_b._ Port Glasgow, co. Renfrew, 1880; was a French Polisher;
enlisted in the 1st Battn. Highland L.I. at Hamilton, 3 Jan. 1900;
served in the South African War (King’s medal with two clasps, “1901,”
“1902”), and obtained his transfer to the Army Reserve at Gosport, 2
Jan. 1908, on completion of his eight years with the Colours, of which
6 years and 41 days was abroad. Mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action there, 14 Nov.
1914. He _m._ at Glasgow, 31 Dec. 1909 (--) (11, Martin Street,
Bridgeton, Glasgow), dau. of (--), and had two children: Christina
Smith Smart, _b._ 5 Nov. 1910; and Thomasina Smart, _b._ 1
Nov. 1914.
=DONALD, MARTIE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10346), 107927,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=DONALDSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 1714, 6th Battn. The Royal Scots
(T.F.), only _s._ of James Donaldson, of 45, Jordan Street,
Edinburgh, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John Steel, of Kirkmuirhill,
co. Lanark; _b._ Edinburgh, 7 Aug. 1895; educ. South Morningside
Board School there; was an engineer and oven builder with D. Thomson.
Ltd., of Edinburgh, Engineers; joined the Territorial Battn. of the
Royal Scots, mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and
was killed at Festubert, 18 May, 1915; _unm._ He was a member of
St. Matthew’s Parish Church, Edinburgh.
[Illustration: =John Donaldson.=]
=DONKIN, REGINALD LYONS=, Private, No. 817, 1st Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Edward Francis Donkin, formerly
of Wyfold Court, co. Oxford, and afterwards of Maitland, Australia, by
his wife, Grace, dau. of (--) Lyons, of Melbourne, and great-grandson
of General Sir Rufus Shawe Donkin, K.C.B., Governor of Port Elizabeth,
by his wife, Elizabeth Frances, dau. of the Most Rev. William Markham,
Archbishop of York; _b._ Victoria, Australia, June, 1895; joined
the Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of war, and was killed in
action at the Dardanelles, 15 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=DONNAN, JOSEPH GEORGE ALEXANDER=, Sergt., No. 357, B Coy., 1/6th
Battn. The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late
Joseph Donnan, of Aigburth, Liverpool, Merchant Tailor, by his wife,
Margaret Webster (172, Upper Warwick Street, Liverpool), dau. of the
late George Lawrenson, of Aigburth; _b._ Dingle, Liverpool, 1
Nov. 1881; educ. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic School there;
was a clerk with Messrs. J. H. & S. Johnson, Wholesale Druggists,
Liverpool, and had completed his fifteenth year with this firm when
war was declared. He had joined the King’s (Liverpool Rifles),
then the 2nd Battn. King’s Liverpools (T.F.) in 1903, and at once
volunteered for foreign ser.ce. He left for France, 24 Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action, 30 March, 1915, by a sniper while on duty in the
trenches; _unm._ He was buried on the side of a railway cutting
at Zillebeke. In a letter from one of his Sergts. he was spoken of as
being a “most conscientious N.C.O., and one of the best.” During his
twelve years’ service in the King’s Liverpool Rifles he became one
of its crack shots, and won many prizes, in addition to two silver
shooting cups. In July, 1912, he won the “Queen Mary” prize at Bisley.
[Illustration: =Joseph George A. Donnan.=]
=DONNELLEY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2248, 1/4th Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.) eldest _s._ of Philip Donnelley,
Labourer, by his wife, Esther, dau. of Johnson McGuire; _b._
Hexham, 2 March, 1877; educ. St. Mary’s Catholic School there; was
a Labourer; enlisted 11 Nov. 1914; went to France, 19 April, 1915,
and was killed in action near Ypres, 26 April, 1915. He _m._ at
Hexham, 9 Aug. 1902, Annie Oliver (Gilesgate, Hexham), dau. of Frank
Young, of Hexham, and left seven children: Frank, _b._ 7 Dec.
1904; James William, _b._ 10 May, 1907; Johnson McGuire, _b._
26 June, 1908; Edward, _b._ 20 Jan., 1912; Jane Anne, _b._ 6
March, 1906; Mary, _b._ 25 March, 1913; and Elizabeth, _b._
25 Sept. 1914.
=DONNELLY, HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8868), S.S.
105635, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DONOVAN, ALFRED NORMAN=, Corpl., No. 12033, 2nd Battn. Highland
L.I., _s._ of the late William John Donovan, of Ballygoran,
Celbridge, co. Kildare, Coachman, by his wife, Rose Frances Emma, dau.
of the late David Richard Ellis, of West Kensington, Dyer and Cleaner;
_b._ Dublin, 6 Feb. 1894; educ. Christian Brothers’ School,
Inchicore; enlisted at Glasgow, 30 Sept. 1912; gained Third Class
Certificate of Education, 12 Dec. following, and Second Class, 3 May,
1913; promoted L.-Corpl. Dec. 1913, and Corpl. 5 Aug. 1914; went to
France, 21 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action there, 17 May, 1915;
_unm._ His brother William, A.B., No. 239892, R.N., is now (1916)
on active service.
[Illustration: =A. N. Donovan.=]
=DOONER, ALFRED EDWIN CLAUD TOKE=, Lieut. and Adjutant, 1st Battn.
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of Col. William Toke Dooner, of
Ditton Place, near Maidstone, J.P., late Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers,
and Chief Staff Officer, Thames District, by his wife, Augusta, 5th
dau. of William Paul Metchim, of Petersham Lodge, Surrey; _b._
Victoria Barracks, Portsmouth, 3 April, 1892; and went to the King’s
School, Rochester, in 1902, from which he gained a scholarship at
Tonbridge in 1905. There he became Coy. Sergt.-Major in the O.T.C.,
and afterwards Cadet Officer in 1909. He was in the shooting eight,
1907–10, and in 1908 and 1909 won the Warner Challenge Cup, and in
the latter year helped to win with a record score--66 out of 70--the
Hansard Cup for his House. In 1908, 1909 and 1910 his House won the
Mitchell Cup, the section being under the command of Lieut. Dooner.
In 1910 he represented the School in the contest for the Spencer Cup.
He was also in the School XV. He passed third into Sandhurst from
Tonbridge in 1910, and joined the Woolwich Coy., where he gained the
drill prize, also the prize for German. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the Welsh Fusiliers, 20 Sept. 1911; was promoted Lieut. 4 Sept.
1912; and became Adjutant of the 1st Battn. in July, 1914. He passed
as a first-class interpreter in German in 1912, having previously, in
1908, when at Tonbridge, gained the first prize in that language in
the examination open to all members of all public schools. He went to
Belgium with his regt., 4 Oct. 1914, landing at Zeebrugge, and was
reported as missing after the fighting on 30 Oct. 1914, and later
information was received from the German Government that he had been
killed in action on or about that date at Zandvoorde, near Ypres.
From reports received from officers and men who were present on this
occasion, it would appear that on the date mentioned, the struggle
at Zandvoorde was most severe--as the Germans were endeavouring to
get through to Calais, and the line occupied by the 7th Division was
extended and thinly held. On the right of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
there were some trenches occupied by dismounted cavalry fighting as
infantry, and how well these trenches were held is described by an
officer, who says it was “one of the finest feats of the war.” So well
did the cavalry fight that nearly all were killed or wounded, and the
trenches were eventually captured, thus leaving the right flank of the
Royal Welsh Fusiliers open to a flank attack. Lieut. Dooner, seeing
the danger, ran across a fireswept piece of ground to the company on
the right, and, having carried out his instructions, was returning
to rejoin his commanding officer, when he was seen to fall wounded.
Lieut.-Col. Cadogan, commanding the battn., then ran to his assistance,
accompanied, it is stated, by Sergt. H. Evans, D Coy. They found that
Lieut. Dooner had been killed, and as they were returning Sergt. Evans
states that Lieut.-Col. Cadogan was also shot down about 10 yards from
the trenches. The 7th Division, since its disembarkation, had now
lost over 80 per cent. of its strength, and the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
belonging to it was left with only one officer--Capt. Parker, the
Quartermaster--and 86 men out of a total of 31 officers and 1,100 rank
and file which left Lyndhurst for the seat of war on 4 Oct. Lieut.
Dooner at the time of his death was the youngest Adjutant in the
Regular Army. He was a member of the Junior United Service Club, and
_unm._
[Illustration: =A. E. C. T. Dooner.=]
=DOPSON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O. (Pensioner, R.F.R., A. 3401),
152717, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DOREY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A. 6064 (R.F.R., B. 843),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914;
_m._
=COTTRELL-DORMER, CHARLES MELVILLE, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 2nd and elder surviving _s._ of Charles Walter
Cottrell-Dormer, of Rousham Hall and Middle Aston, co. Oxford, and of
Heath House and Stapleton Park, co. Gloucester, J.P., D.L., Capt. late
13th Hussars, by his wife, Ursula, yst. dau. of Thomas Robert Brook
Leslie-Melville-Cartwright, of Melville House, co. Fife, J.P., D.L.,
and of Lady Elizabeth, née Leslie-Melville, his wife; _b._ 18 Feb.
1892; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the
Coldstream Guards, 6 Jan. 1912; was posted to the 3rd Battn. 10 June,
1914; and promoted Lieut.; went to France with his regt.; was mentioned
in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French on 8 Oct., and was
awarded the D.S.O., the official announcement recording that “after
all his men had been driven out of the trenches by enfilade fire he
remained to the last, and got his wounded men away.” He was invested
with the Order by the King 13 Jan. 1915; returned to the Front, and
died 8 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action at Bethune; _unm._
His eldest brother was killed in action 27 Oct. 1914 (see following
notice).
=COTTRELL-DORMER, CLEMENT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
eldest _s._ of Charles Walter Cottrell-Dormer, of Rousham Hall
and Middle Aston, co. Oxford, and of Heath House and Stapleton Park,
co. Gloucester, J.P., D.L., Capt. late 13th Hussars, by his wife,
Ursula, yst. dau. of Thomas Robert Brook Leslie-Melville-Cartwright,
of Melville House, co. Fife, J.P., D.L., and of Lady Elizabeth, née
Leslie-Melville, his wife (see previous notice); 6 Feb. 1891; educ.
Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; served one year with
the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars (Yeomanry); was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Scots Guards, 1 Feb. 1913; went to France with the Expeditionary Force
in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Krusick, near Ypres, 27 Oct.
1914; _unm._
=DORMER, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Private, No. 6548, 4th Battn.
Bedfordshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Charles Dormer, of Wood Cottage,
Courser’s Farm, Colney Heath, co. Herts, by his wife, Dorcas, dau. of
Charles Yarrington; _b._ Waterferry Common, co. Oxford, 25 June,
1890; educ. Roydon, Essex, and had worked as a farm labourer for Mr. W.
C. B. Giddins at Courses, and Mr. W. B. Field, of Bowmans Green, London
Colney, and at the time war broke out was in the service of Messrs.
Adams & Sons, Cartage Contractors, St. Albans. He was on the Special
Reserve of the 4th Bedfords, and was called up, 5 Aug. 1914, going to
the Front the same month with a draft for the 2nd Battn., to which he
was then attached. He was killed in action at Festubert, 18 May, 1915;
_unm._ Several of his brothers are (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =William Charles Dormer.=]
=DORNING, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4010), S.S.
102101, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DORRAM, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 112173, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DOUGALL, ANDREW=, [Private, No. 2474, 1/5th Battn. The Royal
Scots (T.F.), 4th _s._ of Andrew Dougall, of 8, Wolsey Place,
Edinburgh, _s._ of the late John Dougall, of Househill, Larbert,
Farmer, by his wife, Christina Marshall, dau. of the late Robert
Taylor; _b._ Edinburgh, 16 Aug. 1896; educ. Parson’s Green School
there; unlisted 8 Sept. 1914; left with the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force in March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 7
May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Andrew Dougall.=]
=DOUGALL, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2137), 170245,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DOUGLAS, ALFRED SYDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15466, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DOUGLAS, LESLIE HALL=, Lieut., 2nd Field Coy. Northumbrian
Divisional R.E. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Douglas, of 33, Brighton
Grove, Newcastle, by his wife, Dorothy Jane, dau. of Thomas Hall, Civil
and Locomotive Engineer; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 14 Nov. 1887;
educ. Royal Grammar School and Armstrong College there, and qualified
as a Marine Engineer, being Assistant Surveyor with Messrs. Swan &
McFarlane, Newcastle-on-Tyne. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 Sept. 1914. He went to the Front, 16 April,
1915; was promoted Lieut. 12 June, 1915, and was killed in action near
Dranoutre, Belgium, 9 July, 1915; _unm._ A brother officer wrote:
“He has done excellent work for us under the most trying and dangerous
conditions. He was a brave, painstaking officer. His loss is greatly
felt not only by his company and me, but particularly by his section,
which he commanded so well.”
[Illustration: =Leslie Hall Douglas.=]
=DOUGLAS, LESLIE STUART=, Corpl. and Despatch Rider, No. 1624,
Signal Coy. 2nd London Divisional Engineers. R.E. (T.F.), _s._ of
James Henry Douglas, of Dalry, Cossington Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, by
his wife, Florence Helen, dau. of George Turner; _b._ Holloway,
London, N., 30 Oct. 1893; educ. Stationers’ School, London; was a Bank
Clerk; joined the 15th London Regt. (P.W.O. Civil Service Rifles) in
March, 1911; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war
and was transferred to the 2nd London Divisional Engineers in Jan.
1915; went to France, March, 1915, and died at Bethune, 24 Sept. 1915
from a fractured skull, while carrying Despatches; _unm._
[Illustration: =Leslie Stuart Douglas.=]
=DOUGLAS, WILLIAM SHOLTO=, Major, R.E., of the Headquarters Staff,
only _s._ of Col. John Charles Douglas, of Lansdowne House, Bath,
late Worcester Regt., and nephew of General Sir Charles Douglas, Chief
of the Imperial General Staff; _b._ St. Peter’s, Jersey, 18 Sept.
1875; educ. Bath College; joined the Royal Engineers as 2nd Lieut. 22
Oct. 1895; promoted Lieut. 22 Oct. 1898, Capt. 22 Oct. 1904, and Major,
30 Oct. 1914; was attached to the Egyptian Army, 1898; served with the
Nile Expedition, 1899 (Egyptian medal and clasp), and in the South
African War, 1899–1900, being present during the operations in the
Orange Free State, including the actions at Wittebergen (1 to 19 July),
where he was slightly wounded while destroying arms (Queen’s medal with
two clasps). On his return home at the end of 1900 he was specially
employed in the Intelligence Department at Headquarters, and from Aug.
1910, to 28 May, 1912, he was Assistant Director of Army Signals (2nd
Division) at Aldershot, when he was appointed General Staff Officer
(3rd Grade), Scottish Command (29 May, 1914). On the outbreak of
war he was appointed to the Headquarters Staff of the 7th Division,
Expeditionary Force, was badly wounded in the action at Ypres, 2 Nov.
1914, and died at Boulogne 14 Nov. following. He was mentioned in Sir
John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. Major Douglas _m._ King’s
Walden, Herts, 21 Oct. 1903, Gladys Mary, elder dau. of Thomas Fenwick
Harrison, Lord of the Manor and Patron of King’s Walden, and had an
only child, John Willoughby Sholto, _b._ 17 Jan. 1906; died 13
Dec. 1913.
[Illustration: =William Sholto Douglas.=]
=BLACKER-DOUGLASS, ROBERT ST. JOHN, M.C.=, Lieut., Irish Guards,
elder _s._ of Maxwell Vandeleur Blacker-Douglass, of Bellevue
Park, co. Dublin, and Elm Park, co. Armagh, and Lareen, co. Leitrim,
J.P., D.L., by his wife, Alice, only child of the late Robert
MacGeough, of Silver Bridge, co. Armagh; _b._ Dublin, 30 Nov.
1892; educ. Hazelwood, Surrey, Wellington College and Sandhurst;
gazetted to the Irish Guards, 7 Feb. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 27 Jan.
1913. He went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force in Aug.
1914; served through the retreat from Mons; was wounded at Compiègne
on 1 Sept. and invalided home, but rejoined his regt. in Flanders on
22 Jan. 1915. He was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915. “He
continued to lead an attack after being wounded, and in so doing was
killed” [official record, London Gazette, 11 March, 1915], and was
awarded the Military Cross. His commanding officer, Major Trefusis,
Irish Guards, wrote: “He was ordered with some men to retake a post
which had been lost in the early morning of 1 Feb. He gallantly led his
men to the attack and was soon wounded, but in spite of this he got up
and shouted, ‘Come on, the Irish Guards,’ and was immediately killed.
I feel it may be some comfort to all to know that he met his death in
a very gallant manner, and by his example thoroughly inspired the men
to make a great attack later on which was completely successful. I can
only say what a loss he is to the regt. I have known him ever since he
joined.” Lieut. Blacker-Douglass was _unm._, and was buried in
Cuinchy Cemetery.
[Illustration: =R. St. J. Blacker-Douglass.=]
=DOVE, CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4086), 213475, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronet, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=DOW, ANDREW THOMAS=, Private, No. 81226, 10th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Peter Dow, of Bankfoot, co.
Perth, Farmer, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Liston; _b._
Airntully, co. Perth, 29 May, 1891; educ. Murthly Public School and
Sharp’s Institution, Perth; went to Canada in Nov. 1911, and settled at
Winnipeg. After the outbreak of war he enlisted in Oct. 1914, came over
in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915;
_unm._
=DOWDEN, STEPHEN WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 9604, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of William Dowden, Salesman at
Covent Garden, by his wife, Christina Emma Beatrice, dau. of William
Reynolds Floyd; _b._ Peckham, 13 April, 1885; educ. Wimbledon
and Leatherhead; enlisted in May, 1912; went to France with the first
Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, served through the retreat from Mons
and the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne, etc.; was wounded in action
and invalided home in November; returning to the Front on 16 Dec. and
died in No. 13 General Hospital, 28 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in
action four days previously. He was buried in the Eastern Cemetery,
Boulogne, in Trench A/248, No. 1008; _unm._
[Illustration: =Stephen William Dowden.=]
=DOWLING, JOHN JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 10005, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914; _m._
=DOWLING, JAMES THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 7086, 1st Battn. The Royal
Scots, eldest _s._ of James Thomas Dowling, of 25, Mundesby
Street, Reading, Working Painter, by his wife, Patience, dau. of John
Sanders; _b._ Reading, 7 Nov. 1880; educ. St. Giles’ Elementary
School there; enlisted and was eight years with the Colours and eight
in the Reserve; served through the Boer War (medal with five bars), and
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was shot through
the body in a communication trench at Neuve Chapelle, 1 May, 1913, and
died in No. 16 General Hospital at Le Treport on the 31st; _unm._
He was buried in the Military Cemetery there. His younger brother,
Albert John, Royal Scots, is now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =James T. Dowling.=]
=DOWLING, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Signal Boy, J. 22588, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DOWN, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2469B, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _m._
=DOWNES, ALBERT ERNEST=, Officer’s Cook, 2nd Class, L. 3873,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=DOWNES, ANDREW=, Driver, No. 6190, Army Service Corps, 4th
_s._ of Thomas Hodgson Downes, of Sunderland, Cab Driver, by
his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Liddle, of Philadelphia; _b._
Sunderland, 6 May, 1888; educ. Rectory School there; was groom to Mr.
T. Parrington, of Southwick-on-Wear; enlisted 27 Feb. 1915, and died of
pneumonia in No. 5 Stationary Hospital at Dieppe, 3 April, 1915, while
on Active Service. He _m._ at Southwick-on-Wear, 6 March, 1909,
Emma (18, Morgan Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Thomas Hall, of
Seaham Harbour, and had three children: Thomas, _b._ 22 Dec. 1912;
Andrew, _b._ 18 Jan. 1915; and Violet, _b._ 6 Sept. 1910.
[Illustration: =Andrew Downes.=]
=DOWNES, ARCHER CHERNOCKE=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Cheshire Regt.,
4th yst. and last surviving _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Charles
Villiers Somerville Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise, co. Beds,
E. Lancashire (59th) Regt., by his wife, Catherine Elizabeth Anne,
dau. and h. of Frederick Thompson, of Wimbledon Park; _b._ Aspley
House aforesaid, 5 Aug. 1892; educ. The Knoll, Woburn Sands, Winchester
College and Trinity College, Oxford; obtained his commission in the
1st Battn. Cheshire Regt. 2 Sept. 1913, went to France with the first
Expeditionary Force, and died at Poperinghe, Flanders, 20 Nov. 1914, of
wounds received in action at Neuve Eglise, near Bailleul. He had left
the trench to help a wounded man of his regt. when he was shot. He was
_unm._, and was buried in Poperinghe Cemetery. His brother, Lieut.
V. C. Downes, was killed in action, 18 Oct. (see following notice).
=DOWNES, VILLIERS CHERNOCKE=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Bedfordshire
Regt., 3rd and elder surviving _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col.
Charles Villiers Somerville Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise, co.
Beds, E. Lancashire (59th) Reg., by his wife, Catherine Elizabeth Anne,
dau. of Frederick Thompson, of Wimbledon Park (see previous notice);
_b._ Aspley House aforesaid, 5 March, 1891; educ. The Knoll,
Woburn Sands, Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford, and was
gazetted to the 3rd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt. (T.F.), 15 July, 1913.
On the outbreak of war he was posted to the 1st Battn. 4 Aug. 1914;
went to France with the first Expeditionary Force, served through the
retreat from Mons and the Battle of the Marne, and was instrumental
in saving three guns. He died at St. Omer, 18 Oct. 1914, of wounds
received in action, and was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._
Lieut. Downes had passed as a musketry instructor, and was nearly due
for his captaincy.
=DOWNEY, JOHN MICHAEL=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 16000, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DOWNIE, JAMES=, Private, No. 17098, 10th (Service) Battn.
Highland L.I., eldest _s._ of John Downie, of 479, Stretford Road,
Manchester, by his wife, May, dau. of James Curley; _b._ Peebles,
15 Aug. 1884; educ. St. Joseph School, Peebles; enlisted 8 Sept. 1914,
and was killed, 25 Sept. 1915.
=DOWNIE, PETER HOUSTON=, Private, No B/9021, 11th (Service) Battn.
Highland L.I., 2nd _s._ of Thomas Downie, of 41, Annette Street,
Glasgow, Journalist, by his wife, Isabella Mitchell, dau. of the late
Peter Houston; _b._ Glasgow, 1 Dec. 1893; educ. Annette Street
Public School and Albert Road Academy, Glasgow; was Shipping Clerk to
J. & R. Tennent, Brewers; enlisted in the 4th Highland L.I. 6 Sept.
1914, and after serving at home for 10 months, was transferred to the
11th Battn. of his regt. and went to France in June, 1915. He was
badly wounded in both legs at the Battle of Loos on 25 Sept., and was
assisted into a crater by a comrade, who then started to crawl back
to obtain material to bind up the wounds. He never returned, being
probably killed on the way, and Downie lay on the field for two days
before he could be brought in. He died in Rawal Pindi General Hospital
at Wimereux on 6 Nov. 1915, after three operations; _unm._ Lady
Hadfield, who nursed him in hospital wrote: “He lived well and he died
well.”
[Illustration: =Peter Houston Downie.=]