Company)(T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Thomas Grahame, Canadian
Government Agent for Scotland, by his wife, Margaret Elizabeth
(Cumberland House, Horley, Surrey), only dau. of William Tyrwhitt,
sometime of Nantyr Hall, Denbighshire, and grandson of the Rev. James
Grahame, author of “The Sabbath”; _b._ Glaudhall, Chryston,
Glasgow, 12 March, 1885; educ. Glasgow High School and Dulwich
College; and was in the employ of Harris & Dixon, Shipowners; on the
outbreak of war volunteered and joined the H.A.C. in Sept. 1914;
went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 24
April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried behind the trenches of St. Eloi
near Voormezeele, in the grounds of the Chateau of Elsinvelles. His
Commanding Officer wrote that he was much loved and respected by all
his platoon, and he as well as others would miss him both as a friend
and a soldier.
[Illustration: =John Gordon Grahame.=]
=GRAINGER, ALBERT VICTOR=, Private, No. 2336, 4th Battn. The
Suffolk Regt. (T.F), yst. _s._ of Henry Rampling Grainger, of
94, Kemball Street, Ipswich, Gardener, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of
James Brown; _b._ Ipswich, 16 Oct. 1889; educ. St. John’s School
there; and was a Boiler Maker; volunteered after the outbreak of war
and enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to France, 6 Nov., and died, in No.
7 Clearing Hospital, 13 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at
Neuve Chapelle on the 11th. He _m._ at Buckersham, 12 March, 1911,
Grace (4, Tennyson Road, Ipswich), dau. of William Edward Colthorpe,
and had two children; Albert Victor, _b._ 2 Jan. 1914; and Grace,
_b._ 30 March, 1912.
=GRAMSHAW, ROBERT WILFRED RALEIGH=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. Robert Michael Oginski
Gramshaw, of Fittleworth, Sussex, by his wife Emily, dau. of Dr.
Richard Hughes, of Brighton; _b._ Enfield, Middlesex, 18 Dec.
1890; educ. at St. Cyprian’s, Eastbourne (1901–4), Charterhouse
(1904–9), and at Exeter College, Oxford (1909–13). He gained a
classical scholarship at Harrow in March, 1904, which he refused, and
a junior classical scholarship at Charterhouse in June of the same
year, which he accepted. On the expiration of his junior scholarship he
gained a senior scholarship at the same school, and in 1909, his last
year there, won the Thackeray and Elder prizes, a leaving exhibition,
and the Talbot Medal and Exhibition. In the same year he gained an
open classical scholarship at Exeter College, Oxford, being the senior
scholar of his year. He read Honour Moderations and Literae Humaniores,
obtaining a second class in both schools, and took his B.A. degree in
1913. He took a keen interest in rowing, and was spare man for both his
College Torpid and Eight, only doctor’s orders forbidding him an actual
place in the boat. He had intended to take Holy Orders, and had been
awarded a Liddon Studentship, but on the outbreak of war, was offered
and accepted a commission in the 3rd Royal Sussex Regt., 15 Aug. 1914.
He left for France on 1 Jan. 1915, where he was attached to the 2nd
Battn. of the Regt., and was seriously wounded when leading his platoon
in an attack on the German trenches at La Bassée on the evening of the
25 Jan. 1915, and died in hospital two days later; _unm._ Buried
in Béthune Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He died a soldier’s
death of wounds received in a very brilliant little operation, by
which our brigade recaptured some important ground which had been lost
earlier in the day.”
[Illustration: =Robert W. R. Gramshaw.=]
=GRANGER, JOHN ROBERT CLIFFORD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2563), 208749,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GRANT, DUNCAN=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron
Highlanders, eldest _s._ of Archibald Grant, by his wife, Anne
(Nevis Cottages, Fort William), dau. of Angus McMillan; _b._ Fort
William, Inverness, 8 July, 1880; educ. Fort William Public School,
afterwards being in the service of the Scottish Meteorological Society
at their Ben Nevis Station. He joined the Camerons in Nov. 1899, and
was posted to the 2nd Battn. at Gibraltar, leaving there with a draft
for the 1st Battn. in South Africa, and served through that campaign,
1899–1902, and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps (Cape
Colony, Orange River Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, 1902). On
the conclusion of the South African campaign, he returned with his
Battn. to England, but after two years in various stations in Scotland
and Ireland, offered himself for foreign service and was sent to the
2nd Battn. then doing duty in Natal. He afterwards accompanied his
regiment to China, and from there to Bangalore, India, and was present
at the Delhi Durbar (medal). On the outbreak of the European War he
held the rank of Coy. Sergt.-Major, being stationed near Poona, and
before leaving India was offered a commission in his own company, which
he accepted and was gazetted, 14 Dec. 1914, proceeding to France about
a week later. He was killed by a shell during the bombardment of Hill
60, Ypres, 28 April, 1915, and was buried at Zillebeke, near Ypres,
Belgium; _unm._ Lieut. Grant was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field.
[Illustration: =Duncan Grant.=]
=GRANT, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3311, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of William James Grant,
of 7, Courtfield Mews, Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington, Private
Chauffeur, by his wife, Alice Louisa; _b._ London, 16 June, 1896;
enlisted 17 Dec. 1914, following the outbreak of war; was wounded in
the trenches, 3 May, 1915, and died on board the hospital ship Salta
during the crossing from France, 19 May following. He was buried in the
military cemetery at Netley. Before joining he remarked to his mother:
“I am not quite military age, but I have thought a lot about this war,
and I feel it my duty to go, as I am a big, strong boy, and there will
be plenty that can’t go.” His elder brother served in the 8th Battn.
(Post Office Rifles) The London Regt. with the British Expeditionary
Force in France.
[Illustration: =Ernest William Grant.=]
=GRANT, HAROLD CHARLES=, Private, No. 2553, 1/7th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of James Duff Grant, of 63,
Nelson Road, Stroud Green, N.; _b._ Highbury, 9 June, 1883; educ.
Crouch End School; was a Clerk with Messrs. Leslie Booth & Booth,
Chartered Accountants [both partners, W. L. Booth and A. M. Booth,
were Territorial officers, and both were killed in action]; after the
outbreak of war, enlisted 3 Sept. 1914; went to Gibraltar, and then
to France, and died in a Field Hospital near Sailly, 16 June, 1915,
from wounds received in action the previous day. His Platoon Officer
wrote: “Your son was hit in the head on Thursday morning and became
unconscious. He died in hospital at 10 o’clock on Friday morning, never
having regained consciousness.... I shall never be able to replace your
son in my platoon”; and the Chaplain (the Rev. Richard Griffiths): “We
buried him this afternoon [near Sailly] in a little soldiers’ cemetery
with pretty green hedges around it, and a little orchard beyond.” He
was _unm._
[Illustration: =Harold Charles Grant.=]
=GRANT, JAMES=, Drummer, No. 976, 13th (Princess Louise’s
Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 6th _s._ of James
Albert Grant, of 131, Kilburn Lane, Willesden, N.W., by his wife, Anne,
dau. of (----) Clark; _b._ Kensington, W.; educ. Board School,
Buckingham Terrace, Kensington, W.; was a keen member of the Cadet
movement, and was a Lieut. in the Knightsbridge (St. Paul’s) Co.;
joined the Kensingtons on the organisation of the Territorial Force;
volunteered on the outbreak of war for foreign service; left for the
Front, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March,
1915; _unm._
=GRANT, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2243, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of William Grant, of 61, Albany Road, Brentford,
Hawker; _b._ Brentford, co. Middlesex, 5 Nov. 1894; educ. St.
John’s School there; joined the Middlesex Territorials in March, 1914;
volunteered for foreign service and mobilized 6 Aug. 1914; went to
France and was killed in action there, 11 May, 1915; _unm._
=GRANT, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6993), 196834, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRATTAGE, SAMUEL THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10246),
299157, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRAVETT, CHARLES DAVID=, Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R. (Sussex
1/334), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of George Gravett, of 19, Coleridge
Street, Hove; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=GRAY, ALBERT JOHN=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 22930, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRAY, JAMES=, Major, 4th Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.)
(T.F.), _s._ of the late Robert Sclater Gray, of Leechman and
Gray, Leith, Distiller and Wine Broker, by his wife, Barbara Mann,
dau. of (----) Peterson; _b._ 22 March, 1875; educ. Royal High
School, Edinburgh, and was a Wine Broker and Distiller. He joined the
old 5th Highland Coy. of the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles, afterwards
the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Royal Scots, in 1891, and received
his commission in 1896; was promoted Lieut., 1898, and Capt., 1901,
and Major, 1 May, 1913, after which he was placed in the Reserve of
Officers. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service;
left for Egypt 19 May; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in
action there, when 2nd in command of his Battn. 28 June, 1915. Buried
at Krithia. Colonel Younger, late Commanding Officer 4th Battn. Royal
Scots, wrote: “None but myself can know how large a part James Gray
played in the training of the Battn. in the first few months of the
war. Only those who have had the experience can know the trials and
difficulties which Territorial Commanding Officers were faced with
on suddenly becoming professional soldiers. The help and strength
I received from Major Gray were beyond all praise.” Major Gray had
the Coronation Medal and the Long Service Medal. He _m._ at
St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh, 4 Jan. 1912, Grace E. (28,
Scotland Street, Edinburgh), dau. of the late Robert Naismith, of
Leith; _s.p._
[Illustration: =James Gray.=]
=GRAY, MARY SUTHERLAND BROWN=, Sister in charge of a Ward,
Hospital Auxilliare 301, Abbaye de Royaumont, dau. of James Gray, of
Oakleigh Lodge, Leven, Fife, Secretary of the Fife Coal Co., by his
wife, Mary Sutherland, dau. of William Brown, Manager of the Colliery
of Oakley, near Dunfermline; _b._ Oakleigh, Dunfermline, 17 Nov.
1869; educ. privately in Scotland and then trained as a nurse at the
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary; and after leaving there nursed among the
working classes at Kilmarnock and later at Crief; on the outbreak of
the European War she went to France with her sister, Miss Margaret
Gray, in Nov. 1914, and helped to found the Scottish Women’s Hospital
for French wounded soldiers at Royaumont Abbey, Seine et Oise, and died
there while engaged in her duties, 25 Jan. 1916. The Secretary of the
Hospital, Miss Cicely Hamilton, wrote: “She was essentially a woman
of character, a humorous, brave individual, a woman who over-worked
with a smile and wore herself out as if the process amused her. She
laughed with her men while she worked for them, she had the charm of
good manners--those real good manners that come without teaching at
the dictation of real good nature. She was buried in the cemetery at
Asnieres-sur-Oise to the distant mutter of guns.”
[Illustration: =Mary S. Brown Gray.=]
=GRAY, PHILIP=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 1818, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRAY, ROBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 1157, 24th Battn. 6th Infantry
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Horace
Frederick Gray, Chauffeur, by his wife, Annie Eliza (Goddingog,
Llanfairfechan, N. Wales), dau. of Charles Henry Lowe; _b._ Rilton
Mews, Brompton Road, London, 16 April, 1891; educ. Llanfairfechan
National School; went to Australia 27 Aug. 1914; was a Valet and
Footman; enlisted 15 April, 1915; left for Egypt 7 May, 1915, and was
killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, 16 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=GRAY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7969, 2nd Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 6th _s._ of the late Henry Gray, of 3,
Queen’s Road, Aberdeen, J.P., Merchant, by his wife, Helen Mackay, dau.
of George Mackay, Aberdeen; _b._ Aberdeen, 1 Jan. 1882; educ.
Aberdeen Grammar School and University Art Classes; went to Winnipeg,
Canada, in 1903, and afterwards settled at Vancouver, B.C., as a Real
Estate Agent; enlisted in the C.E.F. on the outbreak of war; left
Valcartier for England with the 2nd Battn. 1st Brigade Contingent; went
to France, Jan. 1915, and was killed in action by a bullet through the
brain, 23 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Gray.=]
=GRAY, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 426330, 10th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of Thomas Gray, of Simpson,
Saskatchewan, Canada, by his wife, Margaret Helen, dau. of Joseph
Moore, of Caulmet Island, Quebec; _b._ Thorne Centre, P. Quebec,
26 Jan. 1894; educ. Quebec; was a Farmer; volunteered after the
outbreak of war and enlisted in the 46th Battn. at Regina, 26 Jan.
1915; left Camp Sewell, Manitoba, with the 200 men of the 46th Battn.,
sent as reinforcements 30 June; trained at Shorncliffe with the 32nd
Battn.; went to France between 1–5 Sept., and was there drafted to the
10th Battn., and died in No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, at Bailleul,
1 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day; _unm._
[Illustration: =William James Gray.=]
=GRAY, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, No. 19749, 4th Battn. King’s Liverpool
Regt., _s._ of William Gray; _b._ Kirkdale, Liverpool, 3 Aug. 1879;
educ. Ashfield Street Board School there; was a Carter; joined the 6th
King’s Liverpool Volunteer Regt. 12 July, 1897; volunteered for the
South African War, 9 March 1900; served in that campaign one year and
79 days (medal with three clasps), invalided home; retired 20 Dec.
1902; on the outbreak of the European War re-enlisted 11 Sept. 1914,
killed in action at Hill 60, 27 April, 1915. He _m._ at Liverpool, 8
Jan. 1907, Elizabeth (3, Penrose Street, Everton, Liverpool), dau. of
James Thompson, and had issue three daus.: Florence, _b._ 28 Jan. 1910;
Edith, _b._ 3 Feb. 1911; and Gladys, _b._ 20 Sept. 1915.
=GRAZEBROOK, CHARLES ALVEREY=, Capt., 6th, att. 1st, Battn. The
King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 3rd _s._ of Francis Grazebrook, of
Stourton Castle, Stafford, by his wife, Isabella Mary, dau. of George
Grazebrook; _b._ Dudley, 5 Sept. 1887; educ. Marlborough College
and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 3rd K.R.C.C., 7 Feb. 1908, and promoted
Lieut. 1 April, 1911; joined his regiment at Crete, where he served
for a year or so, then went with it to Malta, and India, where he was
stationed at Dagshai till 1912, when he came home. He retired in the
beginning of 1914, and joined the Special Reserve, but on the outbreak
of war immediately rejoined and was promoted Captain, 14 Aug. 1914.
He took out a draft to the 1st K.R.R.C., 10 Nov. 1914, and was in the
North of France all the winter. He was reported wounded and missing, 10
March, 1915, and was later unofficially reported killed in action on
that date. Ordered to charge the enemy trenches near Givenchy that day,
“He led his men magnificently, they covered themselves with glory and
their charge will always be remembered as one of the finest deeds of
the regt. Everyone says they were magnificent,” so wrote his Commanding
Officer. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 18 April, 1912,
Katherine Arthur Mary Violet, dau. of Arthur Percy Hickman, of Hagley,
co. Worcester, and had a daughter, Diana Katherine Mary, _b._ 19
May, 1913.
[Illustration: =Charles A. Grazebrook.=]
=GREAR, JAMES=, Private, No. 637, 1st Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade
Australian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of the late John Grear,
of the firm of John Milner & Co., Iron Merchants, Manchester, by
his wife, Alice; _b._ Mobberley, Chester, 21 Nov. 1891; educ.
Mobberley and Urmston Secondary Schools; went to Sydney, Australia,
in 1911, and was a Farmer with his brothers; enlisted immediately on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the
Dardanelles, 10 May, 1915; _unm._ Four other brothers are (1916)
on active service, two with the Australian Field Artillery, one in
training with the Infantry Reserve, and the other as 1st Class Stoker,
R.N.
=GREATHEAD, CLARENCE ROYAL=, Private, No. 1850, 4th Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), Machine Gun Section, only _s._ of
George William Greathead, of Cleadon, North Eastern Railway Official,
by his wife, Ada, dau. of William Greig, of West Hartlepool; _b._
West Hartlepool, 5 June, 1897; educ. Henry Smith College there; was
an apprentice with Messrs. Grabham & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted
after the outbreak of war in Sept. 1914; went to France in April,
and was killed in action near Ypres, at 5.30 a.m., 16 June, 1915,
while in charge of a machine gun. Buried at Wieltge; _unm._ His
officer wrote: “He was a brave, fearless soldier, and will be missed
by his battalion. We had him carefully buried and a cross bearing his
inscription marks the place.”
[Illustration: =Clarence Royal Greathead.=]
=GREAVES, BENJAMIN HERBERT=, Private, No. 3024, 8th (Liverpool
Irish) Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of (--) Greaves;
_b._ 28 Dec. 1883; educ. Oxford; enlisted soon after the outbreak
of war in Oct. 1914, went to France, and was killed in action, 16 June,
1915. He _m._ at Brounton Hill, Liverpool, 6 June, 1908, Constance
(11, Woolman Road, Blackpool), dau. of (--), and had three children:
Charles Walter, _b._ 18 Aug. 1909; Leslie Herbert, _b._ 14
Feb. 1915; and Dorothy Irene, _b._ 5 May, 1911.
[Illustration: =Benjamin H. Greaves.=]
=GREEN, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14516, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, ALBERT=, Private, No. G6084, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died at Rouen, 19
April, 1915, of wounds received in action.
=GREEN, ALBERT JOHN=, Private, No. G. 695, 2nd Battn. Royal West
Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action near Fleurbaix, 18 Dec. 1914; _m._
=GREEN, ARTHUR=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4873A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, ARTHUR ADELBERT LINGARD=, Sergt., No. 2623, Lord
Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Canadian Expeditionary Force,
elder _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Alfred Lingard Green, D.S.O., formerly
Commdg. 3rd V. Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., by his wife, Isabel, dau. of
the late Robert Thorburn, of Vancouver, British Columbia; _b._
Oatlands, Fort Qu’Appelle, N.W. Territory, Canada, 3 June, 1889; educ.
Quy Vicarage, near Cambridge, and St. Edward’s School, Oxford, and on
leaving there went to British Columbia, where he joined the British
Columbia Horse. He was promoted Sergt. after a very short period, and
when war was declared, finding that the B.C. Horse were not going out
as a regt., immediately joined Lord Strathcona’s Horse as a Private,
but was soon promoted to Sergt.; came over with the first contingent,
and died in the 16th General Hospital, Le Treport, France, 16 July,
1915, of wounds received in action at Givenchy. Buried in the Military
Cemetery, Le Treport; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur A. L. Green.=]
=GREEN, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 195688, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, ERNEST=, Private, No. 2308, Brecknockshire Battn. South
Wales Borderers (T.F.), _s._ of Joseph Green, of 77, Watton,
Brecon, late Q.M.-Sergt., 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers; _b._
Brecon, 14 Jan. 1887; educ. National School there; enlisted after the
outbreak of war, 5 Sept. 1914; went to Egypt, and then to Aden; and
died of heatstroke during the forced march through the Desert, to La
Hy and back on 4 July, 1915. Private Green was a well-known Mid-Wales
football player. His three brothers, Sergt. Frank Green, Royal Marines,
who took part in defence of Antwerp; Private Harry Green, South Wales
Borderers; and Private Monty Green, Brecknockshire Regt., are (1916) on
active service.
=GREEN, CLIFFORD WHITTINGTON=, Capt. 1st Battn. Royal Berkshire
Regt., only _s._ of Ernest Henry Green, of Bayworth Manor,
Bagley Wood, co. Berks, by his wife, Maud, dau. of Col. George John
Charles Whittington, C.B.; _b._ West Lavington, co. Wilts, 16
Aug. 1890; educ. Cothill House, Radley College, and Lincoln College,
Oxford; joined the 3rd Militia Battn. of the Berkshires in 1912 as
2nd Lieut.; promoted Lieut., and on the outbreak of war received a
regular commission in the same regt. 14 Aug. 1914. He joined the 1st
Battn. in France on 27 Nov., served with them through the winter
campaign, 1914–15, including the fight at Givenchy, 22 Dec., also
through the spring operations and at Richebourg, 20 May, 1915, where he
distinguished himself leading his company in the attack, being promoted
tempy. Capt. He died in hospital at Lillers, 27 June, 1915, of wounds
received in action at Cambray, near La Bassée, the preceding day; and
was buried at Chocques Military Cemetery; _unm._ A brother officer
writing of him said: “Capt. Whittington Green was a brave officer, and
one whose first thought was always for his men.” At the time he was
killed he was directing his men to take cover, as the enemy had started
shelling the headquarters. He played hockey for the Berkshire and
Oxfordshire county teams.
[Illustration: =Clifford Whittington Green.=]
=GREEN, FREDERICK=, A.B. (B. 4154), 200824. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GREEN, HORACE EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16692, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 9185, 1/5th South
Staffordshire Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Arthur John Green, of West
Bromwich, Builder, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Berry; _b._
West Bromwich, co. Stafford, 19 Nov. 1894; educ. Lodge Estate Schools
there; was an Engineer; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; promoted Corpl. Jan.
1915; went to France 1 March, 1915; and was killed in action near Hill
60, 25 Aug. 1915, while observing the effect of our artillery fire on
the enemy’s trenches; _unm._ He was well-known in the Birmingham
District as a fine swimmer and was a clever amateur dramatic actor.
=GREEN, JAMES THOMAS=, Private. No. 14405, 4th (Reserve) Battn.
Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of James Green, of the Royal Lodge
Gardens, Windsor Great Park, Gardener to the Hon. Lady Ellis, by his
wife, Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Martin; _b._ The Gardens,
Royal Lodge, 17 March, 1893; educ. Royal Schools, Windsor Great
Park; enlisted 29 Dec. 1914; invalided home 29 Jan. 1915, and died 5
Feb. 1915, of spotted fever contracted while training at Caterham;
_unm._ Buried at St. Jude’s Cemetery with full military honours.
[Illustration: =James Thomas Green.=]
=GREEN, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4229), S.S.
103203, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GREEN, PERCY ERNEST=, Seaman, R.N.R.. 4171A, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, SAMUEL JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7761),
292356, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=GREEN, THOMAS MICHAEL=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9821),
297718, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, WILLIAM LAMBEY THORNE=, Private. R.M.L.I., Ch./17611,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, WILLIAM STANLEY=, A.B., J. 2660, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.