Guards, _s._ of James Allan, of 195, South Glen Craig, Loch Gelly,
Fife, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of F. Connor, of co. Derry; _b._
Habern-on-Tyne; educ. Loch Gelly; enlisted on the outbreak of war, and
died at No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, of wounds received in
action, 9 Jan. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Boulogne Cemetery
(Grave No. 1041).
[Illustration: =Charles Allan.=]
=ALLAN, JOHN MEIN=, Private, No. 1078, 5th Battn. (Queen’s
Edinburgh Volunteers) Royal Scots, _s._ of Andrew Allan, Machine
Printer, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William Mein; _b._
Edinburgh, 1 Dec. 1894; educ. North Canongate School; joined the
Queen’s Edinburgh Volunteers in 1907, and was killed in action at
the Dardanelles, 7 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried near the village of
Krithia. He held the Long Service medal. Writing to his mother, Private
J. M. Anderson, a comrade, said: “Allan’s section was told off to clear
a wood, and had got to the centre of it, when a machine gun was turned
on them and your son was shot through the head.”
=ALLAN, PETER=, Private, No. 7173, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.;
killed in action at Richebourg, 16 May, 1915; _m._
=ALLAN, THOMAS MARTIN=, Seaman, R.N.R. 3133C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALLARD, DONALD=, Private, No. 73, 10th (South Australian) Battn.
3rd Infantry Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._
of William Henry Allard, of Messrs. Baillieu Allard Proprietary, Ltd.,
of 360, Collins Street, Melbourne, by his wife, Florence Benson,
dau. of John Wilson, of Brighton, Victoria; _b._ Elsternwick,
Melbourne, 2 June, 1891; educ. Brighton Grammar School, Melbourne.
Joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on mobilisation, took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, was wounded in the
subsequent fighting, and was killed by shrapnel at Gallipoli, when
going to the beach, 18 May, 1915; _unm._ He was one of the twelve
who volunteered to land for the purpose of cutting barbed wire, and
landed before day broke on 25 April, 1915. His brother, William Keith
Allard, was in the Southland when she was torpedoed and blown up by a
howitzer, and suffered from concussion and was invalided home.
=ALLCHIN, ALBERT GEORGE=, A.B., J. 4333, H.M.S. Laurel; died of
wounds received in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=ALLCOCK, HERBERT ERNEST=, Private, No. 6774, 2nd Battn. York
and Lancaster Regt., _s._ of Charles Allcock, by his wife, Emma,
dau. of J.... Brett; _b._ Norfolk, Oct. 1882; educ. Burley Road
Board School there; joined the Army 14 June, 1902, and served eight
years with the Colours, three years being spent in India, and received
two good conduct stripes and cross guns. He rejoined at the outbreak
of war, and was killed in action in France 18 Oct. 1914. He _m._
Leeds, 29 July, 1911, Ethel Rose (30a, Greenlow Avenue, Burley, Leeds),
dau. of (--) Bloomfield, and had issue two children: Winifred Emma,
_b._ 24 Aug. 1912, and Ellen Kathleen, _b._ 18 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Herbert Ernest Allcock.=]
=ALLCORN, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, R.F.R., B. 4624, S.S.
103841, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ALLEN, ARTHUR JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1318), late
Ch. 14735, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALLEN, DANIEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch., B. 5107), 206565 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=ALLEN, HENRY=, Petty Officer, 191506, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ALLEN, HENRY=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., A. 1920), 160090, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALLEN, JOHN CECIL=, Private, No. 2602, 6th Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers (T.F.), only _s._ of John Allen, Engineman (6, Queen
Alexandra Road West, North Shields), by his wife, Mary, dau. of Jacob
Williamson, of Ryhope; _b._ Ryhope, 20 Oct. 1897; educ. Jubilee
School and Municipal High School, Tynemouth; joined Northumberland
Fusiliers about 20 Sept. 1914; killed in action at St. Julien, near
Ypres, 26 April, 1915; _unm._
=ALLEN, JOHN FRANCIS=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7329, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALLEN, JOHN HUGH=, Lieut., 13th (Service) Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., attd. Essex Regt., _s._ of Col. the Hon. James Allen,
Minister of Defence, New Zealand, by his wife, Mary J., dau. of (--)
Richards, of Alford, co. Somerset; _b._ Dunedin, N.Z., 1 March,
1887; educ. at Wanganiu Collegiate School and Otago University, and
went to Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1907, where he took the degrees
of B.A. and LL.B. in 1911. While at Cambridge he took a leading part
in politics and public affairs, and was President of the Union and of
the New Carlton Club. He was keenly interested in Imperial problems,
and contributed articles to the “Saturday Review” and the “Oxford and
Cambridge Review.” His intention was to devote himself to law and
politics in New Zealand, and his early career gave promise of great
service to the Empire. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple
early in 1914, and his passage home was booked when war broke out in
August. He at once joined the Inns of Court O.T.C., and after three
months’ training with them was gazetted Lieut. 20 Oct. 1914. He was
killed in action at the Dardanelles, near Krithia, Hellis, 6 June,
1915, while gallantly leading his men.
[Illustration: =John Hugh Allen.=]
=ALLEN, MARSHALL CLAUDE=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22871, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ALLEN, THOMPSON=, Corpl., No. 964, Essex Yeomanry, _s._
of Edgar Allen, of The Laurels, Great Horkesley, Colchester, Farmer;
_b._ Great Horkesley, 5 Dec. 1893; joined the Essex Yeomanry
Nov. 1913, and was killed in action near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, while
taking part in what Brigadier-Gen. Johnson described as one of the
finest charges he had ever seen. He was buried in a graveyard on the
road running from Ypres to Z----, about a quarter of a mile beyond the
village of Potilga. Lieut. Victor Hine wrote: “I had a personal pride
and fondness for your son. He has always been my ideal of a soldier.
Nothing was too much for him to do, and he always took a pride in
himself and his work.... In fact, I relied upon him more than I can
say.”
[Illustration: =Thompson Allen.=]
=ALLEN, WILLIAM LYNN, D.S.O.=, Major, 2nd Battn. Border Regt.,
_s._ of Bulkeley Allen, of Altrincham, co. Chester, J.P.;
_b._ 1871; educ. Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Militia to
the 1st Battn. Border Regt. 2 Sept. 1893; promoted Lieut. 27 July,
1896, Capt. 23 July, 1902, and Major 20 Oct. 1915. Served in the South
African War, 1899–1902, being acting Adjutant 1901–4, and again at the
Discharge Depôt, Gosport, 1905–9; took part in the operations in Natal,
1899, the Orange Free State, April-May, 1900, and in the Transvaal,
June, 1900, including the Relief of Ladysmith and the actions at
Colenso, Spion Kop, Vaal Kranz, Tugela Heights (14–27 Feb. 1900), and
Pieters Hill; twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept.
1901, and 29 July, 1902], and received Queen’s medal with five clasps
and the King’s medal with two clasps and the D.S.O. On the outbreak
of the European War in Aug. 1914, he rejoined the 2nd Battn. of his
regiment, and was killed in action 25 Oct. 1914. He _m._ 1902,
Adeline Miriam, dau. of Isaac Garbutt Dickinson.
=ALLEN, WILLIAM BENJAMIN=, Corpl., No. 24452, 13th Battn. (Royal
Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the
late Capt. William Benjamin Allen, of Albion Road, Rowhedge, Essex,
Merchant Service, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Daniel Potter; _b._
Rowhedge, co. Essex, 25 April, 1888. Was in business in New York when
war was declared. He immediately proceeded to Montreal, joined the
Royal Highlanders, and came over with the first Canadian Contingent in
Oct. 1914. After training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, they
went to France in February, where Allen was transferred to the machine
gun section and later promoted Corpl. He served through the Battles of
Ypres, St. Julien, etc., and was killed in action in the early morning,
11 July, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the cemetery behind
Ploegsteert Woods.
[Illustration: =William Benjamin Allen.=]
=ALLENBY, AUGUSTUS HEATHCOTE=, Lieut.-Col., 7th (Service) Battn.
Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Major Robert Allenby, of
St. Mary’s Lodge, Bootham, York, J.P., by his wife, Agnes, dau. of
Benjamin Blades Thompson, of Tadcaster, co. York; _b._ Halford,
co. Warwick, 22 Nov. 1862; educ. Silsby and St. Peter’s School, York;
received his first commission in the York and Lancaster Regiment from
the Durham Artillery Militia, 23 May, 1885, and was gazetted Lieut. to
the Indian Staff Corps in April, 1887. He was promoted Capt. 23 May,
1896; Major, 23 May, 1903; and Lieut.-Col. 23 May, 1911, and retired
under limitation of age rule in Nov. 1914, having been in command of
the 83rd Wallajabad Light Infantry since May, 1911. He served in the
Burmah Expedition, 1885–7, with the Upper Burmah Field Force, 1887–9,
and in the Chin Hills Expedition, 1891–2, and received the Burmah
medal with three clasps. On his return to England he at once offered
his services with the New Armies, was gazetted to the command of the
7th Royal Scots Fusiliers 3 June, 1915, and left for the front the
following month. Col. Allenby was killed in action at Le Philosophe,
France, 7 Aug. 1915, by shell fire, and was buried in Mazingarbe
Cemetery, Bethune. He _m._ at Secunderabad, India, 24 Sept. 1890,
Margaret Maud, 4th dau. of the late Thomas Rowe, R.E. Dept.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Augustus H. Allenby.=]
=ALLEYN, JOSEPH=, Acting Sergt., No. 12874. 4th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; killed in action, 14 May, 1915.
=ALLINSON, JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 3692), 301349,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ALLISON, DAN WALTER=, Private, No. 7280, 1st Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of William Allison, of Bawburgh, Norfolk; _b._ Cossey,
near Norwich; enlisted 27 Nov. 1908; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, and was reported missing after the
fighting on 11 Nov. 1914; aged 21.
=ALLISON, JOHN MALCOLM=, Gunner, No. 3158, 1st Field Artillery,
Australian Imperial Force; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 9 May,
1915.
=ALLISON, ROBERT=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 119411, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALLISON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, No. 887, 2/5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade), The London Regt., eldest _s._ of George William
Allison, of the Central Telegraph Office, London, and 30, Cavendish
Flats, Gilbert Street, Grosvenor Square, W., by his wife, Georginia
Rose, dau. of the late William Dean; _b._ St. George’s, Hanover
Square, W., 20 Nov. 1890; educ. Polytechnic, Regent Street; and when
war broke out was on the clerical staff of a City shipping firm. He
joined the 2nd Battn. of the London Brigade, 2 Sept. 1914, and left
for France on 27 March, 1915. The London Rifle Brigade supported
the Canadians at Ypres when they re-took the guns which had been
temporarily captured by the Germans, and after nine days in the
trenches he fell a victim the very day they were relieved, being killed
by shrapnel, 3 May, 1915; _unm._ Field-Marshal Sir John (now
Lord) French, in his report, stated that the 5th City of London Regt.
(London Rifle Brigade), although their losses were heavy, unfalteringly
retained their position.
[Illustration: =William George Allison.=]
=ALLOWAY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24691 (Devon.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ALLUM, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2174), 172241,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914: _m._
=ALLWRIGHT, ALFRED WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch., B. 9238), 211594,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALSBURY, JAMES=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 3635), 187202, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=AMBROSE, WILLIAM CHARLES JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R.,
10399), 299915, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=AMES, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 181534, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=AMIES, STEPHEN JOHN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22634, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=AMOS, ALBERT EDWARD=, Officers’ Steward, 2nd Class, 365970,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=AMOS, CHARLES BYRON=, L.-Corpl., No. 28951, E Coy., 16th Battn.,
3rd Brigade, 1st Canadian Contingent, yst. _s._ of Henry Amos, of
New House Farm, Sheldwich, Faversham, Kent, by his wife, Ellen Mary,
dau. of John Byron, of Kirkby Green, Sleaford, co. Lincoln; _b._
Littles Manor, Sheldwich, 12 Aug. 1886; educ. Felsted School, Essex,
and the Crystal Palace School of Engineering. Went to Canada in April,
1913, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, enlisted at Vancouver,
B.C. He was killed in action near Ypres, 25 April, 1915. A comrade
wrote: “Charlie was shot after we had recaptured the guns and were
returning. We were sent out of one small fort and had to dig ourselves
in about 100 yards in advance of the fort, and it was whilst doing this
that Charlie got hit; in fact, we had just received the order to get
back to the fort, and he and I were making our way down a small ditch
when he fell; his death was instantaneous, as he was shot in the head.
Our ranks were, indeed, terribly thinned by that attack, but as we have
been told by Gen. Anderson that it was our brigade who stopped the
whole of the German line advancing, we feel very proud, and my deepest
regret is that Charlie was not spared to share the honours; but you
can all feel proud of him. He died like a man, and a better friend or
braver soldier there was not.” At Felsted he made a name for athletics,
winning the junior steeplechase one year and the senior twice. He also
took the championship for sports. He _m._ at Hillingdon, West
Uxbridge, 25 Oct. 1911, Brenda Grant, dau. of Edward Bailey, 9, Belmont
Road, Uxbridge, and had issue a dau., Angela Mary, _b._ 1 Nov.
1913.
[Illustration: =Charles Byron Amos.=]
=AMPHLETT, EDWARD BAYLIE=, M.A., Capt., 12th Battn. Worcestershire
Regt. (T.F.), attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of John
Amphlett, of Clent, co. Worcester, by his wife, Eliza Anne, only dau.
of Edward Biven Baylie, of Stourbridge; _b._ Clent, 15 Jan. 1877;
educ. Marlborough and Worcester College, Oxford, and was called to
the Bar, going on the Oxford Circuit. He saw service with Paget’s
Horse in South Africa, and in 1912 was appointed Police Magistrate in
the island of Grenada, W.I., a post he resigned to volunteer for the
war. He was given the temporary rank of Lieut. in Nov. 1914, and was
gazetted Capt. on 15 Jan. 1915, when he was also appointed Adjutant. He
went out in May, 1915, to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force,
being attached to the Royal Fusiliers, and was killed in action at the
Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915; _unm._ He was well-known in musical
circles in Worcestershire and Birmingham.
[Illustration: =Edward Baylie Amphlett.=]
=AMPLEFORD, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9079, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=AMY, RAULIN ANTHOINE JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 63057, 4th (formerly
23rd) Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Raulin
William Amy, of 39, D’Artigny Street, Quebec, Canada, Accountant,
by his wife, Matilda, dau. of James Clark; _b._ Grand Bay, co.
Saguenay, Quebec, 29 March, 1893; educ. Victoria and Boys’ High
Schools, Quebec. At the age of 15 years he entered the employ of the
Jonquiere Pulp Co., manufacturers of paper and cardboard, and when
this company was absorbed by Price Brothers & Co., Ltd., of Quebec,
continued in their employ, being transferred to their large paper mill
at Kenogami. Here he remained until 1914, and was then transferred
to the company’s main office at Quebec, attached to the paper sales
department. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for service overseas,
and joined the 23rd Battn. 15 Nov. 1914. He came over with the Second
Contingent in March, 1915, went to the Front, 1 May, 1915, and was
killed in action at Festubert, 31 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Raulin Anthoine J. Amy.=]
=ANCILL, HARRY PEARCE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4796), S.S.
104187, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ANDERSON, ABDY FELLOWES=, Capt. 3rd Battn. Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles), attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 3rd
_s._ of the late Col. James Alexander Anderson, 14th Regt. (West
Yorkshires), by his wife, Catherine (19, Gloucester Square, W.), dau.
of William Campbell; _b._ near Melbourne, Australia; educ. Harrow
and Sandhurst; passed into the 13th Hussars for five years; saw service
as Lieut. during the S. African campaign in the Queenstown Rifle
Volunteers, for which he received the Queen’s medal with two clasps;
later joined 4th Border Regt. as Capt., and retired on its disbandment
in 1908. On the outbreak of the European war he joined 3rd Scottish
Rifles as Capt. 5 Sept. 1914, and was attached to the 2nd Battn. King’s
Own Scottish Borderers in Oct. 1914. He was killed in action near the
village of St. Jean, on the Yser Canal, 23 April, 1915, while his
battalion was supporting the Canadians in the first gas attack. Capt.
Anderson’s company was the first to reach Hill 60 when it was captured
by us on 17–18 April, 1915. He _m._ St. George’s, Hanover Square,
W., Phyllis Evelyn Carr (32, Walpole Street, Sloane Square, S.W.), only
child of William Morris Fletcher, Burley Beacon, co. Hants, J.P., late
I.C.S., and granddau. of Henry Alworth Merewether, Bowden Hill, Lacock,
Wilts, Q.C., and had two sons: David Allan Fletcher, _b._ 2 May,
1904, and Gerald Donald, _b._ 29 Jan. 1908.
[Illustration: =Abdy Fellowes Anderson.=]
=ANDERSON, ALEXANDER CLAIRMONTE=, Capt., 6th Jat L.I., Indian
Army, _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Alexander Anderson, of Pitt House,
Dawlish, late R.A.M.C.; _b._ Muttra, N.W. Provinces, India, 28
April, 1885; educ. Kelly College, Tavistock, and Sandhurst; gazetted to
the Royal Sussex Regt. 28 Jan. 1905; joined the Indian Army in 1907,
became Lieut. 1908, and Capt. Jan. 1914, and was accidentally killed in
the trenches at Festubert, 23 Nov. 1914, by the premature explosion of
a hand bomb which he was about to throw; _unm._ He was buried in
the cemetery near Bethune.
=ANDERSON, CHARLES ALEXANDER KENNETH=, 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. The
King’s Royal Rifle Corps, attd. to the 1st Battn. The Royal Scots
Fusiliers, only _s._ of Alexander Richard Anderson, F.R.C.S., of
Nottingham, by his wife, Edith, dau. of the late C.... E.... Tuck,
J.P. co. Norfolk, and grandson of the late Col. Richard Anderson, H.M.
56th Regt. He was born at Nottingham on 31 May, 1893; educ. at Harrow
(1907–11) and Pembroke College, Cambridge; gazetted as University
candidate to the 1st Battn. The Royal Scots Fusiliers on 4 Aug. 1914,
and transferred to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 14 Aug. 1914, but
having already left for France with the Royal Scots Fusiliers he
remained attached to that regt. He took part in the Battles of Mons,
the Marne, the Aisne, and the first Battle of Ypres, and was killed in
action about 3 a.m. on 12 Nov. 1914, while leading his men in a night
attack on the German trenches near the Chateau Harantalge, on the
Ypres-Menin road, being at the time in command of half of C Coy. 1st
Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles A. K. Anderson.=]
=ANDERSON, FREDERICK KINLOCH=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. The Black
Watch (Royal Highlanders), 4th _s._ of the late William Joseph
Kinloch Anderson, of the City of Edinburgh, J.P., D.L., by his wife,
Mary, dau. of the late James Wilson, of Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh,
7 April, 1880; educ. George Watson’s College there; was a Civil
Engineer in the Engineers’ Department of the North British Railway
Co., and after joining the 9th Battn. of the Royal Scots (T.F.) at
the outbreak of war, was given a commission in the 4th Black Watch, 2
March, 1915. He was killed in action near Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, and was
buried at Pont du Henn; _unm._
=ANDERSON, HENRY KEMP=, Private, No. 12/297, 6th Hauraki Regt.,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Alexander Anderson,
formerly of Perth, Scotland, School Teacher, by his wife, Elizabeth
(Balmoral Road, Auckland, New Zealand), dau. of Robert Coghill, of
Wick, Scotland; _b._ Hokianga, Auckland, New Zealand, 20 March,
1882; educ. Auckland; joined the Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914;
fought at Achi Baba on 8 May, was fortunate in getting through, but
was mortally wounded a few days later in a rest camp, two miles in the
rear of the firing line, from a stray bullet. He was shot in the back,
above the kidneys, was taken on board the hospital ship Sicilia, and
died between Gallipoli and Alexandria, 21 May, 1915; buried at sea;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Kemp Anderson.=]
=ANDERSON, HENRY SMALL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1604), 209596, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=ANDERSON, JOHN=, Sergt., No. 8150, 2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt.,
_s._ of Jabez Anderson, of 87, Wood Street, Norton, Malton,
Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of (--); _b._
20 May, 1887; educ. Bower Memorial School, Norton. Entered Army 24
April, 1905. Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 13 March, 1915; buried
at Lavanta. Sergt. Anderson had completed ten years’ service all but a
few months with the Yorkshire Regt. He served through the S. African
War, and in the present war passed unscratched through the heavy
fighting at Mons, Ypres, and Armentières.
=ANDERSON, JOHN GRANT=, Private, No. 71568, 27th Battn. (City of
Winnipeg Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force; 2nd surviving _s._
of Lieut.-Col. John Grant Anderson, Military Knight of Windsor (late
the Leicestershire Regt., and formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers), by his
wife, Beatrice, dau. of Col. Samuel Bradburne, Commanding 2nd Battn.
The Leicestershire Regt.; _b._ Brentwood, co. Essex, 20 Nov. 1894;
educ. at Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, and the Imperial Service College,
Windsor. Went to Canada in June, 1912, with a view to taking up farming
there, and settled in Manitoba. Shortly after the war broke out,
however, he enlisted, and came over to England with the 2nd Canadian
Contingent, arriving at Shorncliffe on 29 May, 1915; and on 17 Sept.,
left with his Battn. for the Western Front. Very shortly after arrival
in France, they were sent into the trenches in the fighting line in
the Ypres district--he having meanwhile volunteered for the Grenade
and Bombing Section of his battn., and during an enemy bombardment on
13 Oct., he was killed by a high explosive shell, which penetrated the
parapet. He was buried in the Military Cemetery at Kemmel, Belgium,
where his grave was carefully marked and tended by his comrades. The
following are extracts from some of the letters received by his parents
from his officers and comrades. From Major Beattie, Senior Chaplain,
2nd Canadian Division: “Your boy made many dear friends in the battn.,
and leaves a record that others might be proud to emulate.” From Major
Owen, Chaplain to the Brigade: “Your son was always spoken of very
highly, a general favourite and very lovable. I have heard nothing but
good of him.” From Lieut. Cay, in charge of Grenade Section: “I want to
say how much I appreciate the way in which all his work was done. You
will know what I mean when I say he was a real soldier.” From Corpl.
Howard Chalmers: “He was very much endeared to us all by reason of
his wonderful cheerfulness under all conditions. I need not tell you
his death was a great loss to us all.” From Pte. C. A. Smith, Grenade
Section: “I can’t say enough for him. Everybody had a good word for
him, the bravest and kindest boy that ever lived.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =John Grant Anderson.=]