_s._ of the late George W. Hague, of Newcastle, by his wife,
Katie; _b._ Newcastle, 4 June, 1884; educ. Gateshead; was a Miner;
served six years in the Army; re-enlisted 3 Oct. 1914; went to France
24 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action 12 June, 1915. He _m._
at Mount Pleasant, Gateshead, 4 June, 1904, Jane (21, Derwent View,
Rowlands Gill, Newcastle), dau. of the late John (and Isabella) Holmes,
and had five children: John, _b._ 8 Feb. 1907; Katie, _b._ 2
Oct. 1905; Florence, _b._ 29 July, 1909; Maud, _b._ 18 Sept.
1912; and Jenny Armentières, _b._ 4 June, 1915.
=HAGUE, OWEN CARSLEY FREDERIC=, Lieut., 7th Battery, 2nd Brigade,
Canadian Field Artillery, eldest _s._ of Frederic Hague, of
Montreal, Advocate, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Samuel Carsley, of
Montreal; _b._ Montreal, 23 Feb. 1889; educ. High School,
Montreal, and McGill University, where he took the degree of B.Sc. in
1909, and M.Sc. in 1914. He was an electrical engineer, and practiced
his profession in Montreal. He joined the 2nd Brigade, Field Artillery,
in 1912, and with the rest of that Brigade volunteered for active
service as soon as the first Canadian Contingent was formed, going to
the Front with the 7th Battery. His brigade took part in the severe
fighting in April and May, 1915, near Ypres. It was on 2 May he was
killed. On the morning of that day he was near his battery on the bank
of the Yser Canal, St. Julien, with Lieut. Helmer, of Ottawa, when a
German heavy shell burst near them. Lieut. Helmer was killed instantly,
and Lieut. Hague died that evening. He was buried at Hazebrouck;
_unm._ Col. J. J. Creelman, commanding the 2nd Brigade, wrote as
follows: “It is with extreme regret that I write with regard to the
death of your son, and let me express my sincere sympathy with you in
your great loss. Between 22 and 28 April, when I went into hospital,
Owen had done really wonderful work as Section Commander and Forward
Observing Officer. His work was splendid, and he showed an absolute
disregard of personal safety at those times when his duties required
that he expose himself. When in hospital at Rouen I took occasion to
write to General Burstall calling attention officially to your son’s
excellent services and marked bravery during the first six days of the
fight at Ypres.”
[Illustration: =Owen Carsley F. Hague.=]
=HAIGH, JOHN HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4803), S.S.
104151, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAINES, ALEXANDER CRICHTON COOPER=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, only _s._ of John Crichton Haines, of St.
James’s Gate, Dublin, London Manager, Messrs. A. Guinness, Son & Co.,
Ltd., by his wife, Caroline Anne, elder dau. of Austin Damer Cooper,
of Drumnigh House, St. Douloughs, co. Dublin, J.P.; _b._ Dublin,
9 Dec. 1894; educ. Cholmeley House, Eastbourne, and Elstow School,
Bedford; volunteered as a motor despatch rider in Sept. 1914, and
after a week at Chatham and another at Aldershot, went straight to the
Front. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, 1 Nov. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. in April, 1915; was
dangerously wounded at St. Julien during the Second Battle of Ypres,
25 April, 1915, and was put into a “Jack Johnson” crater by some men
of his platoon and lay there many hours before being picked up by the
ambulance. He died of wounds at No. 7 Base Hospital, Boulogne, 8 May
following, and was buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander C. C. Haines.=]
=HALDANE, ROBERT PATRICK=, Lieut., 6th (Perthshire) Battn. Black
Watch, eldest _s._ of Sir William Haldane, of 55, Melville Street,
Edinburgh, and Foswell, Auchterarder, co. Perth, W.S., Crown Agent for
Scotland, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Thomas Nelson, of Ach-na-Cloich,
Argyleshire, and nephew of Richard Burdon, 1st Viscount Haldane of
Cloan; _b._ Edinburgh, 21 July, 1893; educ. Edinburgh Academy, and
Balliol College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 12 Aug. 1914, and promoted
Lieut. 26 Jan. 1915; went to France 2 May, 1915, and died in the Field
Hospital at Locon, 13 June, 1915, of wounds received the same day in
the trenches near Festubert, France. Buried in the British Military
Cemetery at Locon; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Patrick Haldane.=]
=HALE, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Rifleman, No. 2466, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria Rifles) The London Regiment (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Thomas
Gardiner Hale, of Salisbury, Woodriffe Road, Leytonstone, by his wife,
Beatrice Mary, dau. of the late Edgar Adams, of Brixton; _b._
New Cross, London, S.E., 29 April, 1892; educ. privately, and Leyton
Technical Institute, and on leaving there entered the service of Henry
S. King & Co., Bankers, 65, Cornhill; volunteered on the outbreak of
war, and joined the Queen Victoria Rifles in Aug. 1914; went to the
Front, 27 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 21 April,
following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Thomas Hale.=]
=HALEY, RICHARD ERNEST=, Chief Shipwright, 166625, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALFACRE, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3269), S.S. 787, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HALIBURTON, BORTHWICK=, Sapper, No. 4/1247, 1st Field Coy. New
Zealand Engineers, yst. _s._ of the late Thomas Haliburton,
Milton, Estate Overseer, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of the late
George Bruce, of Haddington; _b._ Dunoon, co. Argyle, 15 July,
1888; educ. Dunoon; went to New Zealand in April, 1910, and settled
at Napier, Hawkes Bay; was a Road Contractor; volunteered for
Imperial Service after the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand
Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914; left for Egypt with the second
reinforcements; went to the Dardanelles, 12 April, 1915, and was killed
in action there, 11 Dec. 1915; _unm._ Buried in Connaught Valley
Cemetery, Gallipoli.
=HALL, ALBERT=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4562), 293310, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HALL, ARCHIE CLYDE=, Private, No. 18775, No. 4 Coy. 1st Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late (--) Hall,
by his wife Lydia Ann (2, Brookline Avenue, East Lynn, Mass., U.S.A.),
dau. of Joseph Lambertson, of Marblehead, Mass.; _b._ Brocton,
Mass., 13 June, 1893; educ. Taunton, Mass., and Charlestown, Mass.;
worked several years for the N.B. Durkee laundry and the Allerton
laundry, both of East Lynn, and on the outbreak of the European War
in Aug. 1914, immediately joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He
left Canada with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in Jan.
1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 26 May, 1915, by a shell;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Archie Clyde Hall.=]
=HALL, ARTHUR=, A.B., 197316 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HALL, ARTHUR GORDON=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt.,
_s._ of Edward Hall, of 17, Southfields Road, Eastbourne, formerly
of Santaveri, Mysore, India, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William
Ferguson, of Banbridge, co. Down, and grandson of Arthur Hall, of the
Madras Civil Service; _b._ Shimogah, Mysore, India, 20 Nov. 1879;
educ. Brailfield College (May, 1891–July, 1897); joined the Militia
Battn. of the Middlesex Regt., and on 20 May, 1899, passed into the
Bedfordshire Regt., then in Dublin; became Lieut. 5 April, 1900; Capt.
6 Dec. 1906, and Adjutant, 6 June, 1909; served in the South African
War, 1899–May, 1902, with the Mounted Infantry; took part in the
operations in Cape Colony, 1899–1900, and in the fighting at Colesburg
(1 Jan.-12 Feb. 1900) and in those in the Orange Free State, Feb.-Nov.
1902, including the actions at Wittebergen and Witpoort (mentioned in
Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with two
clasps and King’s medal with two clasps). After the close of the South
African Campaign, he served with his regt. at Gibraltar and Bermuda
and then again in South Africa, whence they were ordered home on the
outbreak of war. He was killed on the seventh day of the First Battle
of Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._ The Adjutant of the regt. wrote
he was “killed by a sniper while in the trenches. I am told he was
looking through his glasses for the sniper when he was shot. The bullet
entered his neck and killed him instantly. His was a very great loss
to the Army and to the battn. especially, he was always so cool under
fire and so careful of his men”; and in another letter his Sergt.-Major
(now 2nd Lieut. F. J. Whitemore) said: “A and D Coys. of our regt.
were ordered to take up positions in the firing line (this was at the
first engagements at the First Battle of Ypres). The attack was carried
forward to a certain point ... the forward movement was duly carried
out, with the loss of Capt. Bassett, of A Coy., wounded, also of about
36 other officers and men killed and wounded. Capt. Hall, at great
risk to himself, proceeded to give what help was possible to all the
officers and men of A Coy., and after seeing all the wounded back, the
Capt. and I took up a position in advance, whilst the battn. entrenched
in the rear, and the words he said were to the effect that if possible
we must have revenge for the loss that was inflicted on Capt. Bassett
and his company. After waiting for some time, satisfaction was obtained
by dropping three out of a patrol of six. After the event we had a
very rough time, being continually under shell fire and fighting with
heavy odds against us--it would be impossible to enumerate the acts of
bravery ... by all ranks of our company, needless to say Capt. Hall
being the first to set the example. The night before his death he was
talking with me over the previous night’s attack and remarking how
lucky the company was to get back safely with so few casualties, and
at that time he passed a few remarks on what to do in the event of him
becoming a casualty. Unhappily he became one the following morning
about 8.20 (this was on the morning of 26 Oct. 1914). At the time we
were sitting in the trench talking over our escape earlier in the
morning ... when a stray bullet struck him and he instantly fell on me,
and on examining him I found the vein of the right side of the neck was
severed and he never spoke a word after being struck, and as nothing
further could be done, he was buried where he fell. Capt. Wetherell
and Corpl. Crouch and myself know the exact spot where he was buried.
Previous to this incident, no night passed without he and I going round
the company to look after the welfare of his men, and on most occasions
bullets were striking all around him, and I never once saw him show any
signs of fear.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Gordon Hall.=]
=HALL, BURTON HOWARD=, Capt., 98th Infantry, Indian Army, yr.
_s._ of the Rev. Samuel Howard Hall, M.A., Rector of Sproatley,
Hull, and Senior Divisional Chaplain (1st Class) T.D., 49th (W.R.)
Division (who retired after 27½ years’ service in the vol. and T.F.,
including mobilisation and active service in France and Belgium, 20
Aug. 1915), by his wife, Helen Hamilton, dau. of Dr. Burton Kendell,
of Heath House, near Wakefield, J.P.; _b._ Chesham, co. Bucks,
10 Jan. 1882; educ. Twyford School, near Winchester, Haileybury
College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. Yorkshire Regt. 8 Jan. 1901, and promoted Lieut. 19 Feb. 1904;
transferred to 98th Infantry, Indian Army, the same year, and became
Capt. 8 Jan. 1910; took part in the expedition to German East Africa,
and was killed in action there, at Tanga, 4 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at
Grove Park Church, Chiswick, 11 July, 1907, Lucie Gertrude, dau. of
the late Thomas Bannerman Grainger, and granddau. of the late Thomas
Bannerman Grainger, of Bridge House, Cuckfield, Sussex, and had two
daus.: Mollie Helen Valerie, _b._ 20 May, 1908; and Aline Betty,
_b._ 4 Jan. 1911.
=HALL, EDWARD=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271121, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HALL, ERNEST ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111024, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6779, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of George Hall, of Wickham Market; _b._
Wickham Market, co. Suffolk, 15 May, 1884; educ. National School
there; enlisted, 22 May, 1906; served three years with the Colours,
then joined the Reserve; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. following, and was killed in
action at Zonnebeke, 23 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Lopen, 28 Oct.
1909, Rosa (Pear Tree Cottage, Lopen Seavington, Somerset), dau. of
William Harris, and had three children: William Frederick, _b._
3 May, 1910; Ethel Florence, _b._ 1 Oct. 1912; and Winifred May,
_b._ 29 April, 1915.
=HALL, GEORGE WALTER=, Stoker, P.O. 309236, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3209 (Ports), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, GERALD PERCY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Highland Light Infantry,
2nd _s._ of Robert Hall, of Glen Mervyn, Glanmire, co. Cork, by
his wife, Isabel Travers, dau. of the Very Rev. R. W. Forrest, D.D.,
Dean of Worcester; _b._ Glanmire, 11 Feb. 1894; educ. Clifton
College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th (Extra Reserve Battn.), 23 Aug. 1913,
and promoted Lieut. 21 Aug. 1914; went to France on the outbreak of
war, and was killed in action at Ypres, 13 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Gerald Percy Hall.=]
=HALL, HARRY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5034), 180634, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, HENRY=, A.B., 223106, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was
torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HALL, HENRY JOSEPH=, Private, No. 81347, 30th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James Hall, of 146, Maynard Street,
Halifax, Nova Scotia; _b._ Halifax, N.S., 1889; educ. there:
joined the Canadian Militia about 1913, and on the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914, volunteered for service overseas; left Canada with the first
contingent, and was killed in action, 22 Nov. 1915; _unm._
=HALL, JOHN FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11551, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, SYDNEY ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4056), S.S.
103873. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov 1914.
=HALL, THOMAS ALLISON=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 3951, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, THOMAS HOWARD=, Private, No. 10798, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of Thomas Hall, of 47, Broadwell Road,
Oldbury, Worcester, Blacksmith, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Dixon
Parsons; _b._ Cradley Heath, co. Stafford, 19 July, 1894; educ.
Oldbury National Schools; enlisted 16 July, 1914; went to France, 24
Oct. and was killed in the heavy fighting at Guivenchy Brickfields, 6
Feb. 1915; _unm._
=HALL, WALTER CHARLES NELSON=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 922, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 5312, 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade,
3rd _s._ of the late Charles Hall, of Macclesfield, by his wife,
Jane (28, Bridge Street, Macclesfield), dau. of George Lane, of
Bollington Cross, co. Cheshire; _b._ Macclesfield, co. Cheshire,
9 Nov. 1895: educ. Hurdsfield Boys’ School there; enlisted Jan. 1914;
went to France in Nov. and was killed in action, near Neuve Chapelle, 9
May, 1915, while bomb throwing; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “Although
he was but a youngster, he was a little hero all through and knew no
fear.”
=HALL, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
9080), 294862, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=HALLAM, WALTER, D.C.M.=, Private, No. 7540, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Samuel Hallam, Private Estate Steward; _b._
Horsham, co. Sussex, 11 May, 1886; enlisted 25 Nov. 1907; killed in
action at Rentel Woods, 11 Nov. 1914. The officer to whom he acted
as servant wrote: “We were holding the trenches in front of Ypres in
a wood just by a place called Rentel. There was a German attack in
progress, and they were firing hard at that part of the line. Hallam,
with his accustomed fearlessness, was firing, with his head well above
the parapet, and was most unfortunately shot right through the head.”
He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 17 Dec. 1914, the
official record [London Gazette, 17 Dec. 1914], stating that he “always
volunteered and carried out successfully duties of an extraordinary
dangerous character, such as sniping and patrol work. Has shown great
qualities of nerve and resource in difficult situations.” He _m._
at Paddington, 13 Dec. 1913, Harriette Matilda, dau. of Henry George
Shore, and had a dau., Lily Edith Walter Jessie, _b._ 12 Aug. 1914.
[Illustration: =Walter Hallam.=]
=HALLAN, ROWLAND=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11413 (Ports), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALLER, JOHN HENRY LYLE=, Lieut. and posthumous Capt., 3rd
(Reserve), attd. 2nd, Battn. East Surrey Regt., elder _s._ of
George Haller, of Langham House, 197, Albany Street, Regent’s Park,
N.W., and 52, Leadenhall Street, E.C., Chemical Merchant, by his
wife, Agnes Mary, dau. of the late David Watts, of 17, Albert Road,
Regent’s Park; _b._ Regent’s Park, London, N.W., 21 Dec., 1894;
educ. Merchant Taylors’ School, and Lancing College, and afterwards
in France and Germany. Intended for a commercial career in connection
with applied science, he worked for some time in the laboratory of Dr.
Danysz at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and attended a full course
of lectures in the same institution, besides doing practical work in
a manufacturing laboratory. At Lancing he had joined the O.T.C., and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd East Surreys, 11 May, 1912. and
served for six months in Ireland with the 1st Battn. of that Regt.;
gazetted Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the 3rd Battn 3 May, 1913, he
rejoined the 1st Battn. on the outbreak of war and went to France in
Sept. 1914. There he was transferred to the 2nd Battn. and was killed
in action near Lindenhock, Flanders, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Capt.
S. P. White, 1st East Surreys wrote: “I had known Lyle before the war,
and for a time he was my subaltern out here. I never had a better
officer serving with me or a braver comrade. Soon after our 2nd Battn.
came out, they had great losses in officers, and needing experienced
officers to help them tide over their temporary difficulties. Lyle
was ordered by name by the Corps Headquarters to be transferred. This
battn. lost a good officer then, and one of the cheeriest and best of
companions, and now the regt. is the poorer.” Capt I. L. Le Fleming,
temporarily commanding 2nd East Surreys, wrote: “Lieut. Haller was
shot through the head by a German bullet, whilst himself firing over
the parapet at the Germans. His death was instantaneous. Lieut. Haller
had just been recommended by me for promotion to the rank of Capt.
and the letter was in my pocket-book when he was shot. I valued his
services immensely, and in him I have lost a most gallant and competent
officer. He was also my subaltern in the 1st Battn. at the end of Oct.
last year. Lieut. Haller was buried in Kemmel Churchyard, Belgium
[Grave No. 12],” and Lieut. Gudon, 2nd East Surreys: “I was within a
few yards of your son when he died. He was killed about 4.20 p.m. on
March 12, whilst actually firing at a German from over the parapet. The
exact place was about 120 yards south of Lindenhoek and about 150 yards
N.E. of a hamlet called Sparnbrook.” He was gazetted Capt. 9 April,
1915, to rank as from 2 Feb. and was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallantry in the field.
_COPY._
TEMP. CAPT. (ACTING MAJOR)
CECIL CHARLES HATFIELD HALL, D.S.O.
On the afternoon of the 26th April, orders were received that all enemy
machine gun nests and snipers were to be killed or captured in VILLERS
BRETONNEUX, and this duty was assigned to a certain unit in the Brigade
to carry out.
Major Hall happened to arrive at the railway station in the above
village when the last of the enemy were being dealt with.
The enemy suddenly opened up with a very heavy barrage on the railway
station, and a call was made for 20 men of the Durham L.I. to
reinforce another unit in a house which was about 50 yards from the
railway embankment. Major Hall immediately got on to the railway, and
displaying the utmost coolness and disregard for personal danger, got
together some men with a L.G. and M.G., and led them forward over the
embankment and across a road, which was being badly sniped, to the
assistance of the Regt. occupying a house, and firing on an enemy M.G.
This Officer again returned from the house and brought forward more
men, and at the same time took across a most important message from
Brigade H.Q., and at this time the occupied house was then being
shelled very heavily by the enemy, he again came back to the railway,
and took across to the French troops on the right a message as to the
dispositions, etc., of our own men, he then returned for the third time
to the house, and organised the men he had led across, and rendered
most valuable services in withdrawing men of another unit and helping
the wounded.
Without doubt, the cool and brilliant example set by this Officer at a
very critical moment inspired all the men with the greatest confidence.
B. C. JAMES, Lieut.-Colonel,
Cmdg. 22nd Bn. Durham L.I. (Pioneers).
[Illustration: =John H. L. Haller.=]
=HALLETT, ARTHUR=, Ship’s Steward’s Assistant, M. 1451, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALLETT, THEO BENNETT=, Trooper, No. 1884, Royal Horse Guards,
yst. _s._ of the late George Henry Hallett, for many years H.B.M.
Vice-Consul at Ghent, by his wife, Clara, dau. of the late John Lewis,
of St. Albans; _b._ Ghent, 22 Feb. 1897; educ. L’Athenée Royal,
Ghent; after the German occupation came to England with his family, 21
Aug. 1914; volunteered and enlisted in the Royal Horse Guards, Oct.
1914; went to France, April, 1915, and was killed in action on the
Menin Road, Hooge, near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, while crossing an open
space with his regt. with three machine-guns firing on them; _unm._
[Illustration: =Theo Bennett Hallett.=]
=HALLETT, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 202703, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALLIDAY, JAMES STOREY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5791), 177204, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=HALLIDAY, JOHN ALEXANDER=, Capt., 11th Hussars, eldest _s._
of the late John Halliday, of Chicklade House, co. Wilts (_d._
13 Feb. 1915), by his wife, Maria (_d._ 25 Feb. 1916), dau. of
Richard Brown, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouth; _b._ 10 April, 1875; educ.
Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. from
Militia to the 11th Hussars, then in India, 5 Jan. 1898, and promoted
Lieut. 3 March, 1900, and Capt. 18 March, 1905; served in the South
African War on the Staff as Special Service Officer, 25 July to 22 Aug.
1901, and as Signalling Officer, 23 Aug. 1901 to 14 June, 1902 (Queen’s
Medal with five clasps); was Adjutant 11th Hussars, and afterwards of
the Leicestershire Yeomanry; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force, 15 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, the Battle
of the Marne, the 1st Battle of Ypres, &c., and died in the Duchess of
Westminster’s Hospital at Le Touquet, 13 Nov. 1914, of wounds received
in action at Messines, 31 Oct. previously; _unm._ Capt. Halliday
was a good all-round athlete, and was in both cricket and football
elevens at Harrow; capt. of the Gymnasium eight; champion heavy weight
boxer for the Public Schools Competition at Aldershot, 1894, and threw
the hammer for Cambridge in the University Sports, 1896–7. He was well
known in the hunting-field in Ireland and South Wiltshire.
[Illustration: =John Alexander Halliday.=]