Westminster Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Edward
William Helps, of Westleigh, Durleigh Road, Bridgwater, Incorporated
Accountant, Overseer for Borough of Bridgwater, by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of E. J. Bovett, M.R.C.V.S.; _b._ Westfield, Bridgwater, co.
Somerset, 11 May, 1894; educ. Dr. Morgan’s School, Bridgwater, and
Royal Grammar School, Colchester, and on leaving there was apprenticed
to Mr. A. J. Beare, of Taunton, Draper, and after serving his time,
went to the Brixton Bon Marché; enlisted, 11 Aug. 1914; went to France,
24 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 23 July, 1915, while
on outpost duty; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frank Bovett Helps.=]
=HELYAR, MAURICE HOWARD=, Capt., Rifle Brigade, elder _s._ of
Francis John Helyar, of 11, Royal Crescent, Bath, late Royal Bodyguard,
by his wife, the Hon. Ursula Georgiana, née Addington, 2nd dau. of
William Wells, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth; _b._ 78, Eaton Place,
London, S.W., 18 Nov. 1879; educ. Horris Hill, and Eton; gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Rifle Brigade, from the Militia, 20 Dec. 1899, and
promoted Lieut. 18 Dec. 1900, and Capt., 30 May, 1905; served in the
South African War, 1902 (Queen’s medal with clasp), and Somaliland,
1903 (medal with clasp), and with the Expeditionary Force in France,
21 Dec. 1914, to 25 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres on
the latter date, and buried at Dickebusche. Capt. Helyar _m._ at
Winchester, 21 Nov. 1914, Vera, dau. of Edward Evans-Lombe, of Bylaugh
Park, and Rickthorn, Norwich, and had a dau., Maureen Howard, _b._
(posthumous), 25 Aug. 1915.
[Illustration: =Maurice Howard Helyar.=]
=HEMMING, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch.
14309, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HENCHER, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21848, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HENDER, JOHN HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4914), S.S.
104378, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HENDERSON, ALEC STEWART=, Capt., 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers)
The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Robert Stewart Henderson,
of 18, Rutland Gate, London, S.W., by his wife, Laura, dau. of John
Cooper Forster; _b._ Dacca, Eastern Bengal, 28 Jan. 1888; educ.
Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge; joined the Territorial Force in
1908, and was gazetted Capt. Territorial Reserve of Officers, 25 July,
1913, and posted to the 1st City of London Royal Fusiliers in Aug.
1914, after the outbreak of war, his appointment to rank as from 5 Aug.
After eight months in Malta he went to France with his regt. on 10
March, 1915, and was shot through the head, 24 April, 1915, by a stray
bullet, while in a trench superintending the throwing of bombs on the
barbed wire entanglements, and died the next day, 25 April; _unm._
He was buried at Sailly-sur-Lys. His Colonel wrote: “The regt. lost in
him one of its best officers. I do wish to express to you my highest
appreciation of what he did for the regt. through his conscientious
work and great ability. As such his memory will live in the regt.”;
and the Adjutant: “He was a universal favourite, his company really
loved him. He was a good keen soldier, and we can ill afford to lose
an officer of his experience.” He had qualified for appointment as
instructor of musketry.
[Illustration: =Alec Stewart Henderson.=]
=HENDERSON, ALFRED CECIL=, Private, No. 23150, 3rd Battn. (82nd
Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Henry William
Henderson, of Union Road, Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada, by his wife,
Eudevilla, dau. of Francis Simmonds, of Crapaud, P.E.I.; _b._
Royalty Junction, Prince Edward’s Island, 12 April, 1895; joined the
82nd Regt. in 1911, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for service
overseas, and left P.E.I. for Valcartier in Aug. 1914; came over with
the first contingent in Oct., and was drafted into Princess Patricia’s
C.L.I.; crossed to France, 16 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action from
the concussion of a shell at Hooge, during the Second Battle of Ypres,
8 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alfred C. Henderson.=]
=HENDERSON, JOHN McLUCKIE=, Private, No. 13564, Telephone Section,
12th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of Thomas
Brownlie Henderson, of Ballingry Place, Newmains, Lanarkshire, late
of Hamilton, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Alexander McKay; _b._
Burnbank, Hamilton, 28 Aug. 1897; educ. Glenlee Public School there,
and at Fallin Public School, Stirling; enlisted, 4 Sept. 1914; went to
France, 29 April, and was killed in the charge of the Royal Scots at
Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, at the same time as his friend, John Baxter, who
had enlisted with him. At Fallin School he won the Dux Medal, and was
patrol leader in the Boy Scouts.
[Illustration: =John M. Henderson.=]
=HENDERSON, ROBERT HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6216), 187023,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HENDERSON, WILLIAM SLATER=, Armourer’s Mate, M. 4203, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HENLEY, FRANK=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23584, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HENLEY, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9147), S.S.
103968, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HENLEY, GEORGE CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (M.) 304539, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HENNESSY, IVAN THOMAS=, S.B.A., M. 877, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HENRY, CHARLES BURRELL=, Leading Seaman, 172972, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HENRY, FRANK=, Private, No. 2092, 1/5th Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Henry, Bootmaker; _b._ 7 June,
1867; died at Jhansi, India, 21 July, 1915, of heatstroke, while on
active service. He _m._ at Dartford, 17 Oct. 1914, Frances Annie
(9, Priory Hill, Dartford, Kent), dau. of Harry Longhurst; _s.p._
=HENRY, JOSEPH=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HENRY, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4971), 200091, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HENSELEIT, FREDERICK=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16799, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HENSHAW, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Sapper, No. 1617, 2nd Home Counties
F.C., R.E. (T.F.), _s._ of William Frederick Henshaw; _b._
Ashford, co. Kent, 27 Aug. 1874; was a Bricklayer; served in South
Africa with the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteer Corps (Sussex Regt.),
1901–02, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 22
Dec. 1914, to 20 April, 1915; took part in the attack on Hill 60, and
was killed by a shell on returning to billets, 20 April, 1915. He
_m._ at Crowborough, 16 Aug. 1902, Lilian Mary (23, Cornwall Road,
Bexhill-on-Sea), dau. of George Martin, and had three children: Harold
William George, _b._ 9 May, 1903; Arthur Roy, _b._ 21 June,
1907; and Gladys Evelyn May, _b._ 12 May, 1911.
[Illustration: =William F. Henshaw.=]
=HENSON, HERBERT EDWARD=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 187848, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HENSON, LEONARD=, Private, No. 7290, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late Frank Henson, of Loughborough, Labourer,
by his wife, Ann; _b._ Loughborough, 7 Aug. 1890; educ. Emmanuel
Boys’ School there; enlisted 11 June, 1907, served seven years and
then joined the Leicestershire Constabulary, and at the time of the
outbreak of the war was stationed at New Swannington. He rejoined on
mobilisation, was wounded on 23 Sept. 1914, by a shell at the Battle
of the Aisne, and died in Claridge’s Hotel, Paris, two days later;
_unm._ The doctor wrote that he was brought in on the night of
the 23rd, and that after being “very brave and patient, he passed away
quietly at half-past four on Friday the 25th.” He was buried in the
Plantin Cemetery; a company of French soldiers followed and fired the
last shots.
[Illustration: =Leonard Henson.=]
=HENSON, STANLEY BENSKIN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Somerset L.I.,
only _s._ of William John Henson, of 2, Derby Street, Mayfair,
W., and Elmsett Hall, Wedmore, co. Somerset, Physician, by his wife,
Minnie, dau. of the late George Niesigh, of Beckenham, Kent; _b._
Upper Norwood, 17 June, 1888; educ. King’s School, Bruton, Somerset,
and Pembroke College, Oxford; and obtained a commission in the Colonial
Police in 1909, and was stationed at Singapore and Penang. He joined
the Special Reserve of Officers of the Somerset L.I., 17 Sept. 1913,
and failing to obtain leave from the Straits Authorities, resigned
his post there, came home to England at his own expense, and obtained
a commission in the 1st Battn. Somerset L.I., in Oct. 1914; went to
France in Nov., and was killed in action in an attack on the German
trenches at Ploegsteert, 19 Dec. 1914. In this attack, made over 200
yards of open ground, he (in the words of his Commanding Officer)
exhibited such dashing bravery that he outstripped his company by a
full 20 yards, but fell with a bullet through his heart. Buried in
Ploegsteert Wood; _unm._
[Illustration: =Stanley B. Henson.=]
=HEPBURN, ARCHIBALD JAMES=, Capt., 8th (Ardwick) Battn. Manchester
Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Archibald Hepburn, of
Dane-in-Shaw, Elms Avenue, Lytham, Bleacher’s Manager, by his wife,
Sarah, dau. of the Rev. William Burnett, of Half Morton, Dumfriesshire;
_b._ Ramsbottom, co. Lancaster, 26 June, 1882; educ. Sedbergh
Preparatory School and Manchester Grammar School; and from 1906 to 1914
was Manager under Bleachers’ Association, Ltd., of Hepburn & Co., Ltd.,
Square Works, Ramsbottom, succeeding his father in that position. On
the institution of the Territorial Force, he obtained a commission in
the 8th Battn. Manchester Regt. and received his Captaincy 5 Feb. 1913.
On the outbreak of war he was in command of C Coy.; volunteered with
his regt. for foreign service, and left for Egypt, as part of the East
Lancashire Division, 10 Sept. 1914. Part of the battn. was ordered to
Cyprus, 19 Oct. 1914, and till its return to Egypt three months later
(including the annexation of the island, 7 Nov. 1914), Capt. Hepburn
was officer commanding troops at Nicosia, the seat of Government. The
Division left for the Gallipoli Peninsula, 2 May, 1915, and he was
killed in action there, 29 May, 1915, being shot through the head while
strengthening parapet of front line trench south of Krithia. He was
buried at “Clapham Junction” military cemetery there. Capt. Hepburn
qualified as a musketry instructor at Hythe in Nov. and Dec., 1911,
and was well known as an amateur actor in the Manchester district. He
_m._ at Altrincham, co. Chester, 28 Feb. 1911, Lilias Una, only
child of Alfred Tarbolton, of Bowdon, co. Chester, and Manchester,
J.P., Solicitor, and had a son and dau., Philip Archibald, _b._ 23
March, 1915; and Patricia, _b._ 6 March, 1915. At the outbreak of
war they resided at 2, Crumpsall Green, Manchester.
[Illustration: =Archibald J. Hepburn.=]
=HEPINSTALL, GEORGE=, Private, No. 10959, 6th (Service) Battn.
Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of the late George Hepinstall, of
Southwick-on-Wear, Riveter, by his wife, Mary Ellen (13, Brougham
Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of John Leach, of Southwick; _b._
Southwick, 15 Jan. 1894; educ. Southwick Board School; was employed at
the Sunderland Bottle Works; enlisted 24 Aug. 1914, trained at Grantham
and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 21 Aug 1915; _unm._
The same day his great friend and schoolfellow, J. C. Robinson, with
whom he had been brought up, enlisted, and gone to the front, was
killed at Chocolate Hill.
[Illustration: =George Hepinstall.=]
=HEPWORTH, PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1843), 293062,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=HERBERT, ERNEST=, A. B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2093), 189862, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HERBERT, FREDERICK DANIEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 10169, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HERDMAN, ARTHUR WIDDRINGTON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Own
Shropshire L.I., only _s._ of the late Rev. Robert Morrison
Herdman, Vicar of Holy Trinity, North Shields, by his wife, Mary
(Sunnyholme, Ripon), dau. of Thomas Wearmouth, of Gainford; _b._
Holy Trinity Vicarage, North Shields, 31 Jan. 1886; educ. Trent
College, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st
Shropshire L.I., 18 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut., 30 Oct. 1913; went
to France with the 6th Division, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action
near Lille. 25 Oct. following; _unm._ The Commanding Officer
and Major of his regt., in their letters to his mother, spoke of his
popularity with his men, and his orderly, who, when he was missing,
went out to look for him and found him dead, and was himself wounded
while looking for him. wrote: “When I told his men that he was dead
they all took it very hard, because he was the best friend we ever
had.” By his will Lieut. Herdman left £1,000 to the Council of Trent
College, £500 to the K.S.L.I. Regimental Aid Society, a recreation
ground for Ewhurst, and other bequests.
=HERION, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9319), S.S.
106537, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HERN, WILLIAM HENRY=, Leading Stoker (Boatman, C.G.), 310613
(Dev.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HERON, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 1753, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, 6th _s._ of Richard Heron, of Dryden Place, New York,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, Ada, dau. of Amos Wright; _b._
New Seaham, co. Durham, 2 Feb. 1891; educ. there; was in the Special
Reserve; emigrated to Australia about 1913, and settled at Fremantle,
West Australia: volunteered at the outbreak of war, and joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt, 17 March, 1915;
went to the Dardanelles about July, and died at sea, 11 Aug. 1915;
_unm._
=HERRIDGE, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A., 8569, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HERRING, EDWARD EDGAR=, L.-Corpl., No. 939, D Coy., 3rd Battn.
1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of
Gerard Edgar Herring, of Cromer, England, late Under-secretary for
Mines Department, Sydney, N.S.W., by his wife, Caroline Elizabeth;
_b._ Gladesville, New South Wales, 26 April, 1891; educ. Sydney
Grammar School; was a Bank Accountant, and volunteered on the outbreak
of war, and enlisted 20 Aug. 1914: left for Egypt with the 1st
Division, 30 Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was
wounded in the assault on Lone Pine Hill, 6 Aug. 1915, and died of
wounds on the hospital ship Delta, on the 9th; _unm._ Buried at
sea.
[Illustration: =Edward Edgar Herring.=]
=HESTER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 350550, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HETHERINGTON, JOHN ROBERT=, Private, No. 10176, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Joseph Hetherington, of 49, Ancrum
Street, Spital Tongues, Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, Frances, dau.
of William Pallan; _b._ Spital Tongues aforesaid, 5 May. 1896;
educ. Newcastle Council School; enlisted 5 June, 1913; went to the
Front 8 Oct. 1914, and was reported missing after the fighting at
Givenchy, 25 Jan. 1915. Confirmation of his death was received in June,
when Sergt. F. Millman reported that he had been by his side when he
was mortally wounded and added, “he was a fine type of manhood and a
credit to the regt.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =John Robert Hetherington.=]
=HEWETSON, GEORGE HAYTON=, Chaplain, R.N., elder _s._ of the
late Rev. John Hewetson, Vicar of Chadworth, by his wife, Isabella
(Dromore, Putney, S.W.), dau. of the Rev. George Henry Heslop;
_b._ Chester, 26 Jan. 1877; educ. Bradfield and Worcester College,
Oxford; entered the Royal Navy, 1 Aug. 1906, and was Chaplain H.M.S.
Britannia, H.M.S. Minotaur, the Flagship of the China Squadron, Feb.
1910–12, and to the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, 1912 to July,
1914; appointed to H.M.S. Bulwark, 29 July, 1914; lost when that
ship was blown up at Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at High
Harrogate, 3 Feb. 1914, Lilian Mary (The Vicarage, High Harrogate),
dau. of the Rev. Douglas Sherwood Guy, Vicar of Christchurch, High
Harrogate, and had a dau., Mary Hayton, _b._ 10 Jan. 1915.
=HEWETT, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 862. 1st/5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade), The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the
late George Hulbert Hewett, of 61, Rathcoole Gardens, Hornsey, N.,
a Mercantile Clerk in the employ of the British India Steamship
Navigation Co., by his wife, Olivia, dau. of William Clarke; _b._
Highbury, N., 15 Jan. 1894; educ. Hornsey County School, enlisted
9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 28 April, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried near Fortuin.
[Illustration: =John Edward Hewett.=]
=HEWITT, ERNEST HENRY=, Lieut., 1/4th Battn. King’s Own Royal
Lancaster Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of James Henry Hewitt, of
Altamont, Bangor, co. Down, Ireland; _b._ Belfast, 5 Nov. 1885;
educ. Bangor Grammar School; St. Jude’s School, Belfast; and the
Royal Academical Institution, Belfast; was a member of the Queen’s
University Officers Training Corps, and Vice-Capt. of the North of
Ireland Rugby Football Club; offered his services to the War Office
the day after war was declared; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 22 Aug. 1914; and
Lieut. 1 Dec. 1914; went to France with his Battn. in April, 1915;
took part in the attack on the enemy near Festubert, on the night of
15 June, 1915; was seen to fall on his left side, apparently mortally
wounded, while heroically leading his men between the second and third
German trenches, and not heard of since. He is officially reported
missing. His Commanding officer wrote: “Lieut. Hewitt since he joined
us has become the most popular officer in the Battn. He was a splendid
soldier.” He was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916], for gallant and distinguished
service in the field.
[Illustration: =Ernest Henry Hewitt.=]
=HEWITT, JAMES FRANCIS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles), eldest _s._ of the Hon. William James Hewitt,
of St. Colme House, Aberdour, Fife [s. of 6th James, 4th Viscount
Lifford], by his wife Evelyn Frances, yst. dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Francis
Carey; _b._ Gatehouse-of-Fleet, co. Kirkcudbright, 22 Jan. 1888;
educ. Winton House, Winchester and Haileybury College; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. from the 3rd Battn. to the 1st Cameronians, 26 Feb. 1908, and
promoted Lieut., 12 March, 1910; went to France, 26 Aug., and was
killed in action at La Boutillerie during the first Battle of Ypres,
26 Oct. 1914, and was buried there; _unm._ His Colonel wrote: “We
have lost one of our very best officers and most lovable of comrades.
He was always so capable and keen at all work and sport.”
[Illustration: =James Francis Hewitt.=]
=HEWITT, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8192, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HEWITT, WILLIAM GEORGE=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots,
2nd _s._ of the Hon. William James Hewitt, of St. Colme House,
Aberdour, Fife [6th s. of James, 4th Viscount Lifford], by his wife
Evelyn Frances, yst. dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Francis Carey: _b._
Gatehouse-of-Fleet, co. Kirkcudbright, 7 June, 1892; educ. Edinburgh
Academy and Christ Church, Oxford; gazetted from the Officer’s Training
Corps to the 3rd Royal Scots, 7 Aug. 1914; went to France, 27 Sept.
and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle during the 1st Battle
of Ypres, 13 Oct. 1914, while helping a wounded soldier; _unm._
Whilst at Christ Church he ran with the beagles, and eventually became
1st Whip; he was also a member of the “Loders Club,” and interested
himself keenly in all sport. Of him it was said: “He was most charming
in manner, and it was always a pleasure to be with him; he has died
nobly, and in his short time has lived a simple, straight life.” His
eldest brother, Lieut. J. F. Hewitt, was killed in action, 26 Oct. 1914
(see his notice).
[Illustration: =William George Hewitt.=]
=HEWLETT, WILFRED ARTHUR=, Chief Electrical Artificer, 2nd Class,
345053, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HEYS, ARTHUR=, Petty Officer, 189420, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HEYWORTH, HEYWORTH POTTER LAWRENCE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. (98th)
North Staffordshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Col. Lawrence
Heyworth, Commanding 3rd Welsh Regt., by his wife, Rosina Kate (Colne
Priory, Earl’s Colne), dau. of John Baskerville Mortimer, and grandson
of Lawrence Heyworth, of Yewtree, Liverpool, J.P., M.P. for Derby, &c.;
_b._ Wain Vaur, Risca, co. Monmouth, 20 Nov. 1877; educ. Aysgarth,
Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge; received a commission in the
3rd South Wales Borderers (Militia), 1899, and was gazetted to the 2nd
North Staffordshire Regt., 21 April, 1900, and promoted Lieut., 7 Jan.
1901, and Capt., 11 Sept. 1908. He served in the South African War,
1900–1902, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State and
in the Transvaal and Cape Colony, and received the Queen’s medal with
three clasps and the King’s with two clasps. He went to India with his
regiment in 1903, being stationed at Umballa, Multan and Peshawar, and
was Master of the Peshawar Vale Hounds, 1911–12. In 1913 he returned to
England on sick leave and retired on half-pay (21 Sept.), but on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, rejoined his old regt. and was appointed
Adjutant of the 7th Battn. in Sept. They left for the Dardanelles in
June, and he was killed in action there, near Sari Bair, 6 Aug. 1915,
and buried in the Australian and New Zealand Cemetery, Gallipoli. His
Commanding Officer wrote that he had proved “a very good adjutant,”
and the second in Command: “He is a terrible loss to us, as he was
quite the most popular man in the regt.” He _m._ at Partney
Church, Lincolnshire, 21 Jan. 1915, Cecily Mabel (Dalby Hall, Spilsby,
Lincolnshire), 2nd dau. of Major Bartholomew Claypon Garfit, of Dalby
Hall, Lincolnshire, J.P.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =H. Potter L. Heyworth.=]
=HIBBERT, SEPTIMUS=, M.A., M.B., B.Ch. Oxon, Surgeon, R.N.V.R.,
_s._ of Charles George Hibbert, of Marenioh, Talbot Avenue,
Bournemouth, Merchant, by his wife, Clara, dau. of John Heseltine;
_b._ Brasted, near Sevenoaks, Kent, 31 July, 1886: educ. Tonbridge
School, University College, Oxford, and St. George’s Hospital, London,
where he was House Surgeon and Physician; joined the Navy on the
outbreak of war, was appointed Surgeon to H.M.S. Formidable, and was
lost when that ship was sunk in the Channel, 1 Jan. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Septimus Hibbert.=]