FUTRILL, CHARLES, Private, No. 5270, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of George Futrill, of The Stalls, Salter Lane, Redditch, Worcestershire, Ostler, by his wife, Fanny; b. Bewdley, co. Worcester, 25 Dec. 1884; educ. Board School, Stratford-on-Avon; was employed at Coventry Gas Works; enlisted, 8 Dec. 1903; served in Egypt 29 Sept. 1906 to 21 Oct. 1907; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914. He m. at St. Peter’s Church, Coventry, 9 June, 1908, Sarah Ann (14, Pridmore Road, Foleshill, Coventry), yst. dau. of William Southam, of Helmdon Green, co. Northampton; s.p.

FUTTER, FRANK CHARLES, Private, No. 10554, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Charles Futter, of The School House, Burnham Thorpe, King’s Lynn, co. Norfolk, Tilemaker; b. Burnham Thorpe, 31 July, 1895; educ. there; enlisted 1913; and was killed in action at Cuinchy. 11 May, 1915; unm.

FYFIELD, JAMES, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 8479, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

FYSH, WILLIAM, Seaman, R.N.R., 2986A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

FYSHE, FRANCIS, Lieut., 7th Battery, 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd s. of the late Thomas Fyshe, General Manager, Merchants Bank of Canada, by his wife, Airs, dau. of Thomas Leigh Leonoweus; b. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 7 Dec. 1894; educ. Creighton School, Montreal, and the Royal Military College, Kingston; gazetted Lieut. Canadian Field Artillery, 1 Aug. 1914; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; came over with the First Contingent, 3rd Oct. 1914; went to France, 15 June, 1915, and was killed in action near Messines, 27 Nov. 1915; unm. Buried at Romarin, Belgium.

FYSON, OLIVER, Private, No. 29546, 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battn. 3rd Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of the Right Rev. Philip Kemball Fyson, late Bishop in Hokkaido, Japan, and now Rector of Elmley Lovett, Droitwich, by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of Richard Lee Furley; b. Hull, 25 Oct. 1884; educ. C.M.S.H. Limpsfield and Loretto School; went to Canada in 1906, and settled at Vancouver; volunteered on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914, and came over with the First Contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain, during the winter of 1914–15; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Langemarck, 22 April, 1915; unm.

GABBETT, EDMOND POOLE, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., eldest s. of the late Edmond Richard Gabbett, M.I.C.E., by his wife, Annie Eva May, dau. of Capt. Poole Gabbett, 31st Regt.; b. Old Charlton, co. Kent; educ. Mr. William White’s School, Bognor; entered the Navy as a Cadet 15 May 1901, was appointed to H.M.S. Hannibal 1 June following, became Midshipman 15 June 1901, Sub-Lieut. 15 Aug. 1904; became Lieut. (N.) 15 Feb. 1906, and Lieut.-Commander 15 Feb. 1914; was appointed Navigating Lieut. H.M.S. Cressy, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; m.

GABELL, JAMES, Private, No. 15551, 10th Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force; s. of (—) Gabell; b. 12 April. 1886; joined the band of the 16th Lancers as a boy, and served 12 years, obtaining his discharge in March, 1913; went to Canada in April, 1914, enlisted there on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st contingent, Oct. following; went to France in Feb., and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915; unm.

GADSEN, WALTER SAMUEL, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 7531, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

GAFFNEY, LÉON ARTHUR, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, eldest s. of William Gaffney, of Slough, by his wife, Violet Alice, dau. of the late William Huggins; b. Shepherd’s Bush, London, 27 July, 1895; educ. Borlase School, Marlow, and New College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the University O.T.C. to the Royal Munster Fusiliers 22 Aug. 1914; landed with his battn. at Suvla Bay, 6 Aug. 1915, and fell mortally wounded by a bullet through the abdomen, while leading a bayonet charge on the morning of the 12th. He died at Tenedos the same day; unm. His commanding officer wrote: “We were holding an advanced position on the crest of a ridge, and the Turks were attempting to dig themselves in very close to us under cover of darkness. C Coy, in which your son was, was detailed to attack them with bombs just before dawn. The attack was carried out and their trench was occupied.... Your son fell mortally wounded while most gallantly leading a bayoneting party. He was carried in by a captain of the Royal Engineers.” Further particulars were furnished by the captain in command of the company holding the post, who said that “Lieut. Gaffney was brought into my trench. He was quite conscious and very brave, as he was suffering until the doctor eased the pain with a little morphia. There was a heavy fire still against us, and your son said not to risk any lives getting him away, a brave and thoughtful act on his part. Of course our stretcher bearers wanted to do their work, and really the Turks seem rather to respect a stretcher as no one was hit.” A brother officer of C Coy. adds this tribute: “I can truly say that he was one of the best fellows, most genial, unselfish, and at the same time most capable, that I had the privilege of working with. He was admired and respected alike by his fellow officers and men. I had an opportunity of seeing him under fire on a few occasions, and his bravery, coolness and cheeriness proved him to be indeed one of the fairest flowers of British manhood.”

GAGE, ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, L. 10655, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

GAIGER, ARTHUR ALFRED, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10307), 212286, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

GAILEY, EDWARD JOSEPH, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10139), 210045, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

GAITLEY, ARTHUR, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3528), 301057, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

GALBRAITH, DONALD JAMES FINDLAY, Lieut., 9th Battn. (Glasgow Highlanders) Highland Light Infantry (T.F.), only s. of John Alexander Galbraith, of Lindsaylands, Biggar, co. Lanark, by his wife, Mary Rogerson McKnight, dau. of James Findlay, Merchant; b. Glasgow, 13 May, 1892; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow; and Glenalmond; obtained a commission in the 9th Highland Light Infantry (T.F.), 18 Jan. 1911, and was promoted Lieut. April, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action, near Bethune, 25 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried in the grounds in the Chateau de Gorre, near Bethune.

GALE, MARMADUKE HENRY LITTLEDALE, Major, 8th Cavalry, Indian Army, elder s. of the late Marmaduke Henry Littledale Gale, Proprietor Indigo Estate, Pundoul, Bengal, by his wife, Anna (Rayne Place, Rayne, Essex), dau. of Malcolm Neynoe Macleod; b. Muzufferpur, Bengal, India, 3 March, 1873; educ. Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 10 Oct. 1894, and promoted Lieut. 30 Oct. 1896; transferred to the Indian Army in 1897, and became Capt. 10 Oct. 1903, and Major, 10 Oct. 1912; commanded a Camel Corps 1903–6; took part in the Mohmond Expedition on the North-West Frontier, India, 1908 (medal with clasp); was on General Pilcher’s Staff, 1909–10, then rejoined his regt. and in 1913 was appointed Squadron Commander in the 8th Cavalry. He was shot at Jhansi, 28 June, 1915, in the execution of his duty, by two Mahommedan Sowars of the regt., who had been warned to proceed to the Front with a draft the same afternoon. Major Gale was a very good linguist, and had passed in higher and lower Hindustani, Punjabi, Arabic, and Pashtu, and was author of “Hindustani for Beginners.” He m. at the Cathedral, Calcutta, 11 June, 1900, Alice Maude, dau. of John Connell, and had a dau., Helen Alice, b. 9 July, 1901.

GALLAGHER, WILLIAM AUGUSTINE, B.A., Capt., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., only surviving child of William Gallagher, of 1, Charlemont Place, Armagh, Solicitor, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Thomas C. Ward, of Holywood, co. Down; b. at Armagh, 9 Dec. 1882; educ. Clongowes Wood College, co. Kildare, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated B.A. in June 1906; and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the East Lancashires, 29 Aug. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 26 Sept. 1908, and Capt. 5 Aug. 1914. He served for five years (1906–1911) in India, and then went to South Africa, where he was attd. to a Mounted Infantry Battn. at Harrismith till 1913, when he rejoined his regt. at Wynberg, near Capetown, and was employed on the Capetown defence works. After the outbreak of war the General Officer there selected him to bring home the horses of the 10th Hussars, a duty which he performed with great care. The horses were landed in excellent condition, and with but trifling loss. For this arduous duty he was specially thanked. On his return to this country he was sent to Hursley, near Winchester, and attached to the 8th Division, and whilst there General Carter selected him as machine-gun officer on his staff. He went to France early in Nov. 1914 and saw much service there; his last letter to his mother, written a day before his death, stated that he was at very hard work and would not be able to write for some time. The next day (11 March) the Battle of Neuve Chapelle was fought, and at night he was sent with orders to the brigade commanders engaged in the firing-line, a duty attended with great danger, as the roads were swept with shell fire. A shell burst over himself and the orderlies who accompanied him. Capt. Gallagher was struck on the side of the head with a fragment of a shell, and his death was instantaneous; the orderlies were untouched. He was buried the next day in an orchard near Neuve Chapelle, under heavy shell fire from the enemy; unm. General Carter, in sending particulars of his death, described Capt. Gallagher as “A truly gallant officer and one of the best fellows he ever knew.” He further stated that “he had done such good work with the brigade that he had great pleasure in bringing it under the notice of the General Officer Commanding the 8th Division. All the staff appreciated his kindness of heart, his cheery good fellowship and undaunted gallantry.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

GALLANT, JOSEPH, Private, No. 69366, 26th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Sylvain Gallant, of Shives, Athol, New Brunswick; b. Bloomfield, Queens co., Prince Edward Island, 2 March, 1895; educ. there; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5 Feb. 1915; and was killed in action in Belgium, 13 Oct. 1915; unm.

GALLERY, JOHN RICHARD, Private, No. 6828, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of Henry Gallery, of 303, Bolton Road, Small Heath, Birmingham (who served 12 years in the 5th Dragoon Guards), by his wife, Martha, dau. of Richard Butler; b. Curragh Camp, Dublin, 1886; educ. Brookfields Board School; joined the Coldstream Guards, 25 June, 1906, and after serving his time received an excellent character from his Commanding Officer, who wrote: “This man has been with me since 1911, during which time I have found him without exception to be an unusually hard-working and trustworthy man. He was with me throughout the training season of 1912 as telephone clerk, a post which he filled to my entire satisfaction, despite the great calls made upon his energy and zeal which such a post frequently necessitates;” rejoined on mobilisation 5 Aug. 1914; went to France about 15 Aug. and was killed in action there 6 Sept. 1914; unm. He was a 1st class signaller.

GALLOWAY, ARCHIBALD WILSON, Signalman, 232376, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

PAYNE-GALLWEY, PHILIP FRANCIS, Lieut., 21st Lancers, attached 9th Lancers, 2nd s. of the Rev. Francis Henry Payne-Gallwey, M.A., Rector of Sessay, Thirsk, by his wife Florence Kate, 2nd dau. of Col. Arthur Lowry Cole, C.B., 17th Regt. [Earl of Enniskillen coll.,] and great grandson of Gen. Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Bart.; b. Kirby Knowle Rectory, 7 March, 1893; educ. West Downes and Winchester College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Nov. 1912, promoted Lieut. 5 Aug. 1914, and attached to the 9th Lancers 12 Aug. following. He was killed in action at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914; unm.

GALPIN, HAROLD ERNEST SYDNEY, Bugler, Ch. 17926, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

GALPIN, WILLIAM FRANK, Rifleman, No. 9365, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade), The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Henry Galpin, of 11, Montrose Terrace, Plymouth, Timber Salesman, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of John Hocking Francis, of Penzance; b. Plymouth, 1 Sept. 1890; educ. Lipson House School, Plymouth, and obtained Honours in Cambridge Local Exam.; became a quantity surveyor on the staff of H.M. Office of Works, Westminster; was a Scout Master and received the Baden Powell Warrant, dated 7 June, 1910; joined the (Territorial) Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. at Bodmin, in 1911, but in 1913 transferred to the London Rifle Brigade; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 4 Nov. 1914, where he was attached to the 11th Brigade (4th Division), and was killed in action 13 May, 1915, at Wieltje, during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, the same day Sergt. Belcher of his Battn. won the V.C. The London Rifle Brigade had been subjected to a terrific bombardment for nearly three weeks, and its strength had been reduced to less than 200 men. He was buried near Ypres; unm.

GAMBLE, JAMES, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3895), 189970, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

GAMBLE, RICHARD MAURICE BROOKS, 2nd Lieut., 1/7th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Richard Keene Gamble, of 51, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Carriglea, Greystones, co. Wicklow, and Derrinboy House, Kilcormac, King’s Co., B.L., J.P., President of the Chamber of Commerce, Dublin, by his wife, Hannah Maria, dau. of Maurice Brooks, of Oaklawn, co. Dublin, J.P., D.L., and gdson. of the late Richard William Gamble, of Killooly Hall, King’s Co. and 51, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Q.C., County Court Judge, Ireland; b. at Leeson Park, Dublin, 16 July, 1893; educ. M. Le Penton’s School, Dublin, afterwards at Tonbridge School, Kent, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he had matriculated in Arts and Medicine, and was about to take his degree when war broke out. He was a member of the O.T.C., and immediately volunteered and was gazetted to the Liverpool Regt. 5 Sept. 1914. He went with his regt. to the Front in March, 1915, and was killed in action, when leading his men in an attack on the German trenches, at Richebourg, on the night of 15–16 May, 1915, and was buried at the Rue de Bois, half a mile south of Richebourg St. Vaast, with eight brother officers killed in the same attack; unm. His Commanding Officer thus described the circumstances: “We were ordered to take the German trenches.... Under heavy fire he led his men with the greatest bravery, and had reached the parapet of the German trenches when he fell with two Germans under him, death being instantaneous.” Lieut. Gamble obtained a silver medal for shooting when at school in Dublin, and was very keen on fishing and shooting.

GAMBLE, RICHARD SUMNER, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. East Lancashire Regt., eldest s. of Sidney Gompertz Gamble, some time Borough Surveyor of Grantham and since Feb. 1892, second in command of the London Fire Brigade, by his wife, Harriet Annie, eldest dau. of John Sumner, of Blyth, Coleshill; b. Grantham, 8 Oct. 1881; educ. at Coleshill School and Luneburg, Germany. On returning to England in 1899 he was apprenticed as mechanical engineer at the Hunslet Engine Works, Leeds, and afterwards continued his engineering studies at the Battersea Polytechnic. On 7 Jan. 1905, he left England to take up an appointment as Assistant Manager of the Kallina Tea Estate, India, afterwards holding similar positions at Konapara and Jellalpore. Owing to ill-health he returned to England in Oct. 1910. He, however, recovered and left in Dec. 1911, to take up an appointment as Assistant Manager of the Sungei Rubber Estate, Perak, F.M. States. He was an enthusiastic volunteer and attained the rank of Sergt. in the Leeds Rifles and the Surma Valley Light Horse. Being a good horse and swordsman he carried off many of the best prizes at their competitions. The news of the outbreak of war coincided with the end of the first period of his engagement in the Malay States. He therefore returned to England and at once placed his services at the disposal of the India Office, hoping that with his intimate knowledge of German, French, Hindustani, etc., and his great ability to control and manage the Coolies, he might be able to be of considerable use to the Indian troops, then on their way from India. On 16 Jan. 1915, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., and was attached to the 7th Battn. East Lancashire Regt. He remained with this battn. at Cliveden, Somerset, until 24 March, 1915, when he received orders to report himself at Southampton, Havre, Rouen and Marseilles, where he was attached to the 6th Jat Light Infantry, Dehra Dun Division. On 30 April, with 14 other officers, he left for Boulogne, and was sent up to the Front on 12 May, and was transferred on 16 May to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, who were then in the trenches. The last letter received from him, dated 20 May, 1915, concludes with “I have just received orders to go and bomb some Germans out of a trench, so must say good-bye.” From subsequent information it appears that the actual attack took place on the night of 21–22 May in the trenches running through Ferme Du Bois, 3,000 metres north-east of Festubert and 2,500 metres south-west of Neuve Chapelle; 1,000 metres west of the main road from La Bassée to Estaires. The attack was a comparatively small local affair. He was leading and was described by the observation officer as being well in front of his men, and deliberately cut a large gap through the wire and then, thinking his men were just behind him, jumped over into the German trench. The German fire was so intensely hot that the men had to lie down, and never reached the trench; the casualties were all the European officers and 45 per cent. of the men killed and wounded. The India Office record “2nd Lieut. R. S. Gamble, 7th East Lancashire Regt., attached 1st Gurkha Rifles, officially reported missing, believed killed 22 May.”

GAMBRILL, JOHN, Chief Stoker, 167791, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

GAMMON, GEORGE WILLIAM, Stoker, P.O., 301382, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

GAMMON, HARRY, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3801), 231151, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov 1914.

GAMMON, WILLIAM STANLEY ARGYLE, Private, No. 14107, 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of William Gammon, of Divinity Road, Oxford, retired Civil Servant, by his wife, Eva Lizzie; b. Oxford, 26 Nov. 1893; educ. Cowley St. John’s Higher Grade School and City Technical School there; was for some time an apprentice with Mr. A. C. Vivian, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, and later with Mr. J. Vincent, High Street, Oxford, and previously to enlisting was with Messrs. Cowell & Co., Wholesale Stationers, etc., of Ipswich; enlisted 9 Dec. 1914; went to France, 7 Aug., and died in Hospital at St. Omer, 15 Sept. 1915, of acute pneumonia contracted while on active service. He was buried in the Souvenir Burial Ground one and a half miles from St. Omer; unm.

GANDAR, BERTRAM JAMES, Petty Officer, 196244, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

GANDY, FREDERICK GEORGE, Sergt., No. 392, North Riding Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 2nd Northumbrian Brigade, 2nd s. of the late John Henry Gandy, of George Street, Whitby, Carver and Gilder, by his wife, Hannah; b. Little Gonerby, Grantham, 24 July, 1880; educ. St. Hilda’s R.C. School, Whitby, and was a Carver and Gilder. He joined the 1st East Riding R.G.A. Volunteers, 11 March, 1903, and afterwards the R.G.A. Territorials; was called up at the outbreak of the war, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 19 April, 1915; and was mortally wounded and gassed near Ypres on 24 May, and died in Hospital at Bailleul, 25 May, 1915. Buried in the New Military Cemetery, Bailleul. Sergt. Gandy m. at S. Hilda’s R.C. Church, Whitby, 3 Aug. 1900, Sussanah Theresa, dau. of the late Thomas Elliott; and had three sons and three daus.: George Gregory, b. 15 July, 1905; Frederick William, b. 24 Oct. 1907; Robert Henry, b. 13 Aug. 1911; Mary Gertrude, b. 2 Nov. 1901; Mary Josephine, b. 18 March, 1903; and Hannah Theresa, b. 2 Dec. 1909.

GANT, HENRY, Sergt., No. 2310, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of George Gant, of 24, Grove Street, Bath, Cab Proprietor, by his wife, Mary Sophia, dau. of Richard Stanley, of Cirencester; b. Bath, 22 March, 1880; educ. Bathwick Boys’ School there, and was a chemist with John Barker, Kensington. He served three years (1897–1900) with the 1st Somerset Light Infantry (Bath) Volunteers, and was afterwards for four years in the A.S.C. Woolwich Territorials. He served through the Boer War as Signaller in 27th Imperial Yeomanry (medal with three bars), and when the European War broke out, volunteered and joined the 2nd London Regt., 1 Sept. 1914. He was appointed Corpl., left for Malta three days later (4 Sept.); went to France in Jan. 1915; was promoted Sergt. in April, and died at Rouen, 26 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Armentières on the 19th. Buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. He m. at Walcot, Bath, 7 June, 1903, Ada Emily (172, Trevelyan Road, Tooting, S.W.), eldest dau. of Harry Brewer, of Walcot, and had two sons and a dau.: Stanley Herbert, b. 15 June, 1905; Lewis Henry, b. 4 April, 1907; and Phyllis Margaret, b. 15 Dec. 1910.

GARBUTT, CHARLES WILLIAM, Petty Officer, Tel., 230021, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

GARD, ALFRED WILLIAM, Stoker, P.O., 311869 (Devon); H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

GARDINER, ALEC, Major, R.E., elder s. of Lieut.-Col. Richard Gardiner, of 28, Barkston Gardens, S.W., R.E. (ret.), by his wife, Agnes Hay, dau. of Major-Gen. Alexander Irving, C.B., Royal Artillery, who served right through the Siege of Sebastopol from start to finish; b. Ulwar, Rajputana, India, 28 June, 1873; educ. privately and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the R.E., 24 July, 1891, and promoted Lieut., 24 July, 1894, Capt., 24 July, 1902, and Major, 24 July, 1911. After completing the usual courses at Chatham he was ordered to India, and joined the Railway Branch of the Government of India, and continued to serve on the Construction and Administration of Railways up to the outbreak of the present War, with a short interval of war service at Suakin (British and Egyptian medals). When War was declared in Aug. 1914, Major Gardiner was officiating Agent (Chief Administrative Officer) of the Oudh and Rohilkund State Railway, and had been since 1909 Lieut.-Col. commanding that railway’s Volunteer Rifle Corps, devoting his spare time to training the Corps to a recognised state of efficiency while under his command. The services of Major Gardiner were placed at the disposal of the Military Department, and he was ordered to England, but was intercepted in the Mediterranean, and sent straight to the Front, where he was appointed a field engineer, and was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915]. He was reported to have been last spoken with near the fighting line on the morning of 20 Dec. 1914, when the Germans broke through and carried the British lines up to Givenchy village. He was included in the list of missing, and it was long hoped he might be in the enemy’s hands, but his fate was ultimately set at rest through the discovery of his body by the 176th Mining Company, R.E., during operations carried on by them in front of Givenchy. The body was exposed by the explosion of one of the German heavy shells, was identified, and was buried near the Red House, on the sunken road to Givenchy. All who knew him spoke highly of his untiring devotion to his work and duty. One of his senior officers wrote: “No braver or better soldier ever fought for England, and so nobly died—I knew him well—absolutely fearless for himself, his whole mind concentrated on the success of the undertaking, he nobly met his death. Not only at the Front but through the whole of his career work and duty came first. No man ever maintained such untiring zeal or devoted his life more unselfishly to the work he undertook for his country. His death is a grievous loss to all who knew him officially and unofficially.” He was a keen rifle shot, and interested himself in the members of his Volunteer Corps becoming first-class shots. In Oct. 1913 he was appointed to the Executive Council of the Bengal Presidency Rifle Association in recognition of his interest and work in connection with musketry. He attended the Annual Meetings held at Meerut, won the Field Officers’ Cup in 1912, and his teams of Volunteers won the Army versus Volunteers Competition. Major Gardiner was also conspicuous in connection with the work of St. John Ambulance Association in India, especially in the training of the men of the O.R. Ry. Vol. Rifles, teams of whom successfully carried off the Railway Shield in 1911, 1912, and 1913. In recognition of his services he was made a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and received the decoration of the order from the Viceroy of India. In the English Railway World Major Gardiner was known as having, in 1908, brought forward a system of cab signals and the automatic electrical control of moving trains as a safeguard against the failure of the human machine. He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and also of the Institute of Electrical Engineers. He m. at Lucknow, 24 March, 1897, Edith May (The Retreat, Sutherland Avenue, Bexhill), dau. of Campbell Thomson, M.I.C.E., late Chief Engineer of the N.W. of India State Railway, and had three children: Richard, b. 28 Oct. 1900; John Campbell, b. 20 Nov. 1905; and Dorothy Agnes, b. 11 April, 1903.

GARDINER, ANDREW, Private, No. 68450, 25th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Michael Gardiner, of Reserve Mines; b. Reserve Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 2 Feb. 1887; educ. Reserve Public School; was a Coal Miner and settled at Sidney Mines where he worked in No. 1 Colliery; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the 40th Battn., 25 Feb. 1915; was drafted to 25th Battn., 17 May, came over with one of the later Contingents, and died, 12 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action on the 3rd. Sergt. Mowyr, 5th Brigade Mining Section, wrote: “We were in an exposed position, but the work we were engaged in had to be done, and required men of nerve—fearless men—to do it. With others we were getting along fine, when snipers picked off a couple of our brave fellows. I had to call for volunteers to replace the fellows who died. Scarcely before I gave the order than poor Andrew jumped forward and worked like a hero. Ho was only at the job but a short time, when a sniper’s bullet tore a hole across his forehead rendering him unconscious.... Andrew was one of the bravest boys in the regiment. He was admired and respected by all the officers and men, and was a general favourite with the crowd.” Gardiner was prominent in athletics, being well known player in the Reserve Mines ball team and later in the Sydney Mines’ Victorias. He m. at Sydney Mines, 15 Feb. 1908, Eveline (Crescent Street, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia), dau. of George Bonnar, and had four children: George W., b. 6 June, 1910; John Joseph, b. 13 Dec. 1914; Viola, b. 24 Oct, 1908; and Eveline, b. 19 Sept. 1912.

GARDINER, ERNEST FREDERIC (ERIC), Private, No. 2312, Honourable Artillery Company, yr. s. of Frederic John Gardiner, J.P., co. Camb., Proprietor and Editor “Isle of Ely and Wisbech Advertiser,” by his wife, Amelia, dau. of Fredrick Charles Southwell, of Selborne House, Wisbech; b. Wisbech (Cambs), 22 April, 1892; educ. Barton School, Wisbech, and Mill Hill School, London; joined the H.A.C. after the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914, proceeded to the Front at the end of January, and was killed in action in the trenches at St. Eloi, Belgium, 20 April, 1915; unm. He was buried in the grounds of the Château d’Elzenwalle, near Ypres, on his 23rd birthday.

GARDINER, FRED, Private, No. 77520, 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 6th s. of the late James Gardiner, of Trowbridge, by his wife, Martha (9, Yerbury Street, Trowbridge), dau. of Charles Pitney; b. Trowbridge, co. Wilts, 25 Jan. 1886; educ. Church School there; was a G.W.R. Fireman; went to Canada in May, 1911; volunteered after the outbreak of War and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914; came over with the 2nd Contingent on 20 Feb. 1915; trained at Shorncliffe; went to France, 2 May, and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915; unm.

GARDINER, JOHN PHILIP, Private, No. 9312, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. O.F., s. of Edwin Gardiner, of 56, Alexandra Road, Hornsey, N., Warehouseman, by his wife, Edith Maria, dau. of George Lamb, of Compton, Wolverhampton; b. Esher, co. Surrey, 7 March, 1895; educ. Stationers’ School, Hornsey, and on leaving there entered the employ of Messrs. John Howell & Co., Ltd., of St. Paul’s Churchyard; joined the London Rifle Brigade, 12 Oct. 1912, and volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Le Gheer, 16 Feb. 1915; unm. He was buried in the Regimental Cemetery at Ploegsteert. His Capt. wrote: “He was always so plucky and cheery and a very good little soldier.”

GARDINER, LEWIS, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8458), 294842, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

GARDINER, PERCY HENRY, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22103, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

GARDINER, WALTER ARTHUR, Private, R.M.L.I., 13308, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

GARDNER, FREDERICK ALBERT, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17521, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

GARDNER, HENRY PATRICK, Chief Stoker, 276293, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

GARDNER, JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2431), 179552, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

GARDNER, ROBERT MACGREGOR STEWART, Major, 1st Battn. The Gloucestershire Regt., 2nd s. of the late Francis William Gardner, of Thorpe, co. Surrey, Barrister-at-Law of the Middle Temple, by his wife, Jane, sister of General Sir Robert MacGregor Stewart, G.C.B., R.A., and dau. of John Stewart; b. Hornsey, co. Middlesex, 25 Aug. 1870; educ. Somerset College, and entered the Gloucestershire Regt. from the Militia 4 Feb. 1891, being promoted Lieut. 4 May, 1892; Capt. 24 Feb. 1900, and Major 25 July, 1914. He served with distinction through the South African War, 1899–1900, took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley, and in the operations in the Orange Free State Feb. to May, 1900, including the actions at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.), and Poplar Grove and Driefontein, and afterwards in operations in Natal, May-June, 1900. He was mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and received the Queen’s medal with four clasps. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, Major Gardner went to France with the first Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action, at Gheluvelt, near Ypres, 31 Oct. 1914. His Colonel wrote: “We were heavily engaged on Oct. 31, and had to go to the assistance of the remainder of the Brigade. He dashed to the front with his company and was hit badly while leading them most gallantly. The previous day he also displayed the greatest bravery in penetrating to the front in making a counter-attack.” Another officer wrote of the valour and dash of his leading, adding: “He was always in front.” He m. at Clifton 25 Oct. 1910, Helen May Bridget, dau. of Charles Whitchurch Wasborough, of Clifton, and had two daus.: Stella Mary Bridget, b. 19 Nov. 1911; and Vere Daphne Stewart, b. posthumous, 11 Feb. 1915.

GARFIT, THOMAS NOEL CHENEY, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 2nd s. of Thomas Cheney Garfit, of Kenwick Hall, co. Lincoln, by his 3rd wife, Gertrude Arabella, dau. of the Hon. Henry Lewis Noel, and granddau. of Charles, 1st Earl of Gainsborough; b. London, W., 9 Sept. 1891; educ. Wellington College, and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. June, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. Durham L.I., 28 Sept. 1913; promoted Lieut. 2nd Battn., 23 Oct. 1914; went to the Front, 2 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action by a rifle grenade in the trenches near Armentières, 30 April, 1915. Buried in Houpline Military Cemetery, near Armentières; unm. His Capt. wrote: “During all the time he was in my company he did his duty splendidly and was a great favourite with the N.C.O. and men, who all miss him dreadfully.” Lieut. Garfit was very good at sports and games and played racquets for Wellington at Queen’s Club.

GARNIER, JOHN WARREN, Capt., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., 2nd s. of the late Rev. Thomas Parrey Garnier, Hon. Canon of Norwich, Rector of Cranworth, Norfolk, and fellow of All Souls’ College, Oxford [cadet of Garnier of Rookesbury, Hants], by his wife, the Hon. Louisa Warren, née Vernon, dau. of George John, 5th Lord Vernon; b. Cranworth, co. Norfolk, 2 June, 1877; educ. Haileybury College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Queen’s, 16 April, 1901; served in the South African War, 1900–2, took part in the operations in Cape Colony, June, 1901, to March, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps, and retired with the rank of Capt. At the outbreak of the European War he rejoined his old regiment as Capt. 24 Sept. 1914, and was attd. to the 2nd Battn. for active service in Jan 1915. He went to France, 9 Jan. 1915, and died at the 1st London General Hospital, St. Gabriel’s College, Camberwell, 28 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Festubert, 16 May; unm.

CARPENTER-GARNIER, JOHN TREFUSIS, Major, Scots Guards, eldest s. of John Carpenter-Garnier, of Rookesbury Park, Wickham, co. Hants, J.P., D.L., M.P. for South Devon, 1873–84; by his wife, the Hon. Mary, née Trefusis, 2nd dau. of Charles Rudolph, 19th Lord Clinton; b. Rookesbury Park afsd., 2 Feb. 1874; educ. Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford; entered the Royal Scots Militia in 1894, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Scots Guards, 26 Aug. 1896, and promoted Lieut. 13 April, 1898; Capt. 25 Oct. 1902, and Major 10 Oct. 1908, and was Adjutant 1903–05, and Regimental Adjutant 1906 to 1909. He served through the South African War, 1900–2; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State from May to Nov. 1900, including the actions at Biddulphsberg and Wittebergen, and subsequently in those in the Transvaal, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s with two. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with his regt., which formed part of the first Expeditionary Force on 13 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 15 Sept. 1914; unm. He was buried at Vendresse, France.

GARRETT, ALBERT ISAAC, Gunner, R.M.A., 9742 (R.F.R., I.C. 36) H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

GARRETT, WALTER GEORGE, Private, No. 4839, 2/8th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of the late Albert Garrett, by his wife, Clara (of Hambrough Terrace, Southall); b. Hayes, co. Middlesex, 3 Dec. 1884; educ. North Road School, Southall; enlisted 8 June, 1915; left England for the Dardanelles, 15 July, 1915, and died at Alexandria, 20 Dec. 1915, of pneumonia contracted while on active service; unm.

GARRETT, WILLIAM SYDNEY, Private, No. 1536, D Coy., 4th Battn. Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), yr. s. of William Patterson Garrett, of 192, Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Engineer’s Pattern Maker, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Frederick Baker Goodall; b. Ipswich, 11 Nov. 1897; educ. Clifford Road Council School there, and was an Engineer’s Pattern Maker Apprentice; joined the 4th Battn. Suffolk Regt. 1914; went to France, 9 Nov. 1914; was killed in action at Givenchy, 21 Dec. following; unm. His Commanding Officer, Capt. M. F. Mason, wrote, speaking highly of him, adding that he had “been a credit to his Company and Regiment.”

GARROD, ARTHUR JAMES, Private, No. 9156, 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., 2nd s. of William Garrod, of Bramford, Ipswich, Employee for 30 years at the Chemical Works, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of the late James Lay; b. Bramford, co. Suffolk, 17 Aug. 1896; educ. Voluntary School there; enlisted 10 Aug. 1914; went to France, 16 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action there, 24 April, 1915; and was buried on the Zonnebeke Road, near Ypres; unm. His brother was reported missing after the fighting on 8 May, 1915.

GARROD, CHARLES VALENTINE, A.B. (R.F.R., 9185), 200552, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

GARROD, ROLAND PERCIVAL, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. (City of London Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th and yst. s. of the late Herbert Baring Garrod, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Lucy Florence (13, Gainsborough Gardens, Well Walk, Hampstead), and gdsn. of Sir Alfred Baring Garrod, M.D., F.R.S.; b. West Hampstead, London, 31 May, 1895; and was educ. at Loudoun House School, St. John’s Wood, London, and Uppingham, which he entered as a scholar in 1909. He was elected to a Classical Scholarship at Clare College, Cambridge, and to the Archdeacon Johnson Exhibition at the same College, Dec. 1913. At Uppingham he had been a member of the O.T.C., and on the outbreak of War was given a commission, 26 Aug. 1914, in the 6th London Regt. He went to the Front, 16 March, 1915, and was killed in action while in charge of the machine-guns of his battn. at Festubert, France, 22 May, 1915, and buried in the English Cemetery there; unm. Lieut. Garrod was a cross-country runner of some mark in connection with Uppingham School Sports, and was also a good ’cello player and led the ’cellos in the Uppingham School Orchestra.

GARROWAY, ALFRED HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7210), S.S. 101907, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

GARWOOD, BERTRAM, L.-Corpl., No. 10042, No. 1 Coy., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of the late Capt. John Thomas Garwood, 22nd (The Cheshire) Regt., and his wife Ellen (1, Star and Garter Mansions, Riverside, Putney, S.W.), dau. of George Wakeling; b. Bedford, 17 June, 1892; educ. St. Augustine’s High Grade School, Kilburn; served in the Grenadier Guards, 18 Sept. 1909 to 2 Nov. 1909 (discharged “By Purchase”); the Coldstream Guards, 17 March to 3 Oct. 1910 (discharged “By Purchase”), and the Northamptonshire Regt., 27 Aug. 1911 (discharged “By Purchase”); re-enlisted in the Coldstreams, 26 March, 1913; appointed L.-Corpl. 21 Jan. 1914; went to the Front, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914; unm. Buried half a mile S.W. of Givenchy Church.

GATER, WALTER FREDERICK, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17529, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

GATES, FREDERICK JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4544), 202986, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

GATES, WILLIAM, Private, No. G. 2654, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., s. of Alfred Gates, of King Street, Cotton, Beds.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, &c.; killed in action, 26 April, 1915.

GAUGHAN, JAMES, Private, No. 1794, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest s. of James Gaughan, of 141, High Street, Dunbar, now an employee of the Dunbar Corporation, formerly Northumberland Fusiliers (who saw active service in Afghanistan), by his wife, Mary, dau. of Patrick McGuinness; b. Dunbar, 18 Nov. 1891; educ. Public School there; and was a General Labourer; joined the 3rd (Special Reserve Battn.) Royal Scots, in 1908, and on the outbreak of war transferred to the 2nd Battn.; went to the Front at end of Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; unm.

GAUNT, CECIL, Private, No. G. 10817, 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, s. of Richard Gaunt, of 69, Rood Road, Walthamstow; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 30 July, 1915.

GAUTREY, GEORGE WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2768), 300802, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

GAUTREY, THOMAS ARTHUR, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4911), 197584, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

GAWLER, GEORGE VICTOR, Private, No. 2275, A. Coy., 4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of George Edward Gawler (died 5 May, 1912), by his wife, Alice Mary Ann Matilda (83, Richmond Road, Barnsbury, N.), dau. of William Ingrey; b. Pentonville, 5 Jan. 1896; educ. Victoria Street Council School, Copenhagen Street, N.; was employed at the Home & Colonial Stores, Upper Street, Islington; volunteered and joined the 4th London Regt. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Malta and from thence to France, 23 Dec., and was killed in action at Ypres, 27 April, 1915; unm.

RATCLIFF-GAYLARD, CECIL CHARLES ALEXANDER, Private, No. 167, 2nd Battn. Head Quarters Staff, 1st Infantry Division, Australian Imperial Force, elder s. of James Ratcliff-Gaylard, of Clifton Park, Birkenhead, M.D., Hon. Assoc, of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, by his wife, Jeannie, eldest dau. of Alexander Watt, of Aberdeen; b. The Ferns, Shildon, co. Durham, 17 Sept. 1889; educ. Aberdeen and Manchester Grammar Schools and King’s College, Taunton, co. Somerset; went to Australia in Sept. 1911, and when War broke out was Assistant Manager on a “Station” in New South Wales. He immediately volunteered, being one of the first 200 to enlist in New South Wales; left for Egypt, Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and was killed in action during the great attack by the Turks on the Australian positions north of Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 19 May, 1915, and was buried behind the firing line in Victoria Gully, S.E. of Shrapnel Valley; unm. Letters from his Adjutant, the Chaplain, and many comrades, all testify to his popularity, and ever-readiness to help others. One comrade wrote: “He died with that fine, soldierly, good-humoured smile on his face, which it always possessed. He was always happy, and we all loved him.” He was a keen sportsman, rode straight to hounds, and was an excellent shot. At Aberdeen he was a member of the Vol. Battn. Gordon Highlanders (Students’ Section, Aberdeen University), and was “Victor Ludorum” in his last year at school and a member of the Bisley Eight.