King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only surviving _s._ of Frederick
Halsall, of Hougoumont, St. James’ Road, New Brighton, co. Chester,
General Merchant, by his wife, Caroline Elizabeth, dau. of Frederick
(and Caroline) Middleton; _b._ Rock Ferry, co. Chester, 27 Oct.
1882; educ. Wallasey Grammar School; joined the Liverpool Scottish when
the Battn. was first formed and served five years. He was in business
with the Johnstone Line, Liverpool, and on the outbreak of war when
some of their ships were taken over by the Government for military
purposes, asked for and obtained permission to join the s.s. Rowanmore
to assist in transport work. At the end of two months the Rowanmore
was recalled and he then rejoined his old regt., and though offered
a commission elected to serve as a private. He left for France in
Jan., and was shot by a sniper in action near Ypres, 17 March, 1915;
_unm._ Halsall was a member of the New Brighton Football Club and
of the West Cheshire Yachting Club, and in connection with the latter
had held the cup and won several prizes; he was also a keen golfer.
[Illustration: =Edward Halsall.=]
=HALSEY, JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 3747), 299252,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=HALSTEAD, ARTHUR FREDERICK=, Lieut., 15th Rifle Brigade, attached
to 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only _s._ of Arthur
Frederick Halstead, of Sale, co. Chester, M.I.Mech.E., A.C.I.S.;
_b._ Rosario de Sante Fé, Argentine Republic, 26 May, 1893;
educ. High School, Sale, and Shrewsbury School; was an articled pupil
with the firm of Jones, Crewdson and Youatt, of Manchester, chartered
accountants, but enlisted in the 8th Rifle Brigade following the
outbreak of war, 30 Aug. 1914; was given a commission two months later,
1 Nov., and promoted Lieut. the 14th of that month. He was killed in
action on the night of 28–29 June, 1915, during a counter-attack by
the Turks on the British lines, and was buried on the west side of the
Saghir (Dene) Mullah, Gallipoli; _unm._ His commanding officer
wrote to his father that on this occasion “he was sent out with a
platoon to reinforce the left of our line.... It was a very dark night
and a very unfortunate one, as we lost 10 officers killed and one
wounded”; and added: “The regt. being in the open and enveloped by
Turks, I should like to tell you it was due to the gallantry of your
son and other officers on that flank that a very serious situation did
not arise.” Sergt. P. Doyle, No. 7 Platoon, X Coy., in sending Lieut.
Halstead’s identity disc, said “his untimely end created a terrible
blow to us (the platoon), who absolutely idolised and admired him for
his fearlessness. There is scarcely a day that passes in the trenches
but what his name is not mentioned in loving memory by those with whom
he came in contact.” Lieut. Halstead was a fine athlete and had won
his colours at Shrewsbury both for long distance running and cricket.
He was a member of the Liverpool Ramblers, Brooklands Cricket Club and
Sale Golf Club.
[Illustration: =Arthur Frederick Halstead.=]
=HAMBRIDGE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 399 No. 1 Coy., 9th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Thomas Hambridge, of Oxford, Gas
Stoker, by his wife, Frances, dau. of William Harper, of Oxford; _b._
Chelsea, 9 Nov. 1871; educ. Edinburgh Road Board School, Notting Hill;
enlisted about 1887; and served 10 years with the colours, buying
his discharge in 1897; joined the National Reserve on its inception;
rejoined the colours 29 Dec. 1914; and died in the Military Hospital,
Neasden, 4 April, 1915, of syncope. He _m._ at Christ Church, North
Kensington, 29 Dec. 1889, Emma Elizabeth (16, Appleford Road, North
Kensington), dau. of Robert Rogers, and had eight children; William.
L.-Corpl., No. 6347, 3rd Dragoon Guards, now on active service, _b._
9 Nov. 1890, _m._; Frederick Thomas, _b._ 6 April, 1893, _m._; Joseph
Robert, _b._ 17 Aug. 1905; Amy Emma, _b._ 6 May, 1895, _m._ to a
sailor; Elizabeth Rose, b. 9 Aug. 1897, _m._ soldier; Eleanor Mary,
_b._ 20 Feb. 1900; Ada Alexandra, _b._ 1 Dec. 1902; and Vera Grace,
_b._ 26 March, 1914.
[Illustration: =William Hambridge.=]
=HAMER, HUBERT JAMES TUDOR=, Lieut., 108th Infantry, attached
101st Grenadiers, Indian Army, 2nd _s._ of the late John Parry
Hamer, of Glan-yr-Afon Hall, co. Salop, J.P. (formerly 8th King’s
Regt.), by his wife, Sarah Margaret (Bronheulog, Llansilin, Oswestry),
dau. of the late Owen Davies Tudor, Barrister-at-Law; _b._
Glan-yr-Afon Hall aforesaid, 12 Feb. 1883; educ. privately owing to
delicate health; enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1904, having
previously held a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 4th (Militia) Battn.
of that regt.; served for three years in the ranks, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to his father’s old regt., the King’s Liverpool Regt., 28
Aug. 1907. He obtained his transfer to the Indian Army in Feb. 1909,
entering the 108th Infantry, in which he was promoted Lieut. 28 Nov.
following. In Sept. 1914, he was attached to the 101st Grenadiers
(link battn. to the 108th Infantry) for service in East Africa, and
was killed in action at Tanga while leading his men in the attack on
that place, 4 Nov. 1914. The official communiqué states that “as an
important German railway terminus was reported to be weakly held, a
force was sent from British East Africa to seize it. On the evening
of 2 Nov. one and a-half battns. were landed within 2 miles of the
place and at once advanced. This small force became heavily engaged
just outside the town, but as the enemy were in much superior strength
it was compelled to fall back and await reinforcements. At 11 a.m. on
the 4th the attack was renewed. When within 800 yards of the position
the troops engaged came under very heavy fire. On the left flank, in
spite of heavy casualties, the 101st Grenadiers actually entered the
town and crossed bayonets with the enemy. The North Lancashire Regt.
and Kashmir Rifles on the right pushed on in support under very heavy
fire, and also reached the town, but found themselves opposed by tiers
of fire from the houses, and were eventually compelled to fall back
to cover, 500 yards from enemy’s position. The losses were so heavy
and the position so strong that it was considered useless to renew
the attack, and the force re-embarked and returned to its base to
prepare for future operations. From recent reports just received the
total casualties in this unsuccessful operation were 795, including
141 British officers and men.” Lieut.-Col. Baldock, 108th Infantry,
wrote that Hamer was “a very able and zealous officer, and it is only
a few weeks ago that the good work done by him in the training of
the regimental signallers was the subject of favourable comment in
regimental orders. As his commanding officer I always found him keen on
his work and honest and straightforward in all his actions, in fact,
a true officer and a true gentleman, whose loss will be deeply felt
by the regt.”; and Capt. M. L. A. Gompertz, 108th Infantry, attached
101st Grenadiers, in a letter giving particulars of the action, wrote:
“Unfortunately the regt. was widely extended and we were on opposite
flanks, so that I can only give you hearsay news about your son, and
as after the engagement, which was extremely heavy, we had to retire,
we were unable to recover our dead, who were buried by the Germans
(who treated our wounded with the greatest courtesy and kindness). I
could not see his body. We lost seven British and six native officers,
but one of the native officers who was with your son escaped, wounded.
He tells me your son was leading his men on when he was shot in the
throat and died instantaneously.” Two of his brothers are on active
service: John Lawton Parry Hamer, of Glan-yr-Afon Hall, Lieut., 4th
Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I. from 1909, now Capt. 2nd Garrison Battn.
King’s Liverpool Regt.; and Lieut.-Commander Richard Lloyd Hamer,
R.N., lately Flag Lieut.-Commander to Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Peirse,
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.
[Illustration: =Hubert James T. Hamer.=]
=HAMER, WILLIAM SHADRACH=, A.B., 215151, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAMILTON, CHARLES=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAMILTON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6099), 192278,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAMILTON, JOHN GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2128T, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAMILTON, ROBERT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8575),
S.S. 104942, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HAMILTON, ROBERT PEAT=, Private, No. 29555, 16th Battn. (Canadian
Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of William
Mackintosh Hamilton, of Forres, co. Moray, draper, by his wife, Helen
Anne, dau. of Robert Peat of Forres, Solicitor; _b._ Forres, 16
Aug. 1881; educ. Forres Academy; was for several years in the office
of Messrs. T. & R. Ranken, W.S., Edinburgh, and passed as a solicitor
before going to Canada in 1913. He enlisted at Vancouver on the
outbreak of the war in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent
in Oct., trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France
Feb. 1915, and was killed in action, near Ypres, 22 April, 1915. He
was a Brother of the Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary’s Chapel) No. 1. He
_m._ at Edinburgh, 1 Nov. 1914, Mary Cowie Ford, yst. dau. of the
late Robert Lawrie, of Edinburgh.
=BUCHANAN-BAILLIE-HAMILTON, ARTHUR=, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, 2nd surviving _s._ of the late John Baillie
Buchanan-Baillie-Hamilton, of Arnprior, co. Perth, J.P., D.L.
[gt.-gdson. of the Hon. George Baillie, of Jerviswood, yr. brother of
Thomas, 7th Earl of Haddington], by his wife, Catherine Elizabeth Grace
(Cambusmore, Callander, and Strathyre), only dau. and heir of Alexander
Buchanan, of Arnprior; _b._ Cambusmore, Callander, co. Perth, 2
June, 1876; educ. Winchester. On the outbreak of the Boer War he joined
the City of London Imperial Volunteers in Jan. 1900, taking part in
operations in the Orange Free State, the Transvaal (including actions
near Johannesburg, Pretoria, Diamond Hill, and Lydenberg), and Cape
Colony (Queen’s medal with five clasps). Gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs), 22 May, 1901, he was employed
with the West African Frontier Force from Nov. 1902 to March, 1906,
rendering signal service in the Kano-Sokoto Campaign (medal and clasp),
and was promoted Lieut. 17 April, 1905, and received his company 8
Nov. 1911. From March, 1911, to March, 1914, he was Adjutant of the
6th Battn. Black Watch, Perthshire Territorial Force. Arriving with
his regt. in Flanders in Oct. 1914, he was constantly in the trenches
from that date, including the fighting before and at Neuve Chapelle,
till he fell leading his company into action at the commencement of the
attack on Festubert, 9 May, 1915. Buried south of Neuve Chapelle, close
to the La Bassée Road. Capt. A. B.-Baillie-Hamilton was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. He _m._ at St.
John’s Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, 8 March, 1906, Ina Erskine, dau.
of Sir Malcolm McNeill, C.B., Edinburgh, and niece of the late Sir
John McNeill, of Colonsay, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., V.C.; _s.p._ Two of
Capt. B.-Baillie-Hamilton’s brothers, Commander M. B.-Baillie-Hamilton,
R.N., and Major N. A. B.-Baillie-Hamilton, Black Watch, are now (1916)
serving with the Forces.
[Illustration: =A. B.-Baillie-Hamilton.=]
=HAMMOND, FREDERICK=, Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 926), 283493, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAMMOND, GEORGE THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7153), 192160, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAMMOND, GILBERT PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, elder _s._ of the late Frederick Hammond,
formerly a partner in the firm of Hammond & Co., Bankers, of Newmarket,
by his wife, Florence Amy (The Cottage, Great Finborough), dau. of the
Rev. John Denny Gilbert, Chedgrove Manor, Norfolk; _b._ Newmarket,
co. Cambridge, 24 Nov. 1891; educ. Sandroyd, Cobham, Surrey, and
Culvers Close, Winchester, where he played football for Commoners XV’s,
and was described by the school magazine as one who is “never beaten
and knows no fear”; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd K.O.S.B. from Special
Reserve, 4 Dec. 1912; was in Dublin with his regt. during the street
fighting in July, 1914, and gave evidence at the subsequent inquiry;
went to France with the Expeditionary Force the following month, and
was killed at the Battle of Le Cateau, 27 Aug. 1914, his Coy. being cut
off during the retreat; _unm._ A brother officer wrote: “He showed
great bravery in the fight at Mons, and saved three women from a house
under very heavy shell fire.”
[Illustration: =Gilbert Philip Hammond.=]
=HAMMOND, HARRY=, Blacksmith, 341183, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAMMOND, MARK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1379), 197787, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAMMOND, SAMUEL HENRY=, A.B., 195418 (Chatham), H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAMMOND, THOMAS VERRAN=, Private, No. 406, 2nd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of William Charles Hammond, of Clyde,
Australia, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of (--) Verran; _b._ Orange,
New South Wales, 21 July, 1894. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in
the Australian Imperial Force, and left with the 2nd Battn. for the
Dardanelles, where he was wounded in action. He died, after having his
leg amputated, at Valletta Hospital, Malta, 24 July, 1915, and was
buried in Malta; _unm._
=HANCOCK, ALBERT EDWARD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24704 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=HANCOCK, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., 7691 (R.F.R., Ch.
B. 1050), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HANCOCK, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Signalman, 236455, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HANCOCK, JOHN=, Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R. (Sussex), 296, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HANCOCK, RALPH ESCOTT, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Devonshire
Regt., only _s._ of Francis Escott Hancock, of Ford, Wiveliscombe,
Somerset, by his wife, Guita, dau. of Patrick Vans Agnew Reid;
_b._ Llandaff, co. Glamorgan, 20 Dec. 1887; educ. Rugby;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt. 29 Jan. 1908, and
promoted Lieut. 1 Feb. 1911; served with his regt. at Crete, Malta,
and Alexandria, returning to the depôt at Exeter in 1912; went to
France, 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert, 29 Oct.
1914, whilst endeavouring to reinforce another company who were in
difficulties. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, and was awarded the D.S.O., having “on 23
Oct. displayed conspicuous gallantry, in leaving his trench under very
heavy fire, and going back some 60 yards over absolutely bare ground to
pick up Corpl. Warwick, who had fallen whilst coming up with a party of
reinforcements. Lieut. Hancock carried this non-commissioned officer
to the corner of a haystack, and then returned to his trench.” At
Rugby he played for two seasons in the first XI, and at Malta played
in the polo team that won the Regimental Cup, and also captained the
Army Polo Team _v._ the Navy at Malta. He won several prizes for
rifle shooting, and played cricket and football for the County of
Somerset. He was a well-known follower of the West Somerset and East
Devon Foxhounds, and won the East Devon Heavyweight Point-to-Point in
1913 and 1914, on horses taught and trained by himself. He _m._
at Milverton, 17 Sept. 1913, Mary Hamilton, dau. of the Rev. Philip
Palfrey Broadmead, of Olands, Milverton, Somerset, and left a son,
Patrick Frank, _b._ 20 June, 1914.
[Illustration: =Ralph E. Hancock.=]
=HANCOCK, WALTER=, Corpl., No. 1603, 14th Battn. (Mounted Military
Police) Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late William
George Hancock, of 379, High Street, Brentford, Refreshment House
Keeper, by his wife, Fanny (27, Wingfield Place, Halfway Street,
Sidcup, Kent), dau. of William Holness, of Hartford; _b._ Mile
End Road, London, 26 Feb. 1887; educ. Private School (Mrs. Saunders),
Brentford; went to Australia, 23 April, 1912, and settled at
Sandringham; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the
Commonwealth Force, Sept. 1914; left for Egypt, Jan. 1915, and died
in No. 15 General Hospital, Alexandria, 8 Jan. 1916, of enteric fever
contracted while on active service; _unm._
[Illustration: =Walter Hancock.=]
=HANDFIELD, CHARLES REGINALD=, Corpl., No. 579, Natal Light Horse,
6th _s._ of the late Frederick Oliver Handfield, by his wife,
Mary Ellen (Hampton, near Melbourne), dau. of Edward Tatham, of Leeds,
England; _b._ at South Yarra, Melbourne, 26 Aug. 1878; educ. East
Malvern Grammar School; went to South Africa 1901, joined the Natal
Light Horse 1914 at outbreak of war, and died of wounds received at the
Battle of Gibeon, German South-West Africa, 6 May, 1915; _unm._
=HANDLEY, THOMAS FREDERICK JAMES=, Driver, No. 2225, Kent Fortress
R.E. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Thomas Richard Handley, East Surrey
Regt. (who died at Moori River, 29 May, 1900, in the South African
War), by his wife, Eliza; _b._ Old Kent Road, London, S.E., 23
April, 1896; educ. High Brooms Council School, Tunbridge Wells; was in
the employ of the Tunbridge Wells Co-operative Society; enlisted 25
May, 1915; left England for the East 20 Sept. 1915, and was drowned in
a collision in H.M.S. Hythe, 28 Oct. 1915; _unm._
=HANDS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1393), 126838, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HANDYSIDE, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4304), S.S.
102571, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HANES, GEORGE=, C.P.O., 151083, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HANKINSON, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109526, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HANLON, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2161), 228961, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HANNA, JOHN WEIR=, Leading Seaman, S.S. 2626, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HANNAN, HENRY MONTEITH=, Jun., Lieut.-Col., 1/8th Scottish Rifles
(The Cameronians) (T.F.), _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Henry Monteith
Hannan, of 2, Huntly Gardens, Glasgow, formerly 8th Scottish Rifles,
by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Hay Thomson, of Glasgow, M.D.;
_b._ Glasgow, 9 Jan. 1874; educ. Kelvinside Academy, and was a
member of the firm of Stewart & Lloyd, of Glasgow. Like his father and
five brothers, he began his military career in the 1st Lanark Rifle
Volunteers, about 1894. He joined A Coy. 1st L.R.V., and was for two
years a member of the mounted detachment of that regt., during which
time he took the Army Ambulance Certificate and passed his Sergt.’s
Proficiency Examination. He afterwards joined the 4th Lanark Rifle
Volunteers, now the 8th Scottish Rifles; received a commission as
Lieut. 13 March, 1895, and had charge of D Coy. for several years,
and on being promoted Capt. 16 Jan. 1901, was reposted to his old F
Coy. On the outbreak of the South African War he reverted for the
time being to the rank of lieut. in the 2nd Volunteer Service Company
of the 2nd Battn. Scottish Rifles, and served through that campaign,
1901–2. He took part in the operations in Cape Colony and the Orange
Free State, April, 1901; in the Transvaal, April to Sept. 1901, and
on the Zululand Frontier of Natal, Sept. to Oct. 1901, and received
the Queen’s medal with five clasps and the honorary rank of Lieut. in
the Army, 23 June, 1902. On his return home he underwent courses of
training at Maryhill and Hythe, and was appointed Brigade-Major of the
Scottish Rifle Brigade, 22 May, 1905, which appointment he held for
six years. On 2 Nov. 1907, he attained his Majority. On the formation
of the Territorial Force his appointment was extended until 1911,
when he became second in command, and two years later, 12 Feb. 1913,
was gazetted Lieut.-Col. Commanding the 8th Scottish Rifles. When the
European War began he volunteered for foreign service, and left with
his regt. for the Dardanelles, 17 May, 1915, and was killed in action
at Cape Helles, 21 June, 1915. Brigadier-General W. Scott-Moncrieff
(since killed in action), wrote to his widow: “I looked on Col. Hannan
as perhaps the best Commanding Officer in my Brigade, and I am sure
that we shall all feel his loss very deeply. It may perhaps be a little
comfort to you to know how well he has done his duty since we landed
here, but especially in the last two days, whilst he has been in the
front trenches. We were tried a little high, as we had to take over
the trenches, knowing little of trenchwork, immediately after a pretty
sharp fight. The people we relieved were too dead tired to hand things
over very regularly, and after taking over in the afternoon we were
told to expect a Turkish attack at sunset. I found, however, that the
8th Scottish Rifles were thoroughly ready for any amount of Turks.
Col. Hannan’s arrangements and organisation were excellent, and it was
perhaps a pity that the Turks did not attack that night. I have paid
a visit each day to Col. Hannan, and found him always with a thorough
command of the situation, always cheerful and quite ready to stop in
his very uncomfortable dug-out as long as he might be required to be
there. This morning, I hear, he was watching a French attack through
his glasses, and then stepped off the banquette, putting his hands into
his pockets, when a bullet pinged over the traverse and caught him in
the neck just below the ear. It passed clean through his neck, and he
fell unconscious. He died very soon, never recovered consciousness,
and had no pain. Deep as your grief must be, you will always have
reason for pride in that your husband, without being a professional
soldier, has twice from the highest patriotic motives undertaken risks
which only rightly appertain to the regular soldier, that he has done
his duty to the satisfaction of all, and that he has died a straight
clean soldier’s death, deeply regretted by all his brother officers of
the 156th Brigade whatever their rank.” Col. Hannan took the keenest
interest in every branch of soldiering, and was most assiduous and
successful in recruiting for the Glasgow Territorial regts. and managed
to make spare time to help the Boys’ Brigade and the Boy Scouts. He was
a military member of the City of Glasgow Territorial Force Association,
and president of the Glasgow Division of the Boy Scouts, and had the
Territorial Decoration and the Long Service Medal. He _m._ at
Ayr, 14 Sept. 1912, Francis Ada (30, Highburgh Road, Beaumont Gate,
Glasgow), only dau. of the late David Ramsay Thomson, of Melbourne and
Walhalla, Gippsland, Australia; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Henry M. Hannan, Jun.=]