Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late William Gordon, by his
wife, Alice (40, Princess Street, Consett, Durham), dau. of Joseph
Turnbull; _b._ Murton Colliery, 188-; was a Miner; went to Canada
in 1910; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of
war; came over with the first Contingent; went to France in April,
1915, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 22 May, 1915; _unm._
=GORDON, ROBERT FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 3223, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Capt.
Robert Keith Gordon, R.A.M.C. (died 17 Jan. 1892), by his wife,
Caroline (59, Hunter Road, Southsea), dau. of John Standing; _b._
Gibraltar, 6 April, 1875; educ. St. Ignatius College, Malta, and
Collegiate School, Aldershot; and was a Printer’s Manager at Gale &
Poldens. He joined the London Scottish about 1897, and on the outbreak
of war volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 17 Aug. 1915,
and was killed in action, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
=GORDON, SIDNEY EUSTACE LAING=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Henry Laing Gordon, M.D., formerly of
Florence, by his wife, Maud; _b._ Witheridge, co. Devon, 5 June,
1892; educ. Pelham House, West Folkestone; Harrow (Druries, 1906–11,
Head of House, Monitor; Captain of House XI); and Brazenose College,
Oxford (1911–14; Scholar; rowed in College Eights 1913; graduated
with 3rd Class Honours, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 5th Battn.
(Special Reserve of Officers) Royal Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, and
transferred to the 4th Battn. in Dec.; left for the Front, 2 Dec., and
was killed in action at Ypres, 13 March, 1915. While giving an order to
his platoon he was hit by a bullet, which striking a sandbag glanced
off and shot him through the lung. He was buried outside the Regimental
Headquarters dug-out, Verbrandenmolen, Flanders; _unm._ His Col.
wrote: “He was indeed a natural soldier. Such charming gentlemen are
now becoming rare. His loss will be very much felt by the regt. He was
greatly loved by his men, and had a happy tact in dealing with them
which was a credit to his Harrow education.” The Major: “I cannot tell
you how much I feel his loss. He was always cheery and bright; he had
no fear of anything, and whatever work he had to do there was no fuss
about it, he went off and did it. I looked on him as one of my most
experienced young officers”; and his Capt.: “He was an ideal subaltern
in every way; always willing and reliable. Your son was a man without
fear and on one or two occasions I had to check his wishes to do
something which might have cost him his life.”
[Illustration: =Sidney E. L. Gordon.=]
=GORDON, WILLIAM JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7458),
S.S. 102575, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=GORE, SYDNEY KINGSTON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.,
_s._ of Dr. Alfred Joseph Gore, of Ballarat, Australia, and
Kingston, Cherry Garden Avenue, Folkestone, by his wife, Edith, dau.
of the late Henry Tompkins, of Abingdon Street, Westminster; _b._
Barry, co. Glamorgan, 12 July, 1889; educ. Grammar School and Penfillan
House, Folkestone; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn.
Royal West Kent Regt. May, 1910, transferred to the 1st Battn. 14 Dec.
1912, and promoted Lieut. 17 Sept. 1914; killed in action near Neuve
Chapelle, 28 Oct. 1914; _unm._ There had been severe fighting for
three days, and only three officers were left in the battn. Sergt.
Elson stated that the regt. was surrounded, that Lieut. Gore and A
Coy. went forward to take up flank fire after the Wiltshires and Irish
Rifles had retired, and that Lieut. Gore was shot through the head, and
his body was found the next day. Col. Martyn, his commanding officer,
wrote: “He was a gallant officer, beloved by the whole regt., who
greatly mourned his loss.” He was buried in a wood close to the spot
where he fell.
[Illustration: =Sydney Kingston Gore.=]
=GORMAN, CHARLES JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 108091, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GORMAN, JAMES TOLAND=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10520), S.S. 2796, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GORMAN, MICHAEL=, L.-Corpl., No. 7712, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Michael Gorman, of Edinburgh (died July,
1907), by his wife, Jessie, dau. of James Pollock; _b._ Canongate,
Edinburgh, 1886; educ. St. Michael’s Roman Catholic School there;
enlisted during the South African War, and served in that campaign, and
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed
in action, 14 Dec. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Dispatch dated 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915. He
_m._ at Edinburgh, Sarah (401, Great Eastern Road, Glasgow), dau.
of Thomas Wood, of Glasgow, formerly of Edinburgh, and has issue two
children: Thomas Wood, _b._ 15 Feb. 1910; and Jessie, _b._ 28
April, 1907.
[Illustration: =Michael Gorman.=]
=GOSLING, ERNEST ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9016, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GOSLING, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3312), 210078, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOSLING, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2785), 341006 Chatham, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov
1914.
=GOSS, ERNEST=, Gunner, R.M.A., 7695, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOSS, HENRY THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 12656, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOTCH, DUNCAN HEPBURN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Worcestershire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Davis Frederic Gotch, of Bassingburne, Abington
Park, Northampton, Assistant Secretary for Education for Northampton,
by his 2nd wife, Ethel, dau. of Frederic Hepburn; _b._ Kettering,
Northants, 25 Aug. 1891; educ. Oundle School and Gonville and Caius
College, Cambridge, where he obtained a Natural Science Scholarship and
a special County Council Scholarship, and, in 1913, took an honours
degree in natural science, after which he was appointed to the Imperial
Bureau of Entomology. He joined the Artists Rifle Corps in Feb. 1914,
and when war was declared volunteered for Imperial Service and left
for France in Oct. After going through his course of training there he
was gazetted to the 1st Worcestershires, 1 Jan. 1915, and joined them
at the Front on 15 Jan. At the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, on 11 March,
1915, he was the last officer left in action with his company, and he
was killed as he led his men to the charge. He was buried one mile N.W.
of Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Col. May, of the Artists, wrote: “He
splendidly upheld the best traditions of the British Army and possessed
the goodwill of all of us who came into contact with him. His name will
always be remembered in this regt. with pride as well as sorrow”; and
a brother officer in the Worcesters: “He had only been with us a month
or two, but in that time, by his cheeriness, by his keenness, and by
his hard work and enthusiasm we had all got to like him immensely. His
cheerfulness was catching.... He was very plucky and would insist on
exposing himself unnecessarily, generally in the hope that he would
spot the enemy or find some better place for his platoon. His loss
is a real one for the regt. for he was one of the right stuff and of
the sort we want in the Worcestershire Regt. A brave, cheery, kindly,
popular officer and we can ill afford his loss.” The Principal of the
Imperial Bureau also wrote: “He was one of the keenest and most willing
assistants I have ever had, and showed every promise of making a name
for himself as a scientific worker. His cheery enthusiasm and charm of
manner endeared him to all who had the pleasure of working with him,
and his place will be hard indeed to fill.”
[Illustration: =Duncan Hepburn Gotch.=]
=GOUGH, ERIC JOHN FLETCHER=, Capt., 1st Battn. Irish Guards,
only _s._ of the late Major Thomas Armstrong Gough, 1st King’s
Dragoon Guards, and afterwards Adjutant of the 3rd (Militia) Battn.
Royal Fusiliers, by his wife, Blanche (now wife of Claude Langley,
of 9, Onslow Crescent, S.W.), dau. of John William Fletcher, Bengal
Army; _b._ 20 Nov. 1888; educ. Westgate (Mr. E. M. Hawtrey’s) and
Eton; joined the (then) 7th Battn. Rifle Brigade (Special Reserve),
17 Feb. 1906, entered the Irish Guards as a probationer in 1909 and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 28 April, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 25 Nov.
following, and Capt. 14 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 12 Aug. 1914
with his Battn. in the 4th (Guards) Brigade, served through the retreat
from Mons, and the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne and Ypres, and
was killed in action between Bethune and La Bassée, 30 Dec. 1914;
_unm._ He was mentioned in Sir John French’s despatch of 5
April-31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
[Illustration: =Eric John Fletcher Gough.=]
=GOUGH, JOHN EDMOND, V.C., C.B., C.M.G.=, A.D.C., Brig.-Gen.,
yr. _s._ of the late Gen. Sir Charles John Stanley Gough, V.C.,
G.C.B., by his wife, Harriette Anastasia, dau. of the late John William
Power, of Gurteen le Poer, co. Waterford, M.P., J.P., D.L., and nephew
of the late Gen. Sir Hugh Henry Gough, V.C., G.C.B.; _b._ Murree,
India, 25 Oct. 1871; educ. Eton and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Rifle Brigade, 12 March, 1892, and
promoted Lieut. 6 Dec. 1892; Capt. 5 Dec. 1898; Brevet Major 29 Nov.
1900; Brevet Lieut.-Col. 22 April, 1903; Brevet Col. 14 Aug. 1907;
Major 6 May, 1908; Col. 23 Dec. 1909, and temp. Brig.-Gen. 9 Oct. 1913;
was employed in British Central Africa Protectorate, 26 Aug. 1896 to 9
Dec. 1897; took part in expeditions against Chikusi and Chilwa (medal
with clasp); also in the Nile expedition 1898; present at Battle of
Khartoum (medal, Egyptian medal with clasp); served in South African
War, 1899–1902; was A.D.C. to Major-Gen. Infantry Brigade, 19 July to
9 Sept. 1900, and Brigade Signalling Officer (graded Staff Capt.),
10 Sept. to 31 Oct. 1900; took part in operations in Natal, 1899,
including action at Lombard’s Kop; defence of Ladysmith, including
sortie of 10 Dec. 1899, and action of 6 Jan. 1900; operations in
Natal, March to June, 1900, including action at Laings Nek (6–9 June);
operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900,
including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and Lydenberg, 5–8 Sept.;
and operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to 31 May, 1902; was
District Commissioner of Lydenberg from Nov. 1900 till the end of the
war (three times mentioned in despatches, [Sir G. S. White, 23 March,
1900; Sir R. H. Buller, 9 Nov. 1900; London Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901];
Brevet of Major; Queen’s medal with three clasps, King’s medal with two
clasps); in East Africa, 1902–3, during operations in Somaliland; on
Staff (as Special Service Officer) with Field Force, 30 Oct. 1902 to 10
Jan. 1904 (twice mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 7 Aug. 1903
and 2 Sept. 1904]; Brevet of Lieut.-Col.; medal with clasp; awarded
the Victoria Cross [London Gazette, 15 Jan. 1904] for conspicuous
bravery at Daratoleh, when with Col. W. G. Walker and Major G. M.
Rolland, of the Indian Army, he succeeded in rescuing Lieut. Bruce,
R.N., mortally wounded during the retreat of the small column he was
commanding of 200 men who were short of ammunition and exhausted by
want of food and water, before a large force of Somali. They rode
back with four soldiers through a hail of bullets and, being cut off
from the retreating column, fought through the enemy and succeeded
in mounting Lieut. Bruce on a camel. Eventually they brought him and
Capt. Godfrey, who was mortally wounded, into camp); D.A.A.G., and Gen.
Staff Officer (2nd Grade) Irish Command, 23 Dec. 1905 to 30 Sept. 1907;
A.D.C. to the King, 14 Aug. 1907; Inspector-Gen. King’s African Rifles,
1 Oct. 1907 to 22 Dec. 1909; in command during operations in East
Africa (Somaliland), 1908–10 (again mentioned in despatches [London
Gazette, 17 June, 1910], clasp); General Staff Officer (1st Grade),
Staff College, 23 Dec. 1909 to 21 Jan. 1913; C.M.G., 24 June, 1910;
Brig.-Gen., General Staff to Sir Douglas Haig, Aldershot Command, 9
Oct. 1913 to 4 Aug. 1914; Brig.-Gen., General Staff, 5 Aug. 1914; went
to France with 1st Army Corps; served through the retreat from Mons
and in the subsequent advance to the Aisne (mentioned in despatches by
F.M. Sir John French [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914]; created C.B. for
services rendered in connection with operations in the field [London
Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915]); severely wounded in action, 20 Feb. 1915, and
died at Estaires on the 22nd. Sir John French in his despatch of 5
April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, said: “I wish particularly to
express my deep sense of the loss incurred by the Army in general and
by the Forces in France in particular in the death of Brig.-Gen. J.
E. Gough, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., A.D.C., late Brig.-Gen. General Staff,
1st Army, which occurred on 22 Feb. as the result of a severe wound
received on 20 Feb. when inspecting the trenches of the 4th Corps.
I always regarded Gen. Gough as one of our most promising military
leaders of the future. His services as Staff Officer throughout the
campaign have been invaluable, and I had already brought his name
before your Lordships for immediate promotion.” On 20 April, 1915, the
posthumous honour of a Knight Commandership of the Military Division
of the Bath was conferred on him by the King “in recognition of his
most distinguished service in the field.” He _m._, 29 June, 1907,
Dorothea (The Pightle House, near Farnham), eldest dau. of the late
Gen. Sir Charles Patton Keyes, G.C.B., and had a dau., Diana.
[Illustration: =John Edmond Gough.=]
=GOUGH, RICHARD=, Private, No. 2488, 3rd Battn. The Monmouthshire
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of James Gough, of Cwm; enlisted on the
outbreak of war; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action
at Ypres, 8 May following; _unm._
=GOULD, ALBERT STANLEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5313, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOULD, CLAUDE=, Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals, 199951; H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOULD, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4424), S.S. 103418,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GOULD, JOHN MILLS=, Private, No. 1135, N.E.R. Coy., 17th
(Service) Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of George
Gould, of Warnford House, Thoralby Aysgarth, co. Yorks, Boarding-House
Keeper and Farmer, by his wife, Isa, dau. of the late John Mills,
of Sunderland, Shipbuilder; _b._ Masham, co. Yorks, 18 Feb.
1889; educ. Driffield and Thoralby; and was a Clerk in the N.E.R.
Stationmaster’s office at Ferrybridge; enlisted 5 Jan. 1915, and died
at Ferrybridge, co. Yorks, of pneumonia contracted while training;
_unm._
=GOULD, LIONEL BERTRAM=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 342695, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GOULD, RICHARD WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3249), S.S.
100944, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOULD, ROBERT STEPHEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10033), 226881, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOULD, ROLAND=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4305), S.S. 1383, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOVER, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4894,
(Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOWER, ARTHUR JOSEPH=, Private, No. 2423, 1/10th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.); eldest _s._ of Joseph Gower, of 31,
Delorme Street, Fulham Palace Road, S.W., Fitter’s Mate, by his wife,
Emma, dau. of Thomas Dicheson; _b._ Walworth, London, S.E., 4
Aug. 1896: educ. Everington Street Council School, Fulham; was Booking
Clerk at Down Street Station; enlisted 28 Aug. 1914, went to India with
his regt. 29 Oct. 1914, and died at Jalapahar, India, 5 June, 1915, of
pneumonia, contracted while on active service; _unm._
=GOWER, FRANK HERBERT HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 12685, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GRACE, JOHN LEYBOURNE=, Trooper, No. 11/264, Wellington Mounted
Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late
Nathaniel Grace, of Gladstone, Carterton, Sheep Farmer, by his wife,
Emily (Carterton, New Zealand), dau. of James Sexton; _b._
Gladstone, Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand, 4 Nov. 1895; educ. High
School there, and Wellington College; was learning sheep farming;
volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Wellington Mounted
Rifles, 12 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force, 16 Oct.; went
to the Dardanelles, May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 30 May,
1915; _unm._ His Chaplain wrote: “Your boy has fallen at his post
like a good soldier, fighting against overwhelming odds. One of our
outposts was cut off for a long night and day, and extricated on Sunday
evening. Happily the enemy was desperately afraid of our boys or not
one would have returned alive, as it was your son was killed in action
along with others.”
=GRAHAM, CYRIL=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Border Regt. (T.F.), eldest
_s._ of Capt. John Graham, manager of the London Joint Stock
Bank, at Whitehaven, by his wife, Allie, dau. of Joseph Saudert
Barnes; _b._ Bank House, Aspatria, Cumberland, 8 Sept. 1895;
educ. St. Bee’s School; obtained a commission in the 5th (Cumberland)
Battn. of the Border Regt. (T.F.), 13 June, 1913; volunteered on the
outbreak of war for Imperial service; went to France 1st Nov. 1914;
was promoted Lieut. April, 1915; took part in the Second Battle of
Ypres in Whitsun week and was shot by a sniper, 27 May, 1915, the day
his Battn. was relieved. He was buried in the grounds of a Chateau at
Potyje; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son was a most
promising young officer and is a very great loss to us all. He was a
great favourite with his brother officers and his men had implicit
trust in him.”
[Illustration: =Cyril Graham.=]
=GRAHAM, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class, 307260, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRAHAM, HENRY=, Private, No. 7931, 3rd Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Ralph Graham, of Jarrow-on-Tyne, by
his wife, Mary (52, Pearson Place, Jarrow), dau. of Alexander (and
Jane) Coulter; _b._ Jarrow-on-Tyne, 14 Oct. 1890; educ. Dunn
Street Council School there; enlisted 21 June, 1908; served six years
with the colours, then worked as a Labourer at Hawthorns Leslies; was
called up on the outbreak of war, 6 Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept.,
and was killed in action in France, 1 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Graham.=]
=GRAHAM, JAMES=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 12576, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GRAHAM, JOHN=, Jun., Capt., 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish)
King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of John Graham, of
Mohrcroft, Aigburth Drive, Liverpool, and the Croft, Hoylake, Sugar
Refiner, by his wife, Mary Gilkison, dau. of James Allan, of Glasgow;
_b._ at Liverpool, 3 April 1877; educ. Marlborough, and became a
partner in the firm of Macfie & Sons, the well-known Sugar Refiners
of Liverpool. He had joined the old Liverpool Scottish Volunteers in
1900 and continued with them after they became the 10th Territorial
Battalion of the King’s Liverpool Regt., retiring with the rank of
Capt. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he immediately rejoined as
a Private and was given a Commission as Lieut., 25 Sept., and promoted
Capt. 13 April, 1915; went to France, Oct. 1914, and was killed in
the great charge of the Liverpool Scottish near Hooge, 16 June, 1915;
_unm._ He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June,
1915] by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, for gallant and distinguished
conduct in the field. Though good at racquets and cricket, it was as a
golfer that Capt. Graham was best known in the sporting world. He was
in the first flight of amateur golfers, and had attained international
honours, and, while never getting further than the Amateur Championship
semi-final, he had won most of the Club and open prizes. _The
Times_ said: “Not only was he one of the very finest of amateur
golfers, but his most delightful and modest nature had endeared him to
everyone who ever met him. ‘Jack’ Graham will be remembered in golfing
history as the one really great player who never won a championship.
It would not be right to call him an unlucky golfer. He had good
chances and a natural genius for the game, but there was something in
his temperament that prevented him from playing his best game in the
crucial rounds towards the end of a championship. It was certainly not
lack of courage in the ordinary sense of the word. No one who knew him
could doubt that, and he has given the finest and most conclusive proof
to the contrary. But the strain of hard matches day after day always
proved too great a strain on his powers of endurance, and though he
five times reached the final of the Amateur Championship he never got
any farther. He was more successful as a score player than a match
player. Only last year at Sandwich he won the St. George’s Vase at
Sandwich by truly magnificent golf; his record in the Hoylake medals
was one of many successes and he several times finished first amateur
on the list of the Open Championship. On one occasion in particular at
Muirfield he finished immediately after the great ‘triumvirate’ and
gave Taylor, who was drawn with him, one of the most agitating days
of his long career. Capt. Graham was a great golfer. He could not but
have been sometimes disappointed on account of his comparative lack of
success, and he knew that his friends at Hoylake were more bitterly
disappointed on his behalf than he ever was on his own. Not only did
no word of complaint or excuse ever escape him, but he never for one
moment fell into the opposite error of pretending that he did not
care. He took his ups and downs with perfect modesty and quietness,
and was always interested in the play and the success of others. At
Marlborough he distinguished himself at football, cricket and racquets,
and if he had had time to play might have made a name for himself as a
cricketer, but he always worked very hard at his business. Indeed he
played comparatively little golf, but it was remarkable how he could so
constantly play a very fine game with so little practice--an occasional
Saturday afternoon and perhaps an evening walk on the links with two
clubs under his arm, being apparently all the practice that he needed.”
[Illustration: =John Graham, Jun.=]
=GRAHAM, MALCOLM HEWLEY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Alexandra, Princess
of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of Hewley Smales
Graham, of Oxley-Woodhouse, Huddersfield; _b._ New Mill, near
Huddersfield, 22 Nov. 1894; educ. Repton and Pembroke College,
Cambridge, where he was studying for the medical profession; on the
outbreak of war volunteered and was gazetted to the 3rd Yorkshire
Regt., 15 Aug. 1914; went to the Front the following March, and was
there attached to the 2nd Battn. He was promoted Lieut., 2 Feb., 1915,
and was killed in action at Givenchy, near La Bassée, 15 June, 1915,
and was buried close to Givenchy Church; _unm._ His Colonel wrote:
“He was most gallantly leading his platoon when he fell, shot through
the neck. Your son was a most excellent officer, very keen and hard
working and he will be a great loss to the battn. Please accept the
deepest sympathy of all ranks in your great loss.” Lieut. Graham was
a fine athlete. At Repton he shot at Bisley for his school, and at
Cambridge he rowed in the “Lents” and “Mays,” and was in the boat that
won the Clinker Fours. He also rowed at Henley in 1914, where his boat
won the Ladies’ Challenge Plate, and he was elected a member of the
Leander Club.
[Illustration: =Malcolm Hewley Graham.=]