Curtis, of London, Ontario (d. 1913), by his wife, Annie Maria (396, Ridout Street, London, Ontario, Canada), dau. of the late Samuel Barnett, of Logan Township; b. London, Ontario, 23 Feb. 1897; educ. St. George’s and Talbot Street Schools there; volunteered for overseas service with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for England with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France in Feb.; was wounded at the Battle of Ypres, 23 April, invalided and sent into hospital at Calais and Boulogne, but returned to duty in two weeks, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915. A comrade wrote that they had taken the second line of trenches, and that besides the fire from the Germans in the third line trenches, some men were wounded by our own guns before word could be sent to our gunners to correct their range. It was then that Curtis was killed instantaneously by a wound just above the heart.

CURTIS, WALTER, P.O. (N.S.), 179917, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

CURTIS, WALTER ARTHUR, Private, No. 7676, 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., s. of Samuel Curtis, of 5, Pump Court, Lavenham, Suffolk, by his wife, Alphence, dau. of James Simpson; b. Little Waldingfield, co. Suffolk, 2 Oct. 1888; educ. Lavenham Council School; enlisted in the Suffolks, 24 Feb. 1908, and was with his regt. in Egypt when war broke out, and with it went to the Front in Jan. 1915. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 16 March following; unm. The commanding officer of his company wrote that he “was doing his turn of duty in the trenches, and at 5.30 p.m. volunteered to go to a spring near his trench and fetch some water. He obtained the water and was on his way back when he was shot by a German sniper. Two of his comrades—one of whom was wounded in the attempt—went out and brought him back but it was seen at once that he was very dangerously wounded, and he had been hit through both buttocks, just below the body, and he died quite peacefully at 7 p.m. on the same day whilst being removed to the dressing station on a stretcher. He was buried the next day in a wood about one-and-a-half miles west of Ploegstraat, in Belgium; unm. A wooden cross, with his regimental number, was erected over his grave.”

CUSACK, ERIC ATHANASIUS, Private, No. 513, 4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of the late James Holmes Cusack, of Sydney and Melbourne, by his wife, Jessie Mabel (Toorak, Melbourne), dau. of (—) Austin, and gdson. of Samuel Athanasius Cusack, of Merrion Street, Dublin, M.D., F.R.C.S.; b. Sydney, 29 Jan. 1894; educ. Melbourne Grammar School; enlisted in Aug. 1914; left Australia with the 1st Division, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 3 or 4 May, 1915; unm. A N.C.O. wrote: “He was killed in a reinforcing action, for which his party was specially thanked by the General of a British regt.”

CUSSELL, SIDNEY WILLIAM, Blacksmith, 343850, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

CUTFIELD, HAROLD, Trooper, No. 6006, 16th Lancers, 3rd s. of the late Arthur Cutfield, of Ross, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., B.Sc.; b. Ross, co. Hereford, 3 May, 1895; educ. Eastman’s, Southsea, and Cheltenham College; enlisted on the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914, and was blown up with many others of his regt. in a trench near Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915.

CUTHBERTSON, NORMAN WILLIAM, Major, Reserve of Officers, late Royal Highlanders, 4th s. of William Gilmour Cuthbertson, by his wife, Jane Agnes, dau. of James Lister; b. at Shanghai, 21 Oct. 1861; educ. Trinity College, Glenalmond; entered the Army as Lieut. Royal Highlanders, 9 Sept. 1882; and was promoted Capt. 7 Dec. 1888, and Major 13 July 1898; passed through the staff College 1894; was Instructor Royal Military College, 25 Aug. 1897 to 21 Oct. 1899; served in the Egyptian Campaign (medal and bronze star), and in the South African War in the 2nd Battn. Royal Highlanders; took part in the advance on Kimberley, including the action at Magersfontein, at which he was severely wounded, and also those at Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, Driefontein and Vet River, and afterwards served on the Staff (mentioned in despatches, Queen’s medal with five clasps), retiring in 1901. On the outbreak of the European War he was appointed a General Staff Officer (second grade), 5 Aug. 1914. He died in London, 12 Feb. 1915, while serving as a Staff Officer at Plymouth.

CUTHBERTSON, THOMAS, L.-Corpl., No. 1535, C (Belford) Coy., 7th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), 3rd s. of William Cuthbertson, of Bamborough Castle Hotel, Sea Houses, Northumberland, Trinity House Boatman and Pilot, by his wife, Marget; b. Bamborough Castle Hotel, 16 Sept. 1896; educ. Barnard Castle County School; and on leaving there entered the service of the North Eastern Banking Co., Ltd., and at the time war was declared was an assistant at the Belford branch. He had joined the 7th Northumberland Fusiliers in 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service, and went to France with his regt. in April, 1915. He was seriously wounded at St. Jean, 1 June, 1915, and died in the 14th General Hospital at Wimereux, Boulogne, 10 June following. He was buried in the cemetery there; unm.

CUTLER, WILLIAM CHARLES, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 5100, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DABNER, ROBERT, Petty Officer (N.S.), 198199, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DADD, STEPHEN GABRIEL, Leading Seaman, Z 544, Anson Battn., Royal Naval Division, yst. s. of Stephen Thomas Dadd, of 26, Sunderland Road, Forest Hill, S.E., Artist, by his wife, Eva Elizabeth, dau. of John Hilton; b. Lewisham, 17 May, 1894; educ. Aske Hatcham School, New Cross, S.E., and received his art education at the Goldsmiths’ College School of Art under Mr. Frederick Marriot, Hon. A.R.C.A. (Lond.), A.R.E. He joined the Royal Naval Division on 7 Oct. 1914, after the outbreak of war, left with his battn. for the Dardanelles on 17 May, his twenty-first birthday, and was killed in action on 5 July, 1915; unm. Petty Officer William Arblaster, writing on behalf of his comrades, said: “He was in my platoon and was liked and respected by all, both by his seniors and by those he was in charge of.... He was killed yesterday morning about 7 a.m., and was quietly buried in the afternoon.” He early showed a preference for the sculptor’s art, in which he made rapid progress, and in 1912, when under 18, exhibited his first work at the Royal Academy, “Elfreda,” a bust of his sister; and in 1914 he was again represented in the Academy, this time by an animal group, “True Foes Once Met are Joined till Death.” This represented an Indian elephant with his massive head and trunk crushing into the earth, as he kneels over him—a tiger—who, in his last agony, with claws extended, tears vainly at his huge antagonist. In the 1915 Royal Academy was the portrait bust of “Winnie,” considered by many who are entitled to speak with authority as showing high technical experience. Also in this year’s Royal Academy (1916) he is represented by a group, “Lions and Prey,” modelled by him three years ago. He made many studies of animals and birds at the Zoological Gardens, in which he showed remarkable grasp of form, movement and character. He was well known as a fine swimmer, being a member of the Lewisham Swimming Club. He won, among other races, the 100 yards junior championship of London (under 16 years) in 1910, the 1,000 yards championship river race of the Lewisham Swimming Club in 1911–12, and on several occasions the old Askean quarter-mile championship. He was, besides, a member of the Blackheath Harriers, and was well known as a good cross-country runner.

DADE, WILLIAM, No. 10600, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Samuel Dade, of 5, St. James’ Street, Taunton; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing, 7 Oct. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed in action on or about 14 Sept. 1914.

DADSON, FREDERICK, Driver, No. 2247, R.E., 4th s. of Frederick Dadson, of Great Lodge, Tonbridge, Labourer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Moore; b. Burgess Hill, Tonbridge; educ. High Brooms Schools, Tunbridge Wells; was a driver for Tunbridge Wells Corporation; enlisted 31 May, 1915, and was drowned in the transport Hythe in the Aegean Sea, 28 Oct. 1915. He m. at Barning Church, Maidstone, 3 Aug. 1912, Annie Norris, 2nd dau. of Edward Ernest Fullagar, and had a dau.: Kathleen Ethel, b. 9 July, 1913.

DADY, HENRY, Private, No. 11544, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; b. co. Norfolk; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915. Buried 300 yards south of railway and 250 yards west of Cuinchy Churchyard, and about 300 yards north-west of the Keep of the brickfields; m.

DAGLISH, THOMAS REUBEN, P.O. (N.S.), 192439, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DAINES, HORACE WILLIAM, Yeoman, of Signals (N.S.), 190565, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DALE, FREDERICK EDWARD, Private, No. 4021, 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), s. of the late Thomas Dale, of 9, Ash Grove, Wavertree; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died 11 March, 1915, aged 26. Buried at Lillebeck.

DALE, HARRY, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2537), 193695, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DALE, JAMES WILLIAM, A.B., J. 1782, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

DALE, JOHN CECIL, Sergt., No. 46, Honourable Artillery Coy., elder s. of the late John Dale, of Chiswell Street, E.C., by his wife, Harriet (107, West End Lane, West Hampstead); served with the C.I.V.’s in the South African War, 1900; and with the Honourable Artillery Coy. in the European War, 1914; killed in action at Kemmel, Belgium, 26 Oct. 1914, being shot by a sniper; m.

DALE, WELLINGTON TREVELYAN, Sub-Lieut., R.N.R., only s. of the late Wellington Dale, of Penzance, by his wife, the late Louisa Harrison, dau. of the late Col. Harrington Astley Trevelyan, 7th Hussars; b. Penzance, 24 Jan. 1888; trained on H.M.S. Conway, and after a short period in a sailing vessel entered the service of the P. & O. Co. He joined the Royal Naval Reserve, 4 Aug. 1906. On the outbreak of war he was on the hospital ship Soudan; later he was appointed to H.M.S. Excellent for a short gunnery course; from there he received a submarine appointment, subsequently going out to the Dardanelles, where he was appointed Beach Officer to assist in the landing operations at Gallipoli. He was taken ill with acute appendicitis while out there, and died in No. 17 Hospital at Alexandria, 11 May, 1915. An extract from his commander’s letter said: “He was always so very efficient and keen at his work, and an officer and messmate of the sort we cannot afford to lose”; and a brother officer wrote: “He was one who helped to make our days brighter and our work lighter.” Lieut. Dale had the Royal Humane Society’s medal for saving life. He m. at Wymondham, 10 Sept. 1912, Florence (Tobé) (2, Meadow Road, Pinner), dau. of the late Harry Borras, and had a dau., Gwen Trevelyan, b. 10 July, 1913.

DALEY, HERBERT, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4321, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

DALEY, MICHAEL, Private, No. 7909, 1st Battn. Highland L.I., s. of Michael Daley, Ironworker (who served seven years with the Colours and on the outbreak of war re-enlisted and is now (1916) on active service), by his wife, Rose Ann (46b, Dalziel Street, Motherwell), dau. of James Murphy, of Coatbridge; b. Coatbridge, co. Lanark, 8 Feb. 1896; educ. Our Lady of Good Aid Roman Catholic School there; enlisted 19 Feb. 1914; went to the Front in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle between 11 and 18 March, 1915.

DALEY, WILLIAM, Private, No. 8025, att. 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of Michael Daley, who served for 21 years in the Somerset L.I.; b. Accrington, co. Lancaster, 14 Dec. 1891; educ. St. Peters R.C. School, Blackburn; enlisted 1 Sept. 1908; went to France 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed in the trench at Givenchy, 5 April, 1915, by a bullet through the head. He m. at Windsor, 4 Aug. 1911, Elizabeth Annie, 2nd dau. of George Frederick Humphries, of Four Oakes Common, co. Warwick, and had a son, Vincent, b. 3 March, 1914.

DALGLISH, CHARLES ANTOINE DE GUERRY, Capt., 1st Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), s. of the late James Campsie Dalglish, of Wandara, Goulburn, New South Wales, by his wife, Marie Sophie (now wife of W. Dalglish Bellasis, of Sundorne Castle, Shrewsbury), dau. of the Marquis de Guerry de Lauret; b. Goulburn, N.S.W., 11 Feb. 1883; educ. Oratory School, Edgbaston; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Black Watch from the Militia, 5 Jan. 1901, and promoted Lieut. 29 Oct. 1903, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1910; served in the South African War, 1901–2, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal, Dec. 1900, and in the Orange Free State, Dec. 1900 to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France, Aug.-Sept. 1914; and died at Sablonnières, 9 Sept. 1914, of wounds received in action. He m. at The Oratory, South Kensington, Caroline, dau. of George Hurdes Purves, of the Middle Temple.

DALLAS, ALEXANDER, Private, No. 13994, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of William Dallas, by his wife, Mary, dau. of (—) Livingstone; b. Glasgow, 14 Feb. 1871; educ. Milton Street Public School there; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914, and was killed in France, 18 June, 1915, while on sentry duty. He m. at Glasgow, 12 July, 1895, Elizabeth (384, Dobbies Loan, Glasgow), dau. of Thomas Williamson, and had five children: Alexander, b. 13 Jan. 1899; Thomas, b. 24 Feb. 1905; Mary, b. 25 Feb. 1902; Christina, b. 24 Feb. 1905; and Elizabeth, b. 13 Feb. 1913.

DALLY, WILLIAM HENRY, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17408. H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

DALMAHOY, JOHN FRANCIS CECIL, Capt., 40th Pathans, Indian Army, yr. s. of Major-Gen. Patrick Carfrae Dalmahoy, Indian Army, of 13, Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Edward Michael Wylly, Bengal Civil Service; b. Allahabad, India, 25 Feb. 1881; educ Edinburgh Academy and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; joined the Indian Army, 8 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieut. 4 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1910; was attached for one year to the King’s Royal Rifles at Rawal Pindi, then for a short time was with the 18th Bengal Lancers, being afterwards posted to the 40th Pathans in 1902, with which last named regt. he served in the Tibet campaign of 1904, taking prominent part in several engagements, including the action of Niani, the operations at Gyantse, and in the march to Lhassa, for which he received the medal with clasp. He again saw service in 1908 in the Mohmand campaign on the North-West Frontier of India, in the Khyber Pass, his coolness under fire being commented upon by his commanding officer (medal with clasp). On the outbreak of the European War his regt., which was at Hong Kong, was despatched to France, landing there on 1 April, 1915, its first action being the Battle north of Ypres, 26 April, 1915, when nearly all the officers were killed or wounded, including Capt. Dalmahoy, who lost his life while leading his double company to the attack. Although wounded in six places and advised to go back, he refused to do so, but continued to lead his men till he fell under machine-gun fire. His noble death is spoken of with admiration by the officers and men of the regt. and by others. “Eye-Witness.” in his report of the battle published in the “Times” of 6 May, 1915, speaks of the gallantry of a Pathan battn. Capt. Dalmahoy is specially mentioned in a letter published in “The Times” of 7 May, also by Mr. John Buchan in the account of the battle given in “The Times” of 13 July, and also in the seventh volume of his “History of the War.” Capt. Dalmahoy m. at St. Andrew’s, Fife, 19 Sept. 1911, Violet Cecily, dau. of the Rev. R. Arthur Hull; s.p.

DALTON, WILLIAM HENRY, Trooper, No. 7/185, C Coy., 10th Regt. (Canterbury Mounted Rifles) New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest s. of William Henry Dalton, Farmer (died 9 Oct. 1915), by his wife, Annie (Canvastown, Marlborough, New Zealand), dau. of James Twidle; b. Canvastown, Marlborough, New Zealand, 3 May, 1885; educ. Canvastown School. He was a member of the Canvastown Defence Club and had been Capt. for the last three years, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial Service; joined the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 19 May, 1915. His commanding officer wrote: “On the 19th, my troop was holding an outpost position Nelson Hill, we were under a heavy rifle fire, which we were returning to the best of our ability, when your son was instantaneously killed by a bullet. Your son was one of the most trustworthy men in the troop, and at the time of his death was taking part very gallantly in the defence of our post.”

DALY, FRANCIS, Corpl., No. 16949, 10th (Service) Battn. Highland L.I., s. of Patrick Daly, of Level Crossing, Carbury, co. Kildare, by his wife, Mary Bridget, dau. of Thomas Williams; b. Carbury, 13 Dec. 1891; educ. Derenturn National School, and was a post boy; enlisted 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; unm.

DAMES, JAMES WILLIAM, D.C.M., Sergt.-Major, No. 1315, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, 2nd s. of John Joseph Dames, of London, England, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of James Raysbrook; b. London, 20 Nov. 1871; and enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) in 1885 at the age of 14. In 1897 he was sent to India as Sergeant in charge of a draft for the 2nd Battn., and took part in the Tirah Campaign, receiving the medal. He was at Malta on the way back to England when the Boer War broke out, and at once volunteered for active service; went to South Africa with the Malta Mounted Infantry and served through that campaign. He was twice wounded and was three times mentioned in Dispatches, being awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Queen’s Medal with 3 bars. He was invalided home in 1901, and after being employed as a clerk at the War Office for eight years, went to Canada and settled at Derby town, Alberta. On the outbreak of the European War he again volunteered for active service and enlisted in Princess Patricia’s L.I.; came over with the 1st Canadian Contingent; went to France Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Bellewaarde Lake, near Ypres, 8 May, 1915. Sergt.-Major Dames m. at St. George’s Church, Stonehouse, Plymouth, 26 July, 1897, Florence (Derbytown, Mound P. O., Alberta, Canada), yst. dau. of the late John Coneybeer, of Ivybridge, co. Devon, and had two sons: Frank Coneybeer, b. 15 Sept. 1899; and Harold Victor, b. 28 Sept. 1902.

DANIEL, ALFRED AUSTEN, Private, No. 35, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Herbert Daniel of 50, Tunnel Avenue, East Greenwich, S.E., by his wife, Clara Matilda, dau. of William Austen, H.M. Customs; b. Rotherhithe, co. Surrey, 18 Nov. 1894; educ. Aske School, Hatcham, and matriculated at London University with second class honours in July, 1912. At the time war broke out he was with the Star Assurance Society; enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade with his two brothers, 6 Aug. 1914, the day following the declaration of war. He went with the battn. to France in Nov., and while doing fatigue duty was dangerously wounded on the evening of 24 Jan. 1915, and died fourteen hours later, on the 25th. His company officer wrote: “He was at all times a most willing and cheerful worker, a splendid example to others, and he will be much missed by all in the platoon, and by me as commander”; and a comrade: “He died as all soldiers would wish to die—on duty—and by that glorious death he has done all that a brave man could do for his country.” A memorial, in the form of a copy in oils of the famous picture “The Great Sacrifice,” was placed in St. John’s Church, Isle of Dogs. E., of which church he was a Server, by the parishioners. At Aske School he was a prefect, played for the Champion House cricket team, 1910–11, in the school football second eleven, 1911–12, and in the Champion House football team, 1911–12. He was the first Askean to fall in the war.

DANIELS, ERNEST, Private, No. G. 2468, 12th (Service) Battn. Middlesex Regt., s. of William Daniels, of 5, Cardiff Road, Watford; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 5 May, 1915.

DANIELS, JAMES, A.B., J. 1544, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DANIELS, JOHN, S.P.O., 286387, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chilli, 1 Nov. 1914.

DANIELS, JOHN ALBERT, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14505, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DANN, DAVID GEORGE, Private, No. 2249, 6th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, s. of the late David George Dann, Postman, by his wife, Annie (now wife of George Alfred Ernest Thorp, of 5, Boundary Road, Notting Hill, now serving with the 6th Royal Fusiliers), dau. of Henry George, Goldsmith; b. West Kensington, 8 April, 1897; educ. St. Paul’s Church School, Hammersmith, and Saunders Road School, Notting Hill; enlisted in the 6th Battn. Royal Fusiliers in Sept. 1913; served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 17 April, 1915; unm. A half-brother of his (James Baseley Goldsmith) is now (1916) on active service on H.M.S. Juno, and two of his maternal uncles, B. H. Goldsmith and I. M. Goldsmith, were killed in action, the first being lost in the Aboukir, 22 Sept. 1914, and the second dying of wounds in France, 25 April, 1915.

DANN, FRANCIS JOSEPH, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 628), late Ch./11623, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; m.

DARBY, MAURICE ALFRED ALEXANDER, Lieut., 1st Battn. Grenadier Guards, only s. of Alfred Edmund William Darby, of Adcote and Coalbrookdale, co. Salop, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Frederica Louisa Juliana, dau. of the late Col. Sir Frederick Arthur, 2nd Bart. [by his wife, Lady Elizabeth, née Hay, dau. of Thomas Robert, 10th Earl of Kinnoull]; b. London, 6 May, 1894; educ. Eton and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; joined the Grenadier Guards on 24 Jan. 1914, and obtained his Lieutenancy on 15 Nov. 1914. He went to France in Oct. 1914, with the 7th Division of the Expeditionary Force, served in the trenches throughout the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; unm. His body was brought home and interred in Little Ness Churchyard, near Adcote. Lieut. Darby was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. He was a keen cricketer and fond of sports generally, and was a great-great-great-grandson of the famous Quaker ironfounder, Abraham Darby, whose firm invented the process of taking castings and built the first iron bridge.

DARCHE, AUGUST RAOUL, Capt., 4th Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Edouard René Darche, of Danville, Province of Quebec, Canada, M.D., by his wife, Hermine, dau. of Pierre Dansereau; b. Danville, Province of Quebec, 16 April, 1882; educ. St. Hyacinth Seminary; was Mercantile Agent for R. G. Dun & Co., Montreal; joined the 64th Chateauguay and Beauharnois (Canadian Militia) Regt. in 1909, and became Capt. in 1910; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war and was appointed Capt. of the Record Office at Lark Hill; left for England with the first contingent, 30 Sept. 1914; went to France, 6 April, 1915, and was promoted Capt. the same day; took part in the first Battle of Ypres, where he was the only officer of his Battn. who came through untouched; was wounded in action at the Battle of Festubert, 27 May, 1915, and died in hospital at Lillers the next day, from shock following the amputation of his leg. Buried in Lillers Cemetery, Pas de Calais (Grave No. 45. R4). He m. at Montreal, 8 Sept. 1904, Athala (1693, Rue Clarke, Montreal), now auxiliary of the Canadian Patriotic Fund, dau. of the late Adolphe Lafond, of Warwick, Province of Quebec, Merchant, and had three children: Maurice, b. 16 March, 1907; Philippe, b. 11 May, 1911; and Cecile, b. 7 July, 1905.

DARLEY, ARTHUR TUDOR, Commander, R.N., H.M.S. Good Hope, elder s. of Wellington Darley, of Violet Hill, Bray, co. Wicklow, by his wife, Anna Frances, dau. of Richard Tudor; b. Glensouthwell, Rathfarnham, co. Dublin, 29 Aug. 1876; educ. at Cheam and at Stubbington House, Fareham, Hants; joined the Britannia in 1890, passing in seventh out of 57 candidates. He was promoted Midshipman, 15 March, 1893; Sub-Lieut. 15 Sept. 1896; Lieut. 15 Dec. 1898; and Commander, 31 Dec. 1909. In Jan. 1910, he was appointed Flag-Commander to Admiral Winsloe, Commander-in-Chief on the China Station, and in June, 1912, was one of the first 15 Commanders selected for special appointment to the newly-formed War St.... In March, 1914, he was temporarily appointed to H.M.S. Good Hope, while waiting to take up an appointment to the Flagship of the China Squadron, and was killed in the naval action off Coronel on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. He m. at Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, 10 Nov. 1910, Charlotte Sinclair (Wraysbury House, Emsworth, Hants), eldest dau. of Major-Gen. Edward Sinclair May, C.B., C.M.G., commanding the Lucknow Division, India, and left a son and a dau.: Arthur Tudor, b. (posthumous), 5 Dec. 1914, and Evelyn Elizabeth, b. 25 Oct. 1911.

DARNELL, WILLIAM, Sergt., No. 22653, 4th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force; served in France; killed in action, 29 Dec. 1915.

DARNELL, WILLIAM HENRY, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 114438, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DARNILL, WILLIAM ALFRED, Private, No. 8/358, 8th Southland Regt., Otago Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of the late Francis William Darnill, of 218, Crinan Street, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand, formerly of Richmond, co. Surrey, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomson McNatty; b. Otatara Bush, Southland, New Zealand, 25 March, 1882; educ. Otatara School; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force about 10 Aug. 1914, left for Egypt in Oct., and died of wounds, 25 April, 1915, received in the landing at the Dardanelles; unm.

DARROCH, ALEXANDER, Private, No. 2866, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action near Kemmel, 21 April, 1915.

DART, GEORGE WILLIAM, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2788), 214135, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DARTON, HENRY THEODORE, Corpl., No. 929, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 17 May, 1915.

DARTY, EDWARD, Private, No. G. 63, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 20 April, 1915, of wounds received in action; m.

DARVILL, PERCY HENRY, Leading Seaman, 184384, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DARWIN, ERASMUS, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Alexandra, Princess of Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Horace Darwin, F.R.S., Chairman of Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., by his wife, the Hon. Emma Cecilla (Ida) née Farrer, only dau. of Thomas Henry, 1st Lord Farrer, and grandson of Charles Darwin; b. Cambridge, 7 Dec. 1881; educ. at Horris Hill and Marlborough (Cotton House), and gained an exhibition for mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He went up to Trinity in Oct. 1901, and took the Mathematical Tripos in his second year, being placed among the Senior Optimes. Afterwards he took the Mechanical Sciences Tripos, and was placed in the second class in 1905. On leaving Cambridge, he went through the shops at Messrs. Mather and Platt’s at Manchester. After this he worked for some little while with the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., of which he was a director, and then became assistant secretary of Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd., at Middlesbrough. Here he stayed for seven years, and at the outbreak of war occupied the position of secretary to the company. As soon as war broke out he decided to join the army and on 12 Sept. 1914, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 4th (Territorial) Battn. of the Yorkshires, which after training at Darlington and Newcastle crossed to France, as part of the Northumbrian Division, on 17 April, 1915, and was within a week called upon to take part in the second battle of Ypres. Here these Territorial troops fresh from home and tried at the very outset almost as highly as men could be tried, behaved with a steadiness and coolness which gained for them the congratulations of the Generals commanding respectively their Division and their Army Corps. Early in the afternoon of 24 April the Battn. was ordered to attack the village of Fortuin, close to St. Julien where the Germans had broken through. This attack they successfully carried out in the face of terrific shell fire, before being ordered to retire at dusk. By driving the enemy back a mile or more they had attained their object which was to prevent a breach in the line; and they had made good their front with the Canadians and Royal Irish on their right. It was during this advance that Darwin fell, killed instantaneously. His Commanding officer, Colonel Bell, wrote of him: “Loyalty, courage, and devotion to duty—he had them all.... He died in an attack which gained many compliments to the Battn. He was right in front. It was a man’s death.” Corpl. Wearmouth, who was in his platoon, wrote: “I am a section leader in his platoon, and when we got the order to advance he proved himself a hero. He nursed us men; in fact, the comment was, ‘You would say we were on a field-day.’ We had got to within twenty yards of our halting place when he turned to our platoon to say something. As he turned he fell, and I am sure he never spoke. As soon as I could I went to him but he was beyond human aid. Our platoon sadly miss him, as he could not do enough for us, and we are all extremely sorry for you in your great loss”; and Private Wood wrote to a friend in Middlesbrough: “I expect you would know poor Mr. Darwin.... I was in his platoon, and I can tell you he died a hero. He led us absolutely regardless of the bullets from the German Maxim guns and snipers that whistled all round him.” Just before he left England, when his Battn. was under orders for the Front, he was summoned to the War Office and offered a Staff appointment at home in connection with munitions of war. This would have given great scope to his capabilities. “It would have been interesting and important work,” he wrote, “but, of course, there are plenty of older men who can do it just as well as I can.” He felt that at that moment his place should be with his regt., and made, in the words of one present at the interview, a “fine appeal” to be allowed to go with his men. It was granted, and he went gladly and with no looking back. The Times (30 April, 1915) said of him: “Erasmus Darwin would, if he had lived, have added fresh distinction to the name of his family in a walk of life in which it has never before figured. Between Cambridge and a great iron works in the North there is something of a gulf fixed and one who knew Darwin only in his Cambridge home cannot say anything more than that all those who met him in business conceived a very high opinion of his grasp of his subject, his acuteness and administrative ability. It was, indeed, impossible to know him without realising that he combined with intellectual ability a calm, sound, and practical judgment, and a general capacity for doing things well and thoroughly. He had, too, what must have been invaluable to him in his work, a most genuine sympathy with and affection for working men, and this quality, which, amongst so many other things, had made him love his work at Middlesbrough, gave him intense pleasure when soldiering came to him as a wholly new and unlooked-for experience. He delighted in the men, and especially in long expeditions across the moors with his scouts. There is one more quality as to which all his friends would agree, namely, a conscientiousness that was eminently sane and wide-minded and completely unswerving. No one in the world was more certain to do what he believed to be right.”