Lancashire Regt., eldest _s._ of Sidney Gompertz Gamble, some
time Borough Surveyor of Grantham and since Feb. 1892, second in
command of the London Fire Brigade, by his wife, Harriet Annie, eldest
dau. of John Sumner, of Blyth, Coleshill; _b._ Grantham, 8 Oct.
1881; educ. at Coleshill School and Luneburg, Germany. On returning
to England in 1899 he was apprenticed as mechanical engineer at the
Hunslet Engine Works, Leeds, and afterwards continued his engineering
studies at the Battersea Polytechnic. On 7 Jan. 1905, he left England
to take up an appointment as Assistant Manager of the Kallina Tea
Estate, India, afterwards holding similar positions at Konapara and
Jellalpore. Owing to ill-health he returned to England in Oct. 1910.
He, however, recovered and left in Dec. 1911, to take up an appointment
as Assistant Manager of the Sungei Rubber Estate, Perak, F.M. States.
He was an enthusiastic volunteer and attained the rank of Sergt.
in the Leeds Rifles and the Surma Valley Light Horse. Being a good
horse and swordsman he carried off many of the best prizes at their
competitions. The news of the outbreak of war coincided with the end of
the first period of his engagement in the Malay States. He therefore
returned to England and at once placed his services at the disposal of
the India Office, hoping that with his intimate knowledge of German,
French, Hindustani, etc., and his great ability to control and manage
the Coolies, he might be able to be of considerable use to the Indian
troops, then on their way from India. On 16 Jan. 1915, he was gazetted
2nd Lieut., and was attached to the 7th Battn. East Lancashire Regt. He
remained with this battn. at Cliveden, Somerset, until 24 March, 1915,
when he received orders to report himself at Southampton, Havre, Rouen
and Marseilles, where he was attached to the 6th Jat Light Infantry,
Dehra Dun Division. On 30 April, with 14 other officers, he left for
Boulogne, and was sent up to the Front on 12 May, and was transferred
on 16 May to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, who were then in the trenches. The
last letter received from him, dated 20 May, 1915, concludes with “I
have just received orders to go and bomb some Germans out of a trench,
so must say good-bye.” From subsequent information it appears that the
actual attack took place on the night of 21–22 May in the trenches
running through Ferme Du Bois, 3,000 metres north-east of Festubert and
2,500 metres south-west of Neuve Chapelle; 1,000 metres west of the
main road from La Bassée to Estaires. The attack was a comparatively
small local affair. He was leading and was described by the observation
officer as being well in front of his men, and deliberately cut a large
gap through the wire and then, thinking his men were just behind him,
jumped over into the German trench. The German fire was so intensely
hot that the men had to lie down, and never reached the trench; the
casualties were all the European officers and 45 per cent. of the men
killed and wounded. The India Office record “2nd Lieut. R. S. Gamble,
7th East Lancashire Regt., attached 1st Gurkha Rifles, officially
reported missing, believed killed 22 May.”
[Illustration: =Richard Sumner Gamble.=]
=GAMBRILL, JOHN=, Chief Stoker, 167791, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GAMMON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 301382, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GAMMON, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3801), 231151, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov 1914.
=GAMMON, WILLIAM STANLEY ARGYLE=, Private, No. 14107, 4th Battn.
Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of William Gammon, of Divinity
Road, Oxford, retired Civil Servant, by his wife, Eva Lizzie; _b._
Oxford, 26 Nov. 1893; educ. Cowley St. John’s Higher Grade School and
City Technical School there; was for some time an apprentice with Mr.
A. C. Vivian, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, and later with Mr. J. Vincent,
High Street, Oxford, and previously to enlisting was with Messrs.
Cowell & Co., Wholesale Stationers, etc., of Ipswich; enlisted 9 Dec.
1914; went to France, 7 Aug., and died in Hospital at St. Omer, 15
Sept. 1915, of acute pneumonia contracted while on active service. He
was buried in the Souvenir Burial Ground one and a half miles from St.
Omer; _unm._
[Illustration: =William S. A. Gammon.=]
=GANDAR, BERTRAM JAMES=, Petty Officer, 196244, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=GANDY, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Sergt., No. 392, North Riding Battery,
Royal Field Artillery, 2nd Northumbrian Brigade, 2nd _s._ of the
late John Henry Gandy, of George Street, Whitby, Carver and Gilder, by
his wife, Hannah; _b._ Little Gonerby, Grantham, 24 July, 1880;
educ. St. Hilda’s R.C. School, Whitby, and was a Carver and Gilder.
He joined the 1st East Riding R.G.A. Volunteers, 11 March, 1903, and
afterwards the R.G.A. Territorials; was called up at the outbreak of
the war, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 19 April,
1915; and was mortally wounded and gassed near Ypres on 24 May, and
died in Hospital at Bailleul, 25 May, 1915. Buried in the New Military
Cemetery, Bailleul. Sergt. Gandy _m._ at S. Hilda’s R.C. Church,
Whitby, 3 Aug. 1900, Sussanah Theresa, dau. of the late Thomas Elliott;
and had three sons and three daus.: George Gregory, _b._ 15
July, 1905; Frederick William, _b._ 24 Oct. 1907; Robert Henry,
_b._ 13 Aug. 1911; Mary Gertrude, _b._ 2 Nov. 1901; Mary
Josephine, _b._ 18 March, 1903; and Hannah Theresa, _b._ 2
Dec. 1909.
[Illustration: =Frederick George Gandy.=]
=GANT, HENRY=, Sergt., No. 2310, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers)
The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of George Gant, of 24, Grove
Street, Bath, Cab Proprietor, by his wife, Mary Sophia, dau. of Richard
Stanley, of Cirencester; _b._ Bath, 22 March, 1880; educ. Bathwick
Boys’ School there, and was a chemist with John Barker, Kensington. He
served three years (1897–1900) with the 1st Somerset Light Infantry
(Bath) Volunteers, and was afterwards for four years in the A.S.C.
Woolwich Territorials. He served through the Boer War as Signaller in
27th Imperial Yeomanry (medal with three bars), and when the European
War broke out, volunteered and joined the 2nd London Regt., 1 Sept.
1914. He was appointed Corpl., left for Malta three days later (4
Sept.); went to France in Jan. 1915; was promoted Sergt. in April,
and died at Rouen, 26 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at
Armentières on the 19th. Buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.
He _m._ at Walcot, Bath, 7 June, 1903, Ada Emily (172, Trevelyan
Road, Tooting, S.W.), eldest dau. of Harry Brewer, of Walcot, and had
two sons and a dau.: Stanley Herbert, _b._ 15 June, 1905; Lewis
Henry, _b._ 4 April, 1907; and Phyllis Margaret, _b._ 15 Dec.
1910.
[Illustration: =Henry Gant.=]
=GARBUTT, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, Tel., 230021, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GARD, ALFRED WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 311869 (Devon); H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GARDINER, ALEC=, Major, R.E., elder _s._ of Lieut.-Col.
Richard Gardiner, of 28, Barkston Gardens, S.W., R.E. (ret.), by
his wife, Agnes Hay, dau. of Major-Gen. Alexander Irving, C.B.,
Royal Artillery, who served right through the Siege of Sebastopol
from start to finish; _b._ Ulwar, Rajputana, India, 28 June,
1873; educ. privately and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the R.E., 24 July, 1891, and promoted Lieut.,
24 July, 1894, Capt., 24 July, 1902, and Major, 24 July, 1911. After
completing the usual courses at Chatham he was ordered to India, and
joined the Railway Branch of the Government of India, and continued
to serve on the Construction and Administration of Railways up to the
outbreak of the present War, with a short interval of war service at
Suakin (British and Egyptian medals). When War was declared in Aug.
1914, Major Gardiner was officiating Agent (Chief Administrative
Officer) of the Oudh and Rohilkund State Railway, and had been since
1909 Lieut.-Col. commanding that railway’s Volunteer Rifle Corps,
devoting his spare time to training the Corps to a recognised state
of efficiency while under his command. The services of Major Gardiner
were placed at the disposal of the Military Department, and he was
ordered to England, but was intercepted in the Mediterranean, and sent
straight to the Front, where he was appointed a field engineer, and
was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London
Gazette, 22 June, 1915]. He was reported to have been last spoken
with near the fighting line on the morning of 20 Dec. 1914, when the
Germans broke through and carried the British lines up to Givenchy
village. He was included in the list of missing, and it was long hoped
he might be in the enemy’s hands, but his fate was ultimately set at
rest through the discovery of his body by the 176th Mining Company,
R.E., during operations carried on by them in front of Givenchy. The
body was exposed by the explosion of one of the German heavy shells,
was identified, and was buried near the Red House, on the sunken road
to Givenchy. All who knew him spoke highly of his untiring devotion
to his work and duty. One of his senior officers wrote: “No braver or
better soldier ever fought for England, and so nobly died--I knew him
well--absolutely fearless for himself, his whole mind concentrated
on the success of the undertaking, he nobly met his death. Not only
at the Front but through the whole of his career work and duty came
first. No man ever maintained such untiring zeal or devoted his life
more unselfishly to the work he undertook for his country. His death
is a grievous loss to all who knew him officially and unofficially.”
He was a keen rifle shot, and interested himself in the members of
his Volunteer Corps becoming first-class shots. In Oct. 1913 he was
appointed to the Executive Council of the Bengal Presidency Rifle
Association in recognition of his interest and work in connection with
musketry. He attended the Annual Meetings held at Meerut, won the
Field Officers’ Cup in 1912, and his teams of Volunteers won the Army
versus Volunteers Competition. Major Gardiner was also conspicuous
in connection with the work of St. John Ambulance Association in
India, especially in the training of the men of the O.R. Ry. Vol.
Rifles, teams of whom successfully carried off the Railway Shield in
1911, 1912, and 1913. In recognition of his services he was made a
Serving Brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and received
the decoration of the order from the Viceroy of India. In the English
Railway World Major Gardiner was known as having, in 1908, brought
forward a system of cab signals and the automatic electrical control of
moving trains as a safeguard against the failure of the human machine.
He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and also of the
Institute of Electrical Engineers. He _m._ at Lucknow, 24 March,
1897, Edith May (The Retreat, Sutherland Avenue, Bexhill), dau. of
Campbell Thomson, M.I.C.E., late Chief Engineer of the N.W. of India
State Railway, and had three children: Richard, _b._ 28 Oct. 1900;
John Campbell, _b._ 20 Nov. 1905; and Dorothy Agnes, _b._ 11
April, 1903.
[Illustration: =Alec Gardiner.=]
=GARDINER, ANDREW=, Private, No. 68450, 25th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Michael Gardiner, of Reserve Mines;
_b._ Reserve Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 2 Feb. 1887; educ.
Reserve Public School; was a Coal Miner and settled at Sidney Mines
where he worked in No. 1 Colliery; volunteered after the outbreak of
war and joined the 40th Battn., 25 Feb. 1915; was drafted to 25th
Battn., 17 May, came over with one of the later Contingents, and died,
12 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action on the 3rd. Sergt. Mowyr,
5th Brigade Mining Section, wrote: “We were in an exposed position,
but the work we were engaged in had to be done, and required men of
nerve--fearless men--to do it. With others we were getting along fine,
when snipers picked off a couple of our brave fellows. I had to call
for volunteers to replace the fellows who died. Scarcely before I gave
the order than poor Andrew jumped forward and worked like a hero. Ho
was only at the job but a short time, when a sniper’s bullet tore a
hole across his forehead rendering him unconscious.... Andrew was one
of the bravest boys in the regiment. He was admired and respected by
all the officers and men, and was a general favourite with the crowd.”
Gardiner was prominent in athletics, being well known player in the
Reserve Mines ball team and later in the Sydney Mines’ Victorias. He
_m._ at Sydney Mines, 15 Feb. 1908, Eveline (Crescent Street,
Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia), dau. of George Bonnar, and
had four children: George W., _b._ 6 June, 1910; John Joseph,
_b._ 13 Dec. 1914; Viola, _b._ 24 Oct, 1908; and Eveline,
_b._ 19 Sept. 1912.
[Illustration: =Andrew Gardiner.=]
=GARDINER, ERNEST FREDERIC (ERIC)=, Private, No. 2312, Honourable
Artillery Company, yr. _s._ of Frederic John Gardiner, J.P., co.
Camb., Proprietor and Editor “Isle of Ely and Wisbech Advertiser,”
by his wife, Amelia, dau. of Fredrick Charles Southwell, of Selborne
House, Wisbech; _b._ Wisbech (Cambs), 22 April, 1892; educ. Barton
School, Wisbech, and Mill Hill School, London; joined the H.A.C. after
the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914, proceeded to the Front at the end of
January, and was killed in action in the trenches at St. Eloi, Belgium,
20 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the grounds of the Château
d’Elzenwalle, near Ypres, on his 23rd birthday.
[Illustration: =Ernest F. Gardiner.=]
=GARDINER, FRED=, Private, No. 77520, 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 6th _s._ of the late
James Gardiner, of Trowbridge, by his wife, Martha (9, Yerbury Street,
Trowbridge), dau. of Charles Pitney; _b._ Trowbridge, co. Wilts,
25 Jan. 1886; educ. Church School there; was a G.W.R. Fireman; went to
Canada in May, 1911; volunteered after the outbreak of War and joined
the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914; came over with the 2nd
Contingent on 20 Feb. 1915; trained at Shorncliffe; went to France, 2
May, and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915; _unm._
=GARDINER, JOHN PHILIP=, Private, No. 9312, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. O.F., _s._ of Edwin Gardiner,
of 56, Alexandra Road, Hornsey, N., Warehouseman, by his wife, Edith
Maria, dau. of George Lamb, of Compton, Wolverhampton; _b._ Esher,
co. Surrey, 7 March, 1895; educ. Stationers’ School, Hornsey, and on
leaving there entered the employ of Messrs. John Howell & Co., Ltd.,
of St. Paul’s Churchyard; joined the London Rifle Brigade, 12 Oct.
1912, and volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war;
went to France, 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Le Gheer, 16
Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Regimental Cemetery at
Ploegsteert. His Capt. wrote: “He was always so plucky and cheery and a
very good little soldier.”
[Illustration: =John Philip Gardiner.=]
=GARDINER, LEWIS=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8458),
294842, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GARDINER, PERCY HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22103, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GARDINER, WALTER ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., 13308, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GARDNER, FREDERICK ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17521, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GARDNER, HENRY PATRICK=, Chief Stoker, 276293, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GARDNER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2431), 179552, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GARDNER, ROBERT MACGREGOR STEWART=, Major, 1st Battn. The
Gloucestershire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Francis William
Gardner, of Thorpe, co. Surrey, Barrister-at-Law of the Middle
Temple, by his wife, Jane, sister of General Sir Robert MacGregor
Stewart, G.C.B., R.A., and dau. of John Stewart; _b._ Hornsey,
co. Middlesex, 25 Aug. 1870; educ. Somerset College, and entered the
Gloucestershire Regt. from the Militia 4 Feb. 1891, being promoted
Lieut. 4 May, 1892; Capt. 24 Feb. 1900, and Major 25 July, 1914. He
served with distinction through the South African War, 1899–1900, took
part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley, and in the operations
in the Orange Free State Feb. to May, 1900, including the actions
at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.), and Poplar Grove and Driefontein, and
afterwards in operations in Natal, May-June, 1900. He was mentioned in
despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and received the Queen’s
medal with four clasps. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug.
1914, Major Gardner went to France with the first Expeditionary Force,
and was killed in action, at Gheluvelt, near Ypres, 31 Oct. 1914. His
Colonel wrote: “We were heavily engaged on Oct. 31, and had to go to
the assistance of the remainder of the Brigade. He dashed to the front
with his company and was hit badly while leading them most gallantly.
The previous day he also displayed the greatest bravery in penetrating
to the front in making a counter-attack.” Another officer wrote of the
valour and dash of his leading, adding: “He was always in front.” He
_m._ at Clifton 25 Oct. 1910, Helen May Bridget, dau. of Charles
Whitchurch Wasborough, of Clifton, and had two daus.: Stella Mary
Bridget, _b._ 19 Nov. 1911; and Vere Daphne Stewart, _b._
posthumous, 11 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =R. M. Stewart Gardner.=]
=GARFIT, THOMAS NOEL CHENEY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 2nd
_s._ of Thomas Cheney Garfit, of Kenwick Hall, co. Lincoln, by his
3rd wife, Gertrude Arabella, dau. of the Hon. Henry Lewis Noel, and
granddau. of Charles, 1st Earl of Gainsborough; _b._ London, W.,
9 Sept. 1891; educ. Wellington College, and Trinity College, Cambridge
(B.A. June, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn.
Durham L.I., 28 Sept. 1913; promoted Lieut. 2nd Battn., 23 Oct. 1914;
went to the Front, 2 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action by a rifle
grenade in the trenches near Armentières, 30 April, 1915. Buried in
Houpline Military Cemetery, near Armentières; _unm._ His Capt.
wrote: “During all the time he was in my company he did his duty
splendidly and was a great favourite with the N.C.O. and men, who all
miss him dreadfully.” Lieut. Garfit was very good at sports and games
and played racquets for Wellington at Queen’s Club.
[Illustration: =Thomas N. C. Garfit.=]
=GARNIER, JOHN WARREN=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. Queen’s
Royal West Surrey Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Rev. Thomas Parrey
Garnier, Hon. Canon of Norwich, Rector of Cranworth, Norfolk, and
fellow of All Souls’ College, Oxford [cadet of Garnier of Rookesbury,
Hants], by his wife, the Hon. Louisa Warren, née Vernon, dau. of George
John, 5th Lord Vernon; _b._ Cranworth, co. Norfolk, 2 June, 1877;
educ. Haileybury College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Queen’s, 16
April, 1901; served in the South African War, 1900–2, took part in the
operations in Cape Colony, June, 1901, to March, 1902, receiving the
Queen’s medal with three clasps, and retired with the rank of Capt. At
the outbreak of the European War he rejoined his old regiment as Capt.
24 Sept. 1914, and was attd. to the 2nd Battn. for active service in
Jan 1915. He went to France, 9 Jan. 1915, and died at the 1st London
General Hospital, St. Gabriel’s College, Camberwell, 28 May, 1915, of
wounds received in action at Festubert, 16 May; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Warren Garnier.=]
=CARPENTER-GARNIER, JOHN TREFUSIS=, Major, Scots Guards, eldest
_s._ of John Carpenter-Garnier, of Rookesbury Park, Wickham, co.
Hants, J.P., D.L., M.P. for South Devon, 1873–84; by his wife, the Hon.
Mary, née Trefusis, 2nd dau. of Charles Rudolph, 19th Lord Clinton;
_b._ Rookesbury Park afsd., 2 Feb. 1874; educ. Harrow and Christ
Church, Oxford; entered the Royal Scots Militia in 1894, and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Scots Guards, 26 Aug. 1896, and promoted
Lieut. 13 April, 1898; Capt. 25 Oct. 1902, and Major 10 Oct. 1908, and
was Adjutant 1903–05, and Regimental Adjutant 1906 to 1909. He served
through the South African War, 1900–2; took part in the operations in
the Orange Free State from May to Nov. 1900, including the actions
at Biddulphsberg and Wittebergen, and subsequently in those in the
Transvaal, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the
King’s with two. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France
with his regt., which formed part of the first Expeditionary Force on
13 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in
action at the Battle of the Aisne, 15 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was
buried at Vendresse, France.
[Illustration: =J. T. Carpenter-Garnier.=]
=GARRETT, ALBERT ISAAC=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9742 (R.F.R., I.C. 36)
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GARRETT, WALTER GEORGE=, Private, No. 4839, 2/8th Battn.
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Albert Garrett, by
his wife, Clara (of Hambrough Terrace, Southall); _b._ Hayes, co.
Middlesex, 3 Dec. 1884; educ. North Road School, Southall; enlisted 8
June, 1915; left England for the Dardanelles, 15 July, 1915, and died
at Alexandria, 20 Dec. 1915, of pneumonia contracted while on active
service; _unm._
[Illustration: =Walter George Garrett.=]
=GARRETT, WILLIAM SYDNEY=, Private, No. 1536, D Coy., 4th Battn.
Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of William Patterson Garrett, of
192, Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Engineer’s Pattern Maker, by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of the late Frederick Baker Goodall; _b._ Ipswich,
11 Nov. 1897; educ. Clifford Road Council School there, and was an
Engineer’s Pattern Maker Apprentice; joined the 4th Battn. Suffolk
Regt. 1914; went to France, 9 Nov. 1914; was killed in action at
Givenchy, 21 Dec. following; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Capt.
M. F. Mason, wrote, speaking highly of him, adding that he had “been a
credit to his Company and Regiment.”
=GARROD, ARTHUR JAMES=, Private, No. 9156, 1st Battn. Suffolk
Regt., 2nd _s._ of William Garrod, of Bramford, Ipswich, Employee
for 30 years at the Chemical Works, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of the
late James Lay; _b._ Bramford, co. Suffolk, 17 Aug. 1896; educ.
Voluntary School there; enlisted 10 Aug. 1914; went to France, 16 Jan.
1915, and was killed in action there, 24 April, 1915; and was buried on
the Zonnebeke Road, near Ypres; _unm._ His brother was reported
missing after the fighting on 8 May, 1915.
=GARROD, CHARLES VALENTINE=, A.B. (R.F.R., 9185), 200552, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GARROD, ROLAND PERCIVAL=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. (City of London
Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th and yst. _s._ of the late
Herbert Baring Garrod, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Lucy Florence
(13, Gainsborough Gardens, Well Walk, Hampstead), and gdsn. of Sir
Alfred Baring Garrod, M.D., F.R.S.; _b._ West Hampstead, London,
31 May, 1895; and was educ. at Loudoun House School, St. John’s Wood,
London, and Uppingham, which he entered as a scholar in 1909. He was
elected to a Classical Scholarship at Clare College, Cambridge, and
to the Archdeacon Johnson Exhibition at the same College, Dec. 1913.
At Uppingham he had been a member of the O.T.C., and on the outbreak
of War was given a commission, 26 Aug. 1914, in the 6th London Regt.
He went to the Front, 16 March, 1915, and was killed in action while
in charge of the machine-guns of his battn. at Festubert, France, 22
May, 1915, and buried in the English Cemetery there; _unm._ Lieut.
Garrod was a cross-country runner of some mark in connection with
Uppingham School Sports, and was also a good ’cello player and led the
’cellos in the Uppingham School Orchestra.
[Illustration: =Roland Percival Garrod.=]