(T.F.), _s._ of Thomas Teshmaker Busk, of Fords Grove, Winchmore
Hill, and Hermongers, Rudgwick, co. Sussex, M.A., J.P., by his wife,
Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Brindley Acworth, of the Hook, co. Herts,
J.P., Chairman of Petty Sessions; _b._ Fords Grove afsd., 8
March, 1886; educ. Bilton Grange, Rugby, Harrow (Mr. Marshall’s House,
1900–04) and King’s College (Foundation Scholar), Cambridge, where
he secured a 1st Class in Part 1 of the Mechanical Sciences Tripos
(1907), and carried off the John Winbolt prize next year. He joined the
staff of the Royal Aircraft Factory as Assistant Engineer in charge
of physical experimental work on 10 June, 1912. There he devoted
much of his time to the mathematics and dynamics of stable flight on
the full size, as distinct from the model aeroplane. He introduced
many valuable improvements, of which it is not permissible to give
particulars at the present juncture, his work not being confined to
the solution of aeroplane stability, but covering a wide and varied
range. His valuable researches into the nature and cause of wind gusts
and his work in connection with the offensive and defensive uses of
aircraft in warfare may be specially mentioned. He also guided his
branch in the production of aeroplane instruments, some of which were
exhibited at the Royal Society in May and June, 1913, by permission
of the Superintendent, Mr. Mervyn O’Gorman, C.B., Royal Aircraft
Factory. By the autumn of 1913, Mr. Busk had carried his researches
so far that complete stability without material loss of efficiency
could be obtained for any aeroplane designed in accordance with his
results. Such an aeroplane was then produced for the first time, and
in Nov. 1913, he was able to make flights of several hours’ duration
in winds up to thirty-eight miles per hour, without at any time using
any balancing, controlling, or steering mechanism whatever, save for
alighting purposes. He took Col. Seely on such an uncontrolled flight,
and later on made demonstration flights before the King and Queen.
The matter was introduced in practical form to the Royal Flying Corps
by his taking his Commanding Officer, Col. Sykes, as passenger, from
the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough, to Salisbury Plain and back,
while both passenger and flier, being freed from the use of controls,
wrote notes and observations continuously throughout the journey. This
trial was repeated by Col. now Gen. Brancker as pilot as well as many
other officers. When at the Wilbur Wright Memorial Banquet (1914), Col.
Seely made the first public announcement of his flight on the stable
aeroplane produced at the Royal Aircraft Factory, the pilot’s name was
veiled in anonymity, only a privileged few knowing that Lieut. Busk
was, in fact, the designer of the R.E. 1 now known as B.E. 2C. He was
flying over Laffan’s Plain in his own stable aeroplane on 5 Nov. 1914,
when it was destroyed by fire at a height of some 800 ft. The cause
of the accident is unknown, as he was engaged on experimental work of
which he had not given information. Mr. Busk’s scientific attainments
and versatility were shown by the variety of matters entrusted to him
by the Superintendent of the Royal Aircraft Factory. He resembled other
men of genius in the simplicity of his methods, and the speed at which
he worked, and he was remarkable for the soundness of the scientific
judgments he reached. His mother received the following letter from
H.M. the King:--
Buckingham Palace, 11 Nov. 1914.
Dear Mrs. Busk,
The King has heard with much concern of the tragic death of your
son Mr. Busk. His Majesty well remembers meeting him at the
Royal Aircraft Factory on the occasion of Their Majesties visit
to Aldershot last summer, and was much struck by his ability and
technical knowledge of the machinery of aeroplanes.
The King and Queen also saw him give an exhibition of flying in
a stable aeroplane of his own invention.
In offering you his sincere sympathy in your bereavement, the
King feels that the Country has lost the services of one, who,
by experiment and research, contributed, in no small measure,
towards the Science of flying.
Yours very truly, (Signed) CLIVE WIGRAM.
Mr. Mervyn O’Gorman, C.B., Superintendent R.A.F. wrote: “He did the
most magnificent things without announcing any intention and without
applauding audience. He merely took all the sane precautions of a
clever engineer. Later with his hair blown about by a hatless flight,
he would walk into my office, report the success of an experiment. He
knew it was interesting, he forgot that it was brilliant or it did not
occur to him. He worked out a result, knew he was right, but simply had
his results checked and then proved them in his own person over and
again. He was a genius, that we knew and you knew. He knew what he was
about when he relinquished his volunteer regimental duty for the risks
of this service, he talked it all over with me and he took this course,
because he knew that he served his country better that way”; and Lord
Rayleigh, President, writing on behalf of the Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics: “At the National Physical Laboratory the assistance he
was constantly able to give, from his experience in actual flying and
his wide knowledge of his subject, in the critical examination of
the difficult problems presented for investigation was very greatly
valued.... The Committee have had many opportunities of appreciating
the services he was able to render to the development of flying, and
to his country, and wish to offer their tribute of admiration of the
courage, skill, and devotion he brought to his work.” He was also
awarded the posthumous honour of the Gold Medal of the Aeronautical
Society.
[Illustration: =Edward T. Busk.=]
=BUTCHER, CHARLES GEOFFREY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt.,
3rd _s._ of George William James Butcher, of 9, Tregunter Road,
South Kensington, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Samuel Debenham; educ.
St. Paul’s School, and was for some time in the H.A.C. He was gazetted
to the Special Reserve in Aug. 1912. On 10 June, 1914, he joined the
2nd Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., and on the outbreak of war was appointed
to the 1st Battn. At La Bassée on 22 Oct. 1914, he was wounded in
the leg by a bullet, his life being saved by Sergt. H. Cox, of the
Dorsetshire Regt. who carried him from the trenches into cover under a
very heavy fire. For this Sergt. Cox received the D.C.M. Lieut. Butcher
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London
Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914, returning
to the Front on 25 March. He was killed in action by asphyxiating gas
at Hill 60 on 2 May, 1915, and was buried at Reninghelst, Belgium;
_unm._ His Adjutant wrote: “I knew him very well and looked upon
him always as a man of unusual character, ability, and promise; his
loss is a severe one for the Dorset Regt.”; and another officer wrote
“He is a real loss to the regt. in every way. I am sure he had great
prospects before him as he was an extraordinarily keen subaltern and
very popular with both officers and men. He was always ready for any
amount of work.” Two of his brothers are in the Army and one in the
Navy.
[Illustration: =Charles Geoffrey Butcher.=]
=BUTCHER, HARRY STANLEY=, A.B., J. 3004, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUTCHER, WILLIAM=, Signalman, J. 6825, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=BUTLER, CHARLES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3442C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUTLER, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1441), 198254, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BUTLER, HARRY WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1990), 199217, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BUTLER, JOHN=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch./8249, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUTLER, JOHN=, Private, No. 3545, 5th Battn. The Queen’s Royal
West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Henry Butler, of Sutton
Scotney, near Winchester, Hants, by his wife, Abigail, 3rd dau. of John
Stocker, of Hampshire; _b._ Crookham, co. Berks, 24 April, 1885;
educ. West Clandon (Surrey) Council School; and had worked on Lord
Rendel’s estate at East Clandon for nine years; enlisted 16 Nov. 1914,
and died at the London South-Western Fever Hospital, Stockwell, 25
Feb. 1915, of measles and double pneumonia, contracted while on active
service. He _m._ at Edmonton, London, 25 April, 1907, Ellen (2,
Westfield Cottages, Great Bookham, Surrey), 3rd dau. of William Savage,
of Bones Cottage, West Clandon, and had four children: William John,
_b._ 17 May, 1910; Henry Louvain, _b._ 18 Dec. 1914; Edith
Annie, _b._ 22 July, 1908; and Dora Irene, _b._ 1 Aug. 1912.
[Illustration: =John Butler.=]
=BUTLER, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4345), S.S. 101226,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BUTLER, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 311362, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BUTLER, WILLIAM LEWIS=, Private, No. 3187, 1/13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of
William Butler, of Prior’s Lea, Barrow-in-Furness, Solicitor, by his
wife, Bertha, dau. of John Lewis; _b._ Barrow-in-Furness, 1 Dec.
1892; educ. Lancing College; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and
joined the Kensingtons in Sept. 1914; went to France, March, 1915,
and was killed in action, 19 April, 1915. He was buried in La Croix
Marechal Cemetery, Rue David, near Armentières.
=BUTTERWICK, ALEXANDER MIDDLETON=, Rifleman, No. 3636, 9th Battn.
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of
the late Charles Matthias Butterwick, of Walthamstow, House and Estate
Agent, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of R. Adnams, formerly of Reading;
_b._ Walthamstow, co. Essex, 20 April, 1895. After his father’s
death, when a child, he was taken and brought up by his uncle, A. M.
Butterwick (Master Mariner, retired), who saw service in Burma, 1885–7,
now of Broxton, Kew, Surrey; educ. Richmond (Surrey) County School
and Gunnersbury High School, and on leaving there became an articled
pupil in the firm of Breadmore and Webb, F.A.I., Auctioneers and
Estate Agents, of Richmond. After the outbreak of war he volunteered
and enlisted in Queen Victoria’s Rifles in Nov. 1914; went to France,
March, 1915, and was killed in action in Flanders, 13 July, 1915;
_unm._ Buried in 13th Infantry Brigade Cemetery, Voormeezelle. At
the time of his death his name was down for a commission. He was a keen
athlete, and held prizes for drill and swimming, also certificates for
life saving and first-aid.
[Illustration: =Alexander M. Butterwick.=]
=BUTTON, JOHN SAMUEL=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1540D, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BYATT, HARRY VIVIAN BYATT=, Capt., R.A.M.C., elder _s._
of Henry Byatt, author, late of 36, Warwick Gardens, Kensington;
_b._ Kensington, 16 Dec. 1882; educ. Summer Fields, Summertown,
Oxford, 1891; obtained an entrance scholarship at Charterhouse
School, Godalming, 1896, and left there with the Charterhouse Science
Exhibition, 1901, entering Clare College, Cambridge, with a Science
Scholarship the same year. He left Cambridge with a second class in
the Natural Science Tripos, and proceeded to the London Hospital,
qualifying M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 1907. He was gazetted Lieut. R.A.M.C.
the same year, and appointed to Netley Hospital. From there he
proceeded to Poona in 1909, was promoted Capt. 29 Jan. 1911, and after
five years’ service in India, joined the Expeditionary Force in France
in Oct., being attached to the 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade. He attended to
the trenches between Laventie and Estaires, and died 11 March, 1915,
from wounds received at Neuve Chapelle while dressing the wound in
the head of Machine Gun Sergt. Marriage. He was buried at Estaires.
His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son was hit while attending to a
wounded man and I never saw him again. He was taken to the 25th Field
Ambulance at Estaires and died there. He was shot by a rifle bullet
in the chest.” While at Clare College he was first secretary and then
captain of the Clare Rowing Club, and under his leadership Clare rowing
improved so greatly that the well-known footer college was placed in
the first division on the river for the first time for many years.
[Illustration: =Harry Vivian Byatt Byatt.=]
=BYE, FRANK EDWIN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17384, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BYHAM, EDWARD ARTHUR GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 12937,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BYRNE, HERBERT HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 184370, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BYRNE, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2235), 204649, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BYRNE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 5334, 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Thomas Byrne, Royal Irish Rifles,
by his wife, Anne (Castledermot, co. Kildare), dau. of James Grace;
_b._ Carlow, 14 Aug. 1895; educ. Castledermot; joined the Army in
Aug. 1911, and was killed in action at Ypres, 13 Jan. 1915; _unm._
=CADGER, WILLIAM LAW=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4793), 293766
(Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CADMAN, ISAIAH=, Private, No. 10213, 3rd Battn. Cheshire Regt.,
_s._ of the late Samuel Cadman, of Bilston, co. Staffs, Collier,
by his wife, Ann (9, Taylor’s Buildings, Heywood, Lanes, Manchester),
dau. of Joseph Reynolds; _b._ Awsworth, co. Notts. ...; educ.
Bilston; enlisted 12 Aug. 1914; went to France, 18 Dec., and was killed
in action at Neuve Chapelle, 13 March, 1915; _unm._
=CAESAR, AUGUSTUS BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 1896, 1st Battn.
(Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late
Julius Cæsar, of 49, Chippenham Road, Elgin Avenue, W., formerly of
Southampton, M.P.S., F.S.M.C., by his wife, Emma (49, Chippenham Road,
Elgin Avenue, W.), dau. of James Baker; _b._ at 49, Chippenham
Road aforesaid, 12 April, 1897; educ. at Vale College, Maida Vale, W.,
afterwards at the City of London Freeman’s School, where he obtained
the bronze medal for rifle shooting at Bisley; he was an optician and
microscopical demonstrator attached to the firm of H. F. Angus & Co.,
Wigmore Street, W.; joined the 1st City of London Regt., 17 Aug. 1914;
trained at Croydon; left for Malta, 19 Sept. 1914; returned to England,
Feb. 1915; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action on
Sunday, 9 May, 1915, at the Battle of Aubers Ridge.
=CAFFYN, HAROLD HUNT=, Capt., 1st Battn., North Staffordshire
Regt., eldest _s._ of Stephen Mannington Caffyn, of 6, Cedar
Gardens, S.W., M.D., by his wife, Kathleen, Novelist (Iota) (Lacey
Green, Princes Risborough), dau. of William de Vere Hunt, of Waterloo
House, co. Tipperary; _b._ at Mount Sandria, South Australia,
10 Feb. 1882; educ. Rugby and Sandhurst; gazetted second Lieut.,
unattached, 8 Jan. 1901; posted to the 2nd North Staffordshires 9
March following and promoted Lieut., 16 Feb. 1904; served in the South
African War (Queen’s medal with 2 clasps) 1901–2, and afterwards in
India and retired in 1912. Subsequently he was for eighteen months
Private Secretary to Sir Wilfred Collett, Governor of British Honduras,
but after the outbreak of war volunteered and was gazetted Capt., 14
Nov. 1914. He rejoined his old regiment in Jan., went to France, 7
Jan., 1915, and was killed in action in front of the trenches near
Armentières, 21 March, 1915, while reconnoitring; _unm._
=CAHILL, HENRY THOMAS=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1709), 152629,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=CAINAN, DAVID WALTER=, Corpl., No. 9866, 2nd Battn. Rifle
Brigade, 4th _s._ of William Cainan, of 49, Albert Street,
Llanelly, South Wales, Marine Engineer, by his wife, Catherine, dau.
of William Perrott, of Llanelly; _b._ Llanelly, 9 April, 1886;
educ. Copper Works School; joined the Army 4 May, 1903, and after being
stationed at Malta for 12 months, he went to India, where he did 11
years’ service, returning to Europe with his regt. after the outbreak
of war. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between the 10–14
March, 1915; _unm._ He was an all-round athlete, having gained the
light-weight boxing championship of India, as well as a record for long
jump and high jump.
=CAIRD, JAMES ROBERT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish
Borderers, _s._ of Major Lindsay Henryson Caird (late Border
Regt.), Assistant to Colonel in charge of Records, No. 2 District, by
his wife, the late Janet Laura, 5th dau. of the late Rowland Hunt,
of Boreatton Park, co. Salop, and Kibworth Hall, co. Leicester, and
grandson of the late Right Hon. Sir James Caird, of Cassencary,
Kirkcudbrightshire; _b._ Dalhousie, India, 4 Nov. 1892; educ.
Bedford and Carlisle Grammar Schools; was in the office of the
Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co., Ltd., but when war broke out
at once applied for a commission, and being a member of the Inns of
Court O.T.C., was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. K.O.S.B. 15 Aug. 1914.
He was promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. following, and went to the Front in Dec.,
being attached to the 2nd Highland L.I. until March, when he came home
on short leave. On his return to the Front he was posted to the 2nd
Battn. of his regt., and was killed in action while leading his platoon
over open ground in the advance upon St. Julien, near Ypres, 23 April,
1915; _unm._ He was promoted Capt. after his death to rank as from
2 Feb. 1915. Major Hilton, who was in command of the battn. during the
action and was himself seriously wounded, wrote: “Capt. Caird was a
gallant fellow, and we can ill afford to lose his kind.... I didn’t
get much detail of the manner of his death as I was also knocked over,
but I know enough to say that he died game and led his men well until
killed.” And Sergt. Hugh McMurchy, in a sworn statement, declared: “I
saw Lieut. Caird killed on 23 April in the advance at St. Julien. He
was advancing in front of me and was shot through the forehead, being
killed instantaneously.” Capt. Caird’s experience of active service
had brought him to the conviction that he preferred a military to a
civil career, and his application for a permanent commission had been
sent in before his death. His last letter to his father contained an
interesting account of the assault and capture of Hill 60, in which he
took part.
[Illustration: =James Robert Caird.=]
=CAIRNIE, GILBERT JAMES BRYAN=, Corporal, No. 12/50, A Coy.,
3rd Auckland Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._
of James Bryan Cairnie, of Taranaki, New Zealand, retired Farmer;
_b._ Lymington, near Kilmarnock, co. Ayr, 5 June, 1881; educ.
Tarbolton, Ayr, and Higher Grade School, Deansgate, Manchester; went
to New Zealand and was Computing Draughtsman, Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, N.Z.; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of
war, and joined the N.Z.E.F. Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main
force, and from there went to the Dardanelles, where he was killed
in action during a night sortie, 5 June, 1915; _unm._ He was
mentioned in Despatches with his Coy. Sergt.-Major, for bringing in
a wounded man under heavy fire. He was for a long time reported as
missing, and Sapper L. J. Poff wrote: “The last that was seen of Jim as
far as I can ascertain was that he was by himself in a Turkish trench.
I hope he was taken prisoner rather than that he has been killed, for
he has proved himself as brave as a lion. I sought out the Sergt.-Major
of Jim’s company, who was with him in bringing in a wounded man, of
which I wrote some time ago. He tells me that they were both ‘Mentioned
in Despatches’ for it. The Sergt.-Major says that the sortie in which
Jim became missing was a purely voluntary one, but practically the
whole of his section went. They sallied out, did their work, and what
was left returned with the wounded. The dead they could not bring
in then. A few nights afterwards a party went out and gathered the
identity discs of those who were killed. They also procured those of
the men whose dead bodies were thrown out of the Turkish trenches,
accounting for all but six. Jim’s disc was not among them, so let us
hope he is a prisoner,” but later he was officially returned as killed
in action, 5 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Gilbert J. B. Cairnie.=]
=CAIRNS, JOHN=, Sergt., No. 3515, 2nd Battn. Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Thomas Cairns, Gunner, Mid-Ulster
Artillery, by his wife, Phoebe (Ballygawley, co. Tyrone), dau. of
James Montgomery, of Feddan, Ballygawley, co. Tyrone; _b._
Ballygawley, co. Tyrone, 12 May, 1891; educ. National School there;
enlisted originally in 1909, was called up on mobilisation, Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action at Messines 31 Oct. following; _unm._
His brother, Private William Cairns, No. 17584, 9th Battn. Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, is now (1916) on Active Service.
[Illustration: =John Cairns.=]
=CALE, ALBERT=, P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., A. 2006), 143929
(Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=CALLANDER, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2332, 14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 6th _s._ of the late
Thomas Edward Callander, late of Richmond, Surrey, by his wife, Mary
Ann Henrietta, dau. of the late Edward Faggetter; _b._ Richmond,
Surrey, 21 June, 1886; educ. Commercial Travellers’ Schools, Pinner;
was manager of the costume department at Messrs. Green & Co., Oxford
Circus Mansions; volunteered after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914,
and joined the London Scottish; went to France in March, and was killed
in action, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur W. Callander.=]
=CALLEY, OLIVER JOHN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Wiltshire Regt.,
only _s._ of the Rev. John Henry Calley, Vicar of Figheldean,
Salisbury, by his wife, Elizabeth Isabella Maria, yst. dau. of Major
John Haverfield; _b._ Chiseldon, 4 July, 1892; educ. at The Old
Ride, Branksome, Bournemouth, and St. John’s School, Leatherhead;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Territorial Force to the Wiltshire
Regiment, 4 Dec. 1912, joining at Tidworth in Jan. 1913, and being
transferred the following Sept. to the 2nd Battn. at Gibraltar. He was
promoted Lieut. 27 Oct. 1914; went to the Front the same month, and was
invalided home a few weeks later. He left for the Front again in Dec.,
and was killed in action, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried, Spanbrock
Molen. His Colonel said of him that he deplored the loss of such a
valuable and trustworthy officer.
[Illustration: =Oliver J. Calley.=]
=CALROW, WILLIAM ROBERT LAUNCELOT=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Loyal
North Lancashire Regt., _s._ of Gerald Walton Calrow, of Boerne,
Kendall Co., Texas, U.S.A., by his wife, Mabel Selina Elizabeth, dau.
of the late Edmund King, formerly of Bury St. Edmunds and later of
Boerne, Texas, and gdson. of the late Robert Calrow, of Cuzgarth,
Adel, Leeds; _b._ San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., 12 March, 1895;
educ. Seascale, The School House, Rugby, and Sandhurst; received
his commission 17 Sept. 1913, joined his regt. early in Nov. 1913,
and accompanied it to France, 12 Aug. 1914. He was in the retreat
from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, at which latter
he was killed by a high explosive shell, 7 Oct. 1914. He was buried
near Vendresse, on the Aisne, about 12 miles from Braye; _unm._
Letters from his superior officers testify to his great courage, his
capability, and the esteem in which he was held in the regt.
[Illustration: =William Robert Launcelot Calrow.=]
=CALVERLEY=, JAMES, Armourer, 342978, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CALVERLEY, LAWRENCE BASIL=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 13727, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CALVERT, HERBERT EDWIN=, Private, No. 6994, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Edwin Calvert, ex-Police Constable; _b._
Lincoln, 13 Dec. 1888; enlisted Oct. 1906; served in Egypt Jan. 1908 to
April, 1911; was badly wounded in the leg at the Battle of the Aisne,
and died in hospital in Paris following the amputation of his leg, 24
Sept, 1914. Private Blanchard, who was severely wounded the same day,
writing from hospital at Woolwich, said: “I sincerely hope Calvert is
not dead. He was one of my best friends. He was the one that carried me
to safety.” Calvert _m._ Lincoln, 13 April, 1914, Alice Maud, dau.
of James Barnes, of Norwich, and had a posthumous son, Herbert Edwin,
_b._ 14 Dec. 1914.
=CALVERT, JOHN DUTTON=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade, elder
_s._ of Edmund Percy Calvert, of The Manor House, Spexhall,
Halesworth, by his wife, Susan May, eldest dau. of the late Col. the
Hon. Charles Dutton, of Twigworth Lodge, Gloucester [5th _s._ of
James Henry Legge, 3rd Baron Sherborne]; _b._ Abbotswood, Romsey,
26 Feb. 1891; educ. Winton House, Winchester, Osborne, Dartmouth and
Sandhurst (1909); was gazetted to the Rifle Brigade 20 Sept. 1911,
joined the 4th Battn. in Cairo in Nov. 1911, and proceeded with it
a year later to India. He was promoted Lieut. 16 April, 1914, and
left Dagshai with his battn. the following Oct. for Winchester, and
from there went to Flanders 20 Dec. 1914. Lieut. Calvert was killed
in action near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915, during a heavy bombardment.
He came out of his dug-out to help a wounded man, and was killed
instantaneously by a shrapnel shell. A few days previously he had
assisted to bring in a wounded rifleman under difficult conditions,
owing to the mud and wet, and that it was a fairly bright night, with
Germans sniping. He was buried at Dickebusch; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Dutton Calvert.=]
=CAMBRIDGE, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6235, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William James Cambridge, of 2, Brocks
Cottages, Fairfield South, Kingston-on-Thames, by his wife, Martha
Ellen, dau. of George Greenfield; _b._ Wandsworth, S.W., 12 Sept.
1886; educ. Swathfield Road School there; enlisted 20 June, 1905; was
wounded at Landrecies, 25 Aug. 1914, during the retreat from Mons, and
invalided home on the 31st, but returned to France on 22 Oct.; was
again wounded in action at Bethune, and died in the 4th Field Ambulance
Dressing Station, 7 Feb. 1915. He was buried in Bethune Cemetery. He
_m._ at Kingston-on-Thames, 22 Nov. 1909, Kiziah (34, Fairfield
Place, Kingston-on-Thames), dau. of Richard George Goldsmith, and had a
dau., Emily Martha Ethel, _b._ 2 May, 1910, _d._ 7 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =George William Cambridge.=]