Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 6th _s._ of Robert
Percival Hoar, of 22, Quanza Street, Beach, East London, South Africa,
by his wife, Cornelia Isabella (Nellie) Hoar, dau. of Peter Fostin;
_b._ Cathcart, South Africa, 4 April, 1893; educ. East London;
went to Australia in 1914; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force,
22 Sept. 1914; left with the second reinforcements, and died 23 May,
1915, of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles; _unm._ He
was buried at sea from H.M. Hospital ship Nevasa in lat. 36.49N, long.
1° 2E.
[Illustration: =Archie Norman Walker.=]
=WALKER, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3752), S.S. 1069, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALKER, EDMUND BASIL=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. George Sherbrooke Walker, M.A.,
Rector of March, by his wife, Jessie Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Carter,
of Hazelwood, Edgbaston; _b._ Birmingham, 8 Aug. 1888; educ.
The Towers, Portinscale, Keswick; Sherborne School, and Emmanuel
College, Cambridge, and soon after leaving college, went as a master
to Sherborne Preparatory School. On 23 March, 1912, he was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Dorsetshire Regt. (Special Reserve), and after war
broke out joined his regt. at the Front, afterwards transferring to
the 1st Battn. Royal West Kents, and was given a commission in that
regt. 2 Jan. 1915; took part in the heavy fighting for Hill 60, near
Ypres, and was killed in action there, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ He
had been called upon to undertake the Senior Captain’s duty and he
volunteered for the post of danger with the machine-guns on Hill 60,
near Ypres. He was on the Hill all through the awful night of Saturday
17, when so many fell--with two officers under him, and in the early
morning, just as day was breaking, their company was relieved. They
had left the ridge of the hill, when with his usual devotion to duty
he suddenly said to his fellow officer: “You go on--I’ll follow in a
minute,” and turned back again, explaining that he wanted to make sure
all was right for the relief company just coming to take their place.
So he went back--and in doing this, lost his own life, for he was
shot dead. He was buried in the little military cemetery near Ypres.
Major Dunlop, officer in command of the Battn., wrote: “I found your
son of great assistance to me, as he was not only devoid of fear, but
was an exceptionally keen officer, and, I am sure, would have made a
great name for himself had he survived. Anyone who knew him could not
help admiring him.” An officer, working with Lieut. Walker when he was
killed, wrote: “on all sides I heard mention of his bravery. He stood
on the top of the hill, directing operations, and was actually handling
the machine-gun at the time he was shot in the throat, and died
instantly. He had volunteered for the post of danger.” Lieut. Walker
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April,
1915. He was in the O.T.C. at both Sherborne and Cambridge, and after
his two years of teaching, spent a year in promoting Boy Scout work,
and was organising secretary to the Great Rally at Birmingham in 1913.
[Illustration: =Edmund Basil Walker.=]
=WALKER, EDWARD HENRY=, A.B., 163583, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WALKER, HENRY CLEMENT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 308726, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALKER, JAMES=, Private, No. 1780, 1/9th Battn. Durham
L.I. (T.F); _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23 Aug. 1891; educ.
Gateshead-on-Tyne; enlisted in the Durham L.I., 21 April, 1914; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and was killed in action on the
outskirts of Ypres, 3 May, 1915. Buried in the Chateau grounds, west
of Brielin, on the Poperinghe Road. He _m._ at the Roman Catholic
Church, Dunston, 26 Dec. 1912, Mary (189, Rose Street, Gateshead), dau.
of John Quinn, and had a child.
=WALKER, JOHN JAMES=, Corpl., No. 51512. R.F.A.; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France; died from wounds received in action, 25
Aug. 1914.
=WALKER, JAMES THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6224), 203795, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WALKER, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7858), 292549,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALKER, SAMUEL REID=, Private, No. 1876, A Coy. 1/9th Battn.
(Highlanders) Royal Scots (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Walker, of
Wentworth, Newmarket Road, Norwich, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Samuel
Reid, of St. George’s, Norwich; _b._ Norwich, 13 Feb. 1893; educ.
Belle Vue and King Edward VI Middle School, Norwich; apprenticed to the
Drapery Trade, first at Mr. Moll’s, Norwich, then to Messrs. Bryant
and Bryant, St. Ives, Hunts, and lastly to Messrs. Jenners, Edinburgh;
volunteered and joined 1/9th Royal Scots (A Coy.), 6 Aug. 1914; left
for France, 24 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 8 Hospital, Bailleul, 27
April following, of wounds received four days previously during the
Second Battle of Ypres. Buried Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._ Corpl.
W. M. Clarke wrote: “I thought it would perhaps comfort you to know
how much he was appreciated by his comrades, and how great a shock
his death was to them. His bright face and willingness made him a
valued man in my section and won him everybody’s affection. Our only
consolation, and I hope it may be yours also, is that he died like a
man fighting for the Old Country.”
[Illustration: =Samuel Reid Walker.=]
=WALKER, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2395, 1/7th Battn. The Black Watch
(T.F.), _s._ of Alexander Middleton Walker, of Middleton Place,
Crossgates, co. Fife, Miner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late
Thomas Young, of Leven; _b._ Fordell, Dalgetty, co. Fife, 13 Feb. 1884;
educ. Crossgates Public School; served as a grocer in Dunfermline
Co-operative Society for nearly five years, then enlisted in the
Royal Scots, 2 Jan. 1902; obtained his discharge by purchase, 11 July
following, and was employed in the mines; re-enlisted in the Black
Watch after the outbreak of war, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1
May, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 June, 1915;
_unm._ Buried there. His Captain wrote: “We were being subjected to a
terrible bombardment during an attack on the Germans, and Tom along
with L.-Corpl. Somerville were sitting in a dug-out sheltering from the
fire, when a high explosive shell hit it, smashing in the roof. Both
were killed immediately, and without suffering any pain. All the men
exhibited great courage during the day and none more than your son, who
was always a worker, doing his share and always willing to help others.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Walker.=]
=WALKER, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD SMAIL=, Major, 46th Punjabis, Indian
Army, 2nd _s._ of the late Major-Gen. Alexander Walker, C.S.I.,
R.A., Director-General of Ordnance in India, 1890–97, by his wife,
Anne Yewdale Lambert, dau. of Commander William Archibald Smail,
R.N.; _b._ Dum-Dum, India, 31 Oct. 1874; educ. Dulwich College
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. Indian Army, 10 Oct. 1894;
was attd. to the 1st Somerset L.I. for his first year; entered the
Indian S.C. 10 Jan. 1896, and was promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. 1897; Capt.
10 Oct. 1903, and Major 10 Oct. 1912; served with the 45th Sikhs and
then with the 40th Pathans, and was posted to the 46th Punjabis on
their formation; took part in the operations on the N.W. Frontier of
India, 1897–8, including the Defence of Malakand, action at Landakai,
and operations in Bajaur (medal with two clasps), and in the Tirah
Expedition 1897–8 (clasp), and was afterwards employed with the King’s
African Rifles, 25 Nov. 1903 to 10 May, 1906. After the outbreak of the
European War, he was sent in Jan. 1915, with a double coy. to British
East Africa and attd. to the 130th Baluchis (King George’s Own). He
was commanding a section of the outpost line with headquarters at
Mzima on the Tsava River. While visiting sentry groups with an escort
of seven men on 12 April, he came on the spoor of a large party of
Germans. He followed this up for some way in order to locate the enemy.
In returning he was ambuscaded by a smaller party of Germans who were
following the main force, and he and two men were shot. He was buried
on the banks of the Tsava River--the grave was marked by a cairn of
stones; the two men who fell with him are buried by his side. A brother
officer wrote: “I knew him for a fearless man. He was with my regt. in
the Tirah Expedition, 1897--I have never met a braver soldier”; and
another: “His escort, Dogras and Gurkhas, five of whom managed to get
away, all bear great testimony to his fearlessness and gallantry. He
gave the orders with his last breath for his men to scatter; such is
necessary in the bush. He is a great loss to us and to our country--we
can ill spare such men.” He _m._ at Peshawar, N.W.P., 30 April,
1913, Marion Balfour, yst. dau. of the Rev. Frederick William Crick,
M.A., Rector of Litton Cheney, Dorset, and had a dau., Anne Margaret,
_b._ 21 Jan. 1914.
[Illustration: =William A. S. Walker.=]
=BANES-WALKER, FREDERICK CECIL=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd Battn.
Devonshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Harry Banes-Walker, of Verriers,
North Petherton, Somerset, B.A., C.C., Director of Brewery Companies,
by his wife, Mary Alexandra, dau. of Frederick S. Barker; _b._
Northgate House, Bridgwater, co. Somerset, 19 June, 1888; educ. Mr.
Coplestone’s, Exmouth, Devon, and Tunbridge School, and was gaining
a business experience at the Ashton Gate Brewery. He enlisted in the
Gloucestershire Regt. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, but was
offered a commission in the Devons a few weeks later, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Reserve Battn. of that Regt. 7 Oct. 1914, and
subsequently attd. to the 2nd Battn. (23rd Brigade, 8th Division), of
which he became a Machine-Gun Officer. He went to France, 15 March,
1915; was promoted Lieut., and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 9
May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in a cemetery on the Rue Petillon, about
3,500 yards south of Fleurbaix. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son
was killed in action early Sunday morning, 9 May, as we were advancing
under heavy cross-firing. He was in charge of our machine-gun section,
and had done extremely well. He was very popular with all ranks, and
will be greatly missed.” Lieut. Banes-Walker was well-known in sporting
circles being a fine rider to hounds. He played cricket for Somerset,
and hockey for Gloucestershire.
[Illustration: =Frederick C. Banes-Walker.=]
=GORDON-WALKER, CHARLES NIGEL=, Lieut. and Adjutant, 10th
(Service) Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., attd. 8th Battn. Manchester
Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Frederick Alexander Walker, of
Gravesend, Kent, by his wife, Grace Marion (23, Holbein House, Sloane
Square, London, S.W.), dau. of the late David Alexander Gordon, of
Culveman and Greenlaw, co. Kirkcudbright, and of Hong Kong; _b._
Milton-next-Gravesend, co. Kent, 3 July, 1889; educ. Westminster
School; was in the firm of Messrs. Gilman & Co., Merchants of Hong
Kong, and 18, St. Swithin’s Lane, London, E.C., and was Corpl. in the
Scouts Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Corps; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 10th
South Staffords, 21 Nov. 1914, and appointed Adjutant to the battn.
21 Nov. 1914; attd. to 8th Manchester (T.F.), May, 1915; left for
the Dardanelles from Plymouth, 15 May, and was killed in action in
Gallipoli 7 Aug. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles N. Gordon-Walker.=]
=WALL, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 5743, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ co. Warwick; enlisted 30 Sept. 1904; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 11 Sept. 1914; died in
No. 4 Clearing Hospital, Poperinghe, 29 Oct. 1914, of wounds received
in action. Buried Poperinghe New Cemetery.
=WALLACE, ANDREW=, Capt., 1/4th Battn. King’s Own Scottish
Borderers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Wallace, of Castle
View, Prestonpans, Headmaster of Prestonpans Public School, by his
wife, Barbara, dau. of John Guthrie Smith, of Newmilns, Ayrshire,
Manufacturer; _b._ Prestonpans, 3 Feb. 1875; educ. Prestonpans
Public School; George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh
University, where he was Gold Medallist in Anatomy, and completed
his medical course when he was only twenty. After being assistant to
Dr. Nuttall of Leicester for three years, he went as Ship’s Doctor
to China and Japan on the S.S. Glen Avon, which was wrecked off Hong
Kong on her homeward voyage; and then practised for fifteen years in
Coldstream, where he took a prominent part in Ambulance Association
Work, and in the Territorials. He joined the 2nd Vol. Battn. K.O.S.B.
(afterwards the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Scottish Borderers) in
1902 and became Lieut. 8 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 11 April, 1906; and
volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war. He left for
the Dardanelles on 21 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Krithia,
Gallipoli, 12 July following; _unm._ Of his nine brothers, Capt.
W. E. Wallace is in France with 8th Battn. Royal Scots, Capt. H. S.
Wallace is in Egypt with the Notts and Derby Mounted Field Ambulance
Bde., and Cadet R. H. Wallace presently training with University Corps,
Bristol. His second youngest brother, Harold S. Wallace, with 8th
Battn. Royal Scots, was killed in France, 8 April, 1915, at Picantin,
near Laventie.
[Illustration: =Andrew Wallace.=]
=WALLACE, HAROLD SYDNEY=, Private, No. 893, 8th Battn. Royal Scots
(T.F.), 9th _s._ of James Wallace, of Castle View, Prestonpans,
Headmaster of Prestonpans Public School, and a younger brother of
Capt. Andrew Wallace (see preceding notice), by his wife, Barbara,
dau. of John Guthrie Smith; _b._ Prestonpans, 29 Nov. 1892; educ.
Prestonpans Public School; George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, and
Skerry’s College; was an Officer of Customs and Excise; joined the 8th
Territorial Battn. of the Royal Scots in 1912; volunteered for foreign
service after the outbreak of war; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and was
killed in action at Picantin, near Laventie, 8 April, 1915; _unm._
Buried Rue Tilleloy, Laventie.
[Illustration: =Harold S. Wallace.=]
=WALLACE, HENRY ATHOLL CHARLES=, Capt., 10th Battn. 2nd Brigade,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late Henry
Wallace, of Trench Hall, co. Durham, J.P., for many years Agent to the
Earl of Ravensworth; by his wife, Jessie (139, Ware Road, Hertford),
dau. of Charles Ellis, of New York, U.S.A.; _b._ Trench Hall,
Gateshead-on-Tyne, 1879; educ. Uppingham College; served in the South
African War with the Northumberland Imperial Yeomanry, 1900–1901
(Queen’s medal with two clasps); emigrated to Canada in 1902, and after
farming in Manitoba for a short time, turned his attention to real
estate; joined the 106th Winnipeg L.I. in Winnipeg, Canada; volunteered
for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and was appointed Capt.
10th Battn. (Winnipeg L.I.); came over with the 1st Contingent in
Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to
France early in Feb. and after serving in the trenches for two months,
was killed in action at Langemarck, 22 April, 1915. He always took
a keen interest in military matters, and belonged in Canada to the
Veterans’ Brigade, composed of men who had served their country in
any part of the world. He _m._ at St. Mary’s, Gateshead-on-Tyne,
1903, Winifred (194, Hill Street, Norwood Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada), dau. of the late Thomas Archer, of the Dunston Engine Works,
Dunston-on-Tyne, a well-known engineer and inventor, and had two
children: Henry Archer Harold, _b._ 3 April, 1906; and Dorothy
Laura, _b._ 15 March, 1909.
[Illustration: =Henry A. C. Wallace.=]
=WALLACE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4924), S.S.
104347, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALLACE, JOHN=, Private, No. S./7097, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 10
Feb. 1915.
=WALLACE, JOHN ROGER (ION)=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Scots
Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Roger William Wallace, of 36, Campden Hill
Gardens, Kensington, K.C., by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Thornton;
_b._ Kensington, 25 June, 1895; educ. at School House, Rugby, and
Oriel College, Oxford; joined the Artists’ Rifles as a Private when
war began, and went to France with them, 26 Oct. 1914. He was given a
commission, 15 Dec. 1914, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn.
Royal Scots Fusiliers. The same month he was invalided home after
an attack of pleurisy caught in the trenches, and early this year
(1915), after taking out a draft of men from Ayr, was transferred to
the 1st Battn. of his regt. He was killed in action, near Ypres, 22
April, 1915, and buried in the Military Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium;
_unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “His pluck and unselfishness
will always be remembered in the Scots Fusiliers. His one idea was that
the men wounded at the same time should be cared for first. Both in his
life and death he was a splendid example.”
[Illustration: =John Roger Wallace.=]
=WALLACE, JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker, 282825, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALLACE, THOMAS=, Acting Corpl., No. 7349, 1st Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed
in action at Ypres, 12 May, 1915.
=WALLACE, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Private, No. 7865, 1st Battn. East
Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France;
killed in action, 14 Dec. 1914.
=BURGOYNE-WALLACE, DOUGLAS BURGOYNE=, Lieut., 7th Duke of
Connaught’s Own Rajput L.I., Indian Army, elder _s._ of Frederick
Burgoyne Burgoyne-Wallace, of Beechmont, Cheltenham, by his wife,
Hannah, dau. of Robert Watson, of Victoria Park, co. Ayr, and gdson. of
the late Gen. Hill Wallace, C.B., R.H.A., by his wife, Harriet, dau.
of Capt. Frederick Burgoyne, R.N. (who was present at the Battle of
Cape St. Vincent); _b._ Edinburgh, 12 June, 1893; educ. Cheltenham
College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the unattd. list for the Indian Army, 12 Aug. 1912. He
was attached to the 2nd Battn. Norfolk Regt. at Belgaum for a year, and
was posted to the 7th Rajputs 2 Nov. 1913, being promoted Lieut. Nov.
1914. He left India with his regt. for the Persian Gulf in the same
month and was reported as missing after the heavy fighting at Ahwaz, 2
March, 1915. He was _unm._ Whilst at Cheltenham College he gained
the Gold Medal in 1910 presented by the Republique Francaise Ministère
de l’Instruction Publique et des Beaux Arts for French competed for by
all the Public Schools.
[Illustration: =D. B. Burgoyne-Wallace.=]
=WALLARD, WALTER=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1817), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALLER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 3082, C Coy., 5th (Cinque Ports)
Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of George Waller, of
Uckfield Road, Ringmer, Lewes, Stockman to Mr. John Porter, Park Farm,
Ringmer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Henry Godcher, of Streat; _b._
Curd’s Farm, Barcombe, co. Sussex, 25 Nov. 1895; educ. Ringmer Council
School, near Lewes; was Groom and Gardener to Mr. Moore Wellingham,
Ringmer; enlisted 25 Nov. 1914; went to France, 12 Feb., and was killed
in action at Richebourg, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Waller.=]
=WALLER, HORACE EDMUND=, Private, No. 1530, Princess Patricia’s
Canadian Light Infantry, yr. _s._ of John Edward Hopkins Waller,
of Rockvale, co. Tipperary, 172, Cromwell Road, London, S.W., and The
Nook, Westgate-on-Sea, M.Inst.C.E., by his wife, Annette Elizabeth,
dau. of Adolphe Naudé, and grandson of the late John Francis Waller, of
Finoe House, co. Tipperary, LL.D., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, writer and
poet; _b._ in London, 16 April, 1891; educ. the Towers, Wellington
College, and Tonbridge School (Scholar), and on leaving there entered
the Engineering Section of the University of London at King’s College,
and was one of the earliest members of the O.T.C. In 1910 he went to
Canada where he engaged in engineering, the principal work with which
he was connected being the Hydro Electric installation of the Algoma
Central Railway at Steep Hill Falls, Ontario, and the government survey
of Strathcona Park, Vancouver Island, B.C. On the declaration of war
he joined the 1st Contingent of Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I. as
a private, and after training in Canada, on Salisbury Plain, and at
Winchester, left Southampton for France with his regt. to join the
Expeditionary Force on Sunday, 20 Dec. 1914. Owing to his intimate
knowledge of French and his experience as an engineer, he was detailed
to act as interpreter and guide. He was frequently in the trenches, and
although as a result of the severe conditions prevailing he developed
dysentery, he would not be persuaded to rest. On 4 Feb. however, he
was obliged to enter hospital at Boeschèpe, and he died there, 7 Feb.
1915; _unm._ He was buried in the churchyard at Boeschèpe with
full military honours. Lieut. Crubbe wrote: “I must tell you as one of
his company officers how great a loss to No. 4 he is. He was always an
excellent soldier, and seemed to thoroughly realise how his superior
education and position necessitated his being a good example, and in
this he never failed. Since we have been actually fighting he was of
great service as a company guide, and invariably showed the greatest
courage and devotion to duty”; and Sergt. Phillips: “Everybody in No. 4
Coy. and anybody in other companies who knew him join you in mourning
the loss of one of the best little fellows that ever lived, and one
whom I am very proud to have called friend. He was the most popular man
in the company.”
[Illustration: =Horace Edmund Waller.=]
=WALLER, JAMES=, A.B., J. 8260, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in
the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.