K.C.V.O.=, Lieut. 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps; yst.
_s._ of H.R.H. Prince Henry of Battenberg, K.G., P.C. (who died
on active service at sea, 20 Jan. 1896, of fever contracted during the
Ashanti War), and of H.R.H. the Princess Beatrice (Princess Henry of
Battenberg), yst. dau. of Her late Majesty, Queen Victoria; _b._
at Balmoral Castle, 3 Oct. 1891, and was educ. at Wellington, where he
was a Lance-Corpl. in the O.T.C., and became one of the best marksmen
at the College. He went to the National Rifle Association meeting
at Bisley with the Wellington Shooting Eight which competed for the
Ashburton Shield and other events. After leaving Wellington he went
to Sandhurst, from which he was gazetted to a second lieutenancy in
the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 4 March, 1911. He was attached to the
1st Battn., then stationed at Gosport, as part of Brig.-Gen. H. H.
Burney’s 9th Infantry Brigade. Prince Maurice came under the tuition
of Lieut.-Col. R. S. Oxley and Capt. R. H. Seymour, and in due course
was posted for duty to the 1st Battn. He served with this unit at
Aldershot on transfer there into Gen. Davies’ 6th Infantry Brigade,
and served under Lieut-Col. E. Northey in Salamanca Barracks, at the
town end of the camp, and was senior 2nd Lieut. while there. He had
been made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 19 June,
1911, and was promoted Lieut., 13 Feb. 1914. On the declaration of war
he mobilised with his battn. at the town barracks in Aldershot and
proceeded to France on 12 Aug. He proved himself possessed of sound
soldierly qualities and was mentioned twice in Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914, and 17 Feb. 1915]
for gallantry in the field. At the crossing of the Aisne he was first
over the bridge by which his battn. had to pass under heavy fire, and
when Major Armytage led the line forward in a splendid charge he was
in the thick of the fray. His name and that of Major Armytage were on
every man’s lips in the battn. The following account of the action
was given by Corpl. J. Jolley:--“Instead of retiring as we had been
doing, on 5 Sept, we advanced five miles to Firoy. There was very
fierce fighting, the German infantry advancing to within 800 yards of
our artillery, and also in good rifle range. They were practically
slaughtered, and hundreds of dead lay everywhere. Early in the
morning of the 6th we were up and on the scent, the Guards being the
advance guard for a change. Towards the afternoon they got in touch
with the German rearguard at a place called by us and the Germans
“The Valley of Death.” All the artillery possible was brought on to
a ridge overlooking this valley, and played on the enemy, who could
not get out of it in a hurry, and consequently got many casualties,
the Guards capturing eighty men and five maxims, and losing only
twelve men. We kept on going until we reached the heights overlooking
Charly-sur-Marne. Here we took up our post about two miles from the
enemy without knowing it. On the morning of the 7th the King’s Royal
Rifles were the advance guard. We traversed a wood, and found that the
enemy had camped on the other side. We could see the Germans making
blockages on the bridge, preparing to blow it up, but on seeing us
they made off, and as we had no artillery with us they got off free.
The order then came that the bridge must be taken at once. When we got
there we found that the bridge had three blockages, comprised of carts,
furniture, glass, wire, etc. Prince Maurice of Battenberg was first
man over, searching the house beyond all by himself. This was a brave
act for an officer alone. The blockage was removed, and the battn. got
across without a shot being fired. We went through Charly-sur-Marne,
and halted about one mile on the other side for four hours, as the
French were busy in action, and in the end they repulsed the Germans.”
On 27 Oct. 1914, he was ordered to storm a German position and capture
some guns which were doing a lot of damage. On the advance they came
to a wood which was too thick for them to get through conveniently,
and they had to cross an open field. Prince Maurice was leading his
men across this open space when a shell fell and burst right by him.
He knew that his injuries were mortal, and wished the men good-bye.
He was carried to a field dressing-room, where he died. He was buried
at Ypres on 30 Oct. about 3.30 p.m. “and not far away the German big
guns were firing on our trenches, and our men were doing their best
to put them out of action. The guns were making such a noise that you
could not hear the Chaplain’s voice. It was a soldier’s funeral amidst
the noise of battle,” wrote Capt. W. H. Dyer. The following eulogies
were passed upon the Prince:--Sir John French: “The Army has lost a
gallant officer, who was a fine example to all around him.” General
Munro, Commanding the 2nd Division: “His Highness had throughout the
campaign displayed a rare example of courage and fortitude to the men
of his battn.,” and Sir Douglas Haig: “The Army loses a most gallant
and valuable officer.” Prince Maurice supported the work of the Army
Rifle Association and was also keen on polo, being in the Hurlingham
handicap list. He did not play much, but he liked the game and was also
fond of football, tennis, and motoring. He was also greatly interested
in aviation, and made many flights as a passenger at Hendon. Prince
Maurice was made a Freemason in the Heroum Filii Lodge, No. 3,404 (the
Lodge of the Old Wellingtonians) on 21 June, 1912, and was installed
Master of the Twelve Brothers Lodge, No. 785 Southampton, 22 April,
1914. His two brothers are (1916) on active service--Prince Alexander
Albert with the Grenadier Guards and Prince Leopold with the 60th
Rifles.
[Illustration: =Prince Maurice Victor Donald of Battenberg.=]
=BATTERHAM, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B 6505), 204862, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BATTERSBY, AUGUSTUS WOLFE=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Connaught Rangers,
2nd _s._ of the late John Radcliff Battersby, of Loughbawn,
Collinstown, co. Meath, J.P., Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Augusta
Helen, dau. of John Rynd, of Reynella, co. Westmeath; _b._
Loughbawn, 10 Feb. 1885; educ. Corring School, Kingstown, and Trinity
College, Dublin (B.A.). He entered the Church 20 Feb. 1910, and was
curate of Antrim Parish, co. Down, until he was gazetted to the 4th
(Extra Reserve) Battn. of the Connaught Rangers, 14 April, 1914. He
joined at Aldershot, 30 April, was promoted Lieut. 5 Dec. following,
and was attached for service to the 2nd Battn. of the Nigerian Regt.
He sailed for the Cameroons on the 17th of the same month; took part
in operations at Wum Bidgas where he was slightly wounded, and died of
dysentery at Duala, 8 June, 1915, and was buried in the cemetery there;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Augustus Wolfe Battersby.=]
=BATTERSBY, CHARLES FREMOULT PRESTON=, Capt., 113th Battery Royal
Field Artillery, only _s._ of Major-Gen. Thomas Preston Battersby
of Imber House, East Molesey, Principal Ordnance Officer, by his wife,
Agnes Janet, dau. of the late John Evens; _b._ Castle Barracks,
Enniskillen, 11 July, 1887; educ. King’s School, Canterbury, and Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 July, 1907, and
became Lieut. 23 July, 1910, and Capt. 30 Oct. 1914. He was present at
the retreat from Mons, the Battle of the Marne and in action for a long
time on the Aisne. He was killed during the first bombardment of Ypres,
4 Nov. 1914, while a farm, in which he was billetted was being heavily
shelled, he returned from his safety pit to release a horse which was
tied up in the yard belonging to the farm, and he was killed by one
of the shells while so doing. He was buried the following day in the
cemetery at Ypres.
[Illustration: =Charles Fremoult Preston Battersby.=]
=BATTY, CHRISTOPHER=, Leading Stoker, K. 3346, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BATTY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Corpl., No. 7780, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William Batty, of Sheffield, late Scots Greys,
by his wife, Helen; _b._ Sheffield, 13 Jan. 1889; educ. National
School there; enlisted 1 April, 1908, served three years with the
colours and then passed into the reserve, and joined the Sheffield
Police. On the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914, he was called up, went
to France, 8 Aug. 1914, and served through all the various engagements
up to the 26th Dec. 1914, when he was severely wounded in action at
La Bassee, while assisting a wounded comrade. He died in hospital
at Boulogne, 19 Jan. 1915, and was buried in the cemetery there. He
_m._ at Wadsley Bridge Church, 30 Jan. 1913, Lillian Moore (35
Fielding Road, Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield), dau. of John Parkin, of
Sheffield, Accountant, _s.p._
[Illustration: =William Henry Batty.=]
=BATY, ROBERT=, Private, No. 13061, 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 3rd and yst. _s._ of William Baty, of
Saskatoon, Canada, Accountant and Auditor, by his wife, Sarah, dau.
of William Giles, Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Port Elizabeth, South
Africa, 27 July, 1890; educ. Winnipeg, Canada; was a Manufacturing
Jeweller; joined the 29th Saskatchewan Light Horse in 1907, and became
Regt. Sergt.-Major in 1912. When war was declared in Aug. 1914, he was
the first man in Saskatoon to volunteer for service overseas; came over
with the 1st Contingent in Oct., went to France, Feb. 1915, and was
killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915, during the taking of a
fortified redoubt described as “K. 5”; _unm._ Buried at Festubert.
Lieut.-Col. J. A. Aikin, Officer Commanding Sask. 29th L.H., wrote
that he had been his Regt. Sergt.-Major for two years, and had always
proved himself a good soldier. His two brothers, Major William Baty,
3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles, and Lieut. Edward Baty, are now (1916) on
active service.
[Illustration: =Robert Baty.=]
=BATY, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl. No. 3607, 2nd Royal Scots, 2nd _s._
of Alexander Baty, of 127, North High Street, Musselburgh, Collier, by
his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of Charles Fraser, 42nd Highlanders (Black
Watch) (who was killed in action at the Relief of Lucknow in 1857);
_b._ Musselburgh, 3 Nov. 1877; educ. St. Peter’s School, Mill
Hill, there; enlisted 13 Nov. 1899; served through the South African
war (Queen’s and King’s medals); retired, 28 May, 1902, and afterwards
worked as a miner; re-enlisted 1 Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of
war; promoted L.-Corpl. March, 1915; went to the Front, 27 Dec. 1914,
and was killed in action at Hooge, 25 Sept. 1915. He _m._ at
Musselburgh, 8 July, 1910, Elizabeth (7, Rothesay Place, Musselburgh),
dau. of William Moffat, of Musselburgh, and had two children, William,
_b._ 20 Jan. 1914, and Mary Anne, _b._ 22 April, 1911.
=BAUCHOP, ARTHUR, C.M.G.=, Lieut.-Col., Otago Mounted Rifles,
N.Z. Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Robert Bauchop,
of Port Chalmers, New Zealand, by his wife, Maria, dau. of Peter
Stewart; _b._ Port Chalmers, N.Z., 27 Feb. 1871; educ. there and
Otago Boys School, Dunedin; entered the Volunteer Garrison Artillery
at Dunedin in 1898, and served through the South African War with the
4th New Zealand Contingent 1900–2, being promoted Capt. 1900, Major
1901 and Lieut.-Col. 5 Sept. 1904. He first distinguished himself in
the action at Ottoshoop, and was three times mentioned in despatches
[London Gazette, 16 April, 1901, 20 Aug. 1901 and 25 April, 1902];
once, when a Major, for good service at the capture of a laager at
Fanny Home, by Col. Bing. He held the Queen’s medal with four clasps
and the King’s with two, and was awarded the C.M.G. for his services.
He remained in South Africa for some time after the conclusion of the
war and then returned to New Zealand, where he commanded in succession
the Canterbury (1904), Wellington (1907) and Otago (1912) Military
Districts. On the outbreak of the European War he was appointed to
command the Otago Mounted Rifles with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force.
Lieut-Col. Bauchop was wounded early in July, 1915, but had returned
to duty, and was mortally wounded on Bauchop’s Hill during the great
advance in Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915, and _d._ on board H.M.S.
Delta, 10 Aug. following. He was buried at sea. Lieut.-Col. Bauchop
was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s despatch of 22 Sept. 1915, for
gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was a keen and very
efficient officer, and most popular with his men. As a young man he
was a prominent athlete, and held several long-distance records. He
_m._ at Waikana, New Zealand, 12 Dec. 1912, Mary Jean, dau. of
Henry Richardson Elder, of Waikana, N.Z., and had a dau., Elizabeth
Elder, _b._ 19 May, 1915.
[Illustration: =Arthur Bauchop, C.M.G.=]
=BAVERSTOCK, ALFRED GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 237242, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BAVIN, NIGEL BENJAMIN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Essex Regt., yst.
_s._ of the late Benjamin Bavin, of Norwich, Solicitor; _b._
Northdene, Eaton, Norwich, 7 May, 1896; educ. Stubbington House,
Fareham, Norwich Grammar School and Berkhamsted, was gazetted to the
Essex Regt. from the Special Reserve of Officers, 15 Aug. 1914, and was
killed by a shell, which fell in the trench, at St. Jean, near Ypres,
23 May, 1915; he was buried at La Brique.
[Illustration: =Nigel Benjamin Bavin.=]
=BAXTER, ALFRED JOYCE=, Private, No. 2769, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.); _s._ of Arthur Boyd Baxter, of
161, Burntwood Lane, Tooting, S.W., Wholesale Bookbinder, by his wife,
Jessie, dau. of William Joyce; _b._ Stoke Newington, N., 17 Oct.
1895; educ. Cambridge House School, Margate; joined the London Scottish
after the outbreak of war, 1 Sept. 1914, was wounded at Vermelles,
during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; and _d._ at No. 18
Casualty Clearing Station the following day; _unm._
=BAXTER, BERNARD EYRE=, Private, No. 10/275, West Coast (A) Coy.,
Wellington Infantry Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._
of Stanley Eyre Baxter, of North Lees, Mangamuka, Hokianga, N.Z.,
Farmer [_b._ Upper Holloway, Highgate, London, 1861; emigrated
with family to New Zealand, 1909], by his wife, Emma Louisa, dau. of
Stephen Green, of Downhead, Somersetshire; _b._ Hagg Hill Farm,
Hinton, Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire, 2 July, 1893; educ. at Shepton
Mallet and Ashford (Kent) Grammar Schools; was for 12 months a Cadet
at Weraroa Experimental Farm, near Levin; volunteered directly war
was declared in Aug. 1914; went to Egypt with his regt.; took part in
the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb., and in
the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action at
Anzac, Gallipoli, 29 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Bernard Eyre Baxter.=]
=BAXTER, JAMES PATRICK=, Private, No. 5640, 2nd Battn. Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of James Baxter, of School Street,
Kilcock, co. Kildare, by his wife, Mary, dau. of John Word; _b._
Kilcock, 26 Jan. 1883; educ. the Christian Brothers’ School there;
joined the 3rd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers on the outbreak of war,
and was later transferred to the 2nd Battn. He died at Netley Hospital,
4 May, 1915, from wounds received at St. Julien on the night of 25–26
April; _unm._ Private Baxter’s two younger brothers are also in
the Army.
=BAXTER, JOHN HENRY=, Private, No. 10456, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots, 3rd _s._ of Frederick Henry Baxter, of 19, Portland
Road, Colchester, Bootmaker in Government workshop, by his wife,
Georgina, dau. of William Calversbert, of Colchester, Essex; _b._
Colchester, 17 Sept. 1890; educ. National School there; enlisted 4 Jan.
1909; served five years in India, and after the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914, came home with his regt. and went to France in Dec. He was
invalided home in Jan. 1915, with frozen feet, but returned to duty in
July, and was killed in action in the attack on Loos, 25 Sept. 1915;
_unm._
=BAYFIELD, ALFRED=, Stoker, P.O. 286348, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=BAYLEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B., S.S. 3556, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAYLEY, GEORGE BAIRD=, 2nd Lieut., King’s Own Scottish Borderers,
only _s._ of Isaac Fenton Bayley, of The Halls, Dunbar, East
Lothian, by his wife, Grace Jane, dau. of Gideon Pott, of Dod, co.
Roxburgh; _b._ Halls, 1 July, 1894; educ. Cheltenham College and
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 24 Jan. 1914;
killed in action at Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Lieut. Bayley was
wounded at Le Cateau, being invalided home, and had only returned to
the Front a short time before he fell. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir
J. French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field.
[Illustration: =George Baird Bayley.=]
=BAYLY, CHARLES GEORGE GORDON=, Lieut., R.E. and Royal Flying
Corps, only _s._ of the late Brackenbury Bayly, of the Cape Civil
Service, M.I.E.E., by his wife, Beatrice Mary Jesser, dau. of Col.
William Jesser Coope, late 57th regt.; _b._ Rondebosch, Cape
Colony, 30 May, 1891; educ. Diocesan College School, South Africa, St.
Edmunds Preparatory School, Hindhead, St. Paul’s School, Kensington,
and Woolwich Academy, which he entered in Feb. 1910 as a Gentleman
Cadet. He gained a scholarship for St. Paul’s School and later won
an exhibition from the school on passing into Woolwich. He passed
out 7th into the R.E., and while at Chatham represented the R.E. at
football and cricket, and took his aviator’s certificate at Hendon
(No. 441). On leaving Chatham he was gazetted to the 56th Field Co.
R.E., and was stationed at Bulford Camp, Salisbury Plain. While here he
won 2nd prize in the Royal Artillery point-to-point steeplechase. In
May, 1914, he was appointed to take his course at the Central Flying
School, Upavon, having applied for service in the Royal Flying Corps
on leaving Chatham. Here he was interested in the study of wireless
telegraphy from aeroplanes. On the outbreak of war he was gazetted
to the 5th squadron Royal Flying Corps, and on leaving the school at
Upavon was very highly reported on, his confidential report being “Very
good indeed as pilot and his capabilities as an officer being above
the average,” and an added note that he was “A very keen officer with
plenty of initiative.” He was amongst the first to reach France, as he
flew his machine from Dover to Amiens on 12 Aug. 1914, and thence to
Maubeuge. He and his pilot were the first of the Military to be killed
in action on the British side in the war. He was killed in action, 22
Aug. 1914, while on reconnaissance duty flying over the German lines,
in the neighbourhood of Enghein Rassily, as observer with 2nd Lieut.
Waterfall as pilot. They were shot down by German cannon-fire, and were
hastily buried by the Germans in ten centimetres of soil, and later the
owner of the park where they were buried exhumed the bodies and placed
them in zinc coffins to await more decent burial. Lieut. Bayly was an
officer full of promise and a keen sportsman. He represented his school
at football and won second eleven colours at cricket; he boxed and shot
for his house, winning the shooting cup for the house his last year at
school. He represented Rosslyn Park at football on leaving school, and
while at Woolwich won several prizes both in the athletic sports and
swimming sports each year he was there. He was a good horseman and won
his spurs at Woolwich.
[Illustration: =Charles George G. Bayly.=]
=BAYNES, JAMES=, Private, No. 10499, 13th Coy., 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Edward Clemminson Baynes, of 46,
Parry Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Chauffeur, by his wife, Annie, dau. of
George Dixon, of Blackburn, Bootmaker; _b._ Barrow-in-Furness, 9
July, 1894; educ. Oxford Street Schools there; enlisted Nov. 1913, and
was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 21 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Baynes.=]
=BEACH, ERNEST=, Private, No. 11301, 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., yst. _s._ of George Beach, of Lime Street, Hull, Tailor, by
his wife, Ada, dau. of (--) Gregory; _b._ Hull, 9 Feb. 1895; educ.
at the Charterhouse Lane Board School there. Prior to the outbreak of
war he worked at the Hull City Saw Mills; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914, and
had only been at the Front 11 days when he was wounded while on guard
by bursting shrapnel, 28 Feb. 1915. He died in County Kendal Hospital,
Westmoreland, 21 March following; _unm._
=BEADLE, JESSE AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 1906, 2nd Battn. 1st
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 3rd _s._ of the late
Jesse Delias Beadle, by his wife, Susannah (125, Broadway, Bexley
Heath, Kent), dau. of John Nash, of Chadwell St. Mary’s, Essex;
_b._ Bexley, co. Kent, 20 Dec. 1890; educ. Bexley Heath. In
Australia on the outbreak of war, he joined the Australian Imperial
Force, left for the Dardanelles with the 5th Reinforcements, being
employed as a bomb thrower, and was killed in action in the advance
at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; buried at sea. He _m._ in
Sydney, New South Wales, March, 1914, Laura, dau. of (--) Casey, and
had one dau., Ivy Alma, _b._ 10 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =Jesse Augustus Beadle.=]
=BEADON, BASIL HERBERT EDWARDS=, Capt. and Adjutant, 7th Battn.
(Merioneth and Montgomery) Royal Welsh Fusiliers (T.F.), yr. _s._
of Col. Frederick Watson Beadon, of Longley Hall, Huddersfield,
V.D., Land Agent for the Ramsden Estates, Huddersfield, formerly
commanding the 5th and 7th West Riding Regt., by his wife, Elizabeth
Eleonora, dau. of the late William Bolam, of High Cross House,
Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Longley Hall, co. York. 11 Jan. 1887;
educ. Cheltenham College and Sedbergh, and took up his father’s
profession of Land Agent. He was brought up on the Ramsden Estate,
then on the Duke of Buccleuch’s Rugby estate, and finally on Lord
Hothfield’s Shipton property, whence he went to Mr. Naylor-Leyland’s
Kerry (Montgomeryshire) estate as sub-agent, and returned to the
Ramsden estates as assistant to his father in 1912. He had joined the
Warwickshire Yeomanry in 1908, and on leaving the county passed into
the 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers in July, 1910, of which he was appointed
Lieut. 18 July, 1913, and Capt. and Adjutant, 21 Nov. 1914. On the
declaration of war he volunteered with his battn. for foreign service,
and was sent to the Dardanelles. Capt. Beadon was killed in action
at Suvla Bay, 10 Aug. 1915. According to a letter received by his
father he was wounded in the morning, but was able to remain in the
fighting line throughout the day. In the evening he had just concluded
a consultation with his colonel and was turning to speak to another
officer when he was shot by a sniper and killed instantly. He was
buried there at 6 a.m. on 11 Aug. He was a keen footballer, and played
in the Huddersfield Old Boys’ Rugby Union. Capt. Beadon _m._ at
Boroughbridge, 14 Jan. 1913, Margaret Elizabeth, dau. of the late
Anthony Maynard, of Newton Hall, co. Durham, M.F.H. North Durham
Hounds, and had a dau., Joan, _b._ 1 Feb. 1915. His brother,
Lieut. Scarth Beadon, is now (1916) the transport officer in the 18th
Durham L.I.
[Illustration: =Basil Herbert E. Beadon.=]
=BEALE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7771), S.S. 103259,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEAMES, ALFRED EDWARD=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 5024), 294677,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BEAN, FREDERICK JAMES=, Private, No. 6575, Scots Guards,
_s._ of A. Bean, of Station Road, Northiam, Sussex; _b._ co.
Sussex; enlisted, 2 July, 1906; served with Expeditionary Force in
France, etc.; killed in action between 4–12 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=BEAN, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16855, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEAN, SAMUEL JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5305), 177884, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BEANEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5833), 182377, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEANEY, JAMES=, Private, No. G. 4986, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt.; served with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action 18 April, 1915; _m._
=BEANLAND, HARRY=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 10231), 298948,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEARD, FRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4369), 196362, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BEARMAN, WALTER JOHN=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21160, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BEARMAN, WILLIE GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 155050, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEARNE, ARTHUR HENRY=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, 359286
(Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BEATSON, FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 9034, 1st Battn. K.O.R.
Lancaster Regt., 3rd _s._ of William Beatson, of 16, Oak Street,
Wavertree, Liverpool, by his wife, Alice, dau. of William Little;
_b._ Liverpool, 22 April, 1887; educ. St. Clement’s National
School, Liverpool; enlisted in 1905, served seven years and obtained
his discharge in 1913, but on the outbreak of war rejoined, served
through the retreat from Mons and the Battles of the Aisne and the
Marne, and was killed in action “somewhere” in France, 18 March,
1915; _unm._ He was buried near Le Bizett Hospital, a mile from
Armentières. Two of his brothers are now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Frederick Beatson.=]
=BEATTIE, ISAAC=, A.B., R.N.V.R., No. Tyneside Z/715, Collingwood
Battn., R.N.D., 4th _s._ of John Beattie, of 9, Robson’s
Buildings, Windynook, Gateshead, Miner; _b._ Windynook, 1891;
educ. at the Council School there; joined the Navy at the outbreak
of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Isaac Beattie.=]
=DE VERE BEAUCLERK, NEVILL=, Lieut., 12th, attached 1st, Battn.
Essex Regt., only child of Robert Sidney de Vere Beauclerk, B.A.,
London [gt.-gt. gdson. of Lord Sidney Beauclerk, 5th _s._ of
Charles, 1st Duke of St. Albans, K.G.], and of Beatrice, dau. of the
late Alfred Richard Hollebone; _b._ Ingatestone, co. Essex, 13
Oct. 1895; educ. Kenilworth School, near Cape Town, and South African
College, Cape Town. At the age of sixteen he was a member of the Cape
Town Society of Model Engineers, and won the Ashenden Shield for
model speed-boat construction; on coming to London two years later he
passed together the London Matriculation Examination and the Entrance
Examination into the second year of the City and Guilds Engineering
College. On the outbreak of war he immediately volunteered, and having
had training in the South African Defence Force, obtained a commission
as 2nd Lieut. in the 12th (Service) Battn. Essex Regt. For the first
month he did Captain’s work at Harwich, and was within three months
(9 Dec. 1914) promoted Lieut., later being appointed instructor in
musketry, and afterwards machine gun officer. In the latter capacity he
was sent with reinforcements to the Dardanelles, and attached to the
1st Battn. of his regt. He was killed in action while in charge of his
gun, at Gallipoli, 17 June, 1915; _unm._ Letters received by his
parents from friends and brother officers all testify to his cheerful
disposition, his courage, and great capabilities. A private of his gun
section wrote: “He was the sort of officer any man would be willing to
die for,” and a sergt. of the section remarked to an officer: “Lieut.
Beauclerk was the smartest officer we have ever had on the gun.” “Yes,”
wrote a brother officer, “he was simply brilliant; but what was even
better, he was so lovable.”
[Illustration: =Nevill de Vere Beauclerk.=]