Guards, 1st _s._ of James Titterington, of Elim Grove, Bowness on
Windermere, co. Westmoreland, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Roger Aldren,
of Carnforth, Lancs.; _b._ Bowness on Windermere, 30 March, 1894;
educ. Bowness Elementary School; enlisted 31 Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action at Rue de l’Epinette, 31 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Buried in
Soldiers’ Cemetery, Rue du Bois, on road from Bethune to Richebourg,
about a mile beyond Le Touret.
[Illustration: =Roger Titterington.=]
=TOCHER, JOHN LESLIE=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 215576, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOD, BERNARD DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 1828, A Coy. 1/14th Battn.
(London Scottish) London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of James Tod, of
7, Bennochy Terrace, Kirkcaldy; _b._ North Berwick, East Lothian,
30 Jan. 1896; educ. Kirkcaldy High School (where he was a member of the
O.T.C.), and Rouen; was a member of the staff of Messrs. Steel Bros. &
Co., Ltd., East India Merchants, of 6, Fenchurch Avenue, E.C.; joined
the London Scottish about March, 1913; volunteered for Imperial Service
on the outbreak of war, and left for France, 15 Sept. 1914; took part
in the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, and in the gallant
defence of the trenches at Zillebeke, and was killed in action in the
trenches at Givenchy, 23 Dec. 1914. Buried in a disused part of the
trench; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was without fear, and his
whole thought was to do his duty for those at home.”
[Illustration: =Bernard Douglas Tod.=]
=TODD, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9580), 200339 Chatham, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=TODD, JOHN WRIGHT=, L.-Corpl., No. 11308, 2nd Battn. King’s
Own Scottish Borderers, grandson of John Todd, of Main Street,
Norham-on-Tweed; _b._ Norham-on-Tweed, 14 Feb. 1894; educ. there;
was a Baker; enlisted in 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Oct. 1911;
left for France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 9 April, 1915,
being shot by a sniper; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Wright Todd.=]
=TODD, ROBERT FREDERICK=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 344299, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TODDERINGHAM, WILLIAM=, 1st Class Stoker, No. K. 12824, R.N.,
eldest _s._ of the late William Todderingham, Seaman, by his
wife, Bridget (40, Tredegar Street, Cardiff), dau. of (--) Landers,
of Cardiff; _b._ Cardiff, 10 May, 1892; educ. St. Peter’s R.C.
Schools there; entered the Navy, 1909, and was lost when H.M.S.
Monmouth was sunk in the Battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914; _unm._
=TODRICK, THOMAS=, W.S., Capt., 1/8th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.),
elder _s._ of Robert Todrick, Agent for the Bank of Scotland at
Haddington, Hon. Sheriff Substitute, by his wife, Marianne Somerville,
dau. of the late Rev. John Stevenson, of Wigtown; _b._ Haddington,
26 Dec. 1879; educ. Knox Institute; Leys School, Cambridge, and
Edinburgh University, at which latter he took his law course, and
was admitted, in 1904, a Writer to the Signet. Apprenticed for a
time in the offices of Messrs. J. & J. Turnbull, W.S., Edinburgh, he
afterwards started business there on his own account. He received his
first commission in the 7th (Haddingtonshire) Vol. Battn. of the Royal
Scots, 1900, and was appointed to the command of the Headquarters Coy.
at Haddington, 1908, which command he held till 1913, and then joined
the Reserve of Officers. Early in 1914 he accepted the offer to take
command of the Dalkeith Coy., and on the outbreak of war volunteered
for foreign service. It was expected that the Service Battn. of the 8th
Royal Scots would be called upon to leave Britain about Christmas, but
on 1 Nov. they received orders to entrain the following day. Within a
few days they were in France, and by the 15th of the same month in the
firing line. Capt. Todrick took a prominent part in the operations, and
was killed in action 15 Dec. 1914. A few nights before his death he
crept from the British across to the German trenches, went under the
wire entanglements and came back on that occasion in safety. A few days
later the General in command asked that listening patrols should be
sent out at night, and Capt. Todrick went out with three men himself.
On reaching a certain point he asked them to lie in a ditch, as he
thought he saw figures moving in front; he went on alone and fired his
revolver. Doubtless the flash revealed him; an answering shot struck
him in the neck, and his death was practically instantaneous. His men
brought back his body, and he was buried in a little French cemetery
while shells passed overhead. One of his brother officers wrote: “Poor
Todrick has gone, best of comrades and bravest man in the battn.; no
officer could have been more beloved by the others of all ranks in
the battn.” Capt. Todrick was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. He _m._ at Blackheath, 27 Aug.
1910, Brenda (30, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of John List, chief
engineer of the Union-Castle Line, and had a son and dau.: Archibald,
_b._ 25 April, 1912; and Elizabeth, _b._ 5 Feb. 1914.
[Illustration: =Thomas Todrick.=]
=TOLHURST, WALTER=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1852), 157015, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=TOLLEMACHE, BEVIL DOUGLAS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of the Hon. Douglas Alfred Tollemache, of
Southbeach, Felixstowe, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of the late
John Heath, and grandson of John, 1st Baron Tollemache; _b._
Melton, Woodbridge, co. Suffolk, 11 April, 1889; educ. Wixenford and
Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the 1st Coldstream
Guards, 15 Aug. 1914; left for France in Oct., and was killed in action
at Givenchy on the morning of 22 Dec. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Bevil Douglas Tollemache.=]
=TOMBS, JOHN BERNARD EVELYN=, Corpl., No. 2367, 2/9th Battn.,
attd. 2/10th Battn., The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of
Thomas Charles Tombs, of 60, Harrow View, Harrow, Middlesex, by his
wife, Mary Frances, dau. of John Airey, of Oakdene, Holly Park Gardens,
Finchley, N.; _b._ Aylesbury, co. Bucks, 28 Jan. 1894; educ.
Holmwood House School, Hampstead, and the William Ellis Endowed School,
Gospel Oak; was in the employ of the Sun Life Office, Threadneedle
Street, E.C., and was a Probationer of the Institute of Actuaries;
volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the 2/9th Middlesex in
Sept. 1914; trained at Staines, Cambridge and Bedford; left England for
the Dardanelles, 17 July, 1915, and was attached to the 2/10th Battn.;
was in action at Suvla Bay, 8–12 Aug. 1915, when he was invalided to
Alexandria and died there in the 15th General Hospital, 23 Sept. 1915;
_unm._ He was buried in the Chatby Military Cemetery.
[Illustration: =John Bernard E. Tombs.=]
=TOMLIN, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1517), 201734, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOMLIN, JOHN=, Canteen Assistant, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOMLINSON, FREDERICK WALLACE=, A.B., J. 7909, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOMLINSON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2240), 301735,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=TOMPKINS, EDWIN=, Private, No. 54, 8th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, eldest _s._ of Henry James Tompkins, of 133, St. James’
Road, Northampton, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of William Griffin;
_b._ Great Houghton, co. Northampton, 30 March, 1891; educ.
Kingsthorpe and Council School, St. James’ End; was an employee in
Wolverton Carriage Works, and joined the Oxford and Bucks Territorials
in May, 1913; emigrated to Australia in July, 1913, and settled in
Victoria as a Farm Hand; joined the Australian Imperial Force after
the outbreak of the European War, 1 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt, 19 Oct
1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and died
in King’s College Hospital, London, 16 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in
Gallipoli the previous May; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edwin Tompkins.=]
=TOMPKINS, GEORGE CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109430, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOMPKINS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Ordinary Signalman, No. J20250, R.N.,
H.M.S. Triumph, only _s._ of Thomas Tompkins, of 14, College Park
Terrace, Willesden Junction, N.W., Gardener in Hyde Park under H.M.
Office of Works, by his wife, Annie Ellen, dau. of Robert Margetts;
_b._ Faringdon, co. Berks, 14 Feb. 1897; educ. Kenmont Garden
Council School, College Park, N.W.; joined Royal Navy, 22 Sept. 1912;
was drafted to Portsmouth Depot, 30 Aug. 1913; and sailed for the
Dardanelles in H.M.S. Irresistible, 19 Feb. 1915. This ship was sunk by
a drifting mine during the attack on the Narrows, 18 March following.
He was saved and taken on board H.M.S. Ocean, which was also sunk in
the same way immediately afterwards. Saved for the second time that
day, he was appointed to H.M.S. Triumph, and was drowned when that ship
was sunk by torpedo fire off Gaba Tepe, 25 May, 1915. His body was
recovered by a trawler (705) and taken to H.M.S. Blenheim, from which
it was buried at sea; _unm._ The Chief Yeoman of Signals of the
Triumph wrote: “He was a very promising young fellow, and would have
done well in his profession. I cannot say too much for him.” At school
he won two scholarships and also the L.C.C. first prize for carpentry.
[Illustration: =William John Tompkins.=]
=TOMS, ARTHUR WOODLAND=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Devonshire Regt.
(Special Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles),
2nd _s._ of Frederick Woodland Toms, of 1, Claremont Terrace,
Jersey, F.I.C., Official Analyst, by his wife, Emily, dau. of the
late Frazer Hopwood, of Fauresmith, Orange River Colony; _b._
St. Helier’s, Jersey, 25 April, 1891; educ. Victoria College there;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Devonshire Regt. (Special Reserve), 7
Feb. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 14 Feb. 1914. For some time before the
outbreak of war he had been preparing for service under the Colonial
Office, and received the offer of an appointment in West Africa from
the Secretary for the Colonies three days before the declaration
of war. He went to France, 6 Nov., and was accidentally killed, 27
Nov. 1914, while on active service, and was buried in the cemetery
at Estaires, Nord; _unm._ The officer commanding 3rd Devonshire
Regt. wrote: “He was a great favourite in the regt, and a most capable
officer.” In 1913 and 1914 Lieut. Toms captained the “Young Soldiers’”
shooting team of his regt.
[Illustration: =Arthur Woodland Toms.=]
=TOMS, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 170693, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TONKINSON, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 599), S.S. 805, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=TOOGOOD, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3730), 191822, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOOLEY, JOHN JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13005, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TOOMER, CECIL WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10181, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOOMEY, ARCHIBALD ROCHE=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Prince of
Wales’ Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), eldest _s._ of Archibald
Montgomery Toomey, of 20, Palmerston Park, Dublin, by his wife, Nina,
dau. of Surg.-Major James Roche Nagle; _b._ Dublin, 17 Dec. 1891;
educ. St. Stephen’s Green School; Portora Royal School, and Trinity
College, Dublin (Medical School); volunteered on the outbreak of war
and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 6th Leinsters, 26 Aug. 1914; served with
the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 5 Aug.
1915, to 10 Aug. 1915; killed in action at Suvla Bay on the later date;
_unm._
=TOOP, EDWARD CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5115), 195218, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=TOOSEN, ENDOXIL=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOPHAM, GEORGE SAMUEL=, L.-Corpl., No. 1358, 1/5th Battn. East
Kent Regt. (The Buffs) (T.F.), yst. _s._ of William Topham, of
Arlesey, co. Bedford, Engine Driver, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of
William Bowskill, of Arlesey; _b._ St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, 2
Feb. 1896; educ. Arlesey Council School, and was apprenticed to Messrs.
Levitt & Sons, Outfitters, of Arlesey, and then moved to Luton, later
going to Cranbrook, Kent. Volunteered on the outbreak of war, and
joined The Buffs on or about 6 Aug. 1914; left for India, 29 Oct.,
where he remained until Nov. 1915, when he was ordered to the Persian
Gulf, and died there 17 Jan. 1916, of wounds received in action on the
6th: _unm._
[Illustration: =George Samuel Topham.=]
=TOPHAM, HENRY ANGRAVE CECIL=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army, attd. 1st
Battn. The Welsh Regiment, elder _s._ of John Henry Topham, of
Morley Hall, co. Derby, by his wife, Dorothy Marion, dau. of George
Henry Angrave; _b._ Derby, 14 Oct. 1891; educ. Malvern and Clare
College, Cambridge (graduated B.A., Dec. 1913), and was in both the
school and college O.T.C. He obtained a university commission as 2nd
Lieut. Indian Army, 21 Jan. 1913, and his rank was made substantive,
5 Aug. 1914. He was on the point of sailing for India when war was
declared, but was posted to the 4th Sherwood Foresters at Backworth,
Northumberland, where he remained until the end of Feb. 1915, when he
was sent to France, being attached for the period of the war to the
1st Battn. Welsh Regt. He took part in the 2nd Battle of Ypres, and on
24 May, his regt. being ordered to join in a counter-attack, he was
severely wounded in the head by a piece of high explosive shell, near
Ypres, dying the next day, 25 May, 1915, at Bailleul Clearing Hospital,
where he had been taken, and was buried in the Military Cemetery there
(No. 1125). An officer wrote: “We were all so fond of him and he is
indeed a great loss. He was of great assistance to me in the field,
for I could rely on him, and in addition he had the happy knack of
commanding men.”
[Illustration: =Henry A. C. Topham.=]
=TOSH, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 551, 8th Australian Light Horse,
only _s._ of James Tosh, of Third Part, Crail, Fife, by his wife,
Jessie Christine (Mansefield, Anstruther), only dau. of Alexander
Campbell Macandie; _b._ 30 Sept. 1885: educ. Clifton Bank School,
St. Andrews, and afterwards learnt sheep-farming in one of the Border
counties; then proceeded to Australia and acted as assistant to the
owner of Barunah, one of the largest sheep-runs in the Colony of
Victoria. After a short visit home in 1910, he returned to Australia
and started farming on his own account, but on the outbreak of war
disposed of his property and joined the Australian Light Horse. He
was wounded in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, and died half an hour
afterwards, 7 Aug. 1915, being buried in the 8th L.H. Burial Ground, on
the beach; _unm._ Major McLaurin wrote: “He was a splendid soldier
and much beloved by the regt.”
=TOVEY, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 10724, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of John Tovey, of Walk Cottages, Heythorpe, co. Oxon,
Farm Labourer, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Reuben Stanger; _b._
Milton under Wychwood, co. Oxon, 22 Oct. 1898; educ. Village School
there; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 1914 at Coventry; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was reported missing, 25 Jan.
1915 and is now assumed to have been killed in action about that date.
=TOWLE, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4859), S.S. 1767, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOWNEND, FRANCIS WHITCHURCH=, Capt., 35th Divisional Signal
Coy. Royal Engineers, 3rd _s._ of the Rev. Alfred John Townend,
Chaplain to the Forces, by his wife, Margaret Wiseman, dau. of the
late William James Stairs, of Nova Scotia; _b._ Halifax, Nova
Scotia, 10 July, 1885; educ. Dulwich College, and the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich, and on leaving there spent two years at the School
of Military Engineering, Chatham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E., 21 Jan.
1904, and promoted Lieut. 24 Sept. 1906, and Capt. 30 Oct. 1914; went
to India in 1906, and was there attached to the 3rd Sappers and Miners;
left for France with the Indian Expeditionary Force after the outbreak
of war, reaching the front in Oct. and died at Bethune, 29 March, 1915,
of wounds received in action the previous day, while laying telephone
wires; _unm._ Buried in Bethune Cemetery. A motor ambulance driver
wrote the following account of the incident to his Mother [Morning
Post, 12 April, 1915]: “After dinner I commenced a letter, but was
interrupted by a shell bursting somewhere in the vicinity and a man
yelling for bandages. Of course I rushed to see if I could be of any
use, and found that the shell had burst at the side of the road about
forty yards away, right in the midst of a party of Indian engineers who
were inspecting the telegraph wires. T. and I grabbed stretchers from
our car, and with some others rushed for the Indians. I was late in
starting owing to my litter, and all the Indians were being attended
to when I arrived on the scene. However, I saw someone in the shell
hole which was on the side of the road opposite from where the men
had been hit, and so had escaped notice. In it was a man, the white
officer of the Indians, who appeared to have his legs half buried in
the debris of the hole. He told us to attend to the others first; he
was all right. And then as we moved him we saw that he was standing
on the stumps of his legs. Both had been shot off at the knee. (I’m
telling you this story, horrible as it is, because of the extraordinary
courage the man showed--such courage as I’ve never seen before, and
hardly imagined. It’s worth while bearing the horror of it to realise
that we are officered by such men.) He was perfectly conscious and
calm, and spoke as though he were a medical officer and someone else
the victim. He looked at his legs as we moved him on to the stretcher
and asked me quietly (he was not in the least excited, and his handsome
face showed no pain) to tie something tight round both thighs to stop
the bleeding. I did what I could with my handkerchief, and another I
requisitioned, and we took him to our billet. We had to move hurriedly,
of course, as a second shell had followed and we wanted cover in
case any more arrived. There were two R.A.M.C. men with us, and they
attended to the subsequent first aid. They discovered another horrible
wound in his arm, and while they were dressing it he told them that he
thought he would give up football next year. We then took him to the
nearest hospital; he was still conscious and perfectly collected, and
laughed quietly and talked, apologising for the trouble he was causing,
while on the way to the hospital. And I came back thinking of that tag
in some book or other ‘I have seen a man.’ The poor fellow died in
hospital.” While at Woolwich he played for the Association Football XI,
and was a well-known Army cricketer, having several times represented
the Royal Engineers against the Royal Artillery at Lord’s; he also
played for the Free Foresters, the Bombay Presidency, and the Indian
Army. Capt. Townend was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French
[London Gazette, 22 June, 1915].
[Illustration: =Francis W. Townend.=]
=TOWNER, FREDERICK ARTHUR ALBERT=, Private, Signaller, No. 148,
7th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Horace Frederick
Towner, of 22, Alfred Street, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Cabinet Maker, by
his wife, Isabel, dau. of William McLeod; _b._ St. Leonards, 6
July, 1890; educ. Christ Church School there; went to sea in 1906
and was twice wrecked, first on the John Shelley, in Nov. 1907, and
secondly with the sailing ship Enterprise, in the North Sea, Oct.
1908, being on this last occasion the sole survivor; in 1912 went to
Australia and took up farming, but after the outbreak of war enlisted
in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 4 Sept. 1914, and was killed
in action at the Dardanelles, 3 June, 1915; _unm._
=TOWNSEND, CHARLES=, Armourer’s Mate (Pensioner), 342373, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOWNSEND, HENRY CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B., 239251, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOWNSHEND, ALFRED=, A.B., 236174, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOWNSHEND, CHARLES HENRY=, A.B., 229079, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TRACEY, ALBERT JAMES FREDERICK=, Private, No. 1940, 15th Battn.
(Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.),
4th _s._ of Joseph Thomas Tracey, of 24, Belmont Road, South
Norwood, S.E., formerly Sergt. 1st Border (34th) Regt., by his wife,
Caroline, dau. of Richard Frederick Hill; _b._ Caterham, co.
Surrey, 11 April, 1891; educ. Garrison School, Fort George, N.B.; South
Norwood Council School, and Whitgift Middle School, Croydon; served
as a registered Boy Clerk at the Board of Education, Whitehall, from
27 May, 1907, to 16 July, 1911, and as an assistant clerk, 17 July,
1911, to Aug. 1914. He joined the 23rd London Territorials in March,
1909; became Sergt. in Sept. 1912, but transferred to the Civil Service
Rifles, April, 1914, giving up his stripes; volunteered for foreign
service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was
killed in action at Festubert, 25 May following, while bombing a German
trench; _unm._ He was buried at Festubert. Capt. H. H. Kemble,
of his Coy., wrote: “Your son led the way along the parapet and used
his bombs with such effect, that the trench was taken the next day.
A report of his bravery has been forwarded to Head Quarters. He was
always thorough and efficient, and always quiet and gentle”; and Sergt.
F. C. Robertson said that when they found him next day he had used all
his bombs. He had rushed right on using the bombs till the Germans
turned the machine-gun on to him. No man could have done more. The
trench was won.
[Illustration: =Albert J. F. Tracey.=]
=HANBURY-TRACEY, HON. FELIX CHARLES HUBERT=, Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Scots Guards, yst. _s._ of Charles Douglas Richard, 4th Baron
Sudeley, P.C., by his wife, Ada Maria Katherine, dau. of the Hon.
Frederick James Tollemache; _b._ Buckingham Gate, S.W., 27 July,
1882; educ. Harrow and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. Scots Guards, 8 May, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 10 Nov.
1907; retired in 1907 and joined the Reserve of Officers; gazetted
to the 3rd Battn. of his regt. on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914;
went to France, 7 Nov., and died of wounds received in an attack on
the German trenches near Fromelles, on the night of 18–19 Dec. 1914.
He was wounded slightly at the commencement of the attack, but still
led his men. When again wounded fatally on the parapet of the German
trench, some of his men attempted to carry him back to safety, but he
ordered them to leave him where he was and to go on, as he did not wish
them to risk their lives in saving him. The Germans shortly afterwards
re-took their trench, and he died a few hours later in their hands,
and was buried by them. He _m._ at Lacock, Wiltshire, 11 June,
1908, Madeline Llewellyn (13, Queen’s Gate Place, S.W.), only dau. of
Col. George Llewellyn Palmer, of Lackham, Lacock, Wilts, and had two
sons: Michael David Charles, _b._ 29 March, 1909; and Ninian John
Frederick, _b._ 7 Dec. 1910.
[Illustration: =F. C. H. Hanbury-Tracey.=]