Coy., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., only _s._
of Sheridan Delépine, of York Place, Rusholme, Manchester, and 15,
Well Walk, Hampstead, N.W., M.B., M.Sc., Professor of Public Health
at Manchester University, by his wife, Florence, dau. of Frederic
Rose; _b._ Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, London, 21 Oct. 1888;
educ. Woodlands School, Manchester, spent a year in Geneva studying
languages, and entered the University of Manchester in 1907, where
he was one of the ablest of an exceptionally capable set of men in
the Honours School of Engineering and took a good place in the final
examination. After graduating in 1910, he went to Canada in order to
gain further experience, and for one session was a Demonstrator in
Engineering at McGill University. During this time he undertook, under
the direction of Prof. MacKay, an elaborate investigation into the
stress distribution of a certain type of built-up column. In April,
1911, he accepted a post as Assistant Engineer in the office of Messrs.
Waddell and Harrington, of Kansas City, and became Principal Assistant
in the Estimating Department. In 1903 he returned to Manchester, having
been appointed Junior Instructor in Drawing and Demonstrator in the
Engineering Department of the University. Whilst here he assisted
Prof. Petavel in some of the experimental work carried out for the
Home Office Department Committee on the “Humidity and Ventilation of
Spinning Sheds.” Some of the results of this work are embodied in the
two papers he submitted in support of his application for the degree
of M.Sc., which he obtained in 1914. During this period he received a
commission as 2nd Lieut. in the O.T.C., which he joined as a Private in
1908, while at Manchester University, and did much valuable work for
the corps. Always keen on gaining more experience, he accepted in the
summer of 1914 a post as Assistant Engineer in the airship department
of Messrs. Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. In Aug. of 1914 he was in camp
with the O.T.C., and at the outbreak of war immediately volunteered for
Active Service. For a time he was detained in Manchester assisting in
the general training work of the corps, but while in camp at Mobberley
he received his commission in the Special Reserve, was appointed to the
3rd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., Sept. 1914, and went to Falmouth
for training. In Jan. he was sent to Northern France, where he was
mortally wounded in action, in trenches near Ypres, on 16 April, 1915;
_unm._ “We had been in the trenches,” says Private C. Lonworth,
his servant, in a letter, “just one day, and about a quarter to
midnight on the 16th he was sitting in the trench filling his pipe and
talking and he suddenly stood up, saying, ‘I’m hit.’ So we found out
where he was hit and bandaged him up. They got him down to the hospital
with as little delay as possible, and when the doctor saw him he said
he didn’t think he would live long, so I stopped in a little room next
to him all day. He seemed to brighten up about mid-day, but he went off
again and died at 4.45 p.m. on the 17th.... He was a good officer to
his men.... I have lost a good master, he was a thorough gentleman....”
The Manchester University Magazine for 24 June, 1915, affirmed of him:
“As an officer his officer commanding found him ‘excellent, cheerful
and full of go and life.’ He was very keen on his work, took an intense
interest in his platoon, was very patient with recruits and ever ready
to be of service to any who sought his help. In his profession he had
already done good work in both academic and practical spheres. He was
a hard and conscientious worker, keenly appreciative of new ideas
in design and organisation, and would without doubt have attained
to a considerable position in engineering.” Brig.-Gen. J. S. Maude,
commanding 14th Infantry Brigade, wrote to his father: “Your son had
done such splendid work with his fine regt., and it does seem sad that
such a promising career should have been so all too soon cut short....
He set a fine example of courage and devotion to duty to those serving
under him.”
[Illustration: =H. G. S. Delépine.=]
=DELLER, HARRY GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1854), 192696, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=DELMEGE, CLAUDE PHILIPPE=, Midshipman, R.N. 3rd and yst.
_s._ of Alfred Gideon Delmege. M.V.O, Hon. Surgeon to His Majesty
the King, Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets, R.N., by
his wife, Mary Elizabeth. dau. of the Right Hon James Anthony Lawson,
Judge of the High Court; _b._ Southsea, 15 March, 1898, entered
the Navy as a cadet at Osborne in Jan. 1911, became Midshipman August,
1914, was appointed to His Majesty’s ship Cressy the same month: and
was lost in the North Sea 22 Sept. 1914, when that ship was torpedoed
by a German submarine.
[Illustration: =Claude Philippe Delmege.=]
=DELMEGE, JAMES O’GRADY=, Lieut., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Capt. James O’Grady Delmege, of Castle Park,
co. Limerick, J.P., D.L., late South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry and
South Irish Horse, by his wife, Caroline, dau. and co-heir of Marmaduke
Coghill Cramer, of Rathmore, Kinsale, D.L.; _b._ Limerick, 18
March, 1891; educ. Clifton, Bath College (where he took, when 14 years
of age, 60_l._ and 40_l._ Scholarships, open to all schools),
and Trinity College, Dublin; and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th
Dragoon Guards, 23 Jan. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. following.
After the outbreak of war he went to France with the Expeditionary
Force and was appointed Assistant Adjutant, and put on the Headquarters
Staff. On 24 May, 1915, the 4th Dragoon Guards, after a long spell in
the trenches, were relieved by the 18th Hussars, but Lieut. Delmege was
left behind to instruct the 18th in the plan of the trenches. During
the night and early morning they were heavily gassed by the enemy, and
he succumbed to gas poison, on 27 May, 1915. He was buried at Bailleul;
_unm._ Numerous letters received from all ranks testify to the
estimation he was held in. Major C. Hunter wrote: “I personally had a
high opinion of his prospects as a cavalry officer”; and Lieut. E. G.
Warlock, 4th Dragoon Guards: “He has left behind him a splendid name,
being so popular with all who knew him, not only officers, but N.C.Os.
and men. He was an officer of great promise, and had it not been for
his untimely death ‘In Action,’ would have had an illustrious future.”
Sergt. W. Jones, 4th Dragoon Guards, also wrote: “Lieut. Delmege was
picked up unconscious. I was very sorry to hear of his death, as he
was a brave young officer, so cheerful and patient with all ranks, and
I know he will be missed by all, especially our Rugby team as he was
a fine sportsman, and took a great interest in his troop, and we were
very sorry when he was transferred from his troop to Head Quarters.”
Lieut. C. Jackson, York and Lancaster Regt.: “The last time I saw him,
he was going on in front with a patrol to find out where their place in
trenches was, in order to lead the regt. up after dark, he was in such
good spirits, and I am sure enjoyed every minute of the war”; and Capt.
R. D). Brownson, R.A.M.C.: “Being in hospital with some of the regt.,
I thought you would like to hear what a very high opinion they all
seem to have had of him. He was so popular, and such a good officer,
in fact he was kept specially to go up into any special trench or take
any special message, because he could always be trusted to get there,
‘Somehow.’”
[Illustration: =James O’Grady Delmege.=]
=DENHAM, FRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15731 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DENHAM, WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, R.N., 1st _s._ of William
Denham, of 2, Paradise Place, Stockton-on-Tees, by his wife, Jane A.,
dau. of Henry Lambert; _b._ Stockton-on-Tees, 10 Oct. 1886; educ.
Secondary School there; joined the Navy in 1903, and served in both
the Home and Mediterranean Fleets, receiving while with the latter the
Messina medal from the King of Italy, for services rendered during the
earthquake there. He passed his qualifying examination for Warrant
Officer 30 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action, going down with H.M.S.
Formidable, when that ship was sunk by a German submarine, 1 Jan. 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =William Denham.=]
=DENISON, BERTRAM NOEL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry, yr. _s._ of Admiral John Denison, of Rusholme,
Alverstoke, R.N. by his wife, Florence, dau. of William Ledgard, of
Roundham, Yorkshire, and nephew of Col. George Taylor Denison, of
Toronto, author of “Modern Cavalry”; _b._ Greenock, 21 Dec.
1883; educ. Eagle House, Sandhurst and Harrow; and entered the Navy
in Dec. 1898, passing at the head of the list in and out of H.M.S.
Britannia. He served as a midshipman on H.M.S. Doris during the South
African War, 1900, and was aide-de-camp to Capt. Bearcroft, R.N., with
the Naval Brigade. He took part in the operations in the Transvaal,
East of Pretoria, including action at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and in the
Orange Free State, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette,
12 March, 1901], and received the Queen’s medal with 3 clasps. Later
he was transferred to the Army, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. Yorkshire
Light Infantry, 8 Jan. 1902, and promoted Lieut., 15 Nov. 1905, and
Capt., 5 Aug. 1914. He served in Ireland, South Africa, and Crete;
and was seconded for services in Canada, from 1906 to 1908, and on
his return became Adjutant to the 2nd Battn. K.O.Y.L.I. In 1912 he
went to the Staff College, which he left in December 1913, receiving
a Staff Appointment at the War Office shortly before the European
War broke out. He immediately rejoined his regiment, went to France
with the Expeditionary Force, and was dangerously wounded in action
at Le Cateau on 26 Aug. 1914, and died there of his wounds 15 Sept.
following. He was buried in the cemetery there. Capt. Denison _m._
at St. James’s Cathedral, Toronto, 2 Oct. 1907, Gladys, dau. of
Albert Nordheimer, of Toronto, and had a dau. (Gladys Audrey) Yvonne,
_b._ 12 Dec. 1908.
[Illustration: =Bertram Noel Denison.=]
=DENMAN, CLARENCE BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 25944, C Coy., 14th
Battn. (Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th
_s._ of Walter Frederick Denman, of 2321, Hutchinson Street,
Montreal, Canada [_b._ London, 5 Jan. 1857, 3rd _s._ of the
late William Henry Denman, Chaser and Embosser, who went to Canada in
1859], by his wife, Amelia Mary, dau. of Christopher Fryer; _b._
Outremont, Montreal, 18 Jan. 1893; educ. Outremont Lower Grade School
and St. François College, Quebec; was a clerk in Electrical Supplies
Store, Richmond; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the
Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over with the first contingent,
Oct. 1914; went to France 12 Feb., and died in the Military Cottage
Hospital, Holmsfirth, near Huddersfield, 25 May, 1915, of wounds
received in action at the Battle of Langemark on 27 April; _unm._
He was buried in St. John’s Churchyard there.
=DENNIS, CLARENCE FRANCIS VICTOR=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115546,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=DENNIS, EDWARD HENRY=, A.B. (B. 305), 148120, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DENNIS, RICHARD HENRY=, Senior L.-Corpl., No. 6675, C Coy.,
1st Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Richard Henry
Dennis, of Barnfield Place, Plumstead, near London, by his wife, Mary;
_b._ Bexley Heath, co. Kent, 29 July, 1871; educ. All Saints’
Church School, Plumstead; went to Canada, 28 July, 1907; was for a
number of years an employee of the Pere Marquette Railroad; joined
the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 12 March, 1914, and was killed in
action at Festubert, 15 June, 1915. He _m._ at Woolwich Church,
26 March, 1892, Margaret (117, Wellington Street E., Chatham, Ontario,
Canada), dau. of John William Hazlett (a Crimean veteran), and had
three sons: Richard Henry, Junior, L.-Corpl. 7th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _b._ Plumstead, 29 March, 1893, now (1916) on
active service in France; John William, Private, 186th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _b._ Plumstead, 21 March, 1898; and George
Arthur, _b._ Plumstead, 23 Feb. 1903.
[Illustration: =Richard Henry Dennis.=]
=DENNIS, RUSSELL=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch./14052, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DENNY, BARRY MAYNARD RYND=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt., 2nd surviving _s._ of the Rev. Edward Denny, of
Moorstown, co. Tipperary, and Drumlone, co. Fermanagh, M.A., Rector of
Codford St. Peter’s, Bath, formerly Vicar of St. Peter’s, Vauxhall, and
Member of the L.C.C. [gt.-gt.-gdson. of Col. Edward Denny, M.P., yr.
brother of Sir Barry Denny, of Tralee, 1st Bart.], by his wife, Alma
Mary, dau. of Charles John Chesshyre, of Bennington, co. Gloucester;
_b._ at Pontrewydd, co. Monmouth, 2 Jan. 1885; educ. King’s
College, Taunton, and London University, where he graduated B.A. in
1909. He took a leading part as an officer in Worksop College Cadet
Corps, and trained for a commission in the Army Special Reserve at York
in 1913 and at Aldershot, obtaining the highest place in the respective
examinations. Gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the King’s (Liverpool) Regt.
(Special Reserve), 4 April, 1914, he was shortly afterwards given the
command of a fort at Crosby, in the north of England. Subsequently he
went to the Front in command of a hundred men, being specially selected
for the post, and was mortally wounded near Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914, and
died two days later. The following account of the action is taken from
information given by officers and men of his regt.: The Liverpools
were required to take a village occupied by the enemy, between Ypres
and Roulers. Advancing to the attack they found that all the houses
were filled with Germans, who greeted them with a devastating fire.
After four days’ fighting the position was taken, but at a terrible
sacrifice of life. Of the officers, five, including the Col., were
killed, and six wounded, only a Capt. and a subaltern being left.
Lieut. Denny ‘gallantly led a charge not only once, but a second time
against some houses strongly held by the enemy,’ and fell mortally
wounded in the second charge, with his last words urging on his men.
His three brothers, Edward Maynard Coningsby Denny, 2nd Lieut., Duke
of Cornwall’s L.I.; Mowbray Charles Maynard Denny, Lieut., 11th King’s
Liverpool Regt.; and Michael Maynard Denny, Sub-Lieut., H.M.S. Royal
Sovereign, are all (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Barry M. R. Denny.=]
=DENNY, ROBERT EDMUND BARRY=, Private, No. 28612, 50th Gordon
Highlanders, 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battn., Canadian Expeditionary
Force, 2nd _s._ of Edmund Barry Denny, of Barkwith House, co.
Lincoln, L.R.C.S.I., L.R.C.P.E., by his wife, Emily Barclay, dau.
of Henry Colclough Allen, and gdson. of the late Rev. Henry Denny,
of Churchill Rectory, Tralee, B.A. [3rd son of Sir Edward Denny, of
Tralee, 3rd Bart., M.P.]; _b._ Wragby, co. Lincoln, 19 March,
1891; educ. Sutton Valence School, Kent; after which he was a medical
student for some time at the London Hospital, but went out to British
Columbia in May, 1913. There he enlisted, with a brother, immediately
on the outbreak of war, coming to England with the first Canadian
Contingent. Both were offered commissions in Dec. 1914; his brother
accepted, but he declined. He left for France with his regt. in Feb.
1915, came safely through the famous charge for the wood near St.
Julien, but was seriously wounded by a shell, while on observing
patrol, at Festubert, and died in hospital at Bethune, 22 May, 1915,
having been recommended for a commission a few days previously. He
was buried in Bethune R.C. Cemetery; _unm._ One comrade wrote of
him: “He was one of the most courageous of comrades and I have seen
him perform several deeds worthy of recognition”; and another: “He
was wounded doing his duty as a soldier should, and evidences of his
coolness and bravery under heavy fire were numerous. I once assisted
him (at great personal risk to himself but very little to me) to
bandage a wounded comrade. The King has lost a good soldier, and we a
good pal.” Two of his brothers--Henry Allen Maynard Denny, 2nd Lieut.,
9th Battn. Lincs. Regt. (previously 50th Gordon Highlanders, Canadian
Scottish), and Thomas Hamilton Denny, Lieut., 6th Devon Regt.--are now
(1916) on active service, and the third, Arthur de Courcy McGillycuddy
Denny, is at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
[Illustration: =Robert E. Barry Denny.=]
=DENTON, MARK=, Private, No. 13262, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
eldest _s._ of Arthur Denton, of Victoria Street, Moor Top,
Ackworth, near Pontefract, by his wife, Jane; _b._ Higham, near
Barnsley; educ. Moor Top; enlisted 21 Oct. 1914, and was killed at
Vermelles, Flanders, 19 Oct. 1915, while on sentry duty. He _m._
at High Ackworth, 25 Dec. 1913, Martha (2, Leight Street, Moor Top,
Ackworth, Yorks), dau. of William Reeve, of Leight Street, Ackworth,
and had a son, Frank. _b._ 9 June, 1914.
=DENYER, CHARLES PETER=, C.P.O. 186636, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=DERING, FREDERICK CHARLES=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269692, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DERISLEY, FRANK MARTIN=, L.-Corpl., No. 73211, C Coy., 28th
Battn. (2nd Canadian Rifles), 6th Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary
Force, _s._ of Harry Derisley of Old Buckenham, Norfolk, Farmer,
by his wife, Julia Jane, dau. of William Fincham; _b._ East Farm,
Docking, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, 12 Jan. 1886; educ. National School,
Palgrave, Diss; went to Canada in March, 1911, and settled in Rouleau,
Sask.; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Moose Jaw, Sask.,
in Oct. 1914, and died 6 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action the
previous day; _unm._ His company officer, Capt. F. G. D. Quick,
wrote “he died of wounds on 6 Nov. 1915. Corpl. Derisley was severely
wounded at noon on the 5th, being struck in the head by a bullet.
He was taken to hospital and died at 1.30 a.m. next morning without
regaining consciousness. He was buried on 8 Nov. in the Cemetery at
Bailleul, Belgium. Corpl. Derisley enlisted at Moose Jaw in Oct. 1914,
and has been in my company ever since. His loss is felt keenly by
myself and all the other officers, N.C.Os. and men in the company, in
which he was a general favourite. He was an excellent soldier, and was
held in the highest esteem by all his comrades.”
[Illustration: =Frank Martin Derisley.=]
=DERISLEY, HERBERT=, L.-Corpl., Middlesex Regt., _s._ of
Harry Derisley, of Old Buckenham, Attleborough, Norfolk, by his wife,
Julia Jane, dau. of William Fincham, Farmer; _b._ Valley Farm,
Hillington, King’s Lynn, 23 Jan. 1884; educ. Palgrave, Diss and Eye
Grammar School, Suffolk; was a Draper; volunteered and joined the
Middlesex Regt., Jan. 1915; went to France Oct. 1915, and was killed in
action 1 June, 1916; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery,...
His brother, L.-Corpl. R. M. Derisley, died of wounds, 5 Nov. 1915.
[Illustration: =Herbert Derisley.=]
=DERRICK, TOM=, Private, No. 2044, 2nd Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt., 4th _s._ of Joseph Derrick, of Curry Mallett, Taunton,
Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Edwardes; _b._ North
Curry, near Taunton, co. Somerset, 12 Feb. 1857; educ. Hatch; joined
the Navy, 30 Oct. 1875; invalided out 3 Sept. 1880; then worked as a
Cab Proprietor, enlisted 3 Dec. 1914, after the outbreak of war, and
was killed on the railway near Chatham, 30 June, 1915, while on sentry
duty. He _m._ at Plymouth, 30 July, 1876, Louisa E. (5, Gloucester
Place, Plymouth), dau. of Edward Lawrence, of Plymouth, Dockyard
Pensioner, and had three children: Thomas Herbert Hartman, _b._
5 May, 1880; James Henry, _b._ 30 Nov. 1885; and Mabel Ellen,
_b._ 29 Dec. 1886.
[Illustration: =Tom Derrick.=]
=DESMEULES, JOSEPH EDGAR=, Private No. 32/792, 1st Field
Ambulance, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Nazair Desmeules,
of Chambord Lake, St. Johns, P. Quebec, Canada, by his wife, Eleanore;
_b._ St. Irene, P.O., 8 Oct. 1890; educ. Chambord Lake;
volunteered for service overseas, on the outbreak of war; came over
with the first Canadian Contingent; went to France in Feb., and died,
28 April, 1915, of wounds received in action at Langemarck; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Edgar Desmeules.=]
=des VŒUX, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier
Guards, yst. _s._ of the late Sir G. William des Vœux, G.C.M.G.,
by his wife, Marion Denison, yst. dau. of Sir John Pender. G.C.M.G.,
and nephew of the late Sir Charles Champagné des Vœux, 6th Bart.;
_b._ at Government House, Hong Kong, China, 29 Nov. 1889;
entered the Navy, 1905, as a cadet on H.M.S. Britannia, but owing
to ill-health, left that Service in 1909, his admiral (Lord Charles
Beresford) expressing his regret in writing, and saying “he felt sure,
if he had remained in the Service, he would have made a very brilliant
officer.” He joined the 3rd Battn. Grenadier Guards, as 2nd Lieut. from
the special reserve, 28 May, 1910, and was promoted Lieut., 25 Oct.
1911. He served with the 2nd Battn. of his regt. through the retreat
from Mons, and at the Battle of the Marne in France, being killed in
action at La Court Soupir Farm, near Vailly on the Aisne River, 14
Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was buried in Soupir Churchyard.
[Illustration: =Frederick W. des Vœux.=]
=DETTNER, WALTER JOSEPH=, Private, No. 2657, 1/18th Battn. (London
Irish Rifles), London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Charles Ephraim
Dettner, of 22, Glasgow Terrace, Pimlico, S.W., Coachman, by his wife,
Emily, dau. of Charles King; _b._ Westminster, 6 May, 1896; educ.
St. Mary’s School, Vincent Square, London; volunteered and joined the
Irish Rifles, 6 Sept. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was
killed in action near Festubert, 17 May, 1915, being buried close to
the front line of trenches in Bethune Wood; _unm._
=DEVANNEY, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 1688, 17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._
of the late Simon Devanney, of 22, Essex Street, Kingsland Road, E.,
Market Porter, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Thomas O’Shea;
_b._ Shoreditch, 24 Feb. 1898; educ. St. Monica’s R.C. School,
Hoxton Square, W.; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles about Sept.
1913; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went
to the front in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Loos, 26 Oct.
1915. A companion wrote that he and the officer whose servant he was,
went to the rescue of some men who had been buried by the explosion of
a shell, and while they were digging them out another shell came and
blew the two to pieces.
=DEVEREUX, CHARLES EMILE=, Private, No. 2359, Machine Gun Section,
1/5th Battn. The Manchester Regt., 2nd _s._ of Patrick James
Devereux, Accountant, Great Western Railway, Cardiff, by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of John Morgan, of Gower; _b._ Cardiff, 20 Feb.
1894; educ. Roath Park Board School there, and prior to the outbreak of
war was employed as Machine Attendant, Semet Solvay Coke Ovens, Wigan
Coal and Iron Co. He joined the 5th Manchesters in Sept. 1914, and
after training in Egypt, went with his battn. to the Dardanelles, and
was killed instantaneously in action there, 1 June, 1915; _unm._
Writing to his sister, Mrs. McQuillan, of Pemberton, Private William
Rowland, A Coy., said: “On Monday night last, 31 May, I, along with
several comrades belonging to A Coy., 1/5th Manchesters, were ordered
to dig ourselves in at a certain distance. This we did, and whilst we
were digging ourselves in two gun sections belonging to our battn.
advanced, and with one of these sections came your brother, Private C.
Devereux. He took up a position four or five yards away from myself and
commenced digging in. He had been thus engaged about two hours, and was
getting nicely covered in, when, whilst on his knees, and apparently
in the attitude of reaching something, a bullet from a Turkish rifle
entered his body near the heart and emerged beneath his right armpit.”
He was buried close to where he fell, and a small wooden cross with his
name was erected by his comrades.
=DEVONSHIRE, ALFRED JOHN=, Painter, 1st Class, 341934, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DE VOY, JAMES WILSON=, E.R.A., 1st Class, R.N.R., 249EB, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _m._
=DEWAR, THOMAS CLARK=, Private, No. 20295, C Coy., 3rd, attd.
12th, Battn. Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of Alexander Dewar, of 41,
Naysmith Place, Kelty, Fife, Colliery Worker, by his wife, Isabella,
dau. of the late Thomas Clark; _b._ Kelty, co. Fife, 9 May,
1895; educ. Public School there; was a coal miner; enlisted 21 Jan.
1915; trained four months at Weymouth and four months at Edinburgh;
was selected as a signaller; went to France, 10 Oct., and was killed
in action there, 19 Dec. 1915; _unm._ His company officer,
Capt. W. Skinner, wrote: “Last Sunday morning, about 5.45 a.m., we
were submitted to a severe shelling, concurrently with a gas attack
delivered on our left. Private Dewar and another man were standing
speaking to one of my officers. A shell burst amongst them, and Private
Dewar and the other men were killed, the officer having his right arm
blown off. I regret the casualty very much, as Private Dewar was a
most promising man and one who gave no trouble, and was of exemplary
conduct.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Clark Dewar.=]