Battn. Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regt., yr. _s._ of
Samuel Bailey, Coachman to Mr. J. H. Sykes, of Bryancliffe, Edgerton,
Huddersfield, by his wife, Selina, dau. of Thomas Dismore; _b._
Marsh, Huddersfield, 29 Dec. 1895; was a cutter’s apprentice at Messrs.
Bairstow, Sons & Co., Ltd., Clothiers, but on the outbreak of war
joined the Army as a Stretcher-bearer and First Aid Ambulance man, 6
Oct. 1914, and was killed while attending to the wounded at Fleurbaix
at 12.15 p.m., 14 June, 1915; buried at La Croix Marchal; _unm._
Writing to his parents his Commanding Officer, Capt. J. E. Eastwood,
said: “We had just had one man badly wounded, and your son as a
stretcher-bearer was attending to him, when I heard that we had another
man wounded higher up the trenches, so your son set off to attend to
him, and while doing so was shot dead on the spot.” And Lieut. A. L.
McCully, of the R.A.M.C., wrote: “As you know, I have not been very
long in charge of the Ambulance Section, but I have heard nothing but
praise of your son from Sergt. Flood and his late comrades. He was
always willing to do his share of whatever was in hand, and the fact of
his at once going out to a dangerous place to help a wounded man shows
that he had the very highest conception of what his duty was.” He was a
member of the choir at Holy Trinity, Huddersfield.
[Illustration: =Thomas Dismore Bailey.=]
=BAILEY, WALLACE JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2467A, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. His brother, George
Henry, was lost in the Pathfinder.
=BAILEY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7729), S.S.
103118, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAILEY, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 576), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAILEY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9459),
S.S. 106853, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=BAILLIE, DOUGLAS ANDERSON=, Leading Seaman, 230740, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAILLIE, SIR GAWAINE GEORGE STUART=, 5th Bart., of Polkemmet,
Lieut., 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), elder _s._ of the late
Sir Robert Baillie, 4th Bart. (who commanded the Australian Squadron
of the King’s Colonials), by his wife, Isabel (Polkemmet, Whitburn,
Linlithgow), dau. of the late David Elliot Wilkie, of Ratho Byres,
Midlothian; _b._ Victoria, Australia, 29 May, 1893; educ. St.
David’s, Rufalt, Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 2nd Dragoons, 4
Sept. 1912, being stationed at York till the war broke out. He went
to France with the Expeditionary Force Aug. 14; was promoted Lieut.,
and was wounded in the hand in Aug., but insisted on returning to the
firing line, although unable to use it. He was killed in action at
Rebais on 7 Sept. 1914, when the onward rush of the Germans was stopped
at the Marne. In the words of a brother officer: “Unable to draw any
weapon himself, he died charging the enemy like the gallant English
gentleman he was.” His body was brought home and buried in the family
burial ground: _unm._ Numerous letters were received from his
brother officers and the men of the regt. testifying to his gallantry
and to the high esteem and popularity in which he was held by the whole
regt.
=BAILLIE, IAN HENRY=, Capt., 4th Battn. Cameron Highlanders
(T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Lieut.-Gen. Duncan Baillie, formerly
of the Royal Horse Guards, by his wife, Anna Glentworth (Lochloy,
Nairn, N.B.), dau. of the Rev. Gustavus Burnaby, of Somerby Hall,
Leicestershire; _b._ Househill, co. Nairn, 3 Sept. 1870; educ.
Wellington College; was for some time a Lieut. in 1st Lanark Rifle
Volunteers, and on the outbreak of war was gazetted Capt. to the 4th
Battn. of the Cameron Highlanders, 20 Nov. 1914. He was wounded at
Festubert, 18 May, 1915, and _d._ in hospital at Rouen four days
later; _unm._ An elder brother, Capt. Alan Baillie, Seaforth
Highlanders, was killed at Atbara in 1898, and another brother, Major
Hugh Baillie, D.S.O., of the Seaforth Highlanders, was wounded in the
early part of the war, and has now (1916) a staff appointment abroad.
A third brother, Major Duncan Baillie, 2nd Lovat Scouts, is serving
abroad with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
[Illustration: =Ian Henry Baillie.=]
=BAILWARD, THEODORE=, Lieut., 26th King George’s Own Native L.I.,
3rd _s._ of Thomas Henry Methuen Bailward, of Horsington Manor,
co. Somerset, B.A. Oxford, J.P., C.C., by his wife, Margaret Eliza,
dau. of Henry Hobhouse, of Hadspen House, Castle Cary, J.P.; _b._
Horsington Manor, 9 March, 1888; educ. Summerfields, near Oxford, Rugby
and Sandhurst; received commission in Somerset L.I., then quartered at
Poona, 1907. The following year he passed into the Indian Army, joining
the 26th Native Cavalry at Bangalore, and in 1913 was appointed A.D.C.
to the Governor of Madras (Lord Pentland), and became Master of the
Ootacamund Hounds, which office he held until the outbreak of war, when
he rejoined his regt. He was attached to the 7th Lancers, and with them
joined the Indian Expeditionary Force in the Persian Gulf in March,
and was killed, with two other officers and some men, at Imanzadeh Ali
Ibuhussin, 18 miles due east of Awaz, when on a reconnaissance, 29
April, 1915. He was buried there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Theodore Bailward.=]
=BAINBRIDGE, THOMAS LINDSAY=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, attd. Northumbrian Signal Coy. R.E., 3rd _s._ of the
late Thomas Hudson Bainbridge, of Eshott Hall, co. Northumberland;
_b._ Holmwood, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 24 April, 1882; educ. privately
and Dr. Osborn’s, Colwyn Bay; qualified as an electrical engineer, and
then entered the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Swan, Hunter & Wigham
Richardson, at Wallsend. He received his first commission in 1913 as
commander of a signalling section, and was in the Special Reserve of
Officers. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service,
and after being stationed at Blyth left for the Front about the middle
of April, 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres on the 26th of that
month; _unm._ The following is an extract from a letter read
at the Newcastle Wesleyan Synod at Durham on 13 May: “Last night,
after dark, we buried Lieut. Bainbridge and others. It was the most
impressive ceremony I have ever attended. It was a beautiful moonlight
night as we carried the bodies down the lines wrapped in blankets
and lying on stretchers. As we passed each entrenched battn. the men
stood to ‘Attention.’ At about a quarter of a mile from the trenches,
on a piece of ground where about six other officers lie buried, we
laid them to rest. The guns were roaring on every side, and the huge
fire-balls the Germans threw into the air illuminated the sky. Lieut.
Bainbridge was a plucky and good fellow.” Prior to Lieut. Bainbridge
being gazetted to the 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers he had held
a commission in the Engineers Volunteers, and subsequently was a Cadet
in the Senior Division, Durham University O.T.C. During his service
in the 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers he endeavoured to qualify
himself in every way to become as efficient a soldier as possible,
and with this in view he did a month’s tour of duty at the regimental
depôt, receiving a good report on his work during that tour. He also
prepared himself to qualify, and qualified in examination “B” for
promotion to Capt. He took a month’s course in signalling at Bulford
Camp, at the end of which he qualified most satisfactorily. After
this he became battn. signalling officer, and never spared himself in
bringing his signallers into as high a state of efficiency as possible
in all branches of military signalling. He also became interested in
“wireless,” and provided himself with an apparatus, which he studied
with great zeal and ability. When the war broke out he commanded the
Northumbrian Divisional Signalling Coy., and was consequently attached
to the Northumbrian Divisional R.E. He was a popular officer with all
ranks, was a keen rifle shot, and in 1913 won the revolver championship
of Northumberland. He was also a very keen motorist, and, in fact, an
all-round sportsman.
[Illustration: =Thomas L. Bainbridge.=]
=BAIRD, COLIN=, Sergt., No. 2768, D Coy., 1st/14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt., _s._ of Thomas Baird, of 25A,
Wood Street, E.C., by his wife, Lucy Maria, dau. of Mark Williams;
_b._ West Norwood, 5 Nov. 1886; educ. Lancaster College, West
Norwood; killed in action near Loos, 13 Oct. 1915, while in charge of a
party sent out to cut wire entanglements; _unm._
[Illustration: =Colin Baird.=]
=BAIRD, STANLEY CHARLES=, Probationary 2nd Cook’s Mate, No. Ch.
M. 7600, H.M.S. Cressy, 4th _s._ of George Alexander Baird, of 4,
Pleasant View, Farnborough, of the Metropolitan Water Board, by his
wife, Fanny, dau. of Francis Balchin; _b._ Farnborough, co. Kent,
11 June, 1893; educ. Farnborough Board School; joined the Royal West
Kent Territorials, 1912; entered the Navy, 12 May, 1914; lost in H.M.S.
Cressy in North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=BAIRD, WILLIAM FRANK GARDINER=, Capt., 4th Battn. Bedfordshire
Regt., yr. _s._ of Sir William James Gardiner Baird, of Saughton
Hall, Midlothian, 8th Bt., J.P., Lieut.-Col. Lothians and Berwickshire
Imperial Yeomanry, formerly 7th Hussars, by his wife, the Hon. Arabella
Rose Evelyn Hozier, dau. of James Henry Cecil, 1st Lord Newlands;
_b._ Inch House, Liberton, Midlothian, 15 April, 1885; educ.
Castlemount, Eton and Sandhurst. Served in the 7th Dragoon Guards and
Scots Guards. On the outbreak of war he received a commission from
the Reserve of Officers as Capt. in the 4th Bedfordshires, 11 Aug.
1914, and went to the Front attached to the 1st Lincolnshire Regt. He
_d._ 5 Nov. 1914, in hospital at Boulogne, from wounds received in
action, and was buried there. Capt. Baird _m._ at Ware, 24 Nov.
1910, Violet Mary, dau. of the late Richard Benyon Croft, of Fanham’s
Hall, and had three children: James Richard Gardiner, _b._ 12
July, 1913; William Henry Gardiner, _b._ 11 Oct. 1914; and Lilias
Mary, _b._ 26 Sept. 1911.
=BAKER, EDWARD JAMES=, P.O., 1st Class, 164169, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, EDWIN JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6773), 189515, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 44, 54th Field Coy.,
R.E., _s._ of the late Frederick William Baker, of 118, Denmark
Road, and Commercial Road, Lowestoft, General and Shipsmith, by his
wife (--), dau. of (--) Naunton; _b._ Lowestoft, 8 Dec. 1876;
educ. there; was apprenticed to his father, and was an old Volunteer
in the Lowestoft Rifles; joined the R.E. as a sapper at Chatham, 2
March, 1895; served in the Bermudas, Canada, at Aldershot and in South
Africa, and with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action
near Fleurbaix, 7 Jan. 1915, being shot by a sniper. He was buried at
Fleurbaix on the Bois Grenier Road. Sergt. Baker held the Long Service
and Good Conduct medal with the crossed guns, and Lieut.-Col. D. S.
MacInnes, D.S.O., wrote: “Sergt. W. Baker, when I knew him, was section
sergt. of the 54th Field Coy., R.E. He was particularly capable and
resourceful, and inspired great confidence in the men of his section.
His bravery when making wire entanglements in the face of the enemy,
and in other dangerous work was beyond all praise.” He _m._ at
Broadstairs, 26 Nov. 1904, Maud Elizabeth (The Ridge Cottage, Crawley
Hill, Camberley), dau. of William Fisher, Dockyard Pensioner, and had
issue three sons and two daus.: Frederick William Naunton, _b._ 25
Nov. 1906; Montague Reginald, _b._ 1 Aug. 1908; Robert Naunton,
_b._ 15 July, 1913; Elsie Maud, _b._ 29 Sept. 1905; and Irene
Naunton, _b._ 23 Oct. 1910.
[Illustration: =Frederick William Baker.=]
=BAKER, GEORGE BRANDON=, Elect. Art., 3rd Class, M. 399, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, HENRY TILLET=, Armourer, 345914, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BAKER, JAMES HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 971, 8th Battn. (Post
Office Rifles) The London Regt., 2nd _s._ of Samuel Baker, of
Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, ex-Police Constable, by his wife, Harriet, dau.
of Thomas Durrance; _b._ Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, 21 Aug. 1875;
educ. St. Andrew’s School, Clapham. He was a postman, and had done 25
years’ service at Brixton. He joined the old 24th Middlesex Volunteers
in 1896, and afterwards passed into the Post Office Rifles. On the
outbreak of war he volunteered with his battn. for foreign service, and
_d._ of wounds received in action at Festubert, 26 May, 1915. A
comrade wrote “he was wounded severely in my company on Wednesday night
(25th) at Festubert, and have just now received official information
that he died in Bethune Hospital on the 26th, and was buried in
Bethune cemetery. I knew he was terribly wounded, but did not think
he was dangerously wounded, as I had the sad task of attending to his
wounds; the latter were in both legs, from the knees downwards.” And
his Colonel, in writing to express his sympathy with Mrs. Baker, spoke
of the “Many kind things he did to help one.” Baker _m._ at St.
Saviour’s, Brixton, 12 Jan. 1901, Eliza Susan (114, Cornwall Road,
Brixton Hill, S.W.), dau. of Alfred Mills, of Thurlow, Suffolk, and had
two children: James Alfred, _b._ 7 Dec. 1904; Constance Sophia,
_b._ 31 Dec. 1901.
[Illustration: =James Henry Baker.=]
=BAKER, JOHN=, A.B., No. 1402D, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5353),
S.S. 100106, _s._ of the late Daniel Baker, Labourer; _b._
Chislet, Kent, ... 1868; educ. there; joined the Navy 1904; was called
up at the outbreak of the war, and was lost in the North Sea when
H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Chislet,
17 April, 1906, Margaret A., dau. of ..., and had three children:
John William Henry, _b._ 1910; Annie, _b._ 1907; and Ivy,
_b._ 1908.
[Illustration: =John William Baker.=]
=BAKER, MARSHALL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3734), 166055, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, OSBERT CLINTON-=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn. Royal
Irish Rifles, 3rd _s._ of the late William Clinton-Baker,
of Bayfordbury, co. Herts., by his wife, Edith Mildmay Ashhurst
(Bayfordbury, Hertford), dau. of the Rev. Henry Lewis Majendie, Vicar
of Great Dunmow, co. Essex; _b._ Bayfordbury, 25 Sept. 1869; educ.
at Winchester and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, receiving his
first commission in the Royal Irish Rifles 1 March, 1890. He obtained
his step 18 Nov. 1894, and his company 24 Feb. 1900, being promoted
to field rank 22 Sept. 1906, and succeeding to the command of the 1st
battn. of his regt. 15 March, 1915, on the death of Lieut.-Col. G. B.
Laurie, who fell in action at Neuve Chapelle. From Jan. 1896 to 31 Dec.
1899 he was Adjutant to his regt. and from Feb. 1905 to Sept. 1906 he
occupied a similar position in the Militia. He served in the South
African War, and in May, 1902, obtained the command of the 21st Battn.
of the Mounted Infantry, and held that position until the end of the
war, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps, and the King’s
medal with two clasps. After this he was for some years in India and
Burmah, accompanying his regt. as 2nd in command to the front in Nov.
1914. Lieut.-Col. Clinton-Baker was one of four officers R.I.R.--out
of 22--who passed unhurt through Neuve Chapelle. He was killed in
action during the abortive attack near Fromelles on 9 May, 1915. The
battn. had to face a perfect inferno of machine guns and rifle fire
as soon as they mounted their own parapet after the lifting of the
guns. It appears that after the Rifles had carried the first line of
trenches allotted to them, and had advanced to the road beyond, the
enemy concentrated a terrible fire on them. The General in command of
the Brigade was killed and a battn., which was to have come up and
relieved the Rifles, was not sent forward. The Rifles held on to the
position and were being enfiladed, when Lieut.-Col. Clinton-Baker took
a party to the right flank to prevent this, a similar party being sent
to the left. It was when he was with his party, which was practically
annihilated, that he was shot. A good cricketer, fine shot and keen
polo player, he, with other officers, won for his regt. King George’s
Cup for polo at Aden in 1914. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Osbert Clinton-Baker.=]
=BAKER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4754, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Blacksmith, 341057, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BALCOMBE, FREDERICK=, Stoker, P.O., 276783, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in
action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BALDING, ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6413), 190103, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BALDOCK, WILLIAM ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14609, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BALDWIN, ANTHONY HUGH=, Brig.-Gen. Comdg., 38th Infantry Brigade,
late Manchester Regt., only _s._ of James Baldwin, of Smithies
Bridge, Clitheroe, co. Lancaster, by his wife, Ann, dau. of James
Part; _b._ Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, 30 Sept. 1863; educ.
Clitheroe Grammar School and Giggleswick; obtained his first commission
as Lieut. in 1st Manchester Regt. from the Militia, 14 May, 1884, being
promoted Capt. 3 Feb. 1892; Major 15 Dec. 1900; Lieut.-Col. 17 Feb.
1908; substantive Col. 4 Oct. 1911; Col. 13 Aug. 1914; and Brig.-Gen.
24 Aug. 1914. He joined the 2nd Battn. in India in 1888, served with
it at Agra, Meerut and Dinapore, and was Adjutant from 5 July, 1891,
to 4 Aug. 1895 when he returned to England. From 14 Nov. 1898, to 13
Nov. 1903, he was Adjutant of the 6th (Militia) Battn., and was at
the depôt at Ashton-under-Lyne until July, 1902, when he went out
with this battn. to South Africa, and took part in the operations in
the Orange River Colony, March to 31 May, 1902, receiving the King’s
medal with three clasps. On his return in Sept. he served with the 2nd
Battn. at Aldershot, Cork, Alderney, Portsmouth and Mullingar, and in
1910 returned to India to command the 1st Battn. He was present at the
Delhi Durbar (medal), and 1 June, 1914, retired on half-pay. On the
outbreak of the European War he offered his services and was given the
command of the 38th Infantry Brigade, 13th Division, 5 Sept. 1914,
which he trained at Tedworth, Winchester and Blackdown, and took to
the Dardanelles on 14 June, 1915. He was killed at its head on 10 Aug.
1915, in an attack on Chanak, about a month after landing. The Brigade
after his fall were forced to retreat, and his body was not recovered.
The A.D.C. to the Divisional General wrote: “He died in the front line
leading his Brigade--he died as a gallant English gentleman, beloved,
honoured, respected and mourned by all. He met his death as I am sure
he must have wished, absolutely in the front line of his splendid
Brigade.” And the Brigade Machine Gun Officer: “In General Baldwin the
Brigade has lost a wonderfully capable leader, cool and collected in
the moment of danger, always ready with a cheery word and a smile to
help those who, not having his nerve, were not so collected as he. In
quiet times a more charming and considerate officer could not be found.
His kindness and consideration for the junior members of his staff, and
indeed for everybody, down to the merest drummer boy, were wonderful,
and he held the heart and affection of every man he commanded.” Gen.
Baldwin _m._ in London, Emily Seabrooke, dau. of the late Thomas
Dyson, of the Bank of Bengal, and had issue: Mary Violet, _d._ 25
June, 1913; and Betty, _b._ 1 Sept. 1899.
[Illustration: =Anthony Hugh Baldwin.=]
=BALDWIN, JOSIAH=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2537T, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BALL, ALBERT RANSOME=, Lieut., A Coy., 10th Battn. 2nd Brigade,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William Lee Ball, of 155,
Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg, by his wife, Nellie Lenore, dau. of
William M. Ransome; _b._ Richmond, P. Quebec, Canada, 21 April,
1891, removing with his parents to Winnipeg in 1903, and was educ.
there and at Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario. He was engaged
in commercial pursuits, but on the declaration of war felt it his duty
to join the Colours, and enlisted in the 106th Winnipeg L.I., which
was united with the 103rd Calgary to compose the 10th Battn. They left
Quebec with the first Canadian Contingent in Oct. 1914, and after
training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, went to France in Feb.
1915. At the Battle of St. Julien the 10th Battn. was assigned the
post of honour, and led the memorable charge on the night of 22–23
April, which is said by Sir John French “to have saved the situation.”
In the action Lieut. Ball was mortally wounded, and he died in No. 7
Stationary Hospital at Boulogne on the 29th of that month; _unm._
His body was taken back to Canada for burial.
[Illustration: =Albert Ransome Ball.=]
=BALL, JAMES=, Sergt., 11659 (Plym.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action
in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BALL, SOLOMON=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BALL, WILLIAM ORMSBY WYNDHAM=, M.B., Lieut., R.A.M.C., _s._
of the late Henry Wyndham Ball, of the Registry of Deeds Office,
Dublin; _b._ Dublin, 27 Sept. 1889; educ. St. Andrew’s College and
Dublin University; obtained his colours on the Hockey XI. two years
in succession, and represented Ireland in six international hockey
matches. Gazetted Lieut. R.A.M.C., 24 Jan. 1913, and on the outbreak
of war was attached to the 2nd Battn. S. Staffords, and proceeded to
the Front with them 13 Aug. He was killed by a shell at Sonpir on the
Aisne, 26 Sept. 1914, when attending the wounded there, being buried at
Sonpir Farm; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Ormsby Wyndham Ball.=]
=BALL, WILLIE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10509), 226180, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BALLAM, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6060, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BALLANTYNE, DANIEL=, Private, No. 4264, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots,
_s._ of the late Daniel Alexander Ballantyne, of 38, India Place,
Edinburgh, Watchmaker, by his wife, Jane, 3rd dau. of Angus Kennedy;
_b._ Stockbridge, Edinburgh, 18 March, 1878; educ. Hamilton Place
School, Edinburgh; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 1 Oct. 1896, and spent
six years in India and eight years in the Reserve. He joined the
National Reserve, and transferred about 1912 to the Kames Gunpowder
Works (Messrs. Curtis’s & Harvey, Ltd.), and raised branches of the
National Reserve in Kames, Tighnabruaich and Millhouse. On the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914, he got up rifle competitions in aid of the local
Red Cross Society, and received the thanks of the Society for the sum
of money he thereby raised. He re-enlisted in his old regt. in Sept.,
and while at Glencorse did good recruiting work. He went to the Western
Front in Jan. 1915, and died 27 April of wounds received in action at
Hill 60, and was buried at La Clytte Reninghelst, Belgium. He had been
in the trenches on Thursday, the 26th, until midnight, when he left to
have a cup of tea, and while partaking of it a bullet entered his left
shoulder passing across the back and injuring his spine. He was taken
down to the hospital, but only lived a few hours. His letters from the
trenches were published in “The Buteman and West Coast Chronicle.” In
the last one written on the 21st, just five days before his death,
he said: “You were asking how we could be so cheery in the trenches.
Well, it’s like this. There is no use in being sad, and the cheerier
you are the better, for one never knows when it may be his turn to stop
laughing for a long, long time. We do not think on half the things
those at home bother about, and consider our duty our ordinary course
of work, as it certainly is; and there you are! Some may not come back,
but we get accustomed to that thought, and think nothing of it. It may
be our turn next, but we know that if it does come we have tried to the
best of our ability to do our duty to our people at home and King and
country.” Ballantyne _m._ at Edinburgh, 16 Oct. 1906, Mary Jane
(187, Gala Park Road, Galashiels), dau. of the late James Donaldson,
and had a son and five daus.: Daniel, _b._ 23 Oct. 1911; Jane
Kennedy, _b._ 29 March, 1908; Alice Weddell, _b._ 24 April,
1909; Mary Alexandrina, _b._ 17 July, 1910; and Margaret Inglis,
_b._ 19 Jan. 1913.
[Illustration: =Daniel Ballantyne.=]