Regt., eldest _s._ of Private Henry Parkes, of the North
Staffordshire Regt. (now on home defence work at Southampton), by his
wife, Emily Louisa (21, Reform Street, West Bromwich), dau. of Samuel
Southern; _b._ West Bromwich, 18 Oct. 1897; educ. Christ Church
School there; entered the employ of Messrs. Salters at West Bromwich
when he was 14; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted in the
4th Worcesters, 7 Aug. 1914, with several others from Salters; served
in Malta and Egypt; went to the Dardanelles, 7 July, and was killed in
action there, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Samuel Parkes.=]
=PARR, ARTHUR=, Leading Stoker, R.F.R., B. 6439, 287527, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=PARR, CECIL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ply./10884, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARR, SYDNEY LANGFORD=, L.-Corpl., No. 2845, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Parr, of 8, Vernon
Gardens, Seven Kings, N., by his wife, Caroline; _b._ Manor Park,
East Ham, 8 Jan. 1891; educ. East Ham, Technical College; enlisted,
Sept. 1914; went to France, 28 Jan. 1915, and died of wounds at St.
Julien, 26 April, 1915.
=PARRETT, CHARLES ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R, Ch. B. 8951), 203270,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARRISS, WALTER FREDERICK=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Middlesex
Regt. (Duke of Cambridge’s Own), yst. _s._ of the late John
William Parriss, of Ardagh, Willesden Lane, N.W.; _b._ Ardagh
afsd., 17 Nov. 1893; educ. Harrow School; joined the H.A.C. on
the outbreak of war, 11 Aug. 1914, and served with them with the
Expeditionary Force in France from 18 Sept. until he received a
commission, 14 Feb. 1915. He was killed in action in Flanders, while
holding an advanced trench, 15 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried at
Kemmel. His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Stephenson (since killed),
wrote of him: “He was so willing, so ready to do anything, so brave, so
keen, that we shall miss him very much, although he has been so short a
time with us ... a gallant boy, with all the courage of his race.”
[Illustration: =Walter F. Parriss.=]
=PARRY, ARTHUR CROOSE=, Private, No. 2322, Honourable Artillery
Company, 3rd _s._ of William Rowland Parry, of Ladye Grove, near
Leominster, and grandson of the late Thomas Croose Parry, of Birley
Court, co. Hereford; _b._ Lye Court, Birley, 16 March, 1888; educ.
King’s School, Grantham; joined the H.A.C. after the outbreak of war 4
Sept. 1914; went to France, Dec. 1914, and was killed in action near
Ypres, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Chateau Grounds at
Kemmel.
[Illustration: =Arthur C. Parry.=]
=PARRY, JAMES HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2976), S.S.
100333, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARRY, NORMAN CECIL=, Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster
Regt., yst. _s._ of Edward Parry, of Rossmore, Leamington,
formerly of Woodthorpe Grange, Nottingham, a member of the Institute
of Civil Engineers, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth; _b._ Nottingham,
19 Sept. 1887; educ. Rugby, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he
passed the Natural Science Tripos in Honours; afterwards obtaining a
Diploma in Mining Engineering at the Sheffield University, and First
Class Certificate as a Colliery Manager from the Home Office, and was
an Assistant of Mr. Maurice Deacon, M.Inst.C.E., Managing Director of
the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Coy. Immediately on the outbreak of war
he joined the Army; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug. 1914, and Lieut.
to the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. 2 Feb. 1915, being afterwards attd. to the
1st Battn.; went to the Front early in March, 1915, and was killed in
action at Ypres, 25 July, 1915, by the bursting of a shell, while he
was endeavouring to get his men under cover, during a sudden attack
upon his section of the trenches; _unm._ He was buried in the
churchyard of St. Jean, Ypres.
[Illustration: =Norman Cecil Parry.=]
=PARSONS, CHARLES FRANCIS=, Private, No. 3769 D Coy. 1/7th. Battn.
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late William Henry Parsons,
by his wife, Sarah (54, Graham Road, Wealdstone, Middlesex), dau.
of George Tillay; _b._ Haggerston, London, 4 May, 1893; educ.
Wealdstone; was a Piano Polisher; joined the Middlesex Territorials
about 1909; mobilised, 5 Aug. 1914, and volunteered for Imperial
Service; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at
Larbartier, 24 July, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Francis Parsons.=]
=PARSONS, EDWARD JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3656), 201013,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARSONS, EDWIN STUART THOMAS=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 219856,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=PARSONS, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (C.G.), 311114, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARSONS, WILLIAM HARRY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 183802,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARTRIDGE, CHARLES BURNETT=, Capt., Royal Marine L.I., Plymouth
Division, eldest surviving _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Sylvanus Roger
Burnett Partridge, of Homecroft, Fleet, Hants, late King’s Own Scottish
Borderers, and Governor of His Majesty’s Prison, Portland, by his wife,
Mary Bishopp, dau. of Edward Bishopp Dorman, M.D.; _b._ Anchor
Gate Lodge, Portsmouth, 29 May, 1880; educ. Bath College; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., R.M.L.I., 1 Jan. 1899, and promoted Lieut., 1 Jan. 1900, and
Capt., 1 Jan. 1910; was Instructor of Musketry at Malta, 26 June,
1906–08, and later Swimming Instructor at the Deal Depôt; served
in H.M. ships Mars, Gladiator, Egmont, Melpomene, Hermione, Drake,
and Good Hope, and was lost when the last was sunk in the action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He had
won many prizes for shooting, sailing and golf. He made top score
when the Marines won the United Service Cup at Bisley, and held the
Marine Jewel. His eldest brother, Lieut. Edward Louis Lort Partridge,
died of enteric at Jullundur, aged 20; and another brother, Lieut.
Geoffrey Dorman Partridge, 2nd Welsh Regt., was reported missing after
the Battle of Ypres, on 3 Nov. 1914--since, presumed officially to
have been then killed. The remaining brother, Capt. Richard Evelegh
Partridge, Dorset Regt., is now (1916) on active service at the front,
as Brigade-Major, 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade, and has received the
Military Cross.
[Illustration: =Charles B. Partridge.=]
=PARTRIDGE, GEOFFREY DORMAN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt.,
yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Sylvanus Roger Burnett Partridge, of
Homecroft, Fleet, Hants, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and
Governor of His Majesty’s Prison, Portland, by his wife, Mary Bishopp,
dau. of Edward Bishopp Dorman, M.D.; _b._ Portsmouth, 24 Dec.
1890; educ. Bath College, United Services College, and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 11 Oct. 1911, and was
promoted Lieut., 1 Nov. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force early in Aug., and was reported missing after the first Battle of
Ypres, 3 Nov. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action
on or after that date. He had played Rugby for the Army. His elder
brother, Capt. Charles Burnett Partridge, Royal Marine L.I., was killed
in action in H.M.S. Good Hope two days previously (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Geoffrey D. Partridge.=]
=PARTRIDGE, THOMAS JOSIAH=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 189739,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=PATEMAN, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 9157, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Emily, dau. of George Pateman; _b._ Little
Houghton, near Northampton, 22 Aug. 1890; enlisted 29 June, 1911;
went to France in Aug. 1914; was wounded 22 Oct. 1914, and invalided
home; returned to the front 7 April, 1915; and was killed in action at
Vermelles, 20 May, 1915; _unm._ The Officer Commanding No. 2 Coy.
(the Hon. T. Agar-Robartes) wrote: “A large shell fell on the top of
his dug-out where he was resting and he never regained consciousness.
He was a most gallant soldier and will be greatly missed”; and Sergt.
(now 2nd Lieut.) H. O. Tomkins wrote: “There were four of us in our
dug-out in the trenches when a shell came right through the roof,
seriously wounding Will in the head, killing a corpl. instantaneously
and leaving myself and the other fellow untouched. He was knocked
unconscious and died two hours afterwards. He did not even moan when he
was hit, so he died painlessly, and was buried in a garden in front of
an old Castle at Vermelles, near La Bassée. Vermelles is marked on the
map, but the castle itself is one mile to the east of the village. It
can easily be traced.”
[Illustration: =William Pateman.=]
=PATERSON, ALASTAIR FINLAY=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Queen’s Own
Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Paterson, of
Yewbank, Beauly, Ironmonger and Seed and Hay Merchant, by his wife,
Mary, dau. of Tinlay Maclennan of Ardnagrask, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire;
_b._ Beauly, co. Inverness, 4 Feb. 1888; educ. Beauly Public
School and Inverness High School; joined the 4th Camerons as a Private
in 1905, and previous to receiving his commission was considered one
of the most efficient non-commissioned officers in D Coy. He went to
the Front with his Battn. in Feb. 1915, and received his commission
(24 Feb.) shortly after landing. He was wounded early in the charge
against the German trenches at Festubert on the night of 17 May, and
his brother, L.-Corpl. Paterson (see succeeding notice), was reported
missing after the action. His wounds were not at first considered
dangerous, but on 5 June he died at No. 2 British Red Cross Hospital,
Rouen; _unm._ He was buried with full military honours in the St.
Sevère Cemetery, Rouen. Lieut. Paterson was well known in the north,
both as a noted shot and as a shinty player of high repute. He was
captain of the Beauly Shinty Club for several years, and led it during
the season when it won the Championship Cup. A player of skill, courage
and resource, he was a notable figure on the shinty field, and the high
place which his club attained was mainly due to his leadership.
[Illustration: =Alastair F. Paterson.=]
=PATERSON, DONALD=, L.-Corpl., No. 645, 4th Battn. Queen’s Own
Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Paterson, of Yewbank,
Beauly, etc. (see preceding notice); _b._ Beauly, co. Inverness,
20 Dec. 1891; educ. Beauly Public School and Dingwall Academy; enlisted
in the 4th Camerons in 1908. An architect by profession, he was at the
time war broke out engaged in lands valuation work at Nethy-Bridge,
but at once volunteered for foreign service. After the attack on the
German trenches at Festubert on the night of 17 May, 1915 (at which
his brother, 2nd Lieut. A. F. Paterson was mortally wounded), he was
reported missing, but was later officially reported to have been
instantaneously killed during the night of 17–18 May. From information
received by his parents from L.-Corpl. Ferguson, of the same corps, it
appears that Paterson was advancing towards the German trenches with
the other members of D Coy., but remained behind to bind up the wounds
of the said L.-Corp. Ferguson. Afterwards unable to get into touch with
his companions, Paterson returned to Ferguson and remained with him
over night. At daybreak he raised himself up to have a look round and
endeavour to ascertain their whereabouts. Unfortunately, they were in
close proximity to a German trench, and Paterson was shot by a German
sniper, dying immediately. This was the second comrade whose wounds
Paterson had bound up that night, and truly it may be said that he gave
his life to save others. Paterson, who was _unm._, was piper to
the Beauly Coy., a player of much merit and also a composer of Highland
music. He was one of the champions of the Beauly Shinty Club, of which
his brother, Lieut. Paterson, was captain.
[Illustration: =Donald Paterson.=]
=PATERSON, JOHN AGAR=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt.,
2nd _s._ of William Morison Paterson, of 80, Great Portland
Street, W., Manufacturers’ Agent, by his wife, Margaret S., dau. of
John Agar; _b._ Glasgow, 19 Nov. 1893; educ. Dulwich College,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the
Bedfordshire Regt., 17 Sept. 1913; went to France, early Oct. 1914,
and was killed in action near Klein Zillebeke, 31 Oct. following;
_unm._ Buried there.
=PATERSON, JOHN McLELLAN STEWART=, M.A., Private, No. 2832, 4th
Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the Rev. Robert
Paterson, M.A., Minister, Savoch U.F. Church, Auchnagatt, co. Aberdeen,
by his wife, Agnes Y., dau. of John McLellan, of Burnhouse, Galston;
_b._ Savoch aforesaid, 13 Dec. 1890; educ. there, Ellon H.G.
School, Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh University
(graduated with honours in English literature, July, 1913), and on
leaving there spent several months in France and Germany with a view
to qualifying as a journalist; joined the staff of the Aberdeen Free
Press, as a Sub-Editor, on his return to England in May, 1914, to
which paper he contributed articles, as well as to the Glasgow Herald,
and The Student, etc., but, on the outbreak of war in Aug. of that
year, he volunteered and joined the Gordon Highlanders in Oct.; went
to France, 19 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 22–23
April, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried there. While
at Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, he was one of the originators and joint
editor during its first year, of the school magazine, The Gordonian,
and contributed articles to it on “An Aberdeenshire Wilderness,” “Bird
Life on a Lake,” and “The Night Shore,” etc. At Edinburgh University
he was one of the founders, a President, and an Honorary member, of
the Edinburgh University English Literature Society; was an office
bearer, and member of the Historical Society there, and of the
Diagnostic Society, also of the O.T.C., and the Hockey Club. He was a
great lover of nature, and was interested in every phase of country
life. A writer in the Edinburgh University Magazine, The Student,
said: “It was as a student of our University that I came to know him.
His ability and attainments as a scholar were of the highest, and it
very soon came to be recognised that his opinions were the outcome
of a logical and well-informed mind. As such, no matter the topic
under discussion, they were sought after and prized, for his outlook
went far beyond the confines of his especial branch of literature.
Nor was his wide range acquired at the expense of social popularity.
I have confidence in saying that no student in my time had a wider
circle of friends. I say friends advisedly--not acquaintances. His
whole personality radiated friendship, and all who came within the
sphere of his magnetic influence were irresistibly drawn to him;
having made his acquaintance they immediately became his friends. He
took a prominent part in many directions on the social side of our
’Varsity life. He was a member of at least three Societies, of the
O.T.C., of the Hockey Club, and, I think, also of the Boat Club. A
staunch and trusted member of the Liberal Association, he played his
part right manfully in the victories which not infrequently attended
that Party in the hotly contested debates in the Union. It is the man,
however, as we knew him, that claims our affectionate remembrance and
esteem. The multiplicity and yet the wonderful harmony of his moral
and intellectual qualities compelled first respect, then admiration,
then love. Unassuming in manner, he was loyal to a degree in his
friendships. Intellectually the superior of most of us, he was a most
delightful and lovable companion, upright in word and deed. He found
his highest pleasure in helping others, when necessary, eliminating
himself, and foregoing those honours to which his undoubted abilities
and the high esteem in which he was held would necessarily have brought
him--honours which were, in my time, and no doubt still are, considered
the high-water mark of a successful University career. One might say
of him without irreverence--he sought not his own. I find it difficult
to give adequate expression of my esteem for Stewart Paterson, but in
concluding this brief sketch I can at least say this: I have seldom
found occasion to respect and esteem a man as I respected and esteemed
Stewart Paterson, and however far I still fall short of the high ideal
which stands, a beckoning figure, before the spiritual eye of each one
of us, I am a better man to-day for having known him.”
[Illustration: =J. McL. S. Paterson.=]
=PATIENCE, GEORGE=, Sergt., No. 2334, 4th Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders (T.F.), _s._ of George Patience, of 30, High Street,
Avoch, Fisherman; _b._ Avoch, co. Ross, 7 Sept. 1895; educ.
Mackenzie Foundation Institute there, and on leaving was apprenticed to
a painter; it was his great desire to become a soldier and he more than
once tried to enlist but was brought back by his father; but on the
outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the 4th Seaforths in Sept.
1914. He was promoted Sergt. within three months, crossed to France, 11
March, 1915, and was killed in action in the trenches at Aubers Ridge,
7 May, 1915; _unm._
=PATON, JOHN EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt.
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Paton, of Waun Wern, Pontypool, co.
Monmouth, J.P., by his wife, Susan, dau. of the late Edward Jones, of
Snatchwood Park, Pontypool; _b._ Pontypool, 6 Sept. 1895: educ.
Copthorne School, Winchester College, and in the spring of 1914 passed
the entrance examination for Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was
to have taken up residence in Oct., but after the outbreak of war in
Aug., was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Monmouthshire
Regt., 14 Oct.; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action
at Le Bizet, 31 Dec. following; _unm._ He was buried in the
Essex Regt. Cemetery, Calvaire, near Le Touquet. 2nd Lieut. Paton was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. While at
Winchester he was in the O.T.C., in which he attained the rank of
Sergt.; took Certificate “A” in 1912, and was one of the eight to
represent the College at Bisley in 1913 and 1914.
[Illustration: =John Edward Paton.=]
=PATRICK, FRANCIS ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 2309, A Coy. 9th
Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Bonthron Patrick,
of 1, Morningside Terrace, Edinburgh, Wholesale Merchant, by his
wife, Wilemina Frances, dau. of the late William Goldie; _b._
Edinburgh, 6 Dec. 1892; educ. George Watson’s College there, Edinburgh
University, and Besançon and Jena Universities; studied for the Indian
Police, and passed the examination in 1912, but afterwards took up
the study of Indian and Colonial agriculture, and in the prosecution
of his researches studied at Besançon, Jena and Guelph (Canada). On
the outbreak of war he was studying for his B.Sc. at the Edinburgh
University, but gave this up and joined the 9th Royal Scots in Sept.
1914; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during
the second Battle of Ypres, 12 April following; _unm._ Buried at
Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Ypres. An officer, writing home to a brother, said:
“This sad event cast a gloom over the battn., with whom Patrick had
been very popular, and I assure you I feel his loss very keenly. He was
a lad I was proud to have in my platoon, a fellow-Watsonian, and the
first Watsonian to fall in the Dandy 9th.” He was a keen golfer and
fisher, and a good horseman, and one of the best shots in the regt.;
but. above all, was a diligent student. “If you want to find Patrick,”
wrote one of his comrades at the Front in the few days of rest that
fell to them, “go to the roofless library or convent ruins and there
you will find him rummaging amongst the old and shell-torn books,
smoking his pipe.” His brother, Lieut. John Cairns Patrick, Royal
Scots, and also ten of his cousins, are now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Francis A. Patrick.=]
=PATRICK, FRED=, A.B., 225222, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PATRICK, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 13468, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PATTEN, EDWARD SAMUEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10529), 217304, H.M.S
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PATTERSON, ALEXANDER=, Trooper, No. 4238, 14th Hussars, attd.
Royal Horse Guards, eldest _s._ of Alexander Patterson, Tin
Plate Worker; _b._ Evesham, co. Worcester, 6 Sept. 1876; educ.
Castleford Council School; enlisted in the 14th Hussars, Oct. 1900;
served in the South African War, 1900–2, under Gen. (now Lord) French
(Queen’s medal with three clasps); was 14 years with the Colours, then
joined the Reserve, and was employed as a groom at Selby; mobilised
5 Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept., attd. to the Royal Horse
Guards, and was killed in action there, 13 May, 1915. He _m._ at
Castleford Parish Church, 1906, Sarah Ann (16, Douglas Street, off
Brook Street, Selby, co. York), dau. of Joseph Clements, of Evesham,
and had three children: Joseph, _b._ 12 Nov. 1906; George
Alexander, _b._ 21 April, 1909; and John Stanley, _b._ 29
Sept. 1911.
[Illustration: =Alexander Patterson.=]
=PATTERSON, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 12/826, Auckland Infantry
Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late
James Patterson, of Henhill, Forteviot, Farmer; by his wife, Jessie,
dau. of the late Robert Mitchell, of Golland[P2, P1 had changed this
to Holland, the image is clearly Golland so probably printer error];
_b._ Forteviot, co. Perth, 24 July, 1884; educ. Crieff Academy;
went to New Zealand about 1907, and was farming at Moeafoa Ye Kmiti;
but on the outbreak of war, volunteered for Imperial service; left for
Egypt with the Main Body, 16 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 22 May
following; _unm._
=PATTERSON, CYRIL JAMES=, A.B., 208036, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PATTERSON, JOHN HEADLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 8976, 1st Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of James Patterson, Joiner;
_b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 7 Feb. 1884; educ. Ouseburn Board Schools
there; was employed in the moulding shop of Messrs. Henry Watson
& Sons, High Bridge Works; was a Reservist, and was called up on
mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France at the end of Nov., and was
killed in action, 4 March, 1915. Buried at Ypres. He _m._ at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 28 July, 1907, Mary Pringle, dau. of (--) Melville,
and had with three other children a son, John Headley, _b._ 24
Sept. 1914.