(T.F.), only _s._ of Francis Strange Brice, of Middlemeade,
Stoughton Drive, Leicester, J.P., by his wife, Margaret Alice, dau. of
Thomas Henry Downing; _b._ Leicester, 28 Nov. 1893; educ. Mill
Hill School, London; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. 10 May,
1913. When war was declared he volunteered for Imperial Service, was
gazetted Lieut., 22 Oct. 1914, and died at Bailleul, France, 12 June,
1915, of wounds caused by the premature explosion of a rifle grenade at
Dranoutre, Belgium. He was buried at Bailleul. His commanding officer
wrote: “I cannot forbear saying how profoundly I regret his death, and
how great a loss he is to the battn. He was the Grenade Officer and had
charge of the bomb throwers. His work in that position was of a high
quality. He was absolutely fearless, and I believe that his men would
have followed him anywhere. He was of the type of which leaders are
made, and the Army can ill afford to lose such men.”
[Illustration: =Henry Copeland Brice.=]
=BRICKETT, RALPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7013), S.S.
101618, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRICKWOOD, ARTHUR CYRIL=, Lieut., 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st
Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., elder _s._ of Sir John Brickwood,
of Southsea and Hindhead, by his 2nd wife, Jessie, dau. of the late
John Cooper, of Burghfield; _b._ Southsea, 1 Nov. 1896; educ.
Twyford, near Winchester, and Charterhouse; entered Sandhurst, Feb.
1914; gazetted to York and Lancaster Regt., 30 Sept. and was engaged on
coast defence at Cleadon and South Shields. On 2 Feb. 1915, he took out
drafts of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to France, and on arrival
was sent to Rouen Hospital suffering from a sharp attack of influenza.
On recovery he rejoined, and was in and out of the trenches seven
times. He was taken ill in the trenches with septic throat, 11 April,
and was sent back to the base hospital at Boulogne, where, after two
operations, he died 15 April, 1915; buried at Grayshott.
[Illustration: =Arthur Cyril Brickwood.=]
=BRIDGELAND, HUBERT EDWARD=, Private, No. 11478, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards; 5th _s._ of the late John George Bridgeland,
of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Carpenter, by his wife Eliza (16 Silverlands
Road, Silver Hill, St. Leonards-on-Sea), dau. of George Dearing, of
St. Leonards-on-Sea; _b._ Hastings, 8 Feb. 1897; educ. Tower Road
Board School; enlisted the last week in Aug. 1914; went to France 8
April 1915, and was killed in action at Vermelles, 27 Sept. 1915;
_unm._ A comrade wrote: “It was while we were advancing that he
met his fate, a shell exploding just in front of him, the shock proving
fatal. He was neither hit nor wounded, it was purely the shock.”
[Illustration: =Hubert Edward Bridgeland.=]
=BRIERLY, ALWIN HUARD=, Private, No. 1281, 25th Battn., 7th
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Sir Oswald
Walters Brierly, Marine Painter to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, by his
2nd wife, Louise Marie, eldest dau. of Louis Huard, of 37, Onslow
Square, S.W., and Brussels; _b._ London, 26 Jan. 1877; educ. in
London; went to South Africa as a lad in 1895, and after some years
there left for New Zealand, and finally settled in Australia about
1907. After the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service,
and enlisted at Mackay, North Queensland, in Oct. 1914, and after
training at Enogerra Camp, Brisbane, from March to Aug. 1915, left
for Egypt with the second reinforcements. He died in No. 27 General
Hospital at Mudros, 1 Jan. 1916, from uremia, brought on by exposure in
the trenches, and was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alwin Huard Brierly.=]
=BRIGGS, CHARLEY=, Private, No. 6479, 1st Battn. West Yorkshire
Regt., 1st _s._ of Samuel Briggs, of 1, Ganny Yard, Elland Road,
by his wife, Emma; _b._ Brighouse, co. York, 9 Jan. 1886; educ.
there; enlisted 7 Aug. 1902, and was killed in action 1½ miles S.E. of
Tyron, 20 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Southowram, 13 Aug. 1910, Emma
Jane (5, Elland Road, Brookfoot, Brighouse, co. York), dau. of (--),
and had three daus., Mary, _b._ 9 Feb. 1911; Mabel, _b._ 5
Jan. 1913; and Muriel, _b._ 6 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Charley Briggs.=]
=BRIGGS, GEORGE CLARK=, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers,
only _s._ of Francis Briggs, of Huntington, near Haddington,
Teak Merchant and Shipowner, by his wife, Esther White, dau. of James
Munro, of Moffat, M.D. [by his wife (--), dau. of Dr. George Smith,
Fleet Surgeon, R.N., who at one time served with Nelson]; _b._
at Edinburgh, 4 March, 1878; educ. Edinburgh Academy, Malvern College
and Clare College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn.
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 3 May, 1899, and promoted Lieut. 24
Feb. 1900, and Capt. 18 April, 1915. He served in the South African
War, 1899–1902, taking part in the Relief of Ladysmith and was taken
prisoner at Colenso, but was released on the entry of Lord Roberts into
Pretoria. He was sent with Boer prisoners to Ceylon. On his return
he took part in the operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria,
including the actions at Frederickstad, 17–25 Oct. 1900, and was
employed with the Rand Rifles from Dec. 1901, to June, 1902, and was
then chosen for the Mounted Infantry. For his services he received
the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s medal with two. He
afterwards served in India, again in South Africa and accompanied
the first Expeditionary Force to France. He was killed in action at
Vailly-sur-Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, while extracting his men out of a
position from which they had to retire. Capt. Briggs was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914, for gallant
conduct during the retreat from Mons. Corpl. T. Gibson and Private
Cox of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, both home wounded, related in The
Scotsman of 17 Oct. the following incident: “In the retreat from
Jemappes the Germans were pressing the Fusiliers closely, and towards
evening the coy. reached the village, dead beat after a long march.
Capt. Briggs got the men together and gave the order to fix bayonets.
At the same time he spoke a few patriotic words with regard to the
regt. and its illustrious history, pointing out that it had never been
known to surrender. The Capt. said he was prepared to make a last stand
and with bayonets fixed the men waited on the enemy coming through. The
last stand was not needed, however, as the Germans did not press home
their advantages.”
[Illustration: =George Clark Briggs.=]
=BRIMBLE, CYRIL GEORGE MICHAEL=, Private, No 72029, Machine
Gun Section, 27th Battn. (Winnipeg L.I.), 6th Brigade, Canadian
Expeditionary Force; 4th and yst. _s._ of Edward Henry Brimble,
of Milton, Weston-super-Mare, retired Banker, by his wife, Agnes
Edith, dau. of George Shadbolt, P.R.M.S.; _b._ Fish Ponds, co.
Gloucester, 11 Sept. 1888; educ. Lewisham School, Weston-super-Mare;
went to Canada in March, 1911, and settled at Winnipeg. In Feb. 1915,
he volunteered and joined the Winnipeg L.I., and was killed in action
at Neuve Eglise, 16 Oct. 1915, being the first of his battn. to fall;
_unm._ He was buried in Locre churchyard the following day with
full military honours.
[Illustration: =Cyril G. M. Brimble.=]
=BRIMBLECOMBE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 91133, 7th (Service) Battn.
Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action, 13 Aug. 1915.
=BRINDLE, JAMES=, Private, No. 17367, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Royal
Lancashire Regt., _s._ of Hugh Brindle, of 29, Pickup Street,
Blackburn, by his wife, Jane Eliza, dau. of Henry Tomlinson; _b._
Blackburn, 16 Sept. 1893; educ. Holy Trinity School there; prior to
the outbreak of the war was employed as a weaver in Sparrow’s Mill,
Quarry Street; joined the Army 25 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action
at Ypres, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ Five of his brothers are, or were,
on active service, Private Joseph Brindle, 3rd Battn. East Lancashires;
Ewen, 4th Battn. East Lancashires; and Alfred, Lancashire Fusiliers,
are serving in France; George is in the Navy; and the yst., Private
Thomas Brindle, Scottish Rifles, has been discharged, having had his
finger blown off at the Battle of the Aisne.
[Illustration: =James Brindle.=]
=BRINDLEY, THOMAS LESLIE ST. JOHN=, Private, No. 12037, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards; _b._ Worcester; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915;
_unm._
=BRINGLOE, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 470, 1/5th. Battn. (The Buffs)
East Kent Regt. (T.F.), 5th _s._ of the late John Bringloe,
of Cranbrook, co. Kent, by his wife, Mary (Lauriston, High Street,
Cranbrook), dau. of Henry Curry of Foulden, Norfolk; _b._
Didlington, co. Norfolk, 6 April, 1891; educ. Didlington and Cranbrook
National Schools, and was Gardener to Col. Alexander; joined the
Cranbrook Territorials in 1906; volunteered for active service on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for India (Kamptee) in Oct. 1914;
went to Mesopotamia, Dec. 1915; and died 8 Jan. 1916, from wounds
received in action at the Battle of Sheikh Saad, the previous day;
_unm._ He was bugler to Col. Munn-Mace.
=BRISTOW, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10280, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BRISTOWE, ROBERT OWEN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt., only
_s._ of the late Stanley Bristowe, Member of the London Stock
Exchange, by his wife, Ethel (now wife of William Henry Harrison, of
13, Oakley Street, Chelsea, S.W.), dau. of John Pike, and grandson of
Robert Henry Bristowe, of Wavertree, Sydenham Hill, S.E.; _b._
Sydenham, 5 Sept. 1888; educ. Parkfield, Haywards Heath; Charterhouse,
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Devonshire Regt., 14 Oct.
1908, and joined at Plymouth 21 Nov. following; served in Crete,
Malta and Egypt, and was promoted Lieut. 4 May, 1911. He obtained
a “distinguished” in both the rifle and machine gun courses at the
Hythe School of Musketry between Jan. and March, 1913, and was Acting
Adjutant in Cairo and at the front. When the European War broke out
he was home on leave from Cairo and was sent to the camp at Saltash,
Cornwall. He rejoined his battn. on its return from Egypt, and
proceeded with it to the front on 5 Nov. 1914; came home on short leave
21 Jan. 1915, returning to the front on the 27th of the month, and was
killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._ He
was mentioned for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field in
F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 5 April, 1915 [London Gazette, 22
June, 1915]. The second in command of the battn. wrote: “His loss to
the regt. is immense, and to me, personally, more than I can say...;
he was always so cheery, and the whole of the officers, N.C.O.’s and
men of the battalion share your grief.... He was cool and collected
as he always was under all circumstances, and he led his platoon
splendidly.” The officer commanding his company at the time said: “To
me it seems impossible that such a catastrophe could have happened to
the most wonderful nature I have ever met. His death has left all of
us that remain in the battn. simply stupefied.... You will remember
that he took his platoon over that machine gun and rifle swept ground,
losing half his platoon, and when they arrived at the German trench
the remnants laid down under the German parapet, while Bob knelt up
and fired from two to three dozen shots at Germans who were firing at
our troops advancing further to the left. There seems no doubt at all
that he accounted for some dozen and a-half of them, until one of them
spotted him and hit him behind the left ear.... Only 18 men out of 53
now remain of his platoon ... more than one gulped down a lump when
reminded of their beloved officer and friend. They just loved the old
lad. I have never known any person so universally admired and loved as
he was by everyone”; adding: “his advance greatly helped to cause the
whole German line to retire.” A private wrote: “I feel sure that I am
expressing not only my own thoughts but those of my comrades of the
platoon which has had the honour of serving under the leadership of so
brave a gentleman as the late Lieut. Bristowe. It is hardly necessary
for me to add that his loss is most keenly felt by us all.” The platoon
sergt. wrote: “I trust you can now realise how bravely and fearlessly
our gallant leader met his death, not caring about himself as long
as he could make the attack successful.” His cousin, Private Stanley
Bristowe, died on active service 18 June, 1915 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Robert Owen Bristowe.=]
=BRISTOWE, STANLEY=, Private, No. 2063, Hon. Artillery Company,
eldest _s._ of Percy Robert Bristowe, of Roundwood, Hutton, Essex,
member of the London Stock Exchange, by his wife, Elizabeth Frances
Mary, dau. of Henry Edward Milner (late of) Woodlawn, Kingswood Road,
Norwood, and grandson of Robert Henry Bristowe, of Wavertree, Sydenham
Hill, S.E.; _b._ Waverley, Bromley, Kent, 29 May, 1893; educ.
Charterhouse; joined the Hon. Artillery Company in Sept. 1914, and
died in hospital, St. Omer, France, of illness contracted while on
active service in France, 18 June, 1915. He was buried in the Souvenir
Cemetery, St. Omer; _unm._ His cousin-german, Lieut. R. O.
Bristowe, was killed in action 14 March, 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Stanley Bristowe.=]
=BRITT, ALBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 3245, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards; enlisted 16 Jan. 1900; served in South Africa, 7 Nov. 1901 to 4
Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps), and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, 11 Sept. to 29 Oct. 1914; was reported
missing on the latter date, and is now assumed to have been killed in
action 29 Oct. to 2 Nov. 1914. He _m._ Rose (1, The Row, Elmdon
Heath, Salihill, Birmingham) and had six children.
=BROAD, EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 281620, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BROAD, GEORGE ALFRED=, Private, No. 7751, 2nd Battn. East Kent
Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 18 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BROAD, WALTER=, Sergt. Shoemaker, No. 5641, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of George Broad, of North Evington, Leicester;
_b._ Leicester, 3 Jan. 1883; educ. there; served with the 3rd
Battn. Leicester Regt. in the South African War (Queen’s medal with two
clasps “Cape Colony,” “South Africa, 1902”); enlisted in the Coldstream
Guards, 8 Aug. 1904; became L.-Corpl. 3 Oct. 1905; Corpl. 5 Jan. 1909;
Sergt. and Sergt. Shoemaker 26 July, 1913; served in Egypt 29 Sept.
1906, to 20 Oct. 1908, and with the British Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the
Battle of Mons, 16 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Peter’s Church,
Mount Sorrell,--Aug. 1910, Nellie (170, Main Street, Mount Sorrell,
Leicestershire), dau. of Harry Rudkin, of 170, Main Street, Mount
Sorrell, and had two children: Walter, _b._ 29 Oct. 1914; and May,
_b._ 2 May, 1912.
[Illustration: =Walter Broad.=]
=BROADHURST, JOSEPH HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 6723),
S.S. 101291, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=BROADRICK, JAMES GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4540),
282164, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROADWAY, HUGH ALEXANDER=, Lieut., R.E., eldest _s._ of
Alexander Broadway, Magistrate and Landowner in the Punjab, India, by
his wife, Lizzie Welford, dau. of Kinsey Beaumont Thomas, of Upton, co.
Worcester; _b._ Mussoorie, India, 23 June, 1891; educ. Watson’s
College, Edinburgh, and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; obtained
his commission, 25 July, 1912. On the conclusion of the usual two
years’ course at the S.M.E., he volunteered for India, and was sent
to Gosport in July, 1914, for an electric lighting course prior to
embarkation. On the outbreak of war, Broadway was at first employed in
hutting the troops for coast defence, and then on some miscellaneous
work at Netley Hospital and in the Southampton district, to his great
and natural disappointment. But it was not for long, and in Nov. he
was ordered to report at Chatham for service in a field company to
be sent to the front, where he afterwards served in the 15th Field
Coy. under Major P. K. Betty, R.E., to which he appears to have been
transferred at the front. Here Broadway was specially commended for
good work in design and execution of defences in an important position,
christened “Port Arthur,” and specially commended for the excellent and
gallant work carried out by himself and his section of the 15th Coy.
R.E. by the Brig.-Gen. commanding the 24th Infantry Brigade, through
the Headquarters of the 8th Division in March, 1915. The 10 March
saw Broadway preparing the defences of a post captured outside Neuve
Chapelle, and in the afternoon of that day he was bending down in an
exposed position to bandage one of his sappers who had been shot when
he was himself hit in the shoulder, and the bullet injured his spine.
He was immediately carried to the dressing station and sent out to the
base hospital, but eventually died there on 30 March. Hugh Broadway was
specially fond of Rugby football among games, was a keen soldier, and
very popular with his fellows, and put all his energy into the subject
in hand. Many letters testify similarly to that of the Major commanding
his company, who wrote: “Your son, during the short time he was in the
company, endeared himself to us all, and worked hard at whatever he
undertook,” and his all too brief career was crowned by his posthumous
mention in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, “for
gallant and distinguished service in the field.”
[Illustration: =Hugh A. Broadway.=]
=BROADWELL, THOMAS=, Private, No. 6675, 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Robert Broadwell, of Hull, Blacksmith, by his wife,
Annie Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Peterson; _b._ Hull, 5 Sept. 1876;
educ. Blundell Street Board School there; served for six or seven
years in the 1st East Yorks Rifle Volunteers; worked for 21 years with
Charles Hatfield, of Hull, Coal Merchant, and after the latter’s death
in 1912, for himself as a coal dealer; was called up on the outbreak
of the war (11 Aug. 1914), and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle,
9 April, 1915. He _m._ at Sculcoates Parish Church, Hull, Lily (7,
Walter’s Terrace, West Parade, Hull), dau. of William Atkinson, and had
five children: Robert William, _b._ 8 March, 1903; Harry, _b._ 29 May,
1904; Laura, _b._ 7 Feb. 1899; Lily, _b._ 27 Sept. 1907; and Muriel,
_b._ 2 July, 1912.
=BROADWOOD, MAXIMILIAN FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The
Queen’s Own West Kent Regt., _s._ of Francis Broadwood, of Hever
Court, Singlewell, Gravesend, and his wife, Mary Sylvia, dau. of
the late Maximilian Hammond Dallson, of Hamptons, co. Kent, J.P.,
and grandson of the late Thomas Broadwood, of Holmbush, co. Sussex;
_b._ Brunswick Place, Hove, co. Sussex, 1 April, 1893; educ.
Evelyns (G. T. Worsley), Hillingdon, Uxbridge; Wellington College,
Berks; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; obtained his
commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt. 4
Sept. 1912, and joined the 1st Battn. in Dublin 9 Oct. following. He
was killed in action near Wasmes, during the retreat from Mons, 24 Aug.
1914; _unm._ Col. Martyn, the officer commanding the battn. at the
time of his death and during his two years’ service, wrote: “He was a
boy with a future before him; was beloved by us all, always cheerful,
and a great loss not only to his family but to his regiment and his
country. He was killed at the same time as Major Bereford and Capt.
Phillips, both in his company, which had been sent to help another
battn. in difficulties.”
[Illustration: =Maximilian F. Broadwood.=]
=BROCK, JOHN=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 344374, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BROCK, JOHN RAMSAY=, L.-Sergt., No. 28957 16th Battn. (72nd
Seaforth Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force; only _s._
of George Dunning Brock, of Greattree Estate, Chagford, Devon, by
his wife, Seraphina Wagstaff dau. of Andrew Devoy Ramsay; _b._
Brantford, Ontario, 21 Sept. 1876; educ. Lapford College, North Devon;
went to Canada in Aug. 1903, and was a builder, but on the outbreak
of war enlisted, 18 Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent,
Oct. 1914, went to the front Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at
Festubert between 18 and 20 May, 1915. He _m._ at Chagford, Devon,
19 Nov. 1894, Rose Edith (1860, 14th Avenue East, Vancouver, B.C.), 2nd
dau. of William Lyddon, of Portland House, Chagford, and has two sons
and three daus.: Jack Ramsay, _b._ 31 March, 1904; Roy Dunning,
_b._ 29 July, 1906; Rita Ramsay, _b._ 30 April, 1900; Violet
Palmer, _b._ 10 Oct. 1901; and Emily Wilfreda, _b._ 14 April,
1911.
[Illustration: =John Ramsay Brock.=]