(T.F.), _s._ of William Benjamin Row, of North Lodge, Saxmundham,
Corn, Seed and Coal Merchant, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas
Woodward, of Old Newton, Suffolk; _b._ Saxmundham, co. Suffolk,
22 March, 1886; educ. Ipswich Grammar School; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
4th Suffolks, 29 May, 1913, and was in command of the half company of
Territorials in Saxmundham; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Nov., and was killed
in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Col. H. W.
Crinddas wrote: “As commanding officer of your son’s regt. I am writing
to offer you and your family my sincerest sympathy in this great loss.
It may be some consolation to you to know that he died well, at the
head of his men, leading them most gallantly in the face of a murderous
fire. I saw him shortly after he was killed lying in a trench, shot
through the head. His end must have been quite instantaneous; so it
will be a relief to you to know that he died without pain, just passing
from life to death without knowing it. He was buried to-day at Vielle
Chapelle. I have not been long with this regt., but quite long enough
to appreciate your son’s work at its true value, and I feel that by
his early (though glorious) death I have lost a most valuable officer
and good friend.” He was a keen sportsman, and particularly fond of
shooting and fishing.
[Illustration: =Harry Akers Row.=]
=ROW, JAMES EDWARD=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 1012, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ROWAN, ANDREW PERCIVAL=, Capt., 10th Battn. (Western Australia)
Australian Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force,
_s._ of the late Andrew Rowan, of Arranmore. St. Kilda, Melbourne,
and St. Hubert’s Vineyard, Victoria; _b._ Melbourne, 31 Aug. 1876;
educ. Queen’s College, St. Kilda, and Melbourne Grammar School; served
as a Lieut. in the Australian Force in the South African War, 1901–02;
took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and
Cape Colony, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He
was appointed Lieut., Australian Field Artillery, in July, 1903, but
retired in 1910 and joined the Reserve of Officers. He then went to
Western Australia and took up farming at Murgarrin, and on the outbreak
of the European War immediately offered his services and was gazetted
Lieut., 10th (Western Australia) Light Horse, 28 Oct. 1914. He took
part in the operations at the Dardanelles, was promoted Capt. at the
end of July for good work done in the field, and fell in action there,
7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was killed instantly by a bullet in the
head and chest as he sprang over the edge of the trench to lead his men
in the great charge at Walker’s Ridge, when the Australian Light Horse
were almost wiped out. Brig.-Gen. F. Hughes, Commanding 3rd Light Horse
Brigade, wrote to Mrs. Rowan: “I trust you will forgive me for writing,
but I desire not only to express my deepest sympathy with you in your
sorrow, but also to bear testimony to the excellent work your son did
while he was with us. He led his men with great skill and determination
when the Turks attacked them at Quinn’s Post soon after our arrival
here, and although twice wounded he stuck to his post and directed the
men with the effect that the enemy were driven back with considerable
loss. I have no doubt you have already received full particulars of the
engagement on the 7th, when he and his comrades so bravely attempted to
take the Turks trenches. It was one of those heroic acts that failed
through want of proper support. He truly did his best for his King and
Empire.”
[Illustration: =Andrew Percival Rowan.=]
=ROWAN, JOHN LECK=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Rowan, of Dardenne,
Kilmalcolm, co. Renfrew, by his wife, Isabella Gordon, dau. of James
Shearer; _b._ Greenock, co. Renfrew, 27 Jan. 1890; educ. Greenock
Collegiate School and Academy, and Glasgow Technical College; was an
Engineer in the service of the P. & O. Co.; gazetted 2nd Lieut., in
the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), 13 May, 1911, and
promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 31 May, 1915,
and was killed in action at Achi Baba, 12 July following, while
leading his platoon; _unm._ Buried there. His Col. wrote: “I can
testify he was a fine fellow, and as brave as they are made, and no one
regrets his loss to the Battn. more than I do”; and his Capt., writing
to express his sympathy, stated that he had lost both an officer and
a friend, one that could not be replaced. Private Ferns also wrote:
“The corner of the trench which I was holding had been under a heavy
machine-gun and rifle fire, so that the sand bags and parapet started
to fall in on top of me. I could not look over the trench to see what
was going on in the enemy lines, so I passed along word to your son,
Lieut. Rowan, to come along as I got suspicious of the constant fire
being trained on the one corner of the trench, as it was opposite to
the entrance of the communicating trench. Your son came and fired a
night searchlight. At great personal risk he had a look over the top
of the trench. He located three Turkish bomb throwers between 20 and
30 yards off our trench, so he gave us the word to open fire. We did
so, and must have riddled the three of them with bullets. After that
he came back to where I was standing, and before he would ask anybody
else he gave me a hand to rebuild the corner of the trench, while the
bullets were whirring over our heads, so close that we could feel the
air of them.” Private Martin, in speaking of the bravery of Lieut.
Rowan, said: “He was ahead of everybody when the shell struck him.
While lying on the ground he shouted, ‘Go on, boys, I’m done.’ Two of
us rushed to his assistance and helped him into a sitting position,
where he emptied his revolver at the Turks in front. Then, shaking
hands with each of us, he lay down as if he were asleep.”
[Illustration: =John L. Rowan.=]
=ROWBERRY, ALFRED CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B.
8046), 293134, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=ROWE, ARTHUR=, Petty Officer, 212807, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROWE, FRANK CHARLES=, Leading Stoker, 227513, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROWE, JOHN=, Leading Seaman, 232049, Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROWE, JOSEPH FRANK=, Petty Officer, 179707, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROWE, JOSEPH JAMES=, Private, No. 5415, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Francis Fuick Rowe, of Borningham Green, near
Aldborough; _b._ Baconthorpe, near Holt, co. Norfolk; enlisted 11
Feb. 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders
from 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 25 Oct. following;
_unm._
=ROWLANDS, PERCIVAL HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5020, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROY, KENNETH JAMES=, Capt., 4th Battn. (Duke of Cambridge’s
Own) Middlesex Regt., _s._ of the late Rev. James Roy, Rector
of Stockton-on-Forest, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas Denman,
Barrister-at-Law (Chancery Division); _b._ Appleton Vicarage,
Bolton Percy, co. York, 21 Jan. 1877; educ. St. Peter’s School, York,
and The Oaks, Upper Deal; joined the 3rd Prince of Wales’s Own West
Yorkshire Regt. (York Militia), in Feb. 1896; was attached to the
depot of the Manchester Regt. at Ashton-under-Lyne, 1898, and got
his company, Feb. 1899. On 15 June, 1901, he was selected for a 2nd
Lieutenancy in the Middlesex Regt. and became Lieut. 6 March, 1903,
and Capt. 9 Nov. 1910. From Nov. 1899, to 23 April, 1905, he served
with the 2nd Gold Coast Regt. W.A.F.F., taking part in the operations
in Ashanti (Medal), and in the expedition into the Tiansi Country in
1902; served in South Nigeria, 1907–09, and was attached to the West
African Rifles, 1911–12. He went to France with the Expeditionary
Force and is believed to have been killed in action on the Mons Road,
23 Aug. 1914. A brother officer who was wounded and taken prisoner,
wrote from Germany: “I saw Capt. Roy killed in a hand-to-hand fight
on the Mons Road. He fought splendidly, but we had no chance, there
were about 250 Germans against 40 of us, the remnant of my Company
who defended Obourg station on the canal. I was lying on the ground
helpless. We managed to keep the Germans in check for a bit, but were
eventually overpowered, only a few, I fear, escaped to tell the tale.”
His brothers: Commander Robert Stewart Roy, R.N., Royal Naval Barracks,
Portsmouth; Staff-Paymaster Norman Frederick Roy, R.N.; and Surgeon
Donald Whatley Roy, F.R.C.S., R.N.V.R., Hospital Ship Plassy; are now
on active service.
[Illustration: =Kenneth James Roy.=]
=ROYAL, ARTHUR CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4308), S.S. 1439, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ROYALL, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Chief Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner),
136424, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROYES, THOMAS PERCY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16894, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUCK, JOHN EGERTON=, Major, 1st, attd. 7th (Service), Battn.
Gloucestershire Regt., only _s._ of the late Egerton Wynder Ruck,
of Mayfield, Cheam, by his wife, Margaret Bradshaw, dau. of John
Bradshaw Wanklyn; _b._ Cheam, co. Surrey, 12 Jan. 1874; educ.
Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Gloucestershire Regt., 21
Oct. 1893, and promoted Lieut. 5 Oct. 1897; Capt. 25 Oct. 1903, and
Major 17 Feb. 1915; was Adjutant of the Regt., 17 Dec. 1901 to 16 Dec.
1904; and of the Boer Camp at Diyatalama, Ceylon; also of the Militia
and Special Reserve, 16 Nov. 1906 to 15 Nov. 1911; served (1) in the
South African War, 1899–1900; took part in the operations in Natal,
1899, including actions at Rietfontein and Lombard’s Kop, and in the
defence of Ladysmith (Queen’s medal with clasp); and (2) with the
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 11 July,
1915, to 8 Aug. following, on which latter date he was killed in action
near Anzac Bay. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 11 May,
1905, Eleanor Fanny (14, Henleaze Gardens, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol),
dau. of the late Major Alexander Ferdinand Henry Mitchell Innes, 60th
Rifles, and had two children: Gordon Alexander Egerton, _b._ 31
Aug. 1906; and Patricia Louisa Egerton, _b._ 5 Feb. 1912.
[Illustration: =John Egerton Ruck.=]
=RUDD, ALEXANDER RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6654), 222193
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDD, FREDERICK THOMAS=, A.B. Seaman, No. 5635A, Royal Navy,
_s._ of Frederick James Rudd, of 36, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft,
by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Edmund Howlett, of Pulham Market, Norfolk;
_b._ Lowestoft, co. Suffolk, 14 Jan. 1897; educ. Yarmouth Road
School, Oulton Broad; joined the Navy 9 Feb. 1914, and was lost on
H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=RUDDERHAM, EDWIN ROBERT=, Boy, Servant, L. 4251, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDDERHAM, SIDNEY W.=, Marine Wireless Telegraph Operator, 1st
Class, R.N.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=RUDDICK, JAMES JOHN (WILLIAMS, J. J.)=, Stoker, 1st Class
(R.F.R., Ch. B. 9436), S.S. 106664, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDDOCK, HAROLD EDWY COLSTON=, Lieut., 28th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 4th and youngest _s._ of the late Montague
Greville Ruddock, of the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, by his wife,
Sarah, dau. of Thomas Franklin Hay, and grandson of the late Rev.
Edward Ruddock, of Westbury, Somerset; _b._ Richmond, Surrey,
29 Dec. 1885; was some years in the 13th Kensingtons and London
Scottish, and on going to Australia was given a commission in 88th
Infantry Battn. Commonwealth Military Defence Forces in 1912; offered
his services shortly after war was declared, and was promoted Lieut.
17 Aug. 1915, and attached to 28th Battn. Australian Infantry. He
contracted pneumonia while on active service in Gallipoli and died 22
Nov. 1915, in hospital at Alexandria, and was buried in the Chatby
Cemetery there. He _m._ at St. Anne’s, Kew Green, Surrey, 29 June,
1909, Constance Mary, dau. of Henry Howard Aldous, Kew Green, Surrey,
and had two children: Henry Edward, _b._ 13 May, 1910; and Alice
Mary, _b._ 22 March, 1914.
[Illustration: =Harold E. C. Ruddock.=]
=RUDKIN, WILFRED GEORGE=, 2nd Sick Berth Steward, M. 1327, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDMAN, HARRY STANLEY=, Trooper, No. 7/1137, 8th Canterbury
Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the
late Albert Rudman, of Salford, Manchester, by his wife, Florence (135,
Blackfriars Road, Salford), dau. of the late George Newman, of Bath;
_b._ Salford, 1 Feb. 1890; educ. North-Eastern County School,
Barnard Castle, Durham, and the Royal Technical Institute, Salford;
went to New Zealand in 1912, and settled at Stonyhurst, Christchurch.
New Zealand; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in June;
went to the Dardanelles about 5 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action at
Waterfall Gully, there, 18 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the
Regimental Burial Ground at Walker’s Ridge the following day.
[Illustration: =Harry Stanley Rudman.=]
=RUEGG, KENNETH STANES=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), 2nd _s._ of the Rev.
Ferdinand Stanes Ruegg, B.A., Rector of Wetherden, Stowmarket, by his
wife, Alice Sophia, 2nd dau. of Robert Bianchi, of Dovercot House, Long
Clawson, and London, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.; _b._ Llanvair-Kilgeddin,
near Abergavenny, 8 June, 1890; educ. privately; enlisted in the
Sherwood Foresters in 1910; was given a commission and gazetted 2nd
Lieut., Sherwood Foresters, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action 20 Sept. following, during the Battle of the
Aisne; _unm._
=RUGG, EDWARD ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3253), S.S. 791, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=RUMBLES, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, 223110, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RUNCORN, THOMAS JAMES=, Private, No. 5804, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of Robert James Runcorn, of 19, River Street,
Balsall Heath, Birmingham, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William
Hampton; _b._ Tamworth, 2 June. 1887; educ. there; joined the Army
about 1907; went to the Front, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
at the First Battle of Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=RUSH, SYDNEY WALTER=, Rifleman, No. 1422, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Walter Rush,
of 27 and 29, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W., Draper and Ladies’
Outfitter, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of J. R. Collender,
of Bow; _b._ Paddington, London, W., 21 Sept. 1890; educ.
Mathematical School, Rochester; was a partner in his father’s business;
joined The Rangers in Feb. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec., and was killed
in action at St. Eloi, near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried
behind the trenches near the Menin Cemetery. His Capt. wrote expressing
great regret at his loss, adding how devoted he was to his duty, and
what a wonderful capacity he had for sticking it.
[Illustration: =Sydney Walter Rush.=]
=RUSSELL, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5554),
302354. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUSSELL, FRANCIS=, Leading Seaman, 193098, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RUSSELL, FRANK=, Mechanician, 284204, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RUSSELL, HENRY=, Plumber, 344095, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 19360, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch B. 5326), 182451, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUSSELL, JAMES FORTEATH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. 10th Gurkha Rifles,
only _s._ of Col. Alexander Fraser Russell, of The White Bungalow,
Tidworth, co. Hants, C.M.G., A.D.M.S., Salisbury Plain, and Laura
Charlotte, eldest surviving dau. of Col. Frederick Prescott Forteath,
of Newton, Morayshire, and nephew of Sir James Russell, of Edinburgh;
_b._ Mhow, India, 20 Dec. 1887; educ. Edinburgh Academy, Bedford
Grammar School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut., unattd. list, Indian Army, 25 Jan. 1908; was attd. for
his first year to the 1st Seaforth Highlanders, and served with them
on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1908, taking part in the operations in
the Mohmand country (medal with clasp); was subsequently posted to the
89th Punjabis at Mandalay, but two months later (1 June, 1909) was
transferred to the 10th Gurkha Rifles. He rendered good service under
trying circumstances in escorting Chinese soldiers over a large section
of road, who were retiring from Tibet to Calcutta, on their way to
China, and was commended for a “road report” prepared for the march of
a Battn. of British Infantry from Darjeeling to Dacca in Oct. 1913. He
was on furlough in Scotland when war broke out in Aug. 1914; rejoined
his regt. in India; went to Egypt, Oct. 1914, as machine-gun officer of
his Battn.; took part in the repulse of the Turks at the Suez Canal in
Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, May following, and was killed in
action there, 2 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried there (I. 12 Ravine). He
was for some years the youngest officer in the Army holding a medal for
war service.
[Illustration: =James Forteath Russell.=]
=RUST, EDWARD=, Private, No. 1830, 4th Battn., The Yorkshire
Regt. (T.F.), eldest son of the Rev. Edward Rust, M.A., B.D., Vicar
of Hamsteels, Durham, by his wife, Sarah Gregson, dau. of Edward
Horatio Thew, of Gateshead; _b._ Gateshead, co. Durham, 10 Oct.
1895; educ. Scorton Grammar School, co. York; joined the Yorkshire
Territorials in March, 1914, while still a student at Scorton, and on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service;
went to France, 17 April, 1915; was twice wounded while charging
with his regt. at St. Julien on the 24th, and was taken to the Field
Hospital, but returned to the firing line the following evening, where
he remained until his regt. was relieved on the 29th, and died from his
wounds just as he left the trenches. Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery.
Capt. Maughan wrote: “The youngest man in my company, he shared in
all the arduous duties and marches, and I never knew him utter a
complaint.” A tablet was erected to his memory by the scholars of the
Scorton Grammar School, and was unveiled by the Rev. W. Kerr Smith,
Governor of the School, 29 July, 1915, and a stained glass window was
placed to his memory in Hamsteels Parish Church.
[Illustration: =Edward Rust.=]
=RUTHERFORD, JOHN THOMAS HENRY=, Private, No. 9735, 2nd Battn.
Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of John Thomas Rutherford, of 45, Howe
Street, Haggerston, London, Cabinet Maker, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of
Thomas Dillon; _b._ Hoxton, London, 16 July, 1888; educ. Hammond
Square Council School there; enlisted 29 Aug. 1906; served 7 years with
the Colours, then passed into the Reserve; mobilized on the declaration
of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force the
same month; served with his regt. through the retreat from Mons and the
various subsequent engagements, and was killed in action at Hooge, 25
Sept. 1915; _unm._
=RUTLEDGE, JAMES EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 278362, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=RUTTER, EMANUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 1699, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RUTTER, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 9164, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of the late (--) Rutter, by his wife, Mary (263, Icknield
Port Road, Ladywood, Birmingham); _b._ Birmingham, 12 Dec.
1893; educ. St. John’s, Ladywood; enlisted 8 July, 1911; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action in the
Brickfields at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried there.
=RUXTON, WILLIAM RALPH=, L.-Corpl., Imperial Light Horse, only
child of Charles Harcourt Vernon Ruxton, of Rosmeath, Park Town,
Johannesburg, Lieut., 4th South African Horse (now on active service in
German East Africa), by his wife, Lauvetta Eliza, eldest dau. of the
Rev. Ralph Daly-Cocking, M.A., Incumbent of Holy Trinity, Brighton,
and grandson of William Ruxton, of Ardee House, co. Louth, J.P., D.L.;
_b._ Sylhet, Assam, India, 7 Sept. 1895; educ. Park Town School,
Johannesburg (1904–6); Mowden School, Brighton (1906–9), and Haileybury
College (1909–12), where he was in the O.T.C., and Matriculated at the
London University in 1912; on leaving Haileybury entered the Staff of
Electrical Works of the Victoria Falls Power Company in Johannesburg;
joined the South African Defence Force in 1913, and on the outbreak of
the European War in Aug. 1914, enlisted as a trooper in the Imperial
Light Horse, being promoted L.-Corpl., in Sept., for plucky conduct
under big shell fire at Kumos, N.W. Cape Province, in action against
Maritz, leader of the Rebellion, and was killed in action against Kemp
on the farm Rooidam, near Upington; _unm._ Buried there. His
Squadron Officer wrote: “We have lost in your son a gallant gentleman
whose memory will remain green in the hearts of his comrades.”
[Illustration: =William Ralph Ruxton.=]
=RYAN, CHARLES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 177312, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RYAN, GEORGE JULIAN, D.S.O.=, Capt. and Brevet Major, 2nd Battn.
Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. George
Ryan, Army Medical Service, by his wife, Louisa Clotilda (Ashby
Cottage, Ryde, Isle of Wight), dau. of Major N. Colthurst-Brabazon,
83rd Regt. (R.I.F.); _b._ Tenby, co. Pembroke, 18 Sept. 1878;
educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and United Services College,
Westward Ho!, North Devon; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster
Fusiliers, 8 Sept. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 11 March 1899, Capt. 9
June, 1906, and Brevet Major 7 Nov. 1908, being employed with the
Egyptian Army from 6 Feb. 1903, to 15 Feb. 1910; served (1) in the
South African War, 1899–1901; employed with the Mounted Infantry in
the advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont and Modder
River; operations in the Transvaal, June-29 Nov. 1900; operations in
Cape Colony; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–March, 1901,
and those in the Orange River Colony, March-June, 1901 (mentioned in
Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with five
clasps, D.S.O.); (2) in the Soudan, 1905, with force sent against
the Nyam Nyam tribes in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province (mentioned in
Despatches [London Gazette, 18 May, 1906]; Egyptian medal with clasp);
(3) in the Sudan, 1906; took part in the operations at Talodi, in
Southern Kordofan (clasp to Egyptian medal); (4) in the Sudan, 1908:
in operations in the Blue Nile Province, then with force commanded
by El Lewa Dickinson Pasha sent to punish the murderer of the Deputy
Inspector and Police Commandant, who had been treacherously slain at
Kamlin; and (5) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders
from 22 Aug. 1914; was promoted temp. Lieut.-Col. 22 Jan. 1915, and
was killed in action at Givenchy, 23 Jan. 1915, when returning across
the danger zone, after inspecting his men in the trenches, while in
temporary command of the Battn. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 22 June, 1915. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =George Julian Ryan.=]