lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRISON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6606), 197077,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRISON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16459, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HART, EDWARD JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7915), S.S.
103600, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HART, FREDERICK JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9811, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HART, HAROLD GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 1767, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of G. I. Hart,
of The Gables, East Acton Lane, W.; _b._ Collingham, Newark, co.
Notts, 16 Jan. 1880; educ. St. Mark’s, Windsor, and Salisbury School,
Salisbury, and was admitted a member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Jan. 1914; enlisted 1 April, 1908, and was discharged
(time expired) 31 March, 1914, but on the outbreak of war re-enlisted
in Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 5 Aug. 1914; left with his regt. for the
Front; served in France and Flanders, and was killed by a bullet wound
received in a trench near Messines, Belgium, 8 Jan. 1915; _unm._
His Col. wrote to his parents: “Your boy was always splendid in his
earnest endeavours to benefit the Coy. in every way. Not long ago a
member of the Coy. got embedded in the mud of the trench, and whilst
others waited to be ordered to help the man, your son got to work and
largely by his exertions the man was released.”
=HART, HORACE CECIL=, Private, No. 2365, 5th Battn. The Buffs
(East Kent Regt. (T.F.)), 2nd _s._ and 5th child of John William
Hart, Master Mariner, by his wife, Eliza Jane, dau. of (--) Nowland,
of Praze, Penryn, Cornwall; _b._ Dover, 7 June, 1895; educ. Holy
Trinity Boys’ School, Dover; was in business with Messrs. Baker &
Clarke, but on the outbreak of war enlisted, and after a period of
training at Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Sandwich, sailed for India, 30
Oct. 1914. Here he remained until 15 Nov. 1915, when he left for the
Persian Gulf, and died of wounds received in action there, 17 Jan.
1916; _unm._ His elder and next younger brothers also enlisted
after the outbreak of war, the first in the R.F.A. and the latter in
the Buffs, and are now (1916) on active service. A brother-in-law,
L.-Corpl. H. R. Harman, Australian Imperial Force, died of wounds at
the Dardanelles (see notice), and another, Drummer M. J. Ford, King’s
Own Royal Lancaster Regt., is a prisoner of war in Germany.
[Illustration: =Horace Cecil Hart.=]
=HARTNELL, CUTHBERT=, Capt., 8th Battn. West Yorkshire Regt.
(T.F.), only _s._ of Wilson Hartnell, of Aysgarth, Roundhay,
Leeds, M. Inst. M.E., M. Inst. E.E., M. Brit. Ass., F.R.S.S.A.
Edinburgh, F.R.S.A. London, Managing Director of Wilson Hartnell &
Co., Ltd., Leeds, Manufacturers of Dynamos, motors and electrical
machinery, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Giles, of Manchester,
and grandson of the Rev. Mark Antony Hartnell, M.A. Oxford; _b._
Leeds, 26 Aug. 1887; and was educ. at Bedford Grammar School and Leeds
University. After leaving Bedford, he spent three years in the works
of Messrs. J. & H. Maclaren, Ltd., Messrs. Kitson & Co.’s Airedale
Foundry, and Messrs. Hathorn, Davy & Co., and then attended a two
years’ course in Engineering and Science at the Leeds University.
Subsequently he became a director of Wilson Hartnell & Co. (Ltd.), and
was a member of the Leeds Court of Referees under the Insurance Act. At
Leeds University he was a member of the O.T.C., and after rising to the
rank of Col.-Sergt. was given a commission in the Leeds Rifles in 1911;
and on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered for Foreign Service,
and went to France with his battn. 15 April, 1915. He was promoted
Capt. 10 June, and was killed in the trenches by a shell near Ypres, 16
July, 1915; _unm._ Capt. Hartnell was an Associate Member of the
Institution of Civil Engineers of London, and took a keen interest in
boating and Rugby Football. He was capt. of the Leeds Rifles football
team and also played for the University team.
[Illustration: =Cuthbert Hartnell.=]
=HARTNOLL, HUGH PETER=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Worcestershire Regt.,
_s._ of Sir Henry Sulivan Hartnoll, Puisne Judge of the Chief
Court, Lower Burma, by his wife, Grace, dau. of the Rev. Peter Dodwell
Digges La Touche; _b._ Bassein, Lower Burma, 16 Sept. 1893; educ.
The Wells House, Malvern Wells, and Clifton College; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 2nd Battn. Worcesters, 3 Sept. 1913, later posted to the 1st
Battn.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and promoted
Lieut. while serving there; killed in action, near Neuve Chapelle, 12
Dec. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Hugh Peter Hartnoll.=]
=HARTRIDGE, FRANCIS HENRY=, A.B., Acting Chief Stoker (R.F.R., B.
4499), 192177, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARVEY, BERNARD MATHESON=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., _s._ of
the late Hon. Augustus William Harvey, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, by
his wife, Elizabeth Gertrude; _b._ St. John’s, Newfoundland, 4
July, 1882; entered H.M.S. Britannia and obtained his naval cadetship
in Jan. 1908, became Midshipman April following, sub-Lieut. Oct. 1901,
Lieut. 31 Dec. 1903, and Lieut.-Commander, 1912; held various Torpedo
Boat Commands, including T.B. No. 6, 1908–10 and the Destroyer Foyle,
May, 1910–11; joined H.M.S. Cressy, 27 Jan. 1912, and was lost on 22
Sept. 1914, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea. He _m._
4 Aug. 1910, Hester, dau. of His Honour Josiah Wood, Lieut.-Governor of
New Brunswick, and had issue a son: Maurice, _b._ 11 Oct. 1911.
[Illustration: =Bernard Matheson Harvey.=]
=HARVEY, CHRISTOPHER EDWIN=, Rifleman, No. 2113, 17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of
Robert Charles Harvey, of 102, Whitehorse Street, E., Foreman, Stepney
Borough Council, by his wife, Martha Charlotte, dau. of Benjaman
Morris; _b._ Forest Gate, co. Essex, 8 Oct. 1894; educ. St. Mark’s
School, Whitechapel, and on leaving school entered the employ of Messrs
Lawrence & Sons, Hounsditch, Wholesale Toy Merchants, and was with them
when war broke out; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 7 Aug. 1914;
left for France 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action by shell fire
at Pont Fixe, Givenchy, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in an orchard
just behind the spot where he fell.
[Illustration: =Christopher E. Harvey.=]
=HARVEY, EMMANUEL=, L.-Sergt., R.M.A., 9497, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARVEY, JOSEPH VICTOR=, Private, No. 61974, C Coy. 22nd (French
Canadian) Regt. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Elie Harvey,
of Murray Bay, P. Quebec, Canada, Merchant, by his wife, Liveadis, dau.
of Louis Batti; _b._ Murray Bay, 8 Dec. 1891; educ. there and at
St. John’s College, St. John’s, Quebec, and for ten years was employed
in various departments of the Intercolonial Railways of Canada, and
at the time of the declaration of war was Chief Clerk in the Master
Mechanics Office. He joined the 22nd Regt. at Amherst, N.B., about 25
April, 1915, left Canada about 22 May, and died at East Sandling Camp,
England, 29 July, 1915, from an accident; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Victor Harvey.=]
=HARVEY, LESLIE=, Lieut., 8th Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s
Own Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Cecil Allenby Harvey,
of Highgate House, Hawkhurst, Bank Manager, by his wife, Annie, dau.
of Thomas Amey of Petersfield; _b._ Windsor, 3 Jan. 1884; educ.
Eastbourne, and Isleworth; and was a Solicitor; joined the Inns of
Court Officers Training Corps and obtained his B Certificate; and on
the outbreak of war at once volunteered and was given a commission in
the 8th Middlesex Regt., 28 Aug. 1914; and promoted Lieut. Feb. 1915.
He was sent with his regt. to Gibraltar in Oct., returning to England
the following Feb., and went to the Front a fortnight later; was killed
in action near Ypres, 25 April, 1915, while leading a bayonet charge.
He was buried at the level crossing about 11 kilometres east of Ypres;
_unm._
=HARVEY, RICHARD PRENTICE=, Major, 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd,
Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., 4th _s._ of the late John Harvey, of
the firm of John Harvey & Sons, Ltd., Wine Merchants, Denmark Street,
Bristol, by his wife, Mary Russell (3, Sion Hill, Clifton, Bristol),
dau. of George Prentice, of Strathore, Fifeshire; _b._ Clifton,
Bristol, 10 Dec. 1873; educ. Lambrook, near Bracknell, Marlborough,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd
Royal Berkshires, 7 March, 1894, and promoted Lieut. 25 Aug. 1897, and
Capt. 12 March, 1904; served in the South African War, 1900–1902; was
Railway Staff Officer from 30 Nov. 1900; took part in the operations
in the Orange Free State, April to July, 1900; in the Transvaal, east
of Pretoria, July to Nov. 1900, and west of Pretoria, July to Aug.
1900, including action at Zilikat’s Nek; in the Transvaal, Nov. 1900
to July 1901; Orange River Colony, July, 1901 and in Cape Colony, July
to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal
with two clasps) and afterwards Egypt, Soudan and India. He retired 3
June, 1911, to join the family business of John Harvey & Sons, Ltd.,
and became a Director in 1914, and also a director of Charles Harvey
& Co., Ltd., Kidderminster, but retained his connection with the Army
by joining the special Reserve of Officers. On the outbreak of war he
joined the 3rd Royal Berkshires at Portsmouth, and was promoted Major
26 Sept. 1914, and took out a draft to the 2nd Battn. at the Front,
18 March, 1915; and was in command of that battn. for a month, being
gazetted temp. Lieut.-Col. from 3 to 4 May inclusive. He was killed in
action near Fromelles, during the advance against the Aubers Ridge,
9 May following. Major Harvey _m._ at St. Mary’s Church, Leigh
Woods, Bristol, 11 Aug. 1904, Eleanor Frances (Summerlands, Nailsea,
Somerset), eldest dau. of the late Col. John Whaley Watson, Bombay
Staff Corps, and had four daughters: Eleanor Nancy, _b._ 18 June,
1906; Jeanie Elizabeth, _b._ 19 June, 1908; Joan Mary, _b._
29 March, 1911; and Marjorie Prentice, _b._ 3 Oct. 1914.
=HARVEY, WICKHAM LEATHES=, Lieut., 7th Duke of Connaught’s
Own Rajputs, Indian Army, 2nd _s._ of Arthur Henry Harvey, of
Hoon-Hay, the Drive, Belmont, Surrey, late P. & O.S.N. Coy. by his
wife, Emily, dau. of the late Alfred Stanger-Leathes, of Leamington
Spa, and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; _b._ St. Margarets,
Twickenham, co. Middlesex, 8 Jan. 1888; educ. Quernmore, Bromley, Kent,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd.
list for Indian Army, 9 Sept. 1908, and attd. to the 1st South Wales
Borderers for his first year, joining them at Quetta, 9 Nov. 1908;
was posted to the 7th D.C.O. Rajputs, at Dinapore, 7 Nov. 1909; and
promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1910; served with his regt. at Jask and Chabar
on the Persian Gulf, stopping the gun running, for a year, and went
to Mesopotamia with it on the outbreak of the European War; took part
in the fighting before and in the occupation of Basra, and the Battle
of Kurna, where he was wounded, and was killed in action during a
reconnaissance near Ahwaz, Persia, 3 March, 1915, while endeavouring to
rescue a wounded brother officer, Lieut. Burgoyne Wallace; _unm._
His Col. wrote: “I brought to the notice of the ‘General Officer
Commanding’ the plucky way he handled the machine-guns under a hot
fire (at the Battle of Kurna); the regt. has lost a keen, zealous, and
promising young officer. Personally he was a great favourite of mine
and he showed great ability in the Gulf three years ago, when at Jask
acting as Quartermaster.” Lieut. Harvey was mentioned in Despatches
[Gazette of India, 25 June, 1915] “for the very efficient manner in
which he brought up his machine-gun section in support of the 120th
Infantry, and acted throughout with conspicuous bravery and coolness.
He was wounded in this action just after adjusting a jam in one of his
guns,” and again in General Sir John Nixon’s despatch of 1 Jan. [London
Gazette, 5 April], 1916, “for gallant and distinguished service in the
field.”
[Illustration: =Wickham Leathes Harvey.=]
=HARVEY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 309477, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARVEY, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Sergt.-Major, No. 361, 9th Australian
Light Horse, Australian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of
Surgeon Lieut.-Col. Charles Albert Harvey, Indian Medical Service,
by his wife, Sarah, dau. of the late Edward Jones, of Clonmel, co.
Tipperary; _b._ Nagode, Central India, 9 Oct. 1875; educ. Galway
Grammar School; went to South Africa in 1895; served in Matebeleland
(medal) and in the South African War, 1899–1902, with Driscoll’s
Scouts, and was twice wounded; and in 1902 was one of the picked men
sent over to represent South Africa at the King’s Coronation and
received the Coronation Medal. He afterwards went to Australia in 1912,
and on the outbreak of the European War, volunteered and joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in Jan. 1915; arrived
at the Dardanelles, May 10, and was killed in action at Walker’s Ridge,
Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915. Buried at Ari Burnu; _unm._
=HARVEY, WILLIAM EDWARD=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10437), 299944,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARWOOD, ARTHUR EDMUND=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., Ch. B.
325), 130190, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=HARWOOD, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9496), S.S.
106874, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HASKELL, ERNEST BONE=, Private, No. 19815, 2nd Battn. Wiltshire
Regt., _s._ of the late Harry Haskell, a Painter on Sir George A.
Cooper’s Hursley Park Estate, by his wife, Anne, dau. of John Bone;
_b._ Ampfield, co. Hants, 30 April, 1891; educ. Church of England
School there. Had served four years in, and had just left, Romsey
Coy. of the Hants Territorials when war was declared; enlisted in the
Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Aug. 1914, being the first Ampfield lad
to respond to the call for men; was subsequently transferred to the
2nd Wiltshires, and was killed in action in France at the Battle of
Hulluch, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ A comrade (Private H. Wiltshire)
wrote: “He was shot with a bullet through the lungs and he only lived a
few minutes, and he did not speak to anyone.... He was a nice fellow,
and he was liked very much in the company.... He was buried next day
and a cross put on his grave, with his name and regt.”
[Illustration: =Ernest Bone Haskell.=]
=HASKELL, FRANK=, Gunner, R.M.A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HASKELL, HARRY JAMES PAYNE=, Private, No. 10977, 5th Battn.
Dorsetshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Harry Haskell, a
Painter on Sir George A. Cooper’s Hursley Park Estate, by his wife,
Anne, dau. of John Bone; _b._ Ampfield, co. Hants, 4 Sept. 1893;
educ. Church School there; enlisted 7 Sept. 1914, and died in Malta,
30 Aug. 1915, of wounds received at the Dardanelles; _unm._ He
was reported missing about 11 Aug., but there appears to be some
confusion about this date, as a letter dated 10 Aug. was received from
him saying he had a bad foot. The officer in charge of the Wounded
Information Bureau in Malta, writing about it, said: “He arrived in
Malta on the hospital ship Heuralia on the 29 Aug. suffering from a
bullet wound in the left leg. The leg was amputated above the knee, but
tetanus intervened, and he died at 6 p.m. on the following day. He was
buried on the 31st in the Piela Cemetery.... His grave is No. 3, Row
7B.”
[Illustration: =Harry James P. Haskell.=]
=HASLER, JULIAN=, Brigadier-General, The Buffs (East Kent Regt.),
Commanding the 11th Infantry Brigade, 2nd _s._ of the late William
Wyndham Hasler, J.P., of Aldingbourne House and Barkfold Manor, Sussex,
by his wife, Selina Sarah, dau. of Lionel Charles Hervey; _b._
Halnaker House, Chichester, 16 Oct. 1868; educ. Winchester College
and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Buffs, 19 Sept. 1888, and promoted
Lieut. 4 Feb. 1892, Capt. 12 March, 1898, Brevet Major, 22 Aug. 1902,
Major, 7 Feb. 1907, Lieut.-Col. 28 April, 1906, and Col. 11 Jan. 1910;
was employed with the West African Frontier Force, 17 June, 1899, to
23 Feb. 1900; with the Rhodesian Field Force (on special service) 6
April, 1900 to 10 Oct. 1901, and with the West African Frontier Force,
17 June, 1903 to 25 April, 1910; served (1) with the Chitral Relief
Force, 1895 (Medal with clasp); (2) in the Malakand Expedition on the
North-West Frontier of India, 1897–8, took part in the operations in
Bajaur and in the Mamund country, Utman Khel and Buner and in the
attack and capture of the Tanga Pass (clasp); (3) in the South African
War, 1899–1902, was severely wounded (mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 15 Nov. 1901], Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s
medal with two clasps, Brevet of Major); (4) In West Africa (Northern
Nigeria) 1903, during the Kano Sokoto Campaign (medal with clasp), and
(5) again in West Africa, in command of operations in Northern Nigeria
(mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 18 Sept. 1906], Brevet of
Lieut.-Col.). After the outbreak of the European War he was promoted
Brigadier-General Feb. 1915, and was appointed to command the XIth
Infantry Brigade. He went to France Sept. 1914; was wounded 21 Oct.;
returned 20 Dec. in command of The Buffs, and was killed in action
at St. Jean, near Ypres, 29 April, 1915. He was twice mentioned in
Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London Gazette, Feb. 17,
1915, and 22 June, 1915]. General Sir Charles Wilson, commanding the
4th Division wrote: “The 4th Division, and the whole Army has suffered
a great loss in your husband’s death; he was not only a splendid
soldier, but he was loved by everybody,” and General Lynden-Bell: “We
all recognised him as one of our very finest Brigadiers. His bravery
was extraordinary, and wherever the bullets and shells were thickest,
he was sure to be found. I cannot express to you the terrible grief
his death has caused to the whole of his Brigade, every man of which
knew him and loved him.” General Hasler raised and commanded Hasler’s
Australian Scouts, who did such excellent work in South Africa. He
_m._ at Aldingbourne, 11 Aug. 1908, Edith Gwendoline, eldest
dau. of Capt. John Orr-Ewing, 5th Dragoon Guards, and granddau. of
Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Bart., and had two sons: William Julian,
_b._ 11 Oct. 1912, and John Wyndham, _b._ 21 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Julian Hasler.=]
=HASLETT, JAMES HOLMES=, Private, No. 30, 3rd Field Ambulance, 1st
Division Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of John Haslett,
of 37, Clooney Terrace, Waterside, Londonderry, by his wife, Hannah,
dau. of Archibald Rosborough, of Inchna Park, co. Derry; _b._
Londonderry, 15 Dec. 1889; educ. Ebrington National School and Model
School, Derry; emigrated to Australia, 1 April, 1910, and settled at
Sydney; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the 3rd Field
Ambulance in Queensland; left for Egypt with the Main Force; took part
in the landing at Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action
there 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “He was engaged in his
usual duties as stretcher-bearer when a shrapnel burst came into our
lines, and he and a friend with a stretcher ran across to give help
to a man who was wounded. While attending to him, another burst came
over them and wounded his friend and Jim. The former was not severely
wounded, but your son was, and lived only half-an-hour afterwards. I
attended him myself, and at one time his condition improved, and he
flattered our hopes, but it was only temporary, and he went out as
he lived--a fine, brave chap. He was one of my best and most willing
workers, and was beloved by all the men in camp, who, in their votes
after the action placed him at the top of the list as having done the
best work. He thus gave his life in doing his duty, and I have no
doubt he will meet with his just reward. I knew him before he joined
the Ambulance, in Brisbane, where I was Medical Officer to an Amateur
Athletic Club, and so I feel his death more than usual. He was known
by all the men here as ‘Irish,’ and his friends were greatly affected
by his death. They have put up a fine cross where he was buried on the
beach. The bullet entered his neck, and must have almost severed the
spinal cord.”
[Illustration: =James Holmes Haslett.=]
=HASLUCK, SIDNEY VANDYKE=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army Reserve of
Officers, attd. 14th Sikhs, eldest _s._ of the Rev. Ernest Edward
Hasluck, of Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, by his wife, Agnes Milborough,
dau. of Richard Holliott Eliot, J.P., D.L.; _b._ Handsworth,
Birmingham, 11 Nov. 1888; educ. Marlborough College, where he was in
the Cadet Corps, and served three years in the Dorset Yeomanry. In 1909
he went to Ceylon and became a Tea and Rubber Planter. He had joined
the Ceylon Mounted Rifles, and on the outbreak of war, he volunteered
for active service with the Ceylon Contingent, and accompanied this
force to Egypt. In January, 1915, he obtained a commission in the
Indian Army Reserve of Officers, and being attd. to the 89th Punjabis,
took part in the fight at Kantara. Subsequently he proceeded to the
Dardanelles, became attd. to the 14th Sikhs, and was killed in action,
4 June, 1915. The Officer Commanding 89th Punjabis wrote: “During the
time your son was with us, both in Egypt and in the Dardanelles, he
worked hard, both at Hindustani and at his military duties. During
the fight at Kantara, he showed himself cool under fire. Again in the
Dardanelles, when Capt. Scruby was wounded, he and Lieut. Masters
carried on under a heavy fire, while the Double Company dug itself
in, and he gave a good example to everyone near him. I may mention
that I sent both his name and Lieut. Masters’ to the General Officer
Commanding Brigade for a ‘Mention in despatches,’ though it is probable
that owing to the large number of recommendations their names have
gone no further.” Capt. Scruby wrote: “We were together in a trench
for 3 days, and at the time I got hit we had gone on to take up a new
position in front of the old line. He was left in charge all day; we
had fairly heavy casualties and I feel sure that if it had not been
for his influence our company would not have held the new line. Your
son made the men dig a hole for me and looked after me until we were
relieved that night.”
[Illustration: =Sidney Vandyke Hasluck.=]
=HASTINGS, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6833 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HASTINGS, FREDERICK STEWART=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27391 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=HATCH, WILLIAM LEONARD RINGROSE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Irish
Fusiliers (Princess Victoria’s), elder _s._ of William Keith
Hatch, Lieut.-Col. (retired) I.M.S., of 8, Earlham Road, Norwich,
by his wife, Clare Catherine, dau. of Deputy Surgeon-Gen. S. Homan;
_b._ Bombay, India, 27 Nov. 1890; educ. Shrewsbury and Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Irish Fusiliers,
25 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 April, 1913. On the outbreak
of war was at Quetta with his regt.; returned to England in Oct.,
and after a short stay went to France, and was killed in action near
Vierstraat, 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Vierstraat.
=HATCHELL, THOMAS=, Acting Chief Stoker, 278685, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.