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=DALE, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2537), 193695, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DALE, JAMES WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 1782, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=DALE, JOHN CECIL=, Sergt., No. 46, Honourable Artillery Coy.,
elder _s._ of the late John Dale, of Chiswell Street, E.C., by
his wife, Harriet (107, West End Lane, West Hampstead); served with
the C.I.V.’s in the South African War, 1900; and with the Honourable
Artillery Coy. in the European War, 1914; killed in action at Kemmel,
Belgium, 26 Oct. 1914, being shot by a sniper; _m._
=DALE, WELLINGTON TREVELYAN=, Sub-Lieut., R.N.R., only _s._
of the late Wellington Dale, of Penzance, by his wife, the late Louisa
Harrison, dau. of the late Col. Harrington Astley Trevelyan, 7th
Hussars; _b._ Penzance, 24 Jan. 1888; trained on H.M.S. Conway,
and after a short period in a sailing vessel entered the service
of the P. & O. Co. He joined the Royal Naval Reserve, 4 Aug. 1906.
On the outbreak of war he was on the hospital ship Soudan; later
he was appointed to H.M.S. Excellent for a short gunnery course;
from there he received a submarine appointment, subsequently going
out to the Dardanelles, where he was appointed Beach Officer to
assist in the landing operations at Gallipoli. He was taken ill with
acute appendicitis while out there, and died in No. 17 Hospital at
Alexandria, 11 May, 1915. An extract from his commander’s letter said:
“He was always so very efficient and keen at his work, and an officer
and messmate of the sort we cannot afford to lose”; and a brother
officer wrote: “He was one who helped to make our days brighter and our
work lighter.” Lieut. Dale had the Royal Humane Society’s medal for
saving life. He _m._ at Wymondham, 10 Sept. 1912, Florence (Tobé)
(2, Meadow Road, Pinner), dau. of the late Harry Borras, and had a
dau., Gwen Trevelyan, _b._ 10 July, 1913.
[Illustration: =Wellington Trevelyan Dale.=]
=DALEY, HERBERT=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4321, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=DALEY, MICHAEL=, Private, No. 7909, 1st Battn. Highland L.I.,
_s._ of Michael Daley, Ironworker (who served seven years with
the Colours and on the outbreak of war re-enlisted and is now (1916)
on active service), by his wife, Rose Ann (46b, Dalziel Street,
Motherwell), dau. of James Murphy, of Coatbridge; _b._ Coatbridge,
co. Lanark, 8 Feb. 1896; educ. Our Lady of Good Aid Roman Catholic
School there; enlisted 19 Feb. 1914; went to the Front in Nov. 1914,
and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle between 11 and 18 March,
1915.
[Illustration: =Michael Daley.=]
=DALEY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8025, att. 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Michael Daley, who served for 21 years in
the Somerset L.I.; _b._ Accrington, co. Lancaster, 14 Dec. 1891;
educ. St. Peters R.C. School, Blackburn; enlisted 1 Sept. 1908; went to
France 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed in the trench at Givenchy, 5 April,
1915, by a bullet through the head. He _m._ at Windsor, 4 Aug.
1911, Elizabeth Annie, 2nd dau. of George Frederick Humphries, of Four
Oakes Common, co. Warwick, and had a son, Vincent, _b._ 3 March,
1914.
=DALGLISH, CHARLES ANTOINE DE GUERRY=, Capt., 1st Battn. The
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), _s._ of the late James Campsie
Dalglish, of Wandara, Goulburn, New South Wales, by his wife, Marie
Sophie (now wife of W. Dalglish Bellasis, of Sundorne Castle,
Shrewsbury), dau. of the Marquis de Guerry de Lauret; _b._
Goulburn, N.S.W., 11 Feb. 1883; educ. Oratory School, Edgbaston;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Black Watch from the Militia, 5 Jan. 1901,
and promoted Lieut. 29 Oct. 1903, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1910; served in
the South African War, 1901–2, taking part in the operations in the
Transvaal, Dec. 1900, and in the Orange Free State, Dec. 1900 to 31
May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and with the Expeditionary
Force in France, Aug.-Sept. 1914; and died at Sablonnières, 9 Sept.
1914, of wounds received in action. He _m._ at The Oratory, South
Kensington, Caroline, dau. of George Hurdes Purves, of the Middle
Temple.
=DALLAS, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 13994, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of William Dallas, by his wife, Mary, dau. of (--)
Livingstone; _b._ Glasgow, 14 Feb. 1871; educ. Milton Street
Public School there; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914, and was killed in France,
18 June, 1915, while on sentry duty. He _m._ at Glasgow, 12
July, 1895, Elizabeth (384, Dobbies Loan, Glasgow), dau. of Thomas
Williamson, and had five children: Alexander, _b._ 13 Jan.
1899; Thomas, _b._ 24 Feb. 1905; Mary, _b._ 25 Feb. 1902;
Christina, _b._ 24 Feb. 1905; and Elizabeth, _b._ 13 Feb.
1913.
=DALLY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17408. H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=DALMAHOY, JOHN FRANCIS CECIL=, Capt., 40th Pathans, Indian
Army, yr. _s._ of Major-Gen. Patrick Carfrae Dalmahoy, Indian
Army, of 13, Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily, dau.
of Edward Michael Wylly, Bengal Civil Service; _b._ Allahabad,
India, 25 Feb. 1881; educ Edinburgh Academy and Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; joined the Indian Army, 8 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieut. 4 Aug.
1903, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1910; was attached for one year to the King’s
Royal Rifles at Rawal Pindi, then for a short time was with the 18th
Bengal Lancers, being afterwards posted to the 40th Pathans in 1902,
with which last named regt. he served in the Tibet campaign of 1904,
taking prominent part in several engagements, including the action of
Niani, the operations at Gyantse, and in the march to Lhassa, for which
he received the medal with clasp. He again saw service in 1908 in the
Mohmand campaign on the North-West Frontier of India, in the Khyber
Pass, his coolness under fire being commented upon by his commanding
officer (medal with clasp). On the outbreak of the European War his
regt., which was at Hong Kong, was despatched to France, landing
there on 1 April, 1915, its first action being the Battle north of
Ypres, 26 April, 1915, when nearly all the officers were killed or
wounded, including Capt. Dalmahoy, who lost his life while leading
his double company to the attack. Although wounded in six places and
advised to go back, he refused to do so, but continued to lead his
men till he fell under machine-gun fire. His noble death is spoken of
with admiration by the officers and men of the regt. and by others.
“Eye-Witness.” in his report of the battle published in the “Times” of
6 May, 1915, speaks of the gallantry of a Pathan battn. Capt. Dalmahoy
is specially mentioned in a letter published in “The Times” of 7 May,
also by Mr. John Buchan in the account of the battle given in “The
Times” of 13 July, and also in the seventh volume of his “History of
the War.” Capt. Dalmahoy _m._ at St. Andrew’s, Fife, 19 Sept.
1911, Violet Cecily, dau. of the Rev. R. Arthur Hull; _s.p._
[Illustration: =John F. C. Dalmahoy.=]
=DALTON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Trooper, No. 7/185, C Coy., 10th Regt.
(Canterbury Mounted Rifles) New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest
_s._ of William Henry Dalton, Farmer (died 9 Oct. 1915), by his
wife, Annie (Canvastown, Marlborough, New Zealand), dau. of James
Twidle; _b._ Canvastown, Marlborough, New Zealand, 3 May, 1885;
educ. Canvastown School. He was a member of the Canvastown Defence
Club and had been Capt. for the last three years, and on the outbreak
of war volunteered for Imperial Service; joined the Canterbury Mounted
Rifles, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 19 May, 1915. His
commanding officer wrote: “On the 19th, my troop was holding an outpost
position Nelson Hill, we were under a heavy rifle fire, which we were
returning to the best of our ability, when your son was instantaneously
killed by a bullet. Your son was one of the most trustworthy men in the
troop, and at the time of his death was taking part very gallantly in
the defence of our post.”
[Illustration: =William H. Dalton.=]
=DALY, FRANCIS=, Corpl., No. 16949, 10th (Service) Battn. Highland
L.I., _s._ of Patrick Daly, of Level Crossing, Carbury, co.
Kildare, by his wife, Mary Bridget, dau. of Thomas Williams; _b._
Carbury, 13 Dec. 1891; educ. Derenturn National School, and was a post
boy; enlisted 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed at the Battle of Loos, 25
Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Francis Daly.=]
=DAMES, JAMES WILLIAM, D.C.M.=, Sergt.-Major, No. 1315, Princess
Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, 2nd _s._ of John Joseph Dames,
of London, England, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of James Raysbrook;
_b._ London, 20 Nov. 1871; and enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters
(Notts and Derby Regt.) in 1885 at the age of 14. In 1897 he was
sent to India as Sergeant in charge of a draft for the 2nd Battn.,
and took part in the Tirah Campaign, receiving the medal. He was at
Malta on the way back to England when the Boer War broke out, and at
once volunteered for active service; went to South Africa with the
Malta Mounted Infantry and served through that campaign. He was twice
wounded and was three times mentioned in Dispatches, being awarded the
Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Queen’s Medal with 3 bars. He was
invalided home in 1901, and after being employed as a clerk at the
War Office for eight years, went to Canada and settled at Derby town,
Alberta. On the outbreak of the European War he again volunteered for
active service and enlisted in Princess Patricia’s L.I.; came over with
the 1st Canadian Contingent; went to France Dec. 1914, and was killed
in action at Bellewaarde Lake, near Ypres, 8 May, 1915. Sergt.-Major
Dames _m._ at St. George’s Church, Stonehouse, Plymouth, 26 July,
1897, Florence (Derbytown, Mound P. O., Alberta, Canada), yst. dau. of
the late John Coneybeer, of Ivybridge, co. Devon, and had two sons:
Frank Coneybeer, _b._ 15 Sept. 1899; and Harold Victor, _b._
28 Sept. 1902.
[Illustration: =James W. Dames.=]
=DANIEL, ALFRED AUSTEN=, Private, No. 35, 5th Battn. (London Rifle
Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Herbert Daniel of
50, Tunnel Avenue, East Greenwich, S.E., by his wife, Clara Matilda,
dau. of William Austen, H.M. Customs; _b._ Rotherhithe, co.
Surrey, 18 Nov. 1894; educ. Aske School, Hatcham, and matriculated
at London University with second class honours in July, 1912. At the
time war broke out he was with the Star Assurance Society; enlisted
in the London Rifle Brigade with his two brothers, 6 Aug. 1914, the
day following the declaration of war. He went with the battn. to
France in Nov., and while doing fatigue duty was dangerously wounded
on the evening of 24 Jan. 1915, and died fourteen hours later, on the
25th. His company officer wrote: “He was at all times a most willing
and cheerful worker, a splendid example to others, and he will be
much missed by all in the platoon, and by me as commander”; and a
comrade: “He died as all soldiers would wish to die--on duty--and by
that glorious death he has done all that a brave man could do for his
country.” A memorial, in the form of a copy in oils of the famous
picture “The Great Sacrifice,” was placed in St. John’s Church, Isle of
Dogs. E., of which church he was a Server, by the parishioners. At Aske
School he was a prefect, played for the Champion House cricket team,
1910–11, in the school football second eleven, 1911–12, and in the
Champion House football team, 1911–12. He was the first Askean to fall
in the war.
[Illustration: =Alfred Austen Daniel.=]
=DANIELS, ERNEST=, Private, No. G. 2468, 12th (Service) Battn.
Middlesex Regt., _s._ of William Daniels, of 5, Cardiff Road,
Watford; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 5 May, 1915.
=DANIELS, JAMES=, A.B., J. 1544, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DANIELS, JOHN=, S.P.O., 286387, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chilli, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DANIELS, JOHN ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14505, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DANN, DAVID GEORGE=, Private, No. 2249, 6th Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late David George Dann, Postman, by his
wife, Annie (now wife of George Alfred Ernest Thorp, of 5, Boundary
Road, Notting Hill, now serving with the 6th Royal Fusiliers), dau.
of Henry George, Goldsmith; _b._ West Kensington, 8 April, 1897;
educ. St. Paul’s Church School, Hammersmith, and Saunders Road School,
Notting Hill; enlisted in the 6th Battn. Royal Fusiliers in Sept. 1913;
served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action
at Hill 60, 17 April, 1915; _unm._ A half-brother of his (James
Baseley Goldsmith) is now (1916) on active service on H.M.S. Juno, and
two of his maternal uncles, B. H. Goldsmith and I. M. Goldsmith, were
killed in action, the first being lost in the Aboukir, 22 Sept. 1914,
and the second dying of wounds in France, 25 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =David George Dann.=]
=DANN, FRANCIS JOSEPH=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 628), late
Ch./11623, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914; _m._
=DARBY, MAURICE ALFRED ALEXANDER=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Grenadier
Guards, only _s._ of Alfred Edmund William Darby, of Adcote and
Coalbrookdale, co. Salop, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Frederica Louisa
Juliana, dau. of the late Col. Sir Frederick Arthur, 2nd Bart. [by his
wife, Lady Elizabeth, née Hay, dau. of Thomas Robert, 10th Earl of
Kinnoull]; _b._ London, 6 May, 1894; educ. Eton and Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; joined the Grenadier Guards on 24 Jan. 1914, and
obtained his Lieutenancy on 15 Nov. 1914. He went to France in Oct.
1914, with the 7th Division of the Expeditionary Force, served in the
trenches throughout the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in action
near Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ His body was brought
home and interred in Little Ness Churchyard, near Adcote. Lieut. Darby
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
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