Highlanders of Toronto), Canadian Expeditionary Force; _b._ about
1889; was admitted to Dr. Barnardo’s Homes, 16 Oct. 1895; emigrated to
Canada in July, 1898, and settled at Riga, North-West Territory, the
reports received concerning him being “uniformly good over the whole
period of his stay in Canada”; volunteered for service overseas on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left Canada with the first contingent in
Oct.; went to France, Feb. 1915; was wounded in the left shoulder at
Langemarck, and was in hospital for a time, and was killed in action at
Ypres, 23 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Augustus Brooks.=]
=BROOKS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4515), S.S.
103523, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BROOKS, JAMES VINCENT=, Private, No. 6/203, C Coy., Canterbury
Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James
Brooks, of 88, Valley, Wakefield, Nelson, New Zealand, Farmer;
_b._ Wakefield, New Zealand, 3 July, 1894; educ. there;
volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18 Aug.
1914; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the
landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action
there, 8 May following; _unm._
=BROOKS, ROWLAND CAUSER=, 2nd Lieut., 1/6th Battn. The Manchester
Regt (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Buckley Brooks, of The Manor House,
Hale Barns, co. Chester, by his wife, Anna, dau. of Henry Causer,
of Melbourne, Victoria; _b._ Cheetham, Manchester, 12 April,
1892; educ. Merton House, Penmanmaur, and Dean Close, Cheltenham;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2/6th Battn. Manchester Regt. 31 Oct. 1914; joined
the 1st Battn. in Egypt early in 1915, and proceeded with it to the
Dardanelles. He was killed in action, whilst leading his men in the
famous charge at Krithia on 4 June, 1915, from which only five officers
and less than 200 men returned out of the 6th Battn.; _unm._
[Illustration: =Rowland Causer Brooks.=]
=BROOKSBANK, HUGH GODFREY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Alexandra, Princess
of Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of Edward Clitherow
Brooksbank, of Healaugh Old Hall, Tadcaster, late Major, Yorkshire
Artillery, by his wife, Katherine Graham, dau. of the late Hugh Morris
Lang, of Broadmeadows, Selkirk, and grandson of Edward Brooksbank, Lord
of the Manor and Patron of Healaugh; _b._ 24 Nov. 1893; educ.
Radley; received his commission in the Yorkshire’s, 5 Feb. 1913, and
was promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914. He was severely wounded at the first
Battle of Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, and died in London 16 Dec. following;
_unm._ He was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatches [16 Jan. and 31 May, 1915] for conspicuous gallantry in the
field, and writing of his conduct at Ypres the senior officer of the
regt. said: “A braver lad never stepped this earth; he was left in
command of B Coy. when all his seniors had been shot. He commanded it
like a veteran and on two occasions was largely responsible for the
regt. being saved. He has been recommended for decoration.”
[Illustration: =Hugh Godfrey Brooksbank.=]
=BROOMHAM, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 2605), 172555,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROSTER, JESSEP=, Ship’s Cook, 343743, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROTCHIE, ROBERT TRAILL=, Surgeon, R.N.V.R., only _s._ of
James Brotchie, of Swanney, Orkney, Tea Merchant, by his wife, Janet
Catharine, dau. of Richard Brotchie, of Yorkshire; _b._ Crouch
End, London, 29 Aug. 1885; educ. St. Paul’s School, London, and the
London Hospital; served in the British Red Crescent Expedition in
Tripoli, 1912, for which he received a medal; joined R.N.V.R. 13
Nov. 1913, and before being called up on 4 Aug. 1914 was in practice
in Tarbert Loch, Tyne. He was lost on board H.M.S. Bulwark when
that ship was blown up at Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at
Kingston-on-Thames, 6 July, 1910, Theo., 4th dau. of Robert Horne, of
Kendal, co. Westmoreland, and had three children: Lindsay Drummond,
_b._ 10 Jan. 1912 (deceased), Jean Muriel and Joan Dora, twins,
_b._ 27 May, 1913.
[Illustration: =Robert Traill Brotchie.=]
=BROTHERSTON, ROBERT THOMAS=, Private, No 2605, 7th Durham L.I.,
2nd _s._ of James Brotherston, of Rowlandson Terrace, Sunderland,
engineer, by his wife, Jeannie, dau. of Alexander Henderson; _b._
Sunderland, 26 Dec. 1894; educ. Cowan Terrace Juvenile School, and
Argyle House School, Sunderland; joined the 7th Durham L.I. 6 Sept.
1914, and died at the Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 5 May, 1915, of
wounds received in action. He was buried in the East Cemetery there;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Robert T. Brotherston.=]
=BROTHERTON, RICHARD=, Private, No. 6015, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 1st _s._ of Richard Brotherton, of 34, Lindum Avenue,
Lincoln, formerly an Engine Driver, Great Northern Railway, by his
wife, Betsy, dau. of John Graves; _b._ Lincoln, 2 Feb. 1881;
educ. St. Peter at Gowts public school there; enlisted 18 Jan. 1905,
and served three years with the colours, then joining the Huddersfield
Borough Police Force. On mobilization, 5 Aug. 1914, he was called up,
went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was reported missing
after the fighting at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914, and is assumed to have been
killed on or about that date. He _m._ at Lincoln, 24 May, 1908,
Fanny (8, Fairfield Street, off Monk’s Road, Lincoln), yst. dau. of the
late George Brown, of Poolham Hall, Horncastle, and had a posthumous
son, George Richard, _b._ 9 (_d._ 31) Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Richard Brotherton.=]
=BROUGH, HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4819), S.S. 104209,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BROUGHTON, ERNEST CHAMIER=, Lieut.-Col., 3rd Battn. York and
Lancaster Regt., _s._ of Robert John Porcher Broughton, M.A.,
Cambridge, Solicitor by Royal Appointment to the Coldstream Guards;
_b._ London 3 June, 1858; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; entered the
Army as a Sub-Lieut. in the 6th Foot in Nov. 1876, and was transferred
to the 65th (2nd North Riding) Foot in Jan. 1878, and served with them
in India. In 1884 his regt. was ordered home, but were disembarked at
Suakim, and took part in the Soudan Campaign, including the Battles of
El Teb and Tamai. He got his company in 1885 and field rank in 1894
when he was posted to the 2nd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. (the
old 84th) in South Africa and subsequently served in Mauritius and
India till 1901, when he retired. Immediately on his arrival home he
joined the 3rd Battn. (Doncaster Militia) of his old regt. as a Capt.
Three months later he was appointed Major for service in the South
African War, and at the close of that campaign reverted to a company
command. In 1908 he was again promoted to field rank, thus gaining the
unusual distinction of being three times a Major. Three months later
he received the honorary rank of Lieut.-Col., and 20 April, 1909, was
promoted to substantive rank to command the 3rd York and Lancaster
Special Reserve, and had two extensions of service. He died in the
Armstrong College Military Hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 17 Dec. 1914,
while in command of his regt. then on east coast defence duty. Col.
Broughton _m._ at Brighton, 2 Feb. 1888, Jane Henrietta King (The
Cedar, Castle Donington, near Derby), dau. of Major Benjamin Bloomfield
Keane, Ceylon Rifles, by his wife, Rebecca Kate, dau. of Capt. Harloe
Dennis, of Galway, but had no issue. For over 25 years he was Editor of
the regimental journal, “The Tiger and the Rose.”
[Illustration: =Ernest C. Broughton.=]
=BROWN, ALBERT EDWARD=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 4305,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, ALBERT MOORE=, Private, No. 5011, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of Edward Brown; enlisted 16 Feb. 1903, went to
France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, was wounded on 14
Sept., and was first reported as missing on 2 Jan. 1915, and later, to
have been killed on that date. He _m._ at Offenham, 16 May, 1914,
Emma (Offenham, near Eversham), dau. of James Clarke.
=BROWN, ALBERT VICTOR=. D.C.M., L.-Corpl., No. 4943, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Edward Brown, of 34, Cemetery Road,
Forest Gate; _b._ co. Middlesex; enlisted as a Boy, 2 Jan. 1903;
became a Driver 5 Aug. 1908, and L.-Corpl. 26 May, 1914; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914; was
awarded the Distinguished Conduct medal [London Gazette, 17 Dec. 1914]
“for gallantry on 28 Sept. 1914, in assisting to remove into safety the
wounded who were lying exposed in the open,” and was killed in action
at Rentel, 5 Nov. following. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 9 Dec.] 1914.
=BROWN, ALBERT WILLIAM=, Private, No. 63087, 3rd Battn. (Canadian
Grenadier Guards) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Albert
Charles Brown, of Balsham, co. Cambs., by his wife, Mary, dau. of James
Purkiss; _b._ Balsham, 19 Aug. 1889; educ. County Council school
there, and went to Canada, 22 March, 1912. He had joined the Canadian
Grenadiers in June, 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for
foreign service, came over with the 2nd Contingent, and after a period
of training at Shorncliffe went to the Western front. He had only
been in France a month when he was killed in action, 26 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Albert William Brown.=]
=BROWN, ALEXANDER BALFOUR=, Private, No. 9695, 1st Battn. Scots
Guards, _s._ of William Brown, of Newlyle, co. Forfar; _b._
Ceres, Coupar, co. Fife; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 25 Jan. 1915.
=BROWN, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Sergt., No. 692, 3rd Dragoon Guards (C
Squadron), yst. _s._ of Thomas Brown, of Barlby, near Selby,
Farmer; _b._ Kirkdeighton, 1889; educ. Barlby; enlisted about
1907, and when war was declared was in Egypt with his regt. He came
home, went to the Front on 9 Nov., was wounded in action at Poperinghe
on the 16th, and died two days later, 18 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at
Aldershot, (--), and left one dau.
=BROWN, ARTHUR KENNISH=, Private, No. 6188, 7th Platoon, 2nd
Coy., 1st Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late
Rev. William Cowell Brown, by his wife, Fannie (20, Wellington Road,
Brighton), dau. of William Isaac Lefeaux; _b._ Dalston, London,
22 May, 1878; educ. Coopers’ Company School, London, and Manor House
School (Dr. Maxwell’s), Clapham; went to Canada in April, 1913;
enlisted at London, Ontario, about a fortnight after war was declared;
came over with the 1st Contingent, and after training on Salisbury
Plain during the winter, went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action near Festubert, 23 May, 1915; _unm._ The following report
in connection with his death was sent by the Canadian Record Office:
“On the night of 23–24 May our company was out on a working party. The
work in question was the digging of a trench in front of the firing
line. The men were working in pairs, and I was detailed with Private
Brown. After working for about three hours, we were observed by the
enemy, who immediately opened on us with artillery fire. The first
shell landed four feet in front of me and a piece of the casing struck
Private Brown in the head, killing him instantly. I cannot say what
was done with his body, but I understand that the company holding the
front line brought it in early the following morning. I believe he was
buried in rear of our first line trench. This was at Festubert. It is
impossible to give map location of the spot referred to.”
[Illustration: =Arthur K. Brown.=]
=BROWN, BERTRAM=, Private, No. 2524, 1/9th Battn., Royal Scots
(Highlanders) (T.F.), _s._ of late George Brown, by his wife,
Christina Jane Adie (15, Warrender Park Terrace, Edinburgh), dau.
of the late William Mitchell, of Leith; _b._ Leith, 27 Sept.
1892; educ. Edinburgh: prior to the outbreak of war was serving as
2nd Engineer on the s.s. Glitra, which was sunk by U-17, being one of
the first of our merchant ships to suffer that fate. Brown and his
comrades were compelled to row to the Norwegian coast in their boats.
A week later (31 Oct.) he enlisted in the “Dandy Ninth,” and was shot
by a sniper at Ypres, 9 April, 1915, when entering the trenches with
supplies; _unm._
=BROWN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 5171, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of John Brown, of Wookey, Wells, Somerset; _b._ co.
Somerset; enlisted 24 Aug. 1903; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914; killed in action at Rentel, 8
Nov. 1914; _unm._
=BROWN, CHARLES ALFRED=, Trooper, No. 830, Royal Canadian Dragoons,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Charles Ambrose Brown, of
93, Harcourt Avenue, Toronto, Canada (who served with the 12th York
Rangers in the Fenian raid, 1866); by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John
J. Lunan; _b._ Markham, York, co. Ontario, 1 March, 1883; educ.
Toronto; joined the 1st Canadian Garrison Artillery at Halifax, N.S.,
in Feb. 1900, and after serving two years, came home and enlisted in
the 3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles for service in South Africa, being
given the rank of Corpl. He afterwards served in the Royal North West
Mounted Police, and was one of the body of picked men sent over to
attend the Coronation of King George and received the Silver Coronation
Medal. On the outbreak of the European War, he re-enlisted 19 Aug.
1914; came over with the first contingent, 1 Oct. 1914; went to France
April, 1915, and was killed in action at Messines, 20 Sept. 1915;
_unm._
=BROWN, EDWARD=, Private, No. 81105, 8th (formerly 32nd) Battn.,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of George Edward Brown, of
Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada, formerly cashier at the Woolley
and North Gawber Collieries, Barnsley, now farming at Lloydminster, by
his wife, Louisa, dau. of Richard Horner, of Outwood, New Wakefield;
_b._ Darton, near Barnsley, co. York, 5 Aug. 1888; educ. Darton
Grammar School and St. Mary’s Church School, Barnsley; went to Canada
with his family, with the Barr party of Colonists, leaving Liverpool,
30 March, 1903, and reached what is now known as the Lloydminster
District in the following May, after trekking about 200 miles from
Saskatoon, the nearest railway point at that time. After the outbreak
of war he volunteered and enlisted at Lloydminster, 10 Nov. 1914; came
over in March, 1915, went to the Front 26–27 April, 1915; was seriously
wounded on the night of 20–21 May, 1915, at or near Festubert, and died
on the 23rd; _unm._ He was buried in the ground of Hinges Chateau.
[Illustration: =Edward Brown.=]
=BROWN, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15571. H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, FREDERICK JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 7549, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BROWN, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10327, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Brown, of 2, Treadway
Road, Hackney Road, N.E.; _b._ co. Middlesex; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Cuinchy, 6
Feb. 1915.
=BROWN, GEORGE=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306510, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BROWN, GEORGE=, Private, No. 7870, 1st Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of William Brown, of Burnside Cottage, Newmill, Keith;
_b._ Keith, co. Banff; enlisted 24 March, 1911, aged 20; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing, 11 Nov.
1914; _unm._
=BROWN, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15562, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, GEORGE SHIPTON=, L.-Corpl., R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 10513,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BROWN, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No' 8563, 1st Suffolk Regt.,
2nd _s._ of Frederick William Brown, of Chaplin’s Cottage, Caple
St. Mary, near Ipswich, formerly of Gosbeck, Suffolk, Shepherd, by
his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Dye, of Helmingham; _b._
Stowmarket, Suffolk, 12 Aug. 1893; educ. Ashbocking and Gosbeck
schools; joined the Army 18 June, 1912, and was killed in action 7 May,
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George William Brown.=]
=BROWN, HARRY JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4010A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, HEDLEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15474, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, HENRY AUGUSTUS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10013), 206254, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, HERBERT HENRY=, Bugler, R.M.A., 11965, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HURST-BROWN, DUDLEY=, 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., yst. _s._ of W.
Hurst-Brown, of Hurstbourne, 62, Oxford Gardens, W.; _b._ 8 June,
1897; educ. at Cardwallis, Maidenhead, and Winchester, where he was in
the O.T.C. It had been intended that he should proceed to Oxford in the
autumn, but war breaking out in the interval, he offered his services
and received his commission in the Special Reserve on 11 Aug. 1914. He
was at the Front five months, during which time he went through some of
the most severe fighting, but escaped injury until receiving his fatal
wounds in action in Flanders, 15 June, 1915. He died the same day;
_unm._ In a letter received the day before his death he stated how
glad he was he went to the Front, although the fighting was becoming
something frightful, and that he saw but little chance as a junior
officer of ever getting safely home again, and concluded the letter
with the famous Latin epitaph of Horace, “Dulce et decorum est pro
patria mori.”
=BROWN, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8655), S.S. 105081,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, JAMES=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BROWN, JAMES CARTMELL DENNISON=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. Durham
L.I. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Sir Frank Brown, of Norton Priory,
Stockton-on-Tees, D.L., by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of John Hedley,
of South Hetton, co. Durham; _b._ Stockton-on-Tees, 2 Sept. 1893;
educ. Rugby (1907), and Pembroke College, Cambridge (1912). On the
outbreak of war he at once applied for a commission, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Durham L.I., 28 Aug. 1914. He went to France on 17
April, 1915, for divisional training, but consequent on the German
attack with asphixiating gas his division was at once pushed to the
front and engaged, and took part in the fighting around Ypres, 23 and
25 April, 1915. On Sunday, 25 April, he was wounded twice. He was first
treated at Poperinghe Hospital, then removed to Hazebrouck, where he
died on 27 April, 1915. His Colonel wrote: “He was one of the best
officers we had, and did his duty to the last. On the day he was hit
he had done valuable reconnaissance work in the morning, and, when
hit, had taken part in a very good little attack. Although wounded in
two places, he showed his pluck by returning unhelped to our lines.
It is only by such examples as this that we may hope to conquer the
enemy and keep up the tradition of the country.” A brother officer also
wrote: “We all liked him very much, he was such a cheerful fellow, and
so conscientious that I knew that anything entrusted to him, however
slight or wearisome, would be properly carried out.” The Medical wrote:
“He was a tremendous favourite with us all, and I can say I never had
to attend to a pluckier lad.” His elder brother, Lieut. Frank D. Brown,
of the same battn., was wounded near Ypres in May, 1915, and is again
(1916) on active service.
=BROWN, JOHN ALEXANDER=, Rifleman, No. 3215, 17th Battn. (Poplar
and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William
Brown, Corpl., A Coy. 1st Battn. (London Irish) The London Regt.
(with 28 years’ service), by his wife, Sarah; _b._ Old Street,
Shoreditch, 10 April, 1876; educ. St. John’s Road Higher Grade School
there; served 12 years with the London Irish, and after the outbreak of
war joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 10 Sept. 1914; was wounded at
the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, and died in King George’s Hospital,
Stamford Street, 21 Nov. following. He _m._ at Hoxton, 4 Jan.
1897, Alice Rosina (18, Hemsworth Street, Hoxton), dau. of John Brown,
and had seven children: John Alexander, _b._ 2 Aug. 1902; George
Arthur, _b._ 22 March, 1905; William Charles Joseph, _b._ 3
April, 1907; Alice Rosina, _b._ 23 July, 1897; Minnie, _b._
18 Sept. 1900; Florence Marion, _b._ 22 Sept. 1910; and Blanche
Mabel, _b._ 16 Sept. 1912.
[Illustration: =John Alexander Brown.=]