The
ROLL OF HONOUR
A BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF ALL
MEMBERS OF HIS MAJESTY’S NAVAL
AND MILITARY FORCES WHO HAVE
FALLEN IN THE WAR
BY
THE MARQUIS DE RUVIGNY
_Author and Editor of “The Blood Royal of Britain,” “The Titled
Nobility of Europe,” and other works._
“And he Passed over ...
and all the Trumpetts sounded
for him on the other side.”
Volume I.
With some 2,500 portraits.
LONDON:
THE STANDARD ART BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED,
30–32, LUDGATE HILL.
AND EVER THE FAITH ENDURES.
These men have laid down their lives for England. In the future,
History will pass its verdict upon the War, its causes and its
consequences, the methods of its accomplishment, and on the men who
planned and schemed and fought to bring it to a triumphantly victorious
ending. Our children, and the generations which are to follow us,
for whose sake we have believed this war is being waged, will sit in
judgment on all that has been done in it for good or for ill. Let us be
content to be so judged.
But, whatever may be that verdict, what grander tribute can we humbly
pay to those who have fallen, what else can we proudly say of them than
the bare reiteration of the simple fact that they have made that last
and greatest sacrifice of all? That sacrifice has been reached after
the manner of our race, for the benefit of others, for the sake of
those ideals which we rightly regard alike as the foundation and the
characteristics of our nation.
From the fringes of the Empire men came homing back to the Motherland
to shoulder her troubles and die for her alongside of the veterans who
had already grown grey in the service of the King, and of the boys from
London Town.
Some have gone out to meet their death with laughter on their lips, and
some with prayers; and others have faced the end racked with the pain
of long drawn suffering. Some have died in the gladdening exaltation of
accomplished victory; and there are those who fought--and fought--and
turned again and fought--and fell, sleeping as they fell and dying as
they slept, in that grimmest nightmare of retreat at the opening of the
campaign.
Victory we have known--failure we have met; yet those who have fought
this fight for us have heaped up laurel upon laurel to add eternal
lustre to that battle fame which the centuries behind us have woven for
our name; and our children’s children will rejoice in the glory they
have made.
There are British graves in Flanders and Gallipoli, on the bleak
hillsides of Serbia and by the waters of the Euphrates. There are those
who now rest peacefully beneath the sullen waves of the grey North
Sea or the sun-kissed far Pacific; and of those who sleep so quietly
none now hears the maddening racket of this world at war in which they
played out their parts so gallantly.
Here are their names, officers and men together, as they fought and
died for this dear Empire which they have loved so exceeding well. Let
us pay tribute to their memory.
PREFACE.
The purpose of the Roll of Honour is to place on permanent record
the name of every officer, non-commissioned officer and man of His
Majesty’s Forces, on land or sea, who is killed in action, who dies of
wounds, or whose death is otherwise resulting from the present war. The
work is to be issued in a series of volumes, and the arrangement is
alphabetical.
The name, rank and regiment of every one whose name appears in the
official casualty lists are included, and where details have been
obtainable, the parentage, place and date of birth, schools, a
biographical sketch of career, and date and place of death, with
extracts from letters of Commanding Officers or comrades relating to
the action in which the officer or man fell, or to the particular
circumstances of his death. The names of children have been included
so that in the years to come they may themselves read, or teach their
children to read, of the glorious way in which their fathers died;
and of those individual acts of bravery that are the chief redeeming
features of war.
The present volume contains some 8,000 names, and deals with casualties
during the first year of the war, though certain exceptions have been
made in order that relatives, though killed at different periods, may
be included together. In every case it has been found possible to give
the full name and to state the actual date, and the locality, of death,
and these details must add very greatly to the value of the record, as
they are not to be found in the Official Casualty Lists.
A large number of portraits of officers and men will be found included.
With some 300,000 casualties it was obviously clearly impossible that
one should be given in every case, but when a portrait is supplied, the
publishers do their best to include it.
The three following volumes, which are at present in course of
completion or preparation, will, it is hoped, be issued this year.
These are the second and third volumes for 1914–15, and the first
volume for 1916. It is earnestly hoped that relatives of those deceased
in the service will, by furnishing particulars, co-operate in carrying
out what is, even with the official facilities which are being given,
an exceedingly difficult task.
The Editor and Publishers wish it to be distinctly understood that the
insertion of any name is in no way dependent upon the payment of any
fee or of subscription to the book, and that no fee will be accepted
for the insertion of any name.
The complete text of the official despatches will be given in the final
volume, and in this will also be included a regimental index, in which
will appear under each regiment a roll of the officers and men who have
been killed, or died on active service, throughout the war, with a
reference to the volume in which the biography appears.
14–15, HANOVER CHAMBERS,
BUCKINGHAM STREET,
ADELPHI, W.C.
_December, 1916._
The Roll of Honour.
=ABBAY, MARMADUKE JOHN NORMAN=, Capt., 87th Punjabis, Indian
Army, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Richard Abbay, Rector of Earl Soham,
Framlingham, Hon. Canon of Norwich, and Alderman of East Suffolk, by
his wife, Janet, dau. of the Rev. Canon C. F. Norman, and grandson
of Thomas Abbay, of Great Ouseburn; _b._ Earl Soham Rectory,
co. Suffolk, 3 Nov. 1885; educ. at The College, Framlingham; Mr.
T. Eastman’s, Winchester, and at Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Dorsetshire Regt. 16 Aug. 1905; promoted Lieut. and transferred to the
87th Punjabis, 16 Nov. 1907, and Capt. 16 Aug. 1914. On the outbreak of
war he was attached to the 47th Sikhs, Lahore Division, served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was slightly wounded at
Neuve Chapelle, 10–14 March, 1915, where only one British officer out
of ten was untouched; and in the attack at Ypres on Sunday, 25 April,
when the machine gun bearer--a Sikh--was struck down, Capt. Abbay took
the gun and carried it, drawing the fire of the enemy on himself, until
he fell badly wounded. Being very hot with his exertions and faint
from loss of blood, he told his men to pour cold water over him, and
they, being Indians, did so. The result was that, besides being very
seriously wounded, he was very ill when he reached the hospital at
Boulogne, the wound would not heal, and he was unable to survive the
third serious operation, and died under an anaesthetic on 10 May. He
was brought home and buried with military honours at Earl Soham. Bronze
memorial tablets by Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, Bt., R.A., have been
placed in the churches of Earl Soham, Suffolk, and Great Ouseburn,
Yorkshire. His two brothers are (1916) on Active Service--Major Bryan
Abbay as second in command of the 20th Royal Fusiliers (3rd Public
Schools Battn.,) and Lieut. Ambrose Abbay, in command of the Destroyer
Garry.
[Illustration: =Marmaduke J. N. Abbay.=]
=ABBOT, JOHN=, Private, No. 3248, 1st Battn. Loyal North
Lancashire Regt.; was employed at Mr. J. Fletcher’s Great Lever
Brickworks, Bolton; enlisted on the outbreak of war; went to France
early in April, 1915, and was killed in action on the Western Front,
June following, aged 19.
=ABBOTT, ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5365), S.S. 99, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ABBOTT, CHARLES THOMAS=, Coy. Q.M. Sergt., No. 5080, B Coy.,
2nd Battn. Royal Irish Regt., _s._ of Graves Abbott, Sergt. 1st
Battn. Royal Scottish Fusiliers; _b._ Secunderabad, India, 13
Sept, 1881; enlisted 15 April, 1896; served in the South African War
(Medal with Clasps), in India, and with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; killed in action 24 May, 1915. He _m._ at
Karachi, 9 Dec. 1908, Margaret Helen, dau. of John William Gorbey, of
Carrick-on-Suir, and had a son and two daus: Henry Graves, _b._
Agra, 17 Nov. 1910; Agnes May, _b._ Agra, 2 Oct. 1909; and Ellen
Rewa, _b._ on the troopship Rewa in the Bay of Biscay, 26 Dec.
1911. Sergt. Abbott’s brother-in-law, Corpl. Frank R. Gorbey, D.C.M.,
was killed in action, 23 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles Thomas Abbott.=]
=ABBOTT, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 16125, 1st Coy. Grenadier
Guards, eldest _s._ of William Abbott, of 123, Ranelagh Road,
Ipswich; killed in action in France, 26 Oct. 1914, aged 20.
=ABBOTT, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 20738, 10th Battn. 1st
Canadian Contingent, yr. _s._ of Frederick Charles Abbott, of S.
Mildred’s, Salters Hill, Norwood, S.E., Solicitor; _b._ Brixton,
2 Feb. 1885; educ. at Dulwich College; was Assistant Baggage Master,
C.P. Railway, at Medicine Hat, Alberta. On the outbreak of war joined
the Canadian Contingent, Sept. 1914, was promoted Corpl. April, 1915,
and was killed in action in the second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Charles Abbott.=]
=ABBOTT, ROBERT=, A.B., 211311, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ABBOTTS, HARRY=, Private No. 16814, 5th Battn. Shropshire L.I.,
_s._ of David Abbotts, of Brierley Hill, co. Stafford, and Hampton
Charles, co. Hereford, by his wife, Jane (_d._ 19 May, 1912),
dau. of Richard Bedford, of Bromyard, co. Hereford; _b._ Hampton
Charles, 4 May, 1896; educ. Bockleton National School; enlisted, 3
Feb. 1914; was sent to the Front at his own repeated request, and
died of wounds received in a bayonet charge at the Battle of Loos, 25
Sept. 1914. After being wounded he was removed to the trench occupied
by the Durhams, where he died. Corpl. R. J. Smith wrote: “At 3 a.m.
on 25 Sept. the big guns started to clear the way for the R.B.’s, O.
and C.’s, Bucks and Shropshires to get over the parapet ... all too
eager they went before it was intended, and the R.B.’s fell to a man,
principally owing to a mine being exploded. Five only crawled back.
The O. and C.’s and Bucks in the middle found no support for them, but
still went on with the Shropshires on the right, and gained their goal,
‘but owing to the heavy losses and no supports being forthcoming’ the
ground gained had to be left again, and most of the casualties of the
Shropshires happened then. Your brother managed to get back to our
lines, and everything possible was done for him and others, but this
was not much in the trenches in the daytime. He died 8.30 a.m. 26 Sept.
in the traverse I was in charge of.”
[Illustration: =Harry Abbotts.=]
=ABBS, TOM WILLIAM ROBERT=, S.B.A., M. 4398, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ABEL, CLAUD CECIL=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B.1884), Ch.
12162, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ABERCROMBIE, ROBERT HENRY CHESTER=, 2nd Lieut., 1/8th Battn.
Middlesex Regt., only _s._ of Chester Abercrombie, of Ashberrie,
Ruislip, Middlesex, by his wife Ada, dau. of Robert Large Baker, of
Leamington, M.D.; _b._ Willesden, N.W.; educ. at Woodriding
School, Pinner, and Elstow School, where he was a member of the O.T.C.
On leaving school he entered the London County & Westminster Bank,
and was successively in the St. John’s Wood, Hanover Square, Uxbridge
and Hastings branches, and after the outbreak of war joined the 2/9th
Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. in Oct. 1914; was promoted Corpl. in Nov.
and Sergt. in Dec.; obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. with the
3/8th Battn. of the same regt. in March, 1915, and the following month
was transferred to the 1/8th Battn., then in Flanders. In the fighting
at Frezenberg, near Ypres, 3 May, 1915, the company were detached as
escort to the artillery, and he was killed while in command (the other
company officers having been all killed or disabled) in the act of
helping a wounded comrade. Buried in Poperinghe Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert H. C. Abercrombie.=]
=ABERDEEN, JAMES=, Corpl., No. 5391, B Coy., 2nd Battn. Queen’s
Own Cameron Highlanders, _s._ of (--); _b._ Durham, 8 June,
1880; joined Army 10 July, 1900, served nine years with the Colours
and five years in the Reserve, and had a medal with 4 clasps for the
South African Campaign. On the outbreak of war he was called up, and
after going through the Battle of Ypres, was killed by a shell on 30
April, 1915, while resting in a wood. He _m._ 20 March, 1900,
Brandon, co. Durham, Margaret Hannah, dau. of George Stringer, of New
Brancepeth, Durham, and had two children: James Gordon, _b._ 16
May, 1913, and Vera Rebecca, _b._ 19 Oct. 1911.
[Illustration: =James Aberdeen.=]
=ABRAM, ERNEST WILLIAM=, P.O. (N.S.), 167361, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1915; _m._
=ABRAMS, FREDERICK=, L.-Corpl., No. 9504, 2nd Battn. Duke
of Cornwall’s L.I., 3rd _s._ of the late William Abrams, of
Portsmouth; killed in action on the Western Front, 23 April, 1915, aged
23.
=ABRAMS, HAROLD JAMES=, A.B., No. 233190, H.M.S. Good Hope, 2nd
_s._ of the late William Abrams, of Portsmouth; lost in the naval
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914, aged 25.
=ABRATTHAT, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), B. 1999, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ACTON, WILLIAM ALBERT=, Private, No. 9952, 2nd Battn. L.N.
Lancashire Regt., _s._ of William Samuel Acton, of 26, Stansfield
Road, Brixton, S.W., Labourer; _b._ Bow, E., 2 June, 1891; joined
the Army 28 Feb. 1910, served two years at Preston and Tidworth,
was drafted to India in Sept. 1912, and whilst serving there gained
certificates for signalling and firing; in Jan. 1915, accompanied the
Indian Expeditionary Force to British East Africa, and was killed in
action at Makton, 3 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Albert Acton.=]
=ADAM, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 5558, Royal Scots Greys, 2nd _s._
of the late George Adam, of Edinburgh, Merchant; killed in action on
the Western Front, 10 Sept. 1914, aged 28.
=ADAMS, CLARE ROBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27420, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ADAMS, ERNEST ALEXANDER HECTOR=, Leading Seaman, 206926, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=ADAMS, FRANCIS HENRY=, Private, No. 10349, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Edwin Adams, of New Barn, Stanton Fitzwarren,
Highworth, Wilts; reported missing between 29 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1914, and
now assumed to have been killed in action in France between these
dates.
=ADAMS, FREDERICK=, Canteen Assistant, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ADAMS. GEOFFREY LLOYD=, Private, No. 1711, Princess Patricia’s
Canadian L.I., 4th _s._ of the late George Frederick Adams, of
Cardiff, M.Inst.C.E., by his wife, Ellen Gertrude, Ty-Draw, Parkstone,
dau. of Frank Irwin, of Ebbw Vale, co. Monmouth, M.D.; _b._
Penarth, co. Glamorgan, 9 Aug. 1881; educ. Bedford Grammar School.
While at Bedford School he was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s
Certificate for saving the life of a little child at Cardington Mill,
near Bedford. Enlisted in Princess Patricia’s L.I. in Ottawa after the
outbreak of war, 1 Oct. 1914. Killed in action at Bellewarde Lake, near
Ypres, 8 May, 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was loved and
respected by his comrades and trusted by his officers. I say in all
sincerity that no braver man ever lived than G. Lloyd Adams. He died
facing the enemy with his rifle in his hand, and twice they drove them
back.”
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Lloyd Adams.=]
=ADAMS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, (R.F.R.), B. 2978, 299119,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=ADAMS, GEORGE STOPFORD=, Major, 1st Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers,
elder and only surviving _s._ of the late Lieut.-Gen. Cadwallader
Adams, C.B., late Col. 49th Foot (served in the Crimean War, wounded
at Inkerman), by his wife, Ann Catherine Elizabeth (66, St. George’s
Square, S.W.), dau. of Brig.-Gen. James Stopford, C.B., and grandson
of the late Henry Cadwallader Adams, of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick,
J.P., D.L.; _b._ Belgum, India, 2 July, 1872; educ. Wellington
College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted (Hon.
Queen’s Cadet) as 2nd Lieut. Lancashire Fusiliers, 25 Feb. 1893, and
promoted Lieut. 10 July, 1895, Capt. 9 Oct. 1899, and Major 30 April,
1913, and was Adjutant of Volunteers, 15 July, 1904, to 14 Jan. 1908;
served in the South African War, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902; took part
in the operations in the Orange Free State and Cape Colony (Queen’s
medal with four clasps), and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force, 1915; was present at “Lancashire Landing” on Beach W, Gallipoli,
24–25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there 11 May following. On
reaching the beach on the 25th, a withering fire from right left and
centre was poured into them, and many were instantly killed, including
the subaltern on his right, and the Sergt. with the wire-cutter on
his left. Major Adams at once seized the wire-cutter from him and cut
a lane through the barbed wire, through which he and the survivors
of his company rushed. Owing to submersion in the water the breech
mechanism of their rifles had become clogged. Major Adams therefore
gave the order to fix bayonets, and they charged up the heights and
drove the Turks from their trenches. The Colonel-in-Chief wrote: “I
have heard from many in the regt. of the particularly fine behaviour
and leading of your son, and I know that in his case the V.C. was
thoroughly deserved.” The Colonel wrote: “It is far the worst loss we
have suffered, and has cast a gloom over the whole battn., as he was so
popular with all ranks.” He _m._ at St. Matthew’s Church, Denmark
Hill, London, 12 July, 1905, Muriel Ada (3, Rectory Place, Guildford),
dau. of John Cooke Harker, of Danehurst, Champion Hill, S.W., and had a
son, Derric John Stopford, _b._ 17 Jan. 1907.
[Illustration: =George Stopford Adams.=]
=ADAMS, GEORGE THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9765), 205993, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ADAMS, JOHN GOOLD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Prince of Wales’ Leinster
Regt. (Royal Canadians), _s._ of the Ven. John Michael Goold
Adams, Rector of Clonleigh, co. Donegal, and Archdeacon of Derry, by
his wife, Emma, dau. of Robert McClintock, of Dunmore, co. Donegal,
D.L.; _b._ Rossdowney Vicarage, Londonderry, 10 Oct. 1883; educ.
Bilton Grange Preparatory School, Rugby, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. Leinster Regt. 22 April, 1903, becoming Lieut. 15 Dec. 1904,
and Capt. 21 Sept. 1912; served at Pretoria, 1903–4. with the Mounted
Infantry at Harrismith, 1904–5, and in the Mauritius, 1905–6, and was
employed with the West African Frontier Force in Northern Nigeria, 1908
to Nov. 1913. After the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he accompanied
his regiment to France (Dec. 23), was wounded in Feb. 1915, and was
killed in action at Hill 60, near Ypres, 4 May following. He _m._
at Moneyguyneen, Birr, King’s County, 5 Aug. 1913, Ierne Grace, dau. of
Assheton Biddulph, M.F.H., of Moneyguyneen aforesaid; _s.p._
[Illustration: =John Goold Adams.=]
=ADAMS, LAURENCE KINGSTON=, M.A., A.R.I.B.A., Lieut., 7th King’s
Liverpool Regt., _s._ of William Adams, of Wyndcliffe, Birkdale,
co. Lancs, by his wife, Celia; _b._ New Brighton, co. Chester, 10
Aug. 1886; educ. Elleray Park School, Wallasey, Cheshire, Shrewsbury
School, and Liverpool Univ.; joined the 7th King’s Liverpool Regt.
(T.F.) as 2nd Lieut. in 1908, becoming Lieut. four years later. On the
outbreak of war the entire regiment volunteered for foreign service and
proceeded to the front early in March, 1915. Lieut. Adams fell at the
head of his platoon in the attack on the enemy’s trenches at Richebourg
on the night of 15–16 May. They had gained the first trench, and he
was shot dead on the parapet of the second trench. His brother-in-law,
Capt. Marriott, of the same regiment, and six willing privates had his
body removed and buried in the Rue du Bois, about two miles south-west
of Neuve Chapelle. A cross bearing his name marks the spot. After
leaving Shrewsbury he graduated at Liverpool Univ., taking his degree
with first-class honours in architecture, later becoming an A.R.I.B.A.
[Illustration: =Laurence K. Adams, M.A.=]
=ADAMS, ROBERT JOB=, Rifleman, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney
Rifles) The London Regiment, _s._ of William George Adams, of 139,
Green Street, Bethnal Green, China and Hardware Dealer, by his wife,
Jane Sophia, dau. of Robert Ormes; _b._ Bethnal Green, E., 19 Feb.
1895; educ. Bonner Street L.C.C. School, and became a clerk in the Wool
Department of the Port of London Authority at the London Docks. Having
originally joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles 14 April, 1910, he
rejoined 6 Aug. 1914, the day following the declaration of war, went
to the Front with his regt., 17th County of London, and was killed
in action at Le Philosophe, between 9 and 10 a.m. on 11 June, 1915;
_unm._ His company officer (Capt. J. Evan Evans) wrote: “He was
on sentry duty, and with great keenness was trying to locate a sniper
who had been seen to move earlier in the morning, unfortunately too
much of his head showed over the parapet which resulted in him being
struck by a bullet believed to be an explosive one. I do hope this will
be of some consolation to you to know that he played a man’s game and
died a man’s death in face of the enemy. Death was instantaneous with
no suffering whatever.” Adams was secretary of the Christian Endeavour
Society of the Grove Road Baptist Chapel and was a good all-round
athlete. He won his school prize for swimming at the age of eleven.
=ADAMS, ROLAND=, Signal Boy, J. 23322, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ADAMS, THOMAS HENRY=, A.B. (Ch. R.F.R., B. 6034), late No.
188155, R.N., _s._ of Thomas Henry Hicks Adams; _b._ Buxton,
8 Aug. 18--; entered Navy, April, 1897, and was lost on the Aboukir, 22
Sept. 1914. He _m._ Lancaster, 18 April, 1908, Mary Ellen, dau. of
William Thomas Beattie, and leaves two sons: Thomas, _b._ 10 July,
1910, and Harry, _b._ 29 March, 1912.
[Illustration: =Thomas Henry Adams.=]
=ADAMS, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3866), S.S. 101726,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ADAMS, WALTER FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4909), 195243, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=ADAMS, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 11241, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William James Adams, of 78, Brighton Road,
Watford, Gardener, by his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of James Borthwick;
_b._ East Finchley, N., 11 Jan. 1887; educ. St. Matthew’s School,
Ipswich; enlisted after the declaration of war, in Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action at Richébourg, 14 March, 1915; _unm._ He was
buried in Bethune Cemetery.
[Illustration: =William Adams.=]
=ADAMS, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Private, No. 7115, 29th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William James Adams, of
Middle Street, Preston, Canada (now on active service with the Canadian
Expeditionary Force); _b._ London, 21 Sept. 1897; went to Canada;
joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war; came
over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; crossed to France in Feb.,
and died 7 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of
Langemarck; _unm._
=ADAMSON, DAVID=, Private, No. 8233, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of William Adamson of 2, North George Street, Dundee;
_b._ Pettenween, co. Fife; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; killed in action 14 June, 1915.
=ADAMSON, JOHN EDWARD=, No. 10473, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
nephew and adopted _s._ of Stephen Adamson, of South View, South
Pelaw, Chester-le-Street; _b._ Durham; _d._ 2 Feb. 1915, of
wounds received in action at Cuinchy; _unm._
=ADAMSON, THOMAS=, formerly of the Bank of Scotland, Corpl., No.
S/11312, 2nd Battn. Cameron Highlanders, yst. _s._ of Robert
Adamson, of Garfield, Cardross; killed in action in France, 11 May,
1915, aged 24.
=ADAMSON, WALTER BENJAMIN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27366, H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of Samuel Adamson, of 4, London Road, Halesworth, co.
Suffolk; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ADDLEY, EDWARD=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 3401, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ADDY, EDWARD=, Lieut., 9th Battn. Australian Imperial Force,
eldest _s._ of Edward Addy, of Catfield, co. Norfolk, by his wife,
Marion, dau. of John Garrod, of Swaffham, Norfolk; _b._ Ludham,
co. Norfolk, 5 July, 1873; enlisted in the Norfolk Regt. in 1888, and
served in that same regiment for twenty-two years, being for ten years
Colour-Sergt.-Instructor at Bungay, Yarmouth, and Gorleston-on-Sea;
was afterwards for seven years in India, and went to Australia in
1911. There he joined the Commonwealth Forces as a Staff-Sergt.-Major,
and when war broke out volunteered for Active Service with the 9th
Battn. of the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force. He was gazetted Lieut.
24 July, 1915; left for Egypt with his Battn. and proceeded to the
Dardanelles, taking part in the landing; died from dysentery in Imtarfa
Hospital, Malta, 17 Aug. 1915. Lieut. Addy had a Good Conduct Medal,
and also a medal with two bars for the Tirah and Punjab Frontier
skirmishes. He _m._ at Colchester, 31 Oct. 1900, Annie Laurie
Gladden (72, Magdalen Street, Colchester), dau. of John Gladden, and
had two sons and two daus.: Edward John, _b._ 27 April 1907;
Raymond Clive, _b._ 27 Feb. 1913; Dorothy May, _b._ 6 Aug.
1904 and Pearl Mary, _b._ 30 Aug. 1910.
[Illustration: =Edward Addy.=]
=ADDYMAN, WILLIAM JOHN=, Officers’ Steward, 2nd Class, L. 645
(Chat.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ADEANE, HENRY ROBERT AUGUSTUS=, Capt. 4th, attd. 1st, Battn.
Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Admiral Edward Stanley Adeane,
R.N., C.M.G., by his wife, Lady Edith Isabella Dalzell, 2nd dau. of
Harry Burrard, 14th Earl of Carnwath; _b._ 28, Eaton Place, S.W.,
31 July, 1882; educ. Winchester and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the Coldstream Guards 18 Jan. 1902; promoted Capt. 1910, and retired 17
May, 1913. On mobilisation he rejoined the 4th (Special Reserve) Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 5 Aug., and was killed in action near Ypres, 2 Nov.
1914, with the 1st Battn. He _m._ at the Chapel Royal, St. James’
Palace, 15 Sept. 1909, Victoria Eugenie, dau. of Col. Sir Arthur Bigge,
now Lord Stamfordham, and had a son, Michael Edward, _b._ 30 Sept.
1910.
[Illustration: =Henry Robert A. Adeane.=]
=ADLAM, ARTHUR WILLS=, Private, No. 1269, 1/4th Battn. (Queen’s
Edinburgh Rifles) The Royal Scots (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late
Richard Wills Adlam, Superintendent of Public Parks in Johannesburg
(_b._ co. Wilts., England; _d._ 17 July, 1903), by his wife,
Grace Campbell (49, West Savile Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of Duncan
McDiarmid; _b._ Johannesburg, 7 Jan. 1895; came home with his
mother after his father’s death; entered the service of the British
Linen Co. Bank on leaving school in 1911; joined the Banker’s Coy. of
the Royal Scots in Feb. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war; left Liverpool about the end of May, 1915, and landed
at the Dardanelles, 14 June, and was killed in action there in the
attack on Achi Baba, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ He was twice hit early
in the charge, and was endeavouring to get back to the dressing station
when he was again struck, this time fatally.
[Illustration: =Arthur Wills Adlam.=]
=ADMANS, WALTER GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 13092, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Walter William Admans, of Sunnyside Cottage,
Newbury, Farmer, by his wife (1st son), Jane Sophia, dau. of (--);
_b._ Kentish Town, London, 3 Dec. 1889; educ. Charlton Road
School there; enlisted 6 Oct. 1914; was severely wounded in the head
at the Battle of Hooge, 10 Aug. 1915, and _d._ at Calais, 13 Aug.
following, being buried in the Southern Cemetery there. He _m._
at Oxford, 26 July, 1909, Alice Elizabeth (Avon Villas, Avon Street,
Stoke, Coventry), dau. of Eli John Greenwood, of Magdalen Road, Oxford,
and had two children: Walter William John, _b._ 25 Jan. 1910, and
Dorothy Mary Alice, _b._ 30 July, 1912.
[Illustration: =Walter George Admans.=]
=ADSHEAD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 12294, 3rd Battn. Middlesex
Regt., _s._ of Thomas Adshead, of 47, Ermott Street, Stepney, E.;
killed in action on the Western Front, 15 Feb. 1915.
=AFFLECK, LEWIS ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 8494, 1st Battn. Scots
Guards, _s._ of George Affleck, of Loanhead, Midlothian; _b._
Lesmahagow, co. Lanark; killed in action on the Western Front, 12 Nov.
1914.
=AGER, JAMES ALFRED=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19331, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=AGNEW, NATHANIEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8676), S.S.
105083, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=AIKENHEAD, ROBERT=, Private, No. 27853, 15th Battn. (48th
Canadian Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._
of Major Frank Aikenhead, commanding The (Somerset) R.H.A., by his
wife, Mabel, dau. of the late Major-Gen. Edward Andrée Wylde, R.M.L.I.,
and grandson of the late Robert Aikenhead, of Otterington Hall, near
Northallerton; _b._ Southsea, 22 April, 1892; educ. Cheltenham
College. Was Commercial Editor of the “Toronto News,” but on the
outbreak of war enlisted in the 48th Highlanders, and was killed in
the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915. His Commanding Officer
wrote: “He displayed the greatest gallantry and courage, and though
severely wounded and gassed, continued fighting till killed by a bullet
in the head. He was always brave and cheerful, and one of the best.” A
memorial tablet has been erected to his memory in the Great Elm Parish
Church, Somerset.
[Illustration: =Robert Aikenhead.=]
=AINAND, CHARLES=, Private, No. G. 5942, 3rd Battn. Middlesex
Regt.; killed in action on the Western Front, 30 April, 1915; _m._
=AINDOW, FRANK NORMAN=, Sapper, No. 47873, 14th Division, 89th
Field Co., R.E., 2nd _s._ of George Aindow, of 10, Cunard Road,
Litherland, Liverpool, Bricklayer, by his wife, Eliza, 3rd dau. of
Thomas Potts; _b._ Litherland, near Liverpool, 6 Dec. 1896; educ.
Church School there; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; killed in action at Ypres
while working in the first line of trenches; buried at Cambridge Road
Junction, Ypres; _unm._
=AINGE, GEORGE ALFRED=, Private, No. G. 845, 1st Battn. Royal West
Surrey Regt.; killed in action on the Western Front, 16 May, 1915;
_m._
=AINGER, HAROLD=, 1st Class Boy, C.Y. 27513, H.M.S. Hawke, 2nd
_s._ of Charles Ainger, of Horsley Cross, Mistley, Essex, Horseman
on Farm, by his wife, Annie, dau. of James Goby; _b._ Horsley
Cross, 16 Nov. 1897; educ. St. John’s School there; entered H.M.S.
Ganges at Shotley, 15 Sept. 1913; was transferred to H.M.S. Hawke at
Chatham in Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed, 15
Oct. 1914; _unm._
=AINGER, JOHN=, Corpl., No. 11337, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
_s._ of Christopher Ainger, of 14, Southern Road, Fulham; killed
in action on the Western Front, 23 Dec. 1914.
=AINLEY, CHARLES ERNEST=, Private, No. 1638, 4th Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Frederick Ainley, of 51,
Cogan Street, Hull; _b._ Hull, 9 March, 1896; educ. South Myton
School there; joined the Army, 18 Aug. 1912, and was shot through the
head during a battle of Hill 60 by a sniper whilst leaving a trench and
instantaneously killed on 1 May, 1915; _unm._ Before entering the
Army he was an apprentice with Messrs. King & Co.
[Illustration: =Charles Ernest Ainley.=]
=AINSLEY, GEORGE HENRY=, Private, No. 7834, The Queen’s Royal
West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; was reported missing after the fighting on 31 Oct. 1914, and
is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date. He _m._
Susan (254, Bensham Road, Thornton Heath).
=AINSLIE, DENYS ALFRED LAFOUE=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Devonshire
Regt., 3rd _s._ of William Langstaff Ainslie, of Hanworth House,
Harrow Weald, Middlesex, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Alfred Lafoue;
_b._ Hanworth Park, 21 May, 1894; educ. Wellington College, Berks.
Joined 3rd Reserve Battn. Devonshire Regt. in Jan. 1911, promoted
Lieut. 25 April, 1913; gazetted to the 1st Battn. as 2nd Lieut. 14 Aug.
1914, killed in action at Givenchy 24 Oct. following; buried there. He
was promoted Lieut. (after death) March, 1915. Col. Boles (commanding
3rd Battn. Devonshire Regt.) wrote: “We deplore the loss of a capable
and gallant officer, and one who was most popular with all ranks.” And
the chief of the Tutorial Staff of the Law Society says: “No one who
knew Ainslie could fail to be impressed by the charm of his character,
and attracted by his personality.”
[Illustration: =Denys Alfred Lafoue Ainslie.=]
=AINSLIE, EDWARD=, Private, No. 5860, 1st Battn. East Surrey
Regt.; killed in action on the Western Front, 15 Dec. 1914; _m._
=AINSWORTH, PHILIP=, Private, No. G 4661, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt., killed in action on the Western Front, 9 May, 1915.
=AINSWORTH, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 3198, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ Leicester; enlisted 8 Jan. 1900; became L.-Corpl.
14 March, 1910; Corpl. 11 July, 1912; L.-Sergt. 18 July, 1914, and
Sergt. 9 Aug. following; served in South Africa, 16 Jan. to 6 Oct. 1902
(Queen’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914; killed in action, 13 Sept. 1914.
=AITCHISON, RONALD ANDREW COLQUHOUN=, Lieut. 1st Battn. The
King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., only _s._ of Gowrie Colquhoun
Aitchison, of South Collingham, Newark-on-Trent, Lieut.-Col., 2/5th
Battn. Sherwood Foresters, by his wife, Rose Mabel, dau. of Thomas
Smith Woolley; _b._ Burbage, co. Derby, 27 Dec. 1894; educ. at
Hillside, Godalming, Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the King’s Own, 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted 9 Dec. 1914. Went to
France with his regiment in Aug. 1914; was first in action at Cambray
on 26 Aug., and was through all the subsequent actions in which the
regiment was engaged, including the Battle of the Marne and the
crossing of the Aisne; wounded in action near Armentieres, 14 Dec.
1914, and died a few hours later; _unm._ He was buried in the
convent garden at Le Bizet. He had been recommended for accelerated
promotion to Capt. about a month before his death, and a Staff
Officer wrote: “Ever since the beginning of the war your son has done
splendidly, his bravery was well known.... The men I know were devoted
to him.... He was recommended on two separate occasions for gallantry
on Aug. 26, and since then was again mentioned.”
[Illustration: =Ronald A. C. Aitchison.=]
=AITKEN, JAMES HOME=, Private, No. 6/4, 1st Canterbury Battn., New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of James Home Rigg Aitken,
of Canterbury, New Zealand (8th _s._ of John Aitken, of Cupar,
Writer, and great-grandson of John Aitken, of Thornton, co. Fife), by
his wife, Jessie, dau. of Stanley Bouchier, of Tipperary, and nephew
of Col. Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken, V.C., one of the defenders of
Lucknow; _b._ Christchurch, N.Z., 15 Dec. 1887; educ. Christ’s
College there, and Canterbury College. Was attorney and chief agent
in Christchurch of the Northern Insurance Co., and of the Indemnity
Mutual, and also a member of the firm of Aitken Bros., sharebrokers,
of Hereford Street. He had for a number of years been Capt. Commanding
the Queen’s Cadets, but had relinquished his command owing to pressure
of business, and when war broke out, no commissions being available,
he joined the ranks rather than remain behind and await his chance of
receiving one. He was killed near Quinn’s Post, Gallipoli, 5 May, 1915:
_unm._ Writing to his brother, Gen. Sir A. J. Godley said: “He had
been my special orderly since we landed here, and had been invaluable
to me. On the 5th, the day he was killed, he was with me as usual,
carrying my telescope, as he always did, and with his rifle, acting as
my escort. We happened to be in one of the most forward posts when it
was attacked in the afternoon by a considerable body of Turks, who,
in addition to heavy rifle fire, were also throwing bombs. Some of
the men were rather shaken by the explosion of a bomb in their midst,
and Aitken was most cool and plucky in helping to rally them. He then
helped me to extend some supports that came up, and shortly afterwards,
the attack having been repulsed and having died away, I started to walk
down the hill, thinking he was following me, and it was not until I
reached the foot of the hill that I missed him. I then sent word back
to let him know that I would walk slowly on down the valley and that
he would catch me up, and it was not till I had gone some way and met
Tahu Rhodes, that we began to be uneasy about him, and sent back again,
with the result that, to my great grief, I heard he had been hit in
the chest and had a lacerated wound, evidently from a bomb, and had
died on the stretcher on which he was being brought down the valley. My
two A.D.Cs., Major J. H. Hughes and Lieut. Tahu Rhodes, have carved a
wooden cross, which will be placed on his grave.” Aitken was a member
of the ’Varsity first fifteen, and one of the best half-mile, mile,
and cross-country runners Canterbury has ever produced. He served
for several years as secretary of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic
Association, and he was also actively connected with the United Tennis
Club and the Hagley Golf Club. His next elder brother, Edward Bouchier
Aitken, served in Egypt, and is now (1916) serving in France with the
New Zealand Rifle Brigade.
[Illustration: =James Home Aitken.=]
=AITKEN, SIDNEY CHARLES=, Private, No. 10447, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Charles William Aitken, of 72, Clinton
Lane, Kenilworth; _b._ Warwick; killed in action on the Western
Front, 23 Oct. 1914. Buried 700 yards south of cross roads, north-west
of Zonnebeke.
=AITON, ANDREW ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1045). 143845, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=AKED, GEORGE=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Leicestershire Regt. (T.F.),
only _s._ of George Aked, of Mapperley Park, Nottingham, by his
wife, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Wilkins; _b._ 19 April, 1895; educ.
at Nottingham High School, where he served in the O.T.C. for two and
a-half years, and was one of the High School Contingent reviewed by the
King at Windsor in 1911. He received an appointment in the Nottingham
and Notts Bank at Shepshed, near Loughboro in 1911, and in 1912, when
a company of the 5th Leicesters was formed at Shepshed, he was given a
commission 26 Oct. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 30 Aug. 1914. He was the
only resident officer at Shepshed and had sole charge of the training
of the company. At the outbreak of war the battalion was in camp and
after various duties in England, including night guard near Enfield,
they went to France in Feb. 1915, and were immediately sent to the
Front. He was killed in action at Le Bizet, 5 March, 1915; _unm._
Lieut.-Col. Jones in command wrote as follows: “We have lost in him an
officer of much promise. He had developed very rapidly since he joined
us. He was extraordinarily conscientious in his work, and everything
his duty called him to do he did faithfully, thoroughly and well.” He
was buried near Armentières.
[Illustration: =George Aked.=]
=AKEHURST, ALEXANDER JAMES=, Private, No. 1539, 5th Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt., _s._ of Alfred Akehurst, of Walters Farm Cottage,
Ticehurst, Sussex, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Susannah, dau. of George
Cheesman; _b._ Etchingham, co. Sussex, 22 June, 1896; educ.
Frimwell School; was a farm labourer on Walters Farm; joined the Sussex
Territorials, 29 Aug. 1912; mobilised, 5 Aug. 1914, on the outbreak
of war; went with his battn. to Dover and then to the Tower, where he
volunteered for Imperial service; left England for the Front, 18 Feb.
1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Carency, 9 May, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried about half a mile from St. Vaast.
[Illustration: =A. J. Akehurst.=]
=ALCOCK, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6711), S.S. 999, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ALDER, DAVID=, Petty Officer, 212628, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALDER, WILLIAM STANLEY=, Corpl., No. 11057, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yst. _s._ of Joseph George Alder, of 35, Floyd Street,
Charlton, S.E., by his wife, Emma, dau. of John Gilson; _b._ East
Greenwich, 13 Oct. 1896; educ. Christ Church School there; enlisted 8
or 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 1 Feb. 1915;
_unm._ He was buried in Cuinchy Cemetery (Section C, Grave No. 4).
[Illustration: =William Stanley Alder.=]
=ALDERSON, HENRY=, Corpl., No. 5902, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Thomas Alderson, of 33, Martin Street, Sheffield,
Carpenter; _b._ Sheffield, 18 Nov. 1885; educ. there; enlisted
Oct. 1904, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 21 Oct. 1914. He
_m._ at St. Andrew’s Church, Islington, 24 Dec. 1911, Ethel
Francis (75, Copenhagen Street, Islington, N.), dau. of Thomas Barker,
of London, and had a son, Edward Thomas, _b._ 21 July, 1913.
[Illustration: =Henry Alderson.=]
=ALDERSON, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 423, 8th Battn. (90th Winnipeg
Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of James Alderson,
of Ingleboro’ House, Formby, near Liverpool, Farmer and Butcher, by his
wife, Margaret, dau. of William Ellison, of Yorkshire; _b._ Duke’s
Farm, Formby, 27 July, 1890; educ. Clitheroe Grammar School, and was
then articled to a well-known firm of solicitors in Liverpool. After
two years of office life he felt the need of open living, so went to
Canada, where he joined the Saskatoon police force, and quickly rose
to a detective. On the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914, he at once joined
the 90th Winnipeg Rifles, known as “The Little Black Devils,” and came
over with the first contingent. After being in several engagements he
was killed, 3 June, 1915, by a “coal-box” shell which exploded at the
door of a dug-out he was leaving, in a communication trench known as
“Gunners siding” in Givenchy; death was instantaneous. He was buried in
an orchard behind the trenches.
[Illustration: =Joseph Alderson.=]
=ALDERTON, ARTHUR=, Arm. Mate, 342982, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ALDERTON, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3310), 176323, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALDISS, HARRY=, Stoker, P.O. 283643, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALDOUS, CECIL=, A.B., 211922, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that
ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept.
1914.
=ALDOUS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8286, 1st Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
died on active service with the Expeditionary Force in France, 20 Sept.
1914; _m._
=ALDRED, JOHN WILLIAM=, A.B., R.F.R., B. 2386, 208914, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ALDRIDGE, DAVID=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports. 14961, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ALDRIDGE, ERNEST SIDNEY=, Private, No. 9720, 1st Battn. East Kent
Regt., _s._ of William Harry Aldridge, of 5, Curzon Road, Chatham;
died 4 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action on the Western Front.
=ALDRIDGE, REGINALD JOHN PETTY DEVENISH=, Capt. 2nd Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt., _s._ of the late Reginald Aldridge, of Poole,
Dorset, Solicitor; _b._ Poole, co. Dorset, 7 Sept. 1877; educ.
privately and at Worcester College, Oxford, where he took his B.A.
Degree, and won his blue for football, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Royal Sussex Regt. 23 May, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 21 March, 1903,
and Capt. 1 April, 1910. In 1902 he was Instructor of Signalling at
Kasauli, and in 1904 commanded a company of Mounted Infantry in Malta.
He was attached to the West African Regt. from May, 1905 to Jan. 1908,
being Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster from June, 1906, to Jan.
1908, and was Adjutant to the 2nd Royal Guernsey L.I. Jan. 1908, to
Jan. 1912, when he rejoined his regt. at Woking. He went to France
with the first Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed
instantaneously by a high explosive shell, 7 Oct. 1914, while preparing
to return to the trenches for the night. He was buried in the little
churchyard at Troyon. He _m._ in London, 5 May, 1908, Mabel
Dulcibella (Broadlands, 2, Prideaux Road, Eastbourne), yst. dau. of the
late Rev. John Padmore Noble, of 20, Palace Court, London, W., formerly
Vicar of Childs Ercall, Market Drayton, and had two children: Reginald,
_b._ (posthumous), 24 Dec. 1914, and Dulcibella, _b._ 24 Dec.
1909.
[Illustration: =R. J. P. D. Aldridge.=]
=ALDRIDGE, THOMAS=, Sapper, No. 1103, Kent Fortress R.E. (T.F.),
_s._ of John Aldridge, of 50, Cambridge Road, Strood; died at
Sheerness, 16 Aug. 1914, of pneumonia contracted on active service.
=ALDRIDGE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1540, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Absolam Aldridge, of Aston Farm, Wallingford,
Berks; enlisted 18 March, 1898; served at Gibraltar, 10 March to 27
Oct. 1899, and in South Africa, 28 Oct. 1899, to 20 July, 1902 (Queen’s
medal with six clasps: “Belmont,” “Modder River,” “Dreifontein,”
“Johannesburg,” “Diamond Hill” and “Belfast”; King’s medal with two
clasps: “South Africa, 1901,” “South Africa, 1902”); obtained his
discharge, 17 March, 1910; re-enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 8 Aug. 1914; killed in
action at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915.
=ALEXANDER, CHARLES=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ALEXANDER, ERNEST=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 5030, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ALEXANDER, JAMES=, Private, No. 27032, A Coy., 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of
James Alexander, of 3, Eastmount Avenue, Toronto, formerly of Drumoak,
Scotland, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Andrew Milne, of Echt,
Aberdeenshire; _b._ West Cairnton, Peterculter, co. Aberdeen, 9
July, 1892; educ. Drumoak Public School, and Robert Gordon’s College,
Aberdeen; on leaving the latter, joined his father at Niagara Falls,
Canada, afterwards going with him to Toronto. Here he spent several
years with the firm of Cockburn and Bundy, wholesale milliners, during
which time he gained the respect of all. After being with them for
one year, he became one of their travellers, and was making a success
of his work. He was an enthusiastic member and officer of the Prince
of Orange Lodge, No. 111, of Toronto. When war was declared, he
volunteered for overseas service, 11 Aug. 1914, and left Canada with
the first contingent. He was gassed, wounded and taken prisoner at
the Battle of St. Julien, and died of wounds about 27 April, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried at Moorseele.
[Illustration: =James Alexander.=]
=ALEXANDER, THOMAS=, Blk. Mate, M. 7537, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ALGIE, ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5311), S.S. 40, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._