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the same action; _unm._ =CAMERON, THOMAS ALBERT=, L.-Corpl., 2nd Kimberley Regt., South African Force, _s._ of Thomas Cameron, of Kimberley, Diamond Miner, by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late John Richardson, of Frizington, co. Cumberland; _b._ Bridgefoot, Cumberland, 2 June. 1891; went to Kimberley with his parents in 1895, and was educ. at the Boys’ High School there. He afterwards returned to England and worked as an electrician with Messrs. Dick, Kerr & Co., of Preston; but in 1911 returned to Kimberley, and after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, joined General Botha’s Army. He was killed in action at Trekkopjies, German South-West Africa, 26 April, 1915. His Commanding Officer, Col. Rodgers, wrote: “He was cut down in the act of doing a very brave deed. Ammunition was urgently required at one of the most exposed trenches. Volunteers were called for to carry the same, and without the slightest hesitation your gallant husband came forward, took the case of ammunition and had just put it down where wanted when he was killed. He died without any pain. We all--officers and men--mourn with you in your loss. His conduct was such that I, in my official report to the Officer Commanding, brought his name to official notice, as in my opinion such a deed of gallantry deserved recognition.” He played for Oldham in the Northern Rugby Union. He _m._ at Preston, 9 March, 1910, Grace, dau. of the late Alexander White, of Frizington, Cumberland, and had two sons: Thomas Alexander, _b._ Frizington, 9 May, 1911, and John Head, _b._ Kimberley, South Africa, 12 Sept. 1914. =CAMERON, WILLIAM MATHESON=, Lieut., A Coy., 2nd Battn. Transvaal Scottish, yst. _s._ of Duncan Cameron, of Balbair, Edderton, Ross-shire, Bank Agent at Tain, Ross-shire (_d._ Nov. 1915); _b._ Thurso, 17 June, 1870; educ. Tain Royal Academy, and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and entered the Commercial Bank, Glasgow, leaving it on the outbreak of the South African War to join the Imperial Yeomanry. He served throughout that war, was given a commission as Lieut., and received two medals and five clasps. After the war he settled in Johannesburg, where he was secretary to the manager of the Angelo Section of the East Rand Proprietary Mines, and on the outbreak of the European War volunteered and was appointed Lieut. in the Transvaal Scottish. He served under General Botha in German West Africa, and was killed in action by a shell, at Trekkopjis, on the morning of 26 April, 1915. He _m._ (--), dau. of John Munro, Manager for Barnato Bros., and ex-President of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines, and left a dau., Constance, _b._ 1912. Lieut. Cameron was an excellent tennis player, and for several years held the Singles Championship of the East Rand Club. [Illustration: =William M. Cameron.=] =CAMFFERMAN, ALEXANDER=, Corpl., No. 1581, 1/7th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John James Camfferman. of Sunnyside, Whetstone, Nurseryman, by his wife, Bertha, dau. of Charles Athron; _b._ Whetstone, co. Middlesex, 7 April, 1895; educ. Christ’s College, Finchley; was a Nurseryman in his father’s business; joined the 7th Middlesex Territorials on his seventeenth birthday, and was in camp when war was declared. He volunteered for foreign service, and went out with his regt. to Gibraltar at the beginning of Sept. 1914, with one of the earliest convoys of Territorials for foreign service. The Battn. returned to England in Feb., and crossed to France, 12 March, 1915, and he was killed in action at the Battle of Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Rue Petillon La Cordonerie, France. His commanding officer wrote: “He was an excellent soldier, a fine shot, a clean liver and speaker, in short a young Englishman of the best type. I wish we had more like him.” Passionately fond of the rifle, he soon became the best shot in the Battn., and was the winner of many prizes. [Illustration: =Alexander Camfferman.=] =CAMFIELD, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310864, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _m._ =CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 283219, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CAMPBELL, COLIN FREDERICK FITZROY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Scots Guards, only _s._ of Major-Gen. Frederick Lorn Campbell, of Highfield House, West Byfleet, co. Surrey, late Scots Guards (of the Melfort family, Argyll), by his wife, Caroline, dau of John Alexander Smyth, and gdson. of Rear-Admiral Frederick Archibald Campbell; _b._ London, 29 Sept. 1880; educ. Stubbington and Haileybury; obtained his first commission in the Cameron Highlanders from the Militia, 5 Jan. 1901; became Lieut. 3 Aug. 1904; transferred to the Scots Guards, 29 March, 1905; was Adjutant of the Guards Depot at Caterham from 1911 to 1913, being promoted Capt. 29 Oct. 1914, the same day on which he was killed in action close to the village of Gheluvelt, near Ypres. He _m._ at the Guards’ Chapel, London, 11 June, 1914, Helen Margaret, eldest dau. of Charles John Stewart, of 32, Eccleston Square, S.W., by his wife, Lady Mary Graham, née Toler; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Colin F. F. Campbell.=] =CAMPBELL, DONALD, M.B.=, Lieut., R.A.M.C., attd. 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late John Campbell, for 43 years Tenant of Blair Mills, by his wife, Isabella (Fincastle, Bridge of Tilt, Blair Atholl), dau. of Alexander McBeath; _b._ Blair Atholl, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. at Blair Atholl Public School, Pitlochry Higher Grade School, where he won the County Council Bursary, and George Watson’s College (1904–6), from which he entered Edinburgh University as an Arts Student in 1906, gaining the same year the McDougal Bursary. He graduated M.A. in 1909, and M.B. Ch.B in 1913. In 1910 he shared the Vans Dunlop Scholarship with another student. When war broke out he was house surgeon in Sheffield Royal Hospital, and receiving a commission in the R.A.M.C. 16 Dec. 1914, went to the Front in Jan. as Medical Officer to the 2nd East Yorks Regt. He was killed on 17 Feb. 1915, near the village of Zillebeke while going to the assistance of a wounded man, and was buried at St. Eloi; _unm._ An officer of the 2nd East Yorks Regt. wrote: “He was only with me a short time, but it is no exaggeration to say that he left behind him not mere acquaintances, but real friends, who mourn his loss more than I can tell you. He lived always in the same billet with me and the headquarters staff, and shared all our rough food, delicacies and hardships just as they came, and for my part I find he has left a blank that will take a long time to fill. He met his death going up to the front to help a wounded man. A stretcher-bearer was with him at the time, and as they crossed an open space they came under the fire of the enemy in a house some 200 yards away, and both were shot dead.” For two years he was joint secretary for the Edinburgh University Musical Society, was a keen golfer, and for several years was a member of the Edinburgh Northern Hockey Club. [Illustration: =Donald Campbell.=] =CAMPBELL, DONALD HENRY BRUCE=, Sergt., No. 6999, 1st Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th surviving _s._ of Alexander Campbell, of Highland Grove, Ontario, Canada, Proprietor and Farmer, by his wife, Helen Isabella, dau. of Alexander Grant, of Blackhill, Bower, Caithness; _b._ Dalnacloich, Rosskeen, co. Ross, 11 Dec. 1894; educ. Munlochy and Arpafeelie Episcopal (where he was Dux and won the silver medal for head scholar, etc.) Schools, Ross; went to Canada with his parents in March, 1910; joined the Canadian Territorials in 1912, and was given the rank of Sergt. then; volunteered for service overseas on the outbreak of war; left Canada with the first contingent; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ His company officer, Lieut. R. R. Brown (who was himself wounded on this occasion) wrote that Campbell was his platoon sergt. and that he had a very high opinion of him, adding: “During the attack circumstances were such that I had to leave my own men under another officer (Lieut. Sims) while I took command of men of another company, thereby failing to witness the fate of so many of my brave men. During the fight one of my own men came up to me (I could not say who it was) and said Sergt. Campbell had just been killed.” [Illustration: =D. H. B. Campbell.=] =CAMPBELL, DUNCAN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), elder _s._ of Col. Edward Parker Campbell, of South Hall, co. Argyle, J.P., D.L., Major, The Black Watch, by his wife, Alice Isabel, 3rd dau. of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Goulbourn Parker, of Browsholme, co. York, and Alkincoats, co. Lancaster; _b._ South Hall aforesaid, 24 Oct. 1880; educ. Rugby; joined the 3rd (Royal Perth Militia) Battn. of The Black Watch, Dec. 1899, and on the outbreak of the Boer War volunteered for active service. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. The Black Watch, 27 Oct. 1900, and served in South Africa with the 2nd Battn. from 27 Oct. to 22 Dec. 1900, when he was transferred to the 1st Battn. in India. He served with them again in South Africa from 6 Dec. 1901, to 27 Oct. 1902, and took part in the operations in the Transvaal and Orange Free State from Dec. 1901, to 31 May, 1902, and was promoted Lieut. 24 May, 1902, and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps. From 16 Sept. 1905, to 29 Sept. 1910, he served in Northern Nigeria with the West African Force, and in 1906 took part in the Hodeija Campaign (medal with clasp). Promoted Capt. 8 Jan. 1910, he was in 1912 transferred back to the 2nd Battn. of his regt. in India and proceeded with the battn. to France with the Indian Expeditionary Force in the autumn of 1914. He was wounded in December and invalided home, but rejoined early in 1915; was present at the Battles of Neuve Chapelle, Richebourg, etc., and in all the other engagements in which his battn. took part. He was killed in action in the trenches near the Bois-de-Biez, 18 May, 1915, by a shell which burst on the parapet of the trench, the repair of which he was directing. Letters from his commanding officers speak most highly of him as an officer and testify to the love and respect entertained for him by his men. He was _unm._ His yr. brother, Lieut. Patrick Colin Campbell, Royal Flying Corps, is now (1916) on active service with the British Expeditionary Force in France. [Illustration: =Duncan Campbell.=] =CAMPBELL, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4781), S.S. 104136, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _m._ =CAMPBELL, GEORGE EDWARD FORMAN=, Lieut., 2/10th Gurkha Rifles, yst. and only surviving _s._ of Col. Robert Neil Campbell, C.B., C.I.E., M.B., I.M.S. (ret.), by his wife, Ethel, dau. of Benjamin Bensley; _b._ Strathyre, Balquhidder, 27 Aug. 1893; educ. at Edinburgh Academy and Sandhurst, and gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 Aug. 1912. A year later he was appointed to the Indian Army, and posted to the 2nd Battn. of the 10th Gurkha, 23 Nov. 1913. He was promoted Lieut. 24 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, on Rhododendron Spur, Chanak Bair, 7 August, 1915, in a charge on the Turkish trenches with two battns. of New Zealanders (Auckland). He was mentioned in Dispatches by Sir Ian Hamilton, 22 Sept. 1915; _unm._ His elder brother, Capt. R. C. C. Campbell, died of wounds received at Ypres (see his notice). [Illustration: =George E. F. Campbell.=] =CAMPBELL, GEORGE JACKSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8270), S.S. 104251, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CAMPBELL, HAROLD EDGAR=, Cook’s Mate, M. 2482, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CAMPBELL, JAMES=, Private, No. 4121, 1st Battn. Irish Guards, 3rd _s._ of Michael Campbell, of Tubberfin, Drogheda, Labourer, by his wife, Jane, dau. of the late Patrick Kelly, of Howth; _b._ Sheephouse, Drogheda, 20 July, 1890; educ. Donore National Schools; enlisted 20 May, 1912, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ =CAMPBELL, JOHN=, Private, No. 19984, 4th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late Archibald Campbell, by his wife, Helen Hogg (1, St. Ninian’s Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of the late James Lawson; _b._ Glencorse, Midlothian, 24 Dec. 1878; educ. George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh; joined the Army and served with the Irish Guards, 1900–3, and afterwards went to British Columbia gold mining. He joined the 4th Battn. 1st Canadian Contingent, 1914, and died at No. 1 Canadian Field Ambulance, 24 May, 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._ =CAMPBELL, JOHN DAVIES=, Lieut., L Battery, R.H.A., eldest _s._ of John Davies Campbell, of Howden Court, Tiverton; _b._ Tacna, Chili, 1 March, 1883; educ. Cheltenham College and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; entered the Army, 21 Dec. 1901, was promoted Lieut. 21 Dec. 1904, and was killed in action at Nery, near Compiégne 1 Sept. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914. =CAMPBELL, JOHN GORDON=, Private, No. 4296, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, 3rd _s._ of Hugh Campbell, of 852, New City Road, Glasgow, and Clam Cottage, Cloverhill, Glasgow, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James Munro; _b._ at North Woodside Road, 16 Sept. 1876; educ. Henderson Street School, Glasgow; enlisted 1891, and was a Reservist when called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; killed in action at Kemmel, 22 April, 1915. He _m._ at Glasgow, 20 Feb. 1903, Alice (Clare Cottage, Clover Hill, Drumchapel, Glasgow), dau. of Alexander McDonald, and had a dau., Isabella Munro, _b._ 6 Aug. 1906. [Illustration: =John Gordon Campbell.=] =CAMPBELL, KEITH MOREHEAD GUNNING=, Sub-Lieut., R.N., yst. _s._ of Col. Gunning Campbell, Royal Marine Artillery, by his wife, Sophia Charlotte Jean, dau of the Rev. George Barber Peregrine Viner, M.A., and great-gdson, of William Campbell, of Fairfield; _b._ Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth, 23 Dec. 1892; educ. Haskoll’s School, Folkestone, Suffolk House, Cheltenham, Pelham House, Folkestone, and the Osborne (15 Sept. 1905, to 14 Sept. 1907) and Dartmouth (15 Sept. 1907, to 14 Sept. 1909) Royal Naval Colleges, being Chief Cadet Capt. at the latter. He served on H.M.S. St. Vincent (May, 1910–June, 1911); the Cochrane, which formed one of the escort on the occasion of the King’s visit to India (June, 1911–May, 1912), the Achilles (May, 1912–Sept. 1913), and the Albemarle, joining H.M.S. Lawford in the spring of 1914. He was present at the sinking of the Konigin Louise, and the engagement off the Bight of Heligoland. He was commissioned to the Arrogant on 30 Nov. 1914, for submarine service, and died between 4 and 12 Jan. the following year while on Active Service on Submarine C 31; _unm._ A fine Rugby three-quarter back, he several times played in the Royal Navy and United Services Fifteens, his last important match being in the R.N. officers’ team against the Harlequins at the turn of the season of 1913–14 at Queen’s Club. [Illustration: =Keith M. G. Campbell.=] =CAMPBELL, KENNETH JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 9th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of Robert Story Campbell, of Achnashie, Rosneath, co. Dumbarton, retired East Indian Merchant, by his wife, Evelyn Rose, dau. of the late Rev. William Henry Stokes, Vicar of Goring, a nephew of the late Sir James Campbell, K.C.I.E. (of the Bombay Civil Service and compiler of the Bombay Gazetteer), and, gdson. of the late Rev. John Macleod Campbell, D.D.; _b._ Bombay, 4 Jan. 1891; educ. at Rottingdean and Marlborough, he proceeded with a scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took his degree with honours in History in 1912, and in “Greats” in 1914. He had originally intended to take orders in the Church of England, and on leaving the University in 1913 joined the Magdalen College Mission in the Euston Road. On the outbreak of war, however, having been for eight years a cadet in the O.T.C. at Marlborough and Oxford, he applied for a commission, and on 2 Sept. was gazetted to the 1/9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, leaving Bedford with his regt. on 19 Feb. for France. He was killed in action near Ypres, being struck by a shell while in charge of machine guns, 10 May. 1915; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote that he died “doing his duty nobly.” His platoon Sergt. that “He was a brave young officer and the pride of all the platoon.” A brother officer, writing on 13 May, stated: “I was myself slightly wounded the same day, so was not on the spot when he was killed, but I understand that he was wounded by a shell, but that he continued to serve the gun until a second shell killed him.” He was stroke of his college boat in the Torpids when Magdalen was head of the river in Feb. 1913. [Illustration: =Kenneth James Campbell.=] =CAMPBELL, KENNETH McKENZIE=, Corpl., No. 17101, 7th Battn. (British Columbia Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of James Campbell Campbell, of Dublin, by his wife, Jane Davidson, dau. of the late John Christie, of Bankhead, Aberdeen, and gdson. of the late Sergt. and Master Tailor Alexander Campbell, 93rd Sutherland Highlanders (who served 28 years); _b._ Dublin, 3 Aug. 1884; educ. Hardwicke National School there; went to Canada in April, 1906; enlisted on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent; was wounded at Festubert, 23 April, 1915; and promoted Corpl. on his return to duty, 16 May following, but was killed in action at Givenchy eight days later, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Kenneth M. Campbell.=] =CAMPBELL, MALCOLM DRING=, Lieut., R.N.V.R., 3rd _s._ of the Rev. Herbert Ernest Campbell, of The Abbey, Carlisle, Canon of Carlisle; _b._ St. George’s Vicarage, Millom, 5 Sept. 1890; educ. Loretto; was a Cotton Broker in the firm of Bushby Bros., Liverpool, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. joined the R.N.V.R. He served through the siege of Antwerp, and was afterwards sent to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 2 May, 1915; _unm._ He was a good sportsman, played football for Birkenhead Park, and rowed for the Mersey Rowing Club. =CAMPBELL, MALCOLM JAMES=, Private, No. 53323, 18th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Malcolm Campbell, of Lismore, co. Argyle, by his wife, Mary (Backwater School House. Dykends, by Alyth, co. Perth), dau. of George M. Forrester, of Tayport; _b._ Tayport, co. Fife, 4 Aug. 1894; educ. at Tayport; emigrated to Canada in Oct. 1912, and after the outbreak of war enlisted at Kingsville in Nov. 1914. After going through a course of training at London, Ontario, he came to England in May, 1915, and was in camp at Sandling, Kent, till Sept., when the battn. went to the Western Front. Private Campbell was killed in action near Ypres, 13 Oct. 1915; unm. The Chaplain wrote that he “had indeed proved himself a very faithful soldier,” and had “done his part always well.” He was buried in Ridgewood Cemetery, Dickebusch, south-west of Ypres, Belgium. [Illustration: =Malcolm James Campbell.=] =CAMPBELL, ROBERT=, Private, No. 2105, 4th Battn., 1st Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Kenneth Campbell, of Wick, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of David Sutherland, of Duncansbay; _b._ Wick, 13 Jan. 1873; educ. there; went to Australia in 19--, and settled at Sydney. After the outbreak of war he joined (Feb. 1915) the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, between the 6–9 Aug. 1915. He was one of the few who took the Turkish trench, and was found beyond it. A letter from the Chaplain said: “He fought like a hero, and died as such, and they buried him a few days later in the military cemetery at Burrows Dip.” He _m._ at Barry, co. Glamorgan, 6 Aug. 1904, Flora Hannah (9, Trenwith Terrace, St. Ives, Cornwall), dau. of the Rev. Henry Roe, and had a dau., René, _b._ 7 Aug. 1905. [Illustration: =Robert Campbell.=] =CAMPBELL, ROBERT CHARLES COWBURN=, Capt., 3rd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, _s._ of Col. Robert Neil Campbell, of Elsieshields, Lochmaben, co. Dumfries, C.B., C.I.E., M.B., I.M.S. (ret.), by his wife, Ethel, dau. of Benjamin Bensley; _b._ Shillong, Assam, India, 26 March, 1889; educ. Dollar Institution, Edinburgh Academy and King’s College, Cambridge. He entered the Bombay Burma Trading Corporation, Ltd., in 1910, and was home on leave when war broke out. He volunteered, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 4 Sept. 1914, being promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. 1914, and Capt. 5 Feb. 1915. He was attached to the 2nd Highland L.I., and served with them in the trenches from Dec. 1914, to March 1915, and at Givenchy and Neuve Chapelle. He reverted to the 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers in April, 1915; was in the attack and capture of Hill 60, and was wounded in the counter-attack at Ypres on 23 April, 1915. He died at Queen Alexandra’s Hospital for Officers, Highgate, 19 May following; _unm._ He was in the Rugby and cricket teams of the Edinburgh Academy, and obtained his Blue at Cambridge for Rugby football, and was in the King’s College Rugby and soccer football, cricket and hockey teams. His yst. and only surviving brother, Lieut. G. E. F. Campbell, was killed in action at the Dardanelles (see his notice). [Illustration: =Robert C. C. Campbell.=] =CANDY, PHILIP SADLER=, Midshipman. R.N., 2nd _s._ of John Alfred Sadler Candy, of Kingston, Angmering, co. Sussex, by his wife, Emily Louisa French, dau. of Capt. Edward Holland Hills, R.N., of Littlehampton, co. Sussex; _b._ 24 Feb. 1899; educ. Charlecote, Worthing; entered the Osborne Class on H.M.S. Conway, Jan. 1911, and afterwards went through a course of training at Dartmouth. He became Midshipman in Aug. 1914, and was lost on H.M.S. Monmouth in the naval action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. A tablet to his memory was placed in Ferring Parish Church, near Worthing. [Illustration: =Philip Sadler Candy.=] =CANHAM, HERBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 861), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CANN, CHARLES=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4211, H.M.S. Hogue, _s._ of Robert Cann, of 81, Percy Place, Dublin; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CANN, ROBERT HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14258, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CANNON, CHARLES EDWIN=, Private, No. 1972, 5th Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late (--) Cannon, by his wife, S. (Felix Cottages, Updown Hill, Windlesham, Surrey); _b._ Windlesham, co. Surrey, 16 April, 1885; educ. Windlesham Board School; joined the Surrey Territorials in 1912; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; left England with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ....; was severely wounded in the chest at the Dardanelles and sent to Alexandria, and died on the hospital ship Asturias on his way back to England at 2 p.m. 23 Sept. 1915; unm. Buried at sea. =CANNON, HUGH STANLEY=, Corpl., No. 28754, and Motor Despatch Rider, R.E., 2nd _s._ of the late Alfred Cannon, of Sandford-on-Thames, Oxford; _b._ Sandford-on-Thames, 15 Oct. 1888; educ. Roysse’s School and Magdalen College, Oxford. On the outbreak of war enlisted in the R.E., was promoted Corpl., attached to the 6th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division (as despatch rider), and left for the Front, 6 Oct. 1914; served in France and Flanders, and was killed whilst on his motor bicycle carrying Despatches at the First Battle of Ypres, 31 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at Ypres Menin. His commanding officer wrote: “He was one of the nicest men to work with I have ever met, and all the officers on the staff think the same. He was always cheerful and keen to do his best, which was very good.” [Illustration: =Hugh Stanley Cannon.=] =CANNONS, FRANK JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3952), S.S. 101990, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CANTON, CHARLES JOHN=, Gunner, No. 2/299, 1st Battery New Zealand Field Artillery, 3rd _s._ of the late George Canton, of Palmerston North, New Zealand, Farmer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Roberts, of Nelson, New Zealand; _b._ Ngatimoti, Nelson, New Zealand, 22 Aug. 1876; educ. Public School there. On the outbreak of war joined the New Zealand E.F., 8 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 19 May, 1915; _unm._ Col. Meldrum wrote he “was hit and killed instantly by a Turkish bullet on the 19th., I met him two days previously, he had put in three weeks’ work with his guns. He was happy and elated, he was having the time of his life”; and Major McGilp, O.C. 1st Battery: “His grave is on the heights of Anzac, in a nice spot close to the battery, which enables our men to keep it in proper order. We obtained a large wooden cross from Egypt, which will answer the purpose until a more permanent memorial can be erected.” He was a County Councillor, member of the Wellington Land Board, etc., and a keen and enthusiastic sportsman. [Illustration: =Charles John Canton.=] =CANTON, HERBERT WESTRUP=, Lieut., 1st Battn. East Lancashire Regt., only _s._ of Frank Canton, Merchant (of a Huguenot family), by his wife, Florence; _b._ Walton-on-Thames, 6 March, 1892; educ. Magdalen College School, Oxford, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13 March, 1912; went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; first came under fire at Le Cateau, where his platoon suffered heavy casualties; took part in the retreat from Mons, and was present at the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne. Through the winter of 1914 he was with his regt. in the trenches near Armentières, and was killed in action in the trenches near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, after repelling a strong German attack. He was buried at Wieltje; unm. Though promoted to the command of his company from 5 Mar. 1915, his appointment to rank as from 31 March, 1915, was only gazetted after his death. =CAPELL, ARTHUR GEORGE CONINGSBY=, Capt., 2nd Northamptonshire Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. George Marie Capell, Rector of Passenham, co. Northampton (_d._ 1 Feb. 1915), by his wife, Annie, dau. of Peter Stanley Lowe, of Whitehall Churchstow, co. Devon, and gdson. of the Hon. Adolphus Capell, brother of Arthur Algernon, 6th Earl of Essex; _b._ Passenham, Stony Stratford, 28 June, 1879; educ. by private tutor; joined the Northamptonshire Imperial Yeomanry in Jan. 1900, sailing with them for South Africa, 16 March the same year; took part in the operations in the Transvaal (Queen’s medal with five clasps); returned in June, 1901, and 12 months later joined 3rd Battn. Northants Militia, obtaining one of the late Earl Roberts’ commissions, 17 May, 1902, for which he was specially recommended by his Adjutant. He was promoted Lieut. 27 Feb. 1904, and obtained his company 20 Nov. 1910. On the outbreak of war he was with his regt. in Alexandria; they returned to England and went to France, 4 Nov.

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1. Chapter 1 2. 1911. Sergt. Abbott’s brother-in-law, Corpl. Frank R. Gorbey, D.C.M., 3. 1911. There he joined the Commonwealth Forces as a Staff-Sergt.-Major, 4. 53. Private Appleyard escaped without a scratch, though a bullet passed 5. 1911. At the outbreak of war he volunteered, and was killed in action 6. 1914. Lieut.-Col. Clinton-Baker was one of four officers R.I.R.--out 7. 1915. At the Battle of St. Julien the 10th Battn. was assigned the 8. 1915. Commander Ballard was last seen on the bridge of the Formidable 9. 1912. He afterwards went to Burmah, Norway, Spain, etc. On the outbreak 10. 1894. He was Sub-Lieut. of the last-named ship, flying the broad 11. 1914. Major W. A. Payn (his commanding officer), writing to his widow, 12. 1912. He saw much foreign service, serving in Crete, Malta, Gibraltar, 13. 1914. “On a particular occasion,” 20 Sept., during the Battle of the 14. 1914. His two brothers are (1916) on active service--Prince Alexander 15. 1915. He _m._ at Liverpool, 7 Oct. 1899, Margaret (14, Bowles 16. 1914. A noted boxer in the Service, he was in 1910 the heavyweight 17. 1913. He saw foreign service in China and the Cape, and was also with 18. 1914. His battn. was selected to lead the attack near Hulluch on 25 19. 1883. He commenced his education at the Grange (Preparatory) School, 20. 1913. After the outbreak of war he joined the Canadian Expeditionary 21. 1909. He was connected mainly with the Oval Road Boys’ School, and 22. 1915. It was while at London University that he entered the Officers’ 23. 1915. For some time he was A.D.C. to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 24. 1915. He was buried at a farm on the north side of the Rue Wasselot, 25. 1914. He served in South Africa, Mauritius and India, and with the 26. 1902. He _m._ at Colgate, Faygate, Sussex, 25 Nov. 1909, Elsie 27. 1913. When war was declared he volunteered for Imperial Service, was 28. 1907. After the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service, 29. 1914. His body was brought home and buried at St. Margaret’s Cemetery, 30. 1900. He served through the Waziri Campaign in 1901, for which he 31. 1915. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 10 March, 1915, and was 32. 1914. Major Buckingham _m._ at Harrietsham, 2 June, 1908, Mabel 33. 1915. He was buried in the cemetery Noeux des Mines; _unm._ His 34. 1915. Buried side by side with two of his cousins, who were killed in 35. 1914. In the fighting near Neuve Chapelle on 12 March, 1915, he was 36. 1908. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the 37. 1915. He was buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._ 38. 1914. He was the third Member of the Commons killed in action. His next 39. 1906. He served in the South African War, going to the Cape in 1901; 40. 1914. The Capt. wrote that he was just returning to his place in the 41. 1910. Leaving England on the outbreak of war, he was attached to and 42. 1912. Capt. Glover wrote: “I personally have known the Sergt.-Major for 43. 1913. He was constructing engineer on the Central Argentine Railway, 44. 1914. He went to France and subsequently to Belgium, and was in the 45. 1914. On the morning of 13 Oct. he was wounded, but he fought gallantly 46. 1914. He was promoted Tempy. Lieut. 14 Jan. 1915, and Lieut. 1 Feb. 47. 1915. On the latter date he was one of a party of volunteers sent to 48. 1915. Private Coles _m._ at Leiston, Suffolk, 4 March, 1911, 49. 1908. There he was for some time in the North-West Mounted Police, and 50. 1912. He then undertook work in connection with the Irish Department 51. 20. He was full of keenness and enthusiasm about it, as he was always 52. 1914. He left New Zealand with the Main Expeditionary Force, was 53. 1915. He _m._ at The Oratory, Brompton, London, 26 April, 1906, 54. 1915. He served in France and Flanders, was seriously wounded in action 55. 1914. 2nd Lieut. Hewett wrote: “He was with my platoon when he was 56. 1910. He joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of 57. 1915. A brother officer wrote: “I can assure you your husband was a 58. 1901. On the outbreak of the European War he was appointed a General 59. 26. Buried at Lillebeck. 60. 1915. He was a keen cricketer and fond of sports generally, and was a 61. 1909. He took a leading part as an officer in Worksop College Cadet 62. 1911. He served with the 2nd Battn. of his regt. through the retreat 63. 1915. A companion wrote that he and the officer whose servant he was, 64. 1915. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Shorncliffe. He _m._ 65. 1915. A brother officer wrote: “Bob went up again to the trenches, and 66. 1914. He _m._ at Glasgow, 31 Dec. 1909 (--) (11, Martin Street, 67. 1913. He went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force in Aug. 68. 1905. His next elder brother, Capt. J. S. S. Dunlop, had been killed in 69. 1915. His Col. wrote very highly of him and his work. 70. 1914. He was only 18, and was _unm._ 71. 1915. He _m._ at Montreal, 19 Dec. 1894, May L. (791, University 72. 1915. He was buried in the grounds of the Chateau of Elzenwalle, near 73. 1906. Quartermaster-Sergt. Finch had the Long Service and Good Conduct 74. 1905. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, 17 Feb. 1892, 75. 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir J. French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 76. 1915. He _m._ at Kenmare, 2 Sept. 1902, Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy 77. 1911. He was Commander of the London, as flagship of Rear-Admiral 78. 1914. He _m._ at Shorncliffe, 1904, Louisa, dau. of Henry Kent; 79. 1909. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service; was 80. 1914. He died at Verneuil, 16 Sept. 1914, of wounds received at the 81. 1914. He was appointed Corpl., left for Malta three days later (4 82. 1900. He passed through the Staff College 1902 to Dec. 1903; served in 83. 1915. He obtained a Junior Classical Scholarship at Cheltenham College, 84. 1902. He played in the Freshman’s Association Match at Cambridge, 1902, 85. 1915. He _m._ at Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 6 Aug. 1910, Alice, dau. 86. 1915. He was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915, and was buried in the 87. 1915. He _m._ at St. Philip’s Church, Milltown, Dublin, Jane 88. 1915. He was buried in Estaires Cemetery; _unm._ 89. 1913. He took a keen interest in rowing, and was spare man for both his 90. 1915. He _m._ at Brounton Hill, Liverpool, 6 June, 1908, Constance 91. 1915. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, 3 July, 1905,

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