in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BULL, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 548),
280624, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BULLER, FREDERICK DERICK EDWIN=, Volunteer, East African Mounted
Rifles, British East Africa, 3rd _s._ of Rev. George Buller,
Rector of Oakford, Devon, by his wife, Margaret Mildred, dau. of Sir
John William Hamilton Anson, 2nd Bt.; _b._ Burrough Green, Cambs.,
14 July, 1891; educ. Eton, and Trinity College, Oxford. On going down
from Oxford in 1913 he bought a large farm in British East Africa,
and on the outbreak of the European War immediately volunteered his
services and joined the King’s Mounted Rifles. He was killed in the
fighting on 25 Sept. 1914 in the Ingito Hills between the Magadi
Railway and the frontier. It appears that a German force of about 35
Europeans and 150 natives, with two Maxim guns, attacked a body of the
East African Mounted Rifles (C Squadron), only 30 in number, commanded
by Capt. Chapman. After one hour’s severe fighting in thick bush
country the enemy were repulsed, and retired hastily towards Longido.
At Eton Buller rowed in his house fours, and at Oxford he stroked the
winning trial eight in his first year. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick D. E. Buller.=]
=BULLINARIA, HENRY WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3766), 188856,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BULLOCK, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Gunner (R.F.R., Immed. Class 14),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BULMAN, THOMAS=, Carpenter’s Crew, M. 4701, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BULPITT, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6089), S.S. 682
(Chat.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BUNCE, CHARLES HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1123),
158786, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=BUNCE, CHARLES RALPH THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B.
7195), S.S. 102156, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=BUNCE, EDWARD=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1987), 163524, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUNCE, JOHN HENRY=, Private, No. 2418, 15th Battn. (P.W.O. Civil
Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Samuel Bunce,
of 21, Dyson Road, Leytonstone, by his wife, Alice Amilia, dau. of
Henry Allen; _b._ Forest Gate, co. Essex, 24 Aug. 1894; educ.
Swaffield Road and Wadsworth Technical Institute; joined the Civil
Service Rifles in Aug. after the outbreak of war and died of wounds
received accidentally at a bomb instruction near Bethune, 24 July,
1915. He was buried in the cemetery Noeux des Mines; _unm._ His
Capt. wrote: “Your son was a universal favourite--cheerful, willing,
and a hard worker, and a very promising soldier”; and his platoon
sergt.: “In the Army the best that can be said of any man is that ‘he
is a good soldier.’ Without any hesitation I can say that your son
had fully qualified for this high standard. He was well disciplined,
obedient, and always ready to do anything he was called on to
undertake; the mere fact that he was selected for instruction in bomb
throwing shows that his superiors had a thorough confidence in his
abilities.”
[Illustration: =John Henry Bunce.=]
=BUNN, GEORGE=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5222B, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUNYAN, BENJAMIN JAMES=, Ship’s Steward, 340125, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BURBRIDGE, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 794), S.S. 103586, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BURCH, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Private, No. 27, 8th Battn. (90th
Rifles) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of George Burch, of
Woodnesborough, co. Kent, Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Mary
Jane, dau. of the late William Oldfield; _b._ Woodnesborough, 20
Dec. 1887; educ. there; emigrated to Canada in July, 1910; enlisted
on the outbreak of the war, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at
Ypres between 24–30 April, 1915; _unm._ He was at first reported
missing, then in Aug. to have died, and finally (2 Dec. 1915) was
officially stated to have been killed between the dates given above.
=BURCH, WILLIAM JOHN=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 229),
153490, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURCHELL, FRED=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 11716, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BURCHELL, FREDERICK HUGH=, A.B., J. 9672, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BURCHETT, ARTHUR=, Sergt., No. 7882, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late William Burchett, Labourer, by his wife,
Eliza (Peal Common, Elstead), dau. of George Pullen, Farmer; _b._
Peal Common, Elstead, co. Surrey, 3 March, 1890; educ. National School
there; enlisted 10 June, 1908, and served in Egypt 1909–11, and
afterwards became a postman at Elstead. On the outbreak of war he was
called up, went to France 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at
the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. following, being buried at Soupir;
_unm._ His brother, Private Thomas Burchett, No. 7285 (sometime a
postman at Godalming), was officially reported missing, 30 Aug. 1914,
and is (1916) a prisoner in Germany.
=BURCHILL, THOMAS=, Leading Stoker, 276152 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURDEKIN, GEOFFREY ERIC=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Notts and Derby
Regt. (Sherwood Foresters), attd. 1st Loyal North Lancashires; yst.
_s._ of Benjamin Thomas Burdekin, of Sheffield and Baslow, co.
Derby, Solicitor, by his wife, Emily Jane, dau. of the Rev. Jeremiah
Stockdale, Vicar of Baslow; _b._ Sheffield, 29 March, 1893; educ.
Bramcote, Scarborough, Rugby and Woolwich. He was gazetted to the 2nd
Battn. Dorsetshire Regt. 20 Sept. 1911, and served with it in India
for two years. In 1913 he resigned his commission owing to ill-health,
and was articled to his father as a solicitor. At the outbreak of the
European War he applied for a commission, and was given one in the 3rd
Reserve Battn. of the Sherwood Foresters, and was afterwards attached
to the 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regt. with which he was serving when
he was killed in action at Beuvry, 26 Jan. 1915. He was buried at a
farm near Beuvry; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “The circumstances
under which your boy and many other valuable men lost their lives
were perhaps the most unfortunate that can be imagined. We were some
four miles distant from the firing line at the time, and it was one
of three shells that happened to strike us when the battn. orderly
room was being held in the morning. Being in temporary command, I was
taking orderly room myself and was only some six or seven yards distant
from the spot where the shell burst, and how I and the Adjutant, who
was standing beside me, escaped I really don’t know, for men within a
couple of yards of us were killed instantaneously. What I remember was
a deafening crash, a blackness, and the noise of broken glass falling.
As soon as the air had cleared of débris we saw the fearful havoc that
had been caused. You have one great consolation, however. Your son was
spared all pain and suffering, for death was absolutely instantaneous;
also that he was buried. The inability to bury one’s dead owing to
their having been killed on the ground between the opposing trenches
has, I think, been one of the most horrible features of the war. It
is, I think, unnecessary for me to assure you that your son maintained
to the end the high traditions of a British officer and gentleman. We
were together during the night attack on 31 Dec., and his coolness
under a heavy fire was very marked. Although he did not belong to the
Loyal North Lancashires but to his own county regt., yet he always took
an interest in his men and was a zealous officer. On the very morning
that he was killed, I had picked him out to take command of a company
because I had the greatest confidence in him. He was always cheerful,
and had endeared himself to us all. We feel the loss greatly.”
[Illustration: =Geoffrey E. Burdekin.=]
=BURDISS, WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2985T. H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURDON, EDWARD=, Pioneer. No. 110982, Royal Engineers, 3rd
_s._ of Edward Burdon, of Southwick-on-Wear, Joiner, by his wife,
Margaret, dau. of Richard Wake, of Southwick; _b._ Southwick, 26
Dec. 1873; educ. Southwick Board School, and was a miner. He enlisted
for the period of the war, 29 July, 1915; went to France the following
week; was invalided home, 16 Sept. 1915; and died on active service, 13
Oct. 1915, following an operation for appendicitis. He _m._ at St.
Columbus, Southwick, 7 June, 1887, Isabella (18, Edward Murdis Street,
Southwick, Sunderland), dau. of James Turnbull, of Southwick, and had
seven children: Edward, _b._ 19 Sept. 1888; James, _b._ 28
Aug. 1889; Sidney, _b._ 2 May, 1903; Nicholas, _b._ 29 Dec.
1908; Thomas, _b._ 28 Dec. 1910; Mary, _b._ 7 May, 1905; and
Jenny, twin with Thomas.
[Illustration: =Edward Burdon.=]
=BURGES, WILLIAM ARMSTRONG=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Irish
Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late Francis Lockie Burges, of Irwin
House, Irwin, Western Australia, Squatter, and grandson of the late
Francis Carleton Burges, of Fethard, co. Tipperary, M.D.; _b._
Irwin aforesaid, 3 June, 1889; educ. Campbell College, Belfast; Armagh
Royal School, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Royal Irish
Rifles, 20 April, 1910, transferred to the 1st Battn. 20 April, 1911,
and promoted Lieut. 15 Oct. 1914; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle,
while leading a charge of his platoon, 10 March, 1915; _unm._
Rifleman James Scott of this regt. wrote that in the attack on the
German second line they “were met with a murderous fire from a machine
gun which for an instant made our men waver. An officer, Lieut. Burges,
leading our platoon, No. 8, B Coy., dashed into a stream of water which
reached to his neck, and which ran parallel to the second German line
wire entanglements. He called out as he plunged into the water: ‘Follow
me, No. 8; be quick and we will capture that machine gun.’ Straight
away every man followed this gallant officer. Once across the stream,
‘Form up, No. 8,’ and away we went towards the machine gun like hounds
after the hare. We followed this officer over the German third line of
trenches, and away in full cry towards the village of Neuve Chapelle,
in our efforts to capture the accursed machine gun, which was playing
the deuce with our men. Dashing forward to a wood on our right where
the gun was concealed, our gallant officer received a bullet wound in
the neck, which ended in his death.... As our Colonel said, by his dash
and contempt of death, he brought victory to our arms and credit to our
regt. At 12 noon our regt. found itself close up to the village, more
advanced than any other regt. of the division, thanks to the gallant
lead of a gallant officer.” Lieut. Burges was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John French’s Despatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for
gallant and distinguished conduct in this action.
[Illustration: =William A. Burges.=]
=BURGESS, HERBERT WILLIAM=, 1st Class Stoker, Ch/SS. 103633,
R.F.R., B. 7981, R.N.R., _s._ of Charles Henry Burgess, of 2,
Gills Cottages, Wouldham, Rochester, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of
the late John Callhoming; _b._ Wouldham, 25 Jan. 1890; educ.
National School there; joined the Navy 2 April 1906, and was lost on
H.M.S. Cressy, 22 Sept. 1914, when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea; _unm._
[Illustration: =Herbert William Burgess.=]
=BURGESS, JOHN DONALD=, Volunteer, King’s East African Mounted
Rifles, 3rd _s._ of Rev. Samuel Burgess, of 10, Holly Road,
Edgbaston, by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late John Peed, of
Whittlesey, Solicitor; _b._ Guilsborough, Northampton, 23 March,
1876; educ. Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy, Southsea. At the outbreak
of the European War was the Engineer of the Magadi Soda Co., but
immediately joined the King’s Mounted Rifles, and was killed in action
at Ingito Hill, British East Africa, 25 Sept. 1914. His commanding
officer wrote: “He was one of a party of 30 men who had followed up
what was said to be a smaller party of Germans, but when they came
up with them were found to consist of about 150 men with two maxims.
The Germans opened fire at once, and for a time there was some little
confusion. The four men of the Magadi Force, one of whom was your
husband, stood fast, however, and returned the fire, and then our men
rallied. This lasted for about 10 minutes, when the Germans started to
advance. The officer in command decided that our men could not hold
out, so he ordered a retirement, and Burgess and three others were
told off to cover it. They lay down, taking cover as best they could,
and when next day our men went out (the Germans having retired) all
four were found dead, just as they had laid down; and if ever men gave
their lives to save others, it was those four.” He _m._ at Christ
Church, Woburn Place, London, 21 Oct. 1902, Ethel M., 2nd dau. of the
late W. J. Roseby, of Doncaster, and left two daus.: Kathleen Constance
and Joyce Averil.
=BURGESS, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10674), 238875, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURGESS, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111339, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURGESS, WILLIAM HENRY GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3611), 185552,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DE BURIATTE, JOHN PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt., yr. _s._ of William Warwick de Buriatte, of The Mill House,
Wraysbury, co. Bucks, by his 1st wife, Mary, dau. of James Edmund
Huxley, M.D., and niece of Prof. Huxley; _b._ Aylesford, Kent, 28
Oct. 1887; educ. Dulwich College, and Manchester University, where he
studied in the Faculty of Technology, in chemical technology (paper
manufacture) from 1905–8; joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1912, and went
to France as Sergt. with them, 28 Oct. 1914; was given a commission
in the 2nd East Surrey Regt., 14 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action
leading his platoon at Lindenhoeck during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle,
12 March, 1915, and was buried 20 yards behind the trenches.
[Illustration: =John Philip de Buriatte.=]
=BURINI, CHARLES LEWIS=, Sergt., No. 7510, 2nd Battn. Yorkshire
Regt. (the “Green Howards”), _s._ of the late Sergt. Lewis
Augustus Burini, for ten years drill instructor of the local company
of the 2nd Vol. Battn. of the Yorkshire Regt., by his wife, Maria
(Scorton, Darlington), dau. of William Winslow, of Trowbridge, co.
Wilts (who served for 21 years in the Army); _b._ Norton, Malton,
co. York, 2 Aug. 1891; educ. Bower Memorial Schools, Norton; enlisted
2 Oct. 1903, appointed L.-Corpl. 16 Feb. 1914, served in India for 15
months, in Africa for three years, and with the Expeditionary Force in
France from 5 Oct. 1914 to 20 March, 1915, on which latter date he was
severely wounded in the head in action at Neuve Chapelle, and died in
No. 2 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, 20 March following; _unm._
He was buried in the Casten Cemetery there, grave No. 136.
[Illustration: =Charles Lewis Burini.=]
=BURKE, CORNELIUS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7775), S.S.
103254, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURKE, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9051), S.S. 2130, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURKE, THOMAS CAMPBELL=, Capt., 1st King George’s Own Gurkha
Rifles, 2nd _s._ of Joseph Francis Burke, of Stratford-on-Avon,
Civil Engineer, by his wife, Kate Marlow, dau. of the late William
Cruickshank, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals (who served through
the Crimean War, for which he received medal, and died at Simla during
the Indian Mutiny); _b._ Stratford-on-Avon, 27 May, 1877; educ.
Trinity College, Stratford-on-Avon and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
unattached, Indian Army, 4 Aug. 1897; served his first year with the
Royal Irish Rifles; entered the Indian S.C., 23 Oct. 1898, and was
appointed to the 125th (Napier’s) Rifles, being promoted Lieut. 4 Nov.
1889, and Capt. 4 Aug. 1906. He served in China in 1900 with the 122nd
Rajputana Infantry during the Boxer Rebellion, receiving the medal,
and was afterwards Assistant Inspector of Imperial Service Troops in
Rajputana from 1903–6. After three years’ service as Adjutant of the
Bangalore Volunteer Rifles (during which time he started the first
corps of Boy Scouts in India); he was (26 March, 1912) transferred as
Double Company Commander to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, then stationed at
Dharmsala, Punjab. On the outbreak of the European War the regt. was
ordered to France, but was detained for 10 weeks guarding the Suez
Canal, and arrived at the Front late in Nov. 1914. He was killed in
action at Festubert, 19 Dec. 1914. He was ordered to lead a party
against a German advanced trench, but the men were waist deep in mud,
and he was only able to get 24 ready to start, and with these and his
subaltern, Lieut. Rundall (who was ordered not to go, but would not let
his Capt. go alone), left the trench in broad daylight. The Colonel
stated the action was most gallant, and recommended him for the V.C.
The Brigade-Major officially reported that Capt. Burke and Lieut.
Rundall were killed, and more than 50 per cent. other ranks hit. He
_m._ at Agra, 1906, Ada Mary Jane, dau. of the Rev. J. Langshaw.
[Illustration: =Thomas Campbell Burke.=]
=BURKETT, WALTER=, Private, No. 1976, machine gun section, 17th
Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._
of John Isaac Burkett, of 12, Remus Road, Old Ford, E., by his wife,
Annie; _b._ Old Ford, Bow, 26 Dec. 1896; educ. Smeed Road Board
School; enlisted, 8 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Morrock,
France, on the night of 22 Sept. 1915, being shot through the body
while with a working party; _unm._ Sergt. Morgan wrote of him as
one of his best men and a general favourite.
[Illustration: =Walter Burkett.=]
=BURN, JOHN=, Private, No. 8806, 2nd Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of Thomas Burn, of 113, Conyers Road, Byker,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Labourer; _b._ Byker, 27 March, 1885; educ.
Jubilee School, Byker Hill; was employed in Locke Blackett’s Lead
Works, St. Anthony’s; joined the Army 29 Aug. 1914; died of wounds
received in action at Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915, and was buried in the
cemetery there. He _m._ at Byker 6 Aug. 1906, Mary Jane (113,
Conyers Road, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of Aaron, Richardson,
and had three children: Thomas, _b._ 22 Nov. 1906; Margaret
Richardson, _b._ 9 Oct. 1908; and Elizabeth Collins, _b._ 28
Dec. 1910.
[Illustration: =John Burn.=]
=BURN, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 8356, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt. served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 13 Sept. 1914; _m._
=BURNAND, CYRIL FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Grenadier Guards,
only _s._ of Charles Hubert Burnand, of 1, Cavendish Square,
London, Banker, by his wife, Mary Tirzah, dau. of James Nelson, and
grandson of Sir Francis Burnand, late Editor of “Punch”; _b._ at
1, Cavendish Square, London, 31 July, 1891; educ. Downside School,
and Trinity College, Cambridge. When the war broke out he was in
the General Superintendent’s department of the Midland Railway at
Nottingham, but immediately offered his services and was given a
commission in the Special Reserve of the Grenadier Guards, 18 Aug.
1914, and later appointed to the 1st Battn. at the front. He was killed
in action near Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Lieut.
Burnand was a Cambridge rowing “blue,” and Capt. of the 1st Trinity
Rowing Club.
[Illustration: =Cyril Francis Burnand.=]
=BURNARD. LEONARD=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1153), 149707.
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURNELL, GEORGE CUTHBERTSON=, 2nd Lieut., 10th Battn. (Liverpool
Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late
Robert Burnell, of Egremont, co. Chester, by his wife, Mary (The
Bungalow, Whitby, near Chester), dau. of John Cuthbertson, of Govan,
M.D.; _b._ Egremont, co. Chester, 6 April, 1890; educ. Liscard
High School; joined the Liverpool Scottish as a private the day
war broke out, and after three months’ training at Edinburgh and
Tunbridge Wells, went out with his battn., 31 Oct. 1914. He was given
a commission in his own regt. 16 March, 1915. He was wounded at Hooge,
16 June, 1915, while leading his platoon in the famous charge of the
Liverpool Scottish, and lay on the battlefield for two and a-half
days, and at last crawled within sight of the British trenches, when
an officer saw him and brought him in. He died at No. 7 Stationary
Hospital, Boulogne, 24 June, 1915, from his wounds; _unm._ Lieut.
Burnell played Rugby for the Cheshire XV for two seasons, and was a
member of the Birkenhead Park Football Club.
[Illustration: =George C. Burnell.=]
=BURNELL, JOHN SIDNEY=, Private, No. 2321, 2nd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John
Burnell, an employee of Watney, Coombe & Reid, Brewers, by his wife,
Elizabeth (14, Castle Buildings Castle Lane, Westminster), dau. of
James Woodland; _b._ Holborn, 7 Sept. 1891; educ. St. Albans,
Holborn; enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at
Armentières, 19 May, 1915. He was buried in Esquingham Cemetery; unm.
2nd Lieut. Frank C. Langley, 2nd Battn. The London Regt., wrote from
France: “He was engaged with other fellows filling sandbags when it
happened, and he was awfully brave right up to the time he was sent
to hospital. I was proud to feel that he was in my platoon”; and the
Chaplain, 17th Field Ambulance, writing to his father, said: “Your son
... has died of a bullet wound received yesterday. It went through his
right arm and into his stomach. An operation was attempted, but in
vain. He did not suffer much pain, and was very calm and brave.” The
following extract is from a letter to his mother, sent by L.-Corpl. A.
N. Fegat, No. 2134, No. 9 Platoon, C Coy., 2nd Battn. London Regt.:
“Your son, who was in my section, was wounded yesterday afternoon
about 4 o’clock. He was working behind the trench when a bullet hit
his arm, inflicting a cut 1½ inches long and ¾ inch deep. The bullet
then ricochetted across his stomach, inflicting a very nasty wound.
The doctor attended immediately and we soon got him to hospital. The
news from there was very good at first, but later reports were not so
hopeful, and the news came through this morning that he died peacefully
at 6.30 a.m.”