Regt. (58th), eldest _s._ of Col. William Gregory Wood-Martin,
of Cleveragh, co. Sligo, A.D.C., late R.G.A. and 44th Regt., etc.
(see preceding notice); _b._ 3 Sept. 1874; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., 20 Feb. 1895; promoted Lieut. 23
Feb. 1898, and Capt. 2 June, 1903; served with the Mounted Infantry
in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in operations in the
Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal
west of Pretoria, July to Nov, 1900; including action at Venterskroon
(7–9 Aug.), operations in the Orange River Colony, May to Nov. 1900;
including actions at Lindley (1 June), and Rhenoster River; operations
in the Transvaal, May, 1901, to May, 1902 (severely wounded, Queen’s
medal with three clasps, and King’s medal with two clasps). On the
conclusion of the war he was attached to the Egyptian Army, 4 April,
1903, to 3 April, 1913, being Lieut.-Col. Commanding the 9th and 11th
Sudanese. In 1905, he took part in the operations in the Sudan against
the Nyam Nyam tribes in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province (Egyptian medal
with clasps). On the outbreak of the European War he left with his
regt. for the Front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in
action, while leading his men in a charge against the enemy, near Neuve
Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ His yr. brother, Capt. F. W.
Wood-Martin, was killed, 17 Feb. 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =James I. Wood-Martin.=]
=MARTYN, EDWARD THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8487), 194645 Chatham,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=MARVIN, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8452), 203011 Chatham, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=MASEFIELD, ROBERT=, Major, 1st Batt. King’s Shropshire L.I.,
eldest _s._ of Valentine Vickers Masefield, of Akaroa, New
Zealand, by his wife, Isabel, dau. of (--) McKay, of Pigeon’s Bay,
New Zealand, and nephew and adopted _s._ of Col. Robert Taylor
Masefield, C.B., formerly commanding 4th Battn. Shropshire L.I.,
late of Ellerton Hall, Newport, Salop, and now of Woodbury, Devon;
_b._ Gough’s Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand, 24 May, 1872; educ.
Marlborough (Crescent), 1884–90, and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I., 18
June, 1892, and shortly after posted to the 1st Battn. at Hong Kong,
going with it to India; became Lieut. 21 Aug. 1895, and Capt. 9 June,
1901; joined the 2nd Battn. in South Africa in 1902, took part in the
operations in the Transvaal, March 31 to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with
two clasps) and returned with it to India on the close of the campaign;
promoted Major at Secunderabad, 18 Sept. 1912. On the outbreak of the
European War he was home on furlough, and was ordered to join the 1st
Battn. at Tipperary, 8 Aug. 1914. They proceeded to the Front on 8
Sept. and were in the trenches on the Aisne, near Vailly. On 12 Oct.
the Shropshires were moved north to help to bar the first rush on
Calais, and during the following days--hastily entrenched and holding
an extended front in flat country--had to beat back incessant and
determined attacks from superior numbers. On 24 Oct. Major Masefield,
commanding A Coy., was also left 2nd in command of the battn., and
was killed in the trenches near Bois-Grenier, between Armentières
and Lille. Of his death on that day his Capt. wrote: “It was in the
trenches of A Coy. We had been fighting hard for five days, and D
Coy. had lost all their officers except one, so at 12 o’clock I was
taken from A to go to D Coy. trenches. I said good-bye, and he took my
seat. It was there at about 4.30 p.m. he was killed instantaneously
by shrapnel shell in the back.” Many tributes to his memory were
received from his brother officers and men, and his feelings for them
may be best expressed in his own words, in almost his last letter:
“The men are splendid, always cheery--full of thrust and ready for
anything--we cannot do enough for them.” A Private in A Coy. wrote:
“His last thoughts were for his men, his last words telling us to keep
our heads down as much as possible”; and a Sergt.: “It was a critical
time as another strong attack was expected ... he himself was (standing
against the traverse) watching the front ... cheering his men and
preventing any signs of possible panic or unnecessary risk at a most
nerve-trying time.... He died, as he had lived, a gallant gentleman.”
Brother officers wrote: “You know we all loved him, from the Colonel
down to the newest recruit....” and “we always said the regt. would be
all right as long as Masefield was with it”; and his Colonel (himself
wounded): “Always cheery and ready for work under all conditions,
he will be hard to replace.” A fine soldier and sportsman, he was a
first-class shot, both big and small game, and a keen fisherman, and he
also excelled in all games, in most of which he played for his regt.
He _m._ at Farnham, co. Surrey, 2 July, 1908, Esmé, dau. of Col.
Henry Spencer Wheatley, C.B. (late 3rd Gurkhas), of the Knoll, Farnham;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Robert Masefield.=]
=MASON, ALBERT EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16559, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, ANDREW NIMMO=, Private, No. 919, 2nd Battn. Gordon
Highlanders; _b._ Edinburgh, 14 Oct. 1893; educ. Morningside Board
School there; was employed as a Vanman with Messrs. Buchan, Dairymen,
of Balcarris Street, Edinburgh; enlisted 22 Feb. 1912; went to France
in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 2 Nov. following.
=MASON, ARTHUR=, Rifleman, No. 2367, A Coy, 1/18th Battn. (London
Irish Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Joseph
Mason, of 11, Tower Terrace, Wood Green, N., by his wife, Sarah, dau.
of Thomas Hammond, of Lower Guiting; _b._ Wood Green, N., 4 Feb.
1883; educ. Higher Grade School there; was a Mercantile Clerk; enlisted
in the 2nd Battn. of the London Irish Rifles, 2 Sept. 1914, and trained
with them at the White City, London, and Reigate; later he volunteered
for the 1st Battn. then at St. Albans, and left with them for France on
10 March, 1915. He was killed in action during the famous charge made
by the London Irish at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Mason.=]
=MASON, EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut. 3rd (attached 2nd) Battn.
Northamptonshire Regt., the distinguished ’Cellist and Conductor;
only _s._ of Jeremiah Mason, of 1, Ingoldsby Mansions, West
Kensington, and Coventry, by his wife Sarah, dau. of William Sutton,
of Kenilworth; _b._ Coventry, 24 June, 1878; educ. privately in
Coventry and in Germany; began his musical life as a chorister in St.
Michael’s Church, during the period Dr. A. H. Brewer was organist and
choirmaster, and when he entered the Royal College of Music, he had
already gained some proficiency as a violinist, ’cellist and pianist.
In the course of his studentship he won several exhibitions, and
obtained his diploma of Associateship. On leaving there, he was, in
1897, appointed assistant to Dr. C. H. Lloyd at Eton, a post he held
until the outbreak of the war. He made his first appearance in London
as a ’cellist at the Bechstein Hall in 1900, and was well-known both
as a soloist and as a quartet player at Chamber concerts in London and
the country. He was a Director of, and principal ’cellist in the New
Symphony Orchestra, which he conducted on its first appearance at the
Queen’s Hall, in 1906, and was engaged in the orchestras of most of the
principal musical festivals. In 1907, he established the Edward Mason
Choir, formed principally in order to produce new works by the younger
British composers, who by his death lost a good friend. Following the
outbreak of war, he joined the Universities and Public Schools Battn.
early in Sept., received his commission 24 Feb. 1915; went to France at
the end of March, and was killed in action near Fromelles, 9 May. In a
letter to his father, a brother officer said: “He was killed gallantly
leading his men in the attack on 9 May against the German trenches”;
and his platoon sergt. wrote that Mr. Mason’s detachment came under
a devastating fire from German machine guns near Fromelles, and that
he fell in a hail of bullets. His portrait was hung in the music
school at Eton, where he taught so long and so successfully. Another
portrait hangs in the Students’ Room of the Royal College of Music. The
R.C.M. Magazine for No. 3 Term, 1915, says: “Edward Mason, the man,
had many lovable qualities, which endeared him to his friends. He was
generous-hearted, good-humoured, and at all times a charming companion.
He hated any kind of pose or pretence, and might be described as the
antithesis of the conventional musician of the ‘long-haired’ variety.”
“He was a fine fellow, and one of the best musicians I ever knew,”
wrote Dr. C. H. Lloyd, his former chief at Eton. “And all who knew
Edward Mason well will endorse this very apt and true summary of his
qualities.” He _m._ at Ealing 14 Aug. 1905, Jessie, (the violinist
and leader of the Grimson String Quartet) dau. of Samuel Dean Grimson.
[Illustration: =Edward Mason.=]
=MASON, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 7021, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=MASON, HENRY THOMAS=, Chief Stoker, 170258, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, JAMES=, Private, No. 5779, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of James Mason, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Charles
Lincoln; _b._ Sprowston, co. Norwich, 14 May, 1886; enlisted 18
Oct. 1904; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 20 Oct. 1908, and with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 12 Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action at Landrecies, 25 Aug. 1914. He _m._ at Norwich,
19 Aug. 1911, Clara (7, Pearces Fields, Sprowston, Norwich), dau. of
James Hazelton, and had a dau., Clara Ada, _b._ 5 Feb. 1913.
=MASON, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 196093, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, JOHN=, Color-Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. 7778. H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, THEOPHILUS=, Drummer, No. 1614, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yst. _s._ of Theophilus Mason, of 3, Pitley Place,
Walworth, S.E., retired Policeman: _b._ New Kent Road, London,
S.E., 23 Feb. 1884; educ. Sayer Street Board School; enlisted as a
Drummer, 2 May, 1898; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action at Cuinchy Brickfields, 1 Feb. 1915. Buried in Cuinchy Cemetery
(Grave No. 14 F). Sergt.-Drummer A. Douglas of his battn. wrote to
the widow; “I feel I must write and tell you how sorry we all feel
for you in your sad bereavement. It may be some consolation to you to
know that your husband died like a hero and a true soldier. He always
had my deepest respect, and I with the remainder of the drummers feel
his loss very deeply.” He _m._ at St. Stephen’s Church, Walworth,
S.E., 1 Nov. 1902, Ellen (14, Russell Street, Windsor), dau. of Charles
Eagle, of 39, Eltham Street, Walworth, S.E., and had five children:
Theophilus, _b._ 26 May, 1904; Charles, _b._ 15 April, 1907;
Horace, _b._ 17 April, 1910; Ellen, _b._ 23 Nov. 1905; and
Muriel Irene, _b._ 12 March, 1913.
[Illustration: =Theophilus Mason.=]
=MASON, WALTER TROWER=, Shipwright, 342914, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 3625), 133388, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=MASSEY. CHARLES THOMAS=, Chief Petty Officer (W.T.O.), R.N.R.,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASSIE, JOHN HAMON, D.S.O.=, Major, Royal Garrison Artillery,
yr. _s._ of Edward Richard Massie, of Coddington, Cheshire,
and Annefield, Gresford, North Wales, formerly Lieut. 78th
Highlanders, by his first wife, Baroness Olga Marie, dau. of
Baron von Wessenberg-Ampringen and granddau. of Henry, Baron von
Wessenberg-Ampringen, formerly Austrian Ambassador, at St. James’,
and grandson of Admiral Thomas Leche Massie; _b._ Eaux Chaudes,
Basses Pyrenees, France, 10 June, 1872; educ. Stubbington House (Mr.
M. Foster), and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 1 May, 1892; promoted Lieut. 1 May, 1895; Capt. 19 Jan. 1900,
and Major, 15 Feb. 1913; served in Chitral, 1895, with the Relief Force
(medal with clasp); and in the South African War, 1900–2, attd. to the
Transport Department; took part in the operations in the Orange Free
State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal in May and June,
1900, including actions near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill; operations
in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including action at
Wittebergen; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to March, 1902,
and those in the Orange River Colony, March to 31 May, 1902 (mentioned
in Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Jan. 1902], Queen’s medal with four
clasps and King’s medal with two clasps, D.S.O.); was Instructor at the
Royal Military Academy from 1 Jan. to 11 Sept. 1904; Commander of a
company of Gentleman Cadets there from 12 Sept. 1904 to 31 Dec. 1908,
and Staff Capt. School of Gunnery, Shoeburyness, Nov. 1910 to Aug.
1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 9 Oct. 1914, and
died in the Field Ambulance, near Ypres, 15 Nov. following, of wounds
received in action on the 13th, when in command of the 26th Battery,
Heavy Artillery. Buried in Ypres Cemetery. Major Massie _m._
at Southsea, co. Hants, 3 Sept. 1903, Maria Margaret, elder dau. of
Major-Gen. Ernest Archibald Berger, late 10th (The Lincolnshire) Regt.;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =John Hamon Massie.=]
=MASTER, CHARLES LIONEL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Rifles,
_s._ of the late William Edward Master, of Kotmalie, Ceylon, Tea
Planter, by his wife, Jeanette, dau. of Samuel Newson Gissing, nephew
of Harcourt Master, of Rotherhurst, Liss, co. Hants, grandson of
Lieut.-Col. Harcourt Master, 1st Dragoon Guards, and 4th Queen’s Own
Light Dragoons, and great-grandson of Lieut.-Col. Harcourt Master, 52nd
Foot; _b._ in Ceylon, 24 March, 1881; educ. Bradfield College;
joined the Royal Irish Rifles from the Louth Militia, as 2nd Lieut.
5 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieut. 28 March, 1905; Adjutant, 25 Jan. 1908;
and Captain, 28 June, 1908; served in the South African War, taking
part in the operations in the Orange Free State and Transvaal, Aug.
1901–May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with five clasps). On the outbreak of the
European War, he went out with his regt. to France, took part in the
retreat from Mons, and the subsequent engagements prior to meeting his
death in action at La Couture, on 12 Oct. 1914, from a shrapnel shell,
when leading his coy. in the attack. He was buried at Vielle Chapelle;
_unm._ He was mentioned for distinguished conduct in the field in
Field-Marshal Sir John French’s despatch of 8 Oct. 1914. Capt. Master
was much beloved by both officers and men, as will be seen from the
following extracts from letters received since his death. The wife of
his late Colonel wrote: “As Capt. Master was my husband’s Adjutant, we
got to know him so well, and he was invaluable to my husband being such
a dependable, able soldier”; and an officer: “His death was a dreadful
blow to me, as it was to us all, and we shall miss him terribly, and
mourn him always. It is no exaggeration to say that he was beloved by
officers and men alike, for we recognised his great ability and worth,
and I know that Col. Bird thought very highly of him as a thoroughly
sound and reliable soldier. Had he lived, I am sure he would have done
particularly well in this war, and he has already been mentioned in
despatches.” Capt. Master was a keen sportsman, being a member of his
football eleven at school, and after joining his regiment kept up his
interest in the game, and did his utmost to inculcate the love of pure
sport amongst his men. It was owing in a large measure to his tuition
and untiring efforts that the Royal Irish Rifles turned out a team
which was a tower of strength for several years in regimental contests,
and had the proud distinction of winning the Army Cup. He was also
devoted to hunting, and whenever the opportunity occurred he might be
seen out with the various packs in the neighbourhood in which his regt.
happened to be quartered.
[Illustration: =Charles Lionel Master.=]
=MASTERS, TREVOR MONRO HOARE=, Midshipman, R.N., eldest _s._
of the late Lieut. Charles Monro Masters, R.N., late H.M.S. Cressy
(died 21 Aug. 1902), by his wife, Susan (now wife of Capt. William
Firth Slayter, R.N.), dau. of (--), of New Zealand, and gdson. of
Canon James Hoare Masters, of The Close, Chichester; _b._ Sydney,
N.S.W., 13 May, 1895; educ. privately (Rev. C. Royle, Stanmore Park,
near Harrow); entered the Navy, became Midshipman in Jan. 1911, was
appointed to H.M.S. Formidable, Nov. 1914, and was lost when that ship
was sunk in the English Channel, 1 Jan. 1915; _unm._
=SMITH-MASTERS, GEORGE ARTHUR=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service)
Battn. The Bedfordshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the Rev. John
Ernest Smith-Masters, M.A., Vicar of South Banbury, formerly Vicar
of Stewkley, Bucks, and Rural Dean of Mursley, by his wife, Eliza
Margaret, dau. of Samuel Swinton Melville, I.C.S., and grandson of the
late Rev. Allan Smith-Masters, of Camer, Kent, J.P.; _b._ Kidmore
End, co. Oxon, 29 Dec. 1894, and after receiving his early education at
Eversley School, was elected to a scholarship at Haileybury College.
He matriculated at Keble College, Oxford, in Jan. 1914, intending to
prepare for Holy Orders, but on the outbreak of war applied for a
commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Oxford University
O.T.C. on 21 Aug. 1914, and left England with his regt. 30 July, 1915.
He had always taken a great interest in the Church Lads’ Brigade, and
had been appointed Lieut. in the 5th Oxford Cadet Corps (C.L.B.) in
July, 1914. In the early days of the war he was, with his father, in
charge of the lads of the Stewkley Coy. of C.L.B. in their work of
guarding bridges on the main line of the London & North Western Railway
by day and night. He went out near midnight on 19 Aug. 1915, along
with a Sergt. to endeavour to locate shots which were endangering the
lives of his men employed in digging trenches, and was shot through
the heart by a sniper. His Colonel wrote to his mother: “Your dear son
was a favourite with us all, and there was not an officer or a man who
stood with me round his grave who did not feel they had lost a personal
friend. He was such a charming boy, a God-fearing, straight-living
English boy. An English gentleman, he died doing his duty, a very brave
action. Col. des Vœux, who commands the operations there, said that
nobody but one of the best and bravest would have attempted to do what
your son wished to do.” His company officer wrote: “One thing you will
be proud to know is that he died doing his duty in an exceptionally
brave manner, not in broad daylight, when it is easier to be brave,
but in the dead of night, a mile behind the firing line. The whole of
his company was able to attend his last parade, when we laid him to
rest yesterday evening.” A drummer of his company wrote home: “He was
a great favourite with us all, both with the other officers and with
us men. He was the best officer in the battn.; he was something like
a brother might be, and was missed quite as much.” He was buried in
the English cemetery at Dranoutre, the Service being taken by the
Senior Chaplain of the Brigade. The General and officers from all the
regiments in the Brigade were present, his uncle, Col. J. S. Melville,
commanding 8th E. Lancs. Regt., attending as chief mourner.
[Illustration: =George A. Smith-Masters.=]
=MATHER, JAMES=, Private, No. 8884, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of James Charles Mather, of 25, Fraser Street, Bolton,
Labourer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Ralph Hough, Stripper and
Grinder; _b._ Halliwell, Bolton, co. Lancaster, 17 Nov. 1890;
educ. Brownlow-fold Council School; enlisted 3 Oct. 1910, and was
killed in action at Rentel, Belgium, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Mather.=]
=MATHER, JOHN KEARSLEY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster
Regt., 5th _s._ of Arthur Mather, of Avonhill, Cheltenham, by his
wife, Ethel Madeline, dau. of the late Rev. Charles Francis Willis,
M.A.; _b._ Cheltenham, 25 Jan. 1890; educ. Cheltenham College, and
the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (Sandhurst Division); gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 1st York and Lancaster Regt. 18 Sept. 1909, and joined
his battn. at Quetta, India, in the following Dec.; served in India
five years, being promoted Lieut. 8 Dec. 1911; came home with his
battn. in Dec. 1914; went to France, 15 Jan. 1915, and was killed in
action by shell fire near Ypres, 18 Feb. 1915, and buried at Verbranden
Molen; _unm._
=MATHERRON, EDWARD JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8050),
S.S. 103773, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=MATHESON, JOHN RODERICK FLETCHER=, Private, No. 8919, 1st Battn.
Highland L.I., _s._ of the Rev. Dugald Matheson, United Free
Church of Scotland, Minister of Tarbat; _b._ Kiltearn, co. Ross,
June, 1880; educ. Tarbat Old Public School and Inverness; enlisted
in the Highland L.I. in 1909, served through the South African War,
and obtained his discharge in 1913. On the outbreak of war he was in
Canada, but immediately re-enlisted, came over with the 1st Canadian
Contingent, obtained his transfer to his old regt.; went to the Front
at the end of Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12
March, 1915. He _m._ at Winnipeg, Canada, 1909, Bella, dau. of D.
M. Davidson, of co. Inverness, but had no children.
=MATHEWS, ALFRED FELTON=, Rifleman, No. 2657, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Felton Mathews,
of Highworth, Wilts, by his wife, Emily, dau. of John Shewry, of
Southampton; _b._ 2 Sept. 1894; educ. Carlton Road Council School
and Polytechnic, Regent Street; and was on the staff of Messrs. H. I.
Nicoll & Co., of Regent Street, London, W., when war broke out, but was
intending to enter a missionary college as a student. He joined the
Rangers on 5 Sept. 1914, went to France on the following Christmas Day,
and was killed in action near Ypres on 5 May, 1915. He was acting as a
stretcher-bearer when a shell burst close to him, wounding him in the
arm; but he pluckily refused to give in until quite exhausted, when he
laid his groundsheet down and fell asleep. Shortly afterwards, another
shell came and killed him. Buried in the grounds of the Asylum, Ypres;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Alfred Felton Mathews.=]
=MATHURIN, JOHN=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MATHWIN, DOUGLAS GATECLIFF=, 2nd Lieut., 1/9th Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only surviving _s._ of the late Henry
Mathwin, of Bickerton House, Birkdale, Southport, Schoolmaster, M.A.,
by his wife, Agnes (3, Bickerton Road, Southport), dau. of John William
Gatecliff; _b._ Bickerton House, afsd., 9 June, 1885; educ.
Bickerton House School; and was a Chartered Accountant; on the outbreak
of war he applied for a commission, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
1/9th Liverpools, 11 Nov. 1914; went to France, 12 March, 1915, and was
killed in action near Richebourg l’Avoué on 9 May, 1915, being buried
behind the trenches; _unm._ He was acting captain at the time of
his death.
[Illustration: =Douglas Gatecliff Mathwin.=]
=MATRAVERS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3204), S.S.
100832, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MATSON, CLIFFORD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10394, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.