Highlanders of Canada), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
eldest _s._ of James Counter Norsworthy, of Ingersoll, P. Ontario,
Canada, by his wife, Mary Jane, eldest dau. of Alexander Cuthbert, of
Ingersoll, and gdson. of John Norsworthy, of the Parish of Widdicombe,
co. Devon, England (who went to Canada in 1852); _b._ Ingersoll
afsd., 29 May, 1879; killed in action in the Battle of Langemarck on
22 May, 1915; educ. Ingersoll and St. Thomas’ Public Schools, from
which he passed to the Upper Canada College, and thence matriculated
to McGill University, at which time he won the Governor-General’s
gold medal for mathematics. He subsequently became registered as a
Student of the Institute of Actuaries of Great Britain along with his
younger brother Stanley. At the examination held that year, there
were thirty-six candidates writing in the Dominion; of this number
five were successful, including Major Norsworthy and his brother.
In his student days he had been connected with the Cadet Corps at
St. Thomas’ Collegiate Institute, and the Upper Canada College Rifle
Corps. Deciding to adopt a career in the financial world, he obtained
a position with Messrs. G. A. Stimson & Co., of Toronto, and in 1901
he opened an office in Montreal as Manager for the Dominion Securities
Corporation. He joined the 5th Royal Highlanders as a subaltern,
shortly after his arrival there, and after passing his examination
at St. John’s (Quebec) Military School, he became Capt. in 1905, and
Adjutant three years later, and Major in 1909. On the outbreak of war,
Major Norsworthy volunteered his services, and helped to organise
the 13th Battn. for active service, and accompanied it to Europe as
Senior Major and Second in Command. While in England, he was offered
an appointment with Sir Max Aitken, the Canadian “Eye Witness,” but
preferred to remain with his regt.; _unm._ On 22 April, 1915, the
Germans, using virulent and asphyxiating gasses for the first time,
were able to overcome a portion of the French troops adjoining our
line. In the words of Sir John French’s Despatch of 15 June, 1915: “The
left flank of the Canadian Division was thus left dangerously exposed
to serious attack in flank, and there appeared to be a prospect of
their being overwhelmed, and of a successful attempt by the Germans
to cut off the British troops occupying the salient to the east. In
spite of the danger to which they were exposed, the Royal Highlanders
of Canada held their ground with a magnificent display of tenacity and
courage; and it is not too much to say that the bearing and conduct
of these splendid troops averted a disaster which might have been
attended with the most serious consequences.” The 13th Battn. (5th
Royal Highlanders) were the first Canadian troops to meet a charge
of the Germans, and notwithstanding they were greatly outnumbered,
and were being attacked in flank in their dug-outs, Major Norsworthy
skilfully led his men out to the Ypres-Poelcapelle Road, manning the
road ditches facing the advancing Germans, and heroically holding their
position, and refusing to give one inch of ground, thereby setting the
pace for the whole division. Major Norsworthy’s part in the action was
thus described by one of the privates present: “After having remained
in the dug-outs for about one hour, with our throats parched and our
eyes watering, caused by the gas, we could see that the Germans had
broken our lines. It was reported to Major Norsworthy, and he gave
the order to ‘stand to’ which we were waiting anxiously to do, and he
led us out to the Ypres-Poelcapelle Road. It was not long before they
began to pick our boys off. Major Norsworthy was hit in the neck by
a bullet, but it did not stop him from walking up and down our line,
encouraging our men to hold fast. It was not until he received the
second bullet that he had to give in and lie down. We bound him up as
well as we could, but the second wound was serious, and he died about
three-quarters of an hour after.” Another private who was with Major
Norsworthy said: “As we advanced out of our dug-outs and trenches--that
were being enfiladed--we met a perfect storm of shell and rifle
bullets, when some inclinations of hesitancy and flinching were shown.
Seeing this, Major Norsworthy sprang to the front and called out,
‘Come on, men, remember that we are Canadians and all the eyes of
Canada are upon us.’ His action and words steadied those that were
wavering, and we all followed him with a wild cheer, and advanced to
the Ypres-Poelcapelle Road ditches--facing the advancing Germans--which
gave us some little protection, and we stuck it there to the last man.”
The following are extracts spoken to the first Canadian Division after
the twelve days and nights of fighting included in the period from 22
of April to the 4th of May, 1915; “I tell you truly that my heart is
so full I hardly know how to speak to you. It is full of sorrow for
the loss of those comrades of ours who have gone, and pride in what
the first Canadian Division has done. I think it is possible that you
do not all of you quite realise that if we had retired in the evening
of 22 April, when our Allies fell back before the gas and left our
left flank quite open, the whole of the 27th and 28th Division would
probably have been cut off. This is what our Commander-in-Chief meant
when he telegraphed as he did: ‘The Canadians saved the situation.’
My lads, if ever men have had a right to be praised in this work, you
have.” Major Norsworthy was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field.
[Illustration: =Edward C. Norsworthy.=]
=NORTH, ARTHUR=, Sergt., No. G. 582, 9th (Service) Battn. East
Kent Regt.; died in Dover Military Hospital, 4 June, 1915; _m._
=NORTH, FREDERICK ALBERT=, Sergt., No. 8010, 2nd Battn. East
Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; died 3 April, 1915, of wounds received in action; _m._
=NORTH, CHARLES NAPIER=, Major, 5th Field Coy. Royal Engineers,
eldest _s._ of the late Col. Roger North, R.A., by his wife Fanny
Ellen (Briarwood, Camberley), dau. of Stephen Beeching, of Tunbridge
Wells; _b._ Bristol, 16 Aug. 1874; educ. Radley College, where
he gained the Heathcote Mathematical Scholarship, and the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 10 Feb. 1893,
and promoted Lieut. 10 Feb. 1896, Capt. 1 April, 1904, and Major,
25 July, 1913; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1902, took
part in the operations in the Orange Free State, March to May 1900,
in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, Aug. to Nov. 1900, in the Orange
River Colony, May to June 1900, in Cape Colony, south of Orange River,
1899–1900, and in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony,
1901–2; and was afterwards on the Staff, and from 20 May, 1902 to 7
Aug. 1902, was employed under the Dir. Mil. Intelligence (Queen’s
medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps); and
(2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 15 Aug.
to 1 Nov. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action near
Zonnebeke, during the First Battle of Ypres, being shot by a sniper
while engaged in inspecting the erection of barbed wire entanglements
in an exposed position. Buried in Zonnebeke Wood, N.E. of Ypres. The
General Officer Commanding, Royal Engineers, 2nd Division, wrote:
“Major North’s death was a severe loss not only to his own company,
but to the Royal Engineers and the service generally, as on several
occasions his devotion to duty and his excellent work had come under my
observation, and I have no doubt his example conduced largely to the
fine performance of the 5th Field Coy.” Major North was mentioned in
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at
St. Mary Abbott’s Church, Kensington, 18 Dec. 1913, Norah, dau. of the
late Col. Gribbon, of Inverness Terrace, W., and had a dau. Elizabeth,
_b._ posthumous, 31 March, 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles Napier North.=]
=NORTH, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2721),
286931, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NORTHCOTT, ALBERT HENRY=, Shipwright, No. Chat. 345561, Royal
Navy, _s._ of Lieut. Albert Northcott, R.N., by his wife,
Mary Elizabeth Swete (4, Springfield Terrace, Elburton Cross, near
Plymouth), dau. of Samuel Tolcher; _b._ Plymouth, co. Devon, 6
April, 1887; educ. Ryders High School, Stoke Devonport; was for some
time a Shipwright Apprentice in Devonport Dockyard; joined the Navy in
1907; served on H.M. ships Cyclops, London, and Cressy; took part in
the Battle of Heligoland, and was lost when the Cressy was torpedoed in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Albert H. Northcott.=]
=NORTHEY, ALFRED=, Lieut., 4th, attd. 3rd, Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Rev. Alfred Edward Northey, formerly
Vicar of Rickmansworth, co. Hertford, by his wife, Alice (Lisworney,
Torquay), dau. of Frederick Hatton, and grandson of Lieut.-Col. William
Brook Northey, of The Mount, Sevenoaks, Coldstream Guards, J.P.,
D.L.; _b._ at The Vicarage, Rickmansworth, 10 Sept. 1886; educ.
at Rottingdean, Sherborne School, and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Worcesters 3 Feb. 1906, and
promoted Lieut. 24 Oct. 1908; joined his battn. at Malta, where he
was stationed until Nov. 1908, when it proceeded to Bareilly, India.
Returning from India on sick leave in Feb. 1911, he was sent to the
Depôt at Worcester, and was there when war broke out. He acted as
Machine-Gun Officer at Tregantle, Cornwall, until 30 Aug. 1914, when he
left for France in charge of a draft, and, after being stationed for
three weeks at St. Nazaire, joined the 3rd Worcesters (7th Brigade, 3rd
Division) at the Front. He was killed in action, 12 Oct. following,
close to Richebourg St. Vaast, while the battn. was fighting its way
through Richebourg to Neuve Chapelle. He was _unm._ His Commanding
Officer wrote: “He was killed whilst leading his men in the attack. He
was killed instantly, and did not suffer. He was a splendid officer,
and can ill be spared. I hope it may be some little comfort to you,
that he died leading his men in the most gallant manner.” He was
mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London
Gazette, 17 Feb., 1915.] Lieut. Northey was an excellent musician,
playing both piano and violin; a good all-round sportsman, and very
popular with both officers and men.
[Illustration: =Alfred Northey.=]
=NORTON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, No. 3582, 2nd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Thomas Norton,
of 21, Newman Road, Plaistow, Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of
William Smith, Master Baker; _b._ Poplar, 7 Dec. 1898; educ. West
Ham; trained in the West Ham Boys’ Naval Brigade for 2½ years under A.
E. Cleave, commanding officer; was employed as a Coppersmith at the
Plaistow Railway Works; volunteered and joined the 2nd Royal Fusiliers,
13 Feb. 1915; went to France, 17 April, and died at No. 2 Casualty
Clearing Station, Bailleul, 6 June, 1915, of a gunshot wound in the
head, received in action, 31 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Civil
Cemetery, Bailleul.
[Illustration: =William George Norton.=]
=NOTTON, HARRY GUY=, A.B., J. 2639, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NOURISH, THOMAS ALDERMAN=, Private, No. 6118, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Nourish, of Highland House,
Kilby Road, Fleckney, Leicester, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Anthony
Loomes, of North Kilworth; _b._ Illston-on-the-Hill, co.
Leicester, 8 March, 1881; educ. Fleckney Church of England School;
enlisted 23 Feb. 1905; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 29 Jan. 1909;
obtained his discharge and joined the Reserve, 23 Feb. 1908; was called
up on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force, 12 Aug., and died in No. 4 General Hospital, Boulogne, 4 Nov.
1914, of wounds received in action at Rentel, 29 Oct.; _unm._
Buried in Wimereux Churchyard (Grave No. 21).
[Illustration: =Thomas A. Nourish.=]
=NOVELL, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3819), 189603, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NUNN, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 228989, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NUNN, FRANK ALFRED=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7311, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=NUNN, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Leading Cook’s Mate, 347626, H.M.S.
Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=NUNN, MERVYN HENRY=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 9th (Service) Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of William Henry Nunn, of Broadwater
Down, Tunbridge Wells, by his wife, Sophie Caroline, dau. of Major
Richard Rollo Houghton, late of the Buffs; _b._ Woolhampton,
co. Berks, 17 Nov. 1864; educ. Harrow; was gazetted Lieut. to the
Worcestershire Regt. from the Militia, 28 April, 1886, and promoted
Capt. July, 1892, Major 13 Nov. 1901, and Lieut.-Col. 8 Jan. 1915; was
employed with Egyptian Army, 27 Dec. 1896 to 1 Oct. 1897; served in the
Nile Expedition, 1897 (Egyptian medal with clasp, and medal); and in
the South African War, 1902; was in command of the Imperial Yeomanry
Battn., from 26 Feb. 1902; took part in operations in Natal (Queen’s
medal with clasp); retired and joined the Reserve of Officers, 11
April, 1906, but rejoined his old Regt. on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; went to the Dardanelles, 24 June, 1915, and was killed in action
at Chunik Bair, 10 Aug. following; _unm._ He was mentioned in Sir
Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field. Col. Nunn was a fine sportsman, a good man to
hounds and a good polo player.
[Illustration: =Mervyn Henry Nunn.=]
=NUTCHER, MONTAGUE CYRIL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3961), S.S. 1224,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=OAKELEY, FRANCIS ECKLEY=, Lieut., R.N., 5th _s._ of the
late Rev. James Oakeley, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Hereford, by his
wife, Frances E. (Westdale, Chilston, Torquay), dau. of John Eckley,
of Credenhill Park, Hereford; _b._ Hereford, 3 Feb. 1891; educ.
Hereford Cathedral School, Eastman’s, and the Osborne and Dartmouth
Royal Naval Colleges; was one of the second batch of cadets entered
under the “new scheme,” and passed out from Dartmouth, 15 Sept. 1908;
became Midshipman, 15 Sept. 1908, Sub-Lieut. 30 Nov. 1911, and Lieut.
Nov. 1913; served in H.M. ships London (flagship of Rear-Admiral
Startin, Channel Fleet, Sept. 1908); Invincible (Capt. Mark Kerr, 1st
Cruiser Squadron, March, 1909); the Téméraire (1st Battle Squadron,
Nov. 1909); Warrior (2nd Cruiser Squadron, Jan. 1910); Ure (2nd
Destroyer Flotilla, July, 1910); Dreadnought (flagship of Sir William
May, Home Fleet, Sept. 1910); Formidable (Atlantic Fleet, April
to Sept. 1911); Superb (1st Battle Squadron, Nov. 1911); Dolphin
(Portsmouth Submarine Depot for Instruction, Jan. to May, 1913);
and from the last was transferred to H.M.S. Forth at Devonport for
submarines. In Sept. 1913, he returned to Portsmouth on appointment to
the Arrogant for C 7, and after the outbreak of war was appointed to
the Maidstone, additional for D 2. He was lost in D 2 during the last
week in Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was widely known for so junior an
officer on account of his remarkable merit as a Rugby football player.
He was in 1913’s English International Fifteen _v._ Scotland, and
was looked upon as the most promising player of the United Services.
He began playing for the Services First Twenty when he was still a
Midshipman The following season Oakeley and Davis played magnificently
against Ireland at Twickenham, and against Scotland at Inverleith--two
matches that England won. Lieut. Oakeley had two caps against Scotland,
one each against Ireland and France, and he was always on the winning
side. He won the second prize for the cadet competition Sabre v. Sabre
at the Royal Naval and Military Tournament, 1906, and the first prize
cadet competition, Foil _v._ Foil, in the following year.
[Illustration: =Francis Eckley Oakeley.=]
=OAKES, ALEXANDER MONTAGUE=, Private, No. 11, 19th Battn. 5th
Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late
Alfred Charles Oakes, of Camden House, Sussex Street, Woodstock, Cape
Town, South Africa, Cape Civil Service, by his wife, Eliza Jane, dau.
of George Robb; _b._ Cape Town, 26 Dec. 1885; educ. Normal College
and St. George’s Grammar School, Cape Town; served for some time in
the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Mounted Rifles before going
to Australia on 30 Jan. 1913. On the outbreak of war he immediately
volunteered and joined the 1st Naval and Military Contingent which
left Sydney, N.S.W., early in Aug. 1914, in the steamer Berrima,
accompanied by H.M.A. ships Sydney and Australia, for the conquest of
German New Guinea. In this expedition he lost, by an accident, the use
of three fingers of his right hand and was for some time in Hospital
at Sydney, but upon being discharged immediately re-enlisted in the
19th Battn. and left Australia in the Ceramic, 25 June, 1915. He was
killed in action in Gallipoli, 29 Sept. 1915; _unm._ The battn.
were on fatigue work with the engineers improving the firing line when
it occurred, and Oakes was putting up sand bags, when about 4 a.m. a
stray bullet struck him over the heart killing him instantaneously.
His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. W. K. S. MacKenzie, wrote: “Your
son was on my staff at the Liverpool Camp in Sydney before we left
Australia and during our stay in Egypt before we came to the Front. I
saw much of him and was attached to him, and I feel his loss deeply,
it was a great shock to me. He was a fine soldier, and was liked by
everyone in the regt. He died bravely fighting for the Empire.” He was
buried the same afternoon at the foot of a gully near the sea, and a
cross with his name, etc., was erected by his comrades.
[Illustration: =Alexander M. Oakes.=]
=OAKES, ORBELL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt., 2nd _s._
of Lieut.-Col. Orbell Henry Oakes, of Nowton Court, Bury St. Edmunds,
late 1st Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., by his wife, Laura Eliza
Josephine, dau. of George Clifton, formerly R.N.; _b._ Mhow,
India, 7 Nov. 1880; educ. Wellington College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal
Garrison Regt. 28 Jan. 1903, and promoted Lieut. 2nd Yorkshire Regt.
3 Oct. 1906, and Capt. 29 Jan. 1913; served in the South African War,
1901–2; took part in the operations in the Orange River Colony, 1901–2
(Queen’s medal with four clasps); was employed with the West African
Frontier Force, 6 April, 1910, to 3 Aug. 1914; went to France with the
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Moulin du Pietre, near
Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried there. The late
Lieut.-Col. W. L. Alexander wrote: “He died in action on 12 March,
gallantly doing his duty in a trench near the Moulin du Pietre. He was
hit in the head by a bullet, and death must have been instantaneous.
He had been doing splendid work with his company since he rejoined the
battn., and his loss will be deeply felt by us, both as an officer and
a comrade, for he had endeared himself to us all.”
=OAKES, RICHARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109616, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OAKLEY, GEORGE HOWARD=, A.B., 222020, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=O’BRIEN, HUGH CONOR HENRY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of Henry Joseph O’Brien, of Whitepoint
House, Weston, Queenstown, co. Cork, late Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C., by
his wife, Ethel, dau. of Henry Banister; _b._ Stoke Damarel, co.
Devon, 19 Nov. 1880; educ. Clongowes Wood College; Stonyhurst (1896)
and Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1899–1900); gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Royal Munster Fusiliers, 11 Aug. 1900, and promoted Lieut. 6 March,
1903, and Capt. 1 April, 1910; served (1) in the South African War,
1899–1902; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Jan. to July,
1901; operations in the Orange River Colony, Feb. to 31 May, 1902, and
in Cape Colony, July, 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with clasp);
(2) on the North West Frontier, India, 1908, as Brigade Signalling
Officer, attd. 3rd Brigade, during operations in the Mohmand country
(medal with clasp); and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders, 1914. On 5 Sept. 1914, he left with the 2nd Battn. for
Flanders where, and on the Aisne, he served in the trenches, except
for one week’s leave home, until Dec. 1914. On 22 Dec. 1914, after a
forced march from Bailleul, the regt. was ordered to retake, at all
costs, trenches at Festubert which had been evacuated by Indian troops;
advancing over open heavy ground in daylight, Capt. O’Brien, at the
head of his company, was first wounded in the left side and fell, but
was still able to encourage his men, calling out “Go on Munsters,
now is your time to get back your own”; a few minutes later he was
killed outright by shrapnel bursting over him; _unm._ An officer
wrote: “He was ever a gallant officer, and died a glorious death after
helping a wounded comrade to cover; by his death the regt. lost a most
efficient and popular officer whom the men would follow anywhere.”
Col. Bent, who was badly wounded, in the same regt., wrote: “I wish
to tell you what a splendid officer your son was; you will have this
testimony from others, but I must tell you what he was to me, as his
commanding officer. He was of the best in every way, and as a company
commander was of the greatest use to me--absolutely reliable, he had
his company in first-class order. Beloved by all the men and officers,
he was such a splendid man and soldier that it seems particularly cruel
that he should have been taken so early.” Major Ryan, one of the few
surviving officers of that fight, wrote: “From all accounts of everyone
nothing could have been more gallant than the way he led his men.” When
in India he got a Special Certificate at the School of Signalling,
Kasauli. He was a keen sportsman and a good shot with gun and rifle,
and on two trips to Cashmere and Baltistan made good bags of big game.
[Illustration: =Hugh Conor H. O’Brien.=]
=O’BRIEN, JAMES JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1160, 1st Newfoundland
Regt., _s._ of James O’Brien, of 27, Adelaide Street, St. John’s,
Newfoundland, Cooper, by his wife, Mary; _b._ St. John’s,
Newfoundland, 8 April, 1891; educ. Christian Brothers’ School there;
volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted, 1 Feb. 1915; and died
in Edinburgh Hospital, 2 Oct. 1915, following an operation; _umn._
=O’CALLAGHAN, DUNCAN MCKAY MACDONALD=, 2nd Lieut. 3rd attd. 2nd.
Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 2nd _s._ of the late Surgeon-Major
George Henry Kenneth O’Callaghan, A.M.S., and eldest _s._ by his
2nd wife, Suzanne Charlotte (Minto House, Newquay, Cornwall), dau. of
the late Thomas Harding, of Wick House, Brislington; _b._ Ludlow,
co. Salop, 4 June, 1891; educ. Cheltenham College and Trinity College,
Oxford; obtained his commission 10 Aug. 1914, being gazetted to the
3rd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., served with the 2nd Battn. in
France and Flanders, and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 14 March,
1915; buried in Military Cemetery, Dickebusch, Flanders; _unm._
At Cheltenham he won the Junior School Championship in Athletic Sports
and represented the College in cricket and football. He was a College
Prefect and Head of his House. On leaving, he gained a classical
scholarship at Trinity College, Oxford, where he was elected member
of the Oxford University Authentics Cricket Club. He played in the
Freshmen’s and Seniors’ matches in football and cricket, and, after
leaving Oxford, was a prominent member of the London Irish Football
Club.
=OCHS, RONALD PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 5th, attd. 4th. Battn. The
Middlesex Regt., yr. _s._ of Capt. James Frank Ochs, of 4, Sloane
Gardens, S.W., now (1916) M.L.O. at Dieppe, by his wife, Amy, eldest
dau. of Philip Goldsmith; _b._ 4, Sloane Gardens, S.W., 20 Nov.
1896; educ. at Chertsey, Sunningdale School, and Marlborough College;
joined the Public School Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. on the outbreak
of war, and was given a commission, 10 Feb. 1915; went to France early
in June, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, Flanders, 27 Sept.
1915, and buried the next day at Brandhoek.
[Illustration: =Ronald Philip Ochs.=]
=ODDY, JOSEPH ETHELBERT=, A.B., 207511 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ODGERS, NICHOLAS=, Leading Seaman (C.G.), 179652 (Dev.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.