Artillery, 2nd _s._ of John Robert Kirk, of Belton, near
Doncaster, Schoolmaster, by his wife, Betsy, dau. of John Rookledge;
_b._ York, 13 June, 1891; educ. Ackworth Church School, of which
his father was head master; joined Pontefract Battn. King’s Own
Yorkshire L.I. (T.F.), ... 1909; enlisted R.F.A., June, 1909; left
for France, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the
Aisne, 13 Sept. following. Buried midway between Braine and Chessemy;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Alan Kirk.=]
=KIRK, GERALD=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. The King’s Own Royal
Lancaster Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Alfred Samuel Kirk
of Greenwood Leghe, Ingleton, and of Leeds, and the only _s._ by
his 2nd wife, Isabella Ann, widow of William Norman Greenwood and dau.
of Richardson Balderstone; _b._ Bramley, near Leeds, 14 July,
1883; educ. Ilkley and Pocklington, but after the declaration of war
enlisted in the King’s Own, 2 Sept. 1914, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in
the same, 3 Jan. 1915. At the Second Battle of Ypres the 5th Battn. of
the King’s Own were with the Canadians in the great charge on Friday,
23 April, and Lieut. Kirk was severely wounded and died on the night
of the following day at Poperinghe. Col. Lord Richard Cavendish wrote:
“He was mortally wounded when bravely leading his men against a very
strong position of the enemy. Although he had only been in the Battn.
a comparatively short time he had endeared himself to us all, and he
will be deeply mourned and long remembered. He had proved himself an
extremely efficient officer.” Capt. Gerald W. Sharpe wrote: “He died a
noble and gallant death, leading his platoon across an absolute inferno
of shot and shell, he was wounded through the chest by a bullet. Four
of his men carried him back to the dressing station where he was made
as comfortable as possible and he was the first to be sent off in the
motor ambulance.” He was buried in the hospital cemetery at Poperinghe.
Kirk was the well-known amateur centre half-back, and had played for
both Bradford City and Leeds City. He was the first Hon. Secretary
of the Ingleton Conservative Club, and the originator and first Hon.
Secretary of the Ingleton Farmers’ Association, etc., and a sidesman
at St. Mary’s Church. He was also an ardent follower of the Vale of
Lune Hounds, an excellent shot, and a keen cricketer and tennis player.
He _m._ at Casterton, near Kirkby Lonsdale, 21 April, 1909,
Jane, dau. of Edmund Capstick, of Barnoldswick, Burton-on-Lonsdale;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Gerald Kirk.=]
=KIRK, RANDAL=, Private, No. 8716, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
only _s._ of the late Bruce Kirk, of Newland, Hull, by his wife,
Cecilia (49, Linnaeus Street, Hull), dau. of the late Thomas Clarke,
of Goole, and grandson of the late William Kirk, of Hull, Printer;
_b._ Hull, 22 Sept. 1885; educ. The Crossley and Porter School,
Halifax; was nine years (1900–09) in the Hull Rating Department,
Posterngate, and for six years held the rank of Sergt. in the Hull
Rifles (Cyclist Corps); joined the 1st Coldstream Guards the day
previous to King Edward’s death, 1910, and served three years with the
Colours; rejoined the battn. on the outbreak of war; left for France
with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and died a prisoner of war
in the German XV Army Corps Hospital at Laon, 27 Sept. 1914, of wounds
received in action during the first days of the retreat from Mons;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Randal Kirk.=]
=KIRKLAND, THOMAS LINDSAY=, Petty Officer, 170934, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KIRKPATRICK, ALEXANDER DOUGLAS=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force (1st Canadian Contingent), _s._ of Alexander
Mainwaring Morris Kirkpatrick, of 204, Rusholme Road, Toronto, by
his wife, Caroline Adelaide, dau. of Col. George Taylor Denison,
the Veteran Canadian Cavalry leader and writer on Imperial Defence;
_b._ Toronto, 1 Jan. 1891; gazetted Lieut. in Governor General’s
Body Guard, 10 July, 1910, transferred to the 2nd Regt. (Queen’s Own
Rifles of Canada), 14 Aug. 1914, went overseas with the 3rd Battn. of
the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 26 Sept. following, and was killed in
action, near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 23 April,
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander D. Kirkpatrick.=]
=KITCHING, ABNER PERCIVAL=, Private, No. 8620, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Abner Kitching, of Crouch Farm
Highworth; _b._ Chadlington, co. Oxon, 1883; enlisted 28 Feb.
1910; left for France with the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; and died
24 Sept. following, of wounds received at the Battle of Mons on 23 Aug.
Buried, Military Cemetery, Netley. He _m._ in Swindon, 14 April,
1914, Elizabeth, dau. of William Collins, of the Buildings, Highworth,
and had a dau., Elise, _b._ posthumous, 12 March, 1915.
=KLITZ, EVELYN ANTHONY=, Private, No. 9512, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of William
Lawson Klitz, of 88, High Street, Lymington, co. Hants, by his wife,
Ellen, dau. of Thomas Gossling; _b._ Lymington, 7 Nov. 1894; educ.
Gillingham Grammar School; joined the London Rifle Brigade early in
1913; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; and died
at the Rawal Pindi Hospital, Wimereux, near Boulogne, 12 March, 1915,
of wounds received in action on the preceding 12 Feb. at Ploegsteert.
Buried in a private grave in Wimereux Cemetery; _unm._ Private
Klitz was one of the company of the London Rifle Brigade who took part
in the march in full kit from the Duke of York’s Column to the Aquarium
at Brighton, on 18 April, 1914, in 14 hours 23 mins., thereby breaking
the world’s record. For this feat he was awarded a bronze medal.
=KLOSS, SIDNEY ALBERT EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310981, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=KNIGHT, ALBERT ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11029, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=KNIGHT, HENRY ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3397), S.S.
101168, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KNIGHT, HENRY CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 2701),
160065, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KNIGHT, JOSEPH=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1363), 128345 (Port.),
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KNIGHT, STEPHEN=, Leading Stoker, 1st Class (A. 1584), 126510,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=KNIGHT, THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 3041), 307737, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=KNOCKER, ARTHUR PAGET=, Capt., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., only
_s._ of Col. Herbert Paget Knocker, of Bushey Ruff, Eastbourne,
late R.E., by his wife, Maud, dau. of Major-Gen. Philip Ravenhill,
C.B., R.E.; _b._ Kensington, 3 Aug. 1889; educ. Eastbourne College
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st
Hampshires, 18 Sept. 1909; promoted Lieut. 9 Aug. 1911, and temp. Capt.
15 Nov. 1914; left for France, 22 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
at Ploegsteert, 8 Feb. 1915. Buried, Ploegsteert Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Paget Knocker.=]
=KNOTT, HENRY=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 354781, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KNOWLES, JONATHAN EDWARD=, Capt., 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.
eldest _s._ of the late Edward Sugden Knowles, and grandson of
the late Jonathan Knowles, of Rawdon, co. York; _b._ Sandgate,
Queensland, Australia, 21 May, 1882; educ. Sedbergh School; joined the
2nd Vol. Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., as 2nd Lieut.; served with the
4th Durham L.I. (Militia) in the South African War, 1902, and took part
in the operations in the Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony, Feb. to
31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps); gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to 1st Middlesex, 4 July, 1903, and served with his Battn. in India,
Burma and at Aden; promoted Lieut. 14 Jan. 1906, and Capt. 1 Feb.
1914, when he was transferred to the 4th Battn.; went to France with
the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, in which the 4th “Diehards” formed
part of the 8th Brigade (3rd Division), and was killed in action at
the Battle of Mons, on the 23rd of the same month. Buried in Cemetery
at Maisieres. He _m._ at St. Peter’s Church, Bexhill, Sussex,
3 June, 1909, Viva Brabazon, dau. of the late C. F. Bagot, and had
three children: Jonathan Maynard, _b._ 11 Oct. 1913; Nina Mary,
_b._ 21 April, 1910; and Viva Joan, _b._ 14 Aug. 1912.
=KNOWLES, WILLIAM ALFRED=, A.B., 239360, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KNOX, RALPH=, Private, No. 9748, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.), eldest _s._ of Ralph Knox, now serving as a
private in the Canadian Highlanders, by his wife, Isabella, 2nd dau.
of John Flood; _b._ Berwick-on-Tweed, 9 May, 1888; educ. Boys’
National School there; enlisted 9 Oct. 1906: went to France 23 Dec.
1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, on the night of the 14–15
May, 1915, being shot by a sniper while engaged in carrying rations to
the trenches; _unm._
=KOCH, WILLIAM JAMES=, Trooper, No. 2518, Surrey Yeomanry (Queen
Mary’s Regt.) (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Oswald Hugo Koch, of 24,
Cranmer Road, West Croydon, by his wife, Frances (24, Cranmer Road,
West Croydon), dau. of William Wood, of Shirley; _b._ Croydon, 25
July, 1896; educ. Brighton Road Board Schools, Croydon; was a Grocer’s
Assistant with Francis of Brixton; volunteered and joined the Surrey
Yeomanry, 6 Jan. 1915, and died at 73, King’s Avenue, Clapham, 5 Feb.
following, from injuries caused by a fall from his horse two days
previously. Buried Mitcham Road Cemetery, Croydon; _unm._
[Illustration: =William James Koch.=]
=KYDD, JAMES PHILLIP=, Leading Seaman, 215363, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KYLE, ROBERT BRUCE=, Private, No. 1781, 1/14th Battn. (London
Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late John
Kyle, M.I.C.E., Resident Engineer, Harbour Works, Colombo, Ceylon, by
his wife, Agnes (100, Station Road, Barnes, London, S.W.); _b._
Colombo, 30 April, 1893; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, and Royal
High School, Edinburgh; was a member of the foreign staff of the
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank; joined the London Scottish Jan. 1913;
volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; left for
France, 15 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in the charge of the
London Scottish at Messines, 1 Nov. following. He was at first reported
missing, and it was not until the 15 Feb. 1915, that definite news that
he had fallen was received. He was _unm._
=KYNOCH, COLIN SMITH=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.),
2nd _s._ of Robert Kynoch, of Stocksfield-on-Tyne, by his wife,
Jennie, dau. of Silvanus Smith; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 8 Sept.
1883; educ. at a Private School, Newcastle-on-Tyne; was a Traveller in
the Corn and Flour Trade; volunteered on the outbreak of war and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6 Oct. 1914; went to France, 19 April, 1915, and
was killed in action near St. Julien, Ypres, 26 April, 1915. Buried
near Hill 60; _unm._
[Illustration: =Colin Smith Kynoch.=]
=KYTE, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Private, No. 9332, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of James Kyte, of Horton, near Devizes,
co. Wilts, a pensioner, Royal Marines, by his wife, Eliza Jane, dau.
of James Wiltshire; _b._ Easterton, co. Wilts, 9 Dec. 1893; educ.
Easterton National School; joined 1st Coldstream Guards, 18 Nov.
1911; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; was
wounded and invalided home in Nov.; returned to the Front, 17 Dec., was
reported missing after the fighting at Givenchy, 22 Dec. following, and
is now assumed to have been killed in action that day; _unm._
=LACEY, CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1250), late R.M.A.
11447 H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LACEY, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4724), S.S. 104080,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LACK, PERCY EDMUND=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4868), S.S.
104284, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LACY, FRANCIS PRIOR, M.C.=, Capt., Westmorland and Cumberland
Yeomanry, attd. 170 Coy. Royal Engineers, _s._ of Dyson Lacy,
Hobart, Tasmania, by his wife, Francis Amelia, dau. of Capt. J. Irwin,
R.N.; _b._ Mackay, North Queensland, Australia, 28 Jan. 1887;
educ. Stubbington, also Felsted, Essex, England, and the Royal School
of Mines, Kensington, London; on the outbreak of war volunteered for
foreign service, 14 Oct. 1914, and was killed by a counter mine, 13
Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatches
[London Gazette, 23 June, 1915], and awarded the Military Cross.
[Illustration: =Francis Prior Lacy.=]
=LACY, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11087, Royal Marines, only
_s._ of Frederick Lacy, Sweep; _b._ 1882; lost in the North
Sea on H.M.S. Cressy, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Stepney Parish
Church, 19 Oct. 1913, Sarah Catherine (115, Shandy Street, Stepney,
E.), dau. of Thomas John Dobson, and had a dau., Sarah Elizabeth,
_b._ 24 June, 1915.
=LADD, ERNEST WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 18430, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=LADD, ROBERT JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3295 A., H.M.S. Cressy,
_s._ of the late Edward Ladd, of Southwold, Mariner, by his wife,
E. (3, School Green, Southwold); _b._ Southwold, 13 Nov. 1888;
educ. National Schools there; joined the R.N.R. in 1909; lost in action
in the North Sea when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed, 22 Sept. 1914;
_unm._
=LADDS, FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3435C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAFONE, CLAUDE ALEXANDER, D.S.O.=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Devonshire
Regt., elder _s._ of Alfred William Lafone, of Springfield,
Walton-on-Thames, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of the Rev. James
Lawrence, M.A., _b._ Hanworth, co. Middlesex, 24 Feb. 1877; educ.
Harrow; gazetted 2nd Lieut, to 2nd Devons from 3rd Devon Militia, 1
Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 9 March, 1899, and Capt. 20 Dec. 1901;
served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the Relief
of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; in operations of 17–24
Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; in operations of 5–7 Feb. 1900,
and action at Vaal Kranz; in operations on Tugela Heights (14–27
Feb. 1900), and action at Pieters Hill; in Natal, March to June,
1900, including action at Laing’s Nek (6–9 June); in the Transvaal,
30 Nov. to 31 May, 1902 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10
Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with five clasps and King’s medal with two
clasps); went to France, 8 Nov. 1914, and on 26 Jan. following was
awarded the D.S.O., “for conspicuous gallantry on the night of 18
Dec. 1914, near Neuve Chapelle, in capturing a trench from the enemy”
[London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915], and was killed in action at the Battle
of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Claude A. Lafone.=]
=LAIDLAW, CHARLES GLASS PLAYFAIR=, Private, No. 3375, D Coy.
1/14th (The London Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), 5th _s._
of the late Dr. Robert Laidlaw, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., sometime Medical
Government Officer in the Seychelles Islands, by his wife, Elizabeth
(Woodside, Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge), dau. of Patrick Playfair,
of Ardmillan, co. Ayr; _b._ Stoke Newington, London, N., 13 Dec.
1887; educ. The Perse School, Cambridge, from which in Dec. 1906, he
was elected to an Entrance Scholarship for Natural Science at St.
John’s College. At school he was football capt., sergt. in the cadet
corps, a member of the cricket team, and head of the school. While
still at school he played water polo for the university when the
team was one short. Later he played, lacrosse for his college and
sometimes for the University. He commenced residence in Oct. 1907.
He obtained a First Class in Part 1 of the Natural Science Tripos in
1909, and in June of that year was elected a Foundation scholar of
the College. He took the Second Part of the Tripos in 1910, obtaining
a First Class for Botany. In June, 1911, he was elected a Hutchinson
Student of the College, and took up research in Plant Physiology at
the Botany School of the University, under the direction of Mr. F. F.
Blackman, the University Reader in Botany. The subject of his research
was an electrical method of determining carbon dioxide in relation
to photo-synthesis. In 1912 he was elected by the governing body of
Gonville and Caius College to a Frank Smart Studentship, a recognition
of the promising nature of his investigations. At the same time he
was offered a Research Scholarship by the Board of Agriculture and
Fisheries; after some hesitation he accepted this latter offer, which
necessitated his removal to London. From the autumn of 1912, until the
outbreak of war, Laidlaw worked at the Imperial College of Science
and Technology, under the direction of Prof. V. H. Blackman. Here he
entered on an investigation of the Physiological conditions of plants
forced under glass, working also at the effect of temperature on the
rate of growth of a fungus, Sclerotinia libutiana. On the outbreak of
war he volunteered and joined the London Scottish as a Private, 21 Oct.
1914, and after a period of training, embarked at Southampton with
a draft of some 600 officers and men for the 1st Battn., 10 March,
1915. On Good Friday, 2 April, his (D) Coy. were in some barricades
at Richebourg l’Avoué, south of Neuve Chapelle. After having been in
the trenches all night, he was smoking after breakfast in what seemed
a perfectly safe place, when a stray bullet passed through a sandbag
and penetrated the right side of his chest. To his comrades the wound
seemed a slight one, and after first aid was given he was removed to
No. 3 Field Ambulance, near Bethune. There it was discovered that
internal hæmorrhage had set in, and he died in the early hours of the
morning on 3 April, 1915, and was buried in Bethune Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Charles Glass P. Laidlaw.=]
=LAING, THEODORE=, Private, No. 2131, 1/14 Battn. (The London
Scottish) London Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of William Arthur Laing,
of Dalmahoy, Horsell, Woking, an old member of the London Scottish, by
his wife, Lucy Glanvill, dau. of William Walters; _b._ Tooting
Graveney, 16 May, 1897; educ. City of London School, where he was for
two years in the O.T.C.; enlisted in his father’s old regiment the day
before the declaration of war, 4 Aug. 1914; went to the Front with the
Expeditionary Force, 15 Sept. and fell in the charge of the London
Scottish at Messines, 1 Nov. 1914. His Capt. wrote: “Your brave son was
shot through the head, and death must have been almost instantaneous.
He was one of our keenest soldiers in the company, and his loss will be
greatly felt by all his comrades with whom he was a great favourite. I,
personally, shall miss him intensely.” Though not 18, Laing was over 6
ft. in height, big and broad in proportion, also he was a first-class
shot.
[Illustration: =Theodore Laing.=]
=LAIRD, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 2852, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._
of John Laird, of 6, Ann Street, Greenock; lost when that ship was
torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LAKE, TOM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2598), 169200, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAMBERT, CHARLES HENRY=, Private, No. 2136, A Coy., 1st Battn.
Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Charles Lambert, of
Newport, Monmouth, by his wife, Louis, dau. of Charles Henry Collins;
_b._ Loughborough, co. Leicester, 14 April, 1895; enlisted two
days after the declaration of war, 7 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action in France, 23 March, 1915; _unm._ A letter, evidently
written shortly before his death, in which he says: “We have just
finished our four days in the firing line, and our casualties are very
small,” was found on him and sent to his mother.
=LAMBERT, CHARLES HENRY=, Lieut., A.V.C. attd. 58th Brigade,
R.F.A., eldest _s._ of John Henry Lambert, of Redmount,
Ballinasloe, co. Galway, J.P., by his wife, Adelaide, dau. of William
Tombes Dewè; _b._ Redmount, Ballinasloe, 20 July, 1882; educ.
privately, and when war broke out had been for some years with Mr. H.
S. Persse, the well-known trainer at Chattis Hill, Stockbridge, Hants.
He joined the Army, May, 1915, and was appointed temporary Lieut.
in June 1915; left for Egypt in May, 1915, and died in the General
Hospital, Alexandria, 16 Aug. 1915, two weeks after a severe operation,
while on active service; _unm._ He was buried at Alexandria.
Lieut. Lambert was a good all-round sportsman; and rode several
point-to-point winners.
[Illustration: =Charles Henry Lambert.=]
=LAMBERT, FRANCIS HENRY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., only
_s._ of Fitzgerald Gage Lambert, of Rockbourne, Salisbury, Civil
Engineer (retired), by his wife, Nina Marie Louise, dau. of the late
Francis Bradley Dyne, of Gore Court, Kent, and grandson of the late
Capt. Edward Henry Gage Lambert, R.N. [3rd _s._ of Sir Henry John
Lambert, 5th Bart.], by his wife, Renira Anna (who _m._ secondly
Admiral the Hon. Fitzgerald Foley), dau. of the Rev. Richard Fortescue
Purvis, LL.B.; _b._ Province of Lucknow, India, 17 Oct. 1895;
educ. Charterhouse and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Hampshires, 1 Oct. 1914, and was attached to the 3rd
(Reserve) Battn. until 26 Dec. following, when he went to France to
join the 1st Battn.; was accidentally wounded there, and returned to
England on sick leave and remained until 29 April, when he left for
the Dardanelles in charge of a draft to the 2nd Battn.; was promoted
Lieut. 27 May following; was wounded in the British attack on the
Krithia-Achi-Baba position, Gallipoli, on 5 June, and taken on board
the hospital ship “Somali,” where he died on the 7th. Buried at sea;
_unm._
=LAMBERT, JACK FELLOWS=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle
Corps, eldest and only surviving _s._ of the late Ernest Lambert,
Financier (_d._ 1898), by his wife, May (23, Terlingham Gardens,
Folkestone), dau. of the late Hon. James Israel Fellows, Agent-General
for New Brunswick (_d._ 1894); _b._ Coombe, Malden, co.
Surrey, 3 Sept. 1891; educ. Marlborough, and Merton College, Oxford,
where he was in King Edward’s Horse; was manager of a cocoanut estate
in the Malay States when war broke out; came home and applied for a
commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the K.R.R.C., 27 April, 1915;
went to France in May, was in action near Ypres early in June; and
was killed in the counter-attack on the German position at Hooge, 30
July, 1915; _unm._ He was at first reported missing, and it was
not until March, 1916, that he was officially returned as killed. His
Commanding Officer wrote: “He was a splendid Platoon Commander and his
men loved him.”
[Illustration: =Jack Fellows Lambert.=]
=LAMBERT, JOHN MOUNSEY=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers, only _s._ of the late Major-Gen. George
Craster Lambert, of Bolton Hall, Alnwick, late 101st Royal Bengal
Fusiliers, by his wife, Isabella, 3rd dau. of Major Alexander Browne,
of Doxford Hall, Chathill; _b._ Breamish House, Alnwick, co.
Northumberland, 21 Dec. 1883; educ. Mr. Moore’s School, Alnmouth, and
Wellington College; joined the Northumberland Militia, now the 3rd
(Reserve) Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 1903, promoted Lieut. 1
Nov. 1906, and Capt. 29 Aug. 1914; went to France, 30 Aug. 1914, when
he was attached to the 1st Battn. of his regt., and was killed in
action at Neuve Chapelle, 27 Oct. following. Buried near where he fell;
_unm._
[Illustration: =John Mounsey Lambert.=]