No. 1631, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regiment
(T.F.), only _s._ of Richard Ching, of 180, Esywn Road, Tooting,
London, by his wife, Annie; _b._ London, 25 Jan. 1887; educ.
Stockwell Board School, was an Advertising Expert and Agent; joined
Queen Victoria’s Rifles in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, Oct. 1914, and died
in Hospital at Ypres, 26 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at
Ypres two days previously. Buried in the ramparts of Ypres. His Capt.
wrote: “All who knew your husband appreciated him very much, he was in
every way a good soldier, no higher praise can be given to a man”; and
2nd Lieut. K. Lloyd wrote: “I only joined the 1st Battn. here in Jan.,
but he was then on the list of ‘staunch ones,’ which my platoon sergt.
gave me. Ever since that first night when he took out a listening
patrol, he has been a great rock of comfort to me. It is just the men
like him that give such a feeling of confidence to us when we feel a
touch of downheartedness. I am glad to say I was able to go back to him
for a moment after he had been hit and the last I heard of him was his
calling ‘Good luck’ to his friends as they filed past him along the
path.” He _m._ at Manchester, 2 May, 1914, Pollie (Meadowside, New
Mills, Derbyshire), 4th dau. of James Henry Pimley; _s.p._
[Illustration: =H. Ching= (_alias_ =H. W. Power=).]
=CHIPCHASE, CHARLES WILSON=, Private, No. 4333, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Chipchase, of Hull, by his wife,
Sarah, dau. of Charles Leadley; _b._ Scott Street, Hull, 12 Sept.
1880; educ. Charterhouse Lane Board School; enlisted 19 Aug. 1901; went
to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action at Rentel, Belgium, 5 Nov. 1914, being buried in Rentel Wood. He
_m._ at St. Saviour’s Wilmington, Hull, 10 June, 1906, Elizabeth
(31, Poplar Avenue, Poplar Road, Hull), dau. of Edward Pritchard, and
left four children: Charles Edward, _b._ 2 Sept. 1907; Percy
Pritchard, _b._ 15 Feb. 1909; Stanley Pritchard, _b._ 18 Nov.
1910; and David William, _b._ 20 Nov. 1912.
=CHISHOLM, ALEXANDER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4308), 188284, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=CHISIM, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9121), S.S. 105949,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=CHISNALL, GEORGE HENRY=, M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.),
Lieut., R.A.M.C., _s._ of Charles Henry Chisnall, of Frating
Abbey, Colchester, co. Essex, by his wife, Eugénie Ellen (Frating
Abbey, Colchester), dau. of Thomas Patrick Hitchcock, of Lavenham,
co. Suffolk; _b._ Great Bentley, co. Essex, 4 April, 1886; educ.
Framlingham College, Suffolk, and The London Hospital Medical College.
He received his commission as temporary Lieut. in the R.A.M.C. on 6
Aug. 1914, having qualified in 1908, and taken the M.B. (Lond.) in
1910. Leaving England on the outbreak of war, he was attached to and
started work in the surgical ward of No. 7 General Hospital set up
at Amiens. This had to be abandoned in the retreat from Mons, and he
was afterwards attached to the 1st Battn. Cameron Highlanders. He was
struck by a shell while attending the wounded in the open during an
engagement north of Ypres, and died the following day, 24 Oct. 1914, in
hospital at Elverdinghe. He was buried in the churchyard there. He was
the only Chisnall at that time on the British Medical Register, and the
first F.R.C.S. to fall in the war.
[Illustration: =George Henry Chisnall.=]
=CHITTENDEN, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5685), 186140, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHIVAS, EDWIN JOHN=, Private, No. 27051, 15th Battn. (48th
Canadian Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
William Hay Chivas, of 74, Chisley Avenue, London, Ontario (who served
for 16 years in the 3rd Battn. Gordon Highlanders and then settled in
Canada), _b._ Fraserburgh, co. Aberdeen; educ. there; went to
Canada with his parents in 1901; volunteered on the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914; left with the first Contingent in Oct.; went to the Front
in Feb., and was killed in action at St. Julien, Belgium, 24 April,
1915; _unm._ Sergt. L. D. Anderson, A. Coy. 15th Battn., who was
invalided back to Canada after this action, gave the following account:
“I was in charge of the fort in which he was, and we retired together
after being forced out by the gas fumes in the Battle of St. Julien,
24 April. Twenty or more of us lay all day under a terrible shell
fire, being unconscious for most of the time, from early morning--5
o’clock--till dusk. At dusk, I being the senior, and having come to my
senses, decided that we must start to gain shelter or else we should
all be lost, as our breathing was coming harder and I felt I was
becoming worse. I crawled over to him and braced him up, with my arms
around him, telling him that we would try to get across two fields to
a road; here I felt we might get water or aid. Your son’s strength had
so far gone that he could walk but a very few paces and then dropped
to the ground. Whether he died then or later I cannot tell you, as I,
with two others, forced my way till I lay exhausted, only to be rescued
by two artillerymen and brought back to life in the hospital. Your son
was very much beloved by all his comrades and always was cheery and
happy. We slept side by side for a long time, and so I knew him very
well. When on several occasions, as I was accustomed to read from the
‘Book’ on Sundays, I forgot, your son would remind me, and our little
group would sit in a quiet corner and have a quiet read of some of St.
Paul or the Ninety-first Psalm. Your son was a good and true soldier.”
His three brothers are all on active service, two with the Divisional
Ammunition Column, and the third as a baker in the A.S.C.
[Illustration: =Edwin John Chivas.=]
=CHOLMLEY, GEORGE FRANCIS=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., 2nd _s._
of Alfred John Cholmley, of Place Newton, Rillington, co. York, by
his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of the Rev. Francis Simpson, of Foston, co.
York; _b._ Place Newton, 1 Sept. 1882; educ. Summerfield’s 1893–5,
and Mann’s Preparatory School for Navy 1895–7; joined the Britannia,
1897, was appointed to the Barfleur, Rear-Admiral Penrose Fitzgerald’s
flagship, on the China Station in Sept. 1898, and served through the
China War, for which he received the medal; was on the Niobe from Dec.
1900, to May, 1902, and after passing through Greenwich, entered the
submarine service in 1903. He was serving as Sub-Lieut. with A 1 when
she was sunk in 1904. On the day she was lost he had been sent to take
temporary charge of another submarine, and was returning to A 1, about
4.30 p.m., when no trace of her could be found. After the A 1 was
raised he was given six months’ promotion, being made Lieut. and put in
command of her; afterwards commanded B, C and D boats, and from Feb.
1907, to March, 1909, served on the Bedford on the China Station, and
in July of the latter year was appointed to the command of Submarine
C 27. On 31 March, 1912, he was promoted Lieut.-Commander, and in May
appointed to the Alecto for duty with submarines, and in 1913 received
an expression of the Lords of the Admiralty’s high appreciation of the
way in which he had handled his ship when towing H.M.S. Jackal into
Dundee Harbour during a storm. He was given command of Submarine E 3
in June, 1914, and was killed in action in the Bight of Heligoland, 18
Oct. 1914. In Sept. he picked up a German seaplane which had been in
the water for 20 hours about 30 miles off the Island of Borkum, and
after destroying the remains of the seaplane he brought the officer
and his mechanic as prisoners to Harwich. Lieut.-Commander Cholmley
_m._ at St. Saviour’s Church, Mayfair, London, 9 Sept. 1911,
Violet Penelope Munro (Hillcot, Shakespeare Road, Worthing), dau. of
Robert James Trown Thomson, Indian P.W.D., by his wife, May Forbes,
dau. of the Very Rev. Principal William Robinson Pirie, D.D., Aberdeen;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =George Francis Cholmley.=]
=CHOLMONDELEY, CHARLES ALMERIC JOHN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Border
Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Lord Henry Vere Cholmondeley (2nd
_s._ of William Henry Hugh, 3rd Marquis of Cholmondeley), by his
wife, Frances Isabella Catherine, 2nd dau. of Lieut.-Col. the Hon.
George Augustus Spencer [2nd _s._ of Francis Almeric, 1st Baron
Churchill, and gdson. of George, 4th Duke of Marlborough]; _b._
London, 5 March, 1880; educ. Charterhouse; gazetted to the Border Regt.
from the Militia, 4 April, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 4 Jan. 1902,
and Capt. 23 July, 1910. In the Army Exercise at Northampton, 1913,
Capt. Cholmondeley had a small command in the skeleton force under
Major-General Munro, which operated so well from Daventry Heights. He
was killed in action near Ypres, 28 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =C. A. J. Cholmondeley.=]
=CHORLEY, DUDLEY CECIL=, Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., 2nd
_s._ of Charles John Chorley, of The Grange, Woodcote Valley Road,
Purley, Wine Merchant, by his wife, Florence, dau. of William John
Noad: _b._ Dulwich, 7 July, 1889; educ. St. Dunstan’s College;
spent several years in Chili, Peru, Bolivia, and other parts of South
America; was afterwards connected with the Union-Castle Line of
steamships, and became their youngest purser, being in charge of the
Gloucester Castle. On the outbreak of war he joined the Royal Naval
Reserve as an Assistant Paymaster, 8 Sept. 1914; was commended by the
commander of his first ship, H.M.S. Royal Arthur, and after three
months’ service in this cruiser was appointed Assistant Paymaster (in
charge) on H.M.S. Bayano, the youngest then holding that office in
His Majesty’s Fleet. The Bayano left Glasgow on a Wednesday, and was
torpedoed the following morning at 5 a.m., 11 March, 1915. His body was
never recovered. He was a member of the Purley Cricket and Lawn Tennis
Clubs, and a good sportsman. His marriage was fixed for his next return
to port.
[Illustration: =Dudley Cecil Chorley.=]
=CHOWN, HERBERT=, Private, R.M.L.l. (R.F.R., B. 1828), 186777,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHRISTOPHER, LEONARD DE LONA=, Capt., 40th Pathans, Indian
Army, elder _s._ of Major-General Leonard William Christopher,
C.B., Indian Army (retired), of Harcourt House, Camberley, by his
wife, Florence, 4th dau. of the late Major-Gen. Charles Stuart Lane,
C.B., and gdson. of the late Major-Gen. Leonard Raisbeck Christopher;
_b._ Mansfield, Iver Heath, co. Bucks, 21 Oct. 1883; educ.
Wellington College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the North Staffordshire Regt. then in India, 9 Jan. 1904; was
promoted Lieut. 2 March, 1905, being the same month transferred to the
Indian Army and posted to the 40th Pathans. He obtained his company 9
Jan. 1913; was Adjutant 12 April, 1911, to April, 1915, and took part
in the operations in the Mohmand country (medal with clasp), 1908. On
the outbreak of the European War he came home with his regt., served
in France and Flanders, and was killed in action in the Second Battle
of Ypres, 26 April, 1915; buried in a farm three-quarters of a mile
north-east of the village of St. Jean. His colonel wrote: “The regt.
was in the first line of attack, and had to cross over open ground for
over 1,000 yards under a fearful fire of machine guns and shells, both
front and flank.... A native officer of ours near him loosened his belt
for him, and Chris said “Mehrbani” and died.... He performed his duty
nobly to the end.” And a brother officer: “He was dearly loved in the
regt., and died a very gallant death at the head of his men, and helped
to make the regt. he loved so well famous in that reckless charge.”
Capt. Christopher _m._ at East Barnet, co. Herts, 4 June, 1913,
Edith Marian, 4th dau. of Albert Robinson Bulman, of Trevor Hall, East
Barnet, co. Herts, late of Indian Civil Service.
[Illustration: =Leonard de L. Christopher.=]
=CHRYSTIE, JOHN=, Major, 3rd Battery, Medium Siege Artillery
Brigade, R.G.A., 2nd _s._ of Col. George Chrystie, of Shortheath
Lodge, Farnham, J.P., Supernumerary List, Indian Army, who served in
the Indian Mutiny in 1858 (medal), by his wife, Helen Anne Thomasine,
dau. of William Robertson Myers, Colonial Secretary, Jamaica; _b._
Mangalore, India, 9 March, 1872; educ. Surrey County School, Cranleigh,
and Portsmouth Grammar School; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. 24 July,
1891, and promoted Lieut. 24 July, 1894, Capt. 8 Nov. 1899, and Major
7 Oct. 1911, and was Adjutant in the Volunteer Forces, Nov. 1905, to
March, 1907. He served in India with A Mountain Battery and R.G.A.
from 1896 to 1905; was Instructor in Gunnery to the Hoogly Defences,
1901–5, and made three tours in Sierra Leone between 1907 and 1912 as
Instructor in Gunnery. He left for France in command of No. 3 Battery,
1st Medium Siege Artillery Brigade, on 17 Sept. 1914; took part in the
Battle of the Aisne, and on 12 Oct. was moved to the neighbourhood
of Ypres. He was killed in action in the First Battle of Ypres at
Zillebeke, near Ypres, on 17 Nov. 1914; and was buried in Ypres
Cemetery. His colonel wrote of him: “He left behind him the lasting
memorial of a shining example, of how we ought to live and die, and we
shall not forget it. He came to this brigade at my invitation, stayed
in it at my invitation, and so far as we all are concerned he remains
in it for ever. We shall not see his like any more.” Major Chrystie
was a keen sportsman, and won the Silver Spear of the Allahabad Tent
Club in 1897 for pig sticking. His great-uncles, Lieut. John Chrystie,
R.N., and Capt. Thomas Chrystie, R.N., served under Nelson. The former
was in the Victory immediately before Trafalgar, but was transferred
on promotion. The latter was at Trafalgar in the Defiance. His twin
brother, Major George Chrystie, 25th Cavalry, Frontier Force, Indian
Army, was killed in a raid on the North-West Frontier of India on 2
May, 1913. Major Chrystie _m._ at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate,
London, 15 Jan. 1913, Mignonne Muriel Maude (5, Portland Terrace,
Southsea), dau. of Charles Lennox Brice Cumming, late of the Indian
Civil Service, and had a dau.: Leslie Mignonne Comyn, _b._ 6 June,
1914.
[Illustration: =John Chrystie.=]
=CHUDLEY, JOHN FREDERICK=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 330, 1st Battn.
(Royal Fusiliers), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John
Chudley, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Jesse Hattam; _b._ Sydenham,
8 Sept. 1875; educ. St. Mary’s School, Brook Green, London; enlisted
in the 1st Royal Fusiliers (Volunteers) in 1894, and served through
the Boer war, receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps. On the
outbreak of the European War he volunteered for foreign service, and
died of wounds caused by an explosion of a bomb in the trenches at
Merville, 12 June, 1915, and was buried in the cemetery there. He
_m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Park, S.W., 29 Jan. 1910,
Charlotte Susannah (206, Balvernie Grove, Southfields, S.W.), yst. dau.
of James Thomas Mortimer, and had one dau., Doris, _b._ 13 April,
1912. Capt. Glover wrote: “I personally have known the Sergt.-Major for
nearly thirteen years, and a soldier with a keener sense of duty and a
man straighter in all dealings I have never met. By his death I have
lost a friend and a comrade, and one who has never failed me in any
circumstances.” Besides the South African medal, Sergt.-Major Chudley
had the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal.
[Illustration: =John Frederick Chudley.=]
=CHURCHILL, DAVID EDWIN STANLEY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16325,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHURCHILL, JOHN WILFRED=, L.-Corpl., No. 8109, 3rd East Yorkshire
Regt., _s._ of Nehemiah Churchill; _b._ Netherton, near
Dudley, 6 June, 1885; enlisted Jan. 1905, and was killed in action at
Paradis, 18 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=CHUTE, CHALLONER FRANCIS TREVOR=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Munster Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of the late Francis Blennerhassett
Chute, of Chute Hall, Tralee, co. Kerry, J.P., by his wife, Cherry
Herbert (22, Ashburton Road, Southsea), dau. of Norcott D’Esterre
Roberts, of Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin; b. Chute Hall, Tralee, 2
April, 1885; received his commission from the Militia in the Royal
Munster Fusiliers, 28 Nov. 1905 and was promoted Lieut. 9 Feb. 1908.
Reported “missing” after the Battle of Mons, it was afterwards
officially announced that he was killed in action near Etreux, France,
27 Aug. 1914. Capt. H. S. Jervis, the senior surviving officer of
the battn., gave the following account of the fight on 27 Aug. in
which Lieut. Chute met his death: “The regt. was left in a somewhat
exposed position, and the orders for a withdrawal seem to have gone
astray. Chute, with his guns which he handled during the day with
wonderful skill, covered the withdrawal of my company at mid-day. It
was pouring with rain, and with entire disregard to personal comfort,
characteristic of him, he lay down in six inches of water to manipulate
his guns better. The Germans were crossing the front, and he never
neglected an opportunity of delaying their advance. He withdrew them
from one position to another all day, forming an invaluable escort to
the two field guns we had attached to us. The withdrawal continued
through a village at about 5.30 p.m., and at the other side of it he
came into action again, firing right down the road, on both edges of
which Capt. Rawlinson’s company was withdrawing. Owing to the help of
your husband’s guns the company got safely through, and rejoined the
battn. The enemy were now on three sides of us, and their artillery
opened fire. Chute brought his machine guns back at the gallop along
the road under a positive hail of lead. It was a splendid feat, and
was successfully accomplished, and once again the guns were placed in
position. We were now completely surrounded, and your husband crossed
the road to try to find a target to aim at. As he crossed he was shot
in the right side and thigh, and fell dead. Up to the last he was
cheery and full of spirits as ever; in fact, he was the life and soul
of the mess. He was looked upon as the best machine gun officer of
the brigade, and his work during the day only served to confirm this
view. Yesterday, the 28th, the Germans allowed us to send out a burial
party of our own men, and they found Chuty and buried him with the
eight other officers of the regt. who were killed in a grave separate
from the men. He was buried with all his personal effects on him. His
heavier kit is with the regimental transport, the only part of the
regt. to escape.” Lieut. Chute _m._ 29 June, 1911, Maud Emily St.
Clair, only dau. of the late Edward O’Brien Hobson, of Myler’s Park,
co. Wexford, and had two sons: Desmond, _b._ 10 Aug. 1913; and
Challoner, _b._ 18 March, 1915.
[Illustration: =Challoner F. T. Chute.=]
=CLAIR, WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1406U, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept., 1914.
=CLAPP, ALBERT GEORGE=, Po. /16499, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLARE, SAMUEL JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8218), 293806,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARK, EDWARD=, Private, No. 13619, 5th Battn. 2nd Infantry
Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force. 4th _s._ of the late Edward
Clark, of Morley, co. York (died 28 April, 1909), by his wife, Mary,
dau. of William Walker Clark, of Morley; _b._ Morley, 8 Feb. 1888;
educ. Queen Street Wesleyan School there; went to Canada about 1906,
and settled first at Elkron, Manitoba, three years later moving further
west to Swift Currents, Sask. He enlisted there on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914, and came to England with the first Canadian contingent,
arriving in Oct. After training at Salisbury during the winter he went
to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action on Whit Monday, 24
May, 1915; _unm._ His company officer, Lieut. L. F. Page, wrote:
“He has been under my command ever since the first days at Valcartier,
and I got to know him very well. He was an excellent soldier, always
willing, obliging and brave. His death, I know, was all he would have
wished it to be. He was killed capturing a German position; his loss is
greatly felt by us all. May we each die as fine a death as he did.”
=CLARK, FREDERICK JAMES=, Gunner, No. 57600, Royal Field
Artillery, _s._ of James Clark, of 2, Philip Street, Bath;
_b._ Tiverton, Bath, 2 Feb. 1891; educ. there; enlisted in May,
1909; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and
was killed in action at Ypres, 31 Oct. 1914; _unm._ His brother is
now (1916) serving with the 4th Somersets.
=CLARK, HENRY WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 2612, 17th Battn. (Poplar
and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt., 3rd _s._ of Frederick Clark,
of 42, Goldsmith Road, Hackney, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Charles
Callan; _b._ Bethnal Green, 19 May, 1893; educ. Haggerston;
enlisted 3 Sept. 1914, was killed in the trenches 10 Nov. 1915, and was
buried behind Lone Tree, near Hulluch, Loos; _unm._ Lieut. W. A.
Clarke wrote that “He was always a good and devoted soldier, and did
his duty splendidly.” And his comrades, in a joint letter of sympathy
sent to his mother, said: “Owing to heavy rain the hole in the side
of the trench in which he used to sleep when off duty collapsed, and
he was buried under the heap of earth, although we made every effort
to dig him out; but I am sorry to say he had passed away before we
achieved our task. He was buried behind the old German line in front of
Loos, which we captured in our recent attack, and a little wooden cross
now marks the spot where he now lies in rest.”
[Illustration: =Henry William Clark.=]
=CLARK, JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4915),
279038, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARK, NELLIE=, Sister, a nursing member of Lady Ralph Paget’s
Serbian Relief Expedition, dau. of Thomas Clark, of Bilsley, Alford,
co. Lincoln, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of James Tammos, of Hardley,
Norfolk; _b._ Cumberworth, 6 March, 1888; educ. Bilsby County
School; and was a private nurse, having passed all degrees. She joined
Lady Ralph Paget’s first unit for Serbia, in Oct. 1914, and died at
Skopje, Serbia, 25 Dec. 1914, of septic poisoning, contracted while
performing her duty, and was buried there. Lady Ralph Paget wrote: “She
was the best nurse we had, and was so very sweet and gentle that she
was loved by every one who had the honour of knowing her. As for the
wounded men she nursed they simply adored her, and it was touching to
see their grief when they heard of her death.”
[Illustration: =Nellie Clark.=]
=CLARK, OWEN WALTER=, Regimental Sergt.-Major, No. 5289, 2nd
Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of Walter Clark, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of (--) Humphreys, of Bow; _b._ at Bow, 30 Oct. 1877; educ.
Bromley-by-Bow; enlisted in the 1st Royal Scots at Chatham in 1895,
and after a short time at Edinburgh, and some years at the depot,
Glencorse, was in 1903 drafted to the 2nd Battn., then at Kamptee,
India. He returned from India in Oct. 1905, and on the occasion of
the visit of the King and Queen to Edinburgh Castle in 1911 was, with
three other N.C.Os., placed in charge of the Regalia. He also carried
the new Colours which His Majesty presented to the battn. at Holyrood
Palace on this occasion. The following year he was Worshipful Master
of the Regimental Masonic Lodge, “Unity, Peace and Concord.” When
war broke out he was Q.M. Sergt., and left Crownhill, Plymouth, with
the 2nd Battn. for the Front on 13 Aug. 1914. He was granted first
class Warrant rank, and promoted Regimental Sergt.-Major in Dec.
1914; was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of
17 Feb. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field,
and was killed in action at Hooge, 14 July, 1915, within nine months
of completing 21 years with the Colours. He had been presented with
the Good Conduct Medal by General Sir H. Smith-Dorrien at Crownhill
in 1913, and numerous letters from his officers show that he had
made himself beloved and respected by all ranks. Sergt.-Major Clark
_m._ at Walthamstow Parish Church, 5 May, 1900, Alice Maud Mary
(735, High Road, Leyton, Essex), dau. of Edward Carr, of Leyton,
Essex, and had four children: Percy, _b._ 13 March, 1901; Roland,
_b._ 17 Oct. 1902; Ivy, _b._ 26 Sept. 1906; and Marjorie,
_b._ 12 Sept. 1910.
[Illustration: =Owen Walter Clark.=]
=CLARK, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9966, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CLARKE, ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 14643, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.