RANKIN, JAMES, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, L. 4351 (Dev.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RANKING, JAMES GABRIEL LANCASTER, Capt., Assistant Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Indian Political Department, late Indian Army, elder surviving s. of Lieut.-Col. George Speirs Alexander Ranking, late I.M.S. now R.A.M.C., (T.F.), Administrator, 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, by his wife, Elizabeth Maunsell, yr. dau. of the late John Duncan, Assistant Inspector General, Royal Irish Constabulary, Commandant of the R.I.C. Depôt, Phoenix Park, Dublin; b. Tunbridge Wells, 14 Oct. 1883; educ. Tunbridge and Aldenham Schools, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.) Indian Army, 21 Jan. 1903; served his first year with the 2nd East Lancashire Regt.; posted to 46th Punjabis, 23 April, 1904; and promoted Lieut. 21 April, 1905, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1912; selected as probationer, Indian Political Department, 17 Dec. 1908; confirmed as Political Assistant, 5 Oct. 1911; appointed H.M. Consul at Ahwaz, and Assistant to Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 26 April, 1914; killed in action there, near Bushire, 12 July, 1915; unm. On that day, information having been received at the Residency that a concerted attack was to be made on the Residency that night, a reconnoitring party of 26 Sepoys and 6 Sowars, under the command of Major Oliphant, 96th Infantry, and Capt. Ranking, set out to verify the report. The cavalry party under Capt. Ranking came suddenly upon a strong body of the enemy (Tangistanis) in a garden, who opened fire at close range. The horse ridden by one of the Sowars was brought down. Capt. Ranking pulled up and dismounted to extricate the Sowar who lay pinned beneath his fallen horse. This he did, but it cost him his life, as he was shot down and killed. Major Oliphant coming to his rescue was also shot dead. The bodies of the two officers were recovered on the following day and brought into Bushire, and buried in the Telegraph Cemetery at Sabzabad. The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India wrote to Lieut.-Col. Ranking: “His Excellency desires me to say that the Political Department of which he is the Head, have lost in your son a most keen and promising officer, and one who had already done much good work for the Empire in remote and isolated parts of Persia,” and Major Trevor, Resident, Persian Gulf: “Your son and I went through some stormy times together in Arabistan at the beginning of the year, and then we both came here, and found things getting very lively. In the circumstances. I got to know your son very well and felt his loss a very great deal myself. I found him a most excellent assistant, and think that in addition to your having lost a dear son, his friends have lost a good friend and gallant gentleman. The Government has lost a very valuable officer.”

RANSOM, WILLIAM GEORGE, Officers’ Steward, 1st Class, L. 2595, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RATCLIFFE, GIBSON, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4848), 300320, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RATE, RICHARD AUSTIN, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7516), S.S. 102766, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RATTENBURY THOMAS ERNEST, Corpl., No. 1413, 18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Thomas Charles Rattenbury, by his wife, Annie (4, Besborough Place, London, S.W.), dau. of Henry Abrams; b. Westminster, S.W., 13 Sept. 1893; educ. St. Matthews School, Westminster; was engaged as a Clerk with Pathé Frères; joined the London Irish Rifles in 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at St. Alban’s; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. following, while gallantly advancing with his platoon to the attack on the German trenches; unm.

RAVEN, JOHN ROBERT, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3923), 184171, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

RAWLINGS, CECIL GEORGE SANDBROOK, L.-Corpl., No. 1784, 12th Battn. (The Rangers), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of George Rawlings, of Rosemont, Salisbury, by his wife, Ida, eldest dau. of William Sandbrook, of The Mount, Market Drayton, co. Salop; b. Salisbury, co. Wilts, 11 June, 1894; educ. Salisbury School and Denstone College, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; was employed with Messrs. Story & Co., at Kensington, and later with Messrs. Waring & Gillow; joined the Rangers, Oct. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France on the following Christmas Eve, and was killed in action near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915; unm. Capt. Arbuthnot in sending the news to his parents, wrote: “Just as it was getting light on the morning of the 15th, two platoons under Major V. Hoare were sent out to obtain information for the Brigade Gen., and to act as supports to some troops in front. It was not an easy task to move across the open in daylight, but Major Hoare’s leading was skilful, and he found the way into the shelter of a trench. When he had got about three-quarters of the men in the trench a shell burst right in the trench, and I most deeply regret to say killed Major Hoare and three men, one of those killed I grieve to say was your son. He was killed in action doing his duty. When darkness came on in the evening we buried him about 30 yards behind the trench. A Capt. of the King’s Royal Rifles read the burial service, abbreviated, by the light of an electric torch, while we stood round in a half-circle to prevent the Germans seeing the light and firing on us. I can assure you that your son’s death is a real loss to the company; he always did his work so calmly and efficiently, and at the same time he was a great favourite with the whole platoon.”

RAWLINGS, FRANK HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3848), 190362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RAWLINGS, JOSEPH EASTOE, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8926), S.S. 105702, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RAWLINS, CLIFFORD ARTHUR, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9107, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RAWLINSON, CURWEN VAUGHAN, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st, Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., only s. of the late Charles William Rawlinson, of Court House, Winchfleld, a Master of the Supreme Court, by his wife, Amy Vaughan (Shapley Heath, Winchfield, Hants), dau. of the late Alfred Fowler, of Down Hall, Kent; b. Kensington, 19 Aug. 1890; educ. Rugby; was reading Law with Messrs. Buck, Mellor and Norris, of 45, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, but after the outbreak of war joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in Nov., and obtained a commission, 16 Dec. 1914. He was killed in Flanders in the front trenches at Hill 60, 21–22 May, 1915; unm.

RAWORTH, WILLIAM ALFRED, Private, No. 2414, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Raworth, R.N. (now serving in a monitor off the Belgian Coast), by his wife, Marion Helen (21, Pear Tree Cottages, James Street, Hounslow), dau. of the late Alfred French; b. Notting Hill, London, 17 Nov. 1894; educ. Spring Grove Council School, Isleworth; after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Kensingtons, 1 Sept. 1914, served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, including the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and was shot by a sniper while leaving a dug-out for the trenches, 10 April, 1915; unm. He was buried in the churchyard at Fleurbaix.

RAY, GEORGE, Sergt., R.M.A. (R.F.R., A. 0761), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RAY, JAMES HENRY, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22054, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

RAYNER, CHARLES ALFRED, A.B., (R.F.R., B. 6901), S.S. 1083, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

RAYNER, FRANK, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26354 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

RAYNER, WILLIAM THOMAS, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5071), 179317, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RAYNES, ALBERT BRAINERD, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., eldest s. of Albert Edward Raynes, of 201, Denman Street, Nottingham, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of the late Anthony Terzza, of Nottingham; b. New York City, U.S.A., 21 Nov. 1894; educ. High Pavement School, Nottingham, and Nottingham University College, where he was in the O.T.C., and on the outbreak of war was given a commission in the 3rd Royal Sussex Regt., 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, attd. to the 2nd Royal Berkshires, and was killed in action during the bombardment preceding the attack at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; unm. He was struck by a shell towards the end of the bombardment and wounded, and shortly afterwards was killed instantly by another shell. A brother officer wrote: “I very much enjoyed his company during the time we were together.... He died like a British officer and a gentleman.” He was very fond of music and a good amateur photographer.

RAYNOR, HERBERT, Private, No. 2805, 1st Battn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regt., s. of John Raynor, by his wife, Eliza (now wife of William Cardwell, of 13, Cowel Street), dau. of George Fish; b. Blackburn, 9 Dec. 1894; educ. St. Paul’s School there; enlisted 9 Aug. 1914; went to France, Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 9 May, 1915; unm.

READ, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Stoker, R.N.R., 1618U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

READ, WILLIAM, Stoker, Petty Officer, 312525, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

READER, HENRY FRANK, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6719), 186352, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

READING, WILLIAM ERNEST, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1389), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

REARDON, GEORGE HERBERT, A.B., 236287, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

REARDON, SAMUEL MICHAEL, Stoker, Petty Officer, 156685, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

REASON, PATRICK EDWARD, 2nd Writer, 345759, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

REDDOCK, SAMUEL ALLAN, Lieut., 3rd Battn. (Toronto Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of —— Reddock; b. Toronto, Canada, 5 April, 1885; educ. Dutferin School, and the Central Business College, Toronto; joined the 2nd Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada as a Private in 1906, and became successively Corpl., Sergt., Colour-Sergt.; volunteered for Imperial Service after the outbreak of war; came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915; was promoted Lieut., 12 May, 1915, after the battle of St. Julien, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 26 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Festubert; unm. Buried Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne.

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

REDMAYNE, JAMES, Sergt., No. 2017, 7th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of William Redmayne, of 7, Cecil Street, Barnoldswick, co. York, Farmer, by his wife, Isabella Jane, dau. of Thomas Parker; b. Kirkby Malham, near Bell Busk, co. York, 2 June, 1879; educ. Wigglesworth, near Settle, co. York; was employed with Messrs. Bateman, Wholesale Provision Merchants, of Colne, co. Lancaster, for several years, but went to Australia in Jan. 1908; settled at Kyogle, and worked at a Sawmill for Messrs. Munro & Lever; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the Australian Imperial Force in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt in April; went to the Dardanelles in the beginning of June, and died on Hospital Ship Gascon, 11 July following, of wounds received in action there; unm.

REDMOND, WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8209), S.S. 104015, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

REDPATH, JAMES THOMAS, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, eldest s. of the late James Alexander Redpath, Northumberland Constabulary, by his wife, Hannah (now wife of Police Supt. Robert Henry Taylor, of Hexham), adopted dau. of Thomas and Hannah Mattison, of South Lodge, Blagdon, Northumberland; b. Haddon-on-the-Wall, co. Northumberland, 15 July, 1887; educ. Morpeth; enlisted in Feb. 1903; promoted Sergt. in 1906, and was given a commission, 11 Feb. 1915, in his own Battn.; served in Egypt and India, and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action at Y. Beach the following day. A commanding officer wrote: “His was a promising young life cut down. He had the brains and ability to rise to anything he wished”; and a comrade: “He was one of the best and died like a soldier. Twice he was wounded, had his wounds dressed and returned to the firing line between the time of landing on Y. Beach, on 25 April and 26 April, when he was killed gallantly leading his men. He behaved most coolly and well all through.” He was for two years running the Battn. shot, and held certificates for efficiency; took a keen interest in shooting, and hunting big game. He m. at Rothbury. 19 Oct. 1906, Agnes McMillan (16, Comely Bank, Edinburgh), dau. of William Macdonald, of Edinburgh, and had two children: Alexander William, b. 4 Sept 1909; and Rosalind Constance, b. 27 Feb. 1915.

REED, ERNEST WILLIAM, Chief Stoker, 295282, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

REED, JAMES McGREGOR, A.B., 233483, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

REED, JOHN ARTHUR, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5263), S.S. 1916, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

REED, JOSEPH JOHN, Private, No. 10903, No. 3 Coy., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of Joseph Reed, of 30, Cleaveland Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Brass Dresser, by his wife, Comfort Thurza, dau. of John Miles, of Deepfields; b. Wolverhampton, co. Stafford, 28 Oct. 1893; educ. St. Mark’s Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton; was a Grocer’s Assistant at Burges & Coulbourn’s, Team; enlisted on the outbreak of war, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France on 26 Nov. 1914, and died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, 26 Dec. following, of wounds received in action at Givenchy, on the 21st; unm. Buried in cemetery at Lillers.

REED, OLIVER, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3790), S.S. 1028, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

REED, REGINALD JOSEPH, Leading Seaman, 234667, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

REED, WILLIAM ELLIS, Private, No. 8571, 1st Battn. The Bedford Regt., eldest s. of William Reed, of The Mount, Royston, co. Herts, formerly of Whaddon, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Ellis (and Jane) Smith, of Whaddon; b. Whaddon, co. Cambridge, 9 Oct. 1887; educ. National School there; enlisted 3 July, 1906; served five years in Gibraltar, Africa and Bermuda, and passed into the Reserve, 13 March, 1913; was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; landed in France on the 13th of that month; took part in the retreat at La Bassée, and round Ypres, also in various other engagements during the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in action near Ypres, 30 March, 1915; unm.

REEVES, GEOFFREY FREDERICK JOHN, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt., only s. of Edward John Reeves, of The Cottage, Chandler’s Ford, co. Hants, Civil Engineer, by his wife, Erica Mary, dau. of the Rev. F. Young, of South Sheen; b. St. Leonards-on-Sea, 12 Oct. 1894; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and Jesus College, Oxford (Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Hampshires, 15 Aug. 1914; joined his regt. on the 31st, and was attd. to the 2nd Battn.; landed at the Dardanelles, 26 May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 6 June following; unm. Buried near Krithia. An officer of the 12th Royal Warwickshire Regt. wrote: “The Hampshires were fine and stuck to the trench. The position of the trench in which your son was, was in low ground so that he could not see the enemy advancing on the left; so kneeling on the parados he was directing their fire with good effect; I was passing just underneath him when he fell with a bullet through the head, death being absolutely instantaneous and just as he was in the middle of an order. It was due to officers like your son that the regt. stood firm in a very critical situation, and we also had a hand in recapturing the lost trenches.” During his last year at Victoria College he was head prefect, won the King’s Gold Medal for classics, was Colour-Sergt. of the Corps, Capt. of the shooting eight, and shot for the Oxford University during the summer term of 1914.

REGAN, EDWARD, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2224), 157652, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

REID, FRANCIS JACKSON, Private, No. 19765, 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. s. of Surgeon-Gen. Sir Adam Scott Reid, of 10, Zetland House, Chenistan Gardens, Kensington, W., K.C.B. M.B., M.Ch., I.M.S. (ret.), late P.M.O. Punjab Command, by his wife, Sidney Vaughan, dau. of Sidney Vaughan Jackson, of Ballino, co. Mayo; b. Hounslow, 11 Nov. 1881; educ. Bedford Grammar School; went to Canada about 1906; and was employed on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in Ontario and Winnipeg; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over with the first contingent, went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, on the night of 24–25 April following, while attempting (with some of the survivors of his Battn., which, with the Canadian Scottish, had charged through a wood during the night), to dig himself in; unm. Buried there. A comrade wrote telling of his death, and added how much he had been liked by the officers and men of his Battn.

REID, GEORGE, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5348), 184847, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

REID, GEORGE WHITELEY, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., elder s. of the late George Reid, of Oporto, Portugal, by his wife, Alice Georgina (Oporto), dau. of the late Rev. Edward Whiteley, M.A.; b. Campo Alegre, Oporto, 20 Sept. 1879; educ. Charterhouse, and Oriel College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., 4 Dec. 1901, and promoted Lieut., Sept. 1904, and Capt., 17 July, 1909, and appointed Adjutant, 21 March, 1912; served in the South African War (Queen’s medal with four clasps) 1902, and with the 88th Brigade, 29th Division, at the Dardanelles, 1915; landed at V Beach from the River Clyde on the night of 25 April, and took part in the subsequent capture of Sedd-el-Bahr village and Hill 141, and was killed in action during the advance on Krithia on the night of 1 May, 1915; unm.

REID, JAMES, L.-Corpl., No. 652, 1/8th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest s. of John Reid, of Forth View, Preston, Prestonpans (who served with the Cameron Highlanders in the Nile Expedition, 1884–5; operations in Upper Nile, 1885–6, and in the South African War, 1900–1), by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John Sutherland; b. Tranent, East Lothian, 16 July, 1894; educ. Tranent Public School; was employed as an Engineer with the Edinburgh Collieries at Bankton Colliery; joined the Royal Scots (T.F.) in March, 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914; trained at Haddington; went to France, 2 Nov. following, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; unm. Buried there, about 400 yards S.W. of Picantin. His Capt. wrote: “I many a time admired your son’s coolness and courage, and had always the utmost confidence in him. He was very keen on his duty, and let nothing come between himself and it; in fact, I can sum him up no better than by saying ‘he was a true soldier.’ He was a favourite with his comrades, and admired and much esteemed by myself and other officers of the Prestonpans Company.”

REID, ROBERT LOGAN, 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, 2nd s. of Robert Logan Reid, of 3, Newark Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Teacher of Music, by his wife, Agnes Hood, dau. of James Pattison; b. Pollokshields, aforesaid, 21 Jan. 1890; educ. High School there, and Glasgow Royal Technical College; served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Underhill & Ritchie, Electrical Engineers, and was for some time their travelling representative, subsequently being in the employ of Messrs. Allan Arthur & Ure, as manager of their North Berwick Depôt; joined the Glasgow Territorials in Jan. 1908; served with them four years and after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, obtained a commission in the 35th Signal Coy., Royal Engineers, 14 Oct. following; went to the Dardanelles, 3 June, 1915, unattd., and was there connected chiefly with the 29th Division, and was killed in action 8 Aug. 1915; unm. Three of his brothers are now (1916) on active service.

REID, WILLIAM BRAMICH, A.B., J. 1591, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

REID, WILLIAM LEONARD, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Dorsetshire Regt., 2nd s. of the Rev. John Reid, M.A., Minister of Foulden Parish, co. Berwick, by his wife, Martha Craig, dau. of John G. Gilchrist, of San Francisco; b. Foulden, 28 May, 1889; educ. St. Mary’s School, Melrose; Celle, Hanover, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Dorsetshire Regt., 6 Nov. 1909, promoted Lieut. 4 Jan. 1912, and Capt. 23 Jan. 1915; joined his regt. in Madras, India, 5 Jan. 1910; qualified for, and obtained, an interpretership in German while home on furlough in 1912; appointed Station Staff Officer, and Cantonment magistrate at Deolali, Bombay, on his return to India, but resigned this position on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and, rejoining his regt., went to the Persian Gulf with the Indian Expeditionary Force; took part in the fighting at the Shat-el-Arab, and the capture of Basra, subsequently being appointed German Interpreter to the Force, in which capacity he proved himself of the greatest use to the Expedition. During March, 1915, when a large body of Turks were concentrating round Basra, at his own request and that of his Col., he was permitted to leave the Indian Government Office, where he had been engaged, and return to his regt. The Turks were attacked and completely routed at Shaiba, but it was during this attack that he was wounded, 14 April, 1915, and he died the following morning; unm. Buried there. The Adjutant in describing his death wrote: “Reid was about 50 yards to my right, and I saw him directing his men very cool and collected, and about two o’clock when Cushing was mortally hit, Reid went over and attended to him. Later I had occasion to go over past him, and he asked me to send along more ammunition. About 4 p.m. the long desired artillery support began, and we started forward again. Reid was about the first to dash on with some few men. Then I saw him come back for more. I kept seeing him at intervals in the rushes till we were about 200 yards from the enemy, when we fixed bayonets. After the trench was taken I asked where he was, and was told he had been shot through the body in the last rush just before bayonets were fixed. Fortunately the regimental doctor was close up, and seeing he must be in considerable pain at once gave him some morphia. We put him in a cart with another wounded officer, and he died in the Field Hospital at Shaiba early next morning. I have been a very close friend of Reid’s for the last three years, and he makes a great gap here, though we cannot but be proud of the manner of his death. He was the most fearless man I’ve known.”

REILLY, RALPH ALEC, Lieut., 31st Punjabis, attd. 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force), yst. s. of Col. Bradshaw Lewis Phillips Reilly, of Oak Grange, Pangbourne, Indian Army, by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of Thomas White, of Eastry, Kent; b. Jubbulpore, Central Provinces, India, 7 Jan. 1889; educ. Bedford Grammar School; Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. Indian Army, 9 Sept 1908; served his first year with the Sherwood Foresters, being posted to the 31st Punjabis in Dec. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1910; was appointed Quartermaster 10 Oct. 1912; served at Fort Sandeman, and received high commendation from general officer commanding Quetta District for his services in that appointment; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, landing at Marseilles, 12 Oct. 1914, attd. to the 58th Vaughan’s Rifles, and was killed in action near La Bassée, 23 Nov. following, while attempting, with only six sepoys, to stop the attack of the 112th German Infantry Regt. Buried in Bethune Cemetery; unm. Major C. E. D. Davidson Houston, Commanding 58th Rifles, wrote: “I write on behalf of the officers of the regt. and myself to express our very great sympathy with you in the death of your son about noon on the 23rd inst. His loss will be very keenly felt by us all, for I have seldom seen a young officer so thoroughly keen and efficient and so dependable. I have had many opportunities of seeing his work as he was in my double company till I succeeded to the command on Col. Venour’s death, and I should have been only too glad to have had him with us permanently. Early on the 23rd, I heard rumours of the line away to our left being very hard pressed, so I sent up your son to the trenches with extra ammunition, and to bring back any reports he could from our officers of the exact situation. He arrived there safely, but, unfortunately, the crisis developed very rapidly, and as he was returning along the covered way a mass of Germans swept over the regt. on our left and reached the covered way. The last seen of your son alive was leading the half-dozen men he had with him against an overwhelming number of Germans—as honourable a death as is possible for a soldier”; and Major Thomson: “I would like to say how sorry we all were to have lost your son. In the short time he was with us we were able to see how good an officer he was. It will be some consolation to you to know that he died in a most plucky attempt to stop the enemy with a handful of men.”

RENDEL, REGINALD DACRES, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., yr. s. of the late Leopold Joseph Rendel, Engineer at Elswick, and English Manager of Armstrong’s Works at Potzzuoli, Italy (died 1896), by his wife, Gertrude Maria (Arverne, Crowborough, co. Sussex), dau. of the Rev. Frederick Fleming Beadon; b. Potzzuoli aforesaid, 3 May, 1896; educ. Crowborough; Summerfields, Oxford; Wellington College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Oxford and Bucks L.I., 12 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. following; went to France, 25 Nov., and was killed in action at Richebourg St. Vaast, 16 May, 1915; unm.

RENNIE, JOHN, Private, No. 9891, 1st Battn. Royal Scottish Fusiliers; accidentally drowned while on active service with the Expeditionary Force, 18 Aug. 1914.

RENTON, HARRY NOEL LESLIE, Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd s. of James Henry Renton, of Aspley Guise, co. Beds, formerly of Colombo, Ceylon, F.R.C.I.; b. Colombo, Ceylon, 18 Dec. 1894; educ. The Knoll, Woburn Sands, and Harrow School, matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, in April, 1913, and was to have entered into residence in Oct. 1914, but, on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, obtained a commission in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 23 Sept. 1914; was promoted Lieut. 13 Feb. 1915; went to France 20 May, and was killed in action near Hooge 30 July, 1915, during the capture of a German trench; unm. Buried there. Major Hennessy, of the 9th Battn., wrote: “I think you know what affection I had for your son, and the high esteem in which I held him. He was a real soldier through and through, absolutely fearless, painstaking, trustworthy, and his men loved him. He was my right hand in everything, and however difficult the task set him I could always be absolutely sure he would see it through all right”; and Capt. Young: “All through the day Noel behaved with the greatest coolness, and I do not know what we should have done without him, as there were only three of us. He never paid the slightest attention to danger, and he was tremendously pleased when I ordered the charge. Not only his own platoon but the whole company were devoted to him, and would have followed him anywhere—as they did. As you know he and I were great friends since last Sept., and there is nothing I can say except how fond we all were of him, and that he died as well as a man could.” At Harrow he was a monitor of the School, head of his house; house cricket and football captain, a member of the school cricket XI. He was a fine cricketer, and kept wicket for the School in the Eton and Harrow match at Lord’s in 1914.

RENVOIZE, ALBERT JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9562), 212151 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

REVELEY, EDWARD, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11753, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

REVITT, ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111883 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

REYNELL, CAREW, Lieut.-Col., 9th Imperial Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of Walter Reynell, of Reynella, South Australia, Vineyard Proprietor, by his wife, Emily, dau. of William Bakewell, of Shirley, Payneham, South Australia, and gdson. of John Reynell, of co. Devon (in male descent from Sir Richard Reynell, temp. Henry II.), who settled in South Australia in 1838, and planted the first vineyard in that State, and great nephew of Sir Thomas Reynell, K.C.B. (who served through the Peninsula and at Waterloo); b. Reynella, near Adelaide, 16 Sept. 1883; educ. St. Peter’s College, Adelaide, and on leaving there joined his father in the management of the vineyard. He joined the 16th Australian Light Horse as a Private, and after passing through the various non-commissioned ranks was gazetted Lieut. to the 7th Light Horse. Two years later he qualified for the rank of Capt., and was posted to the 22nd Light Horse. The same year he was promoted Major, and when the European War broke out he immediately volunteered for Imperial service. He went to Egypt as second in command of the 9th Light Horse, and on the death of Lieut.-Col. Miell succeeded to the command. He was killed in action at Anzac, 28 Aug. 1915. He had led three charges, within the space of two hours, against the Turks, and it was on the occasion of the fourth charge, while encouraging his men, that he fell, shot through the heart by a bullet. General Russell, writing to General Hughes, said: “Had I had any idea that he would have taken charge of the assault himself I would not have let him go. Anyway, we have lost as fine an officer as ever came from Australia. It is the luck of war, I know, but it is very hard luck when it means losing a man like Reynell;” and the latter, in a letter to Mrs. Reynell, wrote: “His regiment was temporarily detached, and sent over to Gen. Cox to do some special work. Gen. Cox is in command of the Indian Forces, and he told off one of the 9th Regt. Squadrons to take an important trench and, as they always do, they did their work magnificently. But it is now evident that your fine husband was too keen—if such is possible—and instead of leaving the work to the Capt. of the squadron, he went out himself. Gen. Cox and none of his Staff knew of this or they would have certainly stopped him.” General Birdwood, commanding the Australian Expeditionary Force, also wrote to a relative: “Col. Reynell turned out a first-class soldier. I had hoped so much from his command, for I knew how much he would have looked after his regt., and how well they would all have followed him. Such indeed proved to be the case during his very brief command. I am sure you know how deeply I do sympathise with you about this, more especially as I had seen a good deal of Reynell since he came here, and had taken such a fancy to him, for I at once recognised in him a really good, straight, fearless soldier. I think that perhaps almost anyone but him would have been content with the trenches already taken, and would not have decided to go on further to turn the enemy out of another position, as he did, and we can only admire his fearless courage and example in leading his men on in spite of everything.” Col. Reynell was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s despatch of 26 Aug. to 22 Sept. 1915 [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915]. He was a fine horseman and a prominent polo player, and for three years was Master of the Adelaide Hounds. He m. at Hahndorf, South Australia, 6 May, 1910, May Mabel, dau. of Douglas John Byard, M.A., and had two children: Richard, b. 19 Jan. 1912; and Lydia, b. 9 Feb. 1911.

REYNOLDS, EMANUEL, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3251), 302684, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

REYNOLDS, FRANK, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1404, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

REYNOLDS, HENRY CLENDON COLLIS, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. Wiltshire Regt., only s. of Thomas Collis Reynolds, of 92, Cambridge Gardens, North Kensington, W.; b. London, 1883; educ. Linton House School and Bradfield College; joined the Wiltshire Regt., and became Capt. 19 May, 1906; served in the South African War, 1901 (Queen’s medal), later going with his Regt. to St. Helena, to guard the Boer prisoners; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept. 1914; unm. Buried at Vailly. Capt. Reynolds had King George V.’s Coronation medal.

REYNOLDS, HERBERT JOSEPH, L.-Corpl. No. 595, 5th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of Edward Lee Reynolds, of 66, Milman Road, Walton, Liverpool, by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Edward Davis, of Holywell; b. Tranmere, 5 July, 1890; educ. Arnot Street Council School, Liverpool; was Manager of the Star Engineering Works, Southport; joined the Territorials in 1908; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 17 July following; unm. He was buried in an orchard farm, south of Givenchy.

REYNOLDS, JOSEPH, Petty Officer, Ch. 164729, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

REYNOLDS, LOUIS VICTOR, Ordinary Telegraphist, J. 14432, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RICARD, FRANK, M.A., LL.B., Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., eldest s. of Charles Ricard, of 97, Westbourne Terrace, London, W.; b. Amsterdam, 8 Jan. 1888; educ. Harrow, and King’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. Jan. 1913, LL.B., Nov. 1912, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, April, 1913; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Oct. 1914, and posted to the 1st Battn. 15 March, 1915; went to France 6 March, 1915, and was killed in action near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 25 April, 1915; unm. He was a fine linguist, and exceptionally musical, being an excellent violin player.

RICHARDS, HUGH LIDDON, Lieut., 14th (South Otago) Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of the Ven. Isaac Richards, Archdeacon of Invercargill, and Vicar of St. John’s there, Graduate of Exeter College, Oxford, by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of Robert (and Emma) Oxland; b. Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand, 14 July, 1891; educ. Lawrence High School, Otago, New Zealand; joined the New Zealand Field Artillery, 1909; gazetted Lieut., 14th Infantry Regt. (N.Z.T.F.), 25 March, 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt 16 Oct. following; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb., and was in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915; and was killed in action on Pope’s Hill 4 May following; unm. Buried in Beach Cemetery, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. An elder brother, Lieut. R. Richards, died of wounds on 23 May (see his notice).

RICHARDS, JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class, 304400, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

RICHARDS, ROBERT, Lieut., Field Artillery Brigade, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of the Ven. Isaac Richards, Archdeacon of Invercargill, and Vicar of St. John’s there, Graduate of Exeter College, Oxford (see under Lieut. H. L. Richards); b. Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand, 20 July, 1886; educ. Christ’s College, Christchurch, New Zealand, and the Merchant Venturers’ College, Bristol; joined the Warwickshire Territorial Artillery Brigade, 1907; gazetted Lieut., New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade, 7 June, 1912; volunteered with it for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt 16 Oct. following, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles 25 April, and died in hospital at Alexandria, 23 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli; unm. Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria.

RICHARDSON, GEORGE, Private, No. 1426, 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, s. of William Richardson, of Monkwearmouth, Master Mariner (lost at sea), by his wife, Harriet, dau. of William Healia; b. Monkwearmouth, 30 May, 1875; educ. Colliery Schools there; was employed at Hylton Colliery; enlisted, 1 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action “somewhere” in France, 29 March, 1916. He m. at Sunderland, 30 Aug. 1902, Sarah Jane (5, Varna Street, Southwick-on-Wear), 1st dau. of Joseph Gray, of Sunderland, and had five children: Thomas, b. 22 May, 1906; George, b. 10 Dec. 1910; Joseph, b. 22 Feb. 1914; Catherine, b. 8 May, 1904; and Gladys, b. 25 Jan. 1916.

RICHARDSON, HENRY CHARLES, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13853, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

RICHARDSON, HERBERT JAMES, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3881), 184244, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

RICHARDSON, JOHN WILLIAM, Private, No. 10904, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of John Richardson, of the Banks, Dunchurch; b. co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died at Bethune, 11 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action at Cuinchy the same day. Buried Bethune Town Cemetery.

RICHARDSON, JOHN THEODORE, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 2837, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RICHARDSON, RUSSELL, Ordinary Signalman, J. 25607, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

RICHARDSON, WALTER FAIRFAX, Capt., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., s. of Major-Gen. John Soame Richardson, C.B. (who commanded the Australian Contingent in the Sudan Campaign); b. Sydney, New South Wales, 17 Sept. 1873; educ. there; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Lancashire Regt., from the Local Military Forces, N.S.W., 2 June, 1894; promoted Lieut. 19 Nov. 1897, and Capt. 21 Nov. 1901; was Adjutant of his Regt. from 23 Dec. 1904 to 22 Dec. 1907; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Rouge Bancs, 9 May, 1915; unm. Buried at Rouge Croix.

RICHARDSON, WILLIAM, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), No. 9651, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RICHARDSON, WILLIAM JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 69), 173718, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RICHES, ROBERT JAMES, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 173426, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

RICHES, THOMAS, Corpl., No. 2117, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), s. of Samuel Riches, of Waldron, Sussex, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of David Rolph, of Cambridge; b. Clerkenwell, S.E., 25 Jan. 1887; educ. Waldron, Sussex; was a Bricklayer; volunteered and enlisted, Sept. 1914; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May following; unm.

RICKARD, HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7254), S.S. 102184, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RICKMAN, STUART HAMILTON, Major, 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Albert Divett Rickman, Rifle Brigade (with which he served 24 years), by his wife, Helen Burns-Fulton (now wife of Edward Dunn, of Childrey Manor, Wantage); b. Chatham, 11 May, 1872; educ. Eton; was gazetted to his father’s old regt. from the Militia on 29 Nov. 1893, became Lieut. 18 March, 1896, Capt. 27 July, 1900, and Major 16 Dec. 1911; served on the N.W. Frontier of India (Tochi medal with clasp), 1897–8, and in the South African War, 1899–1900, including the Relief of Ladysmith, the action at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and action at Val Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights (14 to 27 Feb. 1900), and the engagement at Pieter’s Hill; also during the operations in Natal, March to 22 April of that year (twice mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. and 10 Sept. 1901], (Queen’s medal with three clasps). He was subsequently employed with the West African Frontier Force (25 May, 1907, to 23 Nov. 1908), and in India; came home on leave from the 2nd Battn. in May, 1914, and on the outbreak of war was appointed second in command of the 1st Battn., with which he went to France on 21 Aug. During the retreat from Mons he was mortally wounded in the Cambray Le Cateau action on 26 Aug. while in command of the rearguard, and died the next day and was buried at Fontaine-au-Pire; unm. Gen. ... wrote to a friend: “None saw Major Rickman dead. He was dangerously wounded gallantly commanding the rearguard of our retirement on the afternoon of 26 Aug. and he was left, of course, where he fell.... By his excellent arrangements in placing his companies, and by his quiet confident manner in command of the supports to the most dangerous and important parts of our line, he did more than anyone to enable us to maintain our positions in that part of our line. I put him first in the list of officers mentioned in my report of the battle that day”; and a Staff Officer wrote: “The Rifle Brigade did splendidly, and Major Rickman’s conduct was magnificent, but we could not expect anything else from him. We brother officers have lost a fine soldier and the regt. has sustained a terrible loss and a real friend. One consolation is he fell fighting in the ranks of the regt. he loved so well. He will live in the annals of the regt.” He was mentioned for gallant and distinguished service in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s despatches of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914 and 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915].