PARKER, BERTIE CLARENCE, A.B., J. 10893, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PARKER, CHARLES WILLIAM, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 12829, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

PARKER, CYRIL EDMUND, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest s. of the Hon. Edmund William Parker, of Westfield House, Rugby, by his wife, Fanny Emma, dau. of Capt. William Baldwin, of Dunedin, and grandson of Thomas Augustus, 6th Earl of Macclesfield; b. Christchurch, New Zealand, 15 May, 1884; educ. Eton, and on leaving there joined the London Stock Exchange in 1903, where he remained for 10 years; went to British Columbia in 1913, and became a Financial Agent at Vancouver, British Columbia, but on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, immediately proceeded to Vancouver and volunteered for Imperial service. He obtained a commission in the 6th Regt., the Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles, Vancouver, and proceeded to Valcartier with the detachment from that regt. which, with detachments from other regts. from the same province, eventually formed the 1st British Columbia Regt., Canadian Expeditionary Force. Lieut. Parker qualified for the rank of Lieut. while at Valcartier, but owing to there being a surplus of officers in the regt., he could not be placed, all the others being senior to him. He came over with the first contingent in Oct. and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 23 Nov. following; went to France in Dec. with a draft for the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Jan. 1915, in an attack on the German trenches; unm.

PARKER, ERNEST ALBERT, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10532), S.S. 2799, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PARKER, FRANK VIRLAND, Chief Petty Officer, 154010, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PARKER, FREDERICK JOHN BUSH, Private, No. 13215, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of the Rev. Frederick Talbot Parker, Vicar of Knowle, Bristol, by his wife, Marion Einene, dau. of Edward Thomas, of Bristol, Solicitor; b. Bristol, 14 Aug. 1896; educ. Clifton College; enlisted after the outbreak of war, in Sept. 1914; went to France, April, 1915; and was killed in action at Givenchy, 8 Aug. 1915. Buried in the Guards Cemetery there.

PARKER, FREDERICK NEVILLE, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yst. s. of the late Major-General Neville Fraser Parker, of Craymead, High View Road, Sidcup, co. Kent, Indian Army, by his wife, Emily Annie, dau. of Richard Abbatt; b. Torquay, 8 Nov. 1892; educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey; volunteered and joined the Artists Rifles on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with them 27 Oct. 1914, was selected for a commission and gazetted 2nd Lieut., K.R.R.C., 3 March, 1915; and was accidentally killed at Bethune, 28 April, following, while in charge of trench mortars; unm. Buried in Bethune Civil Cemetery.

PARKER, HARRY BOTTOMLEY, Ship’s Petty Officer, 307254, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PARKER, JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5701), 204310, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PARKER, JOHN WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3135), S.S. 100777, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PARKER, JOSEPH, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1024), 145222, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PARKER, HARRY, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt., eldest and only surviving s. of Capt. and Quarter-Master Henry John Porteus Parker, The Worcestershire Regt., by his wife, Kate, dau. of Henry Stubbs; b. Limerick, 25 June, 1889; educ. Army Schools; enlisted in the Worcestershire Regt. in 1903, and at the time war was declared in Aug. 1914 was Sergt., 4th Battn. of that regt., and employed as Assistant Instructor of Signalling; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Hampshire Regt., 7 Nov. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on the Hospital ship Delta, 30 April, 1915, of wounds received in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula two days previously; unm.

PARKER, ROBERT BURTON, Capt., 2nd, attd. 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., only s. of the late Robert Parker, of Cressington Park, Liverpool, Merchant, by his wife, Emma Catherine, dau. of James Rawlence, of Bulbridge House, Wilton, Salisbury; b. Cressington afsd., 3 July, 1879; educ. St. Edward’s School, Oxford, and Wellington College; joined the Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry in Feb. 1900, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Northamptonshire Regt. 27 July, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 14 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 14 Feb. 1910; served in the South African War, 1900–2, being attd. to the Army Service Corps, and was mentioned in despatches, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. On his return to England he was adjutant of the Mounted Infantry and in command of Maxim guns at Borden and Longmoor; went to the Depôt in Northampton, 1907–10, and was then Adjutant of the local Territorials there for three years, after which he rejoined his old regt. at Alexandria. On the outbreak of the European War he was on leave in England; exchanging into the 1st Battn. he went to France with the first Division, 12 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 17 Sept. 1914, while leading his men in an attack on the German trenches; unm. He was buried near the village of Bourg, on the Aisne. His Col. wrote: “He was the most gallant man I ever met, he did not know what fear was. He was greatly loved by all ranks and a most able and energetic officer, always thinking of the comfort of others”; and a Sergt. of his regt.: “We shall never forget him; he was a brave fellow, absolutely fearless, and beloved by his men. It was grand to serve under an officer like him.” During his residence at Northampton, Capt. Parker was a regular follower of the Pytchley Hounds, and his brilliant horsemanship will not readily be forgotten by the members of the hunt.

PARKER, RONALD ELPHINSTONE, Lieut., D Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, yst. s. of Robert Gabbett Parker, of Bally Valley, Killaloe, co. Clare, J. P., by his wife, Louisa, dau. of John C.... Whitty, of Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells; b. Bally Valley, aforesaid, 5 Jan. 1886; educ. The Abbey, Tipperary, and Clifton College; joined the Clare Artillery Militia, 11 Feb. 1905; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Artillery, 25 May, 1907, and posted to the 87th Howitzer Battery; promoted Lieut., 25 May, 1910; went to France, 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Marne, 8 Sept. following. Four guns of D Battery, R.H.A., were supporting the 3rd Cavalry Brigade in the advance to the Marne. The Germans brought back some 12 guns against them, but the battery held its ground, and eventually the enemy drew off. The battery lost its Major, wounded, and both its subalterns, killed. He was unm., and was buried at the Hotel de Bois, Jonarre, Meaux. His brigade commander wrote: “He died like a man, fighting his guns at great odds to the last.” The officer commanding his R.H.A. battery wrote: “He was indefatigable, undaunted even in the darkest moments; his good temper and high spirits were worth anything to us all”; and the officer commanding his R.F.A. battery: “In 20 years I have never met a better subaltern and a keener sportsman, in both of which capacities he won my complete respect and affection, as he did that of every man or horse that came into his care.” Lieut. Parker excelled at all field sports and was a fine horseman and whip.

PARKES, CHARLES, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5224), 203456, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PARKES, SAMUEL, Private, No. 13627, 4th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., eldest s. of Private Henry Parkes, of the North Staffordshire Regt. (now on home defence work at Southampton), by his wife, Emily Louisa (21, Reform Street, West Bromwich), dau. of Samuel Southern; b. West Bromwich, 18 Oct. 1897; educ. Christ Church School there; entered the employ of Messrs. Salters at West Bromwich when he was 14; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted in the 4th Worcesters, 7 Aug. 1914, with several others from Salters; served in Malta and Egypt; went to the Dardanelles, 7 July, and was killed in action there, 7 Aug. 1915; unm.

PARR, ARTHUR, Leading Stoker, R.F.R., B. 6439, 287527, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

PARR, CECIL, Private, R.M.L.I., Ply./10884, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PARR, SYDNEY LANGFORD, L.-Corpl., No. 2845, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt., only s. of Thomas Parr, of 8, Vernon Gardens, Seven Kings, N., by his wife, Caroline; b. Manor Park, East Ham, 8 Jan. 1891; educ. East Ham, Technical College; enlisted, Sept. 1914; went to France, 28 Jan. 1915, and died of wounds at St. Julien, 26 April, 1915.

PARRETT, CHARLES ERNEST, A.B. (R.F.R, Ch. B. 8951), 203270, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PARRISS, WALTER FREDERICK, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt. (Duke of Cambridge’s Own), yst. s. of the late John William Parriss, of Ardagh, Willesden Lane, N.W.; b. Ardagh afsd., 17 Nov. 1893; educ. Harrow School; joined the H.A.C. on the outbreak of war, 11 Aug. 1914, and served with them with the Expeditionary Force in France from 18 Sept. until he received a commission, 14 Feb. 1915. He was killed in action in Flanders, while holding an advanced trench, 15 March, 1915; unm. Buried at Kemmel. His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Stephenson (since killed), wrote of him: “He was so willing, so ready to do anything, so brave, so keen, that we shall miss him very much, although he has been so short a time with us ... a gallant boy, with all the courage of his race.”

PARRY, ARTHUR CROOSE, Private, No. 2322, Honourable Artillery Company, 3rd s. of William Rowland Parry, of Ladye Grove, near Leominster, and grandson of the late Thomas Croose Parry, of Birley Court, co. Hereford; b. Lye Court, Birley, 16 March, 1888; educ. King’s School, Grantham; joined the H.A.C. after the outbreak of war 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, Dec. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 12 March, 1915; unm. Buried in the Chateau Grounds at Kemmel.

PARRY, JAMES HERBERT, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2976), S.S. 100333, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PARRY, NORMAN CECIL, Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., yst. s. of Edward Parry, of Rossmore, Leamington, formerly of Woodthorpe Grange, Nottingham, a member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth; b. Nottingham, 19 Sept. 1887; educ. Rugby, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he passed the Natural Science Tripos in Honours; afterwards obtaining a Diploma in Mining Engineering at the Sheffield University, and First Class Certificate as a Colliery Manager from the Home Office, and was an Assistant of Mr. Maurice Deacon, M.Inst.C.E., Managing Director of the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Coy. Immediately on the outbreak of war he joined the Army; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug. 1914, and Lieut. to the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. 2 Feb. 1915, being afterwards attd. to the 1st Battn.; went to the Front early in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 25 July, 1915, by the bursting of a shell, while he was endeavouring to get his men under cover, during a sudden attack upon his section of the trenches; unm. He was buried in the churchyard of St. Jean, Ypres.

PARSONS, CHARLES FRANCIS, Private, No. 3769 D Coy. 1/7th. Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), s. of the late William Henry Parsons, by his wife, Sarah (54, Graham Road, Wealdstone, Middlesex), dau. of George Tillay; b. Haggerston, London, 4 May, 1893; educ. Wealdstone; was a Piano Polisher; joined the Middlesex Territorials about 1909; mobilised, 5 Aug. 1914, and volunteered for Imperial Service; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Larbartier, 24 July, 1915; unm.

PARSONS, EDWARD JOSEPH, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3656), 201013, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PARSONS, EDWIN STUART THOMAS, Petty Officer (N.S.), 219856, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PARSONS, WILLIAM, Leading Stoker (C.G.), 311114, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PARSONS, WILLIAM HARRY, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 183802, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PARTRIDGE, CHARLES BURNETT, Capt., Royal Marine L.I., Plymouth Division, eldest surviving s. of Lieut.-Col. Sylvanus Roger Burnett Partridge, of Homecroft, Fleet, Hants, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and Governor of His Majesty’s Prison, Portland, by his wife, Mary Bishopp, dau. of Edward Bishopp Dorman, M.D.; b. Anchor Gate Lodge, Portsmouth, 29 May, 1880; educ. Bath College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.M.L.I., 1 Jan. 1899, and promoted Lieut., 1 Jan. 1900, and Capt., 1 Jan. 1910; was Instructor of Musketry at Malta, 26 June, 1906–08, and later Swimming Instructor at the Deal Depôt; served in H.M. ships Mars, Gladiator, Egmont, Melpomene, Hermione, Drake, and Good Hope, and was lost when the last was sunk in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; unm. He had won many prizes for shooting, sailing and golf. He made top score when the Marines won the United Service Cup at Bisley, and held the Marine Jewel. His eldest brother, Lieut. Edward Louis Lort Partridge, died of enteric at Jullundur, aged 20; and another brother, Lieut. Geoffrey Dorman Partridge, 2nd Welsh Regt., was reported missing after the Battle of Ypres, on 3 Nov. 1914—since, presumed officially to have been then killed. The remaining brother, Capt. Richard Evelegh Partridge, Dorset Regt., is now (1916) on active service at the front, as Brigade-Major, 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade, and has received the Military Cross.

PARTRIDGE, GEOFFREY DORMAN, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt., yst. s. of Lieut.-Col. Sylvanus Roger Burnett Partridge, of Homecroft, Fleet, Hants, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and Governor of His Majesty’s Prison, Portland, by his wife, Mary Bishopp, dau. of Edward Bishopp Dorman, M.D.; b. Portsmouth, 24 Dec. 1890; educ. Bath College, United Services College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 11 Oct. 1911, and was promoted Lieut., 1 Nov. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force early in Aug., and was reported missing after the first Battle of Ypres, 3 Nov. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or after that date. He had played Rugby for the Army. His elder brother, Capt. Charles Burnett Partridge, Royal Marine L.I., was killed in action in H.M.S. Good Hope two days previously (see his notice).

PARTRIDGE, THOMAS JOSIAH, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 189739, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PATEMAN, WILLIAM, Sergt., No. 9157, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Emily, dau. of George Pateman; b. Little Houghton, near Northampton, 22 Aug. 1890; enlisted 29 June, 1911; went to France in Aug. 1914; was wounded 22 Oct. 1914, and invalided home; returned to the front 7 April, 1915; and was killed in action at Vermelles, 20 May, 1915; unm. The Officer Commanding No. 2 Coy. (the Hon. T. Agar-Robartes) wrote: “A large shell fell on the top of his dug-out where he was resting and he never regained consciousness. He was a most gallant soldier and will be greatly missed”; and Sergt. (now 2nd Lieut.) H. O. Tomkins wrote: “There were four of us in our dug-out in the trenches when a shell came right through the roof, seriously wounding Will in the head, killing a corpl. instantaneously and leaving myself and the other fellow untouched. He was knocked unconscious and died two hours afterwards. He did not even moan when he was hit, so he died painlessly, and was buried in a garden in front of an old Castle at Vermelles, near La Bassée. Vermelles is marked on the map, but the castle itself is one mile to the east of the village. It can easily be traced.”

PATERSON, ALASTAIR FINLAY, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), eldest s. of John Paterson, of Yewbank, Beauly, Ironmonger and Seed and Hay Merchant, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Tinlay Maclennan of Ardnagrask, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire; b. Beauly, co. Inverness, 4 Feb. 1888; educ. Beauly Public School and Inverness High School; joined the 4th Camerons as a Private in 1905, and previous to receiving his commission was considered one of the most efficient non-commissioned officers in D Coy. He went to the Front with his Battn. in Feb. 1915, and received his commission (24 Feb.) shortly after landing. He was wounded early in the charge against the German trenches at Festubert on the night of 17 May, and his brother, L.-Corpl. Paterson (see succeeding notice), was reported missing after the action. His wounds were not at first considered dangerous, but on 5 June he died at No. 2 British Red Cross Hospital, Rouen; unm. He was buried with full military honours in the St. Sevère Cemetery, Rouen. Lieut. Paterson was well known in the north, both as a noted shot and as a shinty player of high repute. He was captain of the Beauly Shinty Club for several years, and led it during the season when it won the Championship Cup. A player of skill, courage and resource, he was a notable figure on the shinty field, and the high place which his club attained was mainly due to his leadership.

PATERSON, DONALD, L.-Corpl., No. 645, 4th Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), 2nd s. of John Paterson, of Yewbank, Beauly, etc. (see preceding notice); b. Beauly, co. Inverness, 20 Dec. 1891; educ. Beauly Public School and Dingwall Academy; enlisted in the 4th Camerons in 1908. An architect by profession, he was at the time war broke out engaged in lands valuation work at Nethy-Bridge, but at once volunteered for foreign service. After the attack on the German trenches at Festubert on the night of 17 May, 1915 (at which his brother, 2nd Lieut. A. F. Paterson was mortally wounded), he was reported missing, but was later officially reported to have been instantaneously killed during the night of 17–18 May. From information received by his parents from L.-Corpl. Ferguson, of the same corps, it appears that Paterson was advancing towards the German trenches with the other members of D Coy., but remained behind to bind up the wounds of the said L.-Corp. Ferguson. Afterwards unable to get into touch with his companions, Paterson returned to Ferguson and remained with him over night. At daybreak he raised himself up to have a look round and endeavour to ascertain their whereabouts. Unfortunately, they were in close proximity to a German trench, and Paterson was shot by a German sniper, dying immediately. This was the second comrade whose wounds Paterson had bound up that night, and truly it may be said that he gave his life to save others. Paterson, who was unm., was piper to the Beauly Coy., a player of much merit and also a composer of Highland music. He was one of the champions of the Beauly Shinty Club, of which his brother, Lieut. Paterson, was captain.

PATERSON, JOHN AGAR, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., 2nd s. of William Morison Paterson, of 80, Great Portland Street, W., Manufacturers’ Agent, by his wife, Margaret S., dau. of John Agar; b. Glasgow, 19 Nov. 1893; educ. Dulwich College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Bedfordshire Regt., 17 Sept. 1913; went to France, early Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Klein Zillebeke, 31 Oct. following; unm. Buried there.

PATERSON, JOHN McLELLAN STEWART, M.A., Private, No. 2832, 4th Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), yr. s. of the Rev. Robert Paterson, M.A., Minister, Savoch U.F. Church, Auchnagatt, co. Aberdeen, by his wife, Agnes Y., dau. of John McLellan, of Burnhouse, Galston; b. Savoch aforesaid, 13 Dec. 1890; educ. there, Ellon H.G. School, Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh University (graduated with honours in English literature, July, 1913), and on leaving there spent several months in France and Germany with a view to qualifying as a journalist; joined the staff of the Aberdeen Free Press, as a Sub-Editor, on his return to England in May, 1914, to which paper he contributed articles, as well as to the Glasgow Herald, and The Student, etc., but, on the outbreak of war in Aug. of that year, he volunteered and joined the Gordon Highlanders in Oct.; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 22–23 April, 1915, being shot by a sniper; unm. Buried there. While at Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, he was one of the originators and joint editor during its first year, of the school magazine, The Gordonian, and contributed articles to it on “An Aberdeenshire Wilderness,” “Bird Life on a Lake,” and “The Night Shore,” etc. At Edinburgh University he was one of the founders, a President, and an Honorary member, of the Edinburgh University English Literature Society; was an office bearer, and member of the Historical Society there, and of the Diagnostic Society, also of the O.T.C., and the Hockey Club. He was a great lover of nature, and was interested in every phase of country life. A writer in the Edinburgh University Magazine, The Student, said: “It was as a student of our University that I came to know him. His ability and attainments as a scholar were of the highest, and it very soon came to be recognised that his opinions were the outcome of a logical and well-informed mind. As such, no matter the topic under discussion, they were sought after and prized, for his outlook went far beyond the confines of his especial branch of literature. Nor was his wide range acquired at the expense of social popularity. I have confidence in saying that no student in my time had a wider circle of friends. I say friends advisedly—not acquaintances. His whole personality radiated friendship, and all who came within the sphere of his magnetic influence were irresistibly drawn to him; having made his acquaintance they immediately became his friends. He took a prominent part in many directions on the social side of our ’Varsity life. He was a member of at least three Societies, of the O.T.C., of the Hockey Club, and, I think, also of the Boat Club. A staunch and trusted member of the Liberal Association, he played his part right manfully in the victories which not infrequently attended that Party in the hotly contested debates in the Union. It is the man, however, as we knew him, that claims our affectionate remembrance and esteem. The multiplicity and yet the wonderful harmony of his moral and intellectual qualities compelled first respect, then admiration, then love. Unassuming in manner, he was loyal to a degree in his friendships. Intellectually the superior of most of us, he was a most delightful and lovable companion, upright in word and deed. He found his highest pleasure in helping others, when necessary, eliminating himself, and foregoing those honours to which his undoubted abilities and the high esteem in which he was held would necessarily have brought him—honours which were, in my time, and no doubt still are, considered the high-water mark of a successful University career. One might say of him without irreverence—he sought not his own. I find it difficult to give adequate expression of my esteem for Stewart Paterson, but in concluding this brief sketch I can at least say this: I have seldom found occasion to respect and esteem a man as I respected and esteemed Stewart Paterson, and however far I still fall short of the high ideal which stands, a beckoning figure, before the spiritual eye of each one of us, I am a better man to-day for having known him.”

PATIENCE, GEORGE, Sergt., No. 2334, 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), s. of George Patience, of 30, High Street, Avoch, Fisherman; b. Avoch, co. Ross, 7 Sept. 1895; educ. Mackenzie Foundation Institute there, and on leaving was apprenticed to a painter; it was his great desire to become a soldier and he more than once tried to enlist but was brought back by his father; but on the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the 4th Seaforths in Sept. 1914. He was promoted Sergt. within three months, crossed to France, 11 March, 1915, and was killed in action in the trenches at Aubers Ridge, 7 May, 1915; unm.

PATON, JOHN EDWARD, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of John Paton, of Waun Wern, Pontypool, co. Monmouth, J.P., by his wife, Susan, dau. of the late Edward Jones, of Snatchwood Park, Pontypool; b. Pontypool, 6 Sept. 1895: educ. Copthorne School, Winchester College, and in the spring of 1914 passed the entrance examination for Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was to have taken up residence in Oct., but after the outbreak of war in Aug., was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Monmouthshire Regt., 14 Oct.; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Le Bizet, 31 Dec. following; unm. He was buried in the Essex Regt. Cemetery, Calvaire, near Le Touquet. 2nd Lieut. Paton was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. While at Winchester he was in the O.T.C., in which he attained the rank of Sergt.; took Certificate “A” in 1912, and was one of the eight to represent the College at Bisley in 1913 and 1914.

PATRICK, FRANCIS ALEXANDER, Private, No. 2309, A Coy. 9th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest s. of John Bonthron Patrick, of 1, Morningside Terrace, Edinburgh, Wholesale Merchant, by his wife, Wilemina Frances, dau. of the late William Goldie; b. Edinburgh, 6 Dec. 1892; educ. George Watson’s College there, Edinburgh University, and Besançon and Jena Universities; studied for the Indian Police, and passed the examination in 1912, but afterwards took up the study of Indian and Colonial agriculture, and in the prosecution of his researches studied at Besançon, Jena and Guelph (Canada). On the outbreak of war he was studying for his B.Sc. at the Edinburgh University, but gave this up and joined the 9th Royal Scots in Sept. 1914; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during the second Battle of Ypres, 12 April following; unm. Buried at Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Ypres. An officer, writing home to a brother, said: “This sad event cast a gloom over the battn., with whom Patrick had been very popular, and I assure you I feel his loss very keenly. He was a lad I was proud to have in my platoon, a fellow-Watsonian, and the first Watsonian to fall in the Dandy 9th.” He was a keen golfer and fisher, and a good horseman, and one of the best shots in the regt.; but. above all, was a diligent student. “If you want to find Patrick,” wrote one of his comrades at the Front in the few days of rest that fell to them, “go to the roofless library or convent ruins and there you will find him rummaging amongst the old and shell-torn books, smoking his pipe.” His brother, Lieut. John Cairns Patrick, Royal Scots, and also ten of his cousins, are now (1916) on active service.

PATRICK, FRED, A.B., 225222, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PATRICK, JAMES, Stoker, R.N.R., 13468, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PATTEN, EDWARD SAMUEL, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10529), 217304, H.M.S Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PATTERSON, ALEXANDER, Trooper, No. 4238, 14th Hussars, attd. Royal Horse Guards, eldest s. of Alexander Patterson, Tin Plate Worker; b. Evesham, co. Worcester, 6 Sept. 1876; educ. Castleford Council School; enlisted in the 14th Hussars, Oct. 1900; served in the South African War, 1900–2, under Gen. (now Lord) French (Queen’s medal with three clasps); was 14 years with the Colours, then joined the Reserve, and was employed as a groom at Selby; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept., attd. to the Royal Horse Guards, and was killed in action there, 13 May, 1915. He m. at Castleford Parish Church, 1906, Sarah Ann (16, Douglas Street, off Brook Street, Selby, co. York), dau. of Joseph Clements, of Evesham, and had three children: Joseph, b. 12 Nov. 1906; George Alexander, b. 21 April, 1909; and John Stanley, b. 29 Sept. 1911.

PATTERSON, ALEXANDER, Private, No. 12/826, Auckland Infantry Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. s. of the late James Patterson, of Henhill, Forteviot, Farmer; by his wife, Jessie, dau. of the late Robert Mitchell, of Golland[P2, P1 had changed this to Holland, the image is clearly Golland so probably printer error]; b. Forteviot, co. Perth, 24 July, 1884; educ. Crieff Academy; went to New Zealand about 1907, and was farming at Moeafoa Ye Kmiti; but on the outbreak of war, volunteered for Imperial service; left for Egypt with the Main Body, 16 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 22 May following; unm.

PATTERSON, CYRIL JAMES, A.B., 208036, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PATTERSON, JOHN HEADLEY, L.-Corpl., No. 8976, 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, s. of James Patterson, Joiner; b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 7 Feb. 1884; educ. Ouseburn Board Schools there; was employed in the moulding shop of Messrs. Henry Watson & Sons, High Bridge Works; was a Reservist, and was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France at the end of Nov., and was killed in action, 4 March, 1915. Buried at Ypres. He m. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 28 July, 1907, Mary Pringle, dau. of (—) Melville, and had with three other children a son, John Headley, b. 24 Sept. 1914.

PATTINSON, HUGH LEE, Capt. and Adjutant, 9th (Service) Battn. Royal Fusiliers, elder s. of Hugh Lee Pattinson, of Lowlynn, Beal, co. Northumberland, by his wife, Mary Constance, dau. of Lawrence W. Adamson; b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 21 Aug. 1888; educ. Bengeo School, co. Herts; Rugby (Payne Smith’s, now Wilson’s House); Stubbington House, Fareham, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 6 Feb. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 14 Feb. 1912; temporary Capt. 28 Sept. 1914, and Capt. 9 March, 1915, being Adjutant of the 9th Battn. from 5 Sept. till the time of his death. He joined his regt. in Pietermaritzburg in 1909; went with it to Mauritius, then to Meerut and Chakrata, India, and finally to Lucknow; returned to England on leave in May, 1914, and on the outbreak of war the following Aug. was posted to the 9th Battn. Royal Fusiliers; went to France, 31 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Houplines, 4 Aug. 1915, while superintending a working party in the communication trenches. Brig.-Gen. Borradaile wrote: “His loss will be severely felt in the Battn., in forming which he took such a large and conspicuous share, and also in the Brigade, as his qualifications as a soldier were exceptional, and had he been spared he would have made his mark.” The Major commanding the Battn. wrote: “I should like you to know that this is an irreparable loss to the Regt., and particularly to this Battn. Taken all round he was the most efficient fellow I have ever worked with”; and a brother officer: “He was a splendid soldier, absolutely fearless, and loved by both officers and men.” He m., 22 July, 1914, Catherine Lina, dau. of John Patricius Chaworth-Musters, of Annesley Park, co. Notts, J.P., and had two daus.

PATTLE, ERNEST, Private, No. 11086, 4th (Reserve) Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Arthur Pattle, of Denham, Bury St. Edmunds, by his wife; b. Denham, co. Suffolk, 8 Sept. 1881; educ. National School there; enlisted Oct. 1914, and was missing after the action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed that day; unm.

PATTON, WILLIAM, Leading Seaman, 188359, H..M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

PAUL, GAVIN, Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), elder s. of the late Gavin Paul, of Edinburgh, Coalmaster; b. Edinburgh, 8 Aug. 1893; educ. Bramcote, Scarborough, and Radley College, near Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards, 4 March, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was killed in action at Messines, 31 Oct. following; unm.

PAUL, GEORGE THOMAS, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110586, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

PAUL, ROBERT, Private, No. 196, H Coy. 1st Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 2nd. s. of Robert Paul, of 22, Lutton Place, Edinburgh, Plumber, by his wife, Eliza; b. Edinburgh, 28 May, 1889; educ. Preston Street Public School there; enlisted in Sept. 1908; served at Chatham, Malta, in India and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action near Hooge, 10 May, 1915; unm. Writing to his father, his Chief Officer, Capt. J. R. Couper, said: “He was killed instantaneously by a shell which burst on the parapet in front of him and two others with him. The company was heavily engaged at the time and later had to evacuate the trench by order of our General. At night we went back and buried your son along with ten others. The company lost on this date 11 killed and 22 wounded. The place was close to Hooge, which is east of Ypres, and the exact spot of his grave is not marked by any special feature or by a cross as the burial had to be done very hurriedly.... Your son was a splendid ‘sticker,’ and though he suffered from very bad feet, always refused to ‘go sick,’ and on one occasion when ordered to go to the dressing station to have his feet treated, as he could not keep up with his company, he very reluctantly went, but rejoined us within three hours, having found his way to the trench at his own pace.”

PAUL, WILLIAM HENRY BOWEY, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class (Pensioner), 121261, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PAULL, ALAN DRYSDALE, Private, No. 721, Honourable Artillery Company (T.F.), elder s. of Alan Paull, of Kylecote, Harrowdene Road, Wembley, J.P., F.S.I., by his wife, Catherine Swan, dau. of James Drysdale, of Devonside; b. Wembley, co. Middlesex, 10 June, 1894; educ. Colet Court, and St. Paul’s School, where he was a Corpl. in the O.T.C.; entered his father’s office on leaving school, having previously passed the examination and entered as a student of the Surveyors’ Institution, and in 1914 passed the Intermediate Professional Examination; joined the H.A.C. in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in the Ypres district 12 Dec. following, being shot by a sniper while proceeding with his section to reinforce the firing line; unm. He was buried at Kemmel, by a cottage now know as “Paull’s Cottage.” His officer wrote: “Through the great privations we have been through out here your son has always been one of the most willing, capable and cheerful members of my platoon, and I feel his loss as a friend, and his death is greatly felt throughout the regiment. He was a splendid soldier;” and a comrade: “All we in his section had learnt to understand and appreciate a kind heart and an indomitable spirit such as his. His cheerful voice and bright manner, how shall we get on without them, where cheerfulness and fortitude are so dearly needed?” He played Rugby football for the H.A.C., and represented them in boxing against the Cambridge University in 1913.

PAVEY, CHARLES, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9373), S.S. 106584, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PAVITT, STEPHEN ARTHUR, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 1010, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

PAVLOSKY, FREDERICK, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4387), 194223, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PAYNE, ALBERT JOHN, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27539 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

PAYNE, ARTHUR JAMES, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9552), 207907, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PAYNE, ERNEST ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1820), 290191, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

PAYNE, JOHN HENRY, A.B. 214259, H.M S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

PAYNE, CHARLES GERAINT CHRISTOPHER, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Highland L.I., only s. of Charles Henry Payne, of Brentor, Hereford, Manager of Lloyd’s Bank, Ltd., there, by his wife, Edith McKenna, dau. of William Evans Commins; b. Shifnal, co. Salop, 23 April, 1888; educ. Ludlow and Monmouth (1897–1905 Exhibitioner) Grammar Schools, and on leaving there was articled to his uncle, Mr. Alexander Payne, a London Architect, and had just started on his own account in the Metropolis when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He immediately joined the Artists’ Rifles; proceeded to France with them in the autumn of 1914; passed through the special training school for officers at the front, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., 27 Jan. 1915, being posted to the Highland L.I., subsequently joining the 1st Battn. about 18 Feb. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March following, and was buried behind the trenches there; unm. He was a strong swimmer and keen boating man; was also an excellent ’cellist, and a member of the Hampstead Orchestral Society.

PAYNE, JOHN JAMES, Corpl., No. 2245, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., eldest s. of Emily Payne (Gravel Pit Cottage, Rogate, near Petersfield, co. Hants), yst. dau. of John Payne; b. Liss, co. Hants, 11 Oct. 1882; enlisted Royal Army Medical Corps, 24 Nov. 1899, and served throughout the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps, and King’s medal with two clasps); re-enlisted in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Royal Sussex, as Corpl. Sept. 1908 then a Reservist, and served until 1909, when he purchased his discharge; joined the 2nd Battn. 15 Aug. 1914; left for France, Nov. 1914; and was killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué, 9 May, 1915. The Quartermaster-Sergt. of his company wrote that he was struck in the head by a bullet, death being instantaneous, and added, “I can say that your son was a hard-working and zealous soldier and was esteemed by us all, who sadly miss him.” He m. at Rogate, Sussex, 9 Jan. 1905, Lydia Jane, dau. of Charles William Locke, late of Liss, and had two children: Albert, b. 13 June, 1907; and Emily, b. 14 June, 1905.

PAYTON, CHARLES MERVYN, Lieut. 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., only s. of Sir Charles Payton, of Stepney Court, Scarborough, M.V.O., late British Consul-General at Calais, by his 1st wife, Eliza Mary, dau. of the late John Olive; b. Mogador, Morocco, 5 Dec. 1891; educ. Dover College, and on leaving there in 1909, became a Clerk under his father in the British Consulate at Calais; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Reserve Battn. of the Royal West Kent Regt., 1910, and promoted Lieut. 6 Sept. 1911; left the Army in 1912 to go to Singapore, where he held a post on a rubber plantation, but in the following year was appointed Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary’s Office, which appointment he gave up on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; returned home and rejoined his old Regt., was on special duty in England for some time; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 18 April following. He was leading his men in the attack on Hill 60 and had picked up the rifle of a fallen soldier, and was firing at the enemy when he was shot through the head. His Commanding Officer wrote that he had done very good work, and “shown himself to be a brave man and a good leader,” and a Sergt. of his Coy. wrote of him as “one of the best and truest, more like a brother to the men than an officer, cheering in the blackest times by his brave gaiety, and mourned by them as a brother.” Lieut. Payton was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was a keen sportsman, a remarkably good shot and expert angler.

PEACOCK, EDWARD DANIEL, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 345947, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PEACE, HUBERT KIRKBY, Lieut., 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., attd. 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 3rd s. of the late Hugh Kirkby Peace, of Springfield House, Sheffield, Steel Manufacturer, by his wife, Emmeline (Sandygate, Sheffield), dau. of James Fawcett; b. Sheffield, 16 Oct. 1881; educ. Rugby; became Managing Director of his father’s firm, W. K. & C. Peace, File Manufacturers, Feb. 1906; joined the 1st Volunteer Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. (Doncaster Militia), afterwards the 4th (Hallamshire) Battn., and served 10 years retiring in May, 1913, but, after the outbreak of war, was given a commission in 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. as Lieut. 4 Sept. 1914, and went to France attd. to the 1st Lincolnshire Regt., on 3 Oct. 1914; and died in hospital at Aubers, on the morning of 17 Oct., of wounds received in action near Lille, the previous day. Buried there. He had gone to the rear to hurry up supports, and he succeeded in getting them, but as he was returning he was wounded in the neck by a shot fired from a farm which it was supposed had been cleared by the French. A wounded soldier in Leeds Base Hospital, belonging to the Coldstream Guards said: “He died fighting to the last in trying to save his platoon from being cut to pieces, and many will never be able to give full praise and admiration for so gallant a deed.” He m. at St. Leonards-on-Sea, 2 Aug. 1906, Grace Mary (Thurgoland, Sheffield), dau. of Charles Weller, and had a son, George Hugh Kirkby, b. 15 Dec. 1909.

PEACOCK, JOSEPH MOFFAT, Sapper, No. 46405, R.E., eldest s. of William Thomas Peacock, of Hartlepool, Driller, by his wife, Sarah Carry, dau. of Joseph Moffat, of Monkwearmouth; b. Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, 8 Feb. 1894; educ. Southwick and Goole Board Schools; was employed at Pickersgill’s and resided at 50, John Street, Southwick; enlisted, 9 Sept. 1914; trained at Brixton, Henley and Gillingham, and was killed in action “somewhere” in France, 10 Dec. 1915. His Chief Officer wrote “A shell came into their dug-out killing four of them instantly. They were buried the day following in Princess Pat’s Cemetery, Voormezeele, when all the section attended the funeral. He was a splendidly brave fellow.”