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from Mons, and at the Battle of the Marne in France, being killed in
action at La Court Soupir Farm, near Vailly on the Aisne River, 14
Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was buried in Soupir Churchyard.
[Illustration: =Frederick W. des Vœux.=]
=DETTNER, WALTER JOSEPH=, Private, No. 2657, 1/18th Battn. (London
Irish Rifles), London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Charles Ephraim
Dettner, of 22, Glasgow Terrace, Pimlico, S.W., Coachman, by his wife,
Emily, dau. of Charles King; _b._ Westminster, 6 May, 1896; educ.
St. Mary’s School, Vincent Square, London; volunteered and joined the
Irish Rifles, 6 Sept. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was
killed in action near Festubert, 17 May, 1915, being buried close to
the front line of trenches in Bethune Wood; _unm._
=DEVANNEY, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 1688, 17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._
of the late Simon Devanney, of 22, Essex Street, Kingsland Road, E.,
Market Porter, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Thomas O’Shea;
_b._ Shoreditch, 24 Feb. 1898; educ. St. Monica’s R.C. School,
Hoxton Square, W.; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles about Sept.
1913; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went
to the front in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Loos, 26 Oct.
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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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