_s._ of Charles William Odling, of Craignoon, Ridgway Gardens,
Wimbledon, C.S.I., formerly Secretary to the Government of India
P.W.D., and Inspector-General of Irrigation, by his wife, Alice Ronayne
Mary, dau. of Robert Warren Meade, of Dublin; _b._ Darjeeling,
India, 30 Oct. 1893; educ. Cheltenham College (scholar), passing 3rd
on the list into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 20 Dec. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 12 Nov. 1914; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and after various services
was appointed Acting Adjutant to the Signalling Coy. at Headquarters;
invalided home in Oct. but returned to duty the following Jan. joining
the 11th Field Coy. at Givenchy, 11 March, and was killed in action at
Festubert, a fortnight later, 25 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried at
Chateau Gorre, near Festubert.
[Illustration: =Eric R. M. Odling.=]
=THOMAS-O’DONEL, GEORGE O’DONEL FREDERICK, M.C.=, Capt. and
Adjutant, 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, only _s._ of Edwin
Thomas-O’Donel, of Newport House, Newport, co. Mayo, J.P., D.L., by his
wife, Melicent Agnes, dau. of Capt. Richard Annesley O’Donel; _b._
Dublin, 21 Oct. 1884; educ. Cheltenham College, and abroad; joined the
Royal Donegal Artillery Militia in 1902; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the
4th Royal Fusiliers, 23 May, 1906; promoted Lieut. 10 April, 1909, and
Capt. 26 Nov. 1914; appointed Adjutant, 15 Jan. 1913; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at
Hooge, near Ypres, 16 June, 1915. Capt. O’Dond was awarded the Military
Cross [London Gazette, 19 Feb. 1915]; and was twice mentioned in Sir
John (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914, and
18 Feb. 1915]. Brig.-Gen. McMahon, commanding the Brigade, wrote on
5 Nov. 1914: “I think the Battn. has done very well out here, and I
hope it will continue to do so. George is going strong and is fitter
than when he started, and can claim a very large share in producing
such good results as may have been attained”; and Col. Hely-Hutchinson
wrote: “I cannot tell you what a shock the whole thing has been to me,
we were the closest of friends, we slept together, we fed together,
we rode together, and we fought together, and we never had a row for
seven months, and the only time we had been separated, George goes and
gets killed, and I get off. It is too sad after all the months he had
been out and the good work he had done. I myself got a small touch of a
shell on the head and have come home for a bit, thank God, as I don’t
think I could have carried on any longer out there without George and
the rest--we lost six killed and nine wounded officers, and I had no
heart and was just tired out and so was George, he just went on till
he dropped.” Major F. R. Mallock: “His death is a great loss to his
country and the regt.--he served so gallantly and so well; there are
few of us left who went out with the Battn., George was the only one
of the combatant officers left after the fighting at Ypres. I had a
great affection and admiration for him, he did work splendidly right
through.” Brig.-Gen. Reginald Pinney, formerly commanding 4th Battn.
Royal Fusiliers, also wrote to the late Capt. Thomas O’Donel’s father:
“I am most distressed for you and his mother at George’s death--also
for the regt. and the army, for he was fulfilling all the promise he
showed when he joined; seeing his name gave me a special shock, for I
had just heard of my getting a division, and had been talking of Staff
and had hoped to get George appointed a G.S.O.” He _m._ in London,
26 Nov. 1914, Florence Violet (Newlands, co. Wexford), only dau. of
George Claud Flood Braddell, of Newlands, co. Wexford, and Luckington,
co. Wilts; _s.p._
[Illustration: =G. O’D. F. Thomas-O’Donel.=]
=O’DONNELL, MARTIN=, Seaman. R.N.R., 2729A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=O’GRAM, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5549), S.S. 2104, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=O’HAIRE, DAVID=, Private, No. 11058, 6th Battn. Royal Irish
Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late David O’Haire, by his wife, Agnes
(now wife of Private William John McCallister, of Dromore Street,
Rathfriland, co. Down, now (1916) on active service with the
Royal Irish Rifles), dau. of Thomas O’Haire; _b._ Lierkelly,
Ballyroney, co. Down, 17 July, 1897; educ. Newry Street National
School, Rathgueanel; was an active member of the Ulster Volunteer
Force; enlisted, 27 Aug. 1914; left Basingstoke, with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force, July, 1915, and was killed in action at the
Dardanelles on or about 6 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =David O’Haire.=]
=O’HARA, HENRY DESMOND, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, only _s._ of William James O’Hara, of Oriel House,
Ballincollig, Cork, Resident Magistrate, by his wife, Cecilia, 7th
and yst. dau. of the late Peter Connellan, of Colmore, co. Kilkenny,
J.P., D.L., and gdson. of the late Rev. James Dunn O’Hara, of O’Hara
Brook and The Castle, Portstewart, co. Antrim; _b._ Ballydulf,
Thomastown, co. Kilkenny, 21 May, 1892; educ. Dunchurch Hall, Rugby;
Charterhouse, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 4 Sept. 1912; promoted Lieut. 29
April, 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 17 March, 1915; took part in the
heavy fighting following the landing there, and died on the hospital
ship Arcadian, 29 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action on the
12th; _unm._ Buried in the military cemetery, Gibraltar. “On 25
April, 1915, at Sedd-el-Bahr, he took command of his battn. when all
other officers had been killed or wounded. At night, when the enemy
broke through the line, he displayed great initiative and resource in
organising a successful counter-attack, restoring the line and causing
great loss to the enemy.” For this he was awarded the D.S.O. [London
Gazette, 3 June, 1915]. Lieut. O’Hara was also mentioned in Sir Ian
Hamilton’s Despatch of 20 May [London Gazette, 5 Aug.], 1915, for his
conduct during, and after, the landing of the 29th Division on 25 April.
=O’KEEFFE, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 11022, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, 29th Division, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, eldest
_s._ of the late Richard O’Keeffe, by his wife, Ellen (Dublin
Road, Carlow), dau. of Andrew O’Neill; _b._ Ballykealy Ballon,
co. Carlow, 10 Dec. 1892; educ. Christian Brothers Academy, Carlow;
enlisted 10 Jan. 1911; was appointed L.-Corpl. 1912, and promoted
Corpl. 1913; served in India, Nov. 1913, to Nov. 1914; left England
with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 16 March, 1915; took part in the
landing there, 25–26 April, and was killed in action at Gallipoli,
10 July, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote of him: “On one occasion
we were advancing and the enemy’s trenches were about three or four
hundred yards in front. At all events, a Sergt. of the Worcestershire
Regt. twigged a wounded man lying out in front. At this time we were
halted in a ravine preparing to advance, and the enemy’s fire was very
heavy; at any rate, the Sergt. shouted at his men that there was a
wounded man in front: would some of them go out and take him in? But
the fellows all passed it down the line that there was a wounded man
out in front: would someone go out and bring him in? At any rate Tom
heard it, and asked immediately where the wounded man was. The Sergt.
showed him, and Tom shouted round at me, ‘Will you come, Terry?’ Then
without waiting for an answer he was out over the top and started
running towards the wounded chap. I rushed out after Tom, and between
us we got the chap in. He told us he had been lying out there two
days--in reality he had been there since about 11 a.m. that morning;
it was then about 6 p.m. He was wounded in the shoulder, side, arm and
thigh, and had lost an awful lot of blood. He was in that much pain
that he thought he had been there two days. The Dublins and Munsters
were that weak then that they combined the two regiments and called
us the Dubsters. Well, after bringing in that chap we advanced, and
succeeded in routing the Turks and dug ourselves in in a new position,
from which the New Zealanders relieved us the next day. Well, that
is just one of the many little moves I was in with poor old Tom. Now
I wasn’t present when Tom was killed; I was in the trenches, and Tom
was in charge of a ration party going back along a nullah to draw the
company’s rations, when he was killed by a sniper. It appears this
sniper had command of this part of the nullah, and blankets and sandbag
barricades were put to knock off the sniper, but all to no purpose; he
must have been concealed on a hill. It was him that killed poor Tom.
The bullet pierced his brain, and he only lived for a couple of minutes
afterwards, during which time he was unconscious, so never spoke after
being hit. The medical officer was present on the spot, but could
not do anything. Tom is buried in a very nice cemetery in a separate
grave.” His yr. brother. Richard O’Keeffe, is now (1916) on active
service with the London Regt.
[Illustration: =Thomas O’Keeffe.=]
=OLDBURY, FREDERICK=, Chief Armourer, 340522, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=OLDFIELD, GUY CHRISTOPHER OTTLEY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Queen’s
Royal Surrey Regt., attd. King’s African Rifles, only _s._ of
Lieut.-Col. Christopher George Oldfield, late Royal Artillery, by his
wife, Margaret Elizabeth, dau. of the late Cortlandt J. Le Bailly,
and gdson. of Sir Richard Charles Oldfield; _b._ Poona, India,
17 Sept. 1888; educ. Clifton College and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal West Surrey Regt. 19 Sept. 1908,
and promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1911; was seconded for service with
Uganda Battn. of the King’s African Rifles, 3 Dec. 1913; served in the
Jubaland Expedition in the spring of 1914, and was killed in action at
Tsavo, Mombassa, British East Africa, 6 Sept. 1914, while defending the
Nairobi Railway against a superior German force armed with maxim guns;
_unm._ His body was recovered two days later and buried at Tsavo.
A brother Officer wrote: “It is quite impossible for me to convey to
you in words how we all loved the dear lad. Such a shining example of a
true Christian gentleman and sportsman.”
[Illustration: =Guy C. O. Oldfield.=]
=OLDHAM, JOHN HASLOPE=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s
L.I., attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., only _s._ of
Ernest Haslope Oldham, of Oakfield, Chudleigh, co. Devon, by his wife,
Alice, dau. of Charles Baker, of Portland Square, Bristol; _b._
Southgate, co. Middlesex, 7 Jan. 1891; educ. Blatchington Place,
Sussex, Lancing College, and Hertford College, Oxford (graduated B.A.
July, 1913), and on leaving there became junior master at Summer
Fields, St. Leonards-on-Sea, in Sept. 1913; obtained a commission as
2nd Lieut. in the Reserve of Officers, 16 July, 1913; volunteered on
the outbreak of war, and gazetted to the 3rd Duke of Cornwall’s L.I.,
11 Aug. 1914; went to France, 4 Jan. 1915, where he was attd. to the
2nd King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., and was killed in action during the
Battle for Hill 60, near Ypres, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried near
where he fell. His Col. wrote: “He behaved in a most gallant manner and
will be a great loss to my battn.”; and his Capt. “He was most capable
and keen on his work and had done most awfully well all the time he had
been out there. He was absolutely fearless, and he fell in the attack
on Hill 60 gallantly leading his men forward. He was hit by a bullet
early in the charge, but ignoring his wound he went on to the top of
the hill. He had just jumped up on the parapet and started to run over
the crest of the hill, when he was shot and killed instantly.” An In
Memoriam, from the Summer Fields Magazine, stated: “It came as a great
shock to us all to read of the death of Lieut. J. H. Oldham who fell at
the head of his men on Hill 60. Mr. Oldham, who was educated at Lancing
College, and Hertford College, Oxford, came to us as a master in Sept.
1913, and during his 12 months’ stay endeared himself to everybody by
his unaffected kindliness, his energy and unselfishness. He was always
ready to help the youngest boys, constantly improvising new indoor
games for their benefit, and just as keen as he could be on the outdoor
games, and the work of the school. We little thought when we said
good-bye to him at the end of last Summer Term that we should see him
no more, but it was like him to be among the very first to volunteer
for active service, without hesitation as without fuss. He was sent to
the Front in Jan. and died fighting gallantly early in April. Only a
few days before his death he had sent cheery messages to the boys, with
snapshots taken in the trenches and numerous inquiries and good wishes
for their welfare. His noble example and good influence here will long
be remembered.”
[Illustration: =John Haslope Oldham.=]
=OLDHAM, LESLIE WILLIAM SEARLES=, Major, R.E., only _s._
of the late Brigade Surgeon Charles Frederick Oldham, by his wife,
Harriet Bertha (The Lodge, Bealings, Suffolk), dau. of Thomas Bailey,
of Gloucester; _b._ London, 3 Feb. 1870; educ. Cheltenham College,
and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 27
July, 1889; promoted Lieut. 27 July, 1892; Capt. 5 May, 1900 and Major,
27 July, 1909; was in command of the R.E. with the Chitral Relief Force
from Gilgit, 1895; was present at the actions at Chakalwat and Nisa Gol
and was mentioned in Despatches. In 1899 he joined the Indian Public
Works Department and did excellent work especially in connection with
water supplies. After the outbreak of war he was recalled; was put
in command of the 63rd Field Coy. and went to France in May, and was
killed in action on the afternoon of 28 July, 1915, being shot by a
sniper while inspecting work in the “Orchard” trench, near Festubert.
He was a good all-round sportsman, particularly keen on polo and big
game shooting, having done a good deal of the latter on the Pamirs and
in the Central Provinces of India. He _m._ at Jubbulpore, Central
Provinces, India, 27 Aug. 1900, Caroline Mary Burton, sister of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, and dau. of the late Charles Altamont Doyle, of
Edinburgh, and had a dau., Claire Annette, _b._ Nagpur, India, 5
Sept. 1906.
[Illustration: =Leslie W. S. Oldham.=]
=OLDMAN, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2354B., H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OLDREWE, PERCIVAL=, L.-Sergt., No. 8684, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ co. Devon; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; killed in action, 13 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=OLDREY, ROBERT JOHN BLATCHFORD=, Capt., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon
Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Robert Blatchford Oldrey, of
Harpole Hall, co. Northants, by his wife, Hannah Jane Powell, of The
Laws House, Turvey, co. Beds., dau. of the late Richard John James;
_b._ Northampton, 18 June, 1883; educ. Uppingham; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 4th Dragoon Guards from the Militia, 26 March, 1902; promoted
Lieut. 27 Feb. 1905, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1911; was Adjutant from Jan.
to 27 Oct. 1914; served in India, and with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, from 15 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from
Mons, and the severe fighting during Sept, and Oct. and was killed in
action while in command of a squadron at Richebourg, Neuve Chapelle, 29
Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was a keen polo player, and represented his
regt. in the Inter-Regimental tournaments; and as a horseman had made
his name famous in cavalry circles, being chosen to represent England
in the jumping at Olympia, before King Edward and Queen Alexandra, at
the 1st Olympian shows. He was also a prominent figure in the hunting
world, being an ardent follower of the Oakley and Beaufort Hunt and a
winner of many point-to-point races.
[Illustration: =Robert J. B. Oldrey.=]
=OLIVE, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 7618, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=OLIVER, ERNEST JAMES=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1936), 154787,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OLIVER, PERCY FREDERICK=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 7341, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OLLEY, MATT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13391, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OLLIFF, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 51370, 16th Battn. (Canadian
Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of William
Olliff, of 13, Grainger Street West, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Motor and Cycle
Agent; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 29 March, 1888; educ. Royal Grammar
School there; served his apprenticeship with Messrs. C. A. Parsons &
Co., Ltd., Heaton Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne; went to sea as an Engineer
and took a 2nd Engineer’s certificate, afterwards going to British
Columbia in Feb. 1913; worked for a time at the Esquimault Dockyard,
leaving there to enter the motor trade in Victoria; volunteered on
the outbreak of war, and joined the Victoria Rifles; came over in
Feb. 1915, being one of a hundred picked men for the P.P.L.I., but
was drafted to the 16th Canadian Scottish (Gordon Highlanders), and
after only a fortnight in England, went with his regt. for the Front;
came unhurt through the heavy fighting at Ypres 22–25 April, and was
killed by a high explosive shell while resting by the roadside, on the
night of 26–27 April, 1915; _unm._ Private Olliff was offered a
commission, but as this entailed a return to Canada, refused it.
[Illustration: =William Olliff.=]
=O’MALLEY, EDWARD=, Stoker, R.N.R., 728V, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=O’NEILL, SAMUEL=, Lieut., 6th Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers
(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Adolf George O’Neill, of Marland Grange,
near Rochdale, co. Lancaster, J.P., Manufacturer, by his wife, Sarah
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Holt, J.P.; _b._ Castleton, near
Manchester, 11 June, 1894; educ. Parkgate (Mostyn House School) and
Shrewsbury, and on leaving there entered the business of Messrs. Samuel
O’Neill & Sons, Paper Tube Manufacturers, of Castleton; was given a
commission as 2nd Lieut, in the Territorial Battn. of the Lancashire
Fusiliers in Nov. 1911, promoted Lieut. 6 Jan. 1914; volunteered for
Imperial service on the outbreak of war; went to the Dardanelles from
Egypt, and was killed in action there, 10 June. 1915; _unm._
He was congratulated by Major-Gen. W. Douglas, Commanding 42nd East
Lancashire Division, on an action performed 4–5 June, 1915.
=ONSLOW, BRIAN WALTON=, Lieut., 11th (King’s Edward’s Own)
Lancers (Probyn’s Horse), Indian Army, and A.D.C. to Gen. Sir William
Birdwood, yst. _s._ of the late Col. Gerald Charles Penrice
Onslow, Royal Engineers, by his wife, Flora Frances Mary (Camperdown,
Crowborough, co. Sussex), dau. of the late William Donald, of Lisle
House, Cheltenham; _b._ Gillingham, co. Kent, 24 Aug. 1892; educ.
Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut., Unattached List, 6 Sept. 1911; served his first year with
the Royal West Kent Regt., passed into the Indian Army, 3 Dec. 1912.
and was promoted Lieut. 6 Dec, 1913; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 28 July,
1915; _unm._ Buried at Anzac Cove. He was mentioned in Gen. Sir
Ian Hamilton’s despatch of 22 Sept. [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915].
Gen. Sir William Birdwood wrote: “A finer fellow or better example of
the true English gentleman never lived. A son of whom any mother must
always have been most justly proud. Never out of temper, always doing
what he could to help others, able far above the average. I had hoped
a brilliant career was in store for him. Every individual here regrets
and feels his death. I have lost the best and bravest of officers, the
truest and trustiest of friends”; and a brother officer: “Few people
could be so ill-spared. I never met or hope to meet a more lovable
character; best at everything he ever did, both in work and play, and
always so cheerful. I never heard anyone say anything but good of
him, and he was quite the most popular officer both with the men and
in the mess.” Admiral ........ wrote from the Dardanelles: “He was a
splendid young fellow. We on board only knew him for a few months, but
in that short time he made himself very popular with us all. Everybody
liked him and admired him, and we looked on him as the true ideal of a
British soldier. I fully realise what a great loss his services must be
to Gen. Birdwood and to the service generally.” And the Principal of
Cheltenham College: “He has left an influence and power behind him that
many an older man would be proud to leave.” While at Cheltenham he won
a mathematical scholarship, and was one of the most prominent members
of the hockey eleven and football fifteen. He was a keen athlete, a
good polo player, pigsticker, golfer, etc. Two of his brothers and two
brothers-in-law are (1916) serving either in the Army or Navy. His
eldest brother, Lieut.-Commander A. G. Onslow, D.S.C., was killed in
action in the Battle of Jutland, 1 June, 1916.
[Illustration: =Brian Walton Onslow.=]
=OPIE, ARTHUR GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 204207, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=OPIE, WILLIAM EDWIN=, Cook’s Mate, M. 4659. H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ORFORD, CHARLES THOMAS=, Private, No. 14240. 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late Henry Orford, Platelayer,
by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Booker; _b._ Bromsgrove,
co. Worcester, 24 Feb. 1882; educ. Stourbridge Road Board School
there; worked at the Midland Carriage Works, Bromsgrove; joined the
8th Worcestershire Territorials, 3 April, 1912; was called up on
mobilization, 5 Aug. 1914; trained with them until 18 Dec. 1914, when
he was discharged as medically unfit for further service, but joined
the Coldstream Guards the next day; went to France in Aug. 1915, and
died at No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station, 18 Oct. following, of wounds
received in action. He _m._ at St. John’s Church, Bromsgrove,
1905, Louisa (17, Homes Cottages, Station Street, Bromsgrove), dau. of
Samuel Perrys, and had five children: Henry George, _b._ 11 Sept.
1905; Charles William and Edna May (twins), _b._ 12 Sept. 1913;
Annie Maud, _b._ 1 Dec. 1907; and Phylis Mary, _b._ 4 Feb.
1911.
[Illustration: =Charles T. Orford.=]
=ORLEBAR, ROBERT EVELYN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Duke of
Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt., only child of Lieut.-Col. Evelyn Henry
Orlebar, of Rutt House, Ivybridge, South Devon, Royal Marine L.I.,
Plymouth Division, by his wife, Mary Louisa, dau. of William Morris,
of Manchester [Cadet of Orlebar, of Hinwick, co. Bedford]; _b._
Walmer, co. Kent, 16 June, 1894; educ. Plymouth and Mannamead School,
Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 2nd Middlesex Regt. 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 15
Nov. 1914; joined his regt. at Malta in Jan. 1914; went to France, 4
Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 9 Jan. 1915,
while on duty in the trenches; _unm._ He was buried in an orchard
behind the battn.’s headquarters. Letters from his officers all testify
to his courage and sterling qualities. He was good at all school games,
hunted with the Dartmoor Fox Hounds, and had his first polo season at
Malta.
[Illustration: =Robert Evelyn Orlebar.=]