2nd _s._ of Josiah Ernest Viney, of Cintra, Swanage, formerly of
Harcourts, Chertsey, M.D., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S. Eng.; _b._ 23
April, 1888; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Leicesters,
8 Feb. 1908, and was promoted Lieut. 16 May, 1910, and Capt. 24 Aug.
1914. He served with the 1st Battn. at Shorncliffe, and later with the
2nd Battn. at Belgaum, and 5 Oct. 1911, was seconded for service with
the Gold Coast Regt., and did good work in West Africa. He was A.D.C.
to Sir Hugh Clifford, but on the outbreak of war came home and rejoined
his regt., and died in the field hospital at Bailleul, 17 Dec. 1914, of
wounds received in action; _unm._
=VINNALL, EDWARD ARTHUR=, A.B., S.S. 1184, R.F.R., B. 3904, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=VIVIAN, CHARLES AUGUSTUS=, Brevet Lieut.-Col., 15th (Ludhiana)
Sikhs, Indian Army, 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Col. Aylmer
MacIver-Campbell, formerly Vivian, of Asknish, C.B., D.L., J.P.,
Bengal S.C., by his wife, Margaret Agnes (Asknish House, Lochgair, co.
Argyle), elder dau. and co. h. of Col. James Duff MacIver-Campbell,
of Asknish; _b._ Dalhousie, India, 28 July, 1874; educ. Clifton
College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut (unattd. list) Indian Army,
30 Aug. 1893; was attached to the Gordon Highlanders for his first
year; joined the Indian Staff Corps, 27 Jan. 1895, and was promoted
Lieut. 30 Nov. 1895, Capt. 30 Aug. 1902, and Major, 30 Aug. 1911;
served (1) with the Chitral Relief Force, 1895 (medal with clasp); (2)
on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1897–8, including operations on the
Samana and in the Kurram Valley during Aug. and Sept. 1897, and those
of the Flying Column in the Kurram Valley, under Col. Richardson, 20
Aug. to 1 Oct. 1897 (two clasps); (3) in the Tirah Expedition, 1897–8;
including actions of Chagree Kotal and Dargai; the capture of the
Sampagha and Arhanga Passes; reconnaissance of the Saran Sar and action
of 9 Nov. 1897; and operations of the Waran Valley, and action of 16
Nov. 1897 (clasp); and (4) with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, Oct. 1914 to 27 April, 1915. Delayed by illness in Egypt, he
did not join his regt. at the front until Oct. and was wounded in Dec.
He returned to duty in Jan. and was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, and promoted Brevet Lieut.-Col.
18 Feb. following, for service in the field. In the Battle of Neuve
Chapelle, where his regt. took a leading part, he was again wounded,
but refused to leave his men and remained in the trenches under very
heavy fire. He was killed in action near St. Julien, during the 2nd
Battle of Ypres, 27 April, 1915. About 5.30 p.m., under cover of a
bombardment of the Sirhind Brigade, the 1st Highland Light Infantry,
and the 15th Sikhs were ordered to advance, but were met with such a
terrific fire that a check ensued. Col. Vivian had to rush with his
company over a fire swept zone to join the remainder of his regt. Just
as he arrived he was shot through the body. An officer wrote: “I think
that Col. Vivian was the bravest man I ever met--he seemed absolutely
fearless of bullets, and his patrol work in front of our trenches at
night was really wonderful. He inspired all the Sikh officers and men
of his company with the greatest confidence, and made them nearly as
fearless as himself. Once there was a house 30 yards in front of our
trenches and it obscured our field of fire. The regt. who occupied
the trenches before we did, said that they had tried to pull down the
house, but had had to give up the attempt, because the enemy fired on
them. Col. Vivian called for volunteers of his company to assist him to
demolish the house. The whole company to a man volunteered--he chose
the requisite number and in two days the house was flat; although they
worked in daylight, not a single man was hit. I shall never forget the
thrill of admiration I had for him when he volunteered to go behind the
German line for two or three nights and reconnoitre the German position
at La Bassée, but I was very relieved when the General would not allow
him to go. Each time that he was wounded he insisted on going on with
his work; any ordinary man would have been very shaken. We have lost
a very dear friend, and England one of her bravest soldiers.” Col.
Abbott, writing to The Pioneer about the Tirah Campaign, said: “Your
report, moreover, makes no mention of the very gallant and prompt
manner in which, when Capt. Lewarne’s party was rushed from the wood,
the next one was brought up to his aid by Lieut. Vivian. The second
party also got to close quarters with the enemy and to them must be
accredited a large proportion of the Afridi losses on that occasion.”
He _m._ at Portsmouth, 30 Aug. 1906, Mary Hastings, eldest
surviving dau. of the late Joseph Studholme, of Ballyeighan, King’s
Co., J.P., and had three children: Aylmer Studholme, _b._ 17 Aug.
1909; John, _b._ 30 Aug. 1913; and Margaret Ruth, _b._ 25
June, 1907.
[Illustration: =Charles Augustus Vivian.=]
=VISCOUNT, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 1065, D Coy. 1st
Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of Charles B. Viscount, of Dunville,
Placentia, Newfoundland, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Jane Norman;
_b._ Cape Shore, Newfoundland, 23 March, 1895; educ. Dunville
afsd.; was a Fisherman; volunteered after the outbreak of war and
joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 14 Jan. 1915; left for
England, May, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, Sept. 1915, and died on
board the Hospital Ship Valdivia, 30 Oct. 1915, of wounds in the head
received in action there. Buried at sea, Long. 23,26 E., Lat. 36,43 N.;
_unm._
=VYVYAN, WALTER DRUMMOND=, Lieut., 2nd King’s Shropshire Light
Infantry, elder _s._ of Capt. Richard Walter Comyn Vyvyan, of
Trewan, St. Columb. Cornwall, late 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt. and Temp.
Lieut.-Col. 21st (Reserve) Battn. of the same, by his wife, Mary, dau.
of Edward Sladen Foster, of Dowsby, co. Lincoln; _b._ Bath, co.
Somerset, 20 March, 1887; educ. Bedford Grammar School and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. King’s Shropshire
L.I. 4 May, 1907, and promoted Lieut. 19 March, 1910; went to France,
21 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Eloi, Belgium, 2 March,
1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Dispatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and
distinguished conduct in the field.
[Illustration: =Walter D. Vyvyan.=]
=WACHER, GEOFFREY GIBBINGS=, Sergt., No. 517, 1/16th Battn.
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._
of the late Alfred Wacher, of the Anchor Brewery, Bermondsey, S.E.,
and Herne Bay, by his wife, Lucy Durant, dau. of Henry Gibbings, of
North Tawton, Devon; _b._ Bermondsey, 25 April, 1891; educ. St.
Anne’s School, Redhill, Surrey; was for some years in the employ of
Chas. Morgan & Co., Paper Manufacturers, London; joined the Queen’s
Westminsters, 22 Jan. 1909; volunteered for Imperial Service, Aug.
1914, and left for France, as Corpl. 1 Nov. 1914; promoted Sergt. June,
1915, and placed in charge of the machine-gun section, to which he had
been transferred in Jan.; and was killed in action 9 Aug. following;
_unm._ The Queen’s Westminsters were in support during the attack
on Hooge on 9 Aug., and, after this had proved successful, occupied
the first line trenches. During the severe bombardment by the enemy’s
artillery which followed, our men took refuge in dug-outs. There were
a large number of casualties, and Sergt. Wacher gave up his place of
safety to some wounded men, and a few minutes later was killed by a
shell. He had done valuable work with his battn. before war broke
out, during its period of training, and more especially at the Front.
One of his officers wrote: “He was one of the most popular fellows in
the battn. among all ranks, and his loss is considered a regimental
catastrophe”; and another wrote: “Ever since he went to the guns he
had done excellent work as well as winning the affections of all the
section.” He had been recommended for a commission by his Commanding
Officer, and expected to return to England any day to take up his new
duties, but owing to the heavy fighting could not be spared. An elder
brother, Lieut. Walter Ronald Wacher, is (1916) on active service with
the 2nd Royal Berkshires.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey G. Wacher.=]
=WACKETT, FREDERICK JAMES=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., Ch.
B. 3158), 151740, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=WADDY, JOHN RAYMOND=, B.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Lieut., R.A.M.C.,
2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Waddy, late Commanding 2nd Somerset L.I.,
and grandson of Gen. Sir Richard Waddy, K.C.B., 50th Regt.; _b._
Weston-super-Mare, co. Somerset, 15 Feb. 1886; educ. Clifton College;
Pembroke College, Cambridge, and King’s College Hospital; qualified
M.R.C.S., and L.R.C.P. (London) 1912; volunteered on the outbreak of
war, and was given a commission as temporary Lieut., R.A.M.C., 11
Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was
killed in action by a stray bullet, Bois de Ploegsteert, 17 March,
1915; _unm._ Buried in Somerset Cemetery, Ploegsteert Wood. He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan
1915, and was awarded the Military Cross, 18 Feb. 1915. An officer
of the Somersets wrote: “We were all, both officers and men alike,
absolutely devoted to him; he was brave as a lion, and always ready
to help anybody who needed him; no name will go down in the history
of the regt. with more honour than his, for everybody loved him and
realised his sterling qualities.” And the Chairman of the King’s
College Hospital: “Both at King’s College, London, and at King’s
College Hospital, your son was held in the highest esteem by all who
knew him. As you know, he finished a brilliant career at the hospital
by obtaining the senior scholarship of this year, and was forthwith
appointed House Surgeon to Professor Sir Watson Cheyne; the latter
appointment he fulfilled to the complete satisfaction of his seniors,
and during his residence in hospital he considerably enhanced that high
reputation he had already gained.”
=WADE, FREDERICK WALTER=, Private, No. 13069, 2nd Battn. The
Suffolk Regt., eldest _s._ of Frederick William Wade, of Hall
Cottage, Foxhall, near Ipswich, Farm Horseman, by his wife, Edith
Florence, dau. of the late Joseph Goodchild; _b._ Bromeswell, near
Woodbridge, 24 Sept. 1895; educ. Bucklesham; enlisted on the outbreak
of war, 2 Sept. 1914, served with his regt. in France and Flanders,
died from wounds received in action, 21 June, 1915, and was buried in
the Civil Cemetery at Bailleul; _unm._
=WADE, STAMPER PLASKETT=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 269679, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WADE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2565, 1/7th Battn. London Regt.
(T.F), _s._ of John William Wade, of 150, Lansdowne Road, Dalston,
by his wife, Emily, dau. of (--) Parker; _b._ Hackney, 2 June,
1890; educ. Wilton Road School, Dalston; volunteered for Imperial
service, and joined the 7th London in Sept. 1914, and went to France,
17 March, and died in hospital at Bethune, 5 April, 1915, of wounds
received in action, 3 April. Buried in the Town Cemetery, Bethune;
_unm._
=WADKINS, WILLIAM FERDINAND=, A.B., J. 3223, H.M.S. Laurel; killed
in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WADSWORTH, ALFRED CHARLES=, Private, No. 12/1820, 16th Waikato
Regt. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late John
Wadsworth, of 10, Pelham Road South, Gravesend, Kent, Watchmaker and
Jeweller, by his wife, Alice (10, Pelham Road South, Gravesend, Kent),
dau. of John Hawes; _b._ Cheshunt, co. Herts. 3 Sept. 1889; educ.
Christ Church School, Wanstead; volunteered for Imperial service on the
outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand E.F., 15 Dec. 1914; left
for Egypt, 13 Feb. 1915; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles,
25–26 April, 1915, and was reported missing on 8 May following, and is
now assumed to have been killed in action there between those dates;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Alfred C. Wadsworth.=]
=WADSWORTH, THOMAS EDWIN=, Private, No. 9537, 1/5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Edwin
Wadsworth, of 13, Beech Hall Road, of Highams Park, Essex, an employee
of the British Bank of South America, Moorgate Street, by his wife,
Helen, dau. of Thomas Brown, Baughurst, Hants, Farmer; _b._
Southfields, S.W., 1 March, 1896; educ. Central Foundation School,
Cowper Street, E.C., and on leaving there entered the service of
Samuel Montagu & Co., of Old Broad Street, E.C., and was a junior in
the bullion department when war broke out. He had joined the London
Rifle Brigade, 18 March, 1913, and at once volunteered for active
service, and went to the Front with his regt. 4 Nov. 1914. On 27
April he left the shelter of his trench in order to succour a wounded
stretcher-bearer, and assist him to the rear. Soon after his return to
the firing line he was wounded by the splinter of a shell. As there
was a scarcity of stretchers he insisted on walking in order that
other wounded men might be carried. The walking caused him to lose a
considerable quantity of blood, and he reached the base in a very weak
condition. He died in Netley Hospital, 8 May, 1915, and was buried
in Ilford Cemetery; _unm._ A Memorial Tablet was placed in St.
Stephen’s Church, Coleman Street, where he was formerly a chorister,
with the following inscription: “This tablet is erected in affectionate
memory of T. Edwin Wadsworth, by the staff of Samuel Montagu & Co., of
60, Old Broad Street, to whom he had become endeared by his winsome
ways and eager and faithful discharge of daily duties. One of the
youngest in the ranks of the London Rifle Brigade, he responded
instantly to the call of his King and Country, endured with fortitude
the rigours of the winter campaign in Flanders, and whilst repelling
an attack of the enemy on 27 April, 1915, received wounds which proved
mortal. Fragile in frame, his body proved unequal to retain his brave
young spirit, which returned to Him who gave it. He finished his
earthly course 8 May, 1915, within a brief span of 19 years and 2
months, and now awaits another Trumpet Call. ‘Greater love hath no man
than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.’ Jno. XV. 13.”
[Illustration: =Thomas E. Wadsworth.=]
=WAGLAND, ISAAC WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3885), 186631, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=WAGSTAFF, ALFRED=, Private, No. 114, 6/2, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of William Wagstaff, of Thorpe, near Thrapston,
Northampton, by his wife, Emily Ann, dau. of Kidman Giddings, of Long
Stow, Cambs.; _b._ Thorpe, co. Northants, 14 Sept. 1891; educ.
Lilford School, near Oundle; worked in copper sheds on L. & N.W.R.
at Birmingham; enlisted, 5 Sept. 1914; went to France, 28 Jan. 1915,
and was killed in action at Vermelles, 30 Sept. 1915; _unm._ His
four brothers, Samuel, William, Albert Kidman, and Jack, and a nephew,
Reginald R. Wagstaff, are (1916) all on active service.
[Illustration: =Alfred Wagstaff.=]
=WAITE, CHARLES WILLIAM=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 1542),
169682, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WAITT, GEORGE GREENHILL=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27506 (Devonport),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=WAKEFIELD, ARTHUR JAMES=, Private, No. 11319, 2nd Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt., _s._ of Walter John Wakefield, of 2, Eleanor’s
Terrace, Oxford Street, Hull, by his wife, Georgina, dau. of Robert
Handcock; _b._ Wincolmlee, Hull, 22 Nov. 1890; educ. Lincoln
Street School; was an oilmiller in the employ of Messrs. Chambers &
Fargus; enlisted in the East Yorks after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept.
1914; went to France, 27 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres,
23 April, 1915. He _m._ at Hull, 1 Oct. 1910, Maria (2, Eleanor’s
Terrace, Oxford Street, Hull), dau. of Edward Scott, and had two
children: Lily, _b._ 2 March, 1912; and Lottie, _b._ 4 April,
1914.
[Illustration: =Arthur J. Wakefield.=]
=WAKELIN, JOHN BINHAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 1734, 1/7th Battn. (City
of London) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Wakelin, an
employee at Queen’s College, Oxford, by his wife, Elizabeth Georgina,
dau. of Alfred Barnes Cook; _b._ Oxford, 17 Dec. 1881; educ.
Wesleyan School there; was employed at the Whitechapel Infirmary;
joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. Oxfordshire L.I. 22 Jan. 1900, serving
with them till Dec. 1904, and the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 5
Jan. 1905, serving till 4 Jan. 1908. On the outbreak of war he resigned
his post at Whitechapel and joined the 7th London Regt.; went to
France, 18 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 7 May,
following; _unm._ Buried at Bethune.
[Illustration: =John Binham Wakelin.=]
=WAKEMAN, EDWARD OFFLEY ROUSE=, 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. Grenadier
Guards, yr. _s._ of Sir Offley Wakeman, of Yeaton Peverey,
Shrewsbury, and Rorrington Lodge, Chirbury, Shropshire, 3rd Bart.,
D.L., J.P., by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Sir Charles Henry Rouse
Boughton, 11th Bart.; _b._ Downton Hall, near Ludlow, 15 Jan.
1889; educ. Eton, and St. John’s College, Oxford (B.A. 1912); was
employed by the University in agricultural research and afterwards
by the Board of Agriculture as Special Investigator, which position
he resigned to join the Guards in Dec. 1914; was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
4 Jan. 1915; went to France in April and was killed in action at the
Battle of Festubert, 16 May, 1915, while leading his platoon in an
attack on the German trenches; _unm._ He was buried on the field
of battle near Richebourg l’Avoué. His Commanding Officer wrote:
“He had been with us a short time but amply long enough for us and
his company to realise that in him we have lost a man and a gallant
officer, and a good comrade. He was killed in the way we all hope to be
killed (if it is willed that we are to be), that is gallantly leading
men of the Brigade of Guards.” Lieut. Wakeman was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 1
Jan. 1916].
[Illustration: =Edward O. R. Wakeman.=]
=WAKINSHAW, JAMES WILLIAM=, Sapper, No. 51464, Royal Engineers,
3rd _s._ of James Wood Wakinshaw, of Wolsingham, Publican, by
his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Clark, of Whitton Park, co. Durham;
_b._ Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, 31 March, 1891; educ.
National School there; was employed at Pickersgill’s Yard, Sunderland,
and resided at 43, Wear Street, Southwick, and had been for five years
a member of the Durham Territorial R.G.A.; enlisted 10 Sept. 1914,
for the period of the war; trained at Chatham and in Ireland; went to
the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and died
15 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at Suvla Bay; _unm._
Wakinshaw was a good oarsman, winning many prizes, including the Molly
Pratt Cup, four tankards, four medals, etc.
[Illustration: =James W. Wakinshaw.=]
=WALBURN, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1637, 4th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of William Walburn, of 3, Portland
Terrace, Redcar, co. Yorks, retired Hotel Proprietor, by his wife,
Alice Helen, dau. of the late John Davison, of Redcar; _b._
Crakehall, near Bedale, co. York, 7 Aug. 1881; educ. Kirkleatham
Private School; went to Australia in Oct. 1914, following a severe
illness, and on his arrival found his health so much improved that he
was able to join the Commonwealth E.F. at Sydney, 15 Dec. 1914; left
Sydney for Egypt the following Feb.; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and in every engagement with his regt.
till 3 Aug. when he was seriously wounded in the great charge at Lone
Pine Ridge; and died in No. 17 General Hospital, Alexandria, three
days after admission, 15 Aug. 1915. Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery
there. He _m._ at Redcar Parish Church, 23 Sept. 1903, Annie, dau.
of the late William McNaughton, and had a son, William Cecil, _b._
29 Jan. 1909.
[Illustration: =William A. Walburn.=]
=WALDECK, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1506), 185963, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALDUCK, LUKE=, Private, No. 8050, 1st Battn. Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd _s._ of John Walduck, of Westbury,
Brackley, Railway Labourer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Edmund Coleman;
_b._ Drayton Parslow, co. Bucks, 16 Feb. 1886; educ. Mixbury,
Oxon; enlisted 10 Oct. 1905, and was killed in action at St. Julien,
France, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=WALFORD, HENRY=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 2829, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WALFORD, HERBERT ASHFORD=, Private, No. 2026, 1/14th Batt.
(London Scottish) The London Regiment (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the
late Thomas Charles Walford, of Maidenhead, Mineral Manager, Great
Western Railway, by his 1st wife, Mary Ann Ashford, dau. of Thomas
Hobbs, of Tiverton; _b._ Southall, co. Middlesex, 26 Feb. 1889;
educ. Maidenhead College; was on the staff of Messrs. Eveson & Co.,
Coal Merchants; joined the London Scottish, Feb. 1914; volunteered
for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 15 Sept.
1914, was reported missing after the charge of the London Scottish at
Messines, 31 Oct. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in
action on that date. He was _unm._ His younger brother, Private L.
F. Walford, who was in the same battn. was wounded and taken a prisoner
on this occasion and died the next day (see following notice).
=WALFORD, LESLIE FRANCIS=, Private, No. 2048, 1/14th Battn.
(London Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), second _s._ of the
late Thomas Charles Walford, of Maidenhead, Mineral Manager, Great
Western Railway, by his 1st wife, Mary Ann Ashford, dau. of Thomas
Hobbs, of Tiverton; _b._ Southall, 6 Aug. 1891; educ. Maidenhead
College; was Clerk to Wm. Cory’s, Mark Lane; joined the London
Scottish, May, 1914; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak
of war; went to France, 15 Sept. 1914; was wounded and taken prisoner
during the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914, and
died the following day; _unm._ Buried at Messines-Wytschaete.
=WALFORD, OLIVER ROBSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt.,
elder _s._ of the late Col. William Swordes Walford, of Warden
Lodge, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, R.A., by his 1st wife, Mary Ella,
dau. of George Robson, of Altwood, Maidenhead Thicket; _b._ Warden
House, Weymouth, co. Dorset, 25 June, 1895; educ. Connaught House,
Weymouth; Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Hampshires, 13 Jan. 1915; went to France, 25 Jan., and was killed in
action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 26 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Oliver Robson Walford.=]
=WALKER, ALFRED LEVI=, Private, No. 14450, 2nd Battn. Grenadier
Guards, yst. _s._ of the late Walter George Walker, of Hackett
Lane, Thornbury, co. Glos., Butcher, by his wife, Sophia (Crossways,
Thornbury), dau. of Henry Honeyborne; _b._ Easton Hill, Thornbury,
10 March, 1889; educ. Board School there; enlisted in 1909, and was
killed in action near Ypres, 10 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=WALKER, ANTHONY THORNTON=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn.
Rifle Brigade, 2nd _s._ of John Walker, of Bawtry, co. York, by
his wife, Dorothy Mary, dau. of Thomas Taplin Wickham, of Bideford,
N. Devon; _b._ Bawtry, 9 May, 1894; educ. Dulwich Preparatory
School, from which he obtained a scholarship to Uppingham School,
and from Uppingham secured an open scholarship and exhibition at
University College, Oxford; joined the Public Schools Battn. Middlesex
Regt. Aug. 1914, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 8th
Rifle Brigade, 2 Dec. following; left for France, 25 July, 1915, and
was killed in action at Hooge, 30 July, 1915, the day after he joined
his battn. in the trenches; _unm._ At Uppingham he was captain
of football, and played for his college at Oxford. He was also very
musical, and was leader of the orchestra at Uppingham.
[Illustration: =Anthony Thornton Walker.=]