Royal Rifle Corps, only _s._ of Alfred Henry Carter, of The
Lindens, Abingdon, formerly of Birmingham, M.D., F.R.C.P. (Lond.),
by his wife, Elizabeth Marian, dau. of the late William Henry King,
of Pedmore House, Stourbridge; _b._ Edgbaston, Birmingham, 30
Nov. 1896; educ. St. Ninian’s Moffat, and Winchester College; was
preparing for the Indian Forest Service, and was already entered as an
undergraduate at St. John’s College, Oxford, when war was declared. He
enlisted in the Public School Corps (16th Middlesex Regt.) in Sept.
1914, and became L.-Corpl., being gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 7th King’s
Royal Rifle Corps, 6 April, 1915. He went to the Front in May. On 30
July he was gallantly leading a bombing party in a counter attack on
some trenches at Hooge when only a few yards from the enemy he was
severely wounded. L.-Corpl. Standing (who has since been promoted for
his bravery), assisted by three of his men, carried Mr. Carter out of
action, but he died of his wounds shortly afterwards. He was buried
close by, in Sanctuary Wood. The lieut.-col. commanding his battn.
wrote: “He behaved most gallantly, and was leading his men when he
was struck down. He was a great loss to the regt. as a soldier and a
friend. I could always rely on him to do the right thing, and always so
cheery. We were all very fond of him, and I am sure he enjoyed himself
soldiering.” And the major wrote in much the same terms, referring
also to the gallantry of the men who carried him out of action. At
Winchester Lieut. Carter won the headmaster’s gold medal for gymnastics
two years in succession, also two cups for diving. He was a good
all-round athlete and a first-class shot. Dr. Carter, who was formerly
professor of medicine at Birmingham University and a member of the City
Council, is now (1916) on Active Service as Major in the R.A.M.C.
[Illustration: =Gerald Francis Carter.=]
=CARTER, HARRY GORDON=, Private, No. G. 4120, 2nd Battn. Queen’s
Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of William H. Carter, of Rawlings
Garage, Halkin Street, Belgravia, S.W.; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France, etc., killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915.
=CARTER, HERBERT=, A.B., 213907, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CARTER, LESLIE=, Private, No. 10469, 2nd Battn. Sussex Regt.,
_s._ of Amos Carter, of Holmbush Cottages, Findon, near Worthing,
Sussex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., killed in
action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915.
=CARTER, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 10269, 1st Battn. Loyal North
Lancashire Regt., _s._ of James Carter, of 81, Queen Street,
Preston, Labourer, by his wife, Ann Eliza; _b._ Preston, 7 May,
1893; educ. St. Saviour’s Public School; was afterwards a Spinner at
Messrs. Harrocks, Crewdson & Co.; served three years in the Preston
Territorial Force, and entered the Regular Forces, 28 Dec. 1901[?]. On
the outbreak of war he went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force,
and was killed at Ypres, 23 Oct.; _unm._ Buried at Langemarck.
L.-Corpl. Carter was one of a family of fifteen children, nine of whom
survive him, and two of his brothers are now (1916) on active service
in France.
=CARTER, WALTER JOSEPH STEVENS=, Private, No. 2966, 13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._
of Walter William Carter, of 16, South Molton Street, W., Alpine Boot
Maker and Tourist Outfitter, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of the late
Joseph Bennett, of “The Daily Telegraph”; _b._ Brondesbury, 29
Aug. 1893; educ. Haberdashers School, Cricklewood; enlisted 3 Sept.
1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 9 May,
1915; buried in Military Cemetery, near the village of Croix Blanche;
_unm._
=CARTER, WILLIAM ARTHUR ROWE=, Capt., 5th Battn. King’s Own Royal
Lancaster Regt., _s._ of the late James Carter, F.G.S., Chairman
of Directors, James Carter & Sons, Ltd., quarry proprietors, Clitheroe,
by his wife, Margaret Anne (Wyreside, Fleetwood, Lancashire), dau.
of Ralph Millner Lomax; _b._ Blackburn, 15 March, 1880; educ.
University College, Southport; joined the Territorial Forces, was
gazetted Lieut. to the 5th Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt.,
20 July, 1911, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial
service; he was promoted Capt. 15 Sept. 1914, and was shot through the
head while leading his company to the attack at Ypres, 23 April, 1915;
buried at H.Q. Farm, near Potijie, north of Ypres; _unm._ Writing
to his mother, his colonel, Lord Richard Cavendish, said: “He had led
his men on most gallantly against a very strong position of the enemy,
and was occupying the most advanced position when he was shot through
the head. He was buried the following night, and I was glad to be able
to read the burial service over him. His grave is close to a farmhouse,
and can be easily found. Your son was universally beloved by all ranks
in the battn. He was an exceedingly good officer, and his invariable
cheerfulness under any circumstances was really wonderful.” Major Bates
wrote: “We were ordered into action last Friday to attack the position
described to the papers under that date. He led his men right to the
front, like the gallant lad he was, reaching his position in safety.
He was warning two junior officers to keep down as the position was
dangerous, and must have exposed himself; he was shot through the
head.” And Lieut. Saer (5th King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt.): “Owing
to the breaking of the French line by the enemy, we were ordered to
advance on the 23rd to drive them back and fill the gap. Capt. Carter
had brought his company forward in the attack to its allotted position,
when he was shot through the head and died instantaneously. I am sure
that, could he have chosen, he would have desired no other death
than he died. Having served under him for five years I knew his fine
qualities as a man and as a soldier.”
[Illustration: =William A. R. Carter.=]
=CARTER, WILLIAM McEVOY=, Private, No. 12/1585, Auckland Infantry
Battn. (16th Wiakato Regt.) New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._
of the late William Carter, Butcher; _b._ Gisborne, New Zealand,
10 Sept. 1894; educ. Avondale School, Auckland, and prior to the
outbreak of the war was in the service of Messrs. T. Gagger & Co,
Auckland; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in
Dec. 1914; left with the third reinforcements for the Dardanelles; was
killed in action at Cape Helles during the Battle of Achi Baba, 8 May,
1915; _unm._ He was a keen sportsman and an enthusiastic member of
the Otahuka Football Club.
[Illustration: =William M. Carter.=]
=BONHAM-CARTER, GUY=, Capt., 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal)
Hussars, 3rd _s._ of the late Alfred Bonham-Carter, C.B., sometime
Referee of Private Bills in the House of Commons, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of George Warde Norman, of Bromley Common; _b._ London, 25
May, 1884; educ. Horris Hill, Winchester, and Magdalen College, Oxford;
joined the 19th Hussars as 2nd Lieut. 29 Nov. 1905; promoted Lieut. 9
March, 1907, and Capt. 4 Sept. 1912; served with Mounted Infantry in
Northern Nigeria (1910–11), and was appointed Adjutant of Queen’s Own
Oxfordshire Hussars, 17 Feb. 1913; proceeded with that regt. to the
Front in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 14 May, 1915;
buried at Vlamertinghe. Capt. Bonham-Carter was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. He _m._ at Cromford, co.
Derby, 18 Oct. 1911, Kathleen Rebecca, only dau. of Frederic Arkwright,
of Willersley, Matlock, co. Derby, and had a son and dau.: John
Arkwright, _b._ 27 March, 1915; and Diana, _b._ 31 Jan. 1913.
[Illustration: =Guy Bonham-Carter.=]
=CARTLEDGE, EVERITT PERCIVAL JOHN=, Leading Signaller (R.F.R., B.
2618), 201260, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CARTWRIGHT, JOHN DIGBY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I.,
eldest _s._ of the Rev. William Digby Cartwright, Rector of
Aynhoe, by his wife, Lucy Harriette Maud, dau. of Edward Bury, and
gdson. of Col. Henry Cartwright, Grenadier Guards, J.P., M.P. [7th
_s._ of Lieut.-Col. William Ralph Cartwright, of Aynhoe Park,
M.P.]; _b._ Aynhoe, co. Northants, 23 June, 1895; educ. Durnford,
Wellington College and Sandhurst; received his commission in the 3rd
Reserve Battn. of the Durham L.I., 10 Nov. 1914, and was afterwards
transferred to the 2nd Battn. He went to the Front, 15 June, 1915,
and was killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915, being buried there;
_unm._ He was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatch dated 30
Nov. 1915.
[Illustration: =John Digby Cartwright.=]
=CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12222, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CARVER, BERTRAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 90), 117768, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CARVIL, ERNEST=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16260; H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CASE, HENRY=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 302), 277037, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CASEY, JAMES=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 205528, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CASH, GEORGE RICHARD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26705, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CASLEY, HUGH DE CHASTELAI=, Lieut. 6th (Service) Battn. Yorkshire
Regt., only _s._ of Wilbraham John Braddick Casley, of Coatham,
Redcar, co. York, Civil Engineer; _b._ Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
31 Aug. 1886; educ. Coatham Grammar School and Charterhouse, where he
was in the O.T.C. He was articled to Head, Wrightson & Co., Ltd., of
Stockton-on-Tees, as an engineer, leaving that firm to go to Dorman,
Long & Co., Ltd., of Middlesbro’, and became a member of the Cleveland
Institute of Engineers. At the outbreak of war he was gazetted as 2nd
Lieut. to the 6th (Service) Battn. Yorkshire Regt., 17 Sept. 1914,
and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915, and appointed to the command of the
machine gun section. He left England in July for the Dardanelles, and
landed 6 Aug. at Suvla Bay with his battn., which was the first to land
there. He survived the fierce fighting on that day on Lala Baba, where
so many of the officers and men of his regt. fell, but he was killed on
the following day (7 Aug) whilst leading his men across the Salt Lake
to the attack on Anafarta; he was buried where he fell at the foot of
Chocolate Hill; _unm._
[Illustration: =Hugh de C. Casley.=]
=CASSIDY, CYRIL MARTIN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle
Corps, yst. _s._ of Thomas Cassidy, of Church End, Finchley;
_b._ Ilford, co. Essex, ... Jan. 1893; educ. Mercers’ School,
London, and King’s College, from which latter he obtained, by open
competition, a clerkship in the Estate Duty Office, Somerset House;
joined the Artists’ Rifles in Oct. 1912; volunteered for foreign
service on the outbreak of war; left for France with the 1st Battn.
27 Oct. 1914, and after passing through the Cadet School at Bailleul
was given a temporary commission in 1st King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 23
April, 1915. He was mortally wounded during the advance near Richebourg
l’Avoué, in the Battle of Festubert, on the night of 15–16 May, 1915,
while leading his platoon over the parapet of a German trench, and
died in the Field Ambulance the following night. Buried in the Town
Cemetery, Bethune, 18 May, 1915; _unm._
=CASTLE, GEORGE PHIL=, Private, No. 1925, 2nd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of the late George William Castle, L.L.C.
Fireman, by his wife, Annie (now wife of P.C. Harry Hebborn, of 10,
Police Station, Paddington Green, W.); _b._ Faraday Road Fire
Station, North Kensington, 1 Nov. 1889; educ. St. Peter’s Schools,
Paddington; and went to Australia. He had been a member of the
Paddington Rifles (10th London Regt.), and after the outbreak of war
volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Feb.
1915, and was killed in action at Lone Pine, Anzac, between 6–9 Aug.
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George P. Castle.=]
=CASTLE, JOHN=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 343174, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CASTLE, JOHN GEORGE=, Private, No. 2375, 1/5th Battn. West
Yorks Regt., _s._ of the late John Buckle Castle, Stationmaster;
_b._ Church Fenton, 19 Oct. 1894; educ. Higher Grade School, York;
was in the employ of Councillor W. Lee, of Millgate, Selby; volunteered
and enlisted 7 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 21 July,
1915; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “I was very sorry to lose him, as
I have known him for some time now and was able to appreciate his
soldierly qualities. He is buried in our little cemetery, and we are
having a cross put over his grave”; and the Sergt.-Major: “He was a
member of my platoon during the whole of his service, so that I am in a
position to judge and desire to testify to his sterling qualities as a
soldier. This, together with his general disposition, won for him the
respect of all with whom he came in contact.”
=CASTLEDINE, MONTAGU CYRIL=, Private, No. 9261, 4th Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of George Henry Castledine, of 55, Lyndhurst
Grove, Peckham, S.E., Lithographic Artist, by his wife, Emma Eleanor,
dau. of Thomas Austin Blake, H.M.C.: _b._ Camberwell, S.E., 16
Feb. 1889; educ. Bancrofts School, Woodford, co. Essex. Prior to the
outbreak of the war he was for eight years in the London County and
Westminster Bank, and at the time of his enlistment, 11 Nov. 1914, was
cashier at the Sudbury branch, Suffolk. After four months’ training at
the Duke of York’s Military School, Dover, he was sent with a draft to
the Front early in March, 1915, and was killed in action in the Battle
of Hooge, near Ypres, 16 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Montagu C. Castledine.=]
=CATT, BERT=, Private, No. 2641, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.,
2nd _s._ of William Catt, of Hayes Farm, Beckley, by his wife,
Elizabeth Caroline, dau. of William Feilder, of Oak Hill, Beckley;
_b._ Beckley, co. Sussex, 15 June, 1898; educ. Udimore Council
School; enlisted. 28 Sept. 1914; went to France, 20 Feb., 1915, and was
killed in action near Festubert during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 20
March, 1915. He was buried in a garden near Festubert.
=CATT, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6389), 189109, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CATT, PERCY HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R. Ch. B. 9112), 198317, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CAULFEILD, JAMES CROSBIE=, Lieut., 2nd Manchester Regt., 4th and
yst. _s._ of Brig.-Gen. James Edward Wilmott Smyth Caulfield,
of Corozal, Jersey, commanding 8th Reserve Infantry Brigade [4th in
descent from the Hon. Toby Caulfeild, of Clone, 3rd _s._ of
William, 5th Lord and 1st Viscount Charlemont], by his wife, Sophia
Morley, dau. of William Alexander Parker, late Chief Justice of British
Honduras; _b._ Southsea, 21 Feb. 1892; educ. Bradfield College and
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. 9 Sept. 1911, and promoted Lieut.
9 Sept. 1914. He went to France in 6th Divisional Train, 20 Aug. 1914,
and was transferred at his own request to 2nd Manchester Regt., 20
Oct. 1914. He took part in the great retreat from Mons, and was killed
in action near Wulverghem, 18 Nov. 1914, while in command of C Coy.;
_unm._
[Illustration: =James Crosbie Caulfeild.=]
=CAUTLEY, WILLIAM OXENHAM, D.S.O.=, Major, 3rd Battn. Suffolk
Regt., attd. 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., eldest _s._ of the
late Capt. William Thompson Cautley, 1st South Staffordshire Regt. (who
died of typhoid while on Active Service in Egypt, 1883), by his wife,
Emily Marion, dau. of Henry Oxenham, nephew of the Rev. Proby Littler
Cautley, Rector of Quainton, co. Bucks, and gdson. of Major-Gen. George
Cautley, 8th Bengal Cavalry; _b._ Gosport, 7 Oct. 1875; educ.
Bradfield College, where he distinguished himself in athletics, and was
known in particular as a fast sprinter, his favourite races being the
100 yards and the half-mile. He joined the 3rd Reserve Battn. of the
Suffolks in Nov. 1894, and received a commission in the 3rd Hussars in
May, 1897. He subsequently rejoined the 3rd Suffolks, a battn. that was
chosen for service at the time of the Boer War, though instead of going
to South Africa it was sent, to the disappointment of all concerned,
to do garrison work in the Island of Alderney. At the outbreak of war
last Aug. the 3rd Suffolks had become a reserve battn. under the new
system, and Major Cautley, joining his unit and acting as a Capt. with
the honorary rank of Major, was for some while in charge of a fort at
Felixstowe. Volunteering for service on the Continent, he left at the
end of Oct. for France, being first attached to the Sussex Regt., and
then to the 1st Northamptons, who had lost many of their officers.
Throughout the remainder of the year he saw a great deal of severe
fighting, his company particularly distinguishing itself during the
furious German attack on the night of 22 Dec., the following special
Brigade Order being issued later by General C. B. Westmacott: “The
Brigadier-General desires to take this opportunity of congratulating
D Coy., 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., on its gallant and steady
behaviour during the action of 22 Dec. The manner in which, under
the command of Major Cautley, of the 3rd Battn. Suffolk Regt., it
resisted the German counter attack, and the steadiness with which it
finally withdrew in face of superior numbers and eventually occupied a
position in the rear to cover the gap made in the line was worthy of
all praise, and adds fresh laurels to the fine record of the old 48th.
The Brigadier-General has heard of numerous individual gallant exploits
in this engagement, and congratulates himself on having such a gallant
body of men in his Brigade. He desires that this Order be read out to
the battn. on parade.” In Jan. last Major Cautley was gazetted Major;
while for his services on 22 Dec. he was awarded the Distinguished
Service Order, the announcement in the London Gazette of 10 March
reading as follows: “For conspicuous gallantry on 22 Dec. 1914, near
La Quinque Rue, when he handled his men with great skill under very
critical circumstances.” There were a series of furious attacks and
counter attacks from Thursday to Saturday night during the week ending
8 May, and early on Sunday morning, the 9th, Major Cautley was wounded
while leading his men against the German trenches, and no sooner
had he been attended to than another bullet struck him, death being
instantaneous. In the Battn. Orders issued by Lieut.-Col. S. E. Hussy
Lloyd, commanding 3rd Battn. Suffolk Regt., Felixstowe, under date 20
May, appears the following: “It is with deep regret that the Commanding
Officer has to announce the death of Major W. O. Cautley, D.S.O.,
killed in action. Major Cautley by the keen interest he always took in
the welfare of the battn., endeared himself to all ranks, and in the
end brought a great distinction not only to himself, but to the battn.
to which he was so devoted. The Commanding Officer has lost a personal
friend, and the Suffolk Regt. a brilliant soldier.” Major Cautley
_m._ at Blairgowrie, co. Perth, 10 April, 1901, Agnes, second dau.
of the late Charles Hill-Whitson, of Park Hill, Blairgowrie, late Scots
Greys, and had a son and two daus.: William Hill, _b._ 25 Aug.
1906; Beatrice Sylvia Aimée, _b._ 25 May, 1902; and Marian Agnita,
_b._ 16 Oct. 1904.
[Illustration: =William Oxenham Cautley.=]
=CAVELL, FRANK CORNELIUS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3860), 180672, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=CAVENDISH, GODFREY LIONEL JOHN=, Capt., 97th Deccan Infantry,
attd. 9th Bhopals, Indian Army, eldest surviving _s._ of Reginald
Richard Frederick Cavendish, of Willand, Devon [gdson. of General
the Hon. Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish, Col. 2nd Dragoon Guards,
3rd _s._ of Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of
Burlington and nephew of William, 5th Duke of Devonshire, K.G.], by
his wife, Mary Constance, dau. of the late Rev. Harry Dupuis, Vicar
of Richmond, Surrey; _b._ Eastbourne, 30 March, 1884; educ.
Framlingham and Sandhurst, and was gazetted to the Manchester Regt.,
then stationed at Singapore, 22 April, 1903. Two years later he
received his Lieutenancy (5 Aug. 1905), and was transferred to the
Indian Army, 97th Deccan Infantry, and became Capt. 22 April, 1912. At
the outbreak of war he was recalled from leave to rejoin his regt.,
which was remaining in India, but so keen was he to serve in the great
war, that at his special request he was attached to the Reserve of
Officers and sent to France in Nov. 1914. He was temporarily attached
to the 1/9th Gurkha Rifles until 15 Dec., when he was transferred to
the 9th Bhopal Infantry. He had only joined the latter regt. five days
when he received the wounds from which he died two days later in a
field hospital at Lillers, and was buried in the Lillers Cemetery on
23 Dec. 1914. A brother officer wrote: “On 17 Dec. the half battn. he
was commanding was ordered up to the support trenches at Givenchy. We
remained in support until the morning of 20 Dec., when Capt. Cavendish
received orders to take us up to support the regt. ahead of us, which
was being attacked. On the way up he received orders to halt, and Capt.
Cavendish went forward a few yards to find out what was wanted when he
was hit by a rifle bullet in the neck. We tied up his wound, and were
all relieved to think, as he did, that the wound was slight. He walked
back two miles to the hospital apparently quite cheery and not in much
pain. It was a great blow to us to hear a few days later that he had
died of his wounds in the hospital on 22 Dec. During the few days we
were under fire together he was always cheery, and helped us when we
were ‘down in our luck.’... He pulled together both officers and men
under him by his cheery stories and sense of humour.” A writer in the
“East Anglian Daily News” (6 Jan. 1915), said: “He left Framlingham at
the end of the summer term, 1901. He was one of those fellows who pass
through a public school without attaining any particular distinction in
either work or games but at the same time gain a certain position and
influence by virtue of outstanding personality, and I remember that,
though he had not a very large number of intimate friends, anything
he said or did was of interest to quite a large circle. He was a
kinsman of the Duke of Devonshire, and also connected with the earldom
of Clare, and it was often remarked among his contemporaries that he
possessed a remarkable family likeness, both in facial appearance and
in character, to what may almost be called the Cavendish tradition of
which the late Duke was so conspicuous an example.” Capt. Cavendish
_m._ at Long Melford, Suffolk, 22 March, 1911, Cora Grace Graham,
yst. dau. of Joseph Alphonsus Horsford, of Long Melford, co. Suffolk,
M.R.C.S., and had two sons: Godfrey Herbert Richard, _b._ 14 Jan.
1912; and Hubert Gordon Compton, _b._ 26 Feb. 1913.
[Illustration: =Godfrey L. J. Cavendish.=]
=CAVENDISH, LORD JOHN SPENCER, D.S.O.=, Major, 1st Life Guards,
brother of Victor, 9th Duke of Devonshire, P.C., G.C.V.O., 3rd
_s._ of the late Lord Edward Cavendish, M.P., by his wife, Emma
Elizabeth (6, Carlos Place, W.), dau. of the Right Hon. the Hon.
William Sebright Lascelles, P.C., and grandau. of Henry, 3rd Earl of
Harewood; _b._ 25 March, 1875; and was educ. at Eton and Trinity
College, Cambridge. After serving in the Militia he was given a
commission in the 1st Life Guards, 3 Feb. 1897, and was promoted Lieut.
2 April, 1898, Capt. 23 Aug. 1902, and Major 12 April, 1911. He served
with distinction on the staff in the South African War 1899–1906,
being divisional Signalling Officer to the 2nd Infantry Division 9
Oct. 1899 to 18 June, 1900, and Brigade Signalling Officer, 19 June to
12 Oct. 1900; took part in the relief of Ladysmith, including action
at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900; and action at Spion
Kop; the operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz;
the operations on Tugela Heights (14 to 27 Feb.); the engagement at
Pieter’s Hill; and the subsequent march from Bloemfontein to Pretoria;
including actions at Zand River, near Johannesburg, Pretoria and
Diamond Hill (11 to 12 June), also in the Transvaal west of Pretoria;
actions at Eland’s River (4 to 16 Aug.) and in the Orange Free State,
actions at Bethlehem (7 July) and Wittebergen (15 to 29 July). His
services were mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 1 Feb. 1901] and
he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Queen’s medal
with six clasps. He was employed with the West African Frontier Force,
29 June, 1907, to 6 Sept. 1910. After his brother’s succession to the
title he was granted precedence as son of a Duke of Royal Warrant, Nov.
1908. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the
Expeditionary Force and was killed in action 20 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=CAVEY, SIDNEY=, Corpl., No. 357, B Coy., 13th Battn. 4th
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of William
John Cavey, of 198, Cromwell Road, Peterboro’, Farmer, by his wife,
Catherine Martha, dau. of John Barker; _b._ Plumstead, 9 Jan.
1884; educ. Woolwich Polytechnic; joined the Bedfordshire Yeomanry
in 1906, and rose to the rank of Sergt. He afterwards emigrated to
Australia in Feb. 1912, and was engaged in farming when war was
declared. He at once joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, and
died in hospital at W. Mudros, Lemnos Island, of pneumonia, 11 Oct.
1915. He was buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Sidney Cavey.=]