Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Thomas
Henry Fryer, of Wells, co. Norfolk; _b._ West Kensington, London,
1895; educ. Gorleston High School, Suffolk; went to Canada; joined the
16th Light Horse, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered
for service overseas; left with the First Contingent of the Canadian
Expeditionary Force in Oct.; went to the Front in Feb. and was killed
in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._
=FUCHSBALG, MAURICE MARCELLE=, Private, No. 1450, Honourable
Artillery Coy., only _s._ of Edward Bernard Fuchsbalg, of
Ovingdean, Trinity Road, Tulse Hill, S.W., Managing London Partner of
Schenker & Co., by his wife, Adele, dau. of the late Edward Frankel, of
Vienna; _b._ Brixton, S.W., 29 May, 1888; educ. Dulwich College,
and on leaving there spent four years in Austria, Belgium and France,
and then entered his father’s business in London, where he held an
important post when war broke out. He joined the Honourable Artillery
Coy., 21 Aug. 1914; went to France, 27 Dec. 1914; was wounded in
action at Ypres and admitted to the Canadian Stationary Hospital at Le
Touquet, 15 Feb. 1915, and died there on the 23rd; _unm._ Buried
in the Cemetery there.
[Illustration: =Maurice M. Fuchsbalg.=]
=FULCHER, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4450, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Charles Fulcher, of Easton, Wickham Market, co. Suffolk;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FULFORD, WILLIAM IRA=, Private, No. 109346, 4th Canadian Mounted
Rifles, 3rd _s._ of Henry York Fulford, of Silcote, Ontario,
Canada, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of the late Samuel Greenfield;
_b._ Sydenham, Grey co., Ontario, 29 Nov. 1888; educ. Owen Sound
and Toronto; was a first class mechanic and was employed in the Russell
Automobile Factory of Toronto; enlisted 12 April, 1915; left Canada
with a draft for the 2nd Contingent, went to the Front about 1 Nov.
1915, and was killed in action near Ypres 1 Dec. 1915, by a shell which
burst over the tent he was then in. He was buried at Chateau Rosenburg
(grave E. Ref. B. 670, 11); _unm._ His officers all spoke highly
of him, one wrote: “As his troop officer I found your son to be a
thorough soldier, always dependable and filled with a patriotic desire
to do the most for his country.”
[Illustration: =William I. Fulford.=]
=FULLER, COLIN MELVILLE=, Private, No. 2271, H Coy. 1/4th Battn.
Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Robert Henry Fuller, of
10, Epsom Road, Croydon, Tea Merchant, by his wife, Janet Hellen Innes,
dau. of Colin Wright, of Perthshire; _b._ Croydon, co. Surrey, 13
Sept., 1894; educ. there; was in the Motor Trade; volunteered on the
outbreak of war, and enlisted Aug. 1914; went to France in November,
1914, and was killed in action at the battle of Neuve Chapelle, 11
March, 1915; _unm._
=FULLER, FRANK ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 1676, 1/8th Battn.
The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Alfred Fuller, of 11,
Laurel Villas, New Road, Bedfont, Middlesex, Gardener, by his wife,
Belinda, dau. of William Bowden; _b._ Hoddesdon, co. Herts,
4 Jan. 1894; educ. Ivor Heath, Bucks; was a gardener; joined the
Middlesex Territorials in 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered
for foreign service; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed
in action at Zonnebeke in the fight for Hill 60, 26 April, 1915;
_unm._ His brother Thomas, 1/8th Middlesex, was killed in action
the same day as himself (see his notice), and four other brothers are
now on active service: William, Bombardier, No. 55760, R.F.A.; James,
Private, No. 77739, R.H.A.; Harry, Private, No. 1281, Royal Fusiliers;
and Victor, No. 10881, Army Cyclist Corps.
[Illustration: =Frank Alexander Fuller.=]
=FULLER, HARRY=, Ship’s Corpl. 1st Class, 208912, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FULLER, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R.. B. 5769), 179913, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FULLER, LEONARD=, Private, No. 1170, Princess Patricia’s Canadian
Light Infantry, 5th _s._ of the late Alfred Fuller, of Ramsey, co.
Hunts. J.P. and Alderman of Hunts County Council, by his wife, Augusta
Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Pope Bates, of Ramsey, M.R.C.S.; _b._
Ramsey, co. Hunts, 2 Sept. 1881; educ. Aldenham School, Herts; went
to Canada in 1912, and settled at Montreal as a Real Estate Agent;
volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined P.P.C.L.I. in Aug. 1914;
came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; trained on Salisbury Plain
during the winter; went to France, Dec. 1914, and died at Dickebusch,
Belgium, 8 March, 1915, from wounds received in action at St. Eloi. He
was buried in the Regimental Cemetery at Dickebusch; _unm._
[Illustration: =Leonard Fuller.=]
=FULLER, THOMAS=, Private. No. 7681, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Alfred Fuller, of 11, Laurel Villas, New
Road, Bedfont, Middlesex, Gardener, by his wife, Belinda, dau. of
William Bowden; _b._ Hoddesdon, Herts, 27 Oct. 1889; educ. Iver,
Bucks; was employed on the Metropolitan Railway; joined the Middlesex
Territorials in 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for
foreign service; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in
action at Zonnebeke in the fight for Hill 60, 26 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Thomas Fuller.=]
=FULLER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 106984, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FULLICK, ROBERT STANLEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13038 (Po.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FUNNELL, THOMAS EDWARD=, Leading Stoker, Coast Guard, 299136
(Po.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FUREY, IGNATIUS=, Private, No. 1312, 1st Newfoundland Regt.,
_s._ of George Furey, of Harbour Main, Newfoundland, Fisherman
and Farmer, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Michael Murray; _b._
Harbour Main, aforesaid, 29 July, 1896; educ. High School there;
joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 27 March, 1915; left for
England, 27 April, 1915; served at the Dardenelles, and died in the
Third Canadian Stationary Hospital at Mudros, Gallipoli, 7 Dec. 1915,
of tetanus and frostbite; _unm._
=FURNESS, ARTHUR=, Sapper, No. 20130, 55th Coy. Royal Engineers,
2nd _s._ of George Furness, of 64, Gibraltar Road, Halifax, Fruit
Merchant and Commission Agent, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of George
Hodson; _b._ Halifax 5 Dec. 1889; educ. Halifax Council School;
enlisted in May, 1910, and when the war broke out had been stationed at
Singapore for three years. He was ordered home with his regt., went to
France in Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Fauquissart, 21 March,
1915; _unm._
=FURPHY, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R, Ch. B. 10045), S.S. 2611,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FURSE, GEORGE ARMAND=, Capt., Royal Field Artillery, 2nd
_s._ of the late Edmund Furse, of Alphington, Frimley, co.
Surrey, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Fred King; _b._ Rhode Island,
Providence, U.S.A., 21 Feb. 1880; educ. Cheltenham and Woolwich;
gazetted to F. Battery, R.H.A., 23 Dec. 1898, and promoted Lieut. 15
Feb. 1901, and Capt., 116th Battery, 29 April, 1907. In 1909 he was
appointed to V Battery in India, and after three years came home to
do a musketry course. When war broke out he was posted to the 60th
Battery. R.F.A., and went to France with the 2nd Division, 17 Aug.
1914. He died at Verneuil, 16 Sept. 1914, of wounds received at the
Battle of the Aisne the previous day, and was buried near Bourg.
Capt. Furse _unm._ at Rawal Pindi, Punjab, India, 2 March,
1905, Hazel (Little Cranford, Strawford, Winchester), dau. of the
late Elton Forrest, D.C. of Forests [by his wife, Emily, dau. of the
Rev. Frederick Wickham, 2nd Master of Winchester College], and had
three daus.: Lilian Emilée, _b._ 2 April, 1906; Aileen Armanda,
_b._ 24 Aug. 1910; and Mélanie Hazel, _b._ 1 June, 1912.
[Illustration: =George Armand Furse.=]
=FUTRILL, CHARLES=, Private, No. 5270, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Futrill, of The Stalls, Salter
Lane, Redditch, Worcestershire, Ostler, by his wife, Fanny;
_b._ Bewdley, co. Worcester, 25 Dec. 1884; educ. Board School,
Stratford-on-Avon; was employed at Coventry Gas Works; enlisted, 8 Dec.
1903; served in Egypt 29 Sept. 1906 to 21 Oct. 1907; went to France,
12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914. He
_m._ at St. Peter’s Church, Coventry, 9 June, 1908, Sarah Ann (14,
Pridmore Road, Foleshill, Coventry), yst. dau. of William Southam, of
Helmdon Green, co. Northampton; _s.p._
=FUTTER, FRANK CHARLES=, Private, No. 10554, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Charles Futter, of The School House, Burnham
Thorpe, King’s Lynn, co. Norfolk, Tilemaker; _b._ Burnham Thorpe,
31 July, 1895; educ. there; enlisted 1913; and was killed in action at
Cuinchy. 11 May, 1915; _unm._
=FYFIELD, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 8479, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FYSH, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2986A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FYSHE, FRANCIS=, Lieut., 7th Battery, 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field
Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late
Thomas Fyshe, General Manager, Merchants Bank of Canada, by his wife,
Airs, dau. of Thomas Leigh Leonoweus; _b._ Halifax, Nova Scotia,
7 Dec. 1894; educ. Creighton School, Montreal, and the Royal Military
College, Kingston; gazetted Lieut. Canadian Field Artillery, 1 Aug.
1914; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; came
over with the First Contingent, 3rd Oct. 1914; went to France, 15 June,
1915, and was killed in action near Messines, 27 Nov. 1915; _unm._
Buried at Romarin, Belgium.
[Illustration: =Francis Fyshe.=]
=FYSON, OLIVER=, Private, No. 29546, 16th (Canadian Scottish)
Battn. 3rd Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
the Right Rev. Philip Kemball Fyson, late Bishop in Hokkaido, Japan,
and now Rector of Elmley Lovett, Droitwich, by his wife, Eleanor, dau.
of Richard Lee Furley; _b._ Hull, 25 Oct. 1884; educ. C.M.S.H.
Limpsfield and Loretto School; went to Canada in 1906, and settled at
Vancouver; volunteered on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914, and came
over with the First Contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury
Plain, during the winter of 1914–15; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was
killed in action near Langemarck, 22 April, 1915; _unm._
=GABBETT, EDMOND POOLE=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., eldest _s._
of the late Edmond Richard Gabbett, M.I.C.E., by his wife, Annie Eva
May, dau. of Capt. Poole Gabbett, 31st Regt.; _b._ Old Charlton,
co. Kent; educ. Mr. William White’s School, Bognor; entered the Navy as
a Cadet 15 May 1901, was appointed to H.M.S. Hannibal 1 June following,
became Midshipman 15 June 1901, Sub-Lieut. 15 Aug. 1904; became Lieut.
(N.) 15 Feb. 1906, and Lieut.-Commander 15 Feb. 1914; was appointed
Navigating Lieut. H.M.S. Cressy, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that
ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _m._
=GABELL, JAMES=, Private, No. 15551, 10th Battn., Canadian
Expeditionary Force; _s._ of (--) Gabell; b. 12 April. 1886;
joined the band of the 16th Lancers as a boy, and served 12 years,
obtaining his discharge in March, 1913; went to Canada in April, 1914,
enlisted there on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the
1st contingent, Oct. following; went to France in Feb., and was killed
in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915; _unm._
=GADSEN, WALTER SAMUEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 7531, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GAFFNEY, LÉON ARTHUR=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. Royal
Munster Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of William Gaffney, of Slough, by
his wife, Violet Alice, dau. of the late William Huggins; _b._
Shepherd’s Bush, London, 27 July, 1895; educ. Borlase School, Marlow,
and New College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the University O.T.C.
to the Royal Munster Fusiliers 22 Aug. 1914; landed with his battn. at
Suvla Bay, 6 Aug. 1915, and fell mortally wounded by a bullet through
the abdomen, while leading a bayonet charge on the morning of the 12th.
He died at Tenedos the same day; _unm._ His commanding officer
wrote: “We were holding an advanced position on the crest of a ridge,
and the Turks were attempting to dig themselves in very close to us
under cover of darkness. C Coy, in which your son was, was detailed
to attack them with bombs just before dawn. The attack was carried
out and their trench was occupied.... Your son fell mortally wounded
while most gallantly leading a bayoneting party. He was carried in by a
captain of the Royal Engineers.” Further particulars were furnished by
the captain in command of the company holding the post, who said that
“Lieut. Gaffney was brought into my trench. He was quite conscious and
very brave, as he was suffering until the doctor eased the pain with a
little morphia. There was a heavy fire still against us, and your son
said not to risk any lives getting him away, a brave and thoughtful act
on his part. Of course our stretcher bearers wanted to do their work,
and really the Turks seem rather to respect a stretcher as no one was
hit.” A brother officer of C Coy. adds this tribute: “I can truly say
that he was one of the best fellows, most genial, unselfish, and at the
same time most capable, that I had the privilege of working with. He
was admired and respected alike by his fellow officers and men. I had
an opportunity of seeing him under fire on a few occasions, and his
bravery, coolness and cheeriness proved him to be indeed one of the
fairest flowers of British manhood.”
[Illustration: =Léon Arthur Gaffney.=]
=GAGE, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, L. 10655, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GAIGER, ARTHUR ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10307), 212286,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GAILEY, EDWARD JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10139), 210045, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GAITLEY, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3528), 301057,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GALBRAITH, DONALD JAMES FINDLAY=, Lieut., 9th Battn. (Glasgow
Highlanders) Highland Light Infantry (T.F.), only _s._ of John
Alexander Galbraith, of Lindsaylands, Biggar, co. Lanark, by his wife,
Mary Rogerson McKnight, dau. of James Findlay, Merchant; _b._
Glasgow, 13 May, 1892; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow; and
Glenalmond; obtained a commission in the 9th Highland Light Infantry
(T.F.), 18 Jan. 1911, and was promoted Lieut. April, 1913; volunteered
for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, Nov. 1914,
and was killed in action, near Bethune, 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._
Buried in the grounds in the Chateau de Gorre, near Bethune.
=GALE, MARMADUKE HENRY LITTLEDALE=, Major, 8th Cavalry, Indian
Army, elder _s._ of the late Marmaduke Henry Littledale Gale,
Proprietor Indigo Estate, Pundoul, Bengal, by his wife, Anna (Rayne
Place, Rayne, Essex), dau. of Malcolm Neynoe Macleod; _b._
Muzufferpur, Bengal, India, 3 March, 1873; educ. Wellington and
Sandhurst; gazetted to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 10 Oct. 1894, and
promoted Lieut. 30 Oct. 1896; transferred to the Indian Army in 1897,
and became Capt. 10 Oct. 1903, and Major, 10 Oct. 1912; commanded
a Camel Corps 1903–6; took part in the Mohmond Expedition on the
North-West Frontier, India, 1908 (medal with clasp); was on General
Pilcher’s Staff, 1909–10, then rejoined his regt. and in 1913 was
appointed Squadron Commander in the 8th Cavalry. He was shot at Jhansi,
28 June, 1915, in the execution of his duty, by two Mahommedan Sowars
of the regt., who had been warned to proceed to the Front with a draft
the same afternoon. Major Gale was a very good linguist, and had passed
in higher and lower Hindustani, Punjabi, Arabic, and Pashtu, and was
author of “Hindustani for Beginners.” He _m._ at the Cathedral,
Calcutta, 11 June, 1900, Alice Maude, dau. of John Connell, and had a
dau., Helen Alice, _b._ 9 July, 1901.
[Illustration: =Marmaduke H. L. Gale.=]
=GALLAGHER, WILLIAM AUGUSTINE=, B.A., Capt., 2nd Battn. East
Lancashire Regt., only surviving child of William Gallagher, of 1,
Charlemont Place, Armagh, Solicitor, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of
Thomas C. Ward, of Holywood, co. Down; _b._ at Armagh, 9 Dec.
1882; educ. Clongowes Wood College, co. Kildare, and Trinity College,
Dublin, where he graduated B.A. in June 1906; and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the East Lancashires, 29 Aug. 1906, and promoted Lieut.
26 Sept. 1908, and Capt. 5 Aug. 1914. He served for five years
(1906–1911) in India, and then went to South Africa, where he was
attd. to a Mounted Infantry Battn. at Harrismith till 1913, when he
rejoined his regt. at Wynberg, near Capetown, and was employed on the
Capetown defence works. After the outbreak of war the General Officer
there selected him to bring home the horses of the 10th Hussars, a
duty which he performed with great care. The horses were landed in
excellent condition, and with but trifling loss. For this arduous duty
he was specially thanked. On his return to this country he was sent to
Hursley, near Winchester, and attached to the 8th Division, and whilst
there General Carter selected him as machine-gun officer on his staff.
He went to France early in Nov. 1914 and saw much service there; his
last letter to his mother, written a day before his death, stated that
he was at very hard work and would not be able to write for some time.
The next day (11 March) the Battle of Neuve Chapelle was fought, and
at night he was sent with orders to the brigade commanders engaged in
the firing-line, a duty attended with great danger, as the roads were
swept with shell fire. A shell burst over himself and the orderlies
who accompanied him. Capt. Gallagher was struck on the side of the
head with a fragment of a shell, and his death was instantaneous; the
orderlies were untouched. He was buried the next day in an orchard near
Neuve Chapelle, under heavy shell fire from the enemy; _unm._
General Carter, in sending particulars of his death, described Capt.
Gallagher as “A truly gallant officer and one of the best fellows he
ever knew.” He further stated that “he had done such good work with
the brigade that he had great pleasure in bringing it under the notice
of the General Officer Commanding the 8th Division. All the staff
appreciated his kindness of heart, his cheery good fellowship and
undaunted gallantry.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] for gallant and
distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =William A. Gallagher.=]
=GALLANT, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 69366, 26th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Sylvain Gallant, of Shives, Athol,
New Brunswick; _b._ Bloomfield, Queens co., Prince Edward Island,
2 March, 1895; educ. there; volunteered after the outbreak of war and
joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5 Feb. 1915; and was killed in
action in Belgium, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Gallant.=]
=GALLERY, JOHN RICHARD=, Private, No. 6828, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Henry Gallery, of 303, Bolton Road, Small
Heath, Birmingham (who served 12 years in the 5th Dragoon Guards),
by his wife, Martha, dau. of Richard Butler; _b._ Curragh Camp,
Dublin, 1886; educ. Brookfields Board School; joined the Coldstream
Guards, 25 June, 1906, and after serving his time received an excellent
character from his Commanding Officer, who wrote: “This man has
been with me since 1911, during which time I have found him without
exception to be an unusually hard-working and trustworthy man. He was
with me throughout the training season of 1912 as telephone clerk,
a post which he filled to my entire satisfaction, despite the great
calls made upon his energy and zeal which such a post frequently
necessitates;” rejoined on mobilisation 5 Aug. 1914; went to France
about 15 Aug. and was killed in action there 6 Sept. 1914; _unm._
He was a 1st class signaller.
[Illustration: =John Richard Gallery.=]
=GALLOWAY, ARCHIBALD WILSON=, Signalman, 232376, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PAYNE-GALLWEY, PHILIP FRANCIS=, Lieut., 21st Lancers, attached
9th Lancers, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Francis Henry Payne-Gallwey,
M.A., Rector of Sessay, Thirsk, by his wife Florence Kate, 2nd dau. of
Col. Arthur Lowry Cole, C.B., 17th Regt. [Earl of Enniskillen coll.,]
and great grandson of Gen. Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Bart.;
_b._ Kirby Knowle Rectory, 7 March, 1893; educ. West Downes and
Winchester College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Nov. 1912, promoted Lieut. 5
Aug. 1914, and attached to the 9th Lancers 12 Aug. following. He was
killed in action at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=GALPIN, HAROLD ERNEST SYDNEY=, Bugler, Ch. 17926, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GALPIN, WILLIAM FRANK=, Rifleman, No. 9365, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade), The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William
Henry Galpin, of 11, Montrose Terrace, Plymouth, Timber Salesman, by
his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of John Hocking Francis, of Penzance;
_b._ Plymouth, 1 Sept. 1890; educ. Lipson House School, Plymouth,
and obtained Honours in Cambridge Local Exam.; became a quantity
surveyor on the staff of H.M. Office of Works, Westminster; was a Scout
Master and received the Baden Powell Warrant, dated 7 June, 1910;
joined the (Territorial) Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. at Bodmin, in
1911, but in 1913 transferred to the London Rifle Brigade; volunteered
for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 4 Nov.
1914, where he was attached to the 11th Brigade (4th Division), and
was killed in action 13 May, 1915, at Wieltje, during the 2nd Battle
of Ypres, the same day Sergt. Belcher of his Battn. won the V.C. The
London Rifle Brigade had been subjected to a terrific bombardment for
nearly three weeks, and its strength had been reduced to less than 200
men. He was buried near Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Frank Galpin.=]
=GAMBLE, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3895), 189970, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GAMBLE, RICHARD MAURICE BROOKS=, 2nd Lieut., 1/7th Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Richard Keene Gamble, of
51, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Carriglea, Greystones, co. Wicklow,
and Derrinboy House, Kilcormac, King’s Co., B.L., J.P., President of
the Chamber of Commerce, Dublin, by his wife, Hannah Maria, dau. of
Maurice Brooks, of Oaklawn, co. Dublin, J.P., D.L., and gdson. of
the late Richard William Gamble, of Killooly Hall, King’s Co. and
51, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Q.C., County Court Judge, Ireland;
_b._ at Leeson Park, Dublin, 16 July, 1893; educ. M. Le Penton’s
School, Dublin, afterwards at Tonbridge School, Kent, and Trinity
College, Dublin, where he had matriculated in Arts and Medicine, and
was about to take his degree when war broke out. He was a member of the
O.T.C., and immediately volunteered and was gazetted to the Liverpool
Regt. 5 Sept. 1914. He went with his regt. to the Front in March,
1915, and was killed in action, when leading his men in an attack on
the German trenches, at Richebourg, on the night of 15–16 May, 1915,
and was buried at the Rue de Bois, half a mile south of Richebourg
St. Vaast, with eight brother officers killed in the same attack;
_unm._ His Commanding Officer thus described the circumstances:
“We were ordered to take the German trenches.... Under heavy fire he
led his men with the greatest bravery, and had reached the parapet of
the German trenches when he fell with two Germans under him, death
being instantaneous.” Lieut. Gamble obtained a silver medal for
shooting when at school in Dublin, and was very keen on fishing and
shooting.
[Illustration: =Richard M. B. Gamble.=]