1914. His two brothers are (1916) on active service--Prince Alexander

Albert with the Grenadier Guards and Prince Leopold with the 60th Rifles. [Illustration: =Prince Maurice Victor Donald of Battenberg.=] =BATTERHAM, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B 6505), 204862, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BATTERSBY, AUGUSTUS WOLFE=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Connaught Rangers, 2nd _s._ of the late John Radcliff Battersby, of Loughbawn, Collinstown, co. Meath, J.P., Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Augusta Helen, dau. of John Rynd, of Reynella, co. Westmeath; _b._ Loughbawn, 10 Feb. 1885; educ. Corring School, Kingstown, and Trinity College, Dublin (B.A.). He entered the Church 20 Feb. 1910, and was curate of Antrim Parish, co. Down, until he was gazetted to the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battn. of the Connaught Rangers, 14 April, 1914. He joined at Aldershot, 30 April, was promoted Lieut. 5 Dec. following, and was attached for service to the 2nd Battn. of the Nigerian Regt. He sailed for the Cameroons on the 17th of the same month; took part in operations at Wum Bidgas where he was slightly wounded, and died of dysentery at Duala, 8 June, 1915, and was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._ [Illustration: =Augustus Wolfe Battersby.=] =BATTERSBY, CHARLES FREMOULT PRESTON=, Capt., 113th Battery Royal Field Artillery, only _s._ of Major-Gen. Thomas Preston Battersby of Imber House, East Molesey, Principal Ordnance Officer, by his wife, Agnes Janet, dau. of the late John Evens; _b._ Castle Barracks, Enniskillen, 11 July, 1887; educ. King’s School, Canterbury, and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 July, 1907, and became Lieut. 23 July, 1910, and Capt. 30 Oct. 1914. He was present at the retreat from Mons, the Battle of the Marne and in action for a long time on the Aisne. He was killed during the first bombardment of Ypres, 4 Nov. 1914, while a farm, in which he was billetted was being heavily shelled, he returned from his safety pit to release a horse which was tied up in the yard belonging to the farm, and he was killed by one of the shells while so doing. He was buried the following day in the cemetery at Ypres. [Illustration: =Charles Fremoult Preston Battersby.=] =BATTY, CHRISTOPHER=, Leading Stoker, K. 3346, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BATTY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Corpl., No. 7780, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Batty, of Sheffield, late Scots Greys, by his wife, Helen; _b._ Sheffield, 13 Jan. 1889; educ. National School there; enlisted 1 April, 1908, served three years with the colours and then passed into the reserve, and joined the Sheffield Police. On the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914, he was called up, went to France, 8 Aug. 1914, and served through all the various engagements up to the 26th Dec. 1914, when he was severely wounded in action at La Bassee, while assisting a wounded comrade. He died in hospital at Boulogne, 19 Jan. 1915, and was buried in the cemetery there. He _m._ at Wadsley Bridge Church, 30 Jan. 1913, Lillian Moore (35 Fielding Road, Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield), dau. of John Parkin, of Sheffield, Accountant, _s.p._ [Illustration: =William Henry Batty.=] =BATY, ROBERT=, Private, No. 13061, 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd and yst. _s._ of William Baty, of Saskatoon, Canada, Accountant and Auditor, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of William Giles, Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 27 July, 1890; educ. Winnipeg, Canada; was a Manufacturing Jeweller; joined the 29th Saskatchewan Light Horse in 1907, and became Regt. Sergt.-Major in 1912. When war was declared in Aug. 1914, he was the first man in Saskatoon to volunteer for service overseas; came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct., went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915, during the taking of a fortified redoubt described as “K. 5”; _unm._ Buried at Festubert. Lieut.-Col. J. A. Aikin, Officer Commanding Sask. 29th L.H., wrote that he had been his Regt. Sergt.-Major for two years, and had always proved himself a good soldier. His two brothers, Major William Baty, 3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles, and Lieut. Edward Baty, are now (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Robert Baty.=] =BATY, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl. No. 3607, 2nd Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of Alexander Baty, of 127, North High Street, Musselburgh, Collier, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of Charles Fraser, 42nd Highlanders (Black Watch) (who was killed in action at the Relief of Lucknow in 1857); _b._ Musselburgh, 3 Nov. 1877; educ. St. Peter’s School, Mill Hill, there; enlisted 13 Nov. 1899; served through the South African war (Queen’s and King’s medals); retired, 28 May, 1902, and afterwards worked as a miner; re-enlisted 1 Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of war; promoted L.-Corpl. March, 1915; went to the Front, 27 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Hooge, 25 Sept. 1915. He _m._ at Musselburgh, 8 July, 1910, Elizabeth (7, Rothesay Place, Musselburgh), dau. of William Moffat, of Musselburgh, and had two children, William, _b._ 20 Jan. 1914, and Mary Anne, _b._ 22 April, 1911. =BAUCHOP, ARTHUR, C.M.G.=, Lieut.-Col., Otago Mounted Rifles, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Robert Bauchop, of Port Chalmers, New Zealand, by his wife, Maria, dau. of Peter Stewart; _b._ Port Chalmers, N.Z., 27 Feb. 1871; educ. there and Otago Boys School, Dunedin; entered the Volunteer Garrison Artillery at Dunedin in 1898, and served through the South African War with the 4th New Zealand Contingent 1900–2, being promoted Capt. 1900, Major 1901 and Lieut.-Col. 5 Sept. 1904. He first distinguished himself in the action at Ottoshoop, and was three times mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 16 April, 1901, 20 Aug. 1901 and 25 April, 1902]; once, when a Major, for good service at the capture of a laager at Fanny Home, by Col. Bing. He held the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s with two, and was awarded the C.M.G. for his services. He remained in South Africa for some time after the conclusion of the war and then returned to New Zealand, where he commanded in succession the Canterbury (1904), Wellington (1907) and Otago (1912) Military Districts. On the outbreak of the European War he was appointed to command the Otago Mounted Rifles with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Lieut-Col. Bauchop was wounded early in July, 1915, but had returned to duty, and was mortally wounded on Bauchop’s Hill during the great advance in Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915, and _d._ on board H.M.S. Delta, 10 Aug. following. He was buried at sea. Lieut.-Col. Bauchop was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s despatch of 22 Sept. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was a keen and very efficient officer, and most popular with his men. As a young man he was a prominent athlete, and held several long-distance records. He _m._ at Waikana, New Zealand, 12 Dec. 1912, Mary Jean, dau. of Henry Richardson Elder, of Waikana, N.Z., and had a dau., Elizabeth Elder, _b._ 19 May, 1915. [Illustration: =Arthur Bauchop, C.M.G.=] =BAVERSTOCK, ALFRED GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 237242, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BAVIN, NIGEL BENJAMIN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Essex Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Benjamin Bavin, of Norwich, Solicitor; _b._ Northdene, Eaton, Norwich, 7 May, 1896; educ. Stubbington House, Fareham, Norwich Grammar School and Berkhamsted, was gazetted to the Essex Regt. from the Special Reserve of Officers, 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed by a shell, which fell in the trench, at St. Jean, near Ypres, 23 May, 1915; he was buried at La Brique. [Illustration: =Nigel Benjamin Bavin.=] =BAXTER, ALFRED JOYCE=, Private, No. 2769, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.); _s._ of Arthur Boyd Baxter, of 161, Burntwood Lane, Tooting, S.W., Wholesale Bookbinder, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of William Joyce; _b._ Stoke Newington, N., 17 Oct. 1895; educ. Cambridge House School, Margate; joined the London Scottish after the outbreak of war, 1 Sept. 1914, was wounded at Vermelles, during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; and _d._ at No. 18 Casualty Clearing Station the following day; _unm._ =BAXTER, BERNARD EYRE=, Private, No. 10/275, West Coast (A) Coy., Wellington Infantry Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Stanley Eyre Baxter, of North Lees, Mangamuka, Hokianga, N.Z., Farmer [_b._ Upper Holloway, Highgate, London, 1861; emigrated with family to New Zealand, 1909], by his wife, Emma Louisa, dau. of Stephen Green, of Downhead, Somersetshire; _b._ Hagg Hill Farm, Hinton, Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire, 2 July, 1893; educ. at Shepton Mallet and Ashford (Kent) Grammar Schools; was for 12 months a Cadet at Weraroa Experimental Farm, near Levin; volunteered directly war was declared in Aug. 1914; went to Egypt with his regt.; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb., and in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, 29 April, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Bernard Eyre Baxter.=] =BAXTER, JAMES PATRICK=, Private, No. 5640, 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of James Baxter, of School Street, Kilcock, co. Kildare, by his wife, Mary, dau. of John Word; _b._ Kilcock, 26 Jan. 1883; educ. the Christian Brothers’ School there; joined the 3rd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers on the outbreak of war, and was later transferred to the 2nd Battn. He died at Netley Hospital, 4 May, 1915, from wounds received at St. Julien on the night of 25–26 April; _unm._ Private Baxter’s two younger brothers are also in the Army. =BAXTER, JOHN HENRY=, Private, No. 10456, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, 3rd _s._ of Frederick Henry Baxter, of 19, Portland Road, Colchester, Bootmaker in Government workshop, by his wife, Georgina, dau. of William Calversbert, of Colchester, Essex; _b._ Colchester, 17 Sept. 1890; educ. National School there; enlisted 4 Jan. 1909; served five years in India, and after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, came home with his regt. and went to France in Dec. He was invalided home in Jan. 1915, with frozen feet, but returned to duty in July, and was killed in action in the attack on Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ =BAYFIELD, ALFRED=, Stoker, P.O. 286348, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =BAYLEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B., S.S. 3556, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BAYLEY, GEORGE BAIRD=, 2nd Lieut., King’s Own Scottish Borderers, only _s._ of Isaac Fenton Bayley, of The Halls, Dunbar, East Lothian, by his wife, Grace Jane, dau. of Gideon Pott, of Dod, co. Roxburgh; _b._ Halls, 1 July, 1894; educ. Cheltenham College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 24 Jan. 1914; killed in action at Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Lieut. Bayley was wounded at Le Cateau, being invalided home, and had only returned to the Front a short time before he fell. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir J. French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. [Illustration: =George Baird Bayley.=] =BAYLY, CHARLES GEORGE GORDON=, Lieut., R.E. and Royal Flying Corps, only _s._ of the late Brackenbury Bayly, of the Cape Civil Service, M.I.E.E., by his wife, Beatrice Mary Jesser, dau. of Col. William Jesser Coope, late 57th regt.; _b._ Rondebosch, Cape Colony, 30 May, 1891; educ. Diocesan College School, South Africa, St. Edmunds Preparatory School, Hindhead, St. Paul’s School, Kensington, and Woolwich Academy, which he entered in Feb. 1910 as a Gentleman Cadet. He gained a scholarship for St. Paul’s School and later won an exhibition from the school on passing into Woolwich. He passed out 7th into the R.E., and while at Chatham represented the R.E. at football and cricket, and took his aviator’s certificate at Hendon (No. 441). On leaving Chatham he was gazetted to the 56th Field Co. R.E., and was stationed at Bulford Camp, Salisbury Plain. While here he won 2nd prize in the Royal Artillery point-to-point steeplechase. In May, 1914, he was appointed to take his course at the Central Flying School, Upavon, having applied for service in the Royal Flying Corps on leaving Chatham. Here he was interested in the study of wireless telegraphy from aeroplanes. On the outbreak of war he was gazetted to the 5th squadron Royal Flying Corps, and on leaving the school at Upavon was very highly reported on, his confidential report being “Very good indeed as pilot and his capabilities as an officer being above the average,” and an added note that he was “A very keen officer with plenty of initiative.” He was amongst the first to reach France, as he flew his machine from Dover to Amiens on 12 Aug. 1914, and thence to Maubeuge. He and his pilot were the first of the Military to be killed in action on the British side in the war. He was killed in action, 22 Aug. 1914, while on reconnaissance duty flying over the German lines, in the neighbourhood of Enghein Rassily, as observer with 2nd Lieut. Waterfall as pilot. They were shot down by German cannon-fire, and were hastily buried by the Germans in ten centimetres of soil, and later the owner of the park where they were buried exhumed the bodies and placed them in zinc coffins to await more decent burial. Lieut. Bayly was an officer full of promise and a keen sportsman. He represented his school at football and won second eleven colours at cricket; he boxed and shot for his house, winning the shooting cup for the house his last year at school. He represented Rosslyn Park at football on leaving school, and while at Woolwich won several prizes both in the athletic sports and swimming sports each year he was there. He was a good horseman and won his spurs at Woolwich. [Illustration: =Charles George G. Bayly.=] =BAYNES, JAMES=, Private, No. 10499, 13th Coy., 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Edward Clemminson Baynes, of 46, Parry Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Chauffeur, by his wife, Annie, dau. of George Dixon, of Blackburn, Bootmaker; _b._ Barrow-in-Furness, 9 July, 1894; educ. Oxford Street Schools there; enlisted Nov. 1913, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 21 Oct. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =James Baynes.=] =BEACH, ERNEST=, Private, No. 11301, 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., yst. _s._ of George Beach, of Lime Street, Hull, Tailor, by his wife, Ada, dau. of (--) Gregory; _b._ Hull, 9 Feb. 1895; educ. at the Charterhouse Lane Board School there. Prior to the outbreak of war he worked at the Hull City Saw Mills; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914, and had only been at the Front 11 days when he was wounded while on guard by bursting shrapnel, 28 Feb. 1915. He died in County Kendal Hospital, Westmoreland, 21 March following; _unm._ =BEADLE, JESSE AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 1906, 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Jesse Delias Beadle, by his wife, Susannah (125, Broadway, Bexley Heath, Kent), dau. of John Nash, of Chadwell St. Mary’s, Essex; _b._ Bexley, co. Kent, 20 Dec. 1890; educ. Bexley Heath. In Australia on the outbreak of war, he joined the Australian Imperial Force, left for the Dardanelles with the 5th Reinforcements, being employed as a bomb thrower, and was killed in action in the advance at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; buried at sea. He _m._ in Sydney, New South Wales, March, 1914, Laura, dau. of (--) Casey, and had one dau., Ivy Alma, _b._ 10 Feb. 1915. [Illustration: =Jesse Augustus Beadle.=] =BEADON, BASIL HERBERT EDWARDS=, Capt. and Adjutant, 7th Battn. (Merioneth and Montgomery) Royal Welsh Fusiliers (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Col. Frederick Watson Beadon, of Longley Hall, Huddersfield, V.D., Land Agent for the Ramsden Estates, Huddersfield, formerly commanding the 5th and 7th West Riding Regt., by his wife, Elizabeth Eleonora, dau. of the late William Bolam, of High Cross House, Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Longley Hall, co. York. 11 Jan. 1887; educ. Cheltenham College and Sedbergh, and took up his father’s profession of Land Agent. He was brought up on the Ramsden Estate, then on the Duke of Buccleuch’s Rugby estate, and finally on Lord Hothfield’s Shipton property, whence he went to Mr. Naylor-Leyland’s Kerry (Montgomeryshire) estate as sub-agent, and returned to the Ramsden estates as assistant to his father in 1912. He had joined the Warwickshire Yeomanry in 1908, and on leaving the county passed into the 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers in July, 1910, of which he was appointed Lieut. 18 July, 1913, and Capt. and Adjutant, 21 Nov. 1914. On the declaration of war he volunteered with his battn. for foreign service, and was sent to the Dardanelles. Capt. Beadon was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 10 Aug. 1915. According to a letter received by his father he was wounded in the morning, but was able to remain in the fighting line throughout the day. In the evening he had just concluded a consultation with his colonel and was turning to speak to another officer when he was shot by a sniper and killed instantly. He was buried there at 6 a.m. on 11 Aug. He was a keen footballer, and played in the Huddersfield Old Boys’ Rugby Union. Capt. Beadon _m._ at Boroughbridge, 14 Jan. 1913, Margaret Elizabeth, dau. of the late Anthony Maynard, of Newton Hall, co. Durham, M.F.H. North Durham Hounds, and had a dau., Joan, _b._ 1 Feb. 1915. His brother, Lieut. Scarth Beadon, is now (1916) the transport officer in the 18th Durham L.I. [Illustration: =Basil Herbert E. Beadon.=] =BEALE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7771), S.S. 103259, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BEAMES, ALFRED EDWARD=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 5024), 294677, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BEAN, FREDERICK JAMES=, Private, No. 6575, Scots Guards, _s._ of A. Bean, of Station Road, Northiam, Sussex; _b._ co. Sussex; enlisted, 2 July, 1906; served with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action between 4–12 Nov. 1914; _unm._ =BEAN, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16855, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BEAN, SAMUEL JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5305), 177884, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =BEANEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5833), 182377, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BEANEY, JAMES=, Private, No. G. 4986, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action 18 April, 1915; _m._ =BEANLAND, HARRY=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 10231), 298948, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BEARD, FRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4369), 196362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BEARMAN, WALTER JOHN=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21160, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BEARMAN, WILLIE GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 155050, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BEARNE, ARTHUR HENRY=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, 359286 (Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BEATSON, FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 9034, 1st Battn. K.O.R. Lancaster Regt., 3rd _s._ of William Beatson, of 16, Oak Street, Wavertree, Liverpool, by his wife, Alice, dau. of William Little; _b._ Liverpool, 22 April, 1887; educ. St. Clement’s National School, Liverpool; enlisted in 1905, served seven years and obtained his discharge in 1913, but on the outbreak of war rejoined, served through the retreat from Mons and the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne, and was killed in action “somewhere” in France, 18 March, 1915; _unm._ He was buried near Le Bizett Hospital, a mile from Armentières. Two of his brothers are now (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Frederick Beatson.=] =BEATTIE, ISAAC=, A.B., R.N.V.R., No. Tyneside Z/715, Collingwood Battn., R.N.D., 4th _s._ of John Beattie, of 9, Robson’s Buildings, Windynook, Gateshead, Miner; _b._ Windynook, 1891; educ. at the Council School there; joined the Navy at the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Isaac Beattie.=] =DE VERE BEAUCLERK, NEVILL=, Lieut., 12th, attached 1st, Battn. Essex Regt., only child of Robert Sidney de Vere Beauclerk, B.A., London [gt.-gt. gdson. of Lord Sidney Beauclerk, 5th _s._ of Charles, 1st Duke of St. Albans, K.G.], and of Beatrice, dau. of the late Alfred Richard Hollebone; _b._ Ingatestone, co. Essex, 13 Oct. 1895; educ. Kenilworth School, near Cape Town, and South African College, Cape Town. At the age of sixteen he was a member of the Cape Town Society of Model Engineers, and won the Ashenden Shield for model speed-boat construction; on coming to London two years later he passed together the London Matriculation Examination and the Entrance Examination into the second year of the City and Guilds Engineering College. On the outbreak of war he immediately volunteered, and having had training in the South African Defence Force, obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 12th (Service) Battn. Essex Regt. For the first month he did Captain’s work at Harwich, and was within three months (9 Dec. 1914) promoted Lieut., later being appointed instructor in musketry, and afterwards machine gun officer. In the latter capacity he was sent with reinforcements to the Dardanelles, and attached to the 1st Battn. of his regt. He was killed in action while in charge of his gun, at Gallipoli, 17 June, 1915; _unm._ Letters received by his parents from friends and brother officers all testify to his cheerful disposition, his courage, and great capabilities. A private of his gun section wrote: “He was the sort of officer any man would be willing to die for,” and a sergt. of the section remarked to an officer: “Lieut. Beauclerk was the smartest officer we have ever had on the gun.” “Yes,” wrote a brother officer, “he was simply brilliant; but what was even better, he was so lovable.” [Illustration: =Nevill de Vere Beauclerk.=] =BEAUFORT, FRANCIS HUGH=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., _s._ of Major Francis Beaufort, Royal Artillery, by his wife, Adela Hastings, dau. of Edward Divett, of Bystock, near Exmouth, M.P. for Exeter (1832–64); _b._ Camberley, Surrey, 27 July, 1883; educ. St. David’s, Reigate, Stone House, Broadstairs, Wellington College, and Christ Church, Oxford (B.A. 1904); while still at Oxford he was attached to the Devonshire Regt. for military training (1904); was nominated by the University for a commission, and was gazetted to the 1st Battn. of the Oxford and Bucks Regt. as 2nd Lieut., 16 Aug. 1905; served in India and Burmah, being promoted Lieut., 10 Aug. 1907, and Capt. 2nd Battn., 18 April, 1914. He was present at the action near Richebourg L’Avoué on 15–16 May, 1915, when the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I. and Inniskillings captured some German breastworks, came unharmed out of the terrific fighting during the night, but was shot in the morning by a sniper while trying to reach his Commanding Officer. He was buried in an orchard about two miles west of Richebourg L’Avoué. Capt. Beaufort _m._, Bamburgh, co. Northumberland, 31 Dec. 1913, Charlotte Gwendoline Frances, 3rd dau. of the late Charles Hope, of Shorestone Hall, near Bamburgh, _s.p._ Capt. Beaufort was descended from François de Beaufort, a Captain in the Dutch service, and afterwards “Chancelier de la Cour à Lippe-Detmold,” who migrated from France on the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, and was by letters patent dated at Vienna, 4 Mar. 1710, which recognised his antecedent French nobility, cr. by the Emperor Joseph I., a noble of the Holy Roman Empire for himself and all his descendants. His fourth son, Daniel Cornelis de Beaufort (_b._ Wesel, 29 July, 1700), took Holy Orders, and was naturalised in Great Britain by Act of Parliament, 15 April, 1742, and died Archdeacon of Tuam and Rector of Clonenagh Queen’s Co., 1788. [Illustration: =Francis Hugh Beaufort.=] =BEAUFORT, OSTCLIFFE HAROLD=, 2nd Lieut., 1/6th Battn. North Staffordshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John William Beaufort, Managing Director of Messrs. Elliott & Fry, Ltd., of 55–56, Baker Street, W., by his wife, Lucy Anne, dau. of John Ostcliffe; _b._ Birmingham, 20 Oct. 1893; educ. Wellington College, Salop, and Birmingham University where he was for several years a member of the O.T.C.; gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the 1/6th Staffords, 26 Aug. 1914, went to the front Feb. 1915, was wounded in Aug. 1915, and afterwards appointed Brigade Grenade Officer, and was killed in the fighting for the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._ Writing to his brother on the previous day, he said: “We attack to-morrow afternoon, hold the new trenches all night and get relieved the next night. If I see these three days through all will be well, and leave will be granted.” His Colonel wrote: “He was a very good and reliable officer, never sparing himself, and doing everything to the best of his ability”; and his Major: “He came to the regt. a stranger, but very soon endeared himself to everyone. He was a most efficient officer, and any duty given him was done in a most satisfactory manner.” A brother officer, writing to his father, gave the following interesting account of the fighting that day: “He, Beaufort, was killed in the trenches 2½ miles N.E. of Bethune, 6 miles south of La Bassée. As you know, he was Brigade Grenade Officer, and he was in charge of the bombing party, whose job it was to turn the Germans out of a trench known as ‘Big Willie,’ which runs south from the Hohenzollern Redoubt. He and his party were in part of ‘Big Willie,’ which our division held, and he commenced bombing it simultaneously with the charge. They made good headway, but the attack was driven back. Harold commenced to go back along a communication trench to issue further orders to the N.C.Os. in charge of the Brigade Store, when a high explosive shrapnel shell burst close beside him. The brass nose cap and time fuse, a piece of metal about the size of a cricket ball, hit him in the right breast and came out of the left shoulder blade, killing him instantaneously. He was buried in the rear of the trenches, along with four other brave officers who fell. The time was about 2.20 p.m. on Wednesday, 13 Oct. 1915. The arrangement for the supply of bombs and grenades was excellent, but Harold had not reckoned with the attack failing. His orders were for the Brigade Store to be transferred to ‘Big Willie’ when the German front line was taken. It was not taken, and Harold was afraid that all the bombs would be brought up, as in the excitement is was very difficult for everyone to know what had happened, and probably his storekeeper would imagine that we had succeeded. If the bombs had been sent up it is very likely that a German grenade would have dropped on them and detonated the lot. To save this loss, which could not have been replaced under at least an hour, Harold went back and met his death. He had done a very good work; he was in front of his men, throwing bombs and encouraging the others, and without a doubt was the means of keeping the bombers together. Only three of his party got out safely, and they cannot say anything good enough about him; they say he was marvellous. Enclosed is a rough map of the trenches. Harold was at A bombing to the left. The battalion were in the trench marked B, and they charged across the open to ‘Big Willie.’ I was at C with the machine guns covering Harold’s party. We two were isolated from the battalion during the attack, so I don’t think there is another officer who could tell you more than I can, except N. C. Joseph, who was the battalion bombing officer, and he lies now at the Bournbrook Hospital with a broken jaw and a bullet in each leg. We have heard from him, and he writes it will be about ten weeks before he is able to speak, but he could write you and give fuller particulars, as he was with Harold all the time. By 4 p.m. Thursday, 14 Oct. the Hohenzollern Redoubt and ‘Big Willie’ were entirely in our hands, at the cost of about 170 officers and 4,000 men.” [Illustration: =Ostcliffe H. Beaufort.=] =BECHER, HENRY OWEN DABRIDGCOURT=, Capt., 1st Battn. (Scottish Rifles) Cameronians, elder _s._ of the Rev. Harry Becher, Rector of Rosscarbery, co. Cork, by his wife, Zoê Louisa, dau. of the late R. M. Hudson, of Oak Lea, Sunderland; _b._ Curate’s House, Houghton-le-Spring, co. Durham, 15 Aug. 1889; educ. Grammar School, Haverfordwest, Marlborough and Sandhurst; was gazetted to the 1st Battn. Cameronians, 20 April, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 15 Feb. 1913, and Capt. 11 March, 1915. On the outbreak of war he went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force, and served continuously through the winter of 1914–15, including the retreat from Mons, etc. He was killed in action at Bois Grenier, 13 March, 1915, two days after he had obtained his company, and was buried with four brother officers behind the police barracks at Bois Grenier; _unm._ Major Oakley, in command of the regt. at the time, wrote that he was killed “about 9 a.m. He was going his company trenches and was talking to some men. He stood right up, but only just showing, when he was shot dead. He was in command of C Coy. at the time, and had been ever since Capt. Jack left sick. You know how highly we all thought of him. As for myself, I feel it impossible to write all I think. He has been my constant companion and right-hand man in the company ever since the regt. came home from S. Africa--so hard working, reliable, clever, good with the men and beloved by all on this campaign. What we all thought of him in peace has been more than proved in war.” And Brig.-Gen. F. Gordon: “As Commander of the 19th Infantry Brigade, I wish to express to you my heartfelt sympathy in the death, in the trenches, of your dear son, Capt. H. O. D. Becher, 1st Cameronians. He was a very gallant and valuable young officer, of the type that can ill be spared at such a time. He was not only a particularly efficient and capable officer, but was a general favourite.” =BECHER, MAURICE ANDREW NOEL=, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, only _s._ of Brig.-Gen. Andrew Cracroft Becher, of Howbury, St. Andrews, Fife, late Norfolk Regt., and now commanding the .... Division, by his wife, Frances Maude, dau. of the late Maurice Johnson, of Ayscough Fee Hall, co. Lincoln; _b._ Lowestoft, 30 Dec. 1884; educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted to the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 28 June, 1905, promoted Lieut. 24 July, 1907, and Capt. 15 May, 1914. On the outbreak of war he returned with his battn. from India in Oct. 1914, and proceeded to the Dardanelles with the 29th Division. He was killed, 26 April, 1915, the morning following the landing at Y Beach, Gallipoli, conspicuous to the last, as the few survivors relate, by his coolness and daring. He _m._ at St. Andrews, 18 Dec. 1912, Violet Isabel, yr. dau. of Charles Todd, of St. Andrews, and left two daus.: Frances Isabel, _b._ 16 Dec. 1913; Anne Violet, _b._ 26 Sept. 1915. [Illustration: =Maurice Andrew Noel Becher.=] =BECK, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 13356, 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards; 3rd _s._ of John William Beck, of 119, Latimer Road, Eastbourne, by his wife, Alice, dau. of David Styles, of West Hoathly, co. Sussex; _b._ Turner’s Hill, co. Sussex, 22 Oct. 1894; educ. there; enlisted 31 Oct. 1914, and _d._ at Caterham Military Hospital, 7 Feb. 1915, of spotted fever and meningitis contracted while on active service; _unm._ =BECK, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3130), S.S. 506, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BECK, ROBERT LEONARD=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 11017, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BECKETT, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 693), 125116, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BEDDOW, RICHARD CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4338), S.S. 102882, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BEDFORD, CONRAD THOMAS=, Private, No. 9499, 1/5 Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Arthur Bedford, Clerk in the London Joint Stock Bank (_d._ 24 Nov. 1899), by his wife, Clara, dau. of Walter W. Roberts, of Upper Holloway; _b._ Bowes Park, N., 8 Aug. 1891; educ. Seaford College (Col. Savage), Sussex, where he was for four years in the College Cadet Corps (attached to the Royal Sussex Engineers) and left with the rank of corpl. On leaving school in 1909, he became a clerk in the London Joint Stock Bank, and in Feb. 1913, joined the London Rifle Brigade. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, went to the front with the L.R.B., 4 Nov. 1914, was slightly wounded by a gunshot in the right shoulder at Ploegsteert at 2 a.m. on 27 Feb. 1915, and died at the American Women’s War Hospital, Paignton, South Devon, 15 March, following, of blood poisoning; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “May I say how keenly his death was felt by the men who knew him and liked him, as we all did. He was one of the cheery ones always, and always ready to do everything he could to help anyone.” [Illustration: =Conrad Thomas Bedford.=] =BEDFORD, HAROLD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4821), S.S. 1709, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BEDFORD, HERBERT=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 532), late R.M.A., 5559, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BEE, HARRY=, Leading Seaman, J. 5226, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BEECH, ALBERT=, Private, No. 10385, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of James Beech, of Blyton, Gainsborough, Lincoln, by his wife, Rhoda, dau. of John Warriner; _b._ Blyton, 3 March, 1893; enlisted Aug. 1913, went to the front with the Expeditionary Force, and was reported missing after the Battle of the Marne, 29 Oct. 1914, and is now supposed to have been killed on that date; _unm._ =BEECHAM, ARTHUR ROBERT=, Sergt., R.M.A., 5645, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BEECHING, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6257), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BEECHING, LUKE=, A.B. (Ports.) 208406, R.N., _s._ of John Beeching, by his wife, Eliza; _b._ Hastings, 1 Sept. ...; educ. there; joined the Navy in 1901, and was lost when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ Portsmouth, 27 July, 1908, Mary Ann Elizabeth (C.G. Station, Walmer, Kent), dau. of George William Good, R.N., and left one son and two daus.: Henry Alexander, _b._ 30 July, 1910; Dorothy Cecilia, _b._ 10 April, 1913; Hilda Cressy, _b._ 2 Nov. 1914. =BEECROFT, GEORGE=, Private, No. 8998, 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., _s._ of William Richard Beecroft, Private, No. 9866, 8th Battn. Suffolk Regt., by his wife, Ellen (25, Rope Walk, Ipswich), dau. of Samuel Cracknell (late of Bradfield, co. Essex); _b._ Chiswick, 2 Jan. 1897; educ. Clifford Road School, Ipswich; enlisted 21 July, 1914, and was killed by a sniper in trying to get some water for a wounded comrade at the Battle of Ypres, 18 Feb. 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =George Beecroft.=] =BEER, FREDERICK JAMES=, Private, No. 8251, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of James Beer, of 18, Kinsman Dale, Moretonhampstead, co. Devon, steam crane driver in granite quarry, by his wife, Eliza Ann, dau. of John Underhill Ford; _b._ Moretonhampstead, 20 June, 1890; educ. Pound Street Boys’ School there; enlisted 9 Jan. 1909; served three years with the colours, and then passed into the Reserve, joining the Tiverton Police Force. On the declaration of war he was called up, left Windsor on 26 Aug. 1914, arrived at Southampton at 9.30 p.m., and went on board the Lake Michigan, sailing at 3.30 on the morning of the 27th. Extracts from his diary state: “Arrived at Havre 4 o’clock on the 28th, and went into camp; distance seven miles. Left camp Monday afternoon about 3 o’clock, and embarked on board the Minneapolis, and after a rough voyage arrived at destination and went into camp about three miles west of St. Nazaire, about 18,000 in camp. Left St. Nazaire on 18 Sept. by train, passing through Segre. Took part in the battle of Chevonne. On 25 Sept. took up our position in trenches. Could hear the band of the Germans playing. 5 Oct. went out sniping, got shelled, and brought in a wounded comrade from a wood to the trenches, a distance of 200 yards. A shell exploded injuring five. On 4 Oct. attacked the Germans to the left of the town of Boeschebe and drove them off; 26 Oct. saw an aeroplane burned at 3 o’clock.” He was killed in action at Rentel Woods, Belgium, 5 Nov. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =Frederick James Beer.=] =BEER, GEORGE HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23495 (Devon.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =BEER, HARRY=, Private, G. 30, 2nd Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of Frederick Beer, of 40, Chapel Street, Ramsgate; served with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 29 Sept. 1915. =BEER, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Drummer, No. 8113, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of William Beer, of The Green, Littlebourne, near Dover; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 11 Nov. 1914. =BEERLING, THOMAS WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 6394, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BEESLEY, DICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8589), S.S. 104951, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BEGG, ALEXANDER=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 2583), 282446 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BEGLEY, DENIS FRANCIS=, Gunner (Immed. Class, R.F.R., 96), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BEHENNA, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 1311, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of William Henry Behenna; _b._ Blackheath, co. Kent, 23 Jan. 1889; educ. there; went to Australia, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914; killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ =BEHRENS, ROBERT PHILIP=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers (24th Regt.), eldest _s._ of George Benjamin Behrens, of Vron Yw, Denbigh, J.P., by his wife, Helen Elizabeth, dau. of John Morgan Davies, of Froodvale, Carmarthen, D.L., J.P.; _b._ ... 4 Dec. 1893; educ. at Cordwalles, Maidenhead, under the Rev. C. R. Carter, from 1905–07 at Winchester (Mr. Nowell Smith’s, afterwards Mr. Irving’s house), and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Feb. 1912, being temporarily attached to the 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers till Sept., when he went out in charge of a draft to Tientsin to join the 2nd Battn.; promoted Lieut. 17 Sept. 1914, and was present with his regiment at the capture of Tsing-tau that autumn. He was shot at the landing at de Totts’ Battery, in Gallipoli on Sunday, 25 April, 1915, and was buried at sea at the entrance to the Dardanelles from H.M.S. Cornwallis; _unm._ His Colonel wrote that, even as he lay mortally wounded, he continued to encourage his men to press forward. At Winchester, Behrens rowed stroke in his house-boat in 1910, and was champion middle-weight boxer, and at Sandhurst he was head of his company in riding and one of the Sandhurst representatives in the sabreing competition at the Royal Military Tournament in 1912. [Illustration: =Robert Philip Behrens.=] =BELCHER, ALBERT=, Private, No. 9781, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action near Ypres, 3 June, 1915; _m._ =BELCHIER, FRANK ELLIOT, M.C.=, Capt., 1st East Lancashire Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Henry Nathaniel Belchier, of the London Stock Exchange, by his wife, Mary Helen (Elm Lodge, Surbiton Hill Road, Surbiton), dau. of John Allenby, of Naburn, co. Yorks; _b._ Surbiton, 24 June, 1891; educ. Wellesley House, Broadstairs, Marlborough, and Sandhurst; entered the Army, 4 March, 1911, promoted Lieut. 27 Dec. following, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914, and was for some time Acting Adjutant of the battn., resigning that position, 23 Dec. 1914. He was killed in action at Ypres, 20 May, 1915; _unm._, and was buried at the Irish farm near that place. Capt. Belchier was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was awarded the Military Cross in recognition of his services in the field in Feb. 1915. A fellow officer wrote: “As Adjutant he had special work and did splendidly all through the retreat on Paris and afterwards.” [Illustration: =Frank Elliot Belchier.=] =BELDHAM, ARTHUR=, A.B., J. 5870, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BELDOM, GEORGE NOAH=, Private, No. 2390, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; was reported missing, 9 May, 1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date; _m._ =BELL, ALAN ROBERT=, Private, No. 77438, 7th (British Columbia) Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late Thomas Best Bell, of Netherall, Sidcup, General Manager and Secretary of the Lion Fire Insurance Company, of London, by his wife, Mary (St. John’s Lodge, Sevenoaks), dau. of Robert Williams Soady, of Lincoln’s Inn, Barrister-at-Law; _b._ Surbiton, 11 April, 1885; educ. Shrewsbury House School, Surbiton, and Bradfield College, Berks; was for three years with the Royal Exchange Assurance, London, and afterwards studied poultry farming and went to Alberta, and from there to Duncan, Vancouver Island, where he took up land surveying. He enlisted in the 30th Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914, left for England 14 Feb. 1915, and was drafted into the 7th Battn., crossing to France on 2 May, 1915. He was killed in action in the attack on the position known as K5, at Festubert, 24 May, 1915, and was buried there in the rear of the first British line. The Chaplain, the Rev. Wm. Barton, wrote that his “company was in the reserve trench, which was subjected to a pitiless hail of high explosives and shrapnel for nine hours on 24 May, and the casualties were heavy. The marvel was not that many were killed and wounded, but that any of them came out alive.” And the sergt. of his platoon, Sergt. J. H. Cleland, wrote of him: “He was a splendid fellow, greatly liked by us all, and became a good soldier. His calmness and fortitude under a very heavy shell fire at Festubert were splendid, and when I look back and realise that they were all with the sole exception of myself new to active service, I can only say I am very proud to have been in charge of such a splendid lot of fellows.” [Illustration: =Alan Robert Bell.=] =BELL, ALBERT HENDERSON=, Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., H.M.S. Goliath, yr. _s._ of the late Frederick Bell, of Itchen, Hants, by his wife, Louisa Maud (Woolston, Southampton), dau. of Henry Dampier, late of Winchester; _b._ Itchen, 29 Aug. 1886; educ. Woolston College; was a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and was associated with the firm of Messrs. Deloitte Plender, Griffiths & Co., of London; joined the R.N.R. in 1910, and was lost in the Goliath at the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915; _unm._ =BELL, ALBERT WILLIAM=, Private, No. 19001, 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, _s._ of Joseph Henry Bell, of 40, Fountas Street, Leeds, Drayman, by his wife, Mary, dau. of (--) Dobson, of Scarborough; _b._ Leeds, 30 May, 1891; educ. Park Lane Council School there; was a goods porter in the service of the London & North Western Railway; enlisted 5 Jan. 1915; left England for the Dardanelles, 25 May, 1915, and died 11 Aug. 1915, from wounds received in action there. He _m._ at Leeds, 28 July, 1914, Lilly (35, Fountain Street, Leeds), dau. of Fred Hartley, and had a son, James, _b._ 18 Sept. 1914. =BELL, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 14162, Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s_. of Alexander Bell, of Bridgeton, Glasgow; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action near Ypres, 25 Sept. 1915. =BELL, ALEXANDER MURRAY-MACGREGOR=, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of William Bell, of 26, Albert Place, Stirling, Lieut.-Col. late 56th Regt. (now 2nd Essex and Army Pay Dept.), by his wife, Isabel Margaret, dau. of Major-Gen. Evan Murray-MacGregor, Bombay Cavalry; _b._ Weymouth, 4 Sept. 1880; educ. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Kingston, and Stirling High School; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Militia) Battn. of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 30 Dec. 1901, served with them in South Africa, 1 Feb.-23 Sept. 1902, receiving the South African medal with two clasps. He was gazetted to the Royal Garrison Artillery, 4 Feb. 1903, and was transferred to the Dorset Regt., 6 May, 1905. On 8 Jan. 1907, he was promoted Lieut. and posted to Royal Scots Fusiliers, and became Capt. 28 May, 1912. From May, 1904, to May, 1905, was A.D.C. to the Governor of Natal, and Superintendent Gymnasia, Scottish Command, Feb. 1913–Nov. 1914, when he rejoined his regt. in Flanders, and was appointed Adjutant of the 1st Battn., Dec. 1914. He died in London, 28 April. 1915, of wounds received in action near Ypres, 19 Feb. preceding; _unm._ The officer commanding his Battn. wrote: “The regt. was moving across some open ground under heavy shell fire, and your son and I were together at the moment we were both knocked over. He was hit on the back and right arm. I can only assure you that his gallantry and devotion to duty has been most marked.” Capt. Bell was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. [Illustration: =A. Murray-MacGregor Bell.=] =BELL, (ALFRED) RAY LANCASTER=, 2nd Lieut., 5th. attd. 2nd. Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only child of Alfred Bell, of 23, Morehampton Road, Dublin, formerly of Ardcarne, Ballinasloe, co. Galway, by his wife, Annie Ray Bell, dau. of James Bell, Lieut., 3rd Buffs, nephew of the late Major Lancaster Bell, R.A., and grandson of Capt. James Bell, of the 64th Regt.; _b._ Ballinasloe, 10 Feb. 1896; educ. at St. George’s and Rosse Colleges, Dublin. He entered the Army on the outbreak of war; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 5th Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers 15 Aug. 1914, and was attached to the 2nd Battn. then at the Front, May, 1915. He reached the firing line on 15 May, was wounded by shrapnel in the lung at the second Battle of Ypres on the 17th, and d. four hours later in the 12th Field Ambulance, near Vlamertynghe. He was _unm._ and was buried in the military cemetery there. [Illustration: =(Alfred) Ray Lancaster Bell.=] =BELL, CEDRIC MOLESWORTH=, Private, No. 9215, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt., _s._ of Angus Alger Bell, of 120, Wightman Road, N., Chief Accountant at the Royal Academy of Music, and Sergt.-Major 5th London Brigade, R.F.A., by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Thomas Bell Weeks; _b._ Harringay, 22 May, 1893; educ. Owen’s School, Islington; joined the London Rifle Brigade in 1911, and volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war. He went to the Front in Nov. 1914, and on 4 Dec. was wounded in action by shrapnel and invalided home. He rejoined his regt. in France in March, 1915, was wounded by shell fire on 26 April, 1915, during the attack on Hill 60, and died before reaching the casualty clearing station; _unm._ He was buried in Bailleul Cemetery. [Illustration: =Cedric Molesworth Bell.=] =BELL, CHARLES OCKLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedford Regt., _s._ of Alfred F.... Bell, of Deansgate, Grimsby, by his wife, Sarah Susanna, dau. of John Ockley; _b._ Grimsby, 10 Dec. 1891; educ. Collegiate, Grimsby, and Alford Grammar Schools; enlisted in the South Staffordshire Regt. Jan. 1910; was given a commission 20 May, 1914, and transferred to the 2nd Bedfordshire Regt. He was killed by shrapnel at Ypres, 18 Oct. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =Charles Ockley Bell.=] =BELL, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10813), S.S. 108915, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =BELL, FRED=, Eng.-Lieut., R.N.R., yr. _s._ of Samuel Bell, of Abbots Cottage, St. Bees, Cumberland, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Joseph Coulthard; _b._ St. Bees, 4 Dec. 1889; educ. there. He commenced his career with the Whitehaven Harbour Board under Engineer Wilcox. He was two and a-half years in this employ, and a similar period at Lowca Engineering Works. From there he entered the service of Messrs. Chambers, the Castle Line, Liverpool. After being two years and three months at sea he sat for, and secured, his second engineer’s certificate, and after another couple of years’ service he obtained his Chief Engineer’s certificate. Continuing in the same employ, he was in Liverpool studying for his extra chief certificate on the outbreak of war, but gave up his opportunity to sit for this to take up his commission as Eng.-Lieut. on the armed merchant vessel Viknor, commissioned at Portsmouth 12 Dec. 1914. They sailed just after Christmas, and no further word was heard until Feb. when the Admiralty announced that H.M.S. Viknor, which had been missing for some days, must now be accepted as lost with all officers and men. The cause of her loss is uncertain, but as bodies and wreckage were washed ashore on the north coast of Ireland, it is presumed that during the bad weather she either foundered, or, being carried out of her course, struck a mine in the seas which the Germans are known to have laid there. It is presumed that she was lost off the Irish coast 14 Jan. 1915. Lieut.-Commander Bell was _unm._ His elder brother, Edward, also received a commission, and was appointed to the armed liner The Duke of Cornwall. [Illustration: =Fred Bell.=] =BELL, GEORGE SINCLAIR=, Stoker, 1st Class, 308909, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =BELL, JOHN WILLIAM=, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17205, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BELL, JOSHUA=, Private, No. 8643, B Coy., 2nd Battn. The Border Regt., _s._ of William Joshua Bell, of 170, Conyers Road, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, now employed at Messrs. Armstrong & Whitworth’s Elswick Works; _b._ Shieldfield, 9 Jan. 1887; educ. Victoria Jubilee Council School, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted 27 Nov. 1905, and was killed in action at Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He had previously been employed by the Newcastle Tramway Co. =BELL, LAURISTON PERCIVAL EDWARD=, Private, No. 1527, 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) London Regt., only _s._ of the late William Harbutt Bell, Assistant Clerk, C.S., by his wife, Milly (15, Thornfield Road, Shepherd’s Bush), dau. of John Broad, of Stratton, Cornwall; _b._ Notting Hill, 18 June, 1894; educ. London Orphanage, Watford. Joined the Queen’s Westminster’s 16 March, 1913, volunteered for foreign service with his regt. on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at Houplines, 27 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the military cemetery in the Rue Emile Zola at Houplines. In a letter of sympathy to his mother, Capt G. H. Lambert, commanding IV. Coy., said: “Your son, Rifleman Bell, was killed in the trenches yesterday morning. It may be a small consolation to you, in your great trouble, to know that he died as he had lived, a true soldier, and in him I have lost one of my good men.” [Illustration: =Lauriston Percival Edward Bell.=] =BELLAIRS, EDWARD DUNSTAN=, Private, No. 9255, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., _s._ of Everard Dunstan Bellairs, of 4, Paley Street, Sunderland, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Henry Moon Clark, and grandson of Commander John Henry Bellairs, R.N.; _b._ Bishopswearmouth, Sunderland, 29 Sept. 1884; educ. Sunderland; enlisted with his brother in 1903, and served eight years in India. On the outbreak of war rejoined, was wounded on 20 Sept. 1914, at the Battle of the Aisne, and _d._ in the Victoria Hospital at Blackpool, 20 July, 1915; _unm._ His elder brother, William (see succeeding notice) was killed in the same action, and a 3rd brother, Private H. Bellairs, 7th Durham L.I., was wounded in France 26 May, 1915, and is now (1916) a prisoner in Germany. [Illustration: =Edward Dunstan Bellairs.=] =BELLAIRS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9160, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., eldest _s._ of Everard Dunstan Bellairs, of 4, Paley Street, Sunderland, &c. (see preceding notice); _b._ Bishopswearmouth, Sunderland, 16 Feb. 1881; enlisted with his brother in 1903, and served eight years in India. On the outbreak of war rejoined, and was killed at the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept, 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =William Bellairs.=] =BELLAMY, VICTOR SAMUEL=, L.-Corpl., No. 9977, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of Henry Bellamy, of 33, Park Road, Ashford, Kent; served with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; _d._ 8 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action near Lille. =BELLAS, WILLIAM=, Pte., No. 10551, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Penrith, co. Cumberland, 1874; enlisted 7 Sept. 1914; served with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May,