POUGHER, WILLIAM ANDREW, Corpl., No. 8395, 2nd Battn. Leicestershire Regt., eldest s. of Samuel Thomas Pougher, and nephew of A. D. Pougher, the famous Leicestershire cricketer; b. Leicester, 1889; educ. Holy Trinity Schools there; enlisted in the 2nd Leicestershires, March, 1908, and served in India for six years, being drafted direct to France on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 27 July, 1915; unm. Sergt. W. Andrews wrote that “Corpl. Pougher was his best scout, and right-hand man.”

POUGHER, WILLIAM HENRY, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 647), 164970, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

POULTNEY, HARRY, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3125), S.S. 100753, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

POULTON, JAMES, Private, No. 6493, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Joseph Poulton, of Ladywood, Birmingham, by his wife, Annie; b. Birmingham, 10 July, 1888; enlisted 9 Dec. 1905; served three years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve for nine years; called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914, and was reported missing after the fighting at Soissons, 14 Sept. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day. He m. at All Saints’ Church, Birmingham, 8 Oct. 1911, Florence Ann (200, Bolton Road, South Heath, Birmingham), dau. of Thomas Chater, and had two children: Thomas James, b. 8 May, 1914; and Irene May, b. 9 Oct. 1912.

POULTON, WILLIAM MITCHELL, A.B., 213679, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

POVEY, GEORGE, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3752), 186391, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

POWELL, ARTHUR CHARLES, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1720), 124746, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

POWELL, ARTHUR THOMAS, Gunner, R.M.A., 10190 (R.F.R., I.C. 40), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

POWELL, CHARLES VICTOR, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111772, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

POWELL, GEORGE, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 113461, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

POWELL, GEORGE EDWARD, Private, No. 7183, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of the late Frank Powell, Postman, by his first wife, Winifred, dau. of Joseph Tracey, of Gloucester; b. Longdon, near Tewkesbury, co. Gloucester, 29 Nov. 1889; enlisted 21 Feb. 1907; went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 21 Oct. 1914. He m. at St. Michael’s Church, Stonebridge Park, Willesden, 22 Feb. 1914, Emily Annie (106, Goldhurst Terrace, South Hampstead), eldest dau. of David Harper, of 31, Winchelsea Road, Harlesden, N.; s.p.

POWELL, HAROLD OSBORNE, 2nd Lieut., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, only s. of Hubert John Powell, of Hill Lodge, Lewes, Land Agent, by his wife, Mabel, dau. of Charles Francis Trower, Barrister-at-Law; b. Lewes, co. Sussex, 20 Aug. 1888; educ. Winchester; was a Land Agent in his father’s office in Lewes; joined the Sussex Yeomanry in 1908, and the Inns of Court O.T.C. in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug. 1914; gazetted as attd. to the 4th Reserve Regt. of Cavalry on the 22nd; went to France 8 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines, during the First Battle of Ypres, 31 Oct. following; unm. Buried in a cottage garden at Messines. His commanding officer at Tidworth, where he went through his training, wrote: “I considered him one of the smartest and quite the most able of the young officers here, that was the reason why I selected him as the first of his class to go to the Front. He had a charming personality and was always full of energy.” His commanding officer at the Front also wrote: “He was fighting in the town of Messines guarding a barricade at very close quarters with the enemy. I sent him with a message to the Queen’s Bays on my left, and while carrying the message he was shot by a sniper”; and the officer commanding his squadron: “I had many opportunities of seeing your son’s behaviour under fire—it was in the highest sense praiseworthy. He showed himself in this his first and only action to be a very cool and efficient officer.” At Winchester he was a member of the Commoner football XV, 1903–06, and captain of Commoner VI, 1905–06.

POWELL, JOHN, A.B., S.S. 1861, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

POWELL, RHYS CAMPBELL FFOLLIOTT, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Highland L.I., only child of Major-Gen. Charles Herbert Powell, of the Lower House, Wickham, co. Hants, C.B., Indian Army, by his wife, Alice, dau. of the late James Mackenzie, of Auchenheglish, co. Dumbarton, and grandson of Capt. Williams Wellington Powell, 9th Regt.; b. Dharamsala, Punjab, 24 July, 1892; educ. St. Clare, Walmer; Winchester College, and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Highland L.I., 3 Sept. 1912; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Verneuil, 14 Sept. 1914, during the Battle of the Aisne; unm.

POWELL, WILLIAM ARCHIE, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3821, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

POWELL, WILLIAM JOHNSON, Stoker, Petty Officer, 284603, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

POWER, HERBERT, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Frederick Edward Power (died Sept. 1915), late Northamptonshire Regt., by his wife, Ellen Matilda (7, Newsteine, Brighton), dau. of the late Charles James Barnett, of 12, Chichester Terrace, Brighton, J.P. and D.L. for Gloucestershire; b. Northampton, 14 March, 1886; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and St. Paul’s School, London (Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Northamptonshire Regt., 24 Jan. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 1 Dec. 1908, and Capt. 15 June, 1913; appointed Adjutant, 20 Nov. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; unm. Buried just outside Neuve Chapelle. Capt. Power was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.

POWER, JOYCE, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9324), 308879, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

POWNALL, GEORGE HARLEY, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., only s. of the late Frank Pownall, of 7F, Bickenhall Mansions, W., Barrister-at-Law, Registrar of the Royal College of Music, by his wife, Helen Augusta, yst. dau. of Sir William Henry Stephenson, K.C.B.; b. London, 30 Aug. 1883; educ. Evelyns, and Cheltenham College, and subsequently went to the Britannia, passing in third on the list and first out; became Midshipman 15 Sept. 1899, Sub-Lieut. 1902, Lieut. 1903, and Lieut.-Commander 1912; served in China as Midshipman, H.M.S. Terrible, under Sir Percy Scott, and on coming home took his “five firsts.” He chose the submarine branch of the service, and after serving in B.1, and having the charge of the A boats at Fort Block House and serving in C.9, he was eventually appointed to the Onyx at Plymouth and finally 1st Lieut. to the Egmont, with command of the Malta Submarine Flotilla. He was second in command of landing operations at V Beach, Gallipoli, during the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was struck while giving orders from his picket boat. He was carried on board a transport where he died in a few hours, being buried at sea. He m. at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, 17 Dec. 1910, Vera, dau. of Henry Chichester, of Verbeer, Cullompton, Devon.

POWRIE, THOMAS, Private, No. 2852, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Thomas Powrie, Private, No. 9754, 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers (now on active service in France), by his wife, Emily (58, Canal Road, Mile End, London), dau. of the late Edwin Beard; b. Mile End, London, 18 Dec. 1896; educ. Harford Street L.C.C. School there; was employed in the firm of Messrs. Remington, typewriter manufacturers, as a mechanic; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 21 Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 25 March, 1915; was in the actions at La Bassée and Neuve Chapelle, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 14 Nov. 1915, of a bullet wound in the head, received at the Battle of Loos. He was buried in the Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne (Grave No. 2771).

POYNTER, JOHN JACK, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16550, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PRATLEY, ELISHA, Stoker, 1st Class, 238572, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PRATT, ALFRED MASON, Corpl., No. 3/614, New Zealand Medical Corps, s. of James Pratt, Member of the Mounted Armed Constabulary, New Zealand, formerly Sergt. in the Donegal P.W. Artillery; b. Wyndham, New Zealand, 1886; joined the Staff of No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital at Wellington, 20 March, 1915, with which he went to Egypt, and after some months in Cairo, proceeded to Salonika, and was lost on H.M. Transport Ship Marquette, when that ship was torpedoed in the Ægean Sea, 23 Oct. following.

PRATT, GEORGE, Stoker, 1st Class, 287482, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PRATT, GEORGE WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5284), S.S. 100034, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PRATT, LIONEL HENRY, 2nd Lieut,. 18th Battn. (London Irish) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of Edward Roger Pratt, of Ryston Hall, Downham, co. Norfolk, J.P., D.L., by his wife the Hon. Louisa Francis, née Mulholland, dau. of John, 1st Baron Dunleath; b. Ryston Hall aforesaid, 17 Dec. 1889; educ. Uppingham School, and on leaving there in 1904 entered Lloyd’s Bank. He joined the London Irish on the outbreak of war, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France with his regt. in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. On this occasion the London Irish formed part of the 47th Division, and referring to them F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French said in his Despatch of 15 Oct. 1915: “The 47th Division occupied the southern outskirts of Loos. Thence it pushed on, and by taking possession of the cemetery, the enclosures and chalk pits, succeeded in forming a strong defensive flank. This London Territorial Division acquitted itself most creditably. It was skilfully led, and the troops carried out their task with great energy and determination.” He was buried at the cross roads between the cemetery and South Maroc; unm. His Major wrote: “He was so absolutely reliable as an officer, so conscientious, so calm. If he said he had been up to the German wires, they all knew he had been—he was so absolutely fearless. His loss was a disaster to the regt.”; and the Sergt. of D Coy.: “It was D Coy.’s particular task to take the cemetery, just outside the village. We got there all right, and going on splendidly. A party of Germans commenced firing on some of the Scots following us. A sergt. sent a message for an officer to come along. Mr. Pratt immediately volunteered and walked along the top of the trench and got a bullet. When he was lying there wounded he displayed his usual great bravery, and was a wonderful example to his men. Everybody loved and esteemed him, he was the Battalion’s greatest loss in the battle. A better officer we could not have had, his work out here has been invaluable.”

PRATTEN, HERBERT, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5720), 284931, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

PREECE, FREDERICK JOHN, Private, No. 17016, 9th (Service) Battn. Worcestershire Regt., s. of George Preece, of Newland Post Office, Coleford, Glos., by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Grazier; b. 30 June, 1896; educ. at Clearwell C. Schools; was in the employ of Mr. C. T. Palmer, of Newland House, J.P.; volunteered and enlisted, 29 Aug. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 20 June to 10 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in action there; unm. He was a member of the choir at All Saints’ Church, Newland.

PRENTICE, JOSEPH, Acting Sergt., No. 7673, 2nd Battn. The Essex Regt., 4th s. of the late Charles Prentice, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of James Patient; b. Springfield, co. Essex, 19 May, 1885; educ. there; was a member of the Essex Constabulary, and later an employee at the Chelmsford Golf Club; enlisted 5 Oct. 1903; served three years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve; rejoined his old regt. the day after war was declared, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 22 Aug.; served during the winter of 1914–15, and died in No. 18 General Hospital, Etaples, 29 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres on the 26th. Buried at Cainers. He was recommended for the D.C.M., for conspicuous bravery in the field, 14 March. Sergt. Prentice m. at Shelly Church, Ongar, 1910, Alice (Well Lane, Galleywood, Chelmsford), dau. of William Tarling, of Ongar, and had three children: Joseph Charles, b. 29 April, 1911; Sydney Reginald, b. 5 Feb. 1913; and Gladys Evelyn, b. 18 April, 1915.

PRESCOTT, FREDERICK JOHN, Private, No. 12628, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of John Prescott, of Budleigh Hill, Allerford, co. Somerset, Game Keeper to Sir Thomas Acland; by his wife, Mary, dau. of Samuel Burgess; b. Selworthy, co. Somerset, 11 May, 1890; educ. Allerford; was a Gardener in the employ of Sir Thomas Acland, at Allerford, for five years, and then for 1½ years in the employ of Sir Ian Amory, at Tiverton; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 17 Sept. 1914; went to France 9 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, on the 25th of that month; unm. Buried in the churchyard there.

PRESTON, ARTHUR JOHN DILLON, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only s. of Major Arthur John Preston, of Swainston, co. Meath, late Duke of Wellington’s Regt., B.A., Trin. Coll., Dublin, J.P. cos. Durham and Meath, by his wife, Gertrude Mary, dau. of Richard Knight, of Bobbing Court, co. Kent; b. Luther House, Huddersfield, 16 Nov. 1885; educ. Malvern College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd (Militia) Battn. of the Durham L.I., 5 Oct. 1904, posted to the 1st Battn. Dublin Fusiliers, 2 March, 1907, promoted Lieut. 15 Dec. 1909, and Capt. 2nd Battn. 7 June, 1914; served with the 1st Battn. in Egypt, where he joined the Mounted Infantry, winning at Cairo the Lloyd Lindsay prize. At the outbreak of the European War he was ordered to Naas and afterwards to the Curragh to raise the 6th Service Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, with which he proceeded to the Gallipoli Peninsula on 9 July. He took part in all the heavy fighting at Suvla Bay until 15 Aug. when he fell in the moment of victory. The Colonel of his battn. writing to his widow, remarked: “I am sure all Ireland will soon hear of the charge of the Dublins and Munsters on that (15th) afternoon. Your husband (Capt. Preston, second in command) was responsible for it and organised it splendidly, and in conjunction with Capt. Whyte he brilliantly led it. It was a magnificent sight considering they charged up a hill through a hail of bombs and bullets. Capt. Preston got safely on the hill (capturing the trench), but in the counter-attack was fatally wounded in the right breast. I was the last officer to speak to him, and told him how splendidly he had done. Personally, I feel his death very much. No man could have helped his colonel more than he, the success of the regt. was greatly due to him.” Capt. Whyte, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, wrote: “We closed on the Munsters, and all collected on some dead ground about 100 yards from the crest; I was sitting beside John, and he was in his usual spirits, laughing and joking. When the word came that we were to clear the ridge we fixed bayonets, then we all started together, Dublins and Munsters, John shouting ‘Come on boys.’ They (the Turks) threw bombs and opened fire upon us as we neared the top, but we went straight on and rushed the trench. The Turks put up their hands. I saw John stop his men who were just going to bayonet a Turkish officer. As you know, he was my best friend, and was loved by every one in the regt., officers, N.C.Os, and men. The only consolation is that he died a glorious death, leading his men to victory, the death I am sure he would have chosen.” Capt. Preston wrote to his wife on that fatal 15 Aug., remarking: “I have had six hours sleep and am full of buck and life.” Also to his father a five-page letter. The battle had even then commenced in the valley below. It was written under strenuous circumstances, no change of clothes for five nights, and only six hours sleep, no chance of a wash, and exposed to the heat of a tropical sun, yet his last written words were “Love to you all; I am very fit and quite happy.” He and the Adjutant, Capt. Richards, who fell at the same time, were buried side by side in the same grave close to the sea shore at Suvla Bay. A flat gravestone covers them with their names engraved upon it under the words “In Victory.” He was mentioned for gallant and distinguished service in the field by Sir Ian Hamilton in his Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915. While in Egypt he and Lieut. Crozier sailed some hundreds of miles up the White Nile from Khartoum, in a rough native boat, on which occasion they secured a fine bag of big game, including lion, buffalo, elephant, hippo, and various specimens of antelope, deer, etc. He was a keen sportsman, well known with the Kildare and Meath hounds, and a fine cricketer and tennis player, and the best shot with revolver and rifle (tied) in his battn. Capt. Preston m. at St. Mary-le-Bone Church, London, 24 March, 1914, Sylvia, dau. of Arthur James Billin, of Tadworth, co. Surrey, and had a son: John Nathaniel, b. 27 Jan. 1915.

PRESTON, GEORGE FRANCIS, Private, No. 365, 3rd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of James Preston, of Milton, Hampshire (who served as a gunner in the R.G.A. for 12 years, and is one of the few survivors of Lord Roberts’ march from Kabul to Kandahar), by his wife, Florence Alexandra, dau. of the late Capt. F. Bunyer, R.H.A.; b. Harda, Central Province, India, 20 March, 1893; educ. National School, Milton; went to Australia in July, 1913, and settled at Milton, New South Wales, to learn farming; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt with the main force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was wounded in the right arm, shortly afterwards, and was killed in action there, 7–12 Aug. 1915; unm.

PRESTON, GEORGE THOMAS, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2520), 202274, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PRESTON, THOMAS ARTHUR, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17074, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PRETT, JESSE, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2123), 165403, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PRICE, ALFRED, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 3715), 133963, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

PRICE, CHARLES LEMPRIÈRE, D.S.O., Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, only child of Col. Thomas Charles Price, of 8, Inverness Gardens, Kensington, W., late R.A., by his wife, Amy Earle, dau. of Chas. Monteiro D’Almeida Lemprière, and gdson. of Col. Thomas Smith Price, H.E.I.C.S. (who received the Punjab medal with clasps for Mooltan and Googerat); b. Alderney, C.I., 17 Sept. 1877; educ. St. Paul’s School; privately, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Scots, 8 Sept. 1897; and promoted Lieut. 29 June, 1899, and Capt. 3 Nov. 1903; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and Lydenberg (5–8 Sept.); operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to Dec. 1901, and Feb. 1902 to 31 May, 1902; operations in Orange River, Dec. 1901 to Feb. 1902; was acting Provost Marshal, Komati Poort, and afterwards Station Staff Officer (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 20 Aug. and 10 Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with three clasps, and King’s medal with two clasps; awarded D.S.O. “for gallantry in leading an attack on the Boer position at Bermondsey, East Transvaal 16 May, 1901”; and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from — Aug.; was appointed Adjutant at the Front, and was killed in action at Vailly on 16 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne, while in command of the regt.; unm. A brother officer wrote: “I was present at the Battle of Mons with him and also at Le Cateau, and in the trying retreat almost as far as Paris, during the whole of which he was indefatigable, cheery, doing the work of ten men, full of resource, regardless of danger, the bravest and finest man I have ever known or wish to know; in losing him we have lost our best, a great sportsman and staunch friend. He will be mourned by the whole regt., by whom he was respected and beloved”; and Private P. Clancy, in describing his experiences during this time, said [“Dundee Advertiser”]: “We met the Germans on 23 Aug. On the 26th we were nearly annihilated at Cambray owing to the French reinforcements not coming up. About 7.30 o’clock that morning one of our airmen descended and reported that the French were advancing about 20 miles off, and would be able to reinforce us about mid-day. We waited anxiously, but 12 o’clock came and no French, and 5 o’clock and still no French. Half-an-hour later Major Butler gave the order ‘Retire, men, for God’s sake; every man for himself.’ Shells were flying thick about us, and it was an awful order to give. We got the order alright, but, with a few exceptions, it did not reach the Gordons, with disastrous results to them. So we began the never-to-be-forgotten retreat, with shells and bullets flying about everywhere. We got into Einecourt. When we got between a church and a farmhouse we came across two women and a child. Pipe-Major Duff said he would stay behind and look after them. This he did, and we saw no more of them. Our Adjutant, Capt. Price, who was one of the finest and most popular of the officers, and who was on horseback, said to us ‘Keep your heads, men. There are no marked men here. If the bullets are going to hit you they will hit you.’ The Gordons, 18th Royal Irish and 2nd Royal Scots were all together on the retreat, falling back as fast as they could. The last fight on the retreat was at St. Quentin, and then we fell back to Hams, within 24 kilometres of Paris. We blew up all the bridges and the roads as we retreated except one bridge, and upon that solitary bridge and for five miles beyond it 150 guns of the outer defences of Paris were trained. On came the massed forces of the Germans and started to cross the bridge. Out blazed the guns and the bridge was blown to bits, along with the Germans who were approaching and crossing it. Their losses were awful. But for us it was a terrible retreat, and I shall never forget it. Then came the turning movement. We were seventeen days and nights in the trenches at the Aisne without being relieved. It was a time of artillery duels. Here we lost Capt. Price, who had saved thousands of men at Cambray. He lost his life trying to save another’s. One of our N.C.O.’s was wounded and began to yell. Capt. Price was in his bomb-proof dug-out when he heard the shouting, and he called out to the man, ‘Alright man, I will be with you in a few minutes.’ Just as he got out of the trench he was hit by a bit of shell, and died a few hours afterwards. His loss was deeply regretted, because he was beloved by everybody.” At Mons, when the troops were in full retreat, men of many regts. hurrying down the road, and getting hopelessly mixed and out of hand, under heavy shell-fire, he noticed some guns on a ridge and succeeded in rallying some of his men in all that ghastly confusion, and holding the ridge for over an hour, while the guns were removed. Capt. Price was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914, “for gallant and distinguished service in the field.” He had the Coronation medal and was Past Grand Sword Bearer of England. In a speech at the Annual Dinner of the Royal Scots, Edinburgh Association (29 March, 1902), Col. Douglas described how, during the Boer War, Capt. Price was recommended for the V.C. They attacked the Boers, said Col. Douglas, in a very strong position at Bermondsey, their flanks being protected by precipices. It was a difficult position to turn. He sent Lieut. Dalmahoy with E Coy. to the left and they were round the Boer’s right in no time. The guns were in action at 1,600 yards. But E Coy. made the Boers bolt. Major Moir and Lieut. Dalmahoy went after them. Then the Boers took up a rearguard position, and it was here that Major Moir got hit in five places. He (Col. Douglas) sent Lieut. Price with a message to the firing line. When he reached it Corpl. Paul was in command. Lieut. Dalmahoy, Private Sheddon and another man were lying wounded about 50 yards in front of the firing line, which was 400 yards from the Boers. The men had two of the small intrenching implements with them, and with these each scraped up a little earth in front of them. This was the only cover they had. Lieut. Price ran out, picked up the nearest of the three wounded men, and carried him in. He found it heavy work and called for three volunteers. Three young L.-Corpls., M’Gill, Miller and Smith, at once responded. He made them take off their equipment and coats, and did the same himself, and then unarmed and in shirt sleeves they ran out. Nevertheless, the Boers at once turned a heavy fire on them, and, in bringing in the wounded, one of the bearers was hit. Lieut. Dalmahoy was again hit in the head, and Private Sheddon was killed. Lord Kitchener promoted Corpl. Paul to Sergt. for his gallantry, and recommended Lieut. Price for the V.C., and the three young L.-Corpls. for Distinguished Conduct Medals.

PRICE, EDWARD, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307395, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PRICE, EDWARD, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3876), 188494, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PRICE, PHILIP FRANCIS, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2434), 297773, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PRICHARD, FREDERICK GILES, Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., 3rd s. of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard, M.A., Rector of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of William McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire; b. Whalley Vicarage, co. Lancaster, 23 Aug. 1891; educ. Heswall (Miss Gore); Lindley Lodge, Nuneaton; Marlborough College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Yorkshire Regt., 4 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 Aug. 1914; served one year in England, and subsequently three years in India at Tezpur, Fyzabad, Kailana, and Kamptee; returned to England on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 Jan. 1915; was invalided home, suffering from frostbite, 19 Feb. following, but rejoined his regt. at the end of April; was severely wounded in the head and in six places in limbs and body as he was leading a platoon to the trenches on 3 May, within a week of his rejoining, and died in the Military Hospital, Millbank, London, S.W., 9 Aug. 1915; unm. His brother, Lieut. R. G. Prichard, was killed in action, 27 April, 1915 (see following notice).

PRICHARD, ROWLAND GEORGE, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. The Suffolk Regt., yst. s. of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard, M.A., Rector of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of William McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire; b. Thornton-le-Moors Rectory, co. Chester, 23 Sept. 1895; educ. Lindley Lodge School (Mr. R. S. Lea, M.A.), and Hereford Cathedral School (where he was for three years in the O.T.C.), and had been accepted for matriculation at Brasenose College, Oxford, but war breaking out, obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 15 Aug. 1914. He joined his regt. at Felixstowe, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France the same month attd. to the 1st Battn.; took part in the heavy fighting to the north of Ypres, for 11 days, and was then ordered to join the composite brigade of survivors, and was killed in action near St. Julien, 27 April following, while gallantly leading his men against some German trenches. Buried near St. Julien, in the rear of the trenches along the Zonnebeke-Ypres Road. When Sir H. Smith-Dorrien inspected his regt., a few weeks before his death, Lieut. Prichard was temporarily in command of a company, and his men were highly commended. His brother, Lieut. F. G. Prichard, died of wounds, 9 Aug. 1915 (see preceding notice).

PRICHARD, THOMAS LEWIS, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd s. of the Rev. Thomas Prichard, Vicar of Amlwch, Anglesey, and Rural Dean of Twrcelyn, by his wife, Jane; b. Penmachno, co. Carnarvon, 1 Oct. 1881; educ. Friar’s, Bangor; and Trent College, Nottingham; was made an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 18 Oct. 1900; gazetted Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 23 Feb. 1901; served in the South African War, 1901–02, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, Oct. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and received the Queen’s medal with four clasps. After his return he joined the Reserve of Officers, and in 1907 became an Inspector under the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, but on the outbreak of war rejoined his old regt.; was gazetted Capt., 2nd Battn., 9 Sept. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and died at the Allied Forces Base Hospital, Boulogne, 9 Nov. following, of wounds received in action on 27 Oct. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery. Capt. Prichard m. at the Parish Church, Waltham St. Lawrence, co. Berks, 26 Aug. 1908, Dorothy (Cae Synamon, co. Carnarvon), elder dau. of Leopold McKenna, of Honeys, Twyford, co. Berks, and niece of the Right Hon. Reginald McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and had two children: Leopold Owen, b. 22 July, 1912; and Cicely Gwladys, b. 18 May, 1909.

PRIDMORE, GEORGE WILLIAM, Sergt., No. 7017, 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., eldest s. of John Pridmore, of Montreal, Canada, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of George Mason; b. Gretten, co. Rutland, 14 May, 1885; educ. there; enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. in 1901; served with them in the South African War for one year; transferred into the Northamptonshire Regt. in 1903, and after being with the Colours for six years, passed into the Reserve, and became a Warder at H.M. Prison, Hedon Road, Hull. He was called up on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 1 Nov., and was killed in action at La Bassée 22 Dec. following, while endeavouring to save the life of his officer. Buried there. He 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. Sergt. Pridmore was one of the East Hull Fanciers, showing pigeons and cavies. He m. at the Baptist Church, Hull, 26 Aug. 1911, Mabel (Grindell Street, Hedon Road, Hull), dau. of John Priestman, of Hull, and had two daus.: Miriam May, b. 13 Jan. 1913; and Florence Edna, b. 22 July, 1914. His three brothers are now (1916) all on active service; one in the Scottish Rifles, one in the Border Regt., and another with the Canadian Contingent.

PRIMMER, GEORGE WILLIAM, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15993, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PRIMO, JOHN JAMES, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8281), 293992, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PRING, WILLIAM HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5035, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

PRINGLE, LEONEL GRAHAM, M.V.O., Capt., 1st Battn. Highland L.I., 4th s. of the late Commander James Thomas Pringle, of Torwoodlee, co. Selkirk, R.N., D.L., J.P., by his wife, Ann Parminter (Southdean, Colinton Road, Edinburgh), only child of the late Col. Black, 53rd Regt.; b. Ilkley, co. York, 27 April, 1880; educ. Vitzthum Gymnasium, Dresden; Sunningdale School; Radley College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Highland L.I., 12 Aug. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 1 Aug. 1900, and Capt. 24 June, 1908; joined the 2nd Battn. Highland L.I. in Oct. 1899, and transferred to the 1st Battn. on receiving his captaincy; left India for France 22 Aug. 1914, but stopped to guard the Suez Canal, arrived in France 4 Dec., was seriously wounded in action at Givenchy on the 19th of that month, and died a prisoner of war in Lazaret 111, St. Sauveur, Lille, 29 Dec. following; unm. Buried with military honours in the Southern Cemetery. Lille. Capt. Pringle had qualified as an interpreter, and was awarded the M.V.O. (5th Class) in 1903.

PRIOR, JAMES, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./10711, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PRISMALL, ARTHUR, Capt., 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.); b. 3 Jan. 1862; educ. privately; was for over 30 years with the banking firm of Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co.; joined the 4th Middlesex R.V.C. (West London Rifles) in 1881, receiving a commission in 1897; retired in 1905, but on the formation of the Territorial Force in 1907, rejoined, and was gazetted Capt. 10 Dec. 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with his Battn. in Nov., and was killed in action during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He m. in 1890, Sarah Russell Thomson (65, Loxley Road, Wandsworth Common), and had two sons and one dau.

PROCTER, CECIL, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3377), S.S. 101179, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PROCTER, MIDGLEY, A.B., (R.F.R., B. 3906), 163930, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

PROCTER, THOMAS, A.B., 224748, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PRODRICK, ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8007), S.S. 103747, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PROWSE, ARTHUR ROWLAND, A.B., J. 3470, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

PRYCE, HUGH BEAUCLERK MOSTYN, Capt., 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade, only s. of Edward Stisted Mostyn Pryce, of Gunley Hall, Chirbury, co. Salop, J.P., Montgomeryshire, by his wife, Henrietta Mary, yst. dau. of Charles William Beauclerk, of Winchfield House, Hants, D.L., and granddau. of the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Frederick Beauclerk [4th s. of Aubrey, 5th Duke of St Albans]; b. at Belmont, near Christchurch, Newport, co. Monmouth, 26 Oct. 1881; educ. Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. List, 8 Jan. 1901, and posted to the Rifle Brigade, 9 March following; promoted Lieut. 12 April, 1904, and Capt. 18 Jan. 1911; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, from Jan. to 31 May, 1902, and in those in the Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, Jan. 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 26 Jan. to 19 March, 1915, on which latter date he died at No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, of wounds received in action on the 16th during the Battle of St. Eloi. He was shot by a German sniper after gallantly storming the trenches there. Buried in the Cemetery of Bailleul; unm. Capt. Pryce was a good rider to hounds and a keen shot, and very popular in his regt. At Eton he was known as cox. of the Thetis and Prince of Wales boats on the river.

PRYKE, EDGAR, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269721, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PRYOR, ROBERT SELWYN, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., eldest s. of Selwyn Robert Pryor, of 19, Park Crescent, London, W., Merchant, in the firm of Messrs. Cotesworth & Powell, of 148, Leadenhall Street, E.C., by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Charles Lloyd Norman, of Bromley Common, Kent; b. 13, Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London, W., 25 Oct. 1895; educ. 13, Somerset Street, London, W. (Mr. Egerton); Northaw Place, Potter’s Bar (Rev. F. J. Hall); Eton, where he was in the O.T.C., and Trinity College, Cambridge, and on the outbreak of war was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France, 4 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Julien, near Ypres, 1 May following, by a sniper; unm. Buried there.

PUCKLE, CHARLES EDWARD MURRAY, 2nd Lieut., 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of Charles Murray Puckle, of Upton Grey, Toorak, Melbourne, Australia, Pastoralist, by his wife, Caroline Amelia, dau. of the late Charles Shuter, Police Magistrate, La Cote, Greendale, Victoria; b. St. Kilda, near Melbourne, 19 Feb. 1887; educ. Melbourne Grammar School; and was a Pastoralist in West Australia. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914 he at once volunteered and enlisted in the 1st Australian Division as a Private, leaving for Egypt in Oct. After five months there and in Lemnos, he took part in the memorable landing at Anzac Cove, 25 April, 1915. He was promoted 2nd Lieut. on the field in July, and was killed in action on the night of 31 July, 1915, leading an attack on the Turkish trenches. His Col. wrote: “By the dash and gallantry of this storming party the position was won, although not without many casualties, and Lieut. Puckle was unfortunately killed while bravely leading his men across the fireswept zone. I extremely regret the loss to the Battn. of such an efficient and promising young officer. He was universally respected and popular with all ranks, and his loss is keenly felt by all of us.” Lieut. Puckle was mentioned in Despatches by Sir Ian Hamilton. He was unm.

PUGH, WILLIAM JAMES THOMAS, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13366, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

PULLEN, ALFRED JAMES, Plumber’s Mate, M. 6553, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PULLEN, GUY HARPER, 2nd Lieut. Royal Horse Guards, The Blues, 2nd s. of Hugh Charles George Pullen, of Messrs. Davidson, Pullen & Co., Rua de Quitanda, 145, Rio de Janeiro, Merchant, and gdson. of the late Capt. T. C. Pullen, R.N.; b. Rio de Janeiro, 26 Feb. 1889; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and St. Francis Xavier’s College, Bruges; was afterwards engaged in business in the city of San Paulo, Estado de San Paulo, Brazil, being well known in the business circles of both Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo as a thorough sportsman, and a member of the big clubs of both cities. On the outbreak of war he came over from Rio to join the Army, and obtained a commission in the Royal Horse Guards, 10 Nov. 1914. He served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, in the charge of the Royal Blues, at Verlorenhoken, 13 May, 1915; unm.

PULLEN, PERCY LESLIE, 1st Class Stoker, K. 13489 (Ports.), R.N., 5th s. of James Pullen, of Bowley Farm, Farm Carter, by his wife, Charlotte; b. Kirdford, co. Sussex, 10 Feb. 1894; educ. North Mundham, near Chichester; joined the Navy 19 Dec. 1912, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; unm.

PULLINGER, GEORGE, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 15500, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

PULSFORD, FREDERICK THOMAS GEORGE, Rifleman. No. 2338, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Frederick Luke Pulsford, of 10, Tradescant Road, South Lambeth Road, S.W., by his wife, Blanche Bertha, dau. of George Hawke; b. London, 26 June, 1897; educ. Westminster City School; volunteered and joined the Rangers after the outbreak of war, 8 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 21 April, 1915. Buried at the back of the trenches there. 2nd Lieut. H. H. Bentley wrote: “On 21 April your son and his friend Elvin were in a dug-out at Zonnebeke tending to the pressing wants of a comrade who was dreadfully wounded. As they busied themselves with him, a German shrapnel fell into the dug-out and burst. The violence of the explosion and the deadly hail of shrapnel bullets annihilated all the occupants of the dug-out, and The Rangers lost two fine soldiers in the painless heroic deaths of your son and his friend Elvin. It gives me great pain to have to break this sad yet heroic news to you, because he was always a great friend of mine and one who always did the utmost of his duty.”

PUMPHREY, JOHN LAURENCE, B.A., Trooper, No. 2263, Northumberland Hussars, Imperial Yeomanry, yr. s. of Joseph Pumphrey, of Hindley Hall, Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Colliery Owner, by his wife, Frances, dau. of Jonathan Priestman; b. Shotley Bridge, co. Durham, 27 April, 1891; educ. Sedbergh School and Trinity College, Oxford (graduated B.A. in 1914); volunteered and joined the Northumberland Hussars after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Belgium with them in the 7th Division early in Oct., and died in hospital at Ypres, on the 25th of that month, of wounds received in action during the first Battle of Ypres the previous day; unm. The Hussars were dismounted and advancing to attack when he was shot through the head. Buried in Ypres Cemetery. His Major wrote: “He was one of the best and was enormously liked by officers and men alike. He always did his bit and a bit extra.” While at Sedbergh he was head of the school, and in the O.T.C. both there and at Oxford, where he took a 3rd class in Moderates and a 3rd in Greats. He played Rugby for his College and was President of the College Athletics in 1913.