ANNESLEY, HON. ARTHUR, Capt., 10th (Prince of Wales’s Own Royal) Hussars, eldest s. of Arthur, Viscount Valentia, C.B., M.V.O., M.P., late 10th Hussars, by his wife, Laura Sarah, widow of Sir Algernon William Peyton, 4th Bart., yst. dau. of Daniel Hale Webb, of Wykeham Park, co. Oxford; b. Bletchington Park, Oxford, 24 Aug. 1880; educ. Eton; joined the 3rd (Militia) Battn. Oxford and Bucks L.I. in 1898, and was gazetted into the 10th Hussars during the War, 4 April, 1900, being promoted Lieut. 16 Nov. 1901, and receiving his company 6 April, 1907. He served in the South African War, principally in the Transvaal, 1900–2, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s with two clasps, and afterwards went to India with the regt., being stationed at Mhow, Rawal Pindi, and other places; and when the regt. was transferred to South Africa, was appointed A.D.C. to Major-Gen. the Hon. Julian Byng, General Officer Commanding the Forces in Egypt, 1912. On the outbreak of war, Capt. Annesley left Cairo, rejoined his regt., and was killed in action at Klein Zillebeke 16 Nov. 1914; unm. Capt. Annesley, like his father, was a distinguished polo player. In 1907 he played at No. 1 for the 10th Hussars, when they won both the Inter-Regimental and the Subaltern Tournament of India, and, excepting in 1909, he was always at No. 1 in the team, which between 1907–12 ran up such a remarkable series of successes in the Indian Inter-Regimental tournaments. He also assisted the 10th Hussars to win the Indian Championship at Calcutta.

ANNESLEY, FRANCIS, 6th Earl, Sub-Lieut. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, only s. of Hugh, 5th Earl Annesley, Lieut.-Col. Scots Fusilier Guards, by his first wife, Mabel Wilhelmina Frances, eldest dau. of Col. William Thomas Markham, of Cufforth Hall, co. York; b. Castlewellan, co. Down, 25 Feb. 1884; educ. Eton and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; suc. his father in the peerage, 15 Dec. 1908; volunteered his services on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and was gazetted a Sub-Lieut. Royal Naval Air Service, R.N.V.R., 20 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force and rendered valuable services in the operations in Belgium, Oct.-Nov., and was shot down by the Germans at Ostend, 5 Nov. 1914, and killed instantaneously, together with Lieut. Brevor, when returning to Belgium in an aeroplane from Sheerness. He m. at the Savoy Chapel, 14 Sept. 1909, Evelyn Hester (Castlewellan, co. Down; Donard Lodge, co. Down), sometime 1st wife of the late Hugh Robert Edward Harrison, of Caerhowel, dau. of Alfred Edward Miller Mundy, of Shipley Hall; s.p.

ANNING, HUBERT PERCY, Sergt., No. 1492, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, s. of Owen Hubert Charles Anning, of 23, Hale Gardens, West Acton, and of the Chief Office Staff, Prudential Assurance Co., by his wife, Fanny May, dau. of John Challice, of Cowley, Devon; b. Brook Green, Hammersmith, 7 Oct. 1889; educ. Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith; was a Fruit Farmer at Canterbury; joined the East Kent Mounted Rifles in the spring of 1912, and in his first camp won six prizes including Troop Challenge Shield for shooting and the Lloyd Lindsey Prize; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, being promoted Sergt. shortly afterwards; left with his regt. for the Dardanelles in Sept. 1915, and after being in the trenches for six weeks was taken ill with jaundice and was sent to St. George’s Hospital, Malta, where he died 28 Nov. 1915; unm.

ANNIS, ROBERT, Sergt., No. 8258, 1st Battn. The Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 25 Sept. 1915; m.

ANSELL, ALBERT, Private. No. 10948, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., s. of George Ansell, of Maple Road, Ashstead; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 25 April, 1915.

ANSELL, CHARLES HART, Armourer’s Mate, M. 2728, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ANSELL, CHARLES WILLIAM, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3025), 182981, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ANSELL, WALTER, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch., B. 8976), 198896, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ANSELL, WILLIAM, Private, No. 7482, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; b. co. Middlesex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action at Souper, 14 Sept. 1914; m.

ANSELL, WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4175), S.S. 102841, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ANSTISS, HENRY CECIL, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15448, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ANSTEY, GEORGE ALEXANDER, Capt., 1st Battn. The Devonshire Regt., elder s. of Major William Frederick Anstey, late 71st Highland L.I., by his wife Isabella Frances Alexandra, dau. of George Alexander Whitla, late Capt. Royal Antrim Rifles; b. Ulundi Lodge, Curragh Camp. Ireland, 29 Feb. 1888; educ. Wellington College, from where, having received an Hon. King’s Cadetship, he passed into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4 Nov. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 7 June, 1911, and Capt. 21 June, 1915. He accompanied his regt. to the Front at the end of August, 1914, and was wounded at La Bassée and invalided home in Oct. 1914. He returned to the Front in Jan. 1915, and on 17 June, 1915, he was temporarily attached to the 2nd Cheshire Regt., and had been with them one week when he was killed in the trenches in Flanders by a sniper at 1.45 a.m. 24 June, 1915. He was buried near Dickebusch in the 2nd Cheshire cemetery; unm. Major Walter Goodwyn, 1st Devonshire Regt., in temporary command of the 2nd Cheshire Regt., wrote: “It was at 1.45 a.m. this morning that your son’s senior subaltern, Beckett, rang up on the telephone to say that his company commander had just been shot through the head whilst standing at the parapet in the trenches. I understand from his subalterns, Beckett and Jones, that he wished to give some of the latest joined lads in his company confidence in manning the parapet and replying to the enemy’s fire. These infernal snipers though have rifle batteries sighted and clamped on certain spots for night firing, and your boy must have most unluckily struck one of these places, as he had two bullets in head and neck. The trenches were roughly 150 feet apart (i.e., German and British) where he was hit, and it was a fairly dark night with little or no moon.” And Lieut. Beckett himself wrote: “I was an officer in his company and came up only a minute afterwards. He was firing with a rifle over the parapet and was hit in the neck by a rifle bullet, and died at once without any pain at all. He was wonderfully cool, and during the short time he was with the regiment had done an awful lot to pull the company together. We are awfully sorry to lose so good an officer.” Lieut.-Gen. Sir Charles Fergusson, C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O., commanding 2nd Army, in a letter to Capt. Anstey’s father, said that “Gen. Bulfin, who commanded the Division to which he was temporarily attached, told him that in the few days Capt. Anstey had served with the Cheshires he had shown himself a really first-rate officer, and had put new life into them.”

ANSTICE, JOHN SPENCER RUSCOMBE, Lieut., 2nd Royal Fusiliers, only child of Col. Sir Arthur Anstice, K.C.B., V.D., J.P., D.L., cos. Salop and Gloucester, by his wife, Agnes Pauline, dau. of the late Ferdinand Unna, of Lancaster Gate, W.; b. Marnwood, co. Salop, 13 Feb. 1894; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Fusiliers 17 Sept. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 21 Jan. 1915. At the outbreak of war he was with his regt. in India. He took part in quelling the Sikh riots at Budge-Budge, near Calcutta, in Sept. 1914, and brought home their Sikh banner. Returning home he joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force with his regt., took part in the memorable landing from H.M.S. Implacable of the 29th Division on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April, 1915; distinguished himself at the Battle of the Five Beaches, and when ammunition was urgently wanted carried 161 lbs. at a time to the firing line under a murderous fire, and finally took a trench and prisoners, receiving special mention in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22 Sept. He was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 2 May, 1915, and was buried near the spot where he fell.

ANTILL, ALFRED MANSFIELD, Private, No. 18889, 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers, s. of George William Antill, of Carisbrooke Road, Newport, Monmouth, by his wife, Harriett, dau. of Elisha Sant; b. Newport, 25 Jan. 1895; educ. Maindee Board School there; enlisted in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 28 June, 1915. He had been acting as orderly to Capt. Fowler.

ANTROBUS, EDMUND, Lieut., Grenadier Guards, only s. of Col. Sir Edmund Antrobus, 4th Bart., of Antrobus, co. Chester, of Amesbury Abbey, co. Wilts., and Rutherford, co. Roxburgh, late Grenadier Guards, by his wife, Florence Caroline Mathilde, dau. of the late Jules Alexander Sartoris, of Hopsford Hall, co. Warwick; b. Eaton Square, S.W., 23 Dec. 1886; educ. Eton and in France; gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the Grenadier Guards from the Militia, 27 May, 1908; became Lieut. 21 Nov. 1908; killed in action at Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914. Buried in the orchard of a small farmhouse in the village of Keghside; unm. Lieut. Antrobus was reported a very keen and courageous officer, and highly popular.

APLIN, ELPHINSTONE D’OYLEY, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., s. of Lieut.-Col. Hugh Morgan Aplin, Royal Naval Ordnance Dept.; b. Upnor Castle, Rochester, 14 June, 1892; entered the Army Feb. 1913; promoted Lieut. 31 Oct. 1914; was severely wounded in action near Ypres 9 May, and died at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station, 13 May, 1915; buried Bailleul Cemetery. He was complimented by the Major-Gen. Commanding ... Division B.E.F. for distinguished conduct in the field.

APPLEYARD, WALTER D’ANCIE, Private, No. 14789, D Coy., 7th Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 3rd s. of William Appleyard, one time secretary to the National Children’s Hospital, Dublin (d. 5 April, 1903), by his wife, Mary (32, Sandford Road, Dublin), dau. of Stuart Corrie Chambers; b. Dublin, 21 Dec. 1884; educ. High School, Dublin, where he won honours, prizes, and exhibitions, and was afterwards employed in the Irish Land Commission. On the outbreak of war enlisted in the 7th Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and left for the Dardanelles with D Coy. 10 July, 1915, arriving at Gallipoli 6 Aug. and landing at Suvla Bay on Saturday, the 7th inst. The moment they landed the troops were in action, and D Coy. leading they advanced over the open plain a target for heavy shell fire and snipers, at evening driving the Turks out at the point of the bayonet and capturing Hill 53. Private Appleyard escaped without a scratch, though a bullet passed through the leg of his trousers. Later he was with three or four men in a small post without ammunition; the enemy were throwing bombs on them. It was while throwing back these bombs that he was shot through the heart, 16 Aug. 1915, on the ridge Kislagh Dagh. He was buried in Gallipoli at the foot of Dublin Hill (Hill 53); unm. Letters from his comrades are unanimous in extolling his bravery, devotion to duty, self-sacrifice, and good comradeship. His brother, George, is now (1916) serving with the Leinsters at the Front.

ARBUTHNOT, KENNETH WINDHAM, Major, 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 6th s. of William Reierson Arbuthnot, late of Plawhatch, East Grinstead, co. Sussex, by his wife, Mary Helen, dau. of Philip Anstruther, late Colonial Secretary of Ceylon (by his wife, née Stewart-Mackenzie, of Kintail, granddau. of Francis Lord Seaforth, and a descendant of the Sir Walter Scott who originally raised the Seaforth Highlanders); b. 23 July, 1873; educ. privately, at Bath College and Sandhurst; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Seaforth Highlanders, 19 July, 1893, and was promoted Lieut. 3 July, 1895; Capt. 29 April, 1900; Brevet Major 22 Aug. 1902; and Major 10 June, 1909. He took part in the operations in Chitral in 1895, serving with the Relief Force and receiving the medal with clasp; and with the Sudan Expedition, 1893. He was present at the Battle of Khartoum, and for his services received the King’s medal with clasp and the Egyptian medal. In the South African war, 1901–2, he was employed with the Mounted Infantry, taking part in the operations in Cape Colony (Feb. 1901), the Orange Free State (Feb.-March, 1901), and the Transvaal (March, 1901–31 May, 1902). He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1902], given the brevet of Major and the Queen’s medal with five clasps. After his return to England he acted as Adjutant of the 4th Volunteer Battn. of his regt., 10 Aug. 1907, to 31 March, 1908, and of the Territorials, 1 April, 1908, to 9 June, 1909, and was Brigade-Major, Gordon Infantry Brigade (Scottish Command), 12 Oct. 1911, to 9 Aug. 1914. On the declaration of war he rejoined his regt., went to the Front in Nov., and was killed in action at the second Battle of Ypres, 25 April, 1915. He was buried on the left side of the St. Jean-St. Julien Road, about 1,000 yards south of St. Julien. Major Arbuthnot m. on 26 April, 1911, Janet Elspeth, dau. of Major Sinclair Wemyss, Gordon Highlanders, and had two children: John Wemyss, b. 11 Feb. 1912, and Robert Michael Wemyss, b. 9 March, 1914.

ARCHER, FRED, Private, No. 5229, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Charles Archer, of 163, St. Anne’s Well Road, Nottingham; b. Nottingham; enlisted 24 Oct. 1903; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rental, 28 Oct. 1914.

ARCHER, GEORGE, Private, No. G 8965, 4th Battn. The Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 10 Oct. 1915.

ARCHER, JOHN WILLIAM BUTTS, Lieut., The Buffs (East Kent Regt.), only s. of the Rev. George Archer, Rector of Stilton, Peterborough, by his wife, Beatrice, dau. of Capt. William Pitt Butts, The Buffs; b. Longfield, Halifax, co. York, 14 March, 1890; educ. Stubbington, in France, and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Oct. 1910, and Lieut. 9 March, 1912; served at Singapore 1910–12, and in India, 1912–14. Recalled to England at the outbreak of war, he arrived home late in Dec. and spent a few days at his home at Stilton before proceeding to France on 16 Jan. The regt. was at once moved up to the firing line, he was wounded in the fighting at Ypres 15 Feb. 1915, and died the following day; unm. The story of his death is told in a letter of his Commanding Officer. It appears that on the night of 15 Feb. (almost exactly a month after he went to France), Lieut. Archer was sent out with his men to the relief of a regiment which was holding a trench which had been attacked by the Germans in the dark. He succeeded in fighting his way to the trench at the expense of half his men and of his own gallant life. The effort to hold the trench was successful. It was Lieut. Archer’s task thus to take the lead in the counter-attack which the Brigade made to retake the trenches which had been lost, but the other regiments were so badly knocked about by a bitter shell fire that they could not get up to support him and his gallant little handful of men, and so the work was splendidly done by this small company themselves. When he fell, mortally wounded, they carried him at enormous risk to themselves, into a dug-out in the trench, and here he died about twenty-four hours afterwards, for it was impossible to get him out of the trench and into hospital in face of the terrible fire which was maintained.

ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM, Major, 2nd Lowland Field Co., R.E. (T.F.), 29th Division, s. of the late William Richmond Archibald, of Mossend, Schoolmaster; educ. at Glasgow High School; was with Messrs. William Jacks & Co., of Glasgow, iron and ore merchants; joined the old 2nd Lanarkshire R.E.V. after the Boer war, and in 1908, when the Volunteers were reorganised, became attached to the Works Company of the Lanarkshire Fortress Engineers at Bellshill, being given the rank of Lieut. Subsequently after the disbandment of this unit, he was posted as supernumerary to the 2nd Lowland Field Co., became Captain, 12 Sept. 1914, and Major Commanding 26 Jan. 1915; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles; was wounded on the evening of the 18 June, 1915, while on his way to visit the section officers, and died the same day. A brother officer wrote: “The death of Major Archibald is a great loss to the country; he was an exceptional soldier and officer.” Major Archibald m. at Dundyvan, Coatbridge, co. Lanark, 9 Aug. 1911, Helen Gibson, dau. of the late James Mitchell, of Coatbridge, iron master and had issue two daus.: Margaret Allan, b. 5 June, 1912, and Elizabeth Campbell McLellan, b. 25 Sept. 1914.

ARGENT, WILLIAM ROBERT, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10426), 229038, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

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

ARMES, JOHN HENRY, A.B., R.F.R., B. 1756, 211569, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov 1914.

ARMITAGE, THOMAS WILLIAM, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class, 157690, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ARMSTRONG, ELLERAY FRANCIS, L.-Corpl., No. 63046, 3rd Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, only s. of Elleray Armstrong, of Eastmoor Drive, Carlton, Nottingham, by his wife, Jane Davidson, dau. of the late Walter Watson Walker, of Manchester; b. Stretford, near Manchester, 9 Feb. 1893; educ. Elmswood College and Sale Grammar School; went to Canada in 1912, and settled down to business in Montreal, returning for a short visit in June, 1914, for a deferred celebration of his twenty-first birthday; volunteered after the outbreak of war, and enlisted, 9 Nov. 1914; came over with the Second Contingent, landing in England, 7 March, 1915; went to France, 1 May, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915, during an attack on the German lines. He was buried near Givenchy, 500 yards east of Duck’s Bill; unm. His commanding officer wrote that he “was a grand soldier and man.”

ARMSTRONG, GEORGE LEIGHTON, Private, No. 18186, 1st Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, s. of the late Edward Armstrong, 16th (Queen’s) Lancers, by his wife, Isabella (Methuen Street, Wavertree), dau. of John Smart, and grandson of the late Col. Edward Armstrong, of Bedford; b. at Edge Hill, Liverpool, 3 March, 1884; educ. at Sefton Park School; joined the Army after the outbreak of war, 22 Nov. 1914, and died of wounds at Neuve Chapelle, 15 March, 1915; unm.

ARMSTRONG, JAMES, Stoker P.O., 294264 H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

ARMSTRONG, JOHN, A.B., J. 3996, R.N., killed in action at Tsing-tau, 22 Aug. 1914, on board H.M. Destroyer Kennet while engaged in chasing the German Destroyer S 90.

ARMSTRONG, ROBERT, Private, No. 2706, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Robert Armstrong; b. Marylebone, London; enlisted 1 June, 1899; served in South Africa, 23 May, 1900, to 6 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps: “Belfast,” “Cape Colony,” “Orange Free State”; and King’s medal with two clasps: “South Africa, 1901,” “South Africa, 1902”); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914, to 13 Feb. 1915, when he was killed in action at Cuinchy. Buried in the rear of the trenches there. He m. at Marylebone Parish Church, 1 Jan. 1905, Elizabeth (56, Ashmill Street, Lisson Grove, N.W.), dau. of (—) Leonard, and had four children: Charles, b. 1 Jan. 1908; Thomas, b. 1 May, 1914; Elizabeth, b. 4 Oct. 1905; and Annie, b. 1 Nov. 1909.

ARNELL, JAMES ALEXANDER, Private, No. A. 34446, 10th, formerly 50th, Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd s. of John Arnell, of Calgary (who joined the 56th Battn., 1 May, 1915, as a Military Policeman, and died on active service at Calgary, 27 Dec. following), by his wife, Jessie G. (805, Fifth Avenue, West Calgary, Alberta), dau. of (—) Taylor; b. Calgary, 25 Oct. 1894; educ. Calgary, Woodstock College, Ontario, and Mount Royal College (diploma), Calgary; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 23 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action in France, 30 Sept. 1915, by a rifle grenade; unm. His commanding officer wrote speaking highly of his conduct. He was a keen sportsman, and had won two medals for Rugby football.

ARNOLD, CHARLES EDGAR, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9600), S.S. 106981, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ARNOLD, FERDINAND FRANCK WILLIAM, Capt. 1st Batt. Suffolk (The 12th) Regt., elder s. of Franck Thomas Arnold, of the University College of South Wales, M.A. Trin. Coll. Cambridge, by his wife Edith Maud, dau. of Samuel William Kelly, and grandson of the Rev. Charles Thomas Arnold, of Rugby; b. Penarth, near Cardiff, 19 March, 1888; educ. Rugby, and after going through Sandhurst, was gazetted to the 1st Battn. of the Suffolk Regt., 29 Aug. 1906, being promoted Lieut., 6 Mar. 1909, and serving with the Battn. in Malta and Egypt. When war broke out, he was in Khartoum, and acted as Italian Censor, for which he received a letter of thanks from the Sirdar. In Dec. 1914, he was given his company, and on going to the Front in Jan. was appointed Machine-gun Officer to the 84th Infantry Brigade, but afterwards returned to regimental work, taking command of a double company owing to shortage of officers. He was killed in action, near Zonnebeke not far from Ypres, being shot in the trenches, which were enfiladed by the enemy, 23 April, 1915; unm.; buried in the garden of a farmhouse, near Zonnebeke. Capt. Arnold belonged to an old Suffolk family, from a branch of which Dr. Arnold of Rugby was also descended. Many of his forebears served with distinction in the Royal Navy. Capt. Thomas Arnold distinguished himself in 1718 by boarding and taking the colours of the Spanish flagship Royal St. Philip, which are still in the possession of his family. The son of the latter, Thomas Arnold, sailed round the world as midshipman on the Centurion, under Lord Anson, and in 1782, and Aldous Charles Arnold (great-great-grandfather of Capt. F. F. W. Arnold) was present as midshipman in the Royal William at the Siege of Gibraltar. Capt. Arnold was a keen sportsman, and letters from brother officers bear witness to the value that was set upon him in the regt., both as a soldier and as a friend. One wrote: “He was always merry and cheerful, even under the most adverse circumstances, and set an example to officers and men alike.” The late Major Maycock, D.S.O. (late of the 1st Suffolks), wrote as follows: “As you know, your son was my subaltern for two years, and I had the highest opinion of his ability as a soldier. He was a thoroughly keen and efficient officer, and would have gone far had he been spared. I am expecting to go to the Front immediately, and if I rejoin the 1st Battn. I shall miss your son very much. I felt I must write to you both to say how grieved I was to hear of your loss, and to let you know the high opinion I had of your son, personally and professionally.”

ARNOLD, HARRY RICHARD, Private, No. 13058, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; eldest s. of Harvey Arnold, of 251, High Street, Henley in Arden, co. Warwick, boot and shoe maker, by his wife Ellen, dau. of John Mills, of Yew Tree View, Henley in Arden; b. Henley in Arden, 3 Feb. 1895; educ. Council School there; enlisted 5 Oct. 1914; went to the Front, 7 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Cambrin, by a rifle grenade which fell in the trench, badly wounding him in the back, and breaking his left leg, 6 July, 1915; unm. He was buried at Cambrin. Capt. Lloyd, writing to Mrs. Arnold, said that though her son had not been out long, he had proved himself an excellent soldier, and that by his death the Company had lost one of its best and pleasantest members.

ARNOLD, HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9798), 297700, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ARNOLD, ROBERT, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16953, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ARTHUR, CHARLES, Rifleman, No. 1770, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (Machine Gun Section), only s. of the late Richard Arthur, for several years manager at Messrs. Busvines, 4, Brook Street, London, W. [2nd son of James Arthur, of Great Treveryan Farm, Tynardreath, Cornwall], by his wife Emily (Pentillie, Lostwithiel, co Cornwall), dau. of the late Alderman Charles Taylor Cheesman, of Hove, Sussex; b. Regent’s Park, London, N.W., 2 July, 1890; educ. Brighton Grammar School and London Orphan School, Watford, at which latter he passed all the local Cambridge Exams, (three with honours), also earning the scholarship given by Mr. J. Debenham for two years’ tuition in Switzerland; he was in the employ of Messrs. Debenham & Co., of Wimpole Street; joined Queen Victoria’s in 1908, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service. He was killed in action near Ypres, 5 Jan. 1915, being buried at Neuve Eglise; unm. When at Watford he was Captain of the 1st Eleven cricket team. He also won the championship for swimming, and while in Switzerland gained a diploma for football. At Messrs. Debenham’s Sports Ground he won the silver cup in a tennis tournament.

ARTHUR, HERBERT GEORGE, Private, No. 1357, D Coy., 1st (Royal Fusiliers) Battn. The London Regt., 3rd s. of Harry Reginald Arthur, of 5, Kingswood Avenue, Kilburn, by his wife, Lydia Arthur, dau. of Benjamin Wyatt; b. Kilburn, N.W., 7 Nov. 1895; educ. Kingsgate Road L.C.C. School there, where he was top boy of the school in chemistry, and afterwards obtained a berth in the Haberdashers’ School, Cricklewood, as science master’s assistant. He remained here for three years, and then went to Messrs. Burroughs & Wellcome, chemical manufacturers, Dartford, where he was employed until the outbreak of war. He had joined the 1st Battn. London Regt. in 1911, and, volunteering for active service, left with his regt. for Malta, 4 Sept. 1914, and returned after having passed as a first-class shot. After a few days’ leave, he went to France, and was killed in action, 17 May, 1915; unm. His officer, Lieut. H. A. Eiloart, wrote: “He died a soldier’s death in the face of the enemy, being shot in the head and dying instantaneously while firing from our trench. He was in my Half-company and in my platoon from the time we left for Malta up to the time of his death, and I feel his death most keenly, both as a soldier and a man.” His two elder brothers are now (1916) serving in the Army: Gunner H. Arthur, R.M.A., on board H.M.S. Colossus, and Corpl. J. R. Arthur, with the 1st Australian Expeditionary Force.

ARTHUR, RICHARD VICTOR, L.-Corpl., No. 8118, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th s. of John Meredith Arthur, of 46, Aston Lane, Handsworth, Grocer, by his wife, Emma Jane; b. Shirley, co. Warwick, 9 Feb. 1892; educ. Small Heath Secondary School, Birmingham; enlisted on or about 5 Oct. 1908, and was killed in action at Landrecies, 8.30 p.m., 25 Aug. 1914, during the retreat from Mons. He m. at St. Michael’s Church, Camberley, 27 July, 1912, Margaret Emily (12, The Mews, Watchetts Road, Camberley), dau. of Thomas Herridge, of Camberley, and had two sons: Richard John, b. 23 Nov. 1913, and Victor George, b. 28 Jan. 1915.

HARRIS-ARUNDELL, JOHN D’AUVERGNE, Sergt., No. 25911, 14th Battn. (1st Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd s. of the late Robert Harris-Arundell, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, by his wife, Elizabeth Blanche, dau. of the late John D’Auvergne Dumaresq, C.M.G., Acting Administrator of the Government of Lagos, W. Africa, and grandson of the late William Reinfred Harris-Arundell, of Lifton, co. Devon, England; b. Fairmont, Martin co., Minnesota, U.S.A., 14 May, 1889; went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with his family at the age of five; educ. Collegiate School, Windsor, N.S., and joined the staff of the Royal Bank of Canada in 1905, and when war broke out in Aug. 1914, was in Montreal. He was at the time a Corpl. in the Victoria Rifles of Montreal, and volunteered at once for active service, and on 24 Aug. his regt., then called 1st Royal Montreal Regt., went into training at Valcartier Camp. On the night of 23 Sept. they left for Quebec, where they embarked for England, arriving in Plymouth on 14 Oct., and after training at Salisbury, left for France on 5 Feb. At the Battle of Langemarcke on 24 April, 1915, he was shot through the heart while helping Lieut. Whitehead, who was wounded in the foot, to cross 200 yards under withering fire; unm. The ground was captured by the enemy, and Sergt. Arundell’s body was never recovered.

ASBURY, ARTHUR GERARD, Sapper, No. 45044, 3rd Field Coy., Canadian Divisional Engineers, s. of Joseph Asbury, bank accountant; b. Burton-on-Trent, 13 Oct. 1889; educ. Burton Grammar School and Hymers’ College, Hull; enlisted on the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914, and d. of wounds in No. 14 General Hospital, at Wimereux, 21 May, 1915; unm.; buried there, No. 496.

ASCOTT, VINCENT JOHN DAWSON, Volunteer, Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve, s. of Capt. William Ascott, A.V.C., of West Bridge, Bideford, by his wife Frances Annie, dau. of the late William John Keyte; b. 26 Aug. 1892; educ. at Allhallow’s School, Honiton. Volunteered for active service, 3 Aug. 1914. He was killed in action at Karonga, Nyasaland, 9 Sept. 1914; unm. The official account states: “Field Force advanced from Karonga on afternoon of 8th. Enemy in strength of about 400 appears to have evaded our Force, and at sunrise on the 9th attacked Karonga, which was defended by Bishop in charge of a few K.A.R.’s and Resident, with police, in all about 55 natives and 8 civilians. This small garrison very gallantly resisted the attack for three hours until relieved by Column 3 under Capt. Griffiths. They drove off and pursued the enemy, who left 2 officers and 40 native soldiers dead on the field. Casualties in Karonga: Webb, slightly wounded; 1 askari killed and 4 wounded. Entire British Force came into action later. Enemy fought with great determination, and had to be dislodged by repeated bayonet charges, but ultimately fled towards Songwe. Total German losses: 8 officers killed and 2 wounded and captured with Medical Officer; two field guns and three Maxims captured. British losses: killed, Caldecott and Ascott; since died of wounds, Manning and Merriman; seriously wounded, Muirhead, Garnett, Mason, Sinclair; slightly wounded, Barton, Ness; missing, Williams and Harvey. All reports speak highly of gallantry of all engaged.” His Commanding Officer, in a letter of sympathy to his parents, wrote: “Your son died a gallant death firing one of the Maxim guns in the battle of Karonga, on 9 Sept.... I feel his loss doubly, as he was one of my Planter neighbours, and a very close friend.” Another comrade, writing to his aunt, wrote: “The whole of Nyasaland will be grieving that one so popular as a true English sportsman will never play again in those games in which he so much excelled. Zomba has lost a fine athlete and gained a noble hero.” He was mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 3 Aug. 1916] for gallant and distinguished service in the field “while working maxim guns under heavy fire with coolness and effect.”

ASCROFT, ROBERT GEOFFREY LEES, 2nd Lieut., 1/10th Battn. The Manchester Regt. (T.F.), only s. of the late James Henry Ascroft, of Oldham, Solicitor (d. 1900), by his wife, Mabel Gertrude, dau. of John Lees, of Primrose House, Oldham, Cotton Spinners, and nephew of the late Robert Ascroft, M.P.; b. Oldham, 25 April, 1896; educ. Charterhouse, and on the outbreak of war volunteered and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 25 Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 4 June, 1915. His commanding officer wrote: “Geoffrey was absolutely fearless and had endeared himself to all ranks by brave deeds which he had performed previously. His comrades all speak of his pluck and say, ‘he did not know what fear was.’” His brother-in-law, 2nd Lieut. J. B. Emmott, of the same regt., was killed in action the same day.

ASH, BASIL DRUMMOND, Lieut., R.N., and Flight Lieut., R.N.A.S., s. of the Rev. Cyril Alfred Drummond Ash, B.A., Keble College, Oxford. Incumbent of Saxton, Tadcaster, co. York, by his wife, Hester Elizabeth, dau. of the late F. J. Alexander, B.C.S., India; b. Southport, Queensland, Australia, 16 May, 1890; educ. Preparatory School, Arlington House, Brighton, and Mr. Foster’s School, Stubbington, Fareham, Hants; joined the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, as a Cadet, 18 Sept. 1905, and became sub.-Lieut. 12 Sept. 1910, and Lieut. 1 Oct. 1912; served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Dreadnought (Flagship of Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, Home Fleet), Prince of Wales (Flagship of Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, Atlantic Fleet); and Africa (Capt. Leveson, Home Fleet); as sub-Lieut. and Lieut. in H.M.S. Philomel and Espiègle, in the Persian Gulf, Oct. 1911, to Nov. 1913; and in the R.N.A.S., 27 Jan. 1914, to 29 Sept. 1914, on which latter day he was lost in Seaplane 77 off the coast of Scotland, while engaged in scouting for German submarines. All his commanding officers testified to his ability as a Naval Officer. He was unm.

ASH, WILFRID JOHN, Lieut., 3rd Batt. Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Regt., s. of Herbert Edward Ash, of Keilawarra, Warlingham, Surrey, Solicitor; b. Croydon, 29 July, 1890; educ. Littlejohn’s, Greenwich; Haileybury and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., 5 Oct. 1910; exchanged to 3rd Battn., then at Lebong, India, July, 1911; promoted Lieut., 23 July, 1913. Lieut. Ash was in England on leave when war broke out. He was recalled to rejoin his regt. at Cawnpore, and sailed for India in September. Two or three days before Christmas Day, 1914, he was back again in England with the 3rd Middlesex, who had come over as a complete unit. He went with the regt. to France in January, 1915, and was killed in action on the afternoon of Sunday, 14 Feb. 1915, between Ypres and St. Eloi, while leading his men in a successful counter attack against the enemy’s trenches. Col. E. W. R. Stephenson, Commanding the 3rd Battn. Middlesex, wrote that he “died gallantly leading his men in an attempt to capture a trench that had fallen. Previous to this, he saved the life of my nephew, Moller, who had been severely wounded, and after placing him in a place of safety, he again entered the fight.... He nobly did his duty, and we deplore his loss.” Private Worsfold also wrote: “On the afternoon of Sunday, 14 Feb., we were ordered to attack a position occupied by the enemy, north-west of Ypres and west of the canal ... on the morning of the same day we had been badly cut up, and the Surreys, who afterwards came up in support, opened to let us through. Lieut. W. J. Ash, who had been previously wounded in the arm, was still leading up to the last moment.”

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

ASHTON, EDWARD STANLEY JOHN CHARLES, Corpl., No. 1248, Army Service Corps, elder s. of Charles Ashton, of 21, Endymion Road, Finsbury Park, by his wife, Alice Elyzabeth Sophia, dau. of George Nelson Howlett; b. Finsbury Park, 19 June, 1894; educ. Ealing Grammar School, and St. Frances Xavier’s College, Bruges; joined the Army at the outbreak of the war, 11 Aug. 1914, and died at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 16 June, 1915, from heart failure caused by rheumatic fever contracted while at the Front; unm.

ASHTON, EDWIN, Rifleman, No. 1667, 1/12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt., former Engineers’ apprentice, s. of Edwin Ashton, fancy leather worker; b. Peckham, 7 April, 1895; was a Scout and Patrol Leader from 13 years of age to 18, when he joined the Rangers; killed in action at Zonnebeke, 20 April, 1915. Cart. Jones wrote: “He was hit by a bullet on the evening of the 20th, and died soon afterwards. We buried him that night in a small wood behind our trench. He was a man for whom I had a great liking; a good soldier, and he died doing his duty.”

ASHURST, JAMES, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4246), S.S. 102939, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ASHWORTH, EDMUND, Leading Stoker, 311053 (Dev.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ASKEW, HENRY ADAM, Capt., 2nd Battn. Border Regt., elder s. of the late Canon Edmund Adam Askew, Rector of Greystoke, Cumberland, by his wife, Mary Penelope (Bushby House, Greystoke, Cumberland), dau. of the late Rev. Henry James Feilden, Rector of Kirk Langley, and grandson of the late Henry William Askew, of Conishead Priory, co. Lancaster, and Glenridding, co. Cumberland, J.P., by his wife, Lucy, dau. of the Right Rev. and Hon. Hugh Percy, D.D., Lord Bishop of Carlisle; b. Greystoke Rectory, 8 Sept. 1881; educ. Aysgarth, Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Border Regt. 8 May, 1901; joined his battn. in South Africa in the Sept. following, and took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Nov. 1901–2 (Queen’s medal and three clasps); promoted Lieut. 5 Sept. 1903. On his return to England he went through two courses with Mounted Infantry and the Gymnastic course (certificate 1908); Assistant Superintendent of Gymnasium at Devonport for the Southern Command, 3 Aug. 1909–13, when he rejoined his regt. On the outbreak of war he received his company, 23 Aug. 1914, was appointed Transport Officer, and went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force. On the death of the Adjutant, Capt. Andrews (26 Oct.), he took over his duties, and as Adjutant was with his Colonel when wounded, and assisted in carrying him back, becoming then second in command; and from 25 Nov. to 3 Dec. was in command, his Colonel sending in his name as “doing exceptionally well.” He was killed on 19 Dec. 1914, in a night attack on the German trenches at Sailly. He was at first reported as wounded and missing, but was later found to have been killed. He was twice mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French. A private wrote home to a friend: “There was one officer called Capt. Askew. I was right against him when he got shot. I shall never forget him; the last words he uttered were, ‘Stick it lads, stick it Borders,’ and then he got killed. It happened on the top of their trenches.” Another writes that he was in the trench. The Germans buried him behind their first line of trenches, and erected a cross on which they inscribed in German. “To a brave British officer, Border Regt.” This information was obtained during the truce on Christmas Day, when Lieut. Nunnerly, 3rd Bedfords, was sent by the Commanding Officer of the Border Regt. in answer to a German officer, who passed over the badge from the cap of Capt. Askew. He m. at St. Cuthbert’s Church, Carlisle, 25 April, 1908, Winifred Lucy, dau. of Col. Thomas Angelo Irwin, of Lynehow, Carlisle, Solport, co. Cumberland, D.L., and had issue 2 sons and a dau.; Henry Cuthbert Adam, b. 21 Sept. 1909; David, b. 16 June, 1913; and Winyfred Anne, b. 19 Jan. 1911.

ASKEW, JOHN HENRY, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ports. 11610, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; m.

ASLIN, GEORGE, Private, No. 1941, C. Co., 1/8th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), s. of George Aslin, of Melrose Villas, 7, Avenue Road, Hampton, Bootmaker, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Edward Busby, R.M.; b. Gosport, co. Hants, 31 Dec. 1891; educ. Hampton Council School; was a Fitter’s Labourer; joined the Middlesex Territorials, Feb. 1913; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Frezenberg, 11 May following; unm.

ASSITER, ALFRED, Chief Yeoman of Signals, 168358, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ATCHESON, JOHN, Private, No. 9474, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 2nd s. of the late Hugh Atcheson, of Jarrow, Machine Planer, by his wife, Mary (Carley Place, Southwick, Sunderland), dau. of Michael Benson; b. Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, co. York, 24 May, 1894; educ. St. Banett’s, Sunderland; enlisted Oct. 1910; and after serving his time with the Colours joined the Special Reserve, and was employed at Thomson’s Yard, Sunderland. He was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 1 June, 1915; unm. His elder brother, Private Samuel Atcheson, is now (1916) serving with the Expeditionary Force in France.

ATKIN, JOHN CLAUDE, R.M.L.I., Ch. 7931, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ATKINS, EDMUND JOSEPH, Leading Seaman, 222044, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ATKINS, FRANK STANLEY, Private, No. 12608, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of William Edward Atkins, of Gravesend, co. Kent, Nurseryman and Florist, by his wife, Elizabeth Hollwey, dau. of William Hollwey, of Chilcompton, Bath; b. Gravesend, 30 July, 1892; educ. Christ Church School there, and then entered the service of the P. & O. Steamship Co. He joined the Garrison Artillery at the age of eighteen, and on the declaration of war enlisted in the Coldstreams, 15 Sept. 1914, and was killed at Cuinchy on 25 Jan. 1915, in his first action. He was buried where he fell, 500 yards from Cuinchy Church, and a cross marks the spot. He was spoken of as a keen soldier, who never failed to do his duty.