(T.F.), 4th _s._ of Solomon Goldbaum, of 26, Maroon Street,
Stepney. E., by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Harry Trager; _b._
Edinburgh, 23 Feb. 1898; educ. Beth Street Council School, E.; was a
sergt. in the Boys’ Brigade at Tunbridge Wells and enlisted on the
outbreak of war; left for the Dardanelles, Oct., and was lost on H.M.S.
Hythe, off Cape Wells, 28 Oct. 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: “We
had sailed from Mudros at about 4 p.m. in a small sweeper, the Hythe.
It was a rough and squally day, and before we had gone very far a great
number of the men were sea-sick. However, we had almost reached our
destination at Cape Wells, and were beginning to think of disembarking,
when suddenly a large vessel boomed out of the darkness, and in spite
of all efforts to avoid a collision it ran into us, cutting deeply
into our port bow and bringing down our foremast. In ten minutes our
vessel sank, leaving numbers struggling in the water or hanging on to
spars and other floating matter. The boats of the other vessel did all
they could and picked up many poor fellows--but it was all too few,
for nearly 130 were drowned.... As Trumpeter he acted as my mounted
orderly and many are the days we have been in the saddle together. He
was always cheerful and willing, and knew how to use his head.”
[Illustration: =Harry Goldbaum.=]
=GOLDIE, BARRE HERBERT=, 2nd Lieut., Reserve of Officers, Indian
Army, attached 32nd Lancers and Imperial Service Cavalry, elder
_s._ of Col. James Ord Goldie, of 12, Tisbury Road, Hove, by his
wife, Florence, dau. of Gen. Cumberlege, Madras Cavalry; _b._
Jubbulpore, India, 27 Jan. 1877; educ. Rottingdean, Wellington
College, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he graduated M.A.
with honours, and was engaged in scholastic work in Hyderabad when
the European War broke out. He obtained leave from the Nizam to leave
his post, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Indian Army, Oct. 1914, and
attached to the 32nd Lancers at Jubbulpore, whence he went to Egypt to
join the Imperial Service Cavalry. He died 29 April, 1915, of wounds
received in action during the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez
Canal; _unm._
=GOLDING, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Petty Officer, 178836, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOLDSMID, SYDNEY ALEXANDER=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., only _s._ of the late Sydney Goldsmid, by his wife,
Julie (now wife of Lieut.-Col. George Annesley-Smith, of The Chase,
Camberley, late Worcestershire Regt.), dau. of the late William S.
Hart, C.S., retired, and great nephew of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, 1st
Bart.; _b._ Southsea, 6 May, 1893; educ. United Services College,
Windsor, and R.M.C., Sandhurst, gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4 Sept. 1912,
promoted Lieut. 20 Sept. 1914, killed in action with the Expeditionary
Force at Ypres 7 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was mentioned for
reconnaissance work in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914,
and his commanding officer, Col. Stuart, wrote: “I cannot speak too
highly of him. He had done such excellent work throughout the campaign
and was a capital officer and good comrade.”
[Illustration: =Sydney A. Goldsmid.=]
=GOLDSMITH, BERTIE HURR=, A.B., Chatham R.F.R., B. 7484, R.N.,
_s._ of Henry George Goldsmith, of Southwold, Dealer, by his wife,
Elizabeth Ann, dau. of John Hurr, of Southwold, Fisherman; _b._
Southwold, co. Suffolk, 17 April, 1885; educ. St. Edmund’s School
there; joined the Navy, 5 Jan. 1903, and after serving his time passed
into the R.N.R., and when War broke out was in the Birmingham City Fire
Brigade; mobilised Aug. 1914, and was lost in H.M.S. Aboukir, when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at
Chislehurst, 21 Sept. 1912, Minnie Maria (41, Albany Road, Chislehurst,
Kent), dau. of Thomas Witherden, and had a dau., Florence Irene Bertie,
_b._ (posthumous) 15 Dec. 1914.
[Illustration: =Bertie Hurr Goldsmith.=]
=GOLDSMITH, THOMAS MARK=, Private, No. 18199, 1st Suffolk Royal
Field Artillery; _s._ of Henry George Goldsmith, of Southwold,
Dealer, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of John Hurr, of Southwold,
Fisherman; _b._ Southwold, co. Suffolk, 29 May, 1888; educ. St.
Edmund’s School there; was a butcher; enlisted 30 Jan. 1915; went to
France 3 March, 1915, and died 25 April, 1915, of wounds received in
action there. He _m._ in London, 26 Dec. ..., Matilda Kathleen,
dau. of (--) Shaw, and had a son, Thomas Olaf, _b._ 6 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Thomas Mark Goldsmith.=]
=GOLDSTON, LIONEL EMANUEL=, Rifleman, No. 2130, 21st Battn. (1st
Surrey Rifles) London Regt. (T.F); 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Nehemiah
Goldston, Minister (for 26 years) of the South East London Synagogue,
New Cross, S.E.; _b._ New Cross, 29 Sept. 1895; educ. Mantle
Road Secondary School, S.E.; at the age of 17 joined the staff of
the “Société Generale” Bank in Regent Street, where he showed great
ability; joined the Surrey Rifles three days after the declaration of
war (7 Aug.), went to the Front with them in March, 1915, was present
at the Battle of Festubert and was killed in action at Givenchy, 30 May
following; _unm._ He was buried at Windy Corner near that place.
His company commander, Capt. C. W. B. Hislop, in reporting his death,
wrote that he “had fulfilled his duties thoroughly,” and that his last
words were: “I am all right, Sir.”
[Illustration: =Lionel E. Goldston.=]
=GOLDSWORTHY, ALFRED ERNEST=, Private, No. 18194, 1st Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of William Goldsworthy,
Miner, by his wife, Ann; _b._ Frizington, Cumberland, 10 Dec.
1886; educ. Church School there; went to Canada, 18 March, 1907;
enlisted on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
at Ypres, 30 April, 1915. He _m._ at Laxey, Isle of Man, 3 Jan.
1915, Ellen Elizabeth (Sea View Bungalow, Maughold, Ramsey, Isle of
Man), yst. dau. of the late John Keen, Joiner; _s.p._
=GOLIGHTLY, WILLIAM=, A.B., S.S. 3110, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOLLOP, ALPHONSO=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 806), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOLPHIN, JOHN RENNER=, Private, No. 2304, 6th Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), only _s._ of George Golphin, of
14, Holme Avenue, Walkerville, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Foreman Shunter,
N.E.R., by his wife, Mary Murdie, only dau. of the late Anthony
Renner, Farmer; _b._ Heaton, Newcastle, 26 Aug. 1888: educ.
Council Schools there and Skerry’s College, Newcastle-on-Tyne; and on
leaving the latter in 1903, became a Clerk in the Forth Goods Station,
N.E.R. He was a bugler in the Band of the Royal Engineers Volunteers,
Newcastle, 1906–09, and when war broke out, enlisted 6 Sept. 1914; went
to France with his regiment, 19 April, 1915, and died 28 April, 1915,
of wounds received in action in the heavy fighting at St. Julien on the
26th. He was buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery, France; _unm._ Private
Golphin was a member of the N.E.R. cricket and footballers clubs, and
also played for the Hexham County Association Football Club, 1912–13,
and was a prominent member of the N.E.R. Institute Billiard Team.
[Illustration: =John Renner Golphin.=]
=GOMES, MANOEL ANTONIO=, Gunner, No. 40530, 2nd Battery, 1st Field
Artillery Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of
Manoel Gomes Beinhos, of the Island of Madeira, by his wife, Joqina,
dau. of Antonio de Jesus, of Nossa Senhora da Monte, Madeira, and
nephew of Manuel de Jesus, of 14, Pitt Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice,
British Guiana; Merchant; _b._ Madeira, 24 May, 1892; went to
British Guiana in 1902 and entered the employ of his uncle there;
joined the B.G. Militia (No. 2291, No. 7 Coy.), 5 Oct. 1909; went
to Canada, 5 May, 1913, and entered the Ontario Business College in
Belleville, and on leaving there obtained a post with the Grand Trunk
Railway; volunteered on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914
and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force; left for England with
the 34th Battery in the first contingent Oct. 1914; went to France in
Feb. and was killed in action at the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April,
1915, a shell bursting directly under his horse, when bringing up
ammunition. He was buried near the wagon lines between the Brielen Road
and the Yser Canal, and a cross with his name, etc., was erected by his
comrades. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Manoel Antonio Gomes.=]
=GONELLA, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 9716, Machine Gun
Section, 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._ of Joseph William
Gonella, of 82, Pomeroy Street, New Cross, by his wife, Juliet, dau.
of Charles Perkins, of St. Lukes]; _b._ Nunhead, S.E., 20 June,
1890; educ. Kender Street Council School, New Cross; enlisted 6 Oct.
1909, and at the time war broke out was a Fitter at the Brixton Garage,
of the British Motor Cab Co.; mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to the Front
with the First Expeditionary Force, served through the retreat from
Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, etc., and was severely
wounded in the attack on Hill 60 on 22 April, 1915, and again later in
the day while being carried off the field, the two Ambulance men being
killed. He was sent to the First Eastern Hospital at Cambridge, where
he died, 6 May, 1915. He was a fine all round athlete and winner of
many boxing competitions. He _m._ at St. Jude’s Church, Peckham,
10 Sept. 1911, Rose, dau. of William French, of Falkner Street, New
Cross, S.E., and had two daus.: Martha Juliet, _b._ 18 July, 1912,
and Alice Rose, _b._ 18 Dec. 1914.
[Illustration: =Joseph William Gonella.=]
=GOOCH, ALFRED=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 34), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOODAIR, HUGH JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17409, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GOODBODY, HENRY EDGAR=, Capt., 4th. attd. 1st. Battn. Leinster
Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Henry Goodbody, of T. H. & E.
Goodbody, Tea Merchants, Tower Street, London, by his wife, Margaret,
dau. of (--) Paterson; _b._ Dublin, 10 Nov. 1884; educ. Monkton
Combe Senior School, Bath and Trinity College, Dublin; gazetted to the
4th Battn. Leinster Regt., was promoted Lieut. in the Reserve Battn.,
16 Dec. 1911, and Capt., 1 Feb. 1915; was attached to the 1st Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, 1911–12, and was seconded for service as Assistant
Commissioner of Police, Gold Coast Colony, West Africa, from Oct. 1913
to July, 1914. On the outbreak of war, he was home on leave; rejoined
his old regt. and went to France, Jan. 1915, attached to the 1st Battn.
He was killed in action near Ypres, 12 May, 1915. Capt. Goodbody was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 31 May,
1915. He _m._ at St. Philip’s Church, Milltown, Dublin, Jane
Evelyn (Sheerwater, Monkstown, Co. Cork), dau. of Dep. Surg. General
Thomas Beaumont, I.M.S., and had a son, Errol Beaumont, _b._ 21
May, 1911.
=GOODBURN, JOHN JAMES=, Private, No. 8606, B Coy., 2nd Battn.
Northampton Regt., 3rd _s._ of John James Goodburn. Midland
Railway Carpenter, and nephew of William James Cox, of Melton Mowbray.
_b._ Melton Mowbray, 26 Oct. 1887; educ. British School there;
enlisted 1907; served in India, Aden, Malta and Egypt, where the regt.
was when war broke out. They returned to England early in Oct. and
went to France the following month. He was shot through the shoulder
by a sniper, being killed instantaneously, while drawing rations
for comrades, 27 Jan. 1915. Capt. L. Robinson wrote: “He was a good
soldier.... I was with him when he died, and buried him myself.” His
sixth brother, Sergt. George Henry Goodburn, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and his yst.
brother joined the Canadian Cavalry in Ontario.
=GOODCHILD, FRANK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 16829, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOODCHILD, JOHN WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 9752),
204966, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GOODE, ERIC RALF=, Private, No. 420, 10th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, yr. _s._ of the late William Goode, of Port Pirie,
South Australia, Merchant, by his wife, Marion, dau. of Edward Jones,
of South Australia; _b._ Port Pirie, South Australia, 30 May,
1893; educ. Kyre College, Adelaide, South Australia; was a Clerk in the
employ of Messrs. Elder, Smith & Co., Adelaide; on the outbreak of war
he volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left
for Egypt in Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles
on 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Anzac on the 26th;
_unm._ Private Goode was a good cricketer and was captain of the
cricket eleven at school.
[Illustration: =Eric Ralf Goode.=]
=GOODE, GORDON POWELL=, Corpl., No. 528, 3rd Australian Light
Horse Regt., 1st Light Horse Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force,
4th _s._ of the late William Goode, of Port Pirie, South
Australia, Merchant, by his wife, Marion, dau. of J. Edward Jones, of
South Australia; _b._ Port Pirie, South Australia, 22 Jan. 1886;
educ. Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia, and studied
medicine subsequently for some years at Edinburgh University, but
returned to Australia without completing his course. On the outbreak
of war he volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force;
left for Egypt in Oct. 1914; served at the Dardanelles, July to Oct.
1915, being promoted Corpl. in Aug., and died in the Military Hospital
at Alexandria, 16 Oct. 1915, of enteric, contracted while on active
service in Gallipoli; _unm._ At Prince Alfred College he captained
the tennis, football and cricket teams, and was also Capt. of Athletics
and of the School Gymnastic Team.
[Illustration: =Gordon Powell Goode.=]
=GOODE, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4094), 190573,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GOODHART, ERIC JOHN, D.C.M.=, Med. Milit., Sergt., No. 28055,
2nd Signal Coy. R.E., and Motor Dispatch Rider, only child of John
Stella Goodhart, of Heath House, Donyland, Colchester, Colonial Farmer,
J.P., Lieut. Essex National Reserve, Acting Intelligence Officer,
3rd Army Central Force, by his wife, Florence Marian, dau. of late
Francis Cramp, of Beckenham, Kent; _b._ Fox Bay, Falkland Islands,
South America, 13 Nov. 1893; and was educ. at Haileybury College and
Clare College, Cambridge. He was in the O.T.C. at Haileybury, and got
certificate A on leaving; he then joined the Cambridge O.T.C., in
which he served for nearly a year with the rank of Corporal, and on
the outbreak of war enlisted in the R.E. at Chatham, 6 Aug. 1914, as
a Dispatch Rider. He was appointed Corpl. in charge of the 2nd Signal
Coy., Motor Dispatch Riders, and soon after promoted Sergt. After three
days at Chatham and four at Aldershot, he went to France, was a few
days at Rouen, and then went up to Mons. During the famous retreat
from that place he was in the rear guard, and afterwards was at the
2nd Division Headquarters at Ypres until Nov., when he was given five
days’ leave. He arrived home at Colchester on the 24th; was taken ill
with typhoid fever on the 27th, and died on 10 Dec. 1914; _unm._
He was buried in the old churchyard, East Donyland, on the 15th. He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s despatch of 8 Oct.
[London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914: “For conveying messages under very
dangerous circumstances by day and night, and never failing to deliver
his messages,” and was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Conduct
in the field on 8 Oct. 1914. He also received the French Médaille
Militaire. He spoke German fluently and French, and in consequence of
the former on several occasions (see article in London Magazine, July,
1915, p. 631) got safely through the Germans by telling them that he
was masquerading in English uniform, but was really in the German
Secret Service. Capt. Trench was standing talking to him when the first
shell came into the 2nd Division Headquarters and killed Capt. Trench
and two or three other officers, the only damage he then sustained was
a cut thumb, broken revolver handle, and two spokes of motor cycle.
Letters of high appreciation were received from General Sir C. C.
Monro, General H. Heath, C.B., and General F. J. Maxse, etc.
[Illustration: =Eric John Goodhart.=]
=GOODHEW, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 649), 353191, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOODINGS, JOHN=, Private, No. 5579, 1st Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of William Brown Goodings, of Southwick,
Shipwright, in Messrs. W. Pickersgill and Son’s Yard, by his wife,
Isabella; _b._ Southwick, Sunderland, 26 March, 1880; educ.
Southwick Board School; served his apprenticeship at Pickersgills;
enlisted in the Army in 1898; served through the South African War
1899–1902, and Mauritius 1903–06, and after serving his term, joined
the Reserve, 1906. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, was called up,
and left for the Front with the 1st Battn. of his regt. and was killed
in action at the Battle of Ypres, 6 May, 1915. Buried in La Clytte
Cemetery; _unm._ Immediately Lord Kitchener made his appeal for
recruits, Goodings’ four brothers enlisted. Following this their mother
was taken very ill, and eventually appealed to Capt. John Smith, of
the Salvation Army, to get her boys home. He made an appeal direct to
Lord Kitchener, who wired a reply that the matter would have attention.
The four boys arrived home on the same day, and the day following the
application a wire came from John saying he had arrived at Southampton,
being sent direct from the trenches to his dying mother. He arrived;
the mother died; he returned to duty, and was killed a week later.
=GOODREAN, GEORGE HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 238, 2nd South African
Rifles, _s._ of George Goodrean, of 164, Washington Street, Fall
River, Mass., U.S.A., by his wife, Alice; _b._ Pawtucket, Rhode
Island, U.S.A., 16 Aug. 1889; served for some time in the American
Navy; afterwards went to South Africa; joined the South African Rifles
after the outbreak of war; and died at Luchenza, 10 Nov. 1915, from
injuries sustained while on active service; _unm._ On 5 Nov. while
bathing was taking place, he dived from the ship they were on in very
shallow water and severely injured his head and spine.
=GOODRICH, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7953), S.S.
103620, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOODSELL, CHARLES LEWIS=, Sapper, No. 2084, 1/3rd Kent Fortress
Royal Engineers (T.F.), _s._ of Samuel Goodsell, of Netherfield,
Kent; _b._ Netherfield, 11 Dec. 1875; educ. there; was a Wood
Merchant; enlisted 12 May, 1915; left England for Salonica 1 Oct. 1915,
and was drowned in H.M.S. Hythe, 28 Oct. 1915, when that ship was sunk
off Cape Wells. He _m._ at Mountfield Church, 31 March, 1900,
Caroline (45, Salisbury Road, Bohemia, St. Leonards-on-Sea), dau. of
Henry Selmes, of Mountfield, and had three children: Charles Henry,
_b._ 24 Dec. 1901; George Samuel, _b._ 27 Feb. 1904; and
Winnifred Lucy, _b._ 3 Aug. 1906.
[Illustration: =Charles Lewis Goodsell.=]
=GOODSELL, PERCY=, Corpl., No. 2233, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn.
Royal Sussex Regiment (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Thomas Goodsell, of the
Laurels, Ruck Hill, Horsmonden, Kent, Gardener to Mr. P. Manwaring,
of Horsmonden, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William George Kingham;
_b._ Higham, Salehurst, Sussex, 31 May, 1893; educ. Salehurst and
Brenchley Council Schools; was an Under Gardener to Mr. P. Foster, of
Frant, Sussex; joined the 5th Sussex Territorials in March, 1910, and
served four years; volunteered on the outbreak of war and rejoined 14
Aug. 1914; appointed Corpl. Nov.; went to France with his regt. in Feb.
1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 9 May following; _unm._
Buried in the Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer. While with the Territorials
he won the Silver Medal and held the Silver Cup for shooting for a
year. Three of his brothers are on active service: Private Ernest
Charles Goodsell, M.T., A.S.C.; Private Herbert George Goodsell, 3rd
Reinft. 50th Battn. South Australians; Francis Edward Goodsell, Sig.,
H.M.S. Egmont.
[Illustration: =Percy Goodsell.=]
=GOODSHIP, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2608), 177348, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOODWIN, JOHN HENRY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 183350, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOODWIN, SIDNEY ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17481, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GORBEY, FRANK REUBEN=, Corpl., No. 8930, 1st Battn. Royal Irish
Regt., _s._ of John W. Gorbey, Constable (retired), Royal Irish
Constabulary, now of 92, Main Street, Carrick-on-Suir, by his wife,
Ellie, dau. of I. Huddy; _b._ Villierstown, Waterford, 13 Nov.
1889; joined 1st Battn. Royal Irish Regt. at Dublin, 22 March, 1906;
promoted Corpl. 15 Feb. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 23 April,
1915; _unm._ Buried in the grounds of the Chateau at Hooge. He
distinguished himself at Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915, by bringing in wounded
under fire and blowing up an enemy mine. Two of his brothers, one in
the Irish Guards and one a Corpl. in the 7th Dragoon Guards, serving
with the Expeditionary Force. Corpl. F. R. Gorbey had not met the
latter brother for eight years, but a few days before he was killed
they met during an action. A comrade wrote that: “A braver soldier or
truer comrade never lived. He died as a brave man, with a smile on his
face, and was mourned by his regt. as a true comrade.” His comrade
placed a cross over his grave giving full particulars of how he died.
His brother-in-law, Coy. Sergt.-Major Charles Abbot, 1st Royal Irish
Regt., was also killed in action in May, 1915.
[Illustration: =Frank R. Gorbey.=]
=GORDON, ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., No. 2409, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late Andrew
Gordon, Farm Steward at High Ashurst to Lord Harrowby (died 1899), by
his wife, Edith Ellen (19, Parkhurst Road, Sutton), dau. of Daniel
Sharp; _b._ Warren Farm, High Ashurst, Mickleham, Dorking, co.
Surrey, 14 Aug. 1896; educ. London Orphan School, Watford, Herts
(1904–7), and on leaving there entered the employ of Messrs. W. H.
Smith & Son; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the London
Scottish in Aug. 1914; went to the Front, Jan. 1915, and died of wounds
received at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, being buried in Noeux
les Mines Cemetery; _unm._ His Platoon Sergt. wrote: “He was a
splendid fellow and esteemed by everybody.”
[Illustration: =Alexander Gordon.=]
=GORDON, GEORGE DUFF=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt.,
_s._ of Robertson Barclay Gordon, Procurator Fiscal of Elginshire;
_b._ Elgin, 16 July, 1894; educ. Elgin Academy; Ardvreck, Crieff,
and Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 Jan. 1913, promoted Lieut. 15
Nov. following, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March,
1915. He was buried in Estaires Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Duff Gordon.=]
=GORDON, JAMES WILLIAM NUGENT=, Lieut., 5th (Angus and Dundee)
Battn. (Royal Highlanders) The Black Watch (T.F.), elder _s._ of
William Montgomerie Gordon, Assistant Colonial Secretary of the Colony
of Trinidad, by his wife, Constance Lucretia, yst. dau. of the late Sir
Oliver Nugent, and gdson. of the late James Loudon Gordon, of Brechin,
Solicitor; _b._ Island of Montserrat, West Indies, 18 Oct. 1894;
educ. Aldenham School, co. Herts, where he was a member of the O.T.C.;
and went to Birmingham University in 1913, to study mining engineering.
He obtained a commission in the 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Black
Watch, 19 July, 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for active
service; was promoted Lieut. 1 Sept. 1914; arrived in France with his
Battn., 1 Nov. 1914, and was killed instantaneously in action, in the
trenches at Neuve Chapelle, 22 Feb. 1915, being shot through the head.
He was buried with many others of the Battn. in an orchard close to the
billets of the 5th Battn. Black Watch, near Neuve Chapelle, in “Black
Watch Lane”; _unm._
[Illustration: =James W. N. Gordon.=]