1906. He served in the South African War, going to the Cape in 1901;

was signalling officer to General Lowe’s Column, being present at the operations in the Orange Free State and Cape Colony, for which he received the Queen’s medal with four clasps. He subsequently served in Egypt, and was Adjutant of his regt. 7 Nov. 1903 to 6 May, 1907; and after passing through the Staff College, he became instructor at the Cavalry School at Netheravon, 8 Aug. 1910, and the following year (12 Aug. 1911) was appointed General Staff Officer at the War Office, an appointment he held till 15 April, 1913. On 16 April, 1913, he was made Brigade Major of the 1st Cavalry Brigade at Aldershot, and on the outbreak of war accompanied it to France. He was killed in action at Nery during the retreat from Mons, 1 Sept. 1914; was buried there; _unm._ A brother officer gave the following account of his death: “Our brigade was attacked soon after dawn at Nery by a force double our number--a cavalry division with 12 guns. Owing to thick mist they managed to get within 600 yards of us; 350 horses of the ‘Bays’ stampeded and their men went after them, and the L Battery was cut to pieces. The occasion was one which called for personal example, and Major Cawley, by permission of the General, went to help to restore order and get the broken remnants in their places. The situation being met and every one being in his place, he joined the advance line and was almost immediately killed by a piece of shell. The splendid manner in which he met his death in deliberately facing the awful fire to help others where he really need not have done so, is only what his whole life has led us to expect.” And a well-known cavalry officer, in a letter to “The Times,” said: “We had billeted in a village, and when day broke there was a thick mist. Our patrol came back saying that a German force was close by. My regt. got the warning first, and we had time to get our men into position behind some, thick walls; but the Artillery and the ‘Bays,’ who had picketed their horses in the open, were too late and were caught by a terrific fire. All the officers of the battery were killed or wounded, and the ‘Bays’ had nine casualties amongst their officers. They were very hard pressed, and Cawley, who was in the village, ran out into the open to try and collect some men and take them up into support. Just then a shell burst, and he was hit in the head. He was unconscious from the moment he was hit, and died in about a quarter of an hour.” General Briggs, commanding the Brigade, wrote of him: “He has been a true friend and always a conscientious staff officer to me for nearly two years, and it is needless to say how much I feel his death. He proved himself to be a real fighter in war, and was always cool and collected.” Major Cawley was a good all round sportsman. He was in the Rugby football team and shooting eight at Sandhurst, and in the hockey team, and was whip to the Drag at the Staff College; played for his regt. at polo when they won the Inter-Regimental Cup in India (Meerut), 1901; the Clements Polo Cup in South Africa (Pretoria), 1903; and the Inter-Regimental Cup (Hurlingham), 1906 and 1907. He won the Officers’ Riding and Jumping prize at the Royal Military Tournament in 1905, and was well known with the North Hereford and Whaddon Chase Hunts. =CAWSE, SAMUEL GEORGE=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. 13420, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CAWTHRA, HAROLD=, Private, No. 3739, 1/10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Carl Barber Cawthra; _b._ Arwick Green, Manchester, 10 June, 1895; educ. Claughton Higher Grade School, Birkenhead; joined the Army at the outbreak of the war, 15 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 13 March, 1915; _unm._ =CAYME, BERNARD GLYDE=, Private, No. 81142, 10th Battn. (Western Canada Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Harry Cayme, of The Red House, Horndean, co. Hants, by his wife, Minnie Annie, dau. of Edward Culver, of 9, Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill, N.; _b._ Stamford Hill, 17 Feb. 1891; educ. Ardingly College, Haywards Heath, in 1908 emigrated to Canada to take up farming, and eventually settled at Manson, Manitoba, where he purchased land. On the outbreak of war he joined the 3rd Battn. Western Canada Regt., came to England with the 2nd Contingent early in the spring of 1915, was quartered at Shorncliffe, and ordered to France to reinforce the Canadians after the first memorable attack of gas by the Germans in April, being then transferred to the 10th Battn. He was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 22 May, 1915, being killed instantly with some 10 comrades by shrapnel; _unm._ Officers and men alike wrote in high praise of his courage and constant cheerfulness under any circumstances however difficult, and being the only man of his platoon who could speak French he was in constant request whilst in billets. He has been offered promotion in Canada, and on four occasions at the Front, all of which he refused, declining to forsake his comrades. The Caymes are of Huguenot descent and settled at Rye after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, and Bernard Glyde Cayme, who was the last of the name in the male line, now lies in the land from which his family originated. [Illustration: =Bernard Glyde Cayme.=] =CECIL, GEORGE EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, only _s._ of Lord Edward Cecil, K.C.M.G., D.S.O. Brevet Col., Coldstream Guards, Financial Adviser to the Egyptian Government since 1912, by his wife, Violet Georgina, 2nd dau. of Admiral Frederick Augustus Maxse, of Dunley Hill, Surrey, and gdson. of Robert Arthur Talbot, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., P.C.; _b._ 20, Arlington Street, W., 9 Sept. 1895; educ. Winchester, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he took a prize cadetship in 1912, passing out at the end of 1913. He passed his examination for a French cadetship in Jan. 1914, and was gazetted to the 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, 25 Feb. following. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, the 2nd Battn. went to France with the first Expeditionary Force, and Lieut. Cecil acted as orderly officer to General Scott Kerr at the Battle of Landrecies. He was killed in the severe action fought by the rearguard of the 4th Brigade, near Villers-Cotterets, 1 Sept. 1914; _unm._ =GASCOYNE-CECIL, RUPERT EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 4th, attd. 1st, Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., 4th _s._ of the Rev. Canon Lord William Rupert Ernest Gascoyne-Cecil, Rector of Hatfield, by his wife, Lady Florence Mary, née Bootle Wilbraham, 3rd dau. of Edward, 1st Earl of Lathom, G.C.B., P.C., and gdson. of Robert Arthur Talbot, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., P.C., G.C.V.O.; _b._ St. Audrey’s, Hatfield, 20 Jan. 1895; educ. Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; joined the Public School Corps on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914, and obtained his commission in the 4th Bedfordshire Regt. 15 Aug. 1914. He was killed in action near Ypres, 11 July, 1915, during a bombardment succeeding the blowing up of a very big mine by the Germans between the trenches, and was buried close to the Ypres-Cominis line, in the brigade headquarters cemetery; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “Your son was only with us unfortunately for a very short time, but he had endeared himself to all who knew him by his cheerfulness and soldierly qualities.” Capt. Curtis also wrote: “The Germans exploded a very large mine between two of our trenches about 7.15 p.m. and then shelled us heavily. On hearing the explosion your son immediately tried to get up to the fire trench, of which he was in charge, but unfortunately he was struck on the head by a fragment of shell, and was killed instantaneously.... He was always beloved by all his fellow officers, and above all by his men, who had a great respect for him. We all feel the loss which the regt. has sustained by his death but we are proud he was doing his duty so nobly when he was killed. A good many men were stunned and confused by the explosion, but your son remained cool and met his death going to his post.” 2nd Lieut. Cecil rowed in the Torpids at Oxford, and was keenly interested in bell-ringing. His three brothers are all now (1916) on Active Service: Randle William, 2nd Lieut. 93rd Brigade, R.F.A.; Victor Alexander, Capt., Hampshire Regt. (twice wounded); and John Arthur, Lieut. and Adjutant, 19th Brigade, R.F.A. [Illustration: =Rupert E. Gascoyne-Cecil.=] =CHADD, BENJAMIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4134), S.S. 102612, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CHADWICK, FREDERICK JAMES=, Capt., 104th Wellesley Rifles, Indian Army, eldest _s._ of the late Col. Edward Frederick Chadwick, 33rd (Duke of Wellington’s) Regt., by his wife, Amy (Westfield, Dorchester), yst. dau. of the late Rev. Charles Torkington; _b._ Chetnole, co. Dorset, 31 Aug. 1883; educ. Connaught House, Weymouth, Cheltenham College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 19 Aug. 1903, and attd. for a year to the 59th Foot, then stationed at Poona; was appointed to the 104th Wellesley Rifles in Nov. 1904, being promoted Lieut. 19 Nov. 1905, and after serving with his regt. in the Mekran (gun-running) Expedition of 1911, Capt. 19 Aug. 1912. He died of wounds received the same day while leading his machine gun section at the Battle of Shaiba, Mesopotamia, 13 April, 1915; buried at Shaiba; _unm._ Capt. Chadwick was mentioned in Despatches [published in India in Feb. 1915] “for gallantry,” and recommended for reward. His yst. brother, 2nd Lieut. R. M. Chadwick, died of wounds, 13 May, 1915 (see following notice). [Illustration: =Frederick J. Chadwick.=] =CHADWICK, RICHARD MARKHAM=, 2nd Lieut., 11th Siege Battery, R.G.A., 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Col. Edward Frederick Chadwick, 33rd (Duke of Wellington’s) Regt., etc. (see preceding notice); _b._ Chetnole, co. Dorset, 20 Nov. 1894; educ. Connaught House, Weymouth; Wellington College and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Garrison Artillery, 19 Dec. 1913; joined the 10th Coy. R.G.A. at Spike Island, Feb. 1914; went to Lydd for a Siege Course in Dec., and left for France with the 11th Siege Battery towards the end of April, 1915; he was seriously wounded while on observation duty for his battery, and died the following day, near Bethune, France, 13 May, 1915; buried Bethune; _unm._ [Illustration: =Richard M. Chadwick.=] =CHAFER, HERBERT JOHN=, Sergt., No. 5342, C Coy., 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., _s._ of George Chafer, by his wife, Evelina, dau. of G. Houlton; _b._ Broughton, near Brigg, co. Lincoln; educ. at Broughton; joined the Army, 16 June, 1899, served through the South African War (Queen’s medal with bars), and afterwards in India. On completing his eight years with the Colours in 1907, joined the Reserve, and became a dock policeman at Immingham; but on mobilisation rejoined, was promoted Sergt. while at the Front, 1 Oct. 1914, and is reported to have been killed in action, 27 Oct. 1914, while serving with the Expeditionary Force in France. He _m._ at Sheffield, 19 April, 1908, Elizabeth W. (14, Storm Street, Chippinghouse Road, Sheffield), dau. of James Candow, and had three sons: Leslie James, _b._ 31 Jan. 1909; Sydney Herbert, _b._ 6 June, 1911; and Reginald George, _b._ 4 Jan. 1914. =CHALLIS, FRANK WALTER=, P.O. (N.S.), 203516, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CHALLIS, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Gunner, No. 71677, 114th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, yst. _s._ of William Isaac Challis, of 212, Fulbourne Road, Forest Road, Walthamstow, House Decorator, by his wife, Maude Mary, dau. of William Holloway, of Harefield Road, Uxbridge; _b._ Tottenham, 3 March, 1894; educ. St. Andrew’s Road Board School, Higham Hill, Walthamstow; joined the 3rd Battn. Lincolnshire Regt. in March, 1911; transferred to the Royal Field Artillery, with which he proceeded to the Front on the outbreak of war; took part in the Battles of Mons and the Marne, and was killed in action at the Aisne while going to the assistance of his superior officer, who had been seriously wounded, 20 Sept. 1914. Buried above the village of Paissy Soissons; _unm._ His elder brother is now (1916) serving in Egypt. =CHALLIS, WALTER=, Leading Signalman, 224820, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHALLONER, ALAN CRAWHALL=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., only _s._ of Frederick Charlton Turner Challoner, of Ealing, co. Middlesex, by his wife, Elspeth, dau. of the late Joseph Crawhall; _b._ Ealing, 18 Dec. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s School, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; obtained his commission in the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. 31 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of Hooge, 30 July, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Sanctuary Wood, in front of Hooge, Flanders, with six brother officers. Col. M. Stokoe wrote: “Ever since your son went to France he had done splendidly. He was brave and fearless, and always was a great assistance in attending the wounded owing to his medical knowledge. He was extremely popular with the men and handled them excellently. He was just the stamp of man to make an officer and leader of men, and we shall have great difficulty in replacing him.” Major Carew Barnett also wrote, saying: “He was doing splendidly, and at the time of being wounded he was in command of a company, all the officers of which had been killed or wounded. The gap he creates is, indeed, a hard one to fill, both as an officer and a friend.” A few days before he was killed, Lieut. Challoner got permission to do a little reconnoitring on his own account in a wood to the north of Menin Road, and was warned not to show himself, as it was shelled by the enemy on the least suspicion of the presence of any English; going up with one of his men he came upon a number of dead British and German soldiers, a large number of accoutrements, and in a dug-out about 100 rounds of trench mortar shells, etc., also the body of an English officer of the rank of Capt., Royal Fusilier badge and ribbon of the Military Cross, which he took steps to have buried. Subsequent inquiry proved the identity of the officer who had been killed by a shell five weeks earlier evidently by concussion as the body was found lying close to a shell hole but unwounded by a doctor and party, who removed it to a place of safety for burial, but on returning later it had disappeared, and was not found until Lieut. Challoner came upon it in the wood. Its presence and the bodies of the British and German soldiers, etc., remain a mystery. Returning to camp with as many of the mortar shells as he and his man could carry, Lieut. Challoner’s attention was drawn to the fact that the wood was being heavily shelled. When he observed, “Yes, I know, before leaving I showed myself at the edge of the wood to draw the enemy’s fire, which they are wasting quite satisfactorily.” [Illustration: =Alan Crawhall Challoner.=] =CHALMERS, WILLIAM ROBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24697 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Robert Chalmers, of 11, Linton Street, Leicester; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =INGLES-CHAMBERLAYNE, RUPERT HENRY=, Midshipman, R.N., only _s._ of the late Henry Ingles-Chamberlayne, J.P., by his wife, Louisa Grace (The Hyde, Stow-on-the-Wold), dau. of the Rev. Charles Dallas Marston, Vicar of St. Paul’s, Onslow Square, S.W.; _b._ Maugersbury Manor, Stow-on-the-Wold, 4 July, 1897; educ. Winton House, Winchester, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges. He was appointed to H.M.S. Hawke, 14 Aug. 1914, and was lost in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914, when that ship was torpedoed. His late tutor at Dartmouth wrote: “His pleasant, open smiling face was so very attractive. The first glance I had of it left no doubt in my mind of his character and his upbringing, and all that I ever saw or heard of him merely strengthened my first impression. He was a clean-hearted English gentleman, and worthy of the great service to which you so generously gave him.” And Lieut.-Commander R. R. Rosoman, R.N., H.M.S. Hawke: “I feel certain the boy stuck to his post to the very last, because he was a splendid fellow.” [Illustration: =R. H. Ingles-Chamberlayne.=] =CHAMBERS, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1151), 276444, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHAMBERS, PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10030), 107623, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHAMBERS, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17362, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =CHAMP, FRANCIS LOGAN=, Sergt., R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 2978, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =CHAMPION, EDWARD THOMAS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21840, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =CHAMPION, VICTOR ALFRED RICHARD=, Bugler, No. 1468, 13th (Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Frank Champion, of 36, Portnall Road, Paddington, by his wife, Anna, dau. of John Sawyer, of Lincolnshire; _b._ Woodfield Place, Harrow Road, Paddington, 2 March, 1897; educ. Moberley Board School there; joined the Kensingtons, 13 June, 1913; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went to France 2 Nov. 1914; was wounded in action at Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, two days later; _unm._ [Illustration: =Victor A. R. Champion.=] =CHAMPS, SIDNEY=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 2058), 163578, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CHANCE, JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker, K. 1158, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =CHANCELLOR, SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110580, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHANDLER, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 8271, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CHANDLER, HENRY NORMAN=, L.-Corpl., No. 59, 3rd Coy. Divisional Engineers, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Henry Chandler, Plumber, by his wife, Elizabeth (71, Eldon Road, Wood Green, London), dau. of Joseph Newman; _b._ Twickenham, co. Middlesex, 8 March, 1891; educ. Hammersmith; emigrated to Australia in 1911, and was employed on the Broken Hill mines as a carpenter. On the declaration of war in Aug. 1914, he volunteered, left Australia with the first contingent, and received promotion at the Dardanelles. He was killed in action there, 1 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Before enlisting he was secretary of the Broken Hill Congregational Church Choir, and also took part in the singing. He was a foundation member of the Young Men’s Christian Society of the same church. He belonged to the Y.M.C.A., in the work of which association he took an active part. [Illustration: =Henry N. Chandler.=] =CHANDLER, JOHN KELLMAN=, Private, No. 25935, H Coy., 14th Battn. (Royal Montreal Regt.), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John Kellman Chandler, Planter and Proprietor of Sugar Cane Plantation, Barbados, by his wife, Mary Ida, dau. of Samuel Chandler; _b._ Barbados, B.W.I., 9 Sept. 1889; educ. Combermere School, Bridgetown, Barbados; and on leaving there spent a few years as an Overseer on various Sugar Plantations in Barbados. In May, 1913, he went to Canada and joined the Staff of the C.P.R., but on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered and joined the Royal Montreal Regt. 11 Aug. 1914. He came over with the 1st Canadian Contingent in Oct. 1914 and while training on Salisbury Plain preparatory to going to the Front contracted spinal meningitis and died at Bulford Cottage Hospital, 23 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Major Gault McCombey wrote: “Kellman joined my company of the Royal Montreal Regt. in Aug., and I had formed a very high regard for him as he was one of my most reliable and best men.” =CHANDLER, NORMAN=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CHAPLIN, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3573), S.S. 101235, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CHAPLIN, CHARLES SLINGSBY=, Lieut-Col., 9th (Service) Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, _s._ of the late Clifford Waterman Chaplin, of Burrough Hill, Melton Mowbray, co. Leicester, J.P., by his wife, Rosa, dau. of William Chaplin, M.P.; _b._ Norfolk Square, Hyde Park, London, 31 May, 1863; educ. Eton and Pembroke College, Oxford; joined the City of London Regt. in May, 1885, from the Militia, and was transferred the same month to the “Green Jackets,” and gazetted Capt. to the King’s Royal Rifles 1894; served with the Chitral Force under General Low (medal with clasp); and in the South African war as Special Service Officer for Mounted Infantry; and later, from Aug. 1901, in command of the 1st Regt. of Mounted Infantry, doing excellent work in the Transvaal and the line of the Orange River (mentioned in Despatches, medal with five clasps). After the campaign he obtained his majority in 1903, and was posted to the 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifles at Gharial, in the Punjab; he succeeded to the command of the 3rd Battn. 18 March, 1908, at Crete, and later took the battn. to Malta, afterwards returning to India and serving at Umballa. From half-pay in 1912 he retired, and was placed in the Reserve of Officers, being at the top of the list when mobilisation took place, and was one of the big batch of officers who were given command on 19 Aug. 1914. He was killed in action after a 12 hours’ fight, when he and his men had just captured a trench, being shot through the head at Hooge, in Flanders, at 3.30 p.m. 30 July, 1915. He was buried at Chateau Hooge, close to where he fell. The following telegram was sent to the 9th Service Battn. from Headquarters, 2nd Army, at 1 p.m. on 31 July, 1915: “The Army Corps Commander wishes you to convey to the officers and men of the 9th Battn. King’s Royal Rifles his appreciation of the way in which they carried out the attack on the trenches north of the Menin Road yesterday afternoon, and maintained themselves under heavy artillery fire.” Lieut.-Col. Chaplin _m._ at Bombay, India, 29 Sept. 1905, Gwladys Hamilton (Erbistock House, Ruabon), dau. of Col. Stanley Creek, late Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and had three sons and a dau.: Clifford, _b._ 23 Sept. 1906; Nigel Gilbert Forbes, _b._ 9 Jan. 1908; Patrick Slingsby, _b._ 4 July, 1910; and Zara, _b._ 18 March, 1914. [Illustration: =Charles Slingsby Chaplin.=] =CHAPLIN, EDWARD ROBERT=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 6421), 223109, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHAPLIN, HUMPHREY MARMADUKE=, Lieut. 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. Cheshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Marmaduke Kaye Chaplin, of Etwall, co. Derby; _b._ Etwall, 8 Jan. 1892; educ. Glyngarth School, Cheltenham, and Rossall School, and was a scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, and a member of the O.T.C. He received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd Cheshire Regt. 15 Aug. 1914; was attached to the 2nd Battn. on its return from India in Jan. 1915, and left for the Front the same month, being promoted Lieut. Feb. 1915. He was slightly wounded 13 March, and rejoined a month later (19 April). The battn. was moved up immediately afterwards to the advanced trenches in the Ypres salient, from which only a few men returned after the termination of the second battle for Ypres. Lieut. Chaplin was posted missing 11 May, 1915, and was afterwards reported as having been killed in action near Ypres on 8–9 May. He was buried by the Germans near St. Julien; _unm._ Lieut. Chaplin was a Craven scholar, and had gained a first in Moderations, and was a Charles Oldham Prizeman. [Illustration: =Humphrey M. Chaplin.=] =CHAPMAN, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10042), S.S. 112062, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHAPMAN, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Capt., 3rd Battn. East Surrey Regt., attd. 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Chapman, of Croydon; _b._ Croydon, 20 April, 1873; educ. Whitgift School; joined the Volunteers (Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt.) as a Private in 1888; was Trooper in the Hampshire Carabiniers (Yeomanry) from 1893 to 1897, and 2nd Lieut., to the 3rd Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. ... 1899, from which he resigned owing to ill-health. He afterwards joined the 1st Battn. Surrey National Reserve as Lieut. in 1910, was promoted Capt. ... 1912, and after the outbreak of war in 1914 volunteered for foreign service. After a period of training with the 3rd East Surreys, he was attached as a Lieut. (13 Sept. 1914) to the 1st Hampshires, and spent the winter with them in the trenches, being promoted Capt. 2 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, during the second Battle of Ypres, 26 April, 1915. His commanding officer wrote: “He won for himself a place in the hearts of his men and of the officers in the regt. during the few short months he was with us, that made his loss one of the worst blows we have received during the war. His solicitude for his men exceeded anything I have ever seen before.... All through the winter in the Plug Street trenches he was simply indefatigable, and withal as cheery as a sandboy--rain, mud, cold and German snipers were individually and collectively unable to subdue his good spirits. I was not with his regt. when the fighting in the Ypres Salient took place, but I have heard the story of that particular day’s fighting in which he was killed. The regt. was ordered to support the 28th Division, which had become exposed by the retirement of the Canadians. It reached a position an hour before dawn, and dug itself in. A small post in a house on the left flank of the line was rushed by Germans, who were thereby able to enfilade our trenches. It was thus we lost Capt. Sandeman, your husband and many men.... He set an example of devotion to the highest ideal of duty which is possible for any one to do in giving his life for his country, when only his own unbending sense of duty was there to urge him forward.” Capt. Chapman was one of the founders of modern Coulsdon. Going there nearly a dozen years ago he purchased the land which now forms the Smitham Downs Estate, and proceeded to at once develop it. He took an active interest in the formation of St. Andrew’s district in the year 1906, and became one of the first churchwardens of the temporary church. At the time of his death he was still serving as sidesman. He was married, but had no issue. [Illustration: =Arthur Thomas Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, CLEMENT=, Sailmaker’s Mate (R.F.R., B. 3220), 169201, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHAPMAN, EDWARD HENRY=, Lieut.-Col., 6th (Service) Battn. Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., 1st _s._ of Edward Henry Chapman, of Cobrey Park, Ross, co. Hereford, by his late wife, Elizabeth Eden, dau. of James Walker, of Airy Hill, Whitby; _b._ Budleigh Salterton, co. Devon; educ. Aysgarth School, Yorkshire, United Services College, Westward Ho! and Sandhurst; obtained his commission in the 2nd Yorkshires, 20 Feb. 1895; and was promoted Lieut. 18 Aug. 1897, Capt. 29 Sept. 1901, Major 11 Feb. 1911, and Lieut.-Col. 19 Aug. 1914. He served in India and Burmah; took part in the Tirah Campaign, 1897–8, including the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, the action at Saran Sar, and the operations round Dwatoi and against the Khani and Khel Chamkanis, and received the Tirah medal with two clasps. When war was declared in Aug. 1914, he was in charge of the Richmond Depôt, and undertook the raising of the 6th Battn., which formed part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action, 7 Aug. 1915, at the capture of the hill at Lalla Baba. The Chaplain of the 32nd Brigade, writing to his father, said: “He died as he would have wished to die--a gallant soldier leading his men, himself at the very front of the regt., on the summit of Lala Baba. As you have perhaps since learned we were to make a fresh landing on the night of the 6th inst. There were urgent reasons why we should capture the hill in silence, at the point of the bayonet without firing a shot. The moment we landed we were met with a very hot and accurate fire, which accounted for many casualties before our task was accomplished. Our advance, however, was irresistible, and despite the hail of bullets and the shower of shrapnel which had now got the range, the Yorkshires pushed forward to the Turkish trenches on the crest of the hill. There it was that the colonel’s gifts of leadership made themselves felt. ‘Come on the Yorkshires,’ he cried, and at their head with fixed bayonets, the lads he trained so well swept forward with irresistible force and the hill was ours. This brilliant little initial victory was, however, very dearly bought, for on the summit lay our colonel dead, and scattered all around a mass of wounded, dead and dying. With dawn we were able to estimate our losses. The losses among the men were heavy, but by no means proportional to the officers. The officers are young men who have received their commissions since the formation of the New Army. I go to see them in the firing line as often as I can. Their wonderful confidence and courage pass all belief. Confronted with a task that would try the nerve and test the skill of the most experienced soldier, commanded by a junior captain of 24 years, this little band of lads (for they are little more) with a wonderful courage, inspire with confidence and hope the men so unexpectedly committed to their care. It is a fresh and glorious page to be written in the history of the ‘Green Howards.’ Your son died instantaneously, shot through the neck. I was by his side not long afterwards, and so was able to prepare roughly for his burial. We buried him the same day in the same grave as his cousin, Wilfred Chapman, and two other officers, and have since erected a rough cross over the grave. At the moment of the accomplishment of the task he had been ordered to perform, with a quiet happy smile upon his face, he met his end as I know he would have chosen had the choice been his--the end of an English gentleman and a very gallant soldier.--P.S.--I am writing this under shell fire, so you must excuse its many errors.” He was _unm._ A tablet to his memory was placed in Richmond Parish Church, Yorkshire. [Illustration: =Edward Henry Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, FRANK JAMES ALBERT=, Private, No. 2856, 5th Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Frank William Chapman, Driver A.S.C. (now on service in France), by his wife, Elizabeth Eliza (Dale Hill, Ticehurst, Sussex), dau. of James Francis; _b._ Frimwell, co. Sussex, 9 Sept. 1895; educ. Ticehurst Council School; enlisted about 18–19 Nov. 1914; went to France, 20 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action there, 12 July, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ His brother, Driver Walter Reginald Chapman, No. 092582, A.S.C., is now (1916) on active service in Egypt. =CHAPMAN, FRED CHARLES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8421), 294415, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHAPMAN, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9954), S.S. 107663, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHAPMAN, GEORGE ERNEST=, Private, No. 9073, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Henry Chapman, of Thorpe Salvin, Worksop, Farm Horseman, by his wife, Harriett, dau. of William Good; _b._ Thorpe Salvin, co. Nottingham, 29 Nov. 1889; enlisted 10 April, 1911, and served three years with the Colours, then passing into the Reserve and joining the Nottingham County Constabulary. He was stationed at headquarters during his brief service with the force, and his superior officers spoke highly of him. On the declaration of war in August following, however, he was called up and was killed in action at Rentel, Belgium, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =George E. Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, GEORGE MARTIN=, M.A., M.B., M.R.C.S., Lieut., R.A.M.C., attached 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), 2nd _s._ of the Hon. Mr. Justice Frederick Revans Chapman, a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, by his wife, Clara, dau. of George Cook, of Dunedin, Barrister, and gdson. of the late Hon. Henry Samuel Chapman, also a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand; _b._ Dunedin, New Zealand, 26 March, 1887; educ. Waitaki High School, Oamaru, New Zealand, and the Otago University Medical School, and on leaving there went to London to study medicine and passed the conjoint Boards Examination, under which he subsequently became M.R.C.S. In 1907, however, he decided to go to Cambridge, where he remained until 1910, studying medicine and graduating in Arts. He then returned to the London Hospital and went through all the appointments held by the Junior Staff. When war broke out he was House Physician, but was already appointed House Surgeon. Owing to shortage he had to hold both appointments until he went to Shorncliffe in Sept. 1914. He was gazetted a Lieut., R.A.M.C., on the 11th of that month, went to the Front, and was attached to the 2nd Dragoon Guards in Feb. While serving in No. 11 General Hospital at Boulogne, a small vessel was wrecked in a gale on 7 Dec. All but the skipper got away from her. Two British soldiers attempted without success to rescue this man and had themselves to be put under treatment. Lieut. Chapman swam out and gripped the old skipper as he was drowning, and both were dragged ashore. For this he was awarded, by the French Government, the Gold Medaille de Souvetage, inscribed “pour courage et dévouement,” and was commended in a British Routine Order. The two privates received silver medals. He was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 13 May, 1915, when his regt. was holding the trenches on the Zonnebeke Road, a little east of Ypres. He and the men who were standing by him were killed instantaneously by a shell while attending the wounded machine gunners, and was buried with two other officers of the same regt. in the grounds of the Chateau of Potijge; _unm._ The Major of the Bays wrote: “We were in the trenches under a very severe shell fire. Your son was most gallantly attending to the wounded when a shell killed him instantly, as well as two men who were standing by him. We took his body back and buried him in the grounds of a chateau just east of Potijge cross roads, a small village east of Ypres. I cannot tell you what a loss he is to this regt.; he had only been with us two months, but was most popular with officers and men. Please accept the sympathy of the entire regt. with your great loss, and you have the great consolation that he died doing his duty very gallantly as a soldier should”; and the Col. of the 1st Cavalry Division: “I, in common with all who knew your son, would like to express our sincere condolence to his family. His gallant conduct throughout the engagement won him the admiration of officers and men alike; he died a noble death attending wounded in the trenches under a murderous fire. His death deprives me of one of the best officers that ever served under me, and I again tender you my deepest sympathy in your great bereavement.” When at Cambridge he was a noted athlete, taking his blue in Rugby football in 1907, and subsequently his half-blue in boxing. In both of these sports he upheld the name of his hospital when in London, and also played for other clubs, notably, for the Harlequins. One of his teachers, writing in the British Medical Journal, 29 May, 1915, said: “Perhaps at his age it is inevitable that his athletic gifts should attract more attention than his high mental abilities and sterling moral sense, which in later years would have readily won him a new renown. He was cast in a heroic mould, and, while it is no doubt true nothing became him more than the manner of his death, it is but cold comfort to many who mourn the early end of so admirable a life--the sudden quenching of so much vital and kindly force.” [Illustration: =George Martin Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, HARRY REYNOLDS=, Major, 10th (Service) Battn. Durham L.I., eldest _s._ of the late Capt. Abel Henry Chapman, formerly 19th Hussars, and chairman-director of Messrs. Clarke, Chapman & Co.’s Works, Gateshead-on-Tyne, by his wife, Mary (Colinton, Midlothian), dau. of John Fraser; _b._ Benares, India, 27 April, 1868; educ. Uppingham. On leaving school in 1891 he entered his father’s works and became a director in 1893. He was keenly interested in a volunteer corps of Royal Engineers raised in the works, of which he became Major. On the outbreak of the war he offered his services and received a commission in the 10th Service Battn. of the Durhams. Major Chapman was killed in action in France, 27 June, 1915. He _m._ Elinore Phyllis (Wingfield, Eagle Lane, Snaresbrook, Essex), dau. of John Larkin, and left three daus.; Elinore Mary, _b._ 15 Feb. 1899; Dorothy Harriet, _b._ 5 Aug. 1900; and Phyllis Agatha, _b._ 8 May, 1904. [Illustration: Harry R. Chapman.] =CHAPMAN, HERBERT ALFRED=, Private, No. 2221, 4th Suffolk Regt., _s._ of William Chapman, of Norwich, Carpenter; _b._ Norwich, 9 March, 1870; educ. Boys’ Model School there; was in the employ of Messrs. Cowell, Ltd., as a Compositor for over 20 years; volunteered and enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, was wounded in action there, 16 May, 1915, and died at the Dover Military Hospital, 21 May following. Capt. E. L. Brown wrote: “I consider him a man of the highest rank. No officer could want a more willing soldier, no soldier could desire a better comrade.” Lieut. A. Brunzee also wrote saying what a splendid example he set his younger companions. He _m._ at St. Nicholas’ Chapel, Ipswich, 21 Aug. 1898, Priscilla Jane, dau. of Thomas Pizzy, of High Street, Ipswich, Greengrocer, and had seven children: Arthur Frederick, _b._ 4 March, 1907; Millicent Bertha, _b._ 9 Jan. 1900; Dorothy May, _b._ 11 Feb. 1902; Ruby Cecily, _b._ 20 March, 1905; Marjorie Florence, _b._ 5 Aug. 1908; Winnifred Laura, _b._ 7 June, 1910; and Ellen Mary, _b._ 27 May, 1913. [Illustration: =Herbert Alfred Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, JOE=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8437), 294702, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHAPMAN, PERCEVAL CHRISTIAN=, Capt., Royal Artillery, attd. 26th (Jacob’s) Mountain Battery, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Theodore Charles Chapman, M.A., Secretary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, and late Vicar of Christ Church, Clifton, by his wife, Alice Barr, dau. of the late Patrick Keith, of 26, Queen’s Gate Gardens, S.W.: _b._ Laxey Parsonage, Isle of Man, 10 March, 1884; educ. Clifton College and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was Tombs Memorial scholar. He was gazetted to the Royal Garrison Artillery, 15 July, 1903, and promoted Lieut. 15 July, 1906. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service, was promoted Capt. 30 Oct. 1914. From July, 1907, he had served with the 26th (Jacob’s) Mountain Battery of the Indian Army. He died at Alexandria, 1 May, 1915, of wounds received in action during the landing at Gaba Tepe on 25 April, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Perceval C. Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, PHILIP GEORGE=, Private, No. 1742 (Pioneer), B Coy., 4th Battn. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Australian Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of Philip George Chapman, of 3A, Franche Court Road, Tooting, S.W., Coachbuilder, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of the Rev. Charles Carter, Baptist Minister; _b._ Tostock, co. Suffolk, 13 Feb. 1884; educ. Waldron Road L.C.C. School, Wandsworth; left England for Australia in Aug. 1911, and was for some time in the bush, afterwards working in Blackbutt, Queensland, and then going to Sydney. He enlisted in Jan. 1915, and was wounded in the charge of the Australians at Lone Pine, 14 Aug. 1915, dying the day following at Alexandria; _unm._ He had been ordered a rest because of his eyes being weak, but would not go upon hearing of the impending charge. Chapman was a keen athlete, holding many medals for swimming, gymnastics and football. [Illustration: =Philip George Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, RICHARD KEPPEL GEORGE SUTTON=, Midshipman, R.N., yst. _s._ of Francis Hay Chapman, Commander R.N. (retired), of 12, Foster Road, Alverstoke, Hants, by his wife, Amy Georgiana, 2nd dau. of the late Capt. Frederick Sutton, 11th Hussars, and granddau. of Capt. Robert Nassau Sutton, 7th Fusiliers, A.D.C. to Sir Ralph Abercrombie in Egypt [3rd son of Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Bart., M.P.]; _b._ Blackheath, S.E., 26 Oct. 1898; educ. Shirley House School, Old Charlton, Weymouth College, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; joined H.M.S. Bulwark, 3 Aug. 1914, when the Fleet mobilised for war. He was killed at Sheerness in the explosion on board that ship, 26 Nov. 1914. Chapman was a general favourite and a keen sportsman. A former tutor wrote: “May the thought that no finer or more upright lad ever wore naval uniform in some small measure be your consolation,” and another wrote: “No one that had anything to do with Dickie could help loving him.” [Illustration: =Richard K. G. S. Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, WILFRID HUBERT=, Capt., 6th (Service) Battn. Alexandra Princess of Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regt., 4th and yst. surviving _s._ of the late Joseph John Chapman, of St. Hilda’s Terrace, Whitby, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Henry Simpson, and gdson. of Joseph Barker Chapman; _b._ Goudhurst, co. Kent, 13 Dec. 1879; and went to Eton (Mr. Hale’s in 1894, and afterwards with his brother, Harold, in 1895 to Mr. Somerville’s). Here he soon became known as a boy of independent, original character, and a promising athlete. In 1897 he was first Whip of the Beagles and second Captain of the Boats; he won the school steeplechase, mile and half-mile, and rowed bow of the eight which won at Henley. In 1898 he won the Steeplechase again, and for the second time rowed bow of the eight which won the Ladies Plate at Henley. From Eton he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1899 rowed bow of the eight which beat Oxford for the first time for 10 years. At the time of the South African War he was given (10 July, 1900) a commission as Lieut. in the 4th (Militia) Battn. of the Yorkshires, and served through that campaign, being promoted Capt. 25 Feb. 1901, and receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps. At the end of the war he retired, returned to Cambridge, and was in the winning Cambridge crews of 1902 and 1903, and was president of the Cambridge University Boating Club in the latter year. On leaving Cambridge he went into business in London, but still kept up his rowing. He was in the Third Trinity eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 1902, and the four that won the Stewards’ Challenge Cup the same year, on both occasions beating Leander in the finals. In 1903 for Third Trinity, which won the Stewards’ Challenge Cup. This was said to be the best four ever seen at Henley up to that date. In the Grand Challenge Cup Third Trinity were only beaten by six feet after a most exciting struggle, in which each boat took the lead alternately. In 1904 he was in the Leander eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup, and in the Third Trinity four which won the Stewards’ Challenge Cup. In 1905 he went to India as an assistant in the Bombay Co., and when war was declared he was manager of the company in Karachi. He immediately joined the Sind Volunteer Field Artillery, but being desirous of going to the Front and failing to get permission from the company, he threw up his appointment, came home and rejoined the Yorkshires as Capt. in June, 1915. The regt. left England for the Dardanelles early the following month, and Capt. Chapman was killed in the landing at Suvla Bay, 6 Aug. 1915. He _m._ at Barkway, co. Herts, 5 Aug. 1909, May Campbell, dau. of Alexander Sinclair, of 5e, Montagu Mansions, Portman Square, W., and had two daus.: Elizabeth Mary, _b._ 22 April, 1911; and Annie Wilfrida Sinclair, _b._ 31 Dec. 1913. His elder brother, Percy, Lieut., 21st Lancers, died of enteric in the Sudan in 1905; another brother, Harold, a Capt. in the Yorkshires, was wounded in Gallipoli a day or two after his brother was killed. [Illustration: =Wilfrid Hubert Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Private, No. 16431, 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, _s._ of William George Chapman, Police Sergeant, Herts Constabulary, in charge of the police station at Royston; _b._ Weston, co. Herts, 24 Nov. 1894; commenced his career in the engineering works of the Dacre Motor Car Co. at Letchworth, and after a short time in the Heatly Gresham Works, enlisted in the Grenadier Guards, 24 April, 1913. He left England with his regt. on or about 12 Aug. 1914, was in the retreat from Mons, and in the various subsequent engagements, being taken prisoner in Nov. but managed to escape. He was killed in action near Béthune, while carrying a despatch from the firing line to Headquarters. A comrade wrote that when the bullet struck him he smiled and fell down dead. Chapman was recommended in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. [Illustration: =William Alfred Chapman.=] =CHAPPLE, JOHN HENRY=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch. 14863, H.M.S. Pathfinder, lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =CHARITY, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21839, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =CHARLES, GEORGE=, Private, No. 4242, 1st Battn. Royal Scots, _s._ of the late George Charles, of Leven, co. Fife, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of the late Alexander Mitchell, of Leven; _b._ Leith, 1871; educ. Bonnington Road School there; enlisted Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 4 May, 1915. He _m._ at Leith, 29 July, 1894, Catherine (died 30 April, 1911), dau. of James Dalgleish, and had two sons and four daus.: George, Private, No. 6410, Royal Scots Fusiliers (twice wounded), _b._ 1895; James, Private, No. 1942, -- Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _b._ 1897 (both on active service); Barbara; Lizzie, _b._ 9 June, 1901; Kate, and Isabella, _b._ 3 Oct. 1907. =CHARLES, JAMES ARTHUR MERRIMAN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I., only _s._ of the Rev. James Hamilton Charles, M.A., R.D., Vicar of Oakham, by his wife, Elisabeth, dau. of the late John Jones Merriman, of 45, Kensington Square, W., M.D.; _b._ Whittlesea, Peterborough, 7 Feb. 1890; educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1912); joined Special Reserve, King’s Shropshire L.I. 4 Nov. 1912, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. 5 Nov. 1914. He was wounded in action at Rue du Bois, Armentières, 23 Oct. 1914, having been chosen by his colonel to hold some advance trenches only 400 yards away from the Germans. Many of his men had fallen round him and he had sent his servant with a message asking for reinforcements, to which the colonel replied on a piece of paper that he was to “hold on.” It was while reading this message that he was shot through the head, after which, though partially paralysed and unable to speak clearly, he lay in the trench for eight hours giving orders to his men through his servant, till the latter was also wounded. Two men then volunteered to carry him to the dressing station, which they did under heavy fire. He was at once removed to Boulogne and later to England, and died after a serious operation in King Edward VII’s Hospital for Officers, 9, Grosvenor Gardens, London, 10 Feb. 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =James A. M. Charles.=] =CHARLETON, THOMAS HOLT=, Private, No. 19588, Scottish Rifles, 2nd _s._ of James Parker Charleton, of Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, Shipyard Labourer, by his wife, Ann (21, Thomas Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of James Holt, of Oldham; _b._ Southwick-on-Wear, 15 Sept. 1894; educ. National School there; was employed at Pickergill’s, Sunderland; enlisted 1 Feb. 1915; went to the Front 2 Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ He was buried on a farm near Loos, just behind the firing line. [Illustration: =Thomas H. Charleton.=] =MUSTARD CHARLETON, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 2254, 7th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Mustard, of Southwick, Bottleblower, by his wife, Jane, dau. of William Charleton, of Southwick; _b._ Southwick-on-Wear, 28 Oct. 1890; educ. National School there; was employed at Priestman’s Yard, Sunderland; joined the 7th (Territorial) Battn. of the Durham L.I. 5 May, 1913, but signed on again, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial Service, went to the Front 24 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 24 May, 1915. He _m._ at Sunderland, 5 April, 1913, Alice (16, Ogle Terrace, Southwick-on-Wear), 4th dau. of Samuel Kirkham, of Middlesbro’, and had two sons: William, _b._ 23 Sept. 1913, and John, _b._ 28 Feb. 1915. [Illustration: =W. Mustard Charleton.=] =CHARLTON, JOHN RAYWOOD=, Teleg., J. 11054, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =CHARLTON, BENJAMIN DAVID=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 9493, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =CHARLTON, ST. JOHN ALAN=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., only _s._ of St. John Charlton, of Cholmondeley Malpas, co. Chester, Agent to the Marquess of Cholmondeley, by his wife, Elisabeth Bronwen, dau. of the late Hugh Robert Hughes, of Kinmel, co. Derby, and Lady Florentia Emily, née Liddell, dau. of Henry Thomas, 1st Earl of Ravensworth; _b._ Cholmondeley, 17 Nov. 1889; educ. Eton College, and was given a commission in the 4th Special Reserve Battn. of the Bedfords, 2 Dec. 1911. On the declaration of war he volunteered for foreign service, went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Festubert, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Lieut. Charlton was a well-known member of the Cheshire Hunt. [Illustration: =St. John Alan Charlton.=] =CHARMAN, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 1738, 4th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Charman, of 1, Friday Street, Warnham; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 21 Aug. 1915. =CHARMAN, JOSEPH PHILIP=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8880), 194784, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =CHARMAN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. G. 3557, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of William Charman, of 22, Lawnsmead, Wonersh, Guildfield; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 16 May, 1915. =CHARRINGTON, ARTHUR CRAVEN=, Capt., 1st Royal Dragoons, yr. _s._ of the late Nicholas Edward Charrington, of Bures Manor, Reigate, by his wife, Isabella (Offham House, Lewes, co. Sussex), dau. of George Arthur Fuller, of The Rookery, Dorking; _b._ Marden Ash, Ongar, Essex, 17 May, 1882; educ. Eton, where he was a member of Mr. Ainger’s House from 1896–1901. On leaving there he joined the Militia of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, whence he was gazetted into the 1st Royal Dragoons, 26 March, 1902, joining the regt. in India in 1903. He was promoted Lieut. 24 June, 1905, and Capt. 12 April, 1910. From Oct. 1911, to Oct. 1912, he was A.D.C. to General Sir O’Moore Creagh, V.C., Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies, having previously acted in the same capacity to Lord Minto and Lord Kitchener. At the time of the outbreak of the European War Capt. Charrington was stationed with his regt. in S. Africa. In Sept. the regt. was ordered home, and within a fortnight of its arrival was sent to France. Capt. Charrington was the first officer of the 1st Dragoons to fall. He was killed 20 Oct. 1914, being struck by shrapnel in the trenches around Ypres, and was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._ Although at the Front but a very short time, he had the good fortune to take part in a very successful raid in an armoured car. “I had a great piece of luck yesterday,” he wrote to his mother on 12 Oct. “The division was halted at a place for the day, and I was sent out with another officer on a reconnaissance in two armoured cars, each carrying a Maxim gun. We also had an armoured car with 10 men. After scouring the country for some time without seeing anything we eventually got to a town where they told us the Germans had left a day or two previously. We went on through the town, stopped outside, and had a look round through our glasses. I saw a few men whom I took to be Germans about a mile away in a farmyard. They had evidently seen us, as they were running backwards and forwards, and seemed very excited. We then went on for about a mile and made a detour round to the farm where I had seen them. When we got there the inhabitants told us that nine mounted Germans had just left. We set off in pursuit. It was really just like a hunt. All the inhabitants of every village rushed out and told us they were just ahead of us. We eventually came up to them suddenly round a corner, standing by the side of the road, two of them dismounted. We let fly into the middle of them with the Maxim at 200 yards. They fled for their lives, leaving behind them four lances and two helmets. The three dismounted men ran across a field. We jumped out of the car and pursued them on foot with revolvers and rifles. It was rather like potting rabbits, as they dodged behind trees and bushes We eventually bagged one officer, four men and a horse, the officer and two men being wounded. The remaining four streaked away across country. We returned in triumph with our prisoners, and they gave us a tremendous reception. It was really great sport, and I have the honour of being the first to draw blood. Then the cars went out again this morning and captured the remaining four, so that I think we mopped up the whole covey” Always most thoughtful of the men in his troop, Capt. Charrington was immensely popular with them. Sergt. Ridley, who had served under him from the time he joined the regt., and who came from York to London to attend a memorial service to his troop officer, on his own account afterwards wrote to Mrs. Charrington: “I required no thanks for coming, as it was only natural for me to attend, considering that he was my troop officer when he first joined us on our return from South Africa in 1903 after the Boer War. He soon became most popular, not only because of his smartness, but because he took a great interest in the N.C.Os. and men belonging to his troop. He was a general favourite with us all, and your sad loss is shared by every single man of the Royal Dragoons.” It is evident from the many letters written by his friends that Capt. Charrington, known to his intimates as “The Kid.” had a singularly lovable disposition and the gift of inspiring affection in others. He was a famous gentleman jockey and well-known at Sandown, and was recognised as one of the best riders in India. As a race-rider Capt. Charrington established a record which must surely remain as a memento to his equestrian skill for all time. He was riding out at a meeting at Simla during the course of which he accepted 15 mounts. Of these, he brought 13 home in front, and one of the other two was second, an almost incredible performance. In 1909 he won the Army Cup on Capt. Gibb’s Pommard, while in the following year he won the same race on Major Campion’s Injas, and the Indian Grand National on Major Wilson’s Kaffirpan. Also as a game shot Capt. Charrington achieved considerable reputation, having made several expeditions to Kashmir and the Central Provinces, and while out shooting with Sir John Hewitt, the Governor of the United Provinces, he bagged two tigers. [Illustration: =Arthur C. Charrington.=] =CHARTERIS, MALCOLM MAXWELL McINNES=, Private, No. 12874, 16th (Waikato) Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of David Charteris, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Land Agent; (a native of Dumfrieshire, Scotland); _b._ South Canterbury, New Zealand, 27 Jan. 1887; educ. Temuka, and Taranaki; was living near Rotorua, Auckland Province, when war broke out, and at once volunteered for Imperial Service; left for England with the Main Body, 16 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there the same day; _unm._ He was a great athlete and a representative footballer. One of his nephews and a cousin-german were also killed in action. [Illustration: =Malcolm M. M. Charteris.=] =CHASTY, RICHARD CHRISTOPHER=, L.-Corpl., No. 9834, 1st Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers,] _s._ of James Chasty, Caretaker for the High School, 40, Harcourt Street, Dublin, naval pensioner of 38 years (10 Jan. 1876 to 27 July, 1914), by his wife, Clara Lucretia, dau. of Samuel How; _b._ Portaferry, co. Down, 24 Aug. 1893; educ. Strangford, Lower Moville, co. Donegal, and Shanaher Belmullet, co. Mayo, National Schools; enlisted in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers about 25 Sept. 1909; was wounded in action at the Dardanelles, 22 May, 1915, and died at Netley Hospital, 7 Sept. following; _unm._ [Illustration: =Richard C. Chasty.=] =CHATTERIS, TOM BRODIE=, Capt., attd. 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt., 4th _s._ of the late Charles C. Chatteris, of Chatteris, Nicholls & Chatteris, Chartered Accountants; _b._ London, W., 9 March, 1881; educ. Sherborne; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Militia) Battn. Sherwood Foresters, 1 Feb. 1900; and promoted Lieut., 19 March, 1902; served through the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with one clasp), and retired with the rank of Hon. Lieut. in the Army, joining the Special Reserve of Officers. He then engaged in forestry work in Siam for the Borneo Co., London, but when war broke out returned home and rejoined his regt., 24 Dec. 1914; went to France in May, 1915, being gazetted Tempy. Capt. in June, and was killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. following; _unm._ [Illustration: =Tom Brodie Chatteris.=] =CHAWNER, JOHN HENRY=, A.B., J. 5865, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =CHAYTOR, ALBAN KINGSFORD=, 2nd Lieut., 6th, attd. 3rd, Battn. Worcester Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Charles Chaytor, Rector of St. Helens, and St. Albans with St. Michael’s, Worcester, since 1881; _b._ there 23 Oct. 1891; educ. at King’s School (Cathedral), Worcester, where he was successively captain of cricket and of the boats, and at Worcester College, Oxford, where he held the Worfield Scholarship and the Inge Exhibition. On leaving there he took up tea planting in Ceylon, was a member of the Volunteer Defence Force, and on the outbreak of war joined the Ceylon Rifle Corps. Early in 1915 he came to England, obtained a commission in the County Regt. 6 Feb. 1915, and (while serving later with the 3rd Battn.) was severely wounded in the trenches near Ypres, 24 May, 1915, and died in a field hospital two days later; _unm._ His colonel and brother officers wrote of him as “a most promising officer,” a “born soldier,” “always ready to volunteer on any dangerous venture.” He was buried in the churchyard of La Clytte. [Illustration: =Alban Kingsford Chaytor.=] =CHEALES, CLEMENT BELLINGHAM=, Able Seaman in Public School Corps of the Naval Brigade, Hawke Battn., brother of the Rev. John Patey Cheales, Vicar of Friskney, and _s._ of the late Rev. Henry John Cheales, formerly Vicar of that place, 1869–99, by his wife, Edith Maria, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Booth; _b._ Friskney, 6 April, 1876; educ. Marlborough College; served with the Imperial Yeomanry during the South African War (medal with two clasps), and was in South Africa when the European War broke out. He immediately came home in Jan. 1915, and enlisted in the Public Schools Battn. of the Royal Naval Brigade, spent the winter in training at the Crystal Palace, and went to the Dardanelles in April. His work lay with the machine gun section of the Division. He died in hospital at Alexandria, 5 Sept. 1915, of fever contracted in Gallipoli, where he had been fighting until 20 Aug.; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote that he had decided to recommend him for a commission when death intervened. [Illustration: =Clement B. Cheales.=] =CHEESE, ALFRED=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 989), late R.M.A., 7113, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHEESE, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 55979, 19th Battn. (Lincoln Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of Frederick John Cheese, of 42, North Street, St. Catherine’s, Ontario, formerly Imperial Navy and Mercantile Marine (who volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war, and was serving in the North Atlantic Squadron at the time of his son’s death), by his wife, Susan, dau. of James Harris, of Brixham, Devon; _b._ Dagenham, co. Essex, 4 Feb. 1898; educ. Hornchurch, Essex, England, and at Chatham, Ontario, Canada; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 24 Aug. 1914; was for a short time attached to the “Welland Canal Guard,” during which time he was instrumental in obtaining information which led to the capture of nine Austrians who were living in close proximity to the canal, and who were subsequently interned. Volunteered for service overseas in Oct. 1914; was accepted and attached to the 19th Battn., who received their training at Toronto Exhibition Grounds Camp. He was among those of that unit who broke all records for the route marching from Long Branch to the Exhibition Ground Camp, covering the distance of 11 miles in heavy marching order (carrying 65 lbs.) in 2 hours 8 minutes. The 19th Battn. left for Shorncliffe in May, 1915, where Private Cheese proved himself a crack shot with the rifle, making 95 points out of a possible 100. His ambition was to become a sniper at the Front, but unfortunately he met with an accident which necessitated an operation. While recovering from this he contracted typhoid, and died at Lidwells, Goudhurst, Kent, 17 Sept. 1915; _unm._ His battn. had left for the Front the previous day. [Illustration: =William John Cheese.=] =CHEESEMAN, PERCY=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 2026, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CHEESEMAR, STANLEY WILLIAM=, A.B., Private, R.M.L.I., J. 12085, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CHENEY, WILLIAM JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 8287, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Joseph Cheney, Horsekeeper, formerly of Laughton, co, Leicester, by his wife Lucy, widow of (--) Allwood, dau. of John Wall, Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire; _b._ Birmingham, 29 May, 1888; educ. Highgate Council School; enlisted 24 Jan. 1909, and was for some time Orderly to the commanding officer before being transferred to the Reserve in March, 1913. He then joined the Isle of Ely Constabulary, and was for 18 months police constable at Ely and Littleport. On the outbreak of war he was called up, went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force, served through the retreat from Mons, etc., and was shot by a sniper at Rentel, near Ypres, 14 Nov.