Yeomanry (T.F.), _s._ of John Henry Welfare, of St. Elliott’s,
Crowborough, Farmer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of William Boarer, of
Boarshead, Sussex; _b._ Crowborough, co. Sussex, 6 Oct. 1892;
educ. King Charles’ School, Tunbridge Wells; was for some time in a
solicitor’s office; afterwards returned to his father’s farm; joined
the Sussex Yeomanry in 1910; volunteered for foreign service in
Aug. 1914, on the outbreak of war, and the same month was promoted
L.-Sergt., Aug. 1915, and Sergt. 6 Oct. 1915, the day before landing
at Gallipoli. He took part in the fighting there during Oct., Nov.
and Dec., and was almost the last man of the Brigade to leave on the
evacuation on 1 Jan. 1916. He died in the Island of Lemnos, 28 Jan.
1916, from heart failure while leading in a Brigade Marathon Race, and
was buried there in Portianos Cemetery with full Military Honours. A
memorial cross was subscribed for and erected by his comrades. His
chief officer, Major H. Powell-Edwards, wrote: “I would rather have
lost anyone in my squadron sooner than him. He was a most capable
soldier, cheerful under all circumstances, and a tower of strength
in hard times. He died in the service of his country, and was in his
life a gallant soldier and a gentleman whom England could ill spare.”
At King Charles’ School he was head boy and capt. of the school XI,
and afterwards captained Crowborough Football Club and held the
Regimental Cross Country Championship. He also took a great interest
in the Boy Scout movement and was Scoutmaster of the 1st Crowborough
Coy. He _m._ at Withyham St. John, 21 Sept. 1914, Marjorie Ursula
(Crowborough House, Crowborough), dau. of the late Thomas Warmington,
Headmaster of Sir Henry Fermor’s School, Crowborough; _s.p._
=WELHAM, JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5330A, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLER, CHARLES GEORGE=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, L. 837,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLER, EDWARD JOHN=, Corpl., No. 8/124, North Otago Regt., New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Edward Weller; _b._
Ardgowan, Oamaru, New Zealand, 9 Dec. 1893; educ. Ardgowan School. He
was a member of the New Zealand Territorial Force, and when the war
broke out was one of the first to volunteer, and left with the main
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 27 April,
1915; _unm._ Corpl. Weller was a good shot and won the markman’s
badge.
[Illustration: =Edward John Weller.=]
=WELLER, JACK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2414), 181557, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7240), S.S.
102191, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, ERNEST MAURICE=, Private, No. 8131, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of Daniel Wells, of Whetstone, co. Leicester,
Hosiery Hand, by his wife, Katherine, dau. of Joseph Wale; _b._
Whetstone aforesaid, 27 Feb. 1888; educ. National School there; was
a Shore Hand; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 29 Oct. 1908; went to
France, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915. Buried in the
Cemetery there. He _m._ at Blaby Baptist Church, 25 Dec. 1912,
Annie E. (Auburn Road, Blaby, Leicester), dau. of William Sabin, of
Blaby, and had a daughter, Annie Wells, _b._ 20 Dec. 1913.
[Illustration: =Ernest Maurice Wells.=]
=WELLS, FRANCIS=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope.; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WELLS, FREDERICK PENNSON=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch./13273, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=WELLS, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111410, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, HARRY STEPHEN=, Telegraphist, J. 8634, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, JOHN DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 6438, 3rd. Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late John Wells, by his wife, Margaret, dau.
of George Edward Meacock; _b._ Clerkenwell, 12 Jan. 1884; enlisted
13 Dec. 1905, and was killed in action at St. Julien, during the Battle
of Ypres, 21 Oct. 1914, being buried in the Eastern Cemetery at Ypres.
He _m._ at St. Paul’s, Newington, S.E., 24 Dec. 1911, Rose (51,
Meadow Road, Clapham Road, S.W.), dau. of Frederick Brazier Smith, and
had two children: Jack Douglas, _b._ 11 Nov. 1914, and Rose Kitty,
_b._ 28 Dec. 1912.
[Illustration: =John Douglas Wells.=]
=WELLS, JOHN THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1155), 140773, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, WILLIAM APPLEYARD=, Corpl. of Horse, No. 1385, Royal Horse
Guards (The Blues), _s._ of William Appleyard Wells, of Grasmere,
Fairbolt Road, Stamford Hill, Merchant, by his wife, Annie Matilda,
dau. of Henry Scott; _b._ Tottenham, N., 21 Aug. 1890; educ.
Cowper Street, City Road; enlisted in the Royal Horse Guards, 30 Nov.
1909, was promoted Corpl. Sept. 1914; served with his regt. in France
and Flanders, and was killed in action at Verbuden Molen, Flanders, 6
Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Appleyard Wells.=]
=WELLS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. A. 1914), 160507,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELSFORD, ARTHUR HADDEN=, Private, No. 974, Honourable Artillery
Coy., 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Richard Sherring Welsford, of
6, The Orchard, Blackheath, Coffee Planter in Ceylon, by his wife, Jane
Elizabeth (The Cottage, Semaphore Road, Guildford), dau. of the late
James Alexander Hadden, of Bittacy House, Mill Hill, Hendon; _b._
Blackheath, London, S.E., 30 Oct. 1891; educ. Blackheath School, and
St. Dunstan’s, Catford; was a clerk in the office of Messrs. G. W.
Dawes & Co. 5, Lothbury, E.C.; volunteered and joined the H.A.C. the
day war was declared, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 18 Sept. 1914, and
was killed in the trenches in Flanders, 2 June, 1915, while repairing
some wire on a parapet for which work he had volunteered; _unm._
He was buried in the cemetery of the Elsenwalla Château, near
Dickebusch.
[Illustration: =Arthur Hadden Welsford.=]
=WELSH, DAVID FERGUSON=, Engine Room Artificer, R.N.R., 1198 E.A.,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELTON, WILLIAM JOBSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2722),
283951, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WENDOVER, ALBERT EDWARD CHARLES ROBERT WYNN-CARRINGTON=,
Viscount, 2nd Lieut., Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), only _s._
and heir of Charles Robert, 1st Marquis of Lincolnshire, K.G., joint
Lord Great Chamberlain of England, by his wife, the Hon. Cecilia
Margaret, née Harbord, Lady of the Bedchamber to H.M. Queen Alexandra,
eldest dau. of Charles, 5th Baron Suffield, K.C.B.; _b._ London,
24 April, 1895 (H.M. King Edward VII., sponsor); educ. Eton and
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Horse Guards, 15 Aug. 1914; went
to France, 8 March, 1915, and was mortally wounded, 13 May, 1915, in
the charge of the 8th Cavalry Brigade (The Blues, the 10th Hussars and
the Essex Yeomanry), near Hooge, during the Second Battle of Ypres, and
died in hospital at Boulogne on the 19th; _unm._ Buried in Moulsoe
Churchyard, Bucks.
=WENHAM, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111369, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, ANDREW=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3964, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, FREDERICK=, L.-Corpl., S./6056, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 14
Nov. 1914.
=WEST, FREDERICK=, Private, G. 4447, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt., _s._ of Frederick West, of Bishops Hall Lodge, Romford;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 9 May,
1915.
=WEST, GEORGE=, Private, No. 13792, 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt.,
elder _s._ of John George West, of Old Bolingbroke, Spilsby,
co. Lincoln, Labourer, by his wife, Martha (who died 8 June, two
days after her son), dau. of Matthew Ward; _b._ Old Bolingbroke
aforesaid, 31 Oct. 1893; educ. Village School there; enlisted Nov.
1914; went to France, 30 April, 1915, arriving at the Infantry Base, on
Sunday, 2 May, and soon afterwards going into the trenches, and died
in No. 4 General Hospital, Versailles, 6 June, 1915, of brain fever,
following gunshot wound in the head, received in action, 28 May, 1915;
_unm._ Buried in the General Cemetery, Versailles (G.R.C. 3378).
[Illustration: =George West.=]
=WEST, HERBERT GIDEON=, Private, No. 9527, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of John West, of Silver Street, Steeple Ashton,
near Trowbridge, Farmer, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Kingman;
_b._ Steeple Ashton, co. Wilts, 18 Jan. 1895; educ. National
School there; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 18 March, 1912; went to
France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, 6 Nov. 1914;
_unm._ Buried in Rentel Woods.
[Illustration: =Herbert Gideon West.=]
=WEST, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 197482, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, ROBERT JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10382, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, WILFRED SCRIMSHAW=, L.-Corpl., No. 10886, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, yr. _s._ of Edward Scrimshaw West, of Yarwell,
Peterborough, Entire Horse Proprietor, by his wife, Elizabeth Anne,
dau. of Robert Spiers, of Eye, Peterborough; _b._ Wood Newton, co.
Northants, 23 Nov. 1894; educ. Yarwell; volunteered on the outbreak
of war, and enlisted, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France, Oct. 1914; was
promoted L.-Corpl. in Sept., and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22
Dec. 1914, when the Coldstreams suffered heavily from concealed German
machine-guns. He was a keen all-round sportsman; was a member of the
choir at the Parish Church, and the Chaplain wrote saying what a help
he had been to him in organising the open-air services.
[Illustration: =Wilfred Scrimshaw West.=]
=WEST, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7810),
S.S. 103265, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=WEST, WILLIAM FRANK=, Private, N. 823, 5th, attd. 1st, Battn.
(London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest and only
surviving _s._ of Frank Albert West, of 111, Townsend Road,
Southall, by his wife, Louisa Maria, dau. of Mathew Henry Leagas;
_b._ Dalston, London, 17 March, 1890; educ. The Grocers’ Company
School, Hackney Downs, N.E. and Islington Day Training College; was
Assistant Master at St. Clement’s Church of England School, Notting
Hill, but joined the London Rifle Brigade after the outbreak of war, 9
Sept. 1914; went to France with the 1st draft to join the 1st battn.
25 Jan. 1915, and died at Netley Hospital, Southampton, 12 May, 1915,
after undergoing three serious operations, one being the amputation of
his leg, rendered necessary by wounds received in action at the Battle
of St. Julien, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ He was a keen athlete, fond
of all games and sports; he held three silver medals for football, and
the bronze Medallion and certificate for life saving.
[Illustration: =William Frank West.=]
=WEST, WILLIAM HENRY=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class, 199111, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FAZAKERLEY-WESTBY, GILBERT BASIL JOCELYN=, Capt., 9th Battn.
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of
Capt. Jocelyn Tate Fazakerley-Westby, of Mowbreck Hall, Kirkham, and
Whitehall, Great Eccleston, late Royal Scots Greys and Lancashire
Hussars, D.L., J.P., Lancashire, by his wife, Beatrice, 3rd dau. of
Thomas Barlow Jarvis, of Swinnerton Park, Lancashire, and Croft Lodge,
near Ambleside, Westmoreland; _b._ Grosvenor Street, Grosvenor
Square, London, W., 27 April, 1881; was christened in Aug. 1881, at
the Roman Catholic Church, The Willows, Kirkham, Lancashire, by the
Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Liverpool; educ. St. Charles’ Roman
Catholic College; entered the Queen Victoria’s Rifles as 2nd Lieut. 23
July, 1911; and promoted Lieut. 23 July, 1913, and Capt. Dec. 1914;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France,
4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action during the fighting at Hill 60
on the night of 20–21 April, 1915, on which occasion Queen Victoria’s
Rifles brilliantly distinguished themselves; _unm._ His Commanding
Officer wrote: “I cannot speak too highly of your son; all ranks loved
and respected him. His fortitude and forbearance during that terrible
week was an example to the whole regt. and never to be forgotten.” He
was a good all-round sportsman, a dead shot with the pistol, and the
holder of five silver cups and seven other silver articles as prizes
for shooting and rowing, etc.
[Illustration: =G. B. J. Fazakerley-Westby.=]
=WESTERN, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 230364,
Devonport, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine,
about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WESTLAKE, JOHN LUKE=, Corpl., No. 3235, 1/14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Treliving
Westlake, of 3, Woburn Terrace, Tavistock, retired Prison official,
by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Luke Knight, of Gunnislake; _b._
Princetown, co. Devon, 11 Feb. 1883; educ. Princetown Public School and
Tavistock Grammar School; was apprenticed to the ironmongery business
on leaving there, and was subsequently in the employ of Messrs.
Helliwell, Ltd., of Dudley, as a Traveller; gave up this position and
joined the 2nd London Scottish on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
was promoted to the rank of Sergt. in Dec. following, but in Aug.
1915, when volunteers for the 1st Battn. were called for, he offered
himself, sacrificing his rank as sergt., and, crossing over to Rouen
on the 18th of that month, joined the 1st Battn. as a Private. He took
part in the Battle of Loos on 25 Sept., in which, though his company
suffered severe losses, he was unwounded, and assisted in capturing and
bringing in some prisoners. For his conduct on this occasion, he was
restored to the rank of Corpl. He was killed in action on 13 Oct. 1915,
while gallantly leading his men in an attack upon the German trenches
near Loos, death being instantaneous; _unm._ His Coy. Commander,
Capt. H. L. Seyer, wrote: “I find it difficult to tell you in what high
regard Corpl. Westlake was held. I looked upon him as one of my coming
men, a worthy successor of many fine non-commissioned officers who have
left me to take commissions in this and other regts. His conduct at our
severe engagement on 25 Sept. was beyond all praise, and his untimely
end whilst leading his men on 13 Oct. is an enormous loss to me, his
coy. and the whole battn. Your son was quite close to me when he fell,
and I can vouch that he was killed quite instantaneously. It is such
men as Corpl. Westlake who add lustre to the fame of the British Army
and more particularly to the regt. to which they belong.”
[Illustration: =John Luke Westlake.=]
=WESTMACOTT, ERIC WALTER POYNTZ=, Lieut., Royal Navy, H.M.S.
Arethusa, yr. _s._ of Edgell Edward Westmacott, of Udney Place,
Teddington, by his wife, Marian Charlotte Isabel, dau. of Innes Colin
Munro, of Poyntzfield, late Capt. His Majesty’s 12th Regt.; _b._
Teddington, co. Middlesex, 23 June, 1887; educ. J. Williams-White’s
School for the Navy, Bognor, and H.M.S. Britannia; became Midshipman,
30 Jan. 1904; promoted Sub-Lieut. 30 March, 1907, and Lieut. 30 Jan.
1909, went to India in H.M.S. Argyll, one of the cruisers which
escorted the King Emperor on the occasion of his visit to India after
his Coronation; served as signal Lieut. to Commodore R. Y. Tyrwhitt,
C.B., of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla, on the outbreak of war, and
accompanied him when he transferred his flag to the Arethusa two days
before the Battle off the Bight of Heligoland, 28 Aug. 1914, in which
engagement he was killed. Commodore Tyrwhitt in his Despatch, said:
“Lieut. Eric W. P. Westmacott (Signal Officer) was killed at my side
during this action. I cannot refrain from adding that he carried out
his duties calmly and collectedly, and was of the greatest assistance
to me.” And he wrote to Mrs. Westmacott: “I can’t tell you how sorry
I am and how splendid he was. He was standing next me on the bridge,
and was so jolly and cheerful under a terrific fire. He had just
said, ‘By Jove, they have got our range,’ which was true as we were
in a regular inferno at the time, when he was hit ... his death being
instantaneous.” Capt. Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord, wrote: “By the
death of your husband the Service has lost a very gallant and valuable
officer, and I have lost a personal friend, for whom I had a sincere
admiration and affection.” Lieut. Westmacott was a fine hockey player,
and in three successive years represented the Navy in their annual
match with the Army. He _m._ at St. Andrew’s Church, Heybridge,
Essex, 6 Aug. 1912, Dorothy, eldest dau. of Edmund Ernest Bentall, of
The Towers, Heybridge, and had a son, Innes Bentall, _b._ 20 Sept.
1913. His brother, Richard Innes Edgell Westmacott, Sergt. 1st Scots
Guards, was killed in action in France, 25 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Eric W. P. Westmacott.=]
=WESTMACOTT, SPENCER RUSCOMBE=, Lieut., Prince of Wales’ Leinster
Regt. (Royal Canadians), 4th _s._ of the Rev. Walter Westmacott,
Vicar of Probus and Hon. Canon of Truro, by his wife, Helen Maria Maud,
dau. of John Austin Madeley, of Wood Hall, Salop, J.P.; _b._
29 Jan. 1890; educ. Marlborough College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the Leinsters, 6 Nov. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 24 Jan. 1912;
seconded for “Grass Farm” work in India, 5 Nov. 1913, but rejoined his
regt. on the outbreak of war; went to France, Nov. 1914, and was killed
in action near Ypres, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ His five brothers are
(1916) or have been on active service. 2nd Lieut. John L. Westmacott,
R.E., wounded in head, lost an eye in France, April, 1915; 2nd Lieut.
Horatio Westmacott, R.N., H.M.S. Agincourt; 2nd Lieut. Rupert W.
Westmacott, enlisted in New Zealand Auckland Contingent, got his
commission in Gallipoli, where he lost his left leg. 2nd Lieut. Peter
G. Westmacott, joined 4th D.C.L.I., and afterwards exchanged into 31st
Punjabis; 2nd Lieut. Wilfred A. Westmacott, 9th West Yorks, invalided
home from Gallipoli with enteric, has returned to duty.
=WESTON, CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3928), 212186, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WESTON, GEORGE EDWARD=, Sergt.-Major, No. 851, 2nd Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Samuel Weston, of 3, East
Street, Oadby, Leicestershire, Bricklayer, by his wife, Maria, dau. of
John Folwell; _b._ Wigston, co. Leicester, 15 March, 1873; educ.
Evington School, co. Leicester; enlisted 2nd Battn. West Yorkshire
Regt. June 1889, and served 21 years with the Colours, rising to the
rank of Sergt.; went to Australia, Aug. 1910, where he was working on
Sheep Farm; volunteered on the outbreak of War in Aug. 1914, and joined
the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, being appointed Sergt.-Major;
left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, and was killed in action
in Gallipoli, 10 May, 1915 following. During the period he was in
the West Yorks. he served in Ireland, China, India and South Africa,
altogether serving 21 years, finishing with a life pension.
[Illustration: =George Edward Weston.=]
=WESTON, GEORGE HENRY=, Private, No. 8/1103, 14th Otago Infantry,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John Weston, Carpenter;
_b._ Wellington, New Zealand, 6 April, 1894; educ. there, was
connected with the Wellington Boys’ Institute; volunteered on the
outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug.
1914, was for some time in the 5th Wellington Battn., but was later
transferred to the 14th Otago Infantry; served in Egypt; took part in
the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action
there, 8 May, 1915; _unm._
=WESTWOOD, ALEXANDER CLEGHORN=, Lieut., 1/7th (Fife) Battn. The
Black Watch, Royal Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of Alexander
Westwood, of Linley, Cupar, J.P., Bookseller and Publisher, by his
wife, Helen Ramsay, dau. of Alexander Cleghorn; _b._ Cupar,
15 May, 1894; educ. Bell-Baxter School, Cupar, and George Watson’s
College, Edinburgh, and was associated with his father in business.
At college he was an enthusiastic member of the Cadet Corps, and
joined the Cupar Coy. of the 7th Battn. Black Watch in May, 1911. He
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 20 May, 1914, and promoted Lieut. Oct. 1914.
During the whole of his three years service in the ranks he was a
member of the machine-gun section, and in May 1915, Lieut. Westwood was
appointed machine-gun officer of his battn. He was killed in action
by shell fire, while holding trenches captured from the Germans at
Festubert, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. H. M. Allen, D.S.O.,
Officer Commanding the 1/7th Black Watch, wrote to his father: “On
my own behalf I should like to testify to the extremely high opinion
in which your son was held by his brother officers and by the men.
He had rendered invaluable service as machine-gun officer, and, both
as an officer and a comrade, his loss will be severely felt by us
all. It will be some consolation to you to know that his death was
instantaneous and painless, and that he met it with the greatest
courage, nobly doing his duty in a manner worthy of the best traditions
of the British Army.” Lieut. Westwood was a keen sportsman, and took
part in the matches of the local hockey club whenever business allowed
him, playing in not a few Association fixtures. While training at
Kinghorn he played Rugby for the garrison as well as Soccer for E
Coy. He was a keen motor-cyclist; while another hobby was that of a
poultry farmer, an interest which led him to act for some time as Joint
Secretary of the Cupar Ornithological Society.
[Illustration: =Alexander C. Westwood.=]
=WESTWOOD, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12264, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WETTON, HENRY=, Band-Sergt., No. 9133, 2nd Battn. Middlesex
Regt., _s._ of the late Thomas Allen Wetton; _b._ Hounslow,
co. Middlesex, 3 April, 1889; educ. Spring Grove, Isleworth; enlisted
in the 2nd Middlesex, 1903; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10
March. 1915; _unm._
=WHARTON, HAROLD=, Private, No. 9696, St. John’s Ambulance
Brigade, R.N.R., _s._ of Ernest Wharton, of 4, Springfield
Terrace, Crumlin, Dublin, Ordnance Surveyor, by his wife, Susannah,
dau. of Richard Pughe; _b._ Llanfyllin, co. Montgomery, 23 Sept.
1894; educ. Holy Trinity (Nat. School), Cork; was Lieut. in the 15th
Coy. Boys’ Brigade, Dublin, and joined the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade
in Oct. 1913. On the 5th Oct. 1914 he was appointed to H.M. hospital
ship Munich (sailing between Southampton and Calais) as Sick Bay
Attendant. He was transferred to H.M.S. Bayano on 28 Dec. 1914, and was
lost when that ship was torpedoed, 11 March, 1915.
[Illustration: =Harold Wharton.=]
=WHARTON, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13459 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHATLEY=, FRANK, Petty Officer (C.G.), 142041 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHATLEY, SIDNEY JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 8919, 1st Coy. 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of George Robert Whatley, Attendant
Norfolk County Asylum, Thorpe, Norwich, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau.
of the late Robart Carver, Yelverton, Norfolk; _b._ Postwick,
Norwich, 6 Nov. 1892; educ. Thorpe St. Andrew’s School there; enlisted
at Norwich, 13 June, 1910, and was killed in action at the Battle of
the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, being shot through the head; _unm._
[Illustration: =Sidney John Whatley.=]
=WHEAT, GEORGE ALFRED=, Signalman, 239001, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHEATLEY, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4402), S.S.
103386, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.