attd. Gold Coast Regt. West African Frontier Force, only _s._
of the late Col. George William Thompson, formerly commanding 1st
Battn. Royal Scots (who saw service in the Crimea, China, and India),
by his wife, Agnes (Beechwood, Burley, co. Hants), dau. of Admiral
John Russell; _b._ Etschowe, Zululand, 21 Feb. 1890; educ. Mr.
Stanford’s Private School, St. Aubyns, Rottingdean; Wellington College,
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Royal Scots, 18 Sept. 1909;
transferred to 1st Battn. in Jan. 1910, and served three years in
India; promoted Lieut. 13 Feb. 1913, and attd. to the Gold Coast Regt.
West African Frontier Force, and was killed in action, 22 Aug. 1914,
while gallantly leading an attack on a strongly entrenched position
at Chra, Togoland: “a deed of extraordinary courage.” Buried at Chra;
_unm._ Lord Kitchener forwarded to his relatives an official
letter from the Governor-General of French West Africa, saying: “That
he had decided that the splendid behaviour on 22 Aug. 1914, in the
affair of Chra, of Lieut. Thompson, of His Britannic Majesty’s Army,
and of the detachment of French native troops commanded by that
officer, deserved to be commemorated in a Special General Order, as an
example to all the troops in the Colony”; and one from General Pienau,
forwarding the Order: “and expressing his very deep admiration for the
magnificent way in which this officer performed his duty as a soldier,
when sacrificing his life.” The terms of the Order were: “Placed on 22
Aug. before the fight of Chra under the orders of Capt. Castaing of the
Dahomey Brigade, he gave proof of supreme courage, of fine qualities
of command in leading his Tirailleurs to the attack of German trenches
vigorously defended--fifty metres from the enemy’s line he fell
mortally wounded--his splendid example earned that almost the whole of
the French Tirailleurs placed under his orders laid down their lives
defending his body.” The Commanding Officer wrote: “His conduct during
the action was particularly gallant. He was killed while attempting to
storm the German trenches on the enemy’s left. He was an officer who
was genuinely popular with all ranks and one whom we could ill afford
to lose, and I wish to convey to you not only my own profound sympathy
in your loss, which is also mine, but that of all ranks of the Togoland
Field Force. His conduct was that of a gallant officer and gentleman.”
The Adjutant wrote: “I had more opportunities than anybody of realising
your son’s sterling qualities as a soldier in peace times and his
conspicuous gallantry in times of war. His loss is deeply felt by the
whole force”; and a District Commissioner wrote: “His proficiency in
the language and his influence over the natives, both soldiers and
civilians, were astonishing, and great regret was evinced by all at
Quittah, where the force of his personality had been very much felt
during the short time he had been in command there, the chief asking
leave to visit the grave at Chra.” Lieut. Thompson was a fine linguist,
and besides speaking French and the native dialect fluently, had passed
the higher standard in Hindustani and Persian. He was a keen sportsman
and a good fencer and polo player.
[Illustration: =George M. Thompson.=]
=THOMPSON, GILBERT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Connaught Rangers, attd.
as Adjutant 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London
Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Reginald Thompson, of Loftus Hill,
Knaresborough, Col. 2nd Vol. Battn. West York Regt., by his wife,
Frances Harriet, 4th dau. of the Rev. Charles Smith Royds, of Haughton,
co. Stafford, and Heysham, co. Lancaster, J.P., and gdson. of Sir
Matthews William Thompson, of Guiseley, 1st Bart.; _b._ Baildon
Lodge, 22 June, 1877; educ. Yarlet near Stafford, afterwards privately;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Connaught Rangers, from the Militia, 20 May,
1899, and promoted Lieut. 24 July, 1900, and Capt. 29 Nov. 1905; served
eight years with them in India; appointed Adjutant to the Kensingtons,
1 Jan. 1913; left for France with them 3 Nov. 1914, and was killed in
action at Laventie, 24 Feb. 1915. Buried at Picantin. One of the men,
writing home, said of him: “We have lost one of our best officers.
Capt. Thompson, the Adjutant. He was showing the General round, and he
was shot in the head. He was one of the best; he thought of the men
first and himself last. Every man is sorry at his death.... The men
have lost their best friend.” Another man wrote: “Out in the trenches
he was splendid. He would come along and ask how we were and always
have something cheery to say. He got his feet frost-bitten and asked
what he should do.... ‘See the doctor, sir,’ I said. ‘Not I,’ he
replied. ‘He’ll want a few toes off and put me on the sick list.’ And
he wouldn’t, with all my persuasion. When my feet got very bad, I rode
back three miles on his horse and the next morning he came round to
see me. He’s splendid.” He was buried in the little cemetery behind
the firing-line. His last request was: “Bury me with the boys, not
beside the officers,” and this wish was carried out. He was mentioned
in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April and 31 May
[London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. Capt. Thompson _m._ at Finghall,
Yorkshire, 7 June, 1906, Ethel Isabella, 2nd dau. of Marmaduke D’Arcy
Wyvill, of Constable Burton and Denton Park, Yorkshire, J.P., D.L., and
had three children: Christopher Smith Byron, _b._ 19 April, 1907;
Laura Barbara Frances, _b._ 10 Nov. 1908, and Naomi Isabella,
_b._ 23 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =Gilbert Thompson.=]
=THOMPSON, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4241), 168018, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMPSON, JOHN ALEXANDER MACKAY=, Lieut., 10th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of William Thomas Thompson, M.A.,
Sc. (McGill), M.Can.Soc. C.E., D.T.S., District Engineer, Grenfell,
Saskatchewan, Canada, by his wife, Mary, eldest dau. of the late Rev.
Alexander Mackay, M.A., and grandson of the late Lieut.-Col. John
Hall Thompson. M.P.; _b._ Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, 6 Aug. 1890;
educ. Qu’Appelle Schools and by tutors, afterwards by his father in
Surveying and Engineering, and was acting as assistant to him when
war broke out. In Dec. 1914, he was given a temporary Lieutenancy in
the 16th Light Horse and, after qualifying at the Military Institute,
Winnipeg, was gazetted Lieut. to the 32nd Battn. He left for England
in Feb. 1915, and in April went with his company to reinforce the
10th Battn. in France, took part in the Second Battle of Ypres and
was killed in the Battle of Festubert, leading his platoon in a night
attack on the German position K. 5 (or Bexhill), 21 May following. He
was _unm._, and was buried in a shell hole near K. 5. His men said
that “he died like a hero, leading his men, on a rush attack right into
a murderous fire,” and his commanding officer describing the attack
on K. 5 wrote: “Lieut. Thompson in his quiet unassuming way led his
platoon out to return no more--no better little soldier graced the
10th.” A brother officer wrote: “He was a soldier with few superiors,
and a courage that knew no limits.”
[Illustration: =John A. M. Thompson.=]
=THOMPSON, ROBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., 759V, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMPSON, SAMUEL VINCENT=, Signalman, 237351, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMPSON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 5690, 2nd Battn. Scots
Guards; _b._ co. Kerry; enlisted 14 Nov. 1904; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 12 March, 1915.
=THOMPSON, WALTER DARCY=, Private, No. 4843, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late John Thompson, engineer; _b._ Elswick,
Newcastle, 1883; educ. Southwick Board School; enlisted at Elswick, 26
Sept. 1902; left with the 1st Expeditionary Force for the Front on the
outbreak of war, and was killed in action in France, 16 Sept. 1914.
Private Thompson _m._ at Southwick, 21 Feb. 1906, Martha Alexandra,
dau. of Robert Whyte, of Perth, and had two sons and one daughter:
Vernon, _b._ 3 Nov. 1912; Walter Darcy, _b._ 11 Nov. 1914, and Edna,
_b._ 21 April, 1909. His widow died 12 March, 1915, leaving the three
infant children without any known relations. Capt. John Smith, of the
Salvation Army at Southwick, took temporary charge of them, and Queen
Alexandra hearing of the sad story wrote to Capt. Smith for particulars
and expressed herself as anxious to assist in some way. The story was
submitted to Her Majesty, and in reply a handsome money gift was sent
for each child to be banked in trust for them.
=THOMPSON, WILLIAM JOHN HENRY=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch./15133,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=THOMSON, ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., 6378, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Strickey, co. Aberdeen; enlisted 6 Jan. 1906; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 20–26 Oct. 1914.
He _m._ Jennie (51, Esslemont Avenue, Aberdeen), dau. of (--)
Anderson, and had two daus.: Mary Anderson, _b._ 20 April, 1910,
and Joan, _b._ 25 June, 1915.
=THOMSON, ALEXANDER CAMERON=, Sergt., No. 1380, D Coy., 13th
Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 6th _s._ of James Thomson, of
57, St. Andrew Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of the late Alexander Cameron, of Rothes; _b._ Glasgow, 30
March, 1892; educ. Kinning Park Public School; was two years in the
7th S. R. Glasgow before going to Australia, 25 Nov. 1912; volunteered
on the outbreak of war and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force
in Sydney, N.S.W., 26 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt about 24 Dec.; took
part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and after being
promoted Corpl. and Sergt. was killed in action there, 3 May, 1915;
_unm._ His Officer Commanding, Lieut. C. B. Hopkins, wrote: “Your
son was killed on the night of 3 May, doing his duty in a most gallant
manner, in a charge against some Turkish trenches.”
[Illustration: =Alexander C. Thomson.=]
=THOMSON, DUNCAN TURNER=, Private, No. 118, 9th Battn. (Glasgow
Highlanders) Highland Light Infantry (T.F.). _s._ of Alexander
Thomson, of 8, Hamilton Park Terrace, Glasgow, M.B., C.M., Edinburgh,
by his wife, Mary J. McKean, dau. of the Rev. Duncan Turner, M.A.;
_b._ Huntly, co. Aberdeen, 23 Dec. 1888; educ. Glasgow Academy,
and the Royal Technical College, Glasgow; was a fully qualified and
diplomated architect, and was in the employment of Mr. P. Macgregor
Chelmers, Glasgow; joined the 9th Highland L.I. Territorials in 1908;
volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war; went to France
in Oct. 1914, and died in the General Hospital, Northampton, 30 July,
1915, of wounds received in action on 19 June. He was shot by a
sniper when on duty in the trenches at Vermelles; _unm._ Capt.
A. K. Reid wrote: “He was a man for whom I had the highest regard,
especially since we came out here, and he was one of the most popular
members of the company. His good humour even under the most trying
circumstances caused him to be liked by all. He could be trusted at
all times to do his duty as a soldier and as a man. I saw him in the
Vermelles trenches a few minutes after he was hit, and he left us to
walk back to the dressing station with a cheery good-bye to us all”;
and one of his comrades, writing to a friend, said: “You doubtless
have heard of Duncan Thomson’s death. Man! Why is it that all those
splendid sportsmen get knocked out, and the rest of us go free. He was
an awfully decent chap and I saw quite a lot of him in the G.H. at
Dunfermline and in France. A more thorough, straighter, cleaner chap
you could not meet. Five of the old 1st Battn.--friends of his--and
myself carried the coffin into the Kirk, and then again to the grave.
It wasn’t a military funeral (military honours having been paid when
the body left Northampton), so we could only salute his grave, but if
ever a man deserved honours at his graveside he did. We called him
‘Sniper’ out there, for the simple reason that he was so delightfully
cool and casual. He never fired a shot at anything unless he was
absolutely certain. If ever you wanted a hot drink, or anything to
cheer yourself up with, you went to Duncan, and sure enough then you
got it.”
=THOMSON, HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 2713, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 13 Nov. 1914.
=THOMSON, LESLIE=, Rifleman, No. 1877, F Coy. 1/16th Battn.
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.). _s._ of
Walter Thomson, of 18, Lorne Street, Reading, by his wife, Emma;
_b._ Reading, co. Berks, 9 Feb. 1893; educ. Christ’s Hospital,
West Horsham; volunteered and joined the Queen’s Westminsters, 5 Aug.
1914; went to France, 1 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action by a rifle
grenade which burst just behind him in the trenches at Houplines,
near Armentières, 18 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the hospital
cemetery, Rue Carnot, Houplines. Major Tyrwhitt wrote to his parents:
“Your son was always such a bright cheerful boy and such a good
soldier,” and a letter signed by 42 men, including officers of his
company (Sec. 11), also bore testimony to the respect in which he was
held by all.
[Illustration: =Leslie Thomson.=]
=THORBURN, WILLIAM=, Sergt.-Artificer, A.S.C., No. M./2,
101388, attd. to the 11th Battery, Motor Machine Gun Service, eldest
_s._ of William Thorburn, of 110, Second Avenue, Clydebank,
Linotype Operator, by his wife, Jessie Symington, 3rd dau. of the late
Alexander Briton, Boot and Shoe Maker, Queen Street and Shawlands,
Glasgow; _b._ Glasgow, 27 May, 1894; educ. at Dalmuir Public
School, Clydebank; was employed by the Singer Manufacturing Company,
Kilbowie, as an Engineer; enlisted 18 Nov. 1914; was promoted Corpl.
and transferred to the Active Service Corps on Saturday, 29 May, 1915,
being attd. to the 11th Battery, Motor Machine Guns, as Mechanic, and
went to France on 7 July, 1915. He was employed at the time of his
death in a blacksmith’s shop constructing an iron covering to bring a
cycle and machine gun into action under cover, when one of the battery
accidentally discharged a loaded revolver at 8 a.m. on Saturday, 7 Aug.
1915. The bullet entered his throat and travelled to his back and down
the spine, and two and three-quarter hours later he died in hospital.
He was buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, just
outside Bethune; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Thorburn.=]
=THORNTON, EDWARD=, Private, No. 11817, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William Thornton, of 16, Berkeley Street, Lambeth;
_b._ co. Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; killed in action near Cambrin, 27 June, 1915; _unm._
=THORNTON, JACK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2997), 220331, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THORNTON, LEACH=, Telegraphist, J. 11559, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THORNTON, WILLIAM CHATMAN=, A.B., S.S. 1435, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THORPE, CYRIL KIRKMAN=, A.B., J. 7169, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=THORPE, EDWARD ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310026, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THORPE, GEORGE ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110938 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THRUSH, GEORGE=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., B. 2050), 164113, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=THUMWOOD, ARTHUR GEORGE=, Leading Stoker, 300662, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THUNDERCLIFFE, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8086 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THURGOOD, JOHN EDWARD=, Petty Officer, 180071, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THURLEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14029, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THURLEY, ANSELL GIFFORD=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 2565, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Joseph Thurley, of 24, Station Road, Westgate-on-Sea; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=THURLOW, ARTHUR GEOFFREY=, 2nd Lieut., 8th Battn. Duke of
Wellington’s West Riding Regt., only _s._ of the late Arthur
James Thurlow, of The Rookery, High Wycombe, co. Bucks, by his wife,
Florence; _b._ High Wycombe, 8 Nov. 1891; educ. Norfolk House
School, Beaconsfield; Felsted School, and won an open classical
scholarship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (where he
graduated B.A. with classical honours, June 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
8th Duke of Wellington’s Regt., 9 Sept. 1914; left for the Dardanelles,
1 June, 1915; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay, 6 Aug.; was
wounded 21 Aug., and died at Alexandria, 29 Aug. 1915, of his wounds;
_unm._ Buried at Alexandria. He was a fine athlete; was Captain
of his College football team, and a member of The Wanderers Club, and
played hockey for the University.
[Illustration: =Arthur Geoffrey Thurlow.=]
=THURSTON, SIDNEY GEORGE=, A. B. (R.F.R., B. 9808), 203210, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TIBBO, JAMES JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1017, D Coy. 1st Newfoundland
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Richard Tibbo, of 7, Lime Street, St. John’s,
Newfoundland, Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Richard Roach;
_b._ St. John’s aforesaid, 12 Nov. 1894; educ. St. Patrick’s
Hall and Holy Cross Christian Brothers’ Schools; was a Seaman; joined
the Newfoundland Regt. 13 Jan. 1915; left for England, 20 March; went
to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 1 Dec. 1915,
while gallantly assisting a stretcher bearer to remove the wounded;
_unm._
[Illustration: =James Joseph Tibbo.=]
=TIDBURY, ALFRED HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9670),
S.S. 107002, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=TIDMAN, THOMAS JAMES SAMUEL=, Petty Officer, 196090, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TIERNEY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9535), S.S.
106901, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TIGHE, BERNARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4818), S.S. 1738, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TILBURY, DAVID=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 548), late R.M.A.,
5982, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TILDESLEY, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3195), S.S.
100853; H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TILLETT, JAMES ALFRED=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 178794,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TILLEY, HENRY PERCIVAL=, Private, No. 8669, 1st Battn. Scots
Guards; _b._ Parkstone, co. Dorset; enlisted 5 Aug. 1913; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 26 Oct.
1914.
=TILLEY, JAMES CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 1288, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TIMBRELL, GORDON=, Sergt., No. 225, 3rd Light Horse, Australian
expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Samuel Timbrell, for
many years Manager of the Central Station Hotel, Glasgow, by his wife,
Charlotte Whyte (now wife of Anderson Rodger, of 59, Longridge Road,
Earl’s Court, S.W.), dau. of George Gordon, of Aberdeen; _b._
Glasgow, 13 April, 1891; educ. Glasgow High School, and on leaving
there in 1906 went to Stubbington House, Fareham, to be prepared for
entrance in the Royal Navy as an Engineer Cadet. This idea had to be
abandoned owing to the new age limit (12 years) coming into force,
bringing Engineers under the same regulations as the Executive Cadets.
Shortly afterwards he entered the office of a shipping firm in Stettin,
with the purpose of learning the German language in combination with
business training, and on leaving there, returned to Glasgow where
he served a brief apprenticeship in a stockbroker’s office, and then
went to Australia in 1910. He first took up sheep farming, but city
life lured him, first to Melbourne, where he gained some experience in
the wool trade, and then to Adelaide, where he managed the shipping
department of Messrs. Bagot, Shakes & Lewis, Ltd. He had been with them
three years when war broke out. He immediately volunteered and joined
the Light Horse as a private, but being a fluent speaker of French and
German, and a hard and fearless worker, he quickly won promotion and
was appointed Sergt. early in March. He was killed in action at the
Dardanelles, 1 July, 1915; _unm._ In a letter from Sergt. Smith
under date of 26 June, printed in the Glasgow High School Magazine,
Dec. 1915, p. 37, is the following passage: “My outlook on the world
and things in general just now is even brighter than usual. Timmy
(Sergt. Gordon Timbrell) is a wonderful boy and yesterday secured all
manner of good things. We dined last night on turtle soup, thick mutton
stew, pineapple, cakes, dates and coffee, and wound up with cigarettes.
This morning for breakfast we had porridge and milk as a preliminary
to what was in itself a splendid ‘feed.’ When Timmy is purveyor we are
sure to be all right. The hardships of war! They have not existed so
far.” And in a later letter he wrote: “You will no doubt have heard of
poor Timmy’s death. He was killed in the trench last Thursday evening.
You don’t know how I miss him. We have been the best of pals all the
time. He was as game as you make ’em.” The secretary of his firm
wrote: “He was a courageous and chivalrous young fellow, and had done
uncommonly well in our firm. We were only awaiting his return, and the
return of something like normal conditions to give him that lift which
he had so well earned.”
[Illustration: =Gordon Timbrell.=]
=TIMMINGS, EDWARD ALBERT JOHN=, Electrical Artificer, 4th Class,
M. 4098 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in
the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=TIMMINS, JOHN LLEWELLYN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 611),
late Ch./4514, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=TIMMINS, WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 187758, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=TINKLER, GILBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1883T, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TINNE, ERNEST PERCY JAMES=, Lieut., R.N.R., 4th _s._ of John
Ernest Tinne, of Liverpool, Merchant; _b._ Aigburth, Liverpool,
30 Dec. 1882; educ. Liverpool College, and H.M.S. Conway; joined the
R.N.R., and became Lieut. Oct. 1909; joined H.M.S. Hogue at Chatham,
3 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Paignton, South Devon, 4 May, 1907,
Annie Amelia Kate, dau. of (--) Bartlett, and had three children:
Maurice Herman James, _b._ 21 Feb. 1914; Hester Petronella,
_b._ 26 Feb. 1908, and Margery Bertha Denise, _b._ 31 Oct,
1909.
=TIPPER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 7730, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
only child of Fred Tipper, of 7, Back, 11, Blythe Street, Ladywood,
Birmingham, Builder’s Labourer, by his wife, Ada, daughter of Isaac
Morgan; _b._ Selly Oak, co. Worcester, 14 Feb. 1889; educ. St.
Barnabas’ Church School, Ryland Street, Birmingham; enlisted, 4 March,
1908; went to France, Aug. 1914, and was killed at Givenchy, France,
16 April, 1915; _unm._ He was relieved from sentry duty in the
trenches, at 6 a.m. that morning, and then went to attend a class for
bomb throwing and at 11 a.m. a bomb exploded in his hand killing him
and Lieut. Crawford. He was buried by the Bishop of Khartoum, just
behind the firing-line.
[Illustration: =George Tipper.=]
=TIPPINS, JOHN=, Corpl. and Acting Sergt., No. 3105, 2nd Battn.
Essex Regt., _s._ of Luke R. Tippins, of Mistley, Essex,
Schoolmaster and Rifle Expert; _b._ Winsford, co. Somerset, 10
March, 1887; educ. Norman School, Mistley, and privately; served first
in 2nd Vol. Battn. Essex Regt., then in the 5th Essex (T.F.) as Machine
Gun Sergt., and finally in 8th Essex (T.F.) as Motor Cycle Sergt.;
joined 2nd Battn. as Private 18 Sept. 1914, in order to get at once to
the Front, and was appointed Corpl., and left for France the following
day, and was killed in action at a farm near Armentières, 26 Nov.
1914, having been appointed Acting Sergt. in charge of a machine gun a
few days previously. Buried in 2nd Essex Cemetery, near Armentières;
_unm._ John Tippins was one of the finest rifle shots in the
United Kingdom. He qualified for the final stage of the King’s Prize
Competition at Bisley in the years 1908–11 inclusive and in 1913; he
won the Wimbledon Cup, 1910, the Association Cup, 1909, the Aggregate
Service Rifle Championship, 1911, and took first place in the second
stage of the Albert Competition the same year. He shot in the Elcho,
Mackinnon, and Challenge Trophy teams, and was one of the Empire Team
chosen to go out to Australia, whose departure was prevented by the
outbreak of war. On the night he fell, he had gone himself to get water
for the Maxim in his charge, as it was a dangerous job in daylight, and
was killed on his return. Capt. Binstead (since killed) wrote: “He had
already gained for himself a reputation as a daring sniper and splendid
shot, which had spread far beyond his own regt., and which, had he
not been shot, would, I feel sure, have obtained for him a coveted
distinction.”
[Illustration: =John Tippins.=]
=TITE, CHARLES JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111796, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TITTERINGTON, LESLIE=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 272194, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.