(T.F.), elder _s._ of Thomas Stephen Edwards, of 24, Stow Hill,
Newport, Monmouth, Solicitor, by his wife, Alice Elizabeth, dau. of
Capt. Nathaniel Thorne; _b._ Newbridge, co. Monmouth, 9 Nov.
1883; educ. Brighton House School, Clifton, Bristol, and was admitted
a solicitor in 1907. For some time he was with his father at Newport,
and then took charge of the Blackwood branch. He joined the 1st
Monmouthshires, then known as the 2nd South Wales Borderers, about
1905, becoming Capt. 8 April, 1911, but in 1913 went to Rhodesia to
take up farming, and at the time of the declaration of war held an
important appointment under the British South Africa Co. there. He
returned to England at once and rejoined his old regt. on 22 Sept.
1914, and went to the Front in Feb. 1915. He was killed at Zonnebeke,
8 May, 1915, during the Battle of Ypres. The following report of his
death was received: “On 8 May, 1915, at Zonnebeke, two battns. were
forced to retire, a gap was created and the Germans swarmed over the
trench. Capt. Edwards and most of his Coy. were surrounded, and the
Germans shouted ‘Surrender!’ Capt. Edwards was heard to exclaim:
‘Surrender, be damned! Rapid fire, boys!’ and was seen by the men
firing at the enemy. He was then shot.” A brother officer wrote: “He
was a fine skipper, and the men worshipped him.”
[Illustration: =Harold Thorne Edwards.=]
=EDWARDS, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 695), 197733, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EDWARDS, HERBERT MARTIN CHARLES=, Artificer, No. 326 E.B.,
E.R.A., R.N.R., H.M.S. Cressy, 4th and twin _s._ of the late
Alexander Edwards, Chief Gunner’s Mate, R.N. (who served 22 years in
the Navy, and was subsequently for 25 years, keeper of the Aberdeen
Custom House), by his wife, Jessie; _b._ Aberdeen, 2 April, 1880;
educ. Gordon’s College, Aberdeen; and was a Free Burgess of Aberdeen;
joined the Navy in 1905, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship
was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=EDWARDS, JOHN EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2472), 218697, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=EDWARDS, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1201), 126314, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EDWARDS, ROBERT GARNET CHAWNER=, Yeoman of Signals, 202620,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=EDWARDS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1963, C Coy., 3rd Battn.
Monmouthshire Regt., _s._ of John Richard Edwards, Engine Driver,
by his wife, Catherine, dau. of David Thomas, Colliery Manager;
_b._ Cwmback, Aberdare, 17 April, 1879; educ. National School,
Bassaleg, Newport, co. Monmouth; joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. South
Wales Borderers, 19 May, 1896, in which he served 12 years, retiring
31 March, 1908, but on the outbreak of the war he rejoined with the
contingent from Messrs. Whitehead’s Iron and Steel Works, Tredegar,
where he had been employed as an Ironworker. He went to France, 15 Feb.
1915, and was killed in action at Messines Ridge, 27 March, 1915, being
buried in Wulverghem Churchyard. His commanding officer, Capt. O. W.
D. Steel, wrote: “Private Edwards had been in my company for some six
months, and we had all come to regard him as a thoroughly reliable and
excellent soldier. He was most popular with the company, and despite
the fact that he had taken up soldiering somewhat late in life, had
made himself most efficient in every way. I was with your husband soon
after he was wounded, and was with him till his death. He lived only a
few minutes and his end was quite painless.” He _m._ at Bassaleg,
Monmouth, 29 Sept. 1906, Rose (3 Varteg Place, Sirhowy, South Wales),
dau. of William Clift; _s.p._
[Illustration: =William Edwards.=]
=EDWARDS, WILLIAM=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7332, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EDWARDS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 10146),
298659, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EDWARDS, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 6479),
302949, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=EGERTON, ROWLAND LE BERWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd. attd. 1st, Battn.
The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, yr. twin _s._ of Sir Philip Henry
Brian Grey-Egerton, 12th Bt., Major, 2nd Cheshire (Earl of Chester’s)
Yeomanry, late Capt. and Hon. Major Earl of Chester’s Imperial
Yeomanry, formerly Capt. 4th Battn. Cheshire Regt., by his 1st wife,
Mary Carolyn Campbell, dau. of the late Major James Wayne Cuyler,
U.S.A.; _b._ 8, Seymour Place, London, W., 4 April, 1895; educ.
Evelyn’s, Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 2nd Battn. Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force; and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, 30 Oct. 1914;
_unm._
=EGLINGTON, ROBERT CECIL=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1075), 171790,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELDER, CHARLES=, Sergt., No. 7903, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.,
_s._ of the late William Elder, by his wife, Frances (now wife
of Robert Orr Templeton, of 93, Pitt Street, Glasgow), dau. of
John Sutherland, of Nairn; _b._ Glasgow, 28 Jan. 1885; educ.
Albany Academy there; enlisted July, 1902; went to France with the
Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at
Verneuil, 20 Sept. 1914. He was wounded in the foot, but in spite of
this went on until he was killed; _unm._ Buried at Verneuil. A
comrade wrote saying that “he died as a true British soldier, gallantly
leading his section.” He was a good all-round sportsman.
[Illustration: =Charles Elder.=]
=ELDRIDGE, THOMAS HENRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2410A, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELEMENT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 289064, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ELEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B., 224960, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELITO, ANTOINE=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ELKINS, WILLIAM JAMES=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 174504,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=ELLAWAY, ALFRED HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4654), S.S.
103868, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ELLENDER, RICHARD STANLEY=, Leading Seaman, 239356, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ELLINGHAM, WILLIAM ALBERT HENRY=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch./17902,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELLIOT, JAMES=, Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner, 3700), 133049,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELLIOT, JOHN AMYAND=, Q.M.-Sergt., No. 162, 2nd Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Capt. Charles
Sinclair Elliot, R.N., Chief Magistrate of Norfolk Island, 1907–14
[who on the outbreak of war offered his services to the Commonwealth
Government and was appointed Naval Officer in charge of Largs Bay,
South Australia, where he died suddenly, 30 March, 1915, from heart
failure], by his wife, Florence Louisa (Braemar, Eastwood, Sydney),
dau. of Frederick Leacroft Dudley; _b._ Plymouth, England, 6
April, 1891; went to New South Wales with his parents in 1904; educ.
The King’s School, Parramatta, Church of England Grammar School,
North Sydney, and Hawkesbury Agricultural College. On leaving there
he went to Gillendoon, Warren, and later to Illilliwa, Grenfell, and
at the outbreak of the war was managing Grawlin, near Forbes, for Mr.
J. M. Holland. He joined the 2nd Infantry Battn., and was appointed
Colour-Sergt. to B Coy., commanded by the late Major C. C. Gordon,
and on the re-formation of the battn. in Egypt was appointed Coy.
Q.M.-Sergt. to D Coy., under the late Major D. Wallack. He was killed
in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915;
_unm._ He was a good all-round sportsman, excelling particularly
at football, representing S.C.E.G.S. in the great Public Schools’
Competition, and winning his honour cap both at S.C.E.G.S. and at the
Hawkesbury College, and representing Warren as a member of the team
that won the District Cup in 1912. Three of his brothers are (1916)
on active service, W. A. Elliot is a Sub-Lieut., R.N., Lieut. Dudley
Sinclair Elliot, A.I.F., went with the Expedition to New Guinea, and
was in charge of the Native Affairs Department at Rabaul, and 2nd
Lieut. Alban Charles Elliot, A.I.F., is in England prior to going to
France.
[Illustration: =John Amyand Elliot.=]
=ELLIOT, MATTHEW TAYLOR=, L.-Corpl., No. 6311, No. 3 Coy., 3rd
Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Elliot, of 19, Albert
Street, Shieldfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Cooper; _b._ Tyne Dock,
South Shields, 28 Feb. 1882; enlisted 21 Aug. 1905; appointed L.-Corpl.
23 Feb. 1915; served in Egypt 31 Oct. 1907 to 23 March, 1911, and with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914 to 8 Oct.
1915, on which day he was killed in action at Vermelles, Belgium;
_unm._
ELLIOT, THOMAS, Private, No. 14373, 10th (Service) Battn. Yorkshire
Regt., _s._ of Joseph Elliot, Miner, by his wife, Edith, dau.
of Thomas (and Jane) Hall; _b._ Frimdon Colliery, co. Durham,
20 Aug. 1886; educ. Ryhope Colliery School; was a Miner; volunteered
and enlisted Sept. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1915, and was killed
in action between Albert and Fricourt, 1 July, 1916. His commanding
officer wrote speaking highly of him as one of the best and bravest of
his men, and saying that had he lived he would have gained a D.C.M.
He _m._ at Sunderland, 11 April, 1911, Florence, dau. of Charles
(and Mary) Hindmarch, of 28, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, and had a son:
Charles Hindmarsh, _b._ 25 Jan. 1914.
[Illustration: =Thomas Elliot.=]
=ELLIOTT, FREDERICK JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 5471),
295811, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ELLIOTT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 16885, 7th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. William Elliott, of
Jubilee, British Columbia, Methodist Minister, formerly a missionary in
Japan, by his wife, Maria, dau. of George Willan Robinson; _b._
Toyama, Japan, 17 April, 1893; educ. various public schools of
Manitoba, 1899–1902; privately, in Japan, 1902–08; and at Victoria and
Vancouver (B.C.) High Schools, 1908–10; for some time worked as a house
carpenter, with a view to becoming an architect; enlisted in the 88th
Victoria (B.C.) Fusiliers in Nov. 1913, for special service (to assist
in quelling the strike troubles at Vancouver Island) and, when, nine
months later, the European War broke out, volunteered for Imperial
Service; left Canada with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914, and, after
training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, went to the Front in
Feb., and was killed in action at Langemarck, 24 April, 1915, being
shot through the head; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. F. F. Elliott,
who volunteered at the same time, is now (1916) on active service with
the same battn. in France.
[Illustration: =George William Elliott.=]
=ELLIOTT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 231737 (Ports.), H.M.S
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELLIOTT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8165), S.S. 104009,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=ELLIS, BASIL HERBERT=, Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. King’s
Shropshire L.I. 2nd _s._ of Rev. Henry Maitland Ellis, Vicar of
Hedge End, co. Hants, M.A., by his wife, Ida Mary, dau. of the late
Capt. Herbert Reid Lempriere; _b._ Exbury Rectory, co. Hants, 20
May, 1895; educ. Highfield Preparatory School, Liphook, and Shrewsbury;
at which latter he won a scholarship, was subsequently head of his
house. He should have gone into residence at Oxford, as a Scholar of
Wadham College, in Oct. 1914, but, having been in the O.T.C. while at
Shrewsbury, was given a commission in the King’s Shropshire L.I. 22
Sept. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. 1 Oct. following. He went with
his regt. to the Front in May, and was killed in action at Hooge, 16
June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the garden of a Farm House,
on the left side of the Ypres to Zillebeke Road. An officer wrote of
him: “He was an excellent scout officer, and had done some good work
since our arrival in France--absolutely fearless and perfectly calm
under fire--greatly liked by the men of his platoon, which he had in
excellent order”; and another, describing his death: “It was while
going out across the open to get water for several men who had been
badly wounded that he was killed.” Lieut. Ellis was a keen sportsman;
while at Shrewsbury he was in the 1st XI. Cricket Team, and also had
his Fives Colours, and was Editor of the “Salopian.”
[Illustration: =Basil Herbert Ellis.=]
=ELLIS, EDMUND ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./68O6, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=ELLIS, GEORGE WILLIS=, A.B., J. 1773, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELLIS, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9481),
S.S. 106864, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=ELLIS, JUDSON HAROLD=, Private, No. 33326, 3rd Canadian Field
Ambulance, eldest _s._ of William Sandford Ellis, of Alliston,
Ontario, Canada, Grain and Seed Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau.
of the late John Gallaugher; _b._ Thornbury, Grey co., Ontario, 24
March, 1891; educ. Alliston Public and High Schools; graduated (Phm.
B.) from Toronto in 1913, and on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914, at
once volunteered, and enlisted in the Canadian A.M.C. at Winnipeg on
the 18th of that month. He came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.;
went to France in Feb., and died, 21 May, 1915, of wounds received
while attending to the wounded at the Battle of Festubert; _unm._
He was buried at Hinges, France. His Lieut.-Col., Walter L. Watt,
wrote: “From the very first he did his duty and did it well. He had no
fear and was always a willing volunteer for anything requiring deeds
and not words.”
[Illustration: =Judson Harold Ellis.=]
=ELLIS, LEONARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8084 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELLISON, REGINALD=, A.B., No. Mersey Z/38, R.N.V.R., 2nd
_s._ of James Ormrod Ellison, of Tarbock Road, Huyton, and
Boundary Road, St. Helens, Lancashire, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth,
dau. of William Robinson; _b._ at St. Ann’s, St. Helens,
Lancashire, 27 Feb. 1897; educ. Ashton-in-Makerfield Grammar School,
was articled as an Electrical Engineer, but on the outbreak of war
enlisted (7 Sept. 1914) in the 1st Battn. 2nd Royal Naval Brigade, was
transferred to the Howe Battn. and sailed from Avonmouth, 27 Feb. 1915.
He was wounded in action at Gallipoli, 1 May, while advancing under
heavy fire, and died in the 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, 27 May,
1915, aged 18 years.
[Illustration: =Reginald Ellison.=]
=ELLISON, ROBERT=, Gunner, No. 36235., R.F.A., eldest _s._
of Ted Ellison, of Bishopwearmouth, Miner, by his wife, Mary, dau.
of John Murphy; _b._ Wheatley Hill, co. Durham, 3 April, 1874;
educ. St. Benett’s School, Sunderland; was a quarry worker; enlisted
6 Sept. 1914; trained at Wycombe, Bucks, and died 13 Dec. 1915, of
wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. previous.
He _m._ at Sunderland 22 May, 1896, Jane (6, Carley Place,
Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of James McGreavy, and had issue: James
Edward, _b._ 13 Oct. 1901; Thomas, _b._ 6 Jan. 1904; Robert,
_b._ 22 May, 1907; John, _b._ 21 Feb. 1913; and Florence May,
_b._ 29 Aug. 1910.
[Illustration: =Robert Ellison.=]
=ELLISTON, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Sailmaker’s Mate (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9489),
201530, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELLOT, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 1517, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Maidenhead, co. Berks; enlisted 30 July, 1897, aged 20;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; reported
missing after the fighting on 25 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Windsor 18
Dec. 1905, Elizabeth (209, Campbell Buildings, Westminster Bridge Road,
S.W.), dau. of (--) Farrell, and had six children: William, _b._
7 Feb. 1907; Claude, _b._ 1 Feb. 1913; Harry, _b._ 11 April,
1914; Cicely, _b._ 7 April, 1908; Marterl, _b._ 28 Feb. 1910;
and Gwendoline, _b._ (twin) 1 Feb. 1913.
=ELLSWORTH, ERNEST MALVERN=, Private, No. 46141, 13th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Alden
Ellsworth, of Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S.A. (died 9 March, 1897), by
his wife, Mary (now wife of Paul S. Allen, of Cobourg, Ontario), dau.
of Daniel Lockhart, of Nova Scotia; _b._ Laconia aforesaid, 1
March, 1894; educ. Ottawa; was a farmer’s hand; joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2 Sept. 1914; came over with the first Contingent,
from Windsor, N.S.; went to the front, April 20, and was killed in
action in France, 21 May, 1915; _unm._
=ELLSWORTH, JAMES=, Private, No. 625, 1st Newfoundland Regt.,
_s._ of Henry Ellsworth, of Carmanville, Newfoundland, by his
wife, Emelia; _b._ Carmanville afsd., 4 Jan. 1889; educ. there;
volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war, and joined
the Newfoundland Regt.; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in
action there, 4 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Borderers
Ravine (Cem. 117, J. 3, grave No. 32).
[Illustration: =James Ellsworth.=]
=ELLWOOD, CHARLES HUGH=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Lincolnshire
Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Col. Arthur Ellwood, of
Mareham-le-Fen, co. Lincoln, V.D. (died April, 1915), by his wife,
Caroline (Manor House, Mareham-le-Fen, Boston), dau. of Robert Addison
Hogsthorpe; _b._ Mareham-le-Fen, 2 Dec. 1887; educ. Lincoln
Grammar School, and assisted his father farming. With his elder
brother, now Capt. A. A. Ellwood, he joined the Horncastle Coy of the
old Lincoln Volunteers in 1903, of which Company their father was
Colonel Commanding, and on the organisation of the Territorial Force
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 17 June, 1911, and on the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914, he and his brother both volunteered for Imperial service
and went to France with their regt. 28 Feb. 1915. Capt. Ellwood was
appointed to the charge of a machine-gun section, and Lieut. Ellwood
was given charge of a section in the trenches. He was killed in action
at Wytschacte, near Messines, Belgium, 1 June, 1915, and was buried
in Dranoutre Churchyard; _unm._ His commanding officer, the late
Col. Jessop, wrote: “He was doing splendidly.... I have sent his name
up more than once for good work”; and Lieut. H. B. Riggull, of the
5th Battn., in a letter dated 14 June, said: “I was very sorry about
Ellwood’s brother. It was very bad luck, especially as he had been
doing such good work. He often used to crawl right out to the German
line at night and gave a lot of valuable information; the General
sent for him, and personally congratulated him.” He was very keen on
miniature shooting, and had won many prizes.
[Illustration: =Charles Hugh Ellwood.=]
=ELMER, JOSEPH HENRY=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R.. Ch. B.
7906), 168002, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=ELRINGTON, GERARD GORDON CLEMENT=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Gerard Gordon Elrington,
Capt. Dorsetshire Regt., by his wife, Mary Tilly (now wife of General
John Miles, of 35, Fitzroy Road, Regent’s Park, N.W.), dau. of the
late Alexander Watson; _b._ Bruges, Belgium, 28 April, 1894;
educ. Cranleigh School, Surrey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd East
Yorkshires, 1 Oct. 1912, went to France with the Expeditionary Force
in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Festubert, France, 30–31
Oct. 1914; _unm._ Capt. H. K. Umfreville, 2nd Battn. Duke of
Wellington’s Regt., wrote: “During the time I commanded the battn.,
during the Aisne fighting and the later operations north of Arras,
2nd Lieut. Elrington has shown conspicuous gallantry, and his company
commander repeatedly expressed to me his admiration of the cheerfulness
and carelessness of danger displayed by this officer.... I may briefly
add the circumstances under which 2nd Lieut. Elrington met his fate.
Near Festubert, on the night of the 30th to 31st, a company of this
battn. was ordered to co-operate with the Sikhs in recovering a trench
captured by the Germans the previous night. 2nd Lieut. Elrington was
leading his platoon in this attack, and was shot through the head
within a few feet of the trench. The trench was not taken, but I
assured myself later that he was quite dead, and his burial was carried
out by the officers of the Sikh (58th Rifles) company in the trench
later on.”
[Illustration: =Gerard G. C. Elrington.=]
=ELSON, GEORGE EDWARDS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4845) S.S.
104229, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ELVES, THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R.. B. 5123), 292957, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=ELWIN, FRANK HAROLD=, 2nd. Lieut., 2nd Battn. Duke of Edinburgh’s
Wiltshire Regt., only _s._ of James Elwin, Tea Planter, Manager of
the Kuttal Tea Estate, Cachar, India, by his wife, Isabel Mary, dau.
of John Henry Weaver; _b._ Darjiling, India, 22 Sept. 1895; educ.
Shrewsbury School, and left there in July, 1914, with the intention
of going on to King’s College, Cambridge, to study Science, a subject
in which he had shown considerable ability. On the outbreak of war,
the following month, however, he enlisted in the Shropshire L.I., 9
Sept. 1914. On 7 Nov. following he was given a commission as 2nd Lieut.
in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. of the Wiltshires, and was afterwards
transferred to the 2nd Battn.; he went to France on 24 Feb., and was
killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on the early morning of 12 March,
1915. His Col. wrote very highly of him and his work.
[Illustration: =Frank Harold Elwin.=]
=EMERY, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B., 195662 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EMMERSON, WALTER=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 7698, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EMMOTT, JOHN BARLOW=, 2nd Lieut., 10th (Oldham) Battn. Manchester
Regt. (T.F.). yr. and only surviving _s._ of George Henry Emmott,
M.A., LLM., Barrister-at-Law of the Inner Temple, Queen Victoria
Professor of Law, and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Liverpool University,
by his wife, Elizabeth, 4th dau. of Joseph Bevan Braithwaite,
Barrister-at-Law, and nephew of Alfred, 1st Baron Emmott of Oldham,
P.C., G.C.M.G.; _b._ at Nantucket, Mass., U.S.A., 9 Aug. 1888;
educ. Birkenhead School and Victoria University of Manchester; was
studying the cotton spinning and manufacturing business in the mills
of Messrs. Emmotts and Wallshaw, Ltd., Oldham; obtained a commission
as 2nd Lieut. in 10th Manchester Territorials, 9 March, 1914;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; served with
the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from May to 4
June, 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action at Achi Baba,
Gallipoli. He _m._ 27 Aug. 1913, Doris Lees, sister of 2nd Lieut.
R. G. L. Ascroft (killed in action the same day as his brother-in-law),
dau. of the late James Henry Ascroft, of Oldham, Solicitor; _s.p._