Royal Munster Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of the late Rev. Havilland
Durand, for 13 years Vicar of Earley, co. Berks, by his wife, Mary
(Moulin Huet House, Guernsey), dau. of the Rev. Montague John Gregg
Hawtrey; _b._ Earley Vicarage, 29 Jan. 1875; educ. Elizabeth
College, Guernsey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Royal Guernsey L.I.
(Militia), 1891; joined the Rhodesian Horse in 1895, and took part
in the Matabeleland Campaign with Gwelo Field Force in 1896 (medal,
“Matabeleland, 1896”) and the Mashonaland Campaign in 1897 (clasp,
“Mashonaland, 1897”). From 1899 to 1901 he served with the African
Transcontinental Telegraph Survey through German East Africa, under O.
Berringer, Chief Surveyor, Northern Rhodesia, and in 1901–2 with the
Tanganyika Concessions Expedition to Katanga, Congo Free State. In 1903
he was employed as Secretary and A.D.C. to the First Minister of the
Zanzibar Government. He obtained his company in the 3rd Battn. Royal
Munster Fusiliers, 10 Feb. 1906, to remain seconded under the Foreign
Office for service in Zanzibar. He was employed under both the military
and civil administration of Zanzibar until 1913, being successively
Acting-Commandant, Zanzibar Military Police, and Acting-Governor,
Central Jail, 1907; 2nd Class Magistrate and Governor of District Jail,
1909; 2nd in Command, Zanzibar Armed Constabulary, 1911. He received
the Zanzibar Orders of El Aliyeh (4th class) in 1907 and the Brilliant
Star of Zanzibar (3rd class) in 1913, in which year he retired on
a pension. He had passed the School of Musketry at Hythe in 1908
and in all subjects for promotion to rank of Field Officer in 1912,
being one of only five officers specially mentioned in the Examiner’s
Report (May) to the Army Council. On mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914, he
joined his regt., the 3rd Munster Fusiliers, and on 8 Sept. 1914, was
attached to the 2nd Battn. in France. He was present at the Battles of
the Aisne and the Marne, and also at Ypres, and was killed in action
between Givenchy and Festubert, 22 Dec. 1914, while leading his men
in an attack to retake trenches lost the day before. On the evening
of 20 Dec. 1914, the 2nd Munsters, commanded by Col. A. M. Bent, were
billeted in the outskirts of Bailleul, when at 5 p.m. an urgent message
was received by Col. Bent that the 3rd Brigade, to which the battn.
belonged, was to be ready to march “as soon as possible.” They started
at 6.15 p.m., and after marching for six hours in a tearing blizzard
of rain and hail, over roads ankle deep in mud, they reached Merville,
where a short halt was called. At 8 a.m., outside Bethune, the battn.
halted again, awaiting orders. By 3 p.m. orders were received that
the battn. was to occupy the trenches at Festubert vacated by the
Indians; the leading brigade deployed for attack and, shortly after,
the 3rd Brigade, consisting of the 2nd Welsh Regt., the 1st Gloucester,
the Munsters, the 1st South Wales Borderers and the 4th (T.) Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, was placed on the left of the 1st Guards Brigade.
The brigade then resumed its march, through Gorre to Festubert, where
the battn. remained in reserve, but on the night of the 21st received
orders that there was to be a general attack upon the German line.
All that night the Munsters waited, and all that night it rained and
snowed and stormed, until the hour arrived when the battn., led by Col.
Bent, started to the attack. The men swarmed over the parapets and
raced across the fields, carrying their heavy equipment and following
their officers over the shell-scarred, churned-up earth. Strands of
barbed wire beset their way and the ground was broken by great shell
holes. Before them, from the German trenches, the machine guns hammered
out their deadly message of welcome; and the men went gamely on, most
splendidly led by their officers. Major Thomson, second in command,
fell across the first German trench, but would not permit himself to be
removed, continuing to issue orders from where he lay; he was wounded
again, the second wound proving fatal. Col. Bent fell in the earlier
part of the charge, desperately wounded; Major Day was killed a little
later, and Capt. Hugh O’Brien fell as he shouted to his company, “Get
a bit of your own back, boys.” Not 20 yards from where Capt. O’Brien
fell, Capt. Durand met his death, leading at the extreme point of the
advance made by C Coy., under fierce enfilading fire. Men fell on the
right and left, and again and again they rallied and stumbled over the
broken ground, holding steadily on under the wail of tearing shrapnel,
and at last the Munsters reached their goal, the given point, and in
the fierce counter-attack they did not lose an inch of what they had
taken. Capt. Durand _m._ at St. Mary Abbotts Church, Kensington, 4
June, 1903, Geraldine Vesey (40, Arundel Gardens, Kensington Park Road,
W.), yst. dau. of the late Rev. John William Hawtrey, of Aldin House,
Slough; _s.p._
[Illustration: Francis William Durand.]
=DURAND, HAVILLAND MONTAGUE=, Private, No. 720, 13th Battn.,
Australian Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Havilland
Durand, for 13 years Vicar of Earley, co. Berks (died 1884), by his
wife, Mary (Moulin Huet, Guernsey), dau. of the Rev. Montague John
Gregg Hawtrey; _b._ Earley Vicarage, 21 Dec. 1883; educ. Elizabeth
College, Guernsey, and University College, Durham; went to Australia in
Sept. 1911, and settled at Brisbane, where he was engaged in teaching.
Volunteered on the outbreak of the war and joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force, Sept. 1914; left for Egypt in Jan. and was killed
in action two days after the landing at Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915;
_unm._ His Capt. wrote: “His comrades having expended nearly all
their ammunition, volunteers were asked for, to go to the beach for
more; it was necessary to proceed down a fireswept gully, then on to
a shell-swept beach, and return. Havilland volunteered to do this. He
got to the beach and returned by way of the gully again. He had done
his duty and saved our line. I should like to mention that he was loved
by officers and men alike. He was selected and especially trained for
a battn. scout, work that always requires a lot of intelligence and
tact. The Colonel assured me that if Durand had not arrived with the
ammunition his comrades, who were in an isolated position, would have
been annihilated and our line would have been broken.” He was supposed
to have been killed after bringing up the ammunition, but another
letter gave the information that he was killed the day after, whilst
working in the trench. He was buried by his comrades on a hill at Gaba
Tepe, and a rough wooden cross marks the place where he lies. Another
letter said: “The landing must have been awful, and all who lived, if
only for a day, did heroic work, as the few remaining officers say each
man deserved a V.C. The Australians were simply magnificent.”
[Illustration: =Havilland M. Durand.=]
=DURRANT, CYRIL GEORGE POPLE=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7271,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=DURRANT, WILLIAM BLENCOWE WELLS=, 2nd Lieut., 6th, attd. 4th,
Battn. The Rifle Brigade, only _s._ of the Hon. Frederick Chester
Wells Durrant, M.A., K.C., Attorney-General of the Bahamas, and Member
of Executive and Legislative Councils of the Colony, by his wife,
Gertrude, dau. of the late William Blencowe, of Brackley, Northants;
_b._ Bath, co. Somerset, 8 May, 1894; educ. Beach Lawn, Leamington
Spa; Westminster (1908–13, King’s Scholar); and Magdalene College
(Exhibitioner), Cambridge. He joined the Cambridge O.T.C., Aug. 1914,
and was gazetted to the 6th Battn. Rifle Brigade Nov. following,
joining the 4th Battn. on active service in France,--March, 1915, and
was killed in action at or near St. Eloi between 8 and 11 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =William B. W. Durrant.=]
=DURWARD, QUENTIN=, Private, No. 9552, 3rd Battn. (Queen’s Own
Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William Durward,
Manager, Anglo-American Cable Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 24 Oct. 1895; educ. Northumberland; went to Toronto,
Canada; joined the Queen’s Own Rifles of Toronto at the end of 1913;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; came over
with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain
during the winter; went to France in Feb., and was killed in action
at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “He was a
splendid soldier, always first and never shirking his duty.”
=DUSTIN, CLAUDE=, Corpl., No. 10/1229, 7th Wellington Regt., New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of William Samuel Dustin,
Pastrycook and Confectioner, Managing Director of Dustin, Ltd.,
Wanganui and Palmerston North, by his wife, Celia; _b._ Wanganui,
New Zealand, 19 Dec. 1892; educ. High School, Wanganui; was for three
years a Sergt. in the Wanganui Guards (T.F.), and on the outbreak of
war volunteered for Imperial service, 8 Oct. 1914. After some months in
Egypt, he took part in the famous landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April,
1915, and was killed in action on the 27th, being shot through the
forehead while rescuing a wounded comrade at Walker’s Ridge; _unm._
[Illustration: =Claude Dustin.=]
=DUTCH, WILLIAM BENJAMIN=, Sergt., No. 83812, 47th Brigade, Royal
Field Artillery, _s._ of William Dutch, of Bladud House, Bath,
Accountant, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Alderman Alfred Taylor, of The
Red House, Bath; _b._ Lower Weston, Bath, 21 April, 1894; educ.
Bathforum, and Bath City Secondary School (3 years’ Scholarship), and
was employed in the engineering works of Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., of
Bath. He joined the Army, 17 Aug. 1914; was made Bombardier, 1 Nov.
1914; Corpl., 14 Nov. 1914; and Sergt., 1 Jan. 1915; and died at the
Thornhill Isolation Hospital, Aldershot, 11 April, 1915, of septic
scarlet fever; _unm._ He was buried at Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath,
with full military honours. His Capt. wrote: “I cannot exaggerate the
loss he is to me personally and to the whole battery, had picked up a
wonderful knowledge of gunnery and his work in general, was out and out
the best sergeant I had, and would have gone far in the service.” He
was a keen sportsman and a popular football player.
[Illustration: =William Benjamin Dutch.=]
=DUTFIELD, WALTER THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14094, H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of James Dutfield, of 37, Randall Place, West
Greenwich, S.E.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=DUTTON, CHARLES EDMUND FERGUSON=, Rifleman, No. 2366, 1 Coy.,
1st/16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.),
_s._ of the late Edmund Alfred Dutton, of 53–55, Pembridge Road,
Notting Hill Gate, W., Boot Manufacturer, by his wife, Susannah Spencer
Biggs (21, Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill, W.), dau. of the late Joseph
Henry Ferguson, of Dublin; _b._ Notting Hill Gate, 22 July, 1890;
educ. St. Mary Abbots Higher Grade School, Kensington; entered the
employ of the Fore Street Warehouse Company, Ltd., in 1907, and at the
time war was declared held a good position in the blouse department;
volunteered, and enlisted in the Queen’s Westminsters, 18 Aug. 1914;
went to France, 24 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Houplines,
Flanders, on the night of 7 March, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in
the cemetery there in the Rue Emile Zola by the Rev. Webb Peplow. The
Sergt.-Major wrote that he “was such a nice boy and one of our best ...
and is a great loss to his company and also to the battn.”
[Illustration: =Charles Edmund F. Dutton.=]
=DUTTON, RALPH=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 5172), 177334, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DUVAL, GEORGE LOUIS JOSIAH=, M.D., Major, Commanding No. 1 Coy.,
Field Ambulance, C.A.M.C., only _s._ of the late Louis Duval, of
Grande Ligne, P. Quebec, Canada; _b._ Grande Ligne aforesaid,
10 March, 1876; educ. Filler’s Baptist Institute there; entered as
a Medical Student at McGill University in 1894, and graduated there
with honours, 17 June, 1898; practised in Waltham, Mass., U.S.A., and
then in St. John’s, Quebec, later going to St. John’s, New Brunswick;
joined the C.A.M.C., at St. John’s, P. Quebec, in April, 1908, being
given a commission as Lieut., and was promoted Capt. June, 1911, and
Major, in France, April, 1915; transferred to No. 8 Field Ambulance on
going to St. John’s, N.B., and in 1914 became M.O. 28th N.B. Dragoons;
volunteered for overseas service on the outbreak of war, and his own
unit not going, he was given charge of the section of No. 8 F.A.,
leaving his home and practice at a day’s notice; left Valcartier for
England with No. 1 F.A., 30 Sept. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and
was severely wounded in both legs during the Second Battle of Ypres, on
Sunday, 25 April, 1915. At this action the Canadians suffered heavily,
and No. 1 F.A. were ordered to open an advanced dressing station, which
Major Duval did at St. Jean; later it had to be abandoned, and he had
just succeeded in evacuating the last patient when he was hit about
8.30 p.m. by an explosive shell which burst about 20 yards from him.
He was sent from Vlamertinghe to hospital at Boulogne and from there
invalided to England, and died in London, 26 Aug. 1915. Col. Foster
wrote: “No braver officer ever lived or would be found in our Division,
and I shall always remember him for his splendid work at Ypres.” Gunner
H. T. Warene, who was wounded in this action and invalided back to
Canada, said: “When I was struck Doctor Duval was the first to rush to
my aid. We were both exposed to the fire, but he did not seem to mind.
He was a kind, gentle and capable surgeon, and the boys all liked him
and admired him as a physician, a soldier, and a man. I was most sorry
to learn of his death.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 5 April/31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
His body was being taken to Canada for burial on board the Hesperian
when she was torpedoed and sunk. He _m._ at Montreal, 23 Oct.
1901, Maude (330, Charlotte Street, St. John’s West, New Brunswick,
Canada), dau. of Andrew Byrd, of Montreal, Building and Bridge
Contractor, and had two children: Charles Louis Neville, _b._ 18
July, 1906; and Irene Byrd, _b._ 9 Sept. 1902.
[Illustration: =George Louis J. Duval.=]
=DWERRYHOUSE, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10200), 204457, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DWYER, EDWARD MUNDEN=, Private, No. 1077, 8th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John Thomas Dwyer, of Ignace,
Ontario, Canada (originally from co. Tipperary); _b._ Ignace, 24
Nov. 1887; educ. there; was for some years in the Mechanical Dept. of
the C.P.R., and was then transferred to the Traffic Dept., and when war
broke out was a Conductor. He enlisted 20 Aug. 1914, came over with the
first contingent in Oct., and after training on Salisbury Plain during
the winter, went to France, and was killed in action at Festubert, 23
April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward Munden Dwyer.=]
=DYASON, JAMES NASH=, Act.-Bombardier, No. 162, R.G.A. (T.F.),
_s._ of James Nash Dyason, of 63, Coronation Road, Sheerness,
Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of James
Lambkin; _b._ Sheerness, 17 Feb. 1889; educ. Council School there;
was a dockyard employee; joined the Territorials, 1910; volunteered for
active service on the outbreak of war; died at Shoeburyness, 21 Nov.
1914, on active service; _unm._
=DYBALL, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 10521), 208734,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=DYER, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Private, No. 10672, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of James Dyer, Sergt.-at-Mace, at
Poole, Dorset, by his wife, Annie Eliza, dau. of John Phillips, of
Poole; _b._ Milton Abbas, near Blandford, co. Dorset, 15 April,
1894; educ. Branksome Heath, Poole; was an assistant for Messrs. Bacon
and Curtis, of Poole, Iron-mongers; enlisted, 23 March 1914; went
to France, 11 Sept. 1914; was wounded in action at Ypres, 29 Oct.
1914, and died in the German military hospital at Courtray, 22 Nov.
following; _unm._ His brother, Private P. E. Dyer, was also killed
in action. (See his notice.)
[Illustration: =Frederick George Dyer.=]
=DYER, PERCIVAL ERNEST=, Private, No. 9136, 2nd Battn. The Scots
Guards, 4th _s._ of James Dyer, Sergt.-at-Mace, at Poole, Dorset,
by his wife, Annie Eliza, dau. of John Phillips, of Poole; _b._
Milton Abbas, near Blanford, co. Dorset, 3 Dec. 1895; educ. Branksome
Heath, Poole; was a Plumber and Gas Fitter in the employ of Mr. Hardy,
of Poole; enlisted, 6 Aug. 1914; went to France in Oct., and was killed
in action between La Bassée and Armentiéres, 18 Dec. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Percival Ernest Dyer.=]
=DYER, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 750), 135247, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DYKE, GEORGE WALKER=, Pensioner Armourer, 136000, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=DYKES, ALFRED McNAIR=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn. The King’s Own,
Royal Lancaster Regt., yst. surviving _s._ of the late William
Alston Dykes, D.L., by his wife, Agnes Andrea (The Orchard, Hamilton),
dau. of the late John Urquhart, of Fairhill, co. Lanark; _b._
Hamilton, 15 March, 1874; educ. Trinity College, Glenalmond, and
received his first commission in a militia battn. of the Cameronians,
passing in first with 2,130 marks out of a total of 2,400, 12 Dec.
1894, and a few months later joined the 2nd Battn. of the King’s Own
in India. He was gazetted Lieut., 4 Nov. 1896; Capt., 24 Feb., 1900;
Major, 13 Dec. 1902; and Lieut.-Col., 1 Aug. 1913; and was Adjutant at
the age of 23 in 1897. On the outbreak of war in South Africa he was
selected for special service duty, and having his battn. at Lichfield
did Staff duty as Embarkation Officer at Port Elizabeth, Natal, till
the arrival of his own regt., which he immediately rejoined, afterwards
taking part in the Relief of Ladysmith, and the Battle at Spion Kop in
Jan. 1900. In the course of this engagement he rallied a small party
of men of another regt., from whom he learned that the enemy was in
possession of a position which was believed to be held by our own
troops. Calming his men with cigarettes, and leaving them to regain
their nerve in the shelter of a boulder, he went forward alone to prove
the truth of this assertion, which he doubted. He had almost reached
the spot indicated and had satisfied himself that the fugitives were
right when he fell shot through the head. Determined at all costs to
carry back the news, he struggled three times to his feet and three
times fell; but managed by discarding his rifle to stagger back, in
a semi-conscious condition and nearly blinded by the blood in his
eyes, over the crest of the hill to our own trenches, luckily without
further wounds. The information was at once conveyed to the General,
and offers were made to help him to the dressing station 100 yards or
so in the rear; but it was only to be reached across a fireswept area,
and Capt. Dykes resolutely refused all offers of help. He attained
his goal in safety, when he fell unconscious. The wound, which was
at first classified as serious, rapidly became dangerous; and when
the over-worked army surgeons at the field hospital asked whether he
could wait a little longer for attention, he cheerfully gave up his
turn for others. Gangrene set in, and it was feared that his eyesight
must suffer, the bullet having entered just below the right temple
and passing through the mouth, blowing away the left check. Sheer
determination to live helped to pull him through. In March he came home
and underwent two operations, and despite his surgeon’s most emphatic
advice rejoined his regt. at the Front in Sept., resuming his post as
Adjutant, which he held till 31 May, 1902, a special extension of his
time being granted at the request of his Colonel. In the later phases
of the war he did a good deal of convoy work, as Adjutant of his regt.,
and distinguished himself at the defence of Vryheid 11 Dec. 1900, when
the town was held by four companies of the King’s Own and a handful of
mounted infantry against an attack under cover of darkness, by Louis
Botha in superior numbers. For this and general good service he was
mentioned twice in despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901, and 29
July, 1902], and on being offered the choice of the D.S.O. or a Brevet
Majority, chose the latter, being then (1902) barely 28 years of age:
he also received the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s
medal with two. On relinquishing his post as Adjutant, he became Staff
Officer to the Commandant of Maritzburg. From 1904–08 he held the post
of Staff Capt. at the War Office. He then passed brilliantly through
the Staff College, and on his return from service with his regt. in
India was appointed in 1912 to the command of a company of Cadets at
the R.M.C., Sandhurst. He was promoted in Aug. 1913, at the age of
39 (the youngest Lieut.-Col. of the line) to the command of the 1st
Battn. of the King’s Own, then stationed at Dover. On the outbreak
of the European War in Aug. 1914, he accompanied the Expeditionary
Force to France, and was killed in action early in the morning of 26
Aug. 1914, at the battle of Cambray-Le Cateau, while covering the
retreat of the Allied forces. He was shot through the head, and was
almost the first man of his regt. to fall. Referring to his death,
one of the Generals under whom he had previously served, wrote: “It
was with more than ordinary feeling of sorrow that we learnt of the
death of Col. Dykes at the head of his regt.... in the act of cheering
on his beloved regt. against tremendous odds. Col. Dykes’ loss to
the battn. is great indeed. I had a very high opinion of Col. Dykes’
capabilities as an officer, and I watched his career in the King’s Own
with more than ordinary interest. After recovery from his wound in
South Africa, I brought him to the War Office to assist me at a time
of great pressure, and I never regretted it. The bravery and example
of their Colonel will not be forgotten by the King’s Own, and it will
ever act as an incentive to all ranks to do their duty to the end”;
and a brother officer: “He loved his regt. with absolute devotion;
and well have they repaid his love by dying with him.... He was a man
far above the ordinary in ability, one of our best soldiers, a man
who knew not fear, the very staunchest of comrades, and a gentleman
without reproach. He never made an enemy, everyone who knew him loved
him, he never spoke ill of anyone, and he never did anything that was
not absolutely downright honest and good.” Singularly gifted both
in mind and body, a man of unusual achievements, the keynote of his
character was straightforward simplicity. His humility, his gaiety,
and above all his power of self-less devotion, endeared him to all
with whom he came in contact. “I am almost afraid to say how much I
hope from him,” wrote the Warden of Glenalmond in one of his school
reports. “He never thought of himself, only of others,” was the verdict
of one of his officers after his death. Lieut.-Col. Dykes _m._ at
Southwick Crescent, London, 21 April, 1914, Rosamund Ann, dau. of the
late Frederick Willis Farrer, of 16, Devonshire Place, W., and had a
dau., Andrea Mary, _b._ 23 Feb. 1915, exactly six months after her
father’s death.
[Illustration: =Alfred McNair Dykes.=]
=DYNES, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (M.), 289177, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=DYSON, CECIL VENN=, Private, Malay States Volunteers, yst.
_s._ of the late Rev. Samuel Dyson, of Koilash, Stevenage, co.
Herts, D.D., Vice-Principal Church Missionary College, Islington, by
his 1st wife, Matilda Julia, dau. of the Rev. Charles Henry Blumhardt;
_b._ Calcutta, 7 Aug. 1873; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School, and
Queen’s College, Cambridge (Senior Classical Scholar, Bell’s Scholar);
entered the Malay States Civil Service in 1896, and was District Judge
of Singapore. He was killed while assisting to quell the riots there,
15 Feb. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Cecil Venn Dyson.=]
=EADE, REGINALD JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 10142), 202124,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=EADES, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. 7291 (Ply.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=EADY, JOHN=, Private, No. 1095, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, only _s._ of the late John Eady, of 5, Fisher Street,
Birmingham, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Joseph Sarty; _b._ Sheep
Street, Birmingham, 6 March, 1868; served for 12 years with the South
Staffordshires; then went to Canada, and to Australia, 1910. Enlisted
at the end of 1914, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 13 Aug.
1915; _unm._
=EAGAR, FRANCIS RUSSELL=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery,
3rd _s._ of the late Capt. Edward Boaz Eagar, 1st Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers (who was killed in action at Belmont, South
Africa, 23 Nov. 1899), and his wife, Ada (now wife of Edward Franks,
of The Priory, Bishop’s Cleeve, co. Gloucester), dau. of Col. Newman
Burfoot Thoyts, of The Mythe House, Tewkesbury, J.P.; _b._ Fawdon
House, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, 27 Sept. 1893; educ. Connaught House
(J. R. Morgan), Weymouth; Sherborne, Dorset, and the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich (1913–14); gazetted to the Royal Field Artillery, 12
Aug. 1914, and left with his battery for active service in France in
November, and was killed in action at Fleurbaix, France, 9 May, 1915,
while on observation duty. He was buried in the Rue Petillon Cemetery,
Fleurbaix; _unm._ His two brothers, Capt. E. F. Eagar, Royal
Berkshire Regt., and Capt. H. St. G. Eagar, Lincolnshire Regt., are now
(1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Francis Russell Eagar.=]
=EAMAN, ALFRED=, P.O., 192106. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EARL, STEPHEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1388), 201346, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EASON, JESSE HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 6007), S.S.
100950, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.