291342, Royal Navy, eldest _s._ of William Gayner Medhurst, of
Leytonstone, by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of (--) Weller; _b._ Old
Ford, 18 April, 1881; educ. Leyton; joined Royal Navy, 1 Feb. 1899; and
was lost in H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at West Ham, 1 Oct. 1995, Ellen Rose
(55, West Road, Portway, West Ham), dau. of Robert Taylor Jamieson, of
56, Woodstock Road, Upton Park, E., and had three children: William
Albert, _b._ 23 Aug. 1907; Edward George, _b._ 19 June, 1909;
and Ellen Beatrice, _b._ 16 Aug. 1912.
=HASTINGS-MEDHURST, FRANCIS LESLIE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of the late Francis Hastings-Medhurst,
of 20, Hampstead Lane, Highgate, N., by his wife, Mary (11, St.
Dunstan’s Road, Baron’s Court, W.), dau. of the Rev. Robert Leslie
Morris, of Rothes, Hampton Hill; _b._ 7, Campden Hill Square,
Kensington, 28 July, 1895; educ. Malvern College (where he was house
prefect) and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Prize Cadet), and
was to have entered the Indian Army, but on the outbreak of war, he
was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the Worcestershires, 14 Aug. 1914. He
went to France, 26 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Illies, near
La Bassée, 17 Oct. 1914. On this occasion the Worcesters had suffered
severely, and he had volunteered to go for reinforcements. He was
almost in safety when he was killed by a maxim gun, but fortunately
the forces coming up saw him and were in time to succour the few
left alive. He had been wounded in the head three days previously,
but refused to go into hospital, owing to shortage of officers. He
was buried by his men the same night, 700 yards north-west of Illies
Church; _unm._ His Colonel wrote to his widowed mother that he was
a most promising officer, loved by all his men, and a real loss to his
regiment; and another officer wrote: “We all loved him, and his men
were very fond of him and would go anywhere with him. He was always so
cheerful and extremely cool in action. As an officer remarked to me,
‘an awfully nice fellow, a most promising soldier and one we can ill
afford to lose.’”
[Illustration: =F. L. Hastings-Medhurst.=]
=MEDLAND, WILLIAM HARRY WILSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B.
4864), S.S. 104067, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on
the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MEEHAN, FRANCIS JAMES=, Private, No. 981, 12th Battn. (15th
North Auckland Infantry Regt.) New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd
_s._ of Thomas Meehan, of Queen Street, Feilding, New Zealand,
Carrier, formerly of Waterford, Ireland, by his wife, Annie, dau. of
the late Bernard Maynes, of Terraquin, Omagh, co. Tyrone, Farmer;
_b._ Feilding, 30 Sept. 1888; educ. at the State School there;
was employed for some years at the firm of Grey & Menzies, Auckland.
After the outbreak of war, enlisted 23 Aug. 1914; was severely wounded
in action at the Dardanelles, 29 April, 1915, and died in the 17th
General Hospital at Alexandria 5 May following; _unm._ Writing to
his mother the Rev. J. McMenamin, R.C. Chaplain, N.Z.F., said: “Frank
arrived here fit and well with his regt. on Sunday, 25 April, and
carried himself bravely through the first four days’ terrible fighting.
Then, on Thursday, 29 April, he was stooping down in a trench when a
bullet entered his head. He was rendered unconscious mercifully....
Everything possible was done for him, and he was taken away to hospital
in Alexandria without any delay.” He was buried at the Chatby Military
Cemetery [Grave No. 235).
[Illustration: =Francis James Meehan.=]
=MEEHAN, WILLIAM=, C.E.R.A., 124820, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MEEKER, CHARLES EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 20933, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MEGAW, WILLIAM CECIL KENNEDY, M.C.=, Capt., 1st Battn. Norfolk
Regt., yr. _s._ of Kennedy Megaw, of 18, Chesham Road, Brighton,
by his wife, Mary Augusta, dau. of (--) Zouche; _b._ Farnborough,
co. Kent, 8 May, 1885; educ. Wellington College, and Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Norfolk Regt., 16 Aug.
1905; promoted Lieut. 20 March, 1908, and Capt. 26 March, 1913; served
as Adjutant of his regt. from 1910–13; went to France, Aug. 1914, and
was killed in action near Ypres, 31 March, 1915; being buried by the
ramparts of Ypres. He served as acting Adjutant from the Battle of Mons
till the time of his death, and was awarded the Military Cross for
gallantry [London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915]; and twice mentioned in Sir
John French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Feb. and 22 June, 1915].
Capt. Megaw _m._ at St. Mark’s Church, South Farnborough, 1 Oct.
1913, Alice May (Rhudlan, West Hove, near Brighton), elder dau. of
Col. John Samuel Gaussen, of Hollymouth, South Farnborough, co. Hants;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =William C. K. Megaw.=]
=MEHEUX, GEORGE THOMAS SHELTON=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R.. B. 9701),
233279, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MEIKLEJOHN, KENNETH FORBES=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Cameron
Highlanders, 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. John Forbes Meiklejohn. of
147, Victoria Street S.W., late R.H.A., by his wife, Edith Mary, dau.
of Thomas Dives, and grandson of the late Rev. Robert Meiklejohn, of
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire; _b._ at Woolwich, 18 June, 1885; educ.
Rugby and passed 3rd into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Cameron Highlanders, 27 Feb. 1904, and promoted
Lieut. 13 Sept. 1909; was appointed Adjutant, 13 March, 1913; went
to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; served through
the retreat from Mons and the Battle of the Marne, and was killed in
action at the Battle of the Aisne, 25 Sept. 1914. On that day what
was left of the 1st Camerons--they had lost 17 officers and 500 men
in the action of the 14th--had moved up to relieve the 1st Black
Watch in the trenches just west of the village of Beaulne, and the
battn. headquarters occupied one of the caves in the chalk of the
plateau. During the morning a German shell fell on the top of the
cave and buried the inmates, amongst whom was Lieut. Meiklejohn, and
five officers and some 30 men were subsequently found dead, including
Capt. D. N. Miers, then temporarily in command of the battn., Capt. A.
G. Cameron, of Lochiel, Capt. Napier Cameron, and Lieut. Meiklejohn,
who was buried in the grounds of the Chateau of Verneuille. Lieut.
Meiklejohn had qualified as first class interpreter in both Russian and
French. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 14 April, 1914, Sybil Maud, only
dau. of John Charles Stewart, of Kinlochmoidart and Glenmoidart, co.
Inverness, J.P., and had a son, Kenneth Mathew, _b._ posthumous,
14 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Kenneth F. Meiklejohn.=]
=MELIA, EDWARD=, Corpl., No. 705, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, _s._ of P. Melia, of Liverpool; served in Egypt and at the
Dardanelles; killed in action, 2 May, 1915.
=MELLETT, MARTIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4459), S.S.
103473, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MELLISH, CHARLES HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11127, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=MELSON, JOHN RAITHBY=, L.-Corpl., No. 11754, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Tom Melson, of 4, Whostenholme
Place, off Powell Street, Sheffield, by his wife, Jemima, dau. of
John Richardson; _b._ Sheffield, 15 Aug. 1889; educ. St. John’s
National School, there; was a Rigger by trade; enlisted soon after
the outbreak of war, 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 21 Jan. 1915, and
died in No. 10 Stationary Hospital, St. Omer, 5 Aug. 1915, of wounds
received in action, 11 July, and was buried in the French Souvenir
Cemetery at St. Omer; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Raithby Melson.=]
=MELSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 11564, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yr. _s._ of Tom Melson, of 4, Whostenholme Place, Powell
Street, Sheffield, by his wife, Jemima, dau. of John Richardson;
_b._ Sheffield, co. York. 21 Jan. 1894; educ. St. John’s National
School, Sheffield; was a Steel Warehouseman; enlisted 6 Sept. 1914;
went to the Front, 21 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the
Battle of Cuinchy, 7 Feb. following, and buried in Bethune Churchyard.
Belgium; _unm._ He was the younger of the two brothers, but the
first to be killed.
[Illustration: =Robert Melson.=]
=MELVILLE, WILLIAM=, Private, No 14481, King’s Coy., 1st Battn.
Grenadier Guards, _s._ of Hugh Melville, of Portgower, Helmsdale,
co. Sutherland, by his wife, Betsy, dau. of James Morrison, of Scourie;
_b._ Portgower afsd., 15 Oct. 1886; educ. Portgower School; was
a member of the Edinburgh City Police, and later of the Metropolitan
Police; joined the Grenadier Guards in Sept. 1909; was selected as one
of the special guards at the Coronation of King George; serving three
years with the Colours, he was placed on the Reserve for 10 years,
and emigrated to Canada in 1912, where he joined the Winnipeg Police,
being rapidly promoted to the rank of detective. On the outbreak of the
European War he was called to rejoin his regiment; left for England, 17
Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Sept.; took part in the severe fighting
till 12 Jan. 1915, when he got entangled in barbed wire around a German
trench, and was so wounded that he was removed to hospital; rejoined
his regt. 5 March, and died in No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station, 13
March. 1915. from wounds received in action the previous day at the
battle of Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Buried in Merville Cemetery. A
brass tablet to his memory, subscribed for by his comrades, was placed
in the Central Police Station at Winnipeg.
[Illustration: =William Melville.=]
=MEMBREY, EDWARD JOHN=, S.S.A., M. 7318, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERCER, ARCHIBALD ARIEL=, Major, 2nd Battn. Dorset Regt., 2nd
_s._ of the late Charles Mercer, of Lansdowne Lodge, Weymouth,
by his wife, Grace Ewart (Weymouth), dau. of Edward Clark; _b._
Uxbridge, 24 Feb. 1875; educ. Marlborough and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. Dorset Regt.
then stationed at Wellington, Madras, 16 March, 1895; and promoted
Lieut. 12 July, 1897; Capt. 19 Nov. 1901, and Major 19 Nov. 1913. He
served with the 1st Dorsets in the Tirah Campaign of 1896–97, taking
part in the actions at Chagru and Dargai, in the capture of the
Sampagha and Arhanga passes and in the reconnaissance of the Saran Sar,
where he was severely wounded on 9 Nov. 1897, and received the Tirah
Medal with two clasps. He afterwards joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt.
in India, and in Nov. 1914, sailed with the Poona Brigade, of which
the 2nd Dorsets formed part, for the Persian Gulf. He was killed in
action at Sahil, near Basra on the Shat-el-Arab, on the 17th of that
month, and was buried at Sahil. Major Mercer was a qualified musketry
instructor and a first-class interpreter of Hindustani. He _m._ at
Ugley, Essex, 14 Aug. 1913, Margaret Edith, dau. of William Augustus
Tennant, of Orford House, Ugley, and had a dau., Ariel Margaret,
_b._ posthumous, 30 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Archibald Ariel Mercer.=]
=MERCER, EDWARD ALLAN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14665 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MERCER, ERIC CAMERON=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army, attd. 2nd Battn.
Lancashire Fusiliers, 5th surviving _s._ of Col. Charles Archibald
Mercer, of Belgrave House, Dover, Indian Army (ret.), late 4th Gurkha
Rifles, by his wife, Helen E., eldest dau. of the late Major-Gen. J.
S. Rawlins, Indian Army, formerly 1st Gurkha L.I.; _b._ Bakloh,
Punjab, India, 17 Nov. 1894; educ. Junior School, Westward Ho, co.
Devon, Dover College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, unattd. List, 15 Aug. 1914, and attd.
to the 2nd Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914,
and was killed in action at Meteren, near Bailleul, 13 Oct. 1914;
_unm._ He was buried in a field there, belonging to M. Cokelaere.
At Dover College, he was in the football XV, 1910–11–12, and the hockey
XI, 1911–12–13, and at Sandhurst he was in the 2nd football XV, 1913–14.
[Illustration: =Eric Cameron Mercer.=]
=MERCER, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, No. 8237, 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, _s._ of Thomas Mercer; enlisted in the Seaforths;
took part in the Somaliland Expedition 1902–4 (medal); was afterwards
employed on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Bolton Road Goods
Station; was called up with the Reserve on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died
25 April, 1915, of wounds received in action. He _m._ St. Luke’s
Church, Blackburn, 5 Sept. 1912 (--), dau. of (--) Gibson, and had a
son, Harold, _b._ 2 Oct. 1913.
=MERCER, WALLER CARPENTER=, Rifleman, No. 3246, 16th (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Peter
Brit Mercer (died 4 Aug. 1894), by his wife, Mary Jane (“Merton,”
Plympton Avenue, Brondesbury, N.W.), dau. of Thomas Hooper; _b._
London, 5 Oct. 1885; educ. Philological School, Marylebone, N.W.;
enlisted on the outbreak of war, served with his regt. in France and
Flanders, and was killed in action, being shot through the head while
on sentry duty in the trenches, at Houplines, near Armentières, 9
April, 1915. He was buried in the Military Cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Waller Carpenter Mercer.=]
=MERCHANT, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2559), 207436, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MERRETT, ALBERT JOHN=, A.B. 236732, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERRETT, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3281),
S.S. 101000, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERRICK, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4529), S.S.
103702, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERRILEES, STUART=, Private, No. 10228, Northumberland Fusiliers,
4th _s._ of James Merrilees, of 42, Coomassie Road, Crofton,
Blyth, Plasterer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Gilroy; _b._
Blyth, co. Northumberland, 6 Aug. 1897; educ. there; enlisted 22 Sept.
1914; went to France, 19 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action there, 11
Feb. 1916, being shot by a sniper while working in a triangle trench;
_unm._ His brother, William, was killed, 15 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =Stuart Merrilees.=]
=MERRILEES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3086, 2nd Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of James Merrilees, of 42, Coomassie Road,
Crofton, Blyth, Plasterer, by his wife Mary, dau. of James Gilroy;
_b._ Blyth, co. Northumberland, 14 Feb. 1893; educ. Wright Street
School there; enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1910; went
to France 18 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action, 16 Feb. 1915, after
delivering a message; _unm._ Capt. O. B. Foster, commanding C
Coy., wrote: “He had volunteered to come back from the trenches in
broad daylight under a heavy fire to take back a message to battn.
headquarters, that ammunition was urgently required. He accomplished
this dangerous duty successfully, being slightly wounded in the arm on
the way. While at battn. headquarters where his wound had been attended
to by the doctor, a shell struck the building in which he was, a
fragment of it hit him on the head, killing him instantly. Had he lived
he would have probably been awarded the medal for Distinguished Conduct
in the Field.” And again, after saying that a “strong recommendation”
had been forwarded to the authorities, giving full particulars of
his brave act, added: “He certainly well deserved it. Since I wrote
I found he took a further message by means of which our artillery,
which had been firing in a wrong direction, was directed at the proper
place; this was the means of saving a number of our men’s lives. In
any other war but this he would certainly have gained a V.C., but,
as you can imagine, a terribly high standard of courage is required
to win anything now. We had a very hard time with our company, but
lately things have been a little easier. As we are not now in the
same district, I can give you the following information: Your son was
buried by a farmhouse 2½ miles south of Ypres; the farm is south of the
Ypres-Comines Canal, and is 1,200 yards south-east of Chateau Langrof.
This may enable it to be traced after the war. A cross was erected over
it.”
[Illustration: =William Merrilees.=]
=MERRIMAN, GORDON=, Volunteer, Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve, yr.
_s._ of Thomas Mark Merriman, of 96, Finchley Road, N.W., and 3,
Mitre Court, Temple, E.C., Solicitor, by his wife, Ellen Charlotte,
dau. of Matthew Marshall; _b._ Hampstead, N.W., 5 Feb. 1885;
educ. St. Andrews, Eastbourne, Uppingham, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge;
and was a Planter in Nyasaland, where he owned the Nanglukutichi
Estate, near Blantyre. He was a member of the Nyasaland Volunteer
Reserve, serving with the Nyasaland Field Force, and was in charge of
a Maxim gun which he was working when wounded in an encounter with the
Germans at Karonga, and died 9 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was buried
at Karonga, N.W. of Lake Nyasa. He was mentioned by the Governor of
Nyasaland in his Despatch of 1 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 3 Aug. 1916],
for gallant and distinguished service in the field “while working Maxim
guns under heavy fire with coolness and effect.”
[Illustration: =Gordon Merriman.=]
=MERRITT, CECIL MACK=, Capt., 16th Battn. (Canadian Scottish,
72nd Seaforth Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, last
surviving _s._ of Lieut.-Col. William Ingersoll Merritt, of 6,
Sumner Place, South Kensington, London, late 30th (East Lancashire)
and 4th Manchester Regts., by his wife, Mary Beatrice, 3rd dau. of
Major-Gen. Frank Adams, C.B., and granddau. of Henry Cadwallader Adams,
of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick, J.P., D.L.; _b._ St. Catharine’s,
Ontario, Canada, 6 Jan. 1877; educ. St. Paul’s School, London; went
to Canada in 1895, and joined the Royal Grenadier (Militia) Regt.
in 1896. He was one of the few who went into Dawson in the rush of
’98 over the Edmonton trail, the journey taking him two years. After
leaving the Yukon he returned to England and was for a short time on
the London Stock Exchange. He went to Vancouver in 1904, and when the
72nd Regt. Seaforth Highlanders of Canada was formed in Nov. 1910, he
was appointed one of its senior Capts. He received his Majority in
that Regt. 13 Oct. 1914. He was on Major-Gen. Sir Sam Hughes’s Staff
during his visit to the Imperial Army manœuvres in 1912, and on the
outbreak of war at once volunteered for Imperial service, and was
given command of a coy. in the 16th Battn. “Canadian Scottish,” 1st
Canadian Division. He went with them to France in Feb. 1915, and was
present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. On 22 April, 1915, during
the Second Battle of Ypres he was leading his coy. in the charge made
by the Canadian Scottish near St. Julien, to check the first rush
of the Germans after their gas attack, when he was wounded in the
leg. He refused to leave his men, and with them occupied the German
trenches. Next morning he was killed while encouraging his men during a
counter-attack. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the
field. His commanding officer, Col. R. E. Edwards Leckey, wrote: “Cecil
Merritt was one of the finest officers I ever knew. He was wounded in
the charge, but not severely, and still continued to lead his men on.
He remained in the trenches we had captured, and when a counter-attack
was threatened he got up to shoot over the parapet with his revolver.
It was then he received his fatal wound. No one could have been braver
and no one could have led his men better than he did. His name has
been submitted for the Military Cross”; and brother officers speak
of his “personal bravery and spirit of dash and tenacity,” and of
the admiration which his men had for him; and a Private wrote: “He
was wounded twice but would not expose his men to be carried back to
the dressing station, and after some hours in the captured trenches
heard there was a counter-charge from the Germans, and it was then he
received the fatal shot in his head.” At St. Paul’s he took a leading
part in the school life, being captain of the football XV. He was one
of the first captains of the well-known Harlequin Rugby Football Club.
He _m._ at Vancouver, B.C., 4 Dec. 1905, Sophie Almon, eldest dau.
of the Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, K.C.M.G., and had two sons
and a dau.: Charles Cecil Ingersoll, _b._ 10 Nov. 1908; Francis
William, _b._ 16 Aug. 1913; and Beatrice Ormonde, _b._ 14
Feb. 1907.
[Illustration: =Cecil Mack Merritt.=]
=MERRITT, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2400), 201016, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MESSAGE, EDGAR=, Private, No. 2479, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Herbert Message, of The Old School House,
Rush Lake Green, Warbleton, Sussex, by his wife, Miriam, dau. of the
late Thomas Rumery, of Warbleton; _b._ Rush Lake Green, 30 April,
1893; educ. Warbleton National School; enlisted 9 Sept. 1914; went to
France, 21 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May
following, being shot through the head; _unm._ Buried in cemetery
at Richebourg.
=MESSAM, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16830, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=METCALFE, RICHARD=, Master-at-Arms, 159487, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=METHUEN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7902, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots,
_s._ of William Methuen, of Edinburgh, late 78th Seaforth
Highlanders, by his wife, Mary, dau. of William Hamilton; _b._
Stockbridge, Edinburgh, 23 Sept. 1878; educ. North Merchiston School;
enlisted 21 Jan. 1901, and was killed in action in Belgium, 14 Dec.
1914. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 1906, Margaret (10, McLeod Street,
Edinburgh), dau. of the late James Bathgate, of Edinburgh, and had four
children: James, _b._ 11 April, 1914; Alison, _b._ 5 Nov.
1906; Mary, _b._ 16 Dec. 1907; and Agnes, _b._ 16 June, 1912.
=MICKELS, THOMAS EDWARD=, S.S.A., M. 2159, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MIDDLETON, JOHN LIDDLE=, Private No. 2731, 1/8th Battn. Durham
Light Infantry (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Thomas Middleton, of 38, South
Burns, Chester-le-Street, co. Durham, Brewery Mason, by his wife,
Margaret, dau. of the late George Brown, of Washington, co. Durham;
_b._ Chester-le-Street, 8 May, 1895; enlisted 12 Sept. 1914,
following the outbreak of war; was wounded in the fighting at Ypres on
26 April, 1915, by a gunshot wound in the head, and taken prisoner, and
is stated to have laid for 36 hours in a greenhouse without water or
care. He died of his wounds at Ostneeuw Kerke, Belgium, two days after
his twentieth birthday, 10 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Liddle Middleton.=]
=MIDMER, HARRY GEORGE=, A.B., No. S.S. 2026, Ch. R.F.R. B8844,
R.N. eldest _s._ of George Midmer, of Mabbs Hill, Stonegate,
Ticehurst, Roadman, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Henry Taylor, of
Horsham; _b._ Stonegate, Ticehurst, 10 Oct. 1888; educ. there;
joined the Navy, 29 July, 1907, and was lost in H.M.S. Cressy, when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=MIELL, CHARLES FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10220), 183675,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.