(T.F.) 5th _s._ of the late Thomas Henry Dewey, of Chesterton,
co. Cambs., by his wife, Elizabeth (6, Serle Street, Chesterton), dau.
of William Rayner, of Old Chesterton; _b._ Cambridge, 28 Sept.
1885; educ. St. Luke’s School, Chesterton; joined the 1st Cambridge
Territorials in Jan. 1912; volunteered for Imperial Service after the
outbreak of war, went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action
4 March, 1915. He was shot by a sniper, and died about 5.30 a.m. His
commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. C. E. F. Copeman, in a letter to “The
Cambridge Chronicle,” said: “Corpl. Dewey was shot through the lungs as
he was getting into a trench, and died a few hours afterwards. He was
most plucky and never once complained, his only regret being that he
could not get at the Germans”; and in a letter to Mrs. Dewey he wrote:
“His platoon commander tells me he was the best N.C.O. that he had, and
I know that he was one of the most useful men in the Battn.” He was
buried in the churchyard at Dickebushe. Corpl. Dewey was a well-known
Cambridge athlete, a member of the Town and County Cycling Club, and
earned a great reputation as a trainer.
[Illustration: =Noble Dewey.=]
=DE WINTON, WALTER=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
elder _s._ of Major Walter de Winton, of Maesllwch Castle, co.
Radnor, J.P., D.A.A.G. to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force,
1915, formerly (1882–92) Lieut. 1st Life Guards, by his wife, Hylda
Therise Jane, 2nd dau. of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Frederick Marshall,
K.C.M.G.; _b._ London, 22 Feb. 1893; educ. Wixenford School,
Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd. Lieut.
3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 5 Feb. 1913; went to the Front with the
Expeditionary Force in Aug.; served through the retreat from Mons, and
was killed in action at the Battle of the Marne, 6 Sept. 1914. He was
buried in the garden of Monsieur Muraband, at La Fortelle, Rosoyen
Brie, Seine et Marne; _unm._
[Illustration: =Walter de Winton.=]
=DEXTER, GEORGE HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 309475, H.M.S. Liberty;
killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=DIBSDALL, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., 13195 (R.F.R., B.
1421), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
_m._
=DICK, SAMUEL THOMAS=, P.O., 1st Class (R.F.R., A. 1680), 122365,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DICKENSON, LAURENCE AUBREY FIENNES WINGFIELD=, 2nd Lieut., 4th
Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., attached 1st Royal Irish Rifles, only
_s._ of the Rev. Francis Wingfield Dickenson, Rector of Inworth,
Kelvedon, Essex, by his wife, Florence A., dau. of the late Rev. Henry
Battiscombe, M.A., and gdson. of the late Frederic Boughton Newton
Dickenson, of Siston Court, co. Gloucester, J.P., D.L.; _b._
Inworth Rectory, 1 Feb. 1894; educ. Forest School, Walthamstow, and
Selwyn College, Cambridge; obtained his commission through the O.T.C.
1 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 19 March, 1915, and died in No. 6
Casualty Station, 10 May, 1915, of wounds received at the Battle of
Ypres, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=DICKESON, HENRY EDMUND=, Rifleman, No. 3143, 17th Battn. (Poplar
and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Robert Walter
Dickeson, of 41, Hardinge Street, Stepney, employee at the Institution
of Civil Engineers, London, W., by his wife, Esther, dau. of John
Thomas Maloney; _b._ Stepney, 30 May, 1893; educ. Cable Street
Secondary L.C.S. School; was a clerk in the employ of the Apollinaris
Co., Ltd., and joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles after the outbreak
of war, 8 Sept. 1914. He went through his training at the White City,
Hatfield and St. Albans, left for France on 10 March, 1915, and was
killed in action in the advance at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. A comrade
(Rifleman P. W. Everett) wrote that he was killed by a shell from a
trench mortar, and that he had buried him on the 26th, an officer of
the 23rd Regt. reading the burial service. He had volunteered with
Everett for a dangerous piece of work, and was killed while carrying it
out.
[Illustration: =Henry E. Dickeson.=]
=DICKEY, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8572), S.S. 104940,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=DICKINSON, RONALD FRANCIS BICKERSTETH=, Capt., 10th Battn. (The
Liverpool Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of
George Dickinson, of Red How, Cumberland, J.P., C.C., by his wife, Mary
Florence, dau. of Edward Robert Bickersteth, of Liverpool, F.R.C.S.;
_b._ 23, Abercromby Square, Liverpool, 19 Jan. 1888; educ. Rugby,
and was admitted a Solicitor in 1910, and at the time of his death
was a manager with Messrs. Hill, Dickinson & Co., of Liverpool. When
the war broke out and his battn. was mobilised, he with the rest of
his battn. volunteered for foreign service, and they went to the
Front on 1 Nov. 1914. He was continuously engaged in the trenches and
trench fighting from then until his death, which took place after the
capture of four German trenches at Hooge on 16 June, 1915. Owing to
reinforcements not coming up in time, his men were eventually partially
driven back by the German counter attack, and he was left lying wounded
in six places in the fourth German trench. It was believed that he died
shortly after capture by the Germans. Eventually the first German line
of trenches and part of the second were held, but only two officers
and about 120 men of the battn. answered the roll call when they
were relieved at night. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. His Col. wrote: “He was absolutely
lion-hearted, and I think all will agree that he was pre-eminent in a
battn. which I am proud to say numbers many brave men in its ranks. It
was my duty on many occasions during the winter months to tramp round
the front line trenches at night, and invariably Ronald was to be found
wherever a dirty or dangerous job had to be done.” One of his men
wrote: “As brave a man as ever held charge. The company idolised him;
wherever there was danger he was there.” Another: “We absolutely adored
him. He was a leader worth following.” Another said: “Time and again
when any of his men were lying wounded outside the trench, he ordered
his men to keep under cover while he himself ran the greatest risk
in bringing the wounded in. If anyone deserved the V.C. it was Capt.
Ronald Dickinson; he had won it over and over again. He was a little
god to his men.”
[Illustration: =Ronald F. B. Dickinson.=]
=DICKSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 11295, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
reported missing, 24 Nov. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed in
action at Kemmel on or about that date.
=DICKSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 3405, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ co. Perth; enlisted 9 May, 1900; served in South African
War (medal), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders,
1914; killed in action, 18 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 21
May, 1907, Emma (48, Dundee Street, Edinburgh), dau. of (--) Johnson,
and had two children: William George, _b._ 5 April, 1908; and Mary
Gerrand, _b._ 30 Oct. 1909.
=DICKSON, GEORGE AITKEN=, Private, No. 11295, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of the late William Dickson, Carter, by his wife,
Christina (13, Melburne Place, North Berwick), dau. of George Aitken;
_b._ North Berwick, 11 March, 1895; educ. Public School there;
enlisted 6 Nov. 1912, and is supposed to have been killed in action
during the retreat from Mons. Official letters give the date as 24 Nov.
1914, though a private communication says he was killed on 26 Aug. 1914.
[Illustration: =George Aitken Dickson.=]
=DICKSON, JAMES=, Private, No. 2700, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action near Ypres, 20 July, 1915.
=DICKSON, JAMES STRUTHERS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6192), 185733, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DICKSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 6283, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Musselburgh, co. Midlothian; enlisted 29 Dec. 1905, aged 18;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing,
11 Nov. 1914; _m._ at Edinburgh, 14 April, 1911, Mary Ann (16,
Sandfont Street, Leith), dau. of (--) Brown.
=DICKSON, THOMAS=, Driver, No. 86791, 18th Battery, 5th Field
Artillery Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Richard
Dickson; _b._ Upper Ballinderry, co. Antrim, 26 April, 1881;
educ. Village School there; served with the 83rd Battery, R.F.A.,
in the South African War, was invalided home after one year and ten
months’ service, but later went out again and served till 31 May,
1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s
medal with two clasps; obtained his discharge and went to Canada;
acted as a Recruiting Sergt. from the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914
to 12 May, 1915, when he joined for service overseas; came over
with reinforcements and died while on service in England, 13 Oct.
1915. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Shorncliffe. He _m._
at Ballinderry Parish Church, 25 Dec. 1901, Lillee (Rayanton P.O.,
Manitoba, Canada), dau. of Robert Cairns, late Colour-Sergt., York
and Lancaster Regt. (served in Egyptian War), and had seven children:
Alfred W., _b._ 3 Sept. 1903; Robert C., _b._ 7 Aug. 1905;
Lewis Meighin, _b._ 16 Sept. 1911; Terance Richard, _b._ 6
March, 1913; Thomas, _b._ 18 Aug. 1914; Kathleen M. E., _b._
21 Sept. 1906; and Beatrice McKeown, _b._ 9 March, 1908.
[Illustration: =Thomas Dickson.=]
=DIEHL, RALPH=, Bombardier, No. 2/1613, New Zealand Field
Artillery, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd but elder surv.
_s._ of the late Gustav Diehl, of Wellington, by his wife, Anna
Jane (7, Elizabeth Street, Wellington, New Zealand), dau. of the late
John Mitchell; _b._ Oamaru, New Zealand, 9 July, 1892; educ.
Wellington; was a Clerk and Bookkeeper; volunteered after the outbreak
of war and enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, April,
1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements, 13 June, 1915; went
to the Dardanelles, 21 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action there 23
Oct. 1915; _unm._
=DIGBY, JOHN KENELM, B.A.=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn.
Norfolk Regt., elder _s._ of Algernon Digby, of Highfield,
Fakenham, Norfolk, M.A., Solicitor [nephew of Edward St. Vincent, 9th
Lord Digby], by his wife, Richenda Catharine, eldest dau. of the late
Capt. Philip Hamond, 34th Regt.; _b._ Fakenham, co. Norfolk, 21
Nov. 1890; educ. Marlborough College and Hertford College, Oxford, and
after taking his degree there, joined the lay staff of the Mission at
Edmonton, Alberta, under the Archbishop’s Western Canada Scheme, and
worked there for a year and a half until the outbreak of the European
War in Aug. 1914. He then volunteered and enlisted as a private in
the 9th Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Sept., being
afterwards promoted L.-Corpl. He came over with the 1st Contingent
in Oct., and trained with them on Salisbury Plain during the winter
of 1914–15, and on 20 Feb. 1915, was given a commission in the 7th
Norfolks. He went to the Front, May, 1915, and was killed in action at
Ploegsteart, Flanders, 4–5 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Kenelm Digby.=]
=DIGGLE, JOHN HAROLD=, Private, No. 2510, 6th Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of James Edward Diggle, of Liverpool;
_b._ Liverpool, 10 Jan. 1895; educ. St. Margaret’s Higher Grade
School, Anfield; enlisted following the outbreak of war, 19 Sept. 1914,
and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 March, 1915; buried, Zillebeke.
=DILKE, HUGH STANLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 2107, Polytechnic Coy., 12th
Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 5th and yst. _s._
of Charles Wentworth Dilke, of Park Avenue North, Hornsey, N., co.
Middlesex [a cadet of Dilke of Maxstoke Castle, co. Warwick], by his
wife, Ellen, dau. of William Smith, of Cheddleton, co. Stafford;
_b._ 7, Vincent Road, London, N., 2 Dec. 1889; educ. North
Harringay School, London; and prior to the outbreak of war he was a
clerk in the employ of Messrs. Napier Motors, Ltd., Acton Vale, W.
He had joined the Rangers in 1908, but had retired in 1913, having
completed his term of five years, but on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914, immediately rejoined and volunteered for foreign service. He went
to France 25 Dec. 1914, and after five weeks’ training at St. Omer went
into the trenches at Ypres. He was wounded in the left foot while on
patrol duty at Zillebeke, during the second Battle of Ypres, 21 Feb.
1915. A brother officer wrote: “Bob went up again to the trenches, and
was unlucky enough to get hit very slightly. We were happily able to
tie him up on the spot, and take him to the nearest hospital. He called
out to us quite cheerily as he passed us in an ambulance waggon.” After
three operations in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, he was sent
home, and died in Queen Mary’s Hospital, Southend, 21 March, 1915.
His commanding officer wrote: “He was always so cheery, and did his
work so well that we miss him sorely. He did his duty nobly.” He was
_unm._, and was buried in the Sutton Road Cemetery at Southend
with full military honours on 24 March.
[Illustration: =Hugh Stanley Dilke.=]
=DILKES, SAMUEL RICHARD=, Private, No. 5298, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of John Dilkes, of Rose Cottage, South Croxton, near
Leicester, by his wife, Henrietta, dau. of Richard Clarke, of Great
Dalby, Melton Mowbray; _b._ Barsby, near Melton Mowbray, co.
Leicester, 9 March, 1885: educ. Gaddesby, near Leicester; enlisted 28
Dec. 1903; served in Egypt, 9 March, 1906, to 23 March, 1911, and with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 25 Aug. to 14 Sept.
1914, and was killed in action on the latter date, at the Battle of the
Aisne; _unm._
=DILLON, LESLIE FRANK=, Private, No. 1330, 10th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, only _s._ of John Dillon, of Constantia, Houghton,
formerly of Millbrook; _b._ 1894; went to Australia; joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war, left for
Egypt; went to the Dardanelles; was at first reported missing, but
later information showed that he was killed on active service.
=DIMMOCK, CHARLES=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 192556, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DING, DOUGLAS GEORGE=, L.-Corpl. No. 12435, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of William Ding, of Sutterton, co. Lincoln, by
his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Bull; _b._ Kenure Park, Rush, co.
Dublin, 27 Feb. 1892; enlisted Sept. 1914; went to France in a draft
in Feb., and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 27 Sept.
1915, while making a reconnaissance with two men in front of the Guards
position near the Chalk Pit, north of Loos; _unm._ An officer
wrote: “The late Capt. of this coy. was very sorry to lose such a
valuable man as Corpl. Ding, who was a very good and brave man.”
=DINGWALL, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 533, B Coy., 19th Battn.,
5th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of William
Macdonald Dingwall, of Dingwall, Bank Agent, by his wife, Isabella
Banken, dau. of the late William Turnbull Dobson; _b._ Inverness,
14 May, 1896; educ. Royal Academy Inverness, and George Watson’s
College, Edinburgh; went to Australia, 15 May, 1913; joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in the spring of 1915; left for Egypt
with his battn. in June, 1915; went to the Dardanelles by the Saturnia
on 17 Aug. 1915, and died at Lemnos, 4 Jan. 1916, of cerebro-spinal
meningitis, contracted on active service; _unm._ Buried in
Portianos Cemetery, Lemnos.
=DIPPER, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Private, No. 5550, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Frank Dipper, of Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Stockman,
by his wife, Matilda, dau. of Edward Turrall, of Stretton-on-Dunsmore;
_b._ Stretton-on-Dunsmore, near Rugby, 24 Nov. 1884; educ. there;
enlisted 6 May, 1904, and after serving seven years passed into the
Reserve. On mobilisation he rejoined, left England with his regiment
early in Aug., and served through the retreat from Mons and the various
subsequent engagements on the Aisne and Marne. On 2 Nov. he had a
narrow escape, a bullet going through his coat, and after striking
a tin he was carrying in his breast pocket, passed along his chest,
and came out the other side of his coat. He was wounded in the foot
on 2 Dec., and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 28 Feb. 1915, by the
explosion of two shells close to his head. His brother, Private George
Dipper, was standing by his side at the time, but escaped with a few
scratches. He was buried at Cuinchy, near La Bassée. He _m._ at
Coventry, 20 July, 1911, Annie, dau. of George Wall, of West Bromwich,
co. Stafford, and had a son, George, _b._ 5 Nov. 1913.
[Illustration: =Arthur William Dipper.=]
=DISSPAIN, JOSEPH CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9027), S.S. 2090,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DIVERS, PATRICK=, Private. No. 13689, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots.
2nd _s._ of James Divers, of 248, Charles Street, St. Rollox,
Glasgow, employee in the Steel Works of Scotland (Blochaim, Ltd.),
by his wife, Mary, dau. of Patrick O’Neil, of co. Tyrone; _b._
Glasgow, 28 Oct. 1895; educ. St. Mungo’s R.C. School, Glebe Street,
Glasgow, and St. Rock’s R.C. School, Townhead, Glasgow; was working
with Hyde Park Locomotive Works before the war. Enlisted soon after
the outbreak of war, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 18 Dec. 1914. and
was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
While at St. Rock’s R.C. School, he was captain of the football team,
and that year they won the Glasgow Observer Cup and the Petershill F.C.
Tournament for elementary schools; he also won a five-a-side football
badge the month before he enlisted.
[Illustration: =Patrick Divers.=]
=DIXON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 18636, 1st Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of John Dixon, of the Foundry,
Castle Eden, co. Durham, by his wife, Esther, dau. of Andrew Hunter,
of Middle Rainton; _b._ Castle Eden, 18 July, 1892; educ. there;
went to Canada in 1912, and settled at Edmonton; enlisted in Aug.
1914, after the declaration of war; went to the Front, 26 April, 1915,
and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ He
was buried at Duck’s Bill, Givenchy. For their conduct this day, the
deceased company officer, Lieut. F. W. Campbell, was awarded the V.C.;
the official report stating: “For most conspicuous bravery on 15 June,
1915, during the action at Givenchy Lieut. Campbell took his two
machine guns over the parapet, arrived at the German first line with
one gun, and maintained his position there under very heavy rifle,
machine gun and bomb fire, notwithstanding the fact that almost the
whole of his detachment had been killed or wounded. When our supply of
bombs had been exhausted, this officer advanced his gun still further
to an exposed position, and, by firing about 1,000 rounds, succeeded in
holding back the enemy’s counter attack. This very gallant officer was
subsequently wounded and has since died.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Dixon.=]
=DOBEDOE, HERBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2017), 204430, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DOCKER, LEONARD GEORGE=, Private, No. 13106, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 5th _s._ of Oliver Atkins Docker, of 155,
Grosvenor Road, Rugby, by his wife, Martha, dau. of Simon Freer;
_b._ Rugby, 7 July, 1896; educ. Murray Street School there; went
to Canada and settled at Boissevain, Manitoba. On the outbreak of war,
he immediately came home (paying his own passage) and enlisted at
Birmingham, 8 Oct. 1914, the day after he landed. He went to the Front
early in May, and was killed in action at Cambrin on 7 July, 1915, his
nineteenth birthday.
[Illustration: =Leonard George Docker.=]
=DODDS, VINCENT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4611 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DODMAN, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6822, 1st Battn. Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 8 Nov.
1914, of wounds received in action; _m._
=DODS, WILLIAM HENRY GORDON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Leicestershire
Regt.; _s._ of the late Major William Sandars Dods, of Uvedale,
Norfolk Regt., by his wife, Emmie Alice Gordon (Glengariff, Roundham
Road, Paignton), dau. of Col. Henry Charles Wright, Indian Staff Corps;
_b._ Uvedale, Needham Market, co. Suffolk, 27 Oct. 1891; educ.
Bishops Stortford and Marlborough College, and was afterwards sent
with a company of 60 cadets to Woolwich (there being no room that year
for the cadets at Sandhurst), where he was promoted Colour-Sergt., and
received the Sword of Honour and Coronation medal. He was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the Leicester, 11 Sept. 1911, and joined 25 Oct.; commanded
the King’s Guard of Honour at the Pavilion at Aldershot in May, 1912,
and was promoted Lieut. 18 May, 1913. On the outbreak of war he went
with his regt. to France, and was killed in action near Armentières,
France, 21 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at La Houssaie, in the
angle formed between La Houssaie-Wez Macquart Road and Armentières
Ecquingham Railway. Lieut. Dods played in the final of the Rugby Army
match, won by the Leicester Regt. in 1912, and passed the test as
marksman in the musketry course in 1914.
[Illustration: =William Henry G. Dods.=]
=DOE, ALFRED=, Private, No. 9525, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.,
_s._ of John Doe, of 16, William Street, Brighton; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action at Troyon, 7 Oct. 1914.
=DOEL, JAMES=, Private, No. 11205, 1st Battn. Highland L.I.,
_s._ of James Doel, of 1, Brougham Street, Brockhurst, Gosport;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action
at Richebourg, 16 May, 1915.
=DOHERTY, CHARLES=, Private, No. 16959, 10th (Service) Battn.
Highland L.I.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915.
=DOIDGE, GEORGE=, Stoker, P.O., 299015 (Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DOLAN, BERNARD=, Private, No. 2452, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Zillebeke, 20 May, 1915.
=DOLLER, COLIN=, Private, No. 8370, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Croix Barbée, 15 Oct. 1914.
=DOLPHIN, ERIC JOHN WESTERN=, Capt., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt.,
4th and yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Harry Edmund Dolphin, of Oak
Lodge, Guildford, late Royal Artillery, by his wife, Margaret Louise,
dau. of Capt. James Dolphin, Rifle Brigade; _b._ The Glen,
Queenstown, Cork Harbour, 27 Dec. 1885; educ. Stubbington (Mr. Foster),
co. Hants, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to
the Hampshire Regt., 24 Jan. 1906; promoted Lieut. 9 May, 1907, and
(accelerated promotion to) Capt. 23 Oct. 1914. He was killed in action
near Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, 8 Nov. 1914, and was buried in the
Cemetery there; _unm._ Major Parker wrote: “Your son was killed
yesterday morning. He is a very great loss to the regt., just one of
those who could ill be spared. He was one of the best of comrades and
a real good soldier, always cheery and putting his best into all his
work.”
=DOLPHIN, JOSEPH SAMUEL=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 268386, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DOMINEY, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 8827, 2nd Battn. The Scots
Guards, only _s._ of the Rev. George William Dominey, Rector of
St. Vincent’s, Edinburgh, by his wife, Ellen Maud, dau. of the late
Richard Roberts, of Sherborne; _b._ Stoughton, Guildford, co.
Surrey, 19 April, 1891; educ. King’s College, London; enlisted in The
Scots Guards, 14 Jan. 1914; promoted Corpl. 24 Aug. 1914; went to the
front, 19 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Armentières, 18
Dec. 1914; _unm._
=DONACHEY, WALLACE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10413), 299952,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._