8475, 2nd. _s._ of Job Coolledge, of Purleigh, Essex, Shoemaker,
by his wife, Sarah; _b._ Purleigh, 25 July, 1882; educ. there;
joined the Navy in Sept. 1902, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, 23
Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Leigh-on-Sea, 29 July, 1911, Alice H. (4,
Reginald Cottages, High Street, Leigh-on-Sea), dau. of Walter Carey;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =John Henry Coolledge.=]
=COOMBES, ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., 11496, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COOMBES, ARTHUR ROBERT=, Private, No. 1920, 3rd Battn. Australian
L.I., _s._ of James Coombes, of Hammersmith, by his wife, Emily;
_b._ Hammersmith, 20 Jan. 1895; educ. St. Paul’s C.E. School
there; joined the Australian Imperial Force after the outbreak of war,
and was killed in the fighting at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, on 7 Aug. 1915;
_unm._
=COOMBES, CECIL ROBERT=, Private, No. 4215, 14th Battn. (The
London Scottish). The London Regt. (T.F.), 1st _s._ of James
Robert Coombes, of 35, Knollys Road, Streatham, S.W., Madras Provincial
Civil Service, late Presidency Magistrate, Madras, and Treasury
Officer, Salem, by his wife, Camellia Ruth, dau. of Sergt. Stephen
Pincott, 1st Madras Fusiliers; _b._ Cuddalore, South India, 18
March, 1897; educ. Champion Hill School, Denmark Hill (1905–6), Doveton
Protestant College, Madras (1906–13), and Birkbeck College (1914);
joined the London Scottish for Imperial Service, 2 Jan. 1915; went
to the Front, 4 July, 1915; was severely wounded in the stomach in
the attack on the Hohenzollern trenches during the Battle of Loos, 25
Sept. 1915, and died in the 2nd Field Ambulance the following day;
_unm._ He was buried in the British cemetery at Vermelles. While
in India, 1906–13, he was a Boy Scout, then a cadet, and finally a
Volunteer in the Madras Volunteer Guards. A keen sportsman and shot, he
was captain of Doveton College football and hockey teams, prefect of
the school, and sub-editor of the school magazine. He had been selected
and trained for the machine gun section, and successfully passed the
snipers’ test, for eventual employment in that capacity.
[Illustration: =Cecil Robert Coombes.=]
=COOMBS, ARTHUR ERSKINE GURNEY=, Lieut., R.N., elder _s._ of
Richard Samuel Gurney Coombs, of Church House, Oundle, by his wife,
Kathleen Maria, dau. of Adolphe Philippe de Chastelain; _b._
Kensington, 3 Feb. 1888; educ. Oundle School; entered H.M.S. Britannia
as a cadet, Jan. 1903, at the head of the list; appointed Midshipman,
H.M.S. Ocean (China Station), April, 1904; transferred to H.M.S.
Goliath (Mediterranean Station), 1905, and to H.M.S. Illustrious,
March, 1907; appointed to Royal Naval College, Greenwich, for
special course, April, 1908, and obtained four 1st classes; promoted
Sub-Lieut. 30 July, 1908, and appointed to H.M.S. Dee (Destroyer), Jan.
1909; promoted Lieut. 30 April, 1909; appointed to H.M.S. Hindustan
(Battleship), Sept. 1909, and to H.M.S. Dryad for navigation course,
Jan. 1910; qualified as Lieut. (Navigating), and appointed to H.M.S.
Essex (Cruiser), Aug. 1910, and to H.M.S. Blanche (Cruiser), Feb. 1911;
transferred to H.M.S. Foresight (Light Cruiser), March following, and
appointed to H.M.S. Diamond (Cruiser), Nov. 1912; and as Navigating
Lieut. to H.M.S. Juno, Dec. following; appointed for first class ship’s
course in navigation at Portsmouth, Jan. 1914, and obtained first place
in examination; appointed Navigating Lieut. to H.M.S. Hawke, Feb. 1914,
and was lost in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914, when that Cruiser was
torpedoed. At the time of the attack Lieut. Coombs was on navigating
duty on the bridge with the Capt. (Williams), and they remained there
together until the ship sank. Coombs was subsequently seen in the water
by survivors among the crew, but is presumed to have perished from the
cold. He was _unm._
=COONEY, JOHN DANIEL=, Private, No. 2486, 6th Battn. Manchester
Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Patrick Cooney, J.P., by his
wife, Mary (Garranlea House, Cahir, co. Tipperary), dau. of Daniel
Joseph Geary; _b._ Cahir, 20 Aug. 1889; educ. Rockwell College
and Blackrock College, Ireland; enlisted in the Manchester Regt. on
the outbreak of war, went with his battn. to the Dardanelles, and was
killed in action at Gallipoli, 29 May, 1915. He had been nominated
for a commission, against his express wishes, just before his death;
_unm._ Private Cooney played Rugby football regularly for the
Manchester City Club and Lancashire County. He was a good boxer and a
first-rate athlete, winning many prizes at 440 and 880 yards.
[Illustration: =John Daniel Cooney.=]
=COOPER, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4085), S.S.
102471, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COOPER, ALFRED=, Private, No. 9720, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Croix Barbée, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=COOPER, ANDREW=, Private, No. 14288, 4th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died at
Zolobes, 14 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action.
=COOPER, EDWARD WYNDHAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5932), 215711,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COOPER, ERNEST=, Private, No. 10041, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action,
30 Aug. 1914.
=COOPER, ERNEST ROBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1202T, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COOPER, HANWAY=, Sub-Lieut., R.N., yst. _s._ of the late
William Cooper, M.A. Oxford, by his wife, Marion (Gravel Hill, Boxmoor,
co. Herts), dau. of the late Major James German, of Maywood, Sevenoaks,
J.P., D.L., grandson of John Cooper, of The Oaks, Preston, co. Lancs,
and great-great-nephew of Admiral Sir James Hanway Plumridge, who
fought in the Crimea; _b._ Hampstead, co. Middlesex, 2 May, 1892;
educ. St. Christopher’s School, Eastbourne, the Royal Naval College,
Osborne (entered 12 Jan. 1905), and Britannia College, Dartmouth; and
was promoted Acting Sub-Lieut. 15 Sept. 1912, and Sub-Lieut. 15 Nov.
following. He served on H.M. ships Commonwealth (15 Sept. 1909–14
Sept. 1910), Rattlesnake (15 Sept. 1910–14 Nov. 1910), Warrior (15
Nov. 1910–4 April, 1911), Britannia (14 Sept. 1911–2 Sept. 1912, “a
zealous, hard-working officer”), Dryad (3 Sept.-9 Oct. 1912), Circe
(10 Oct. 1912–6 March, 1914, “has carried out the duties of executive
officer with zeal and ability”), Pembroke (7 March–22 March, 1914),
and Shannon (23 March–30 July, 1914, “a very capable and promising
officer”), and on the outbreak of war was appointed to H.M.S. Monmouth.
He was killed in the naval action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili,
when the Monmouth and Good Hope were lost with all hands, 1 Nov. 1914.
Sub-Lieut. Cooper was to have been promoted to the rank of Lieut. 15
Nov. following his death.
[Illustration: =Hanway Cooper.=]
=COOPER, HENRY=, Private, No. 10894, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died on active
service, 4 Nov. 1914, of enteric fever.
=COOPER, JAMES HAMILTON=, Private, No. 8551, 2nd Battn. East Kent
Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of Alfred Cooper, of The Lilac, Plantation
Road, Hextable; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
died 29 May, 1915, of wounds received in action.
=COOPER, JOHN=, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., yr. _s._ of James
Cooper Cooper, formerly Tuthill, of Cooper Hill, Clarina, co. Limerick,
J.P., by his first wife, Mary, dau. of Charles Pickering, of Roebuck,
co. Dublin; _b._ Cooper Hill, 4 July, 1869; educ. Burney’s School,
Gosport; joined the Navy as an Assistant Clerk in 1886, becoming
Paymaster in 1900, Staff Paymaster in 1904, and Fleet Paymaster, 1
Feb. 1908. He served in H.M. Yacht Osborne from 1899–1902, and was
afterwards Secretary to Admiral Custance in the Venerable, and to
Admiral Sir Charles Briggs in the Lord Nelson and the Dreadnought. He
joined H.M.S. Monmouth, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost in action when that
ship was sunk in the Battle off Coronel, 1 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at
St. Peter’s, Cranley Gardens, S.W., 5 June, 1905, Marguerite Sutherland
(Chiltern House, Chesham), dau. of the late Capt. Francis Sutherland,
Royal Scots Greys, and had three children: James Francis, _b._
5 May, 1906; John Christopher, _b._ 15 May, 1907; and Elizabeth
Mary, _b._ 20 Feb. 1909.
[Illustration: =John Cooper.=]
=COOPER, LEONARD GOSSE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th (Service) Battn. South
Wales Borderers, yst. _s._ of Walter Percy Cooper, of Ambleside,
Abergavenny, Managing Director of Seargeant Bros., Ltd.; _b._
Abergavenny, 15 June, 1892; educ. Llandovery College, and Jesus
College, Oxford, where he won a classical scholarship and also a
Goldsmith’s Exhibition, and was placed in the first class in Honour
Classical Moderations in 1914. On the outbreak of war he applied
for a commission, and was gazetted to the South Wales Borderers, 29
Aug. 1914, accompanied the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to the
Dardanelles, and was killed in action 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was
buried in the 29th Field Ambulance Cemetery, at the mouth of the Aghyl
Dere, Gallipoli, near Col. Gillispie and Major Sir Lennox Napier.
Capt. C. E. Kitchen, commanding the C Coy., wrote: “It was early on 9
Aug. that the Turks attempted a surprise attack upon us where we were
holding a very difficult position which we had not time to properly
strengthen. My company had to occupy a rough knoll, covered with scrub,
and in the semi-darkness it was very difficult to see the enemy. I
immediately ordered up two platoons--No. 12 (your son’s) and No. 11
(Mr. Miller’s)--and was successful in keeping back the Turks. Unhappily
Leonard, whilst gallantly leading and encouraging his men, was shot
through the body, and passed away almost at once.” The regt. was
congratulated by Sir Ian Hamilton for their conduct on this day.
[Illustration: =Leonard Gosse Cooper.=]
=COOPER, STANLEY JAMES=, Armourer’s Crew, 228727, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COOPER, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14542, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=COOPER, THOMAS WILFRED=, Private, No. 12629, 4th (Service) Battn.
South Wales Borderers, 2nd _s._ of George Cooper, of Joyford Hill,
Coleford, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of George Taylor, of Joyford Hill;
_b._ Coleford, co. Gloucester, 13 April, 1890; was employed at the
Connop Collieries; volunteered and enlisted, Aug. 1914; served with
the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 29 June,
1915, to 10 Aug. 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action
there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas W. Cooper.=]
=COPE, HARRY FITZGERALD=, Private, No. 81177, 8th Battn. (90th
Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of
Gilbert Augustus Cope, of Russell, Manitoba, Canada, Farmer, formerly
of Tralee, co. Kerry, and Sydenham, co. Kent, Organist of St.
Michael’s, Lower Sydenham, 1882–88, by his late wife, Annie, dau. of
the late William Burley, of Hastings, Sussex; _b._ Kilmalkeader
Farm, Russell Co., Manitoba, 8 May, 1896; educ. Londonderry, near
Russell, and Russell High School; joined the 32nd Manitoba Light
Horse on its formation in May, 1913; trained at Sewell, 1913–14;
volunteered for overseas service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914,
and was drafted to the 32nd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, at
Winnipeg; came over with reinforcements for the first contingent,
17 Feb. 1915; trained at Shorncliffe Camp; went to the Front, 29
April, 1915; transferred to 8th Battn., 8 May (his 19th birthday);
wounded in the left shoulder in action at Givenchy, 21 June, 1915, by
a piece of shrapnel, but remained in the trenches with his company;
appointed Headquarters Runner to the Battn., 1 Aug.; killed in action
at Ploegsteert, Belgium, about 11 p.m., 12 Sept. 1915, while repairing
trench under fire, being shot near the heart. Buried in the 90th Rifles
graveyard in Ploegsteert Wood; _unm._ Capt. L. Gysin wrote: “He
had been so familiar and well-liked a figure amongst us, as he had
always been a good soldier and seldom without a smile, that his death
will be a great loss to us”; and Private C. Robin: “All the Russell
boys, in fact all the boys who knew him, feel pretty bad. He was one of
the best, always cheery and cool under fire.”
[Illustration: =Harry Fitzgerald Cope.=]
=BIDDLE-COPE, ANTHONY CYPRIAN PROSPER=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn.
King’s Shropshire L.I., _s._ of James Cyprian Biddle-Cope,
formerly of Broadwood Hall, co. Salop, by his wife, Marie Louise,
dau. of Edward Angell Saunders; _b._ London, 9 May, 1889; educ.
Barnabite College, Florence, Italy; and was afterwards a Cadet on
H.M.S. Conway, where he received the King’s gold medal. He was gazetted
2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I., 10 Aug. 1910, and went
to the Front with them on the outbreak of war. He was present when
the general move of the British Army was made in Belgium and Northern
France, and when the Germans made their first attempt to capture
Calais, and was killed in action while saving the life of a friend,
near Ypres, 26 April, 1915; _unm._ A Major of the 1st Battn.
King’s Shropshire L.I., in a letter to his family, wrote: “The death
of your son was not a surprise to me, for I knew it must only be a
question of time before he was either killed or wounded seriously
enough to lay him up for the rest of the war, for he was one of
the bravest men I have ever met. I knew him first at the depot at
Shrewsbury, when he first joined in 1910, and even then I was so much
impressed with his pluck and his constant desire to do his duty in
everything that I used to say that if ever I went on service I should
rather have him to help me in a tight place than any other young
officer I knew. When we were out on the Aisne, if ever there was any
dangerous job that required to be done he would volunteer to do it,
and yet the way he carried it out showed that he had caution and sense
besides mere pluck. When he was first wounded, on 23 Oct., he came up
to me with his hand bound up, and was all for leading a bayonet charge
in daylight. The day before that he had walked across an open space of
50 yards to bring me a message, with the bullets spattering all around
him, and nothing I could say would make him wait till dark before
going back.” Another officer, who was wounded in the same engagement
as that in which Lieut. Biddle-Cope met his death, wrote: “During the
fight round Ypres two companies were ordered with the machine guns to
reinforce a regt. who were having a very had time. On arrival there
some selected men of our company were ordered to take a trench held by
the Germans, and I was one of the officers, and while waiting to move
out of our trench to attack, Biddle-Cope came up and chatted with me
and wished me good luck; and I left my stick with him till I came back.
The order to advance was given, and we charged, and just before we got
to the enemy’s trench Biddle-Cope rushed by at a terrific pace, and was
shot as he got to the enemy’s trench. When just in front of me he fired
two shots from his revolver, and I think was again hit. I dropped down
beside him and fired at the German who had shot, him, but can’t say
whether I hit him or not. I myself had damaged my knee so severely that
I could not walk at the time, and I saw no use trying to do any more,
so collected the few men left--about five at the moment--and crawled
back in. Biddle-Cope was machine gun officer, and should not have been
there, but I can only think that he saw things were going badly and
came out to help me.”
[Illustration: =A. C. P. Biddle-Cope.=]
=COPE, MICHAEL WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6317, No. 3 Coy. 1st Battn.
1st Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late
Michael Brown Cope, of The Corner House, Castledermott, co. Kildare, by
his wife, Isabella, dau. of John Brown, of Woodlands, Castledermott;
_b._ Castledermott, 1 Sept. 1892; educ. there; went to Canada, 24
May. 1912, and after a few months in Arkona, Thedford, Ontario, with
his uncle, George Brown, J.P., became a clerk on the Canadian Pacific
Railway at Windsor, Ontario. On the outbreak of war he enlisted and
came to England with the first Canadian contingent, and after training
at Salisbury during the winter, left for the Front, 7 Feb. 1915. He
was killed in action between Bethune and La Bassée on the evening of 1
June, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was killed in one of the
most daring attacks of this war. It commenced at 6 p.m. The hail of
bullets and shrapnel which swept over our parapet was perfectly ranged;
it was suicide to show oneself over the breastwork, for the enemy were
less than 75 yards away. In spite of all, not a man hesitated. The
whole platoon, of which William was one of my best chums, crossed the
parapet with our heads down and a muttered prayer. We made straight
for the German lines. We dropped into shell holes for a breather,
and I glanced back and saw half of the boys (chums all of them since
leaving Windsor, Ontario) lying dead and wounded. William, I afterwards
learned, suffered no pain; his death was instantaneous. We had many
debts to pay--Ypres, Festubert--and we alleged together to form one
terrible effort, which carried us to their third line. William was with
us through all our trouble at Ypres and Festubert, and has won the love
and respect of us all. There are but few survivors left of the willing
bands that landed in France last February.”
[Illustration: =Michael William Cope.=]
=COPELAND, TOM=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, 357988, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=COPELAND, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10384), 206235,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COPELAND, WILLIAM JOHN=, Corpl., No. 10666, Machine Gun Section
Wellington L.I., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of
Thomas Mercer Copeland, of 30, Liffeton Street, Wanganui, New Zealand,
Building Inspector etc., for Wanganui Borough Council, by his wife,
Emma; _b._ Wanganui, 23 Jan. 1890; and was educated at the
District High School and at Mossten, Wanganui. He joined the Defence
Cadets as a boy, winning a cup for shooting at the age of 15, and
afterwards attained the rank of Lieut. of the Senior Cadets acting
at Capt. for eighteen months, but had to resign on leaving Wanganui
for New Plymouth to take up other work. He was a Mechanical Engineer
and Motor Expert by trade and on the outbreak of war volunteered for
Imperial Service and joined the Wellington Infantry Battn., 18 Aug.
1914. He left New Zealand with the Main Expeditionary Force, was
promoted Corpl. while in Egypt on Christmas Day, 1914, and was killed
in action at Gallipoli, 2 May, 1915; _unm._ Col. Malone wrote:
“When on the death of all his superior officers I placed him in charge
of my four machine guns and recommended him for a commission to be my
Machine Gun Officer. He was trying to locate the Turk’s fire which was
harassing them when he was shot,” adding that “it was an extremely
plucky act.”
[Illustration: =William John Copeland.=]
=COPLAND, DUDLEY CHARLES JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Sherwood
Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), only _s._ of
Charles Copland, Professor of Singing, R.A.M; _b._ Hampstead,
2 May, 1896; educ. St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir School and Denstone
College; joined the 28th Battn. (Artists’ Rifles) The London Regt., and
was gazetted to the Sherwood Foresters, 2 March, 1915. He was killed in
action at Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915, being buried in the cemetery at La
Cordonnierie.
=COPLAND, LEONARD GEORGE=, Ordinary Telegraphist, J. 14426, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=COPLAND, MAURICE=, Private, No. 2363, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn.
Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Albert Copland, of
Chelmsford, Solicitor, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Isaac King; _b._
Chelmsford, co. Essex, 21 Dec. 1876; educ. Chelmsford Grammar School,
New College, Eastbourne, and Pembroke College, Cambridge; enlisted 8
Sept. 1914; proceeded with his regt. to the Front, and died in the
Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 21 March, 1915, while on Active Service;
buried in Wimereux Military Cemetery, Boulogne Base, Grave No. 285;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Maurice Copland.=]
=COPPINGER, CYRIL DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 12650, 1st Battn.
Northamptonshire Regt., only _s._ of Col. Thomas Stephen
Coppinger, of 168, Worple Road, Wimbledon, late 11th Regt., and Chief
Paymaster, A.P.D. (who served in the Zulu war of 1879 and the last
South African war), by his wife, Aldegonde Emily, dau. of Edward
Thomas ffrench Beytagh, Q.C.; _b._ Maidstone, 26 July, 1890;
educ. Wimbledon College, Edge Hill; was a journalist on the stall of
the “Evening Standard,” and latterly a sub-editor on the staff of
the Exchange Telegraph Co. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the
Northamptonshire Regt., joining the 1st Battn. at the Front, 2 Feb.
1915; he took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and was killed
in action in a charge on the German trenches at the Aubers Ridge,
between Richebourg l’Avoue and Festubert, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ He
was buried north of the Rue du Bois, between Richebourg St. Vaast and
Richebourg l’Avoue. In announcing his death, the “Pall Mall Gazette”
stated: “He was a young man of great promise, and several of his short
stories, which recently appeared in a number of London magazines,
attracted considerable attention.”
[Illustration: =Cyril Douglas Coppinger.=]
=COPPINS, HUGH JOSEPH=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 15587, H.M.S.
Pathfinder, lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CORBALLY, LOUIS WILLIAM=, Capt., R.F.A., 3rd _s._ of the
late Matthew James Corbally, of Rathbeale Hall, Swords, co. Dublin,
J.P., D.L., by his wife, Sara Louisa, dau. of Thomas O’Kelly, of Bridge
House, co. Kerry; _b._ Dublin, 27 May, 1876; educ. Stonyhurst and
The Oratory School, Edgbaston; served with the Irish Hunt Yeomanry
through the South African War (medal and clasps), and was gazetted
Capt. R.F.A., 29 Sept. 1914. On the outbreak of the European War he
left with the R.F.A. for the Front; served in France and Flanders, and
died from wounds received in action, at Bailleul, near Ypres, 6 May,
1915. He _m._ at The Oratory, Brompton, London, 26 April, 1906,
Nancy, 4th dau. of John Joseph Whyte, of Loughbrickland, co. Down,
D.L., and had two sons and two daus.; Marcus, _b._ 29 Aug. 1907;
Edward, _b._ 15 Jan. 1909; Dorothy, _b._ 25 June, 1910; and
May, _b._ 29 Dec. 1912. A brother officer wrote: “Our position
was on the railway about 4 miles N.E. of Ypres, and it was going back
to see the first line ... about ½ a mile along the track that the
shelling took place. It was more or less a chance shell but there was
a good deal all three days. I can only repeat how much Capt. Corbally
is regretted and missed by all ranks in the Battery. One has to censor
their letters and the sympathetic allusions to him have been very
touching. As you know the funeral was at Bailleul in France.”
[Illustration: =Louis William Corbally.=]