West Surrey Regt., eldest _s._ of Samuel Peter Musson, of
Kinnaird House, Upper Norwood, by his wife, Naomi, dau. of Abraham
Hardy; _b._ Streatham, 21 Aug. 1894; educ. Stanley House School,
Cliftonville, Margate; King’s School, Canterbury (member of the O.T.C.;
in the first boat, first athletic team, and second football team);
Lycée Faidherbe, Lille (2nd prize for public school fencing); Lille
University (diploma 1914); London University, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Queen’s, 17 Feb.
1915; went to France, 24 May, and was killed in action near Bethune on
19 July following; _unm._ Buried at St. Vaast Post, near Bethune.
He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30
Nov. 1915; and his Commanding Officer wrote “The battn. has lost a
brave and valuable young officer.”
[Illustration: =John Hardy Musson.=]
=MUSTARD, ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., No. 1160, 5th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; _b._ Elgin, co. Moray, 5 March, 1886; educ.
Urquhart Public School, Morayshire; went to Australia; volunteered and
joined the Australian Imperial Force, 5 Oct. 1914; took part in the
landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action
there, 10 May following; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote that
he very gallantly volunteered to go for his comrades with the water
bottles slung across his shoulders, and was shot by a sniper when quite
close to the well.
=MYDDELTON, EDWARD GEOFFREY=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Suffolk
Regt., only surviving _s._ of Edward Brackenbury Myddelton, of
Bank House, Wellingborough; _b._ Boston, 22 Aug. 1893; educ.
Lancing, Wellingborough, and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was
in the Officers’ Training Corps, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd
Battn. Suffolk Regt., 4 June, 1913. On the outbreak of war he went
to the front with the 2nd Battn., was in the retreat from Mons, and
was unofficially reported killed at Le Cateau on 26 Aug. 1914. Coy.
Sergt.-Major Crack, of the Suffolks, who was taken prisoner in this
action, writing from Sennelager, 15 Jan. 1915, says: “I am very sorry
to say that 2nd Lieut. Myddelton was killed about 12 o’clock on Aug.
26; also his platoon Sergt. was killed at the same time, both by the
same shrapnel. The men of his platoon were all very much grieved to
have lost their leader, as they were all very fond of him.” Lieut.
Myddelton had passed the first part of the Mathematical Tripos with 1st
Class honours.
[Illustration: =Edward G. Myddelton.=]
=MYER, ERNEST ALEX=, Major, 6th (City of London) Battn. The London
Regt. (Rifles) (T.F.), 4th _s._ of Sydney Myer, of Southampton,
by his wife, Sophy Alex, dau. of Montagu Alex, of Hereford; _b._
Southampton, 23 Nov. 1874; educ. St. John’s Wood School, and University
College School, London, and was admitted a Solicitor in 1897,
practising at 46–47 London Wall, E.C. He was a keen volunteer, and
soon after leaving the University College School, joined the Victoria
Volunteer Regt. which was afterwards amalgamated with the St. George’s
Rifles; and on 26 Nov. 1901, received a commission in the 2nd London
Rifles, which became the 6th City of London Rifles on the organisation
of the Territorial Force. He was promoted Capt. in 1898, and on the
outbreak of war at once volunteered for foreign service. He received
his Majority, 5 Aug. 1914, and during the arduous months of training
was for a considerable period in command of the Battn. The 2nd London
Division, to which he was attached, left for the Front, 20 March, 1915,
and he was killed in action near Givenchy, 3 April following, being
struck by shrapnel while passing through the trenches on inspection
duty with Col. Simpson. Buried at Cuinchy close to where he fell. In
a letter to Mrs. Myer, Col. Simpson wrote: “This Battn. has lost an
officer who cannot be replaced--he was loved and respected by all
ranks. Our country has lost a fine English gentleman, who had a very
keen sense of duty and the determination to do it. He died the death of
the brave soldier that he was.” He was an authority on apprenticeship
(published a text book on apprenticeship entitled “Apprenticeship
Law”), and acted for many years as hon. solicitor to the Industrial
Department of the Jewish Board of Guardians, to the Apprenticeship and
Skilled Employment Association, and to the Apprenticeship Committee
of the Women’s University Settlement; he was one of the founders of
the Brady Street Club in East London. Major Myer was called “The Boys’
Friend.” He was very keenly interested in their welfare, and many a boy
in good and lucrative situations to-day owes it only to his help. In a
quiet unassuming way he did splendid service for the Boys’ Clubs, and
for the young men belonging to them, and never spared himself where
the lads’ interest and welfare were concerned. Many of the old members
and others have cause to be grateful to him for a start in life, and
many for valuable help in other ways. The Maidenhead Club Scouts, too,
owe their foundation to him, being the first troop in the country to
be completely fitted out, and he was always keenly interested in their
welfare. On one occasion he went out of his way, and went specially to
visit their camps at Gosport to see that the boys were well provided
for. He _m._ at Bayswater Synagogue, London, Emmy (123, Inverness
Terrace, Bayswater), dau. of Charles (and Jeanette) Jacob; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Ernest Alex Myer.=]
=MYERS, GEORGE MAURICE=, Private, No. 2250, 7th Battn. London
Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Henry Myers, Wholesale Tobacconist
(died 1908), by his wife, Amelia, dau. of J. B. George, of Paris;
_b._ Regent’s Park Road, N.W., 10 April, 1894; educ. Kilburn
Grammar School; enlisted early in Sept. 1914, following the outbreak
of war; went to the Front, March, 1915, was badly wounded on the night
of 12 Sept. following, and died two days later (14 Sept.) in No. 18
Casualty Clearing Station; _unm._ His commanding officer, Capt.
C. J. Salkeld Green, wrote that he had been “marked for promotion when
opportunity arose” and that “when he received his wounds he was on a
working party on a very important piece of work.” He was buried at
Lapugnoy, near Bethune. Lieut. Sydney Frankenburg, in a letter to Mrs.
Myers, said: “He was buried in accordance with Jewish ritual in a part
of the soldiers’ cemetery set apart for Jews. I performed the ceremony
yesterday [15 Sept.] afternoon, and also spent some hours with him
before his death. To show you the esteem that your son was held in by
his comrades and officers I may mention that a party of soldiers from
his platoon of their own free will marched several miles to attend his
funeral. His Coy. Commander was present.”
[Illustration: =George Maurice Myers.=]
=MYERS, SIDNEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24128, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MYLAM, ALFRED CLAUDE=, Rifleman, No. 1728, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Henry Mylam, of
441, King’s Road, Chelsea, Ironmonger, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau.
of George Henry Cornwall; _b._ Chelsea, 29 May, 1889; educ. St.
Mark’s College School there; was a Solicitor’s Clerk; joined the
Rangers in Sept. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec. 1914, and died at St.
Julien, 26 April, 1915, of wounds received in action while advancing to
relieve the Canadians; _unm._ Buried at Hazebrouck.
[Illustration: =Alfred Claude Mylam.=]
=NAIRN, WALTER=, Bugler, No. 1366, 7th Battn. Durham Light Infantry
(T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late John Nairn, of Southwick-on-Wear,
Fruiterer, by his wife, Isabella (23, Grosvenor Street,
Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Benjamin Cook, of Monkwearmouth; _b._
Southwick, 12 Dec. 1895; educ. Board School there; joined the 7th
Territorial Battn. of the Durhams, 26 March, 1911, and was employed at
Priestman’s Yard, Sunderland; volunteered for foreign service after
the outbreak of war, and was killed in action “somewhere” in France,
22 June, 1915, by a sniper; _unm._ His four brothers are all on active
service, a fact upon which their mother was complimented by H.M. the
King.
[Illustration: =Walter Nairn.=]
=MERCER-NAIRNE, LORD CHARLES GEORGE FRANCIS=, C.V.O., formerly
Fitzmaurice, of Meikleour and Tullybeagles, co. Perth, and of Aldie,
co. Kinross, Major, 1st Royal Dragoons, yr. _s._ of Henry Charles,
5th Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G., P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E.,
etc., by his wife, Lady Maud Evelyn, née Hamilton, C.I., V.A, Extra
Lady of the Bedchamber to H.M. Queen Alexandra, 7th and yst. dau. of
James, 1st Duke of Abercorn, K.G.; _b._ London, 12 Feb. 1874;
educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st Dragoons from the Royal Scots
Militia, 29 May, 1895; and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1898, Capt. 27 June,
1901, and Major 30 June, 1910; was A.D.C. to G.O.C. the Forces in
Ireland, 29 May, 1897, to 19 Oct. 1899; A.D.C. to Commander-in-chief
(F.M. Earl Roberts), 3 Jan. 1901 to 11 Feb. 1904; Equerry-in-Ordinary
to King George V when Prince of Wales, 1 April, 1909, to 6 May, 1910,
and to His Majesty, 10 June, 1910, to Sept. 1914; created C.V.O. 1911;
served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1900; took part in the relief
of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan.
1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and
action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights, 14 to 27 Feb. 1900,
and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March, 1900, and in
the Orange Free State, May, 1900 (Queen’s medal with four clasps);
and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 6
Oct. to 30 Oct. 1914, on which date he was killed in action near Klein
Zillebeke, Ypres. He was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French
President for gallantry in the field. He _m._ at Calcutta, 20 Jan.
1909, Lady Violet Mary, née Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (11, Hyde Park
Terrace, W.), yst. dau. of Gilbert John, 4th Earl of Minto), K.G.,
P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., and had issue, George John Charles, now of
Meikleour, etc., _b._ 27 Nov. 1912, for whom H.M. King George V
was sponsor; and Mary Margaret Elizabeth, _b._ 6 Feb. 1910, for
whom H.M. Queen Mary was sponsor.
[Illustration: =Lord Charles Nairne.=]
=NAISH, WILLIAM CHARLES GATTON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6656), 196269,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NAISMITH, PERCY THOMAS=, Private, No. 1543, C Coy., 14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas
Naismith, of 589, Romford Road, Woodgrange, and Thomas Street, Burdett
Road, E., formerly of Eastfield, Leith, Licensed Victualler; _b._
Poplar, 17 March, 1894; educ. Thomas Street School, Burdett Road, and
Pitman’s, Southampton Row; joined the London Scottish; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died in Boulogne Hospital, 11
Nov. 1914, of wounds received in the charge of the London Scottish at
Messines on 30 Oct. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery; _unm._
=NANCARROW, JOHN VIVIAN=, Capt., 4th Battn. Yorkshire Regt.,
York and Durham Infantry Brigade, Northumbrian Division T.F., eldest
_s._ of George Bennett Nancarrow, of Ravenscroft, Grove Hill,
Middlesbrough, a partner in the firm of W. B. Peat & Co., Chartered
Accountants, by his wife, Charlotte Alice, dau. of Capt. Josiah
Thomas; _b._ Middlesbrough, 6 June, 1885; educ. Leys School and
King’s College, Cambridge (M.A., LL.B.); admitted a Solicitor, 1909,
and became Secretary to the Middlesbrough Chamber of Commerce. He
joined the 1st Vol. Battn. Durham L.I. in 1907, was later attached
to the Northumberland Fusiliers at Newcastle and then to the Duke of
Cornwall’s L.I., before settling in Middlesbrough where he became
Lieut. in the 4th Yorks, and after passing through a school of
instruction, was promoted to the Captaincy in the latter part of 1913.
On the outbreak of war he undertook Imperial service obligations and
landed in France with his Battn. in the middle of April 1915; they
were immediately hurried up to the front in consequence of the French
troops north of Ypres having been “gassed” on 22 April, and on the
afternoon of the 24th were ordered to attack the German lines near
the village of Fortuin, near St. Julien, a few miles north-east of
Ypres. During the day. Capt, Nancarrow was seen cheering on his men,
and in the advance, he stopped to bind up the wound of a Private who
had fallen and then hurried forward. After making several rushes at
the head of his men towards the enemy’s position, he was shot and died
almost instantaneously. His Colonel wrote of him that “he behaved
like a hero.” Capt. Nancarrow had taken a very active part in the Boy
Scouts’ movement in connection with the settlement in Newport Road,
Middlesbrough. He was engaged to be married to Miss Elsie Harkess of
Stokesley.
[Illustration: =John Vivian Nancarrow.=]
=NASH, EDWARD RADCLIFFE=, Capt., 16th Lancers, elder _s._
of Lieut.-Col. Edward Nash, of Ballycarty, Tralee, co. Kerry, and 56,
Sloane Street, London, S.W., J.P., late Essex Regt., by his wife,
Constance, dau. of John Radcliffe, of Moorfield, Withington, J.P.;
_b._ London, 9 June, 1888; educ. Mr. Bull’s Preparatory School,
Westgate-On-Sea (1898–1902), Eton (1902–July, 1905), and Sandhurst,
into which he passed in Sept. 1905, at the earliest possible age,
giving up for the sake of seniority all that another two years at Eton
would have meant to him; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 16th Lancers, 29 Aug.
1906, and promoted Lieut. 15 Jan. 1909, and Capt. 10 Oct. 1914; went
to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; took part in the
retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne, and the Aisne, and the
First Battle of Ypres, and was killed in action near Ypres, 21 Feb.
1915, when the 16th Lancers suffered severely through the blowing up of
a trench; _unm._ At the time of his death he was acting Adjutant
of his regt. Capt. Nash was a splendid all-round sportsman. At Eton he
distinguished himself as a long distance runner and as a “wet-bob,”
and in 1905 won the Junior Sculls and stroked his Junior House Four up
to “head,” the last time that the colours of Miss Evan’s were seen on
the River; while at Sandhurst he proved himself a remarkable athlete,
winning against competitors considerably older than himself the
equivalent of the “Victor Ludorum” Cup. After joining the 16th Lancers
he ran twice in the Army Championship for the mile, being second on
each occasion with practically no training, but he devoted himself
chiefly to riding, and was one of the finest horsemen in the Army. He
was well known at Olympia, and was one of the team which represented
Great Britain at the last Olympic Games at Stockholm in 1912. He was
first and second in successive years at the Grafton Point-to-Point,
won his Regimental Light Weight Steeplechase on two occasions, and was
“placed” at a number of other meetings at which he rode. As conspicuous
for dash, energy and endurance in war as in sport, he was the ideal
cavalry officer and appeared to have a distinguished career before him.
His exuberant vitality found expression in all that he said or did, and
one who knew him well observed, on hearing that he had been killed:
“Of all the deaths in this war, his death is the hardest to realise.”
Capt. Nash was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch, of 8
[London Gazette, 19] Oct. 1914. His younger brother, Capt. L. C. Nash,
died of wounds 28 Sept. following (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Edward Radcliffe Nash.=]
=NASH, LLEWELLYN CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut. (temp. Capt.), 2nd Battn.
King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Edward Nash,
of Ballycarty, Tralee, co. Kerry, and 56, Sloane Street, S.W., J.P.,
late Essex Regt., by his wife, Constance, dau. of John Radcliffe, of
Moorfield, Withington, J.P.; _b._ Cefn Ila, Usk, co. Monmouth, 23
June, 1895; educ. at Wixenford (Mr. Morton’s), Eton (Mr. Mill’s House,
Jan. 1910–July, 1914), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 11 Nov. 1914, and
Lieut. 1 Aug. 1915; left for France in Jan. 1915; took part in the
Battles of Neuve Chapelle and Festubert; was promoted Capt. 12 July,
and died in hospital at Lozinghem, 28 Sept. 1915, of wounds received
in action near Vermelles on the 25th, the first day of the Battle of
Loos. He was wounded early in the morning of the 25th, but was not
found until late in the afternoon, and one of his brother officers
wrote: “The fact that we found him wounded almost through the German
wire shows the splendid determination and courage with which he went
forward.” He was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French
[London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916], and a General officer under whom he
served wrote: “He was Battn. bombing officer and easily the best in
the Division, and was constantly sent for when they wanted advice on
the subject.” Buried at Lozinghem, near Lillers; _unm._ At Eton
he was a Sergt. in the O.T.C., a whip to the Beagles, and won the
School Sculling in 1914, being ninth man of the Eight that year. In all
branches of sport he was keen, especially excelling as a fisherman. A
writer in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle said: “To know “The
Fat Boy” as Nash was affectionately called, was to love him. Always
cheery and keen for work, he set a magnificent example to those under
him. If he was in charge of a party working in the trenches he buckled
to and worked harder than anyone else. At Eton he had the reputation
of working his hardest at work or play, and this reputation he fully
justified while he was in the Regt. His character was eminently fitted
for the stern combination of work and sport entailed by active service,
and his success as a soldier is shown by the fact that at the age of
20, with less than a year’s service, he had already been gazetted to
the rank of Capt.” His elder brother, Capt. E. R. Nash, was killed in
action near Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =Llewellyn Charles Nash.=]
=NASH, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, No. 2346, 1/8th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Nash (now Sergt.
No. 110331, in the 1st Labour Battn. Royal Engineers, on active service
in France), by his wife, Ellen, dau. of the late George Williams, of
Hawley; _b._ Hampton Hill, co. Middlesex, 10 April, 1895; educ.
there; was a Chauffeur and Student in the S.C.S.; enlisted 25 Feb.
1914; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action, in the
German trenches, at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, while bomb
throwing; _unm._
=NASMYTH, JAMES THOMAS HUTCHINSON=, Capt., 10th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of John Nasmyth, of Mount Forest,
by his wife, Jane P., dau. of John Morrison; _b._ Mount Forest,
Ontario, Canada, 23 Aug. 1874; joined the 46th Durham Regt. about
1900, and, after going through a course of instruction at the Stanley
Barracks, Toronto, was given a commission as Lieut., two years later,
and promoted Capt. in 1912, after taking a second course; volunteered
for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and was appointed Lieut.
10th Battn. 22 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; was promoted Capt. at the Front; and was killed in
action near St. Julien, 23 April, 1915, during the heroic stand of the
Canadians at the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres. He _m._
at Janetville, Ontario, Canada, 22 Oct. 1896, Emma Amelia, dau. of
Christopher Armstrong, of Janetville; _s.p._
[Illustration: =James T. H. Nasmyth.=]
=NATTON, REUBEN WALTER=, Private, No. 1005, Royal Army Medical
Corps, 3rd _s._ of James Natton, of Stockton-on-Tees, Shipyard
Labourer, by his wife, Margaret Elizabeth, dau. of James Jeffries, of
Stockton-on-Tees; _b._ Thornaby-on-Tees, co. Durham, 17 March,
1889; educ. New Board School there; enlisted there in the Coldstream
Guards in Aug. 1905, but was bought out the following October; in
June, 1906, he enlisted in the R.A.M.C. and after serving three years
passed into the Reserve and found employment at Doxford’s Yard,
Sunderland; on mobilization, 5 Aug. 1914, he was called up, went to
France with the first Expeditionary Force and was wounded at Ypres in
November; invalided home to Wandsworth Hospital he was found unfit for
further active service and was placed on the Hospital Ship Neuralia;
on the voyage out to Bombay he contracted fever and was landed at
Alexandria, where he died at No. 15 General Hospital, 2 June, 1915, and
was buried in the Chatby Military Cemetery near there. He _m._
at Haswell Parish Church, 27 July, 1908, Rosina (14, John Street,
Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Thomas Brown, of Easington, and had four
children: Reuben Walter, _b._ 18 Oct. 1910; Robert William,
_b._ 19 Sept. 1914; Rosina, _b._ 3 May, 1909; and Margaret,
_b._ 29 Feb. 1912.
[Illustration: =Reuben Walter Natton.=]
=NAYLOR, CLARENCE EDGAR=, A.B., 209926 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=NAZARETH, JOHN XAVIER=, Officers’ Cook, 2nd Class, L. 694, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=NEAL, HENRY JOSEPH=, A.B., 194903, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEALE, ROY GORDON KING=, A.B., J. 6046, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEARY, HENRY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9031), S.S. 2128,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEAVE, ARUNDELL=, Major, 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers, yr.
_s._ of the late Sir Arundell Neave, 4th Bart., by his wife, the
Hon. Gwyn Gertrude, née Hughes (Llysdulas, Amlwch, Anglesey), yst. dau.
of William Lewis, 1st Lord Dinorben; _b._ London, 2 July, 1875;
educ. Evelyn’s, Uxbridge, and Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 16th Lancers,
from the Royal Anglesey R.E. Militia, 11 May, 1898, and promoted Lieut.
17 Oct. 1899; Capt. 1 April, 1903, and Major 19 Dec. 1914; served (1)
in South Africa War, 1900–2; took part in the relief of Kimberley;
operations in Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including actions
at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.), Poplar Grove; operations in the Transvaal,
west of Pretoria, Aug. to Sept. 1900; in Orange River Colony, Sept.
to Nov. 1900, and Feb. to June, 1901; operations in Cape Colony, Dec.
1900, to Jan. 1901, and July, 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal
with three clasps, King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was mentioned in Despatches
by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, 17 Sept. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.]
1914; and died, 21 Feb. 1915, of wounds received while leading his
squadron into action near Ypres the same day. Buried in Ypres Cemetery.
He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour for gallantry in the
field. Major Neave was a fine horseman and a good all-round sportsman.
[Illustration: =Arundell Neave.=]
=NEILL, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9342), S.S.
106586, H.M.S Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEILL, JOHN THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 171483, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=NEILL, WILLIAM=, Chief Ship’s Cook (Pensioner), 147941, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEILSON, WILLIAM=, Regt. Sergt.-Major, No. 25, 5th Battn. 2nd
Infantry Brigade, 1st Victorian Contingent, Australian Imperial Force,
eldest _s._ of the late William Neilson, of Ashgillhead, Dalserf,
by his wife, Grace, dau. of James Copland; _b._ Muirkirk, co.
Ayr, 30 Nov. 1864; educ. Blackwood, co. Lanark; enlisted in the King’s
Own Scottish Borderers, Oct. 1882, and served nine years with them in
India (Queen’s medal with one clasp); joined the Scottish Horse when
the South African War broke out, and served through that campaign
(Queen’s medal with four clasps). After spending four years in business
in Glasgow, he went to Australia in Sept. 1911, settled at Melbourne
and later at St. Kilda, but on the outbreak of the European War, again
enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt with the main
force; arrived at the Dardanelles in April, and was killed in action
there, 19 May, 1915. Buried at Gaba Tepe. He _m._ at Dalserf,
co. Lanark, 1 Dec. 1893, Janet Penman (12, Moodie Place, St. Kilda,
Victoria, Australia), dau. of Thomas Renwick, of Dalserf, and had six
children: William, _b._ 27 May, 1899; John Renwick, _b._ 6
March, 1902; Abram Renwick, _b._ 10 Dec. 1906: Janet Douglas,
_b._ 23 Aug. 1894; Grace Copland, _b._ 18 Dec. 1896; and
Isabel Renwick, _b._ 5 July, 1903.