(Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.),
2nd _s._ of Rev. Thomas Brown Nicholson, of Chalmers Street,
Dunfermline, Minister of the United Free Church of Scotland, M.A.,
by his wife, Barbara Stevenson, dau. of the late David Beveridge,
of Kingskettle; _b._ Hamilton, co. Lanark, 22 Dec. 1895; educ.
Dunfermline High School, and was afterwards engaged as an apprentice
with Oliver Melville, Robb & Scott, Electrical Engineers, Dunfermline
and Kirkcaldy. In Dec. 1914 he enlisted in the Queen’s Edinburgh
Rifles, and was chosen as one of a draft in May, 1915, to go to
Gallipoli to strengthen the 5th Royal Scots, reaching there just before
the heavy fighting in which that regt. so distinguished itself. He took
part in the famous charge of 28 June, 1915, and was thereafter reported
missing, until 7 March, 1916, when he was posted as killed in action;
_unm._ A comrade wrote: “I knew him well and I was much attached
to the young lad. We had talks together and shared our dug-outs
together often and on the awful day, we went over the parapet together.
I was wounded in the attack and he went on, so, of course, from that
time I knew nothing further. I shall ever treasure the memory of him,
and shall ever think of him as the brave young lad who did not seem
to know fear.” “I have put my faith in God, and am ready for whatever
happens,” he wrote, in one of his last letters.
[Illustration: =David B. Nicholson.=]
=NICHOLSON, JOHN BEVERIDGE=, Private, No. 2253, 1/4th (City of
Dundee) Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (T.F.), eldest
_s._ of the Rev. Thomas Brown Nicholson, M.A., Minister of
the Chalmers Street United Free Church, Dumfermline, by his wife,
Barbara Stevenson, dau. of the late David Beveridge, of Kingskettle,
Manufacturer; _b._ Hamilton, 24 May, 1894; educ. High School,
Dumfermline; was a journalist and a member of the literary Staff of
John Leng & Co., Dundee; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined
the 1/4th Black Watch, 10 Aug. 1914; left for France on Tuesday, 23
Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Festubert, 12 July following,
being shot by a sniper while repairing the trenches at midnight.
Buried, Grave No. 7, Row H, Sheet, France, Bethune, Square R. 32d.
7.5; _unm._ Capt. E. Leslie Boase, commanding D Coy. to which he
belonged (himself killed in France in Aug. 1916), wrote: “He was to
me not only a comrade-in-arms, but also a friend. I have known young
Nicholson to volunteer for a very dangerous bit of work, and keep at it
unflinchingly till finished without, so to speak, turning a hair. He
went at Neuve Chapelle twice with me, his Capt., on quite a dangerous
errand of mercy--voluntarily, and if anything had been necessary to
assure me of his bravery, I had it then. His death came like a cruel
blow to me.” A comrade, L-Corpl. W. C. Andrews, wrote: “There was not
a man in the platoon who was not his friend. I knew him and liked him
in civilian days, but it was out here, amid hardships and dangers,
that I learned how splendid in manhood he was; how fine and fearless
in thought and act. I never knew him do or say a mean thing. He was
the very soul of chivalry. Long shall we miss his cheery laughter,
his little acts of exquisite courtesy and thoughtfulness.” Another
comrade, L.-Corpl. Joseph Lee, wrote: “He passed to his death in the
fearless manner in which he faced all that was uncongenial to one of
his refined and artistic disposition in our present environment.” The
editor of “Answers,” wrote: “As fine a fellow as ever donned a Black
Watch kilt; he sent home several of the most realistic letters from
the firing-line that have been published since the outbreak of the
war.” And the “Dundee Advertiser” remarked: “It is indeed a singularly
promising career which has been cut short. While yet a mere boy, he
had acquired a bright, clear and forcible style of writing; he had
both fancy and wit; he had read much and felt a keen interest in all
human affairs. His achievement already was considerable, and there can
be no doubt that, with matured powers and wider experience, he would
have attained distinction as a journalist and writer of fiction. Some
of his poems written at the Front have won high praise from qualified
critics for their fine feeling and delicate phrasing, while his prose
descriptions of battlefield scenes are full of vigour.” Among his
writings may be mentioned his recruiting appeal “A call from the
trenches,” which was printed in pamphlet form and given away by the
military authorities in street distribution; some charming verses
entitled “On hearing a lark singing at dawn in the trenches,” and a
poem of singular beauty, “The Crucifix,” which has been widely cited
and which would alone suffice to stamp the writer as a poet of a very
high order. His brother David was also killed in action (see his
notice).
[Illustration: =John Beveridge Nicholson.=]
=NICHOLSON, JOHN CHARLES=, Private, No. 10347, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John William Nicholson, of 15, Villa
Terrace, Alexandra Street, Hull; _b._ co. York; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action at
Zillebeke, 19 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Buried there.
=NICHOLSON, LAWRENCE CAIL, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st. Battn.
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ Royal Berkshire Regt., 4th _s._
of Frederick William Nicholson, of Shiplake, Henley-on-Thames, by
his wife, Annie, dau. of Benjamin Cail, of Maidenhead; _b._
Maidenhead, co. Berks, 30 Aug. 1882; educ. Uppingham; was embodied with
Militia 1 year 38 days, and attd. to Regulars 362 days; served in South
African War with Mounted Infantry, 1899–1901; was gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
14th (King’s) Hussars, 26 March, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 24 Jan.
1905; retired and joined the Special Reserve of Officers; appointed
Lieut., 3rd Berkshire Regt., 28 July, 1914; went to France, 30 Aug.
1914, attd. to the 1st Battn.; “led and commanded his platoon admirably
during an attack on German position Passchendaele-Becelaere Road, which
resulted in the taking of the enemy’s trenches and 70 prisoners,” for
which he was awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette, 1 Dec. 1914]; was
wounded in action near Ypres, 23 Oct. 1914, and died of wounds in
London. 2 Nov. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Lawrence Cail Nicholson.=]
=NICHOLSON, LEONARD SAMPSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1/12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Nicholson, of
Tanshelf Mills, Pontefract, co. York, Matting Manufacturer, by his
wife, Elizabeth (West View, Ackworth Road. Pontefract), dau. of Leonard
Sampson, of Humburton Grange, Boro’bridge, Yorks; _b._ Pontefract,
14 July, 1890; educ. King’s School, Pontefract; on leaving school he
entered a wholesale iron and steel business in London; became a member
of the Polytechnic, and in March, 1909, joined The Rangers; volunteered
for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and left for France
with his battn. on Christmas Eve, 1914, holding the rank of Platoon
Sergt.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14 April, 1915. He was killed in action
at Verlorenhoek, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 2 May following.
His Commanding Officer. Lieut.-Col. A. D. Bayliffe, wrote: “His death
was a great loss to the Rangers; he would have made a very valuable
officer had he been spared.” He was greatly esteemed by his men and,
to quote from a letter written by one of them, “there was not a man in
his platoon who would not have died for him if occasion had arisen. He
faithfully upheld the honour of the British Army, and died doing his
best for King and Country.”
[Illustration: =Leonard S. Nicholson.=]
=NICKLIN, GEORGE=, Acting Chief Armourer, 342117, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NICOL, ALEXANDER=, 2nd Lieut., 1/5th Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late John S. Nicol, of 85,
Brisbane Street, Greenock, Coal Merchant, by his wife, Agnes Berwick,
eldest dau. of the late Charles Mill, of Greenock, Shipowner; _b._
Greenock. 5 Nov. 1893; educ. Greenock Academy; was qualifying as a
C.A. with Messrs. Kidston, Goff & Findlay, C.A., Glasgow. He received
a commission as 2nd Lieut., 1/5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,
16 Jan. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of
war; went to the Dardanelles in June, 1915, and was killed in action
during the attack on the Krithia-Achi Baba position, Gallipoli, 12 July
following; _unm._ Two of his brothers, Capt. C. M. Nicol, R.A.M.C.
(Regular Army prior to outbreak of war), and Lieut. John E. Nicol,
R.N.V.R., are (1916) on active service.
=NICOL, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7237), S.S.
102206, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICOL, HUGH JOHN=, Sergt., No. 741, 1/4th Battn. The Royal
Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late John Nicol,
of Edinburgh, Principal Stamper, Inland Revenue, by his wife, Ann S.
(1c, Maxwell Street, Edinburgh), dau. of John McIntosh, of 2, Bangholm
Terrace, Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 11 Nov. 1889; educ. South
Morningside Board School there; and was in the office of the Assistant
Secretary and Comptroller, Inland Revenue, Edinburgh. He had joined
the 4th (Territorial) Battn. of the Royal Scots in 1909, and after
the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service; went to the
Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and was killed
in action there, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ He was a member of St.
Matthew’s Parish Church, Edinburgh. His brothers, Corpl. David Nicol,
No. 13266, Cameron Highlanders, and L.-Corpl. William C. Nicol, No.
4130 (Highlanders) Royal Scots, are both on active service.
[Illustration: =Hugh John Nicol.=]
=NICOL, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14678 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICOLSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 2283, 2nd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of John Nicolson, of 5, Lower Ollach,
Braes, Portree, Skye, Crofter, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John
Ross, of Camusknioag; _b._ Braes, aforesaid, 15 July, 1896; educ.
Braes Public School, and Portree Higher Grade School, Skye; went
to Australia, 3 May, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the
outbreak of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles between 6
and 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Nicolson.=]
=NIGHTINGALE, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 84), 140682,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=NILSON, CECIL EDGAR=, Private, No. 2063, D Coy. 3rd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Julius Nilson, of 12,
Welham Road, Streatham, S.W., Organ Tuner, by his wife, Emma Annie,
dau. of the late William Goodwin Brightling, of Kennington, S.E.;
_b._ Kennington, 19 Aug. 1894; educ. L.C.C. School, Mitcham Lane,
Streatham; was employed by Liberty & Co.; enlisted on the outbreak of
war, 31 Aug. 1914; was terribly wounded in action, 24 Feb. 1915, and
died in a Clearing Hospital at Merville, France, the same evening;
_unm._ Buried in the cemetery there. A comrade wrote: “I am very
sorry to inform you that our comrade Nilson got wounded on a working
party the other day. We were out at a place which is named by our
troops as ..., and I can assure you it was a perfect hell. The Germans
had a machine-gun trained upon the gates and at night to get to our
duty posts we had to dodge a perfect fusilade of shot. In front of our
post one could see two dead cows which could not be buried owing to the
terrific danger, and it was at this place when our friend Nilson was
shot. We were working at night strengthening a trench when the Germans
sent up a very brilliant star shell followed by heavy fire.... The
Leicesters with whom we were working informed me that they had never
seen a man bear such pain so bravely; the shot entered his back and
went through his stomach.”
=NIXON, FRANCIS EUGENE ARCHER=, Ship’s Steward, 219829, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=NIXON, GERARD FERRERS=, Lieut., 129th Battery, Royal Field
Artillery, yst. _s._ of Major-Gen. Arundel James Nixon, of Clone,
Ballyragget, co. Kilkenny, D.L., late R.A., by his wife, Maria Lucy,
dau. of the late John Laurence, D.L.; _b._ Stoke, Devonport,
25 Jan. 1891; educ. Cheltenham College and Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., 23 Dec. 1910, and promoted
Lieut. 23 Dec 1913; left for France, Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action near Neuve Chapelle, 24 Oct. following. Buried Fauquissart, in
an orchard in the Rue de Bacquerot; _unm._ The Officer commanding
his battery wrote: “It is a very great sorrow indeed to us all that we
have lost him. Officers and men were devoted to him. He was a gallant
little fellow and a first-class officer.” He was mentioned in Sir
John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and
distinguished conduct in the field. He was a keen sportsman; rode very
well and was very good at all games.
[Illustration: =Gerard Ferrers Nixon.=]
=NIXON, WILLIAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26752 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NOBBS, WILLIAM ROBERT=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2282A, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NOBLE, CHARLES CRAWFORD=, Private, No. 6/698, 13th Canterbury
and Westland Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
George Noble, of Blue Spur, Hokitika, New Zealand, Gold Miner, by his
wife, Jeannie A. S., dau. of Alexander Walker, of Strichen; _b._
Fraserburgh, 31 Jan. 1887; educ. All Saints’ School, Strichen; went
to New Zealand, 7 May, 1906; volunteered and joined the New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, after the outbreak of war, 17 Aug. 1914; left
for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on board H.M.S. Royal George, 12
May following, of wounds received in action at Cape Helles on the 8th;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Charles C. Noble.=]
=NOBLE, CORNELIUS=, Private, No. 1856, 5th Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Noble, of 310, Church
Street, Walker, co. Northumberland, by his wife. Alice; _b._
Walker, 7 June, 1895; educ. West Walker Council Schools; joined the
5th Northumberland Fusiliers, 1 June, 1913; volunteered for Imperial
service, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 April, 1915, and was killed in
action 24 May, 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 May, 1915.
Buried, Boulogne; _unm._
[Illustration: =Cornelius Noble.=]
=NOBLE, GEORGE=, Private, No. 6507, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt., _s._ of Thomas Noble, of 25, Sigismund Street, Blackwall;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 26 Nov. 1914,
of wounds received in action.
=NOBLE, GEORGE=, Driver, No. 8125, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action
28 Oct. 1914; _m._
=NOBLE, JACK EDWARD=, Private, No. 15184, 3rd Battn. Middlesex
Regt., _s._ of George Noble, of High Wycombe, Bucks; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 21 March, 1915.
=NOBLE, ROBERT=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 4521), 171089,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NOBLE, THOMAS=, of Aberdeen, lost when the mine-sweeping trawler
No. 61 (Crathie, of Aberdeen) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.
=NOEL, HERBERT BISHOP=, C.E.R.A., 2nd Class (Pensioner), 269614,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NOLAN, MYLES PATRICK=, Private, No. 2754, 2nd Battn. 8th
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late William Nolan, of
Fulham, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Michael (and Mary) Murphy, of
Dublin; _b._ Fulham, S.W., 3 June, 1897; educ. Council School
there; was an Assistant Engineer, P.O. Telegraph; joined the 10th
Middlesex Territorials in June, 1912; volunteered for foreign service,
Aug. 1914; was transferred to the 2/8th Middlesex, and was drafted to
Gibraltar, Sept. 1914, returning to England, Feb. 1915; went to France,
8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Rye, France, 21 Oct. 1915,
being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Letters from his officers speak of
him as a good soldier and a general favourite.
=NOOTT, MERVYN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Buffs (East Kent
Regt.), yst. _s._ of William Mathias Noott, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.,
L.S.A., and his wife, Louisa (Upton Lodge, St. Peter’s, Thanet),
eldest dau. of the late Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Bart., M.P.; _b._
Kensington Park Road, London, 19 May, 1890; educ. Mr. Edminson’s,
Tan-y-bryn, Llandudno, and Fauconberg School, Beccles; joined the 3rd
(Special Reserve) Battn. The Buffs as 2nd Lieut. 15 March, 1911, and
promoted Lieut. 20 Jan. 1913; passed into the Regulars as 2nd Lieut.,
1st Buffs, 24 May, 1913; left for France, 16 Sept. 1914; and was
killed in action at Radinghem Wood, near Lille, 20 Oct. following;
_unm._ Capt. R. Bright wrote: “Your son was killed in action
on the 20th. He was gallantly leading his men under heavy fire, and
every one who was near him cannot speak too highly of his conduct. I
cannot tell you how sorry I am to lose him, and how I feel for you
in your loss. But he died gallantly and knew nothing of being hit,
being killed instantaneously. He was a good soldier and thoroughly
popular with both officers and men, and we can ill afford to lose him.”
Major (Brig.-Gen.) E. H. Finch-Hatton, D.S.O., wrote: “There is one
thing that I can bear witness to, and that is a more noble and more
chivalrous boy has never fallen on the field of battle. His enthusiasm
and his sense of duty and chivalry were quite out of the ordinary. He
was more like a knight of old, and it is such as he who have made the
glory of the British Army to be what it is to-day--the wonder and the
admiration of the world.” And L.-Corpl. Kisby wrote: “The platoon would
have followed him anywhere. Yes, every man was devoted to him. He won
this by his many acts of kindness and cheerfulness, and, above all,
they had a great respect for him as a brave man, for undoubtedly he
knew no fear.” He had taken a flying certificate and hoped to join the
Royal Flying Corps.
[Illustration: =Mervyn Noott.=]
=NORLEY, SIDNEY HENRY=, Acting Chief Stoker, 195527, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NORMAN, ALBERT EDMUND=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. East Surrey
Regt., attd. Army Cyclist Corps, yst. _s._ of the late Henry
Alexander Norman, of Croydon, by his wife, Annie, dau. of (--) Roberts;
_b._ Croydon, 7 April, 1875; educ. Whitgift Middle School,
Croydon; was in a Bank; received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in 1st Vol.
Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt. 7 Jan. 1905; gazetted Lieut., 3rd East
Surreys, 11 Sept. 1914; attd. Army Cyclist Corps, 1 Dec. following;
promoted Capt. 24 March, 1915, and went to France 27 March, and died in
hospital at Merville, 11 May, 1915, of wounds received in the advance
against the Aubers Ridge on the 9th. Buried at Merville. The N.C.Os.
and men of his company erected a stone to his memory. A comrade wrote:
“He very much distinguished himself in offering to take a despatch
message under heavy fire. He was successful in getting it through, but
was wounded on returning to Headquarters.” He was mentioned in Sir John
(now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 1 Jan.
1916]. He _m._ at Croydon, 5 Jan. 1905, Linda Burnell, dau. of the
late William Bust Turner, of Croydon, Surrey; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Albert Edmund Norman.=]
=NORMAN, EDWARD=, A.B., 226971, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NORMAN, ERRINGTON HOUNSOME=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9676), S.S. 2428,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NORMAN, ROBERT=, Private, No. 2200, A Coy., 4th Battn. Suffolk
Regt., _s._ of Robert Norman, Sailor; _b._ Ipswich, 18 Oct.
1882; educ. St. Clement’s School, Ipswich; was a Labourer at Paul’s
Barley Factory, Ipswich; volunteered and enlisted in Sept. 1914; went
to France, 6 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle,
11 March, 1915. Capt. S. L. Brown wrote: “Your husband was a soldier
from head to foot, and an Englishman, and the example he set to the
younger men was grand--I shall never have a better man to go with me
anywhere. It may, perhaps, be a little comfort to you to know that his
death was instantaneous: a soldier’s death without pain.” He _m._
at St. Helen’s Church, Ipswich, 25 Dec. 1906, Alice Maud (50, Rosebery
Road, Ipswich), dau. of George (and Ellen) Prebble, of Ipswich, and had
three children: Robert William, _b._ 14 Sept. 1907; Arthur George,
_b._ 31 May, 1913; and Elsie May, _b._ 6 Nov. 1900.
=NORMAN, ROBERT=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., I.C. 35), 186027, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=NORMANLY, MARTIN=, Private, No. 9791, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Thomas Normanly, of Montuaigh, Curry, co. Sligo,
Farmer, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of Thomas Gallagher; _b._
Montuaigh, Curry, afsd. 14 Oct. 1892; educ. National School there; was
a Coal Miner; joined the Coldstreams in Oct. 1912; went to France, 12
Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Mons, on the 25th; _unm._
=NORRIS, GEORGE CROSSLEY=, Deckhand, No. 207 D.A., Trawler
Section, R.N.R.; lost when the mine-sweeping trawler No. 61 called
“Crathie” (Thomas W. Irvine, of North Shields) was sunk by a mine, Aug.
1914.
=NORRIS, OSWALD MARK=, Private, No. 61221, 1st Canterbury
Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th _s._ and yst.
child of Thomas C. Norris, of Christchurch, J.P., late Secretary and
Treasurer to North Canterbury Hospital Board, by his wife, Mary;
_b._ Christchurch, New Zealand, 15 June, 1892; educ. Christ’s
College, Canterbury, New Zealand, after which he took up sheep farming
in Hawkes Bay, and while there joined the local Regt. of Mounted
Rifles, in which he was a corpl. when war broke out. He volunteered
for Imperial service, 12 Oct. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body;
took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in
Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during the landing at Gebe Tepe,
Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “In our camp
life your son’s sterling qualities and high principles made him very
popular. The memory of your son Oswald--a brave and true man--will
ever remain dear to us”; and another: “He was a favourite among all,
and everybody admired his strength of character and his great lovable
disposition.”
[Illustration: =Oswald Mark Norris.=]
=NORRIS, REGINALD HAYDEN=, Corpl., No. 9096, 2nd Battn. The King’s
Own Royal Lancaster Regt., _s._ of William Norris, of 6, Pleasant
Place, Chalvey, by his wife, Mary Ann; _b._ Chalvey, Slough, 8
March, 1889; educ. Board School there; enlisted 22 Oct. 1906; left for
France, 20 Sept., and was killed in action at Metrean, 13 Oct. 1914.
Buried there. He _m._ at Scotforth, Lancaster, 25 Dec. 1913,
Helena Eleanor (12, Abbey Terrace, Scotforth, Lancaster), dau. of
Joseph Kendall, of Scotforth; _s.p._
=NORRIS, ROBERT=, Engine Room Artificer, 2nd Class, No. Ch.
149732, R.N., _s._ of Robert Norris; _b._ Chatham, co. Kent,
22 Aug. 1866; educ. St. Paul’s School there; joined the Navy, 23 May,
1889; served in South African War (medal), and on H.M.S. Cressy, and
was lost when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914;
_unm._ He had the Long Service and Good Conduct medal.
=NORRIS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10734, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yst. _s._ of Joseph Norris, of 35, Albert Road, Tamworth,
Warwick, Carpenter (a native of Lancashire), by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of David Marney, of Melbourne, Victoria; _b._ Melbourne, 28
Nov. 1893, came to England with his parents when two years of age, and
was educ. at Tamworth Council School; was employed as a Platelayer on
the L. &. N.W. Railway; enlisted in May, 1914, and was killed in action
at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._