(1st Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._
of the late Robert Harris-Arundell, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, by his
wife, Elizabeth Blanche, dau. of the late John D’Auvergne Dumaresq,
C.M.G., Acting Administrator of the Government of Lagos, W. Africa, and
grandson of the late William Reinfred Harris-Arundell, of Lifton, co.
Devon, England; _b._ Fairmont, Martin co., Minnesota, U.S.A., 14
May, 1889; went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with his family at the age of
five; educ. Collegiate School, Windsor, N.S., and joined the staff of
the Royal Bank of Canada in 1905, and when war broke out in Aug. 1914,
was in Montreal. He was at the time a Corpl. in the Victoria Rifles of
Montreal, and volunteered at once for active service, and on 24 Aug.
his regt., then called 1st Royal Montreal Regt., went into training
at Valcartier Camp. On the night of 23 Sept. they left for Quebec,
where they embarked for England, arriving in Plymouth on 14 Oct., and
after training at Salisbury, left for France on 5 Feb. At the Battle
of Langemarcke on 24 April, 1915, he was shot through the heart while
helping Lieut. Whitehead, who was wounded in the foot, to cross 200
yards under withering fire; _unm._ The ground was captured by the
enemy, and Sergt. Arundell’s body was never recovered.
[Illustration: =John D’A. Harris-Arundell.=]
=ASBURY, ARTHUR GERARD=, Sapper, No. 45044, 3rd Field Coy.,
Canadian Divisional Engineers, _s._ of Joseph Asbury, bank
accountant; _b._ Burton-on-Trent, 13 Oct. 1889; educ. Burton
Grammar School and Hymers’ College, Hull; enlisted on the outbreak of
war, Aug. 1914, and _d._ of wounds in No. 14 General Hospital, at
Wimereux, 21 May, 1915; _unm._; buried there, No. 496.
=ASCOTT, VINCENT JOHN DAWSON=, Volunteer, Nyasaland Volunteer
Reserve, _s._ of Capt. William Ascott, A.V.C., of West Bridge,
Bideford, by his wife Frances Annie, dau. of the late William John
Keyte; _b._ 26 Aug. 1892; educ. at Allhallow’s School, Honiton.
Volunteered for active service, 3 Aug. 1914. He was killed in action
at Karonga, Nyasaland, 9 Sept. 1914; _unm._ The official account
states: “Field Force advanced from Karonga on afternoon of 8th. Enemy
in strength of about 400 appears to have evaded our Force, and at
sunrise on the 9th attacked Karonga, which was defended by Bishop in
charge of a few K.A.R.’s and Resident, with police, in all about 55
natives and 8 civilians. This small garrison very gallantly resisted
the attack for three hours until relieved by Column 3 under Capt.
Griffiths. They drove off and pursued the enemy, who left 2 officers
and 40 native soldiers dead on the field. Casualties in Karonga: Webb,
slightly wounded; 1 askari killed and 4 wounded. Entire British Force
came into action later. Enemy fought with great determination, and
had to be dislodged by repeated bayonet charges, but ultimately fled
towards Songwe. Total German losses: 8 officers killed and 2 wounded
and captured with Medical Officer; two field guns and three Maxims
captured. British losses: killed, Caldecott and Ascott; since died of
wounds, Manning and Merriman; seriously wounded, Muirhead, Garnett,
Mason, Sinclair; slightly wounded, Barton, Ness; missing, Williams and
Harvey. All reports speak highly of gallantry of all engaged.” His
Commanding Officer, in a letter of sympathy to his parents, wrote:
“Your son died a gallant death firing one of the Maxim guns in the
battle of Karonga, on 9 Sept.... I feel his loss doubly, as he was one
of my Planter neighbours, and a very close friend.” Another comrade,
writing to his aunt, wrote: “The whole of Nyasaland will be grieving
that one so popular as a true English sportsman will never play again
in those games in which he so much excelled. Zomba has lost a fine
athlete and gained a noble hero.” He was mentioned in despatches
[London Gazette, 3 Aug. 1916] for gallant and distinguished service in
the field “while working maxim guns under heavy fire with coolness and
effect.”
[Illustration: =Vincent J. D. Ascott.=]
=ASCROFT, ROBERT GEOFFREY LEES=, 2nd Lieut., 1/10th Battn. The
Manchester Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late James Henry
Ascroft, of Oldham, Solicitor (_d._ 1900), by his wife, Mabel
Gertrude, dau. of John Lees, of Primrose House, Oldham, Cotton
Spinners, and nephew of the late Robert Ascroft, M.P.; _b._
Oldham, 25 April, 1896; educ. Charterhouse, and on the outbreak of
war volunteered and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 25 Aug. 1914; went to the
Dardanelles, May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 4 June, 1915.
His commanding officer wrote: “Geoffrey was absolutely fearless and had
endeared himself to all ranks by brave deeds which he had performed
previously. His comrades all speak of his pluck and say, ‘he did not
know what fear was.’” His brother-in-law, 2nd Lieut. J. B. Emmott, of
the same regt., was killed in action the same day.
[Illustration: =Robert Geoffrey L. Ascroft.=]
=ASH, BASIL DRUMMOND=, Lieut., R.N., and Flight Lieut., R.N.A.S.,
_s._ of the Rev. Cyril Alfred Drummond Ash, B.A., Keble College,
Oxford. Incumbent of Saxton, Tadcaster, co. York, by his wife,
Hester Elizabeth, dau. of the late F. J. Alexander, B.C.S., India;
_b._ Southport, Queensland, Australia, 16 May, 1890; educ.
Preparatory School, Arlington House, Brighton, and Mr. Foster’s School,
Stubbington, Fareham, Hants; joined the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth,
as a Cadet, 18 Sept. 1905, and became sub.-Lieut. 12 Sept. 1910,
and Lieut. 1 Oct. 1912; served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Dreadnought
(Flagship of Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, Home Fleet), Prince of
Wales (Flagship of Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, Atlantic Fleet);
and Africa (Capt. Leveson, Home Fleet); as sub-Lieut. and Lieut. in
H.M.S. Philomel and Espiègle, in the Persian Gulf, Oct. 1911, to Nov.
1913; and in the R.N.A.S., 27 Jan. 1914, to 29 Sept. 1914, on which
latter day he was lost in Seaplane 77 off the coast of Scotland, while
engaged in scouting for German submarines. All his commanding officers
testified to his ability as a Naval Officer. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Basil Drummond Ash.=]
=ASH, WILFRID JOHN=, Lieut., 3rd Batt. Middlesex (Duke of
Cambridge’s Own) Regt., _s._ of Herbert Edward Ash, of Keilawarra,
Warlingham, Surrey, Solicitor; _b._ Croydon, 29 July, 1890; educ.
Littlejohn’s, Greenwich; Haileybury and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., 5 Oct. 1910; exchanged to 3rd Battn., then
at Lebong, India, July, 1911; promoted Lieut., 23 July, 1913. Lieut.
Ash was in England on leave when war broke out. He was recalled to
rejoin his regt. at Cawnpore, and sailed for India in September. Two
or three days before Christmas Day, 1914, he was back again in England
with the 3rd Middlesex, who had come over as a complete unit. He went
with the regt. to France in January, 1915, and was killed in action
on the afternoon of Sunday, 14 Feb. 1915, between Ypres and St. Eloi,
while leading his men in a successful counter attack against the
enemy’s trenches. Col. E. W. R. Stephenson, Commanding the 3rd Battn.
Middlesex, wrote that he “died gallantly leading his men in an attempt
to capture a trench that had fallen. Previous to this, he saved the
life of my nephew, Moller, who had been severely wounded, and after
placing him in a place of safety, he again entered the fight.... He
nobly did his duty, and we deplore his loss.” Private Worsfold also
wrote: “On the afternoon of Sunday, 14 Feb., we were ordered to attack
a position occupied by the enemy, north-west of Ypres and west of the
canal ... on the morning of the same day we had been badly cut up,
and the Surreys, who afterwards came up in support, opened to let us
through. Lieut. W. J. Ash, who had been previously wounded in the arm,
was still leading up to the last moment.”
[Illustration: =Wilfrid John Ash.=]
=ASHBY, GEORGE=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ASHTON, EDWARD STANLEY JOHN CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 1248, Army
Service Corps, elder _s._ of Charles Ashton, of 21, Endymion
Road, Finsbury Park, by his wife, Alice Elyzabeth Sophia, dau. of
George Nelson Howlett; _b._ Finsbury Park, 19 June, 1894; educ.
Ealing Grammar School, and St. Frances Xavier’s College, Bruges;
joined the Army at the outbreak of the war, 11 Aug. 1914, and died at
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 16 June, 1915, from heart failure
caused by rheumatic fever contracted while at the Front; _unm._
=ASHTON, EDWIN=, Rifleman, No. 1667, 1/12th Battn. (The Rangers)
The London Regt., former Engineers’ apprentice, _s._ of Edwin
Ashton, fancy leather worker; _b._ Peckham, 7 April, 1895; was a
Scout and Patrol Leader from 13 years of age to 18, when he joined the
Rangers; killed in action at Zonnebeke, 20 April, 1915. Cart. Jones
wrote: “He was hit by a bullet on the evening of the 20th, and died
soon afterwards. We buried him that night in a small wood behind our
trench. He was a man for whom I had a great liking; a good soldier, and
he died doing his duty.”
[Illustration: =Edwin Ashton.=]
=ASHURST, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4246), S.S.
102939, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ASHWORTH, EDMUND=, Leading Stoker, 311053 (Dev.), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ASKEW, HENRY ADAM=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Border Regt., elder
_s._ of the late Canon Edmund Adam Askew, Rector of Greystoke,
Cumberland, by his wife, Mary Penelope (Bushby House, Greystoke,
Cumberland), dau. of the late Rev. Henry James Feilden, Rector of Kirk
Langley, and grandson of the late Henry William Askew, of Conishead
Priory, co. Lancaster, and Glenridding, co. Cumberland, J.P., by his
wife, Lucy, dau. of the Right Rev. and Hon. Hugh Percy, D.D., Lord
Bishop of Carlisle; _b._ Greystoke Rectory, 8 Sept. 1881; educ.
Aysgarth, Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Border Regt. 8 May, 1901; joined his battn. in
South Africa in the Sept. following, and took part in the operations in
the Transvaal, Nov. 1901–2 (Queen’s medal and three clasps); promoted
Lieut. 5 Sept. 1903. On his return to England he went through two
courses with Mounted Infantry and the Gymnastic course (certificate
1908); Assistant Superintendent of Gymnasium at Devonport for the
Southern Command, 3 Aug. 1909–13, when he rejoined his regt. On the
outbreak of war he received his company, 23 Aug. 1914, was appointed
Transport Officer, and went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force.
On the death of the Adjutant, Capt. Andrews (26 Oct.), he took over
his duties, and as Adjutant was with his Colonel when wounded, and
assisted in carrying him back, becoming then second in command; and
from 25 Nov. to 3 Dec. was in command, his Colonel sending in his name
as “doing exceptionally well.” He was killed on 19 Dec. 1914, in a
night attack on the German trenches at Sailly. He was at first reported
as wounded and missing, but was later found to have been killed. He
was twice mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French. A private
wrote home to a friend: “There was one officer called Capt. Askew. I
was right against him when he got shot. I shall never forget him; the
last words he uttered were, ‘Stick it lads, stick it Borders,’ and
then he got killed. It happened on the top of their trenches.” Another
writes that he was in the trench. The Germans buried him behind their
first line of trenches, and erected a cross on which they inscribed in
German. “To a brave British officer, Border Regt.” This information was
obtained during the truce on Christmas Day, when Lieut. Nunnerly, 3rd
Bedfords, was sent by the Commanding Officer of the Border Regt. in
answer to a German officer, who passed over the badge from the cap of
Capt. Askew. He _m._ at St. Cuthbert’s Church, Carlisle, 25 April,
1908, Winifred Lucy, dau. of Col. Thomas Angelo Irwin, of Lynehow,
Carlisle, Solport, co. Cumberland, D.L., and had issue 2 sons and a
dau.; Henry Cuthbert Adam, _b._ 21 Sept. 1909; David, _b._ 16
June, 1913; and Winyfred Anne, _b._ 19 Jan. 1911.
[Illustration: =Henry Adam Askew.=]
=ASKEW, JOHN HENRY=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ports. 11610, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914; _m._
=ASLIN, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1941, C. Co., 1/8th Battn. Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Aslin, of Melrose Villas, 7, Avenue
Road, Hampton, Bootmaker, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Edward Busby,
R.M.; _b._ Gosport, co. Hants, 31 Dec. 1891; educ. Hampton Council
School; was a Fitter’s Labourer; joined the Middlesex Territorials,
Feb. 1913; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at
Frezenberg, 11 May following; _unm._
=ASSITER, ALFRED=, Chief Yeoman of Signals, 168358, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ATCHESON, JOHN=, Private, No. 9474, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 2nd
_s._ of the late Hugh Atcheson, of Jarrow, Machine Planer, by
his wife, Mary (Carley Place, Southwick, Sunderland), dau. of Michael
Benson; _b._ Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, co. York, 24 May, 1894;
educ. St. Banett’s, Sunderland; enlisted Oct. 1910; and after serving
his time with the Colours joined the Special Reserve, and was employed
at Thomson’s Yard, Sunderland. He was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug.
1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 1 June, 1915; _unm._ His
elder brother, Private Samuel Atcheson, is now (1916) serving with the
Expeditionary Force in France.
[Illustration: =John Atcheson.=]
=ATKIN, JOHN CLAUDE=, R.M.L.I., Ch. 7931, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ATKINS, EDMUND JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman, 222044, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ATKINS, FRANK STANLEY=, Private, No. 12608, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of William Edward Atkins, of Gravesend, co. Kent,
Nurseryman and Florist, by his wife, Elizabeth Hollwey, dau. of William
Hollwey, of Chilcompton, Bath; _b._ Gravesend, 30 July, 1892;
educ. Christ Church School there, and then entered the service of the
P. & O. Steamship Co. He joined the Garrison Artillery at the age of
eighteen, and on the declaration of war enlisted in the Coldstreams,
15 Sept. 1914, and was killed at Cuinchy on 25 Jan. 1915, in his first
action. He was buried where he fell, 500 yards from Cuinchy Church, and
a cross marks the spot. He was spoken of as a keen soldier, who never
failed to do his duty.
[Illustration: =Frank Stanley Atkins.=]
=ATKINS, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3519), 162449, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ATKINS, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4569), S.S. 1544, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ATKINSON, ALFRED GEORGE=, A.B., 193724, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in
action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=ATKINSON, ANDREW GEORGE=, Private, No. 798, 25th Infantry Battn.,
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of George Andrew Atkinson,
Solicitor, and Coroner for North Fermanagh; _b._ Ballyshannon,
co. Donegal, 12 March, 1891; educ. Conway College and Jones School,
Lispoole Abbey, Enniskillen; went to Australia; enlisted in the
Australian Force in Dec. 1914, following the outbreak of war; was
wounded in action in the fighting at Anzac, near Hill 971 (Sari Bair),
and died in No. 19 General Hospital at Alexandria, 27 Nov. 1915;
_unm._ Buried in Chatby Cemetery, near Alexandria (Grave No. 1883).
[Illustration: =Andrew George Atkinson.=]
=ATKINSON, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, R.N.R., No. 3672C, _s._ of Joseph
Atkinson, Merchant Seaman, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Isaac Thomas,
of London; _b._ Hull, 8 Aug. 1873; educ. St. Paul’s Street School,
Hull; was formerly employed in the weekly boats, and was delegate for
the Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union; was called up on mobilisation, 2
Aug. 1914, and lost his life on the Cruiser Hogue, torpedoed in the
North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Hull,
15 Jan. 1900, Lucy Anne (7, Kingston Street, Hull), dau. of John
Scarborough, of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, shoemaker, and had issue a son
and six daus.: John, _b._ 11 March, 1910; Jessie, _b._ 8 Oct.
1900; Lucy, _b._ 17 Nov. 1901; Annie, _b._ 11 Aug. 1902;
Muriel, _b._ 17 Aug. 1905: Mildred, _b._ 10 April 1908; and
Charlotte, _b._ 19 Sept. 1911. Had Atkinson lived throughout the
year 1915 he would have received a medal for fifteen years’ service in
the R.N.R.
[Illustration: =William Joseph Atkinson.=]
=ATKINSON, WILLIAM NOEL=, Capt. and Adjutant 2nd Battn. 10th
Gurkha Rifles, eldest _s._ of the late Rev. Augustus William
Atkinson, Principal of the Lawrence Memorial School, Ootacamund, by
his wife, Mary Louisa (Mountain View, Ootacamund, Nilgiris, S. India),
dau. of Brinard Antony Daly, Tonyville, Yercand, Shevaroy Hills, Madras
Presidency, S. India; _b._ Calcutta, 21 Nov. 1883; educ. Bedford
Grammar School and Sandhurst, from which latter he passed out fifth
with honours in Feb. 1902. He was gazetted to the unattached list
for the Indian Army, 21 Jan. 1903, being temporarily attached to the
Durham L.I., and was posted to the 72nd Punjabis in Aug. 1904, and to
the 1st Battn. of the 10th Gurkhas the following year. He was promoted
Lieut. 21 April, 1905, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1912, and appointed Adjutant
1 Oct. following. He did valuable work in helping to raise the 2nd
Battn. of his regt. in 1908, to which battn. he was appointed Q.M., his
Col. placing on record his appreciation of all the “solid excellent
work done in recruiting for the battalion.” The 10th Gurkhas were
sent to Egypt in Oct. 1914, and Capt. Atkinson received his baptism
of fire at Toussoum on 4 Feb. 1915, when he took part in the repulse
of the attempted Turkish invasion. In May the regt. was sent to the
Dardanelles; he was present during the severe fight on the 28th of that
month and was killed in the trenches on the following day by a sniper
while encouraging his men to repel a fierce counter-attack of the Turks
on their freshly seized trenches. His death was instantaneous, and he
was buried on the hillside where he fell, the grave being marked by
a heap of stones and a wooden cross bearing his name, etc. “His loss
is irreparable to the regt.,” wrote his Col., and he was mentioned in
Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22 Sept. 1915. “A good sportsman and
a good rider, well read and untiring in energy. A thorough all round
soldier, whose judgment is always sound and to the point. Is on the
Staff College list, and should make in the future a most reliable
Staff Officer. His profession is his first thought, and his power of
imparting knowledge is quite above the normal. A most able officer,
of whom I cannot too highly speak, and a general favourite,” was the
verdict of one of his chiefs. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =William Noel Atkinson.=]
=ATTERBURY, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 9583, 1st Battn. East
Surrey Regt., eldest _s._ of William Atterbury, of 3, Spencer
Road, Mitcham; _b._ Carshalton, co. Surrey, 7 Oct. 1888; enlisted
5 June, 1908; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 7 Oct.
1914, and was killed in action there, 24 Nov. following.
=ATTLEE, JAMES MERVYN=, Private, No. 3152, 1st/23rd Battn. The
London Regt., only surviving _s._ of James Attlee, of Hillcrest,
Chart Lane, Reigate, formerly partner in the firm of C. & J. Attlee,
Tooting Brewery, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Thomas Butler;
_b._ Wandsworth, 6 June, 1883; educ. New College, Eastbourne,
and Crystal Palace School of Engineering, where he won the medal of
the School of Art, Science, and Literature. Held a good position in
the Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co., but on the outbreak of war
threw this up and enlisted, 19 Sept. 1914. He was killed in action at
Givenchy, 26 May, 1915, in the attack on the German trenches led by
Major Streatfeild, and was buried at Festubert; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Mervyn Attlee.=]
=ATTREALL, ALBERT=, Corpl., No 8032, 2nd Battn. The Sussex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in
action at Richebourg l’Avoué, 9 May, 1915.
=ATTREE, BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 8745, 2nd Battn. The Sussex
Regt., s. of Cornelius Attree, of 88, Beaconsfield Avenue, Toronto,
Canada; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and
died of wounds, 27 Jan. 1915.
=ATTREL, ERNEST CHARLES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27515 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Frank Attrel, of 2, Bampfield Terrace,
Southern Cross, Portslade, Brighton; lost in action in the North Sea,
15 Oct. 1914.
=ATTWATER, RICHARD=, Leading Stoker, (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8422),
294694, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ATTWOOD, ALGERNON FOULKES=, Capt., 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers,
only _s._ of Llewellyn Carless Foulkes Attwood, of Pandy, co.
Monmouth, and of Llay Gresford, co. Denbigh, J.P., and his wife, Rachel
Edith, dau. of Arthur Alexander Corsellis, of Wandsworth, co. Surrey;
_b._ Wandsworth, 17 May, 1880; educ. Haileybury and Christ Church
College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (as a University candidate) in
4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 4 May, 1901; promoted Lieut. 15 Oct. 1904,
and Capt. 1 March, 1912. In the spring of 1914, after undergoing a
course of instruction in aviation at Upavon, he was recommended for
an appointment in the Royal Flying Corps, but rejoined his regt. on
its mobilisation in Aug. of that year. This was one of the first units
of the British Expeditionary Force to arrive on the Belgian frontier
in that month. He took part in the Battle of Mons, the retreat to the
Marne, and the subsequent advance to the Aisne. On 14 Sept. 1914,
however, he was reported severely wounded and missing, and it was
afterwards ascertained that at Vailly, near Soissons, at the Battle of
the Aisne, “while skilfully and gallantly withdrawing his men from an
advanced position which could not be held he was hit twice in rapid
succession and fatally wounded.” He _d._ _unm._, and was the
only male of the last generation of the family of Attwood, formerly of
Hawne House, Corngreaves Hall, and The Leasowes, Worcestershire.
[Illustration: =Algernon Foulkes Attwood.=]
=ATTWOOD, ARTHUR=, Private, No. G 7559, 3rd Battn. Middlesex
Regt., _s._ of James Attwood, of Dale View, Hackney, near Matlock;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was
killed in action, 30 Sept. 1915.
=ATTWOOD, ARTHUR CHARLES=, Gunner, R.F.R., 26, Immed. Class,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ATTWOOD, CHARLES=, Private, No. 26, 8th Battn. (90th Winnipeg
Rifles) Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Henry Mark
Attwood, Superintendent of Police, Somerton Division, Somerset, by
his wife, Emma Matilda, dau. of the late James Coles Taylor, of
Weston-super-Mare; _b._ Bishopsworth, near Bristol, 5 Oct. 1893;
educ. at various schools in Nailsea, Chard, Taunton, and Somerton, and
was afterwards apprenticed to Mr. J. G. Williams, Somerton, to learn
the trade of printing. At the termination of his indenture he left
for Canada, where at the outbreak of war he held a good position as a
printer in Winnipeg, Canada. He immediately volunteered, and joined
the 90th Winnipeg Rifles on 6 Aug. 1914, coming over with the first
Canadian Contingent. After training at Salisbury during the winter he
went to the Front, 10 Feb. 1915 (sailed from Avonmouth), was slightly
wounded by a splinter at Neuve Chapelle, but, in his own words when
writing home, “It was not enough to stop me,” and took part in the
memorable charge at Ypres on 23 April, 1915, when the Canadians, in
spite of heavy odds, recaptured the guns which the retirement of the
French before the asphyxiating gas (then used for the first time) had
left in the hands of the Germans. He was killed in action at Langemarck
the following day, and as the trenches held by his company had to be
evacuated shortly afterwards his body was not recovered. Attwood was a
fine athlete and a member of the Somerton Rifle Club, and later of the
Winnipeg Rifle Club. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Attwood.=]