1915. A brother officer wrote: “Bob went up again to the trenches, and

was unlucky enough to get hit very slightly. We were happily able to tie him up on the spot, and take him to the nearest hospital. He called out to us quite cheerily as he passed us in an ambulance waggon.” After three operations in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, he was sent home, and died in Queen Mary’s Hospital, Southend, 21 March, 1915. His commanding officer wrote: “He was always so cheery, and did his work so well that we miss him sorely. He did his duty nobly.” He was _unm._, and was buried in the Sutton Road Cemetery at Southend with full military honours on 24 March. [Illustration: =Hugh Stanley Dilke.=] =DILKES, SAMUEL RICHARD=, Private, No. 5298, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Dilkes, of Rose Cottage, South Croxton, near Leicester, by his wife, Henrietta, dau. of Richard Clarke, of Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray; _b._ Barsby, near Melton Mowbray, co. Leicester, 9 March, 1885: educ. Gaddesby, near Leicester; enlisted 28 Dec. 1903; served in Egypt, 9 March, 1906, to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 25 Aug. to 14 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action on the latter date, at the Battle of the Aisne; _unm._ =DILLON, LESLIE FRANK=, Private, No. 1330, 10th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of John Dillon, of Constantia, Houghton, formerly of Millbrook; _b._ 1894; went to Australia; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war, left for Egypt; went to the Dardanelles; was at first reported missing, but later information showed that he was killed on active service. =DIMMOCK, CHARLES=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 192556, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =DING, DOUGLAS GEORGE=, L.-Corpl. No. 12435, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th _s._ of William Ding, of Sutterton, co. Lincoln, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Bull; _b._ Kenure Park, Rush, co. Dublin, 27 Feb. 1892; enlisted Sept. 1914; went to France in a draft in Feb., and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 27 Sept. 1915, while making a reconnaissance with two men in front of the Guards position near the Chalk Pit, north of Loos; _unm._ An officer wrote: “The late Capt. of this coy. was very sorry to lose such a valuable man as Corpl. Ding, who was a very good and brave man.” =DINGWALL, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 533, B Coy., 19th Battn., 5th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of William Macdonald Dingwall, of Dingwall, Bank Agent, by his wife, Isabella Banken, dau. of the late William Turnbull Dobson; _b._ Inverness, 14 May, 1896; educ. Royal Academy Inverness, and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; went to Australia, 15 May, 1913; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in the spring of 1915; left for Egypt with his battn. in June, 1915; went to the Dardanelles by the Saturnia on 17 Aug. 1915, and died at Lemnos, 4 Jan. 1916, of cerebro-spinal meningitis, contracted on active service; _unm._ Buried in Portianos Cemetery, Lemnos. =DIPPER, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Private, No. 5550, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Frank Dipper, of Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Stockman, by his wife, Matilda, dau. of Edward Turrall, of Stretton-on-Dunsmore; _b._ Stretton-on-Dunsmore, near Rugby, 24 Nov. 1884; educ. there; enlisted 6 May, 1904, and after serving seven years passed into the Reserve. On mobilisation he rejoined, left England with his regiment early in Aug., and served through the retreat from Mons and the various subsequent engagements on the Aisne and Marne. On 2 Nov. he had a narrow escape, a bullet going through his coat, and after striking a tin he was carrying in his breast pocket, passed along his chest, and came out the other side of his coat. He was wounded in the foot on 2 Dec., and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 28 Feb. 1915, by the explosion of two shells close to his head. His brother, Private George Dipper, was standing by his side at the time, but escaped with a few scratches. He was buried at Cuinchy, near La Bassée. He _m._ at Coventry, 20 July, 1911, Annie, dau. of George Wall, of West Bromwich, co. Stafford, and had a son, George, _b._ 5 Nov. 1913. [Illustration: =Arthur William Dipper.=] =DISSPAIN, JOSEPH CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9027), S.S. 2090, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DIVERS, PATRICK=, Private. No. 13689, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots. 2nd _s._ of James Divers, of 248, Charles Street, St. Rollox, Glasgow, employee in the Steel Works of Scotland (Blochaim, Ltd.), by his wife, Mary, dau. of Patrick O’Neil, of co. Tyrone; _b._ Glasgow, 28 Oct. 1895; educ. St. Mungo’s R.C. School, Glebe Street, Glasgow, and St. Rock’s R.C. School, Townhead, Glasgow; was working with Hyde Park Locomotive Works before the war. Enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 18 Dec. 1914. and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ While at St. Rock’s R.C. School, he was captain of the football team, and that year they won the Glasgow Observer Cup and the Petershill F.C. Tournament for elementary schools; he also won a five-a-side football badge the month before he enlisted. [Illustration: =Patrick Divers.=] =DIXON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 18636, 1st Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of John Dixon, of the Foundry, Castle Eden, co. Durham, by his wife, Esther, dau. of Andrew Hunter, of Middle Rainton; _b._ Castle Eden, 18 July, 1892; educ. there; went to Canada in 1912, and settled at Edmonton; enlisted in Aug. 1914, after the declaration of war; went to the Front, 26 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried at Duck’s Bill, Givenchy. For their conduct this day, the deceased company officer, Lieut. F. W. Campbell, was awarded the V.C.; the official report stating: “For most conspicuous bravery on 15 June, 1915, during the action at Givenchy Lieut. Campbell took his two machine guns over the parapet, arrived at the German first line with one gun, and maintained his position there under very heavy rifle, machine gun and bomb fire, notwithstanding the fact that almost the whole of his detachment had been killed or wounded. When our supply of bombs had been exhausted, this officer advanced his gun still further to an exposed position, and, by firing about 1,000 rounds, succeeded in holding back the enemy’s counter attack. This very gallant officer was subsequently wounded and has since died.” [Illustration: =Thomas Dixon.=] =DOBEDOE, HERBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2017), 204430, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =DOCKER, LEONARD GEORGE=, Private, No. 13106, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 5th _s._ of Oliver Atkins Docker, of 155, Grosvenor Road, Rugby, by his wife, Martha, dau. of Simon Freer; _b._ Rugby, 7 July, 1896; educ. Murray Street School there; went to Canada and settled at Boissevain, Manitoba. On the outbreak of war, he immediately came home (paying his own passage) and enlisted at Birmingham, 8 Oct. 1914, the day after he landed. He went to the Front early in May, and was killed in action at Cambrin on 7 July, 1915, his nineteenth birthday. [Illustration: =Leonard George Docker.=] =DODDS, VINCENT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4611 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DODMAN, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6822, 1st Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 8 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action; _m._ =DODS, WILLIAM HENRY GORDON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Leicestershire Regt.; _s._ of the late Major William Sandars Dods, of Uvedale, Norfolk Regt., by his wife, Emmie Alice Gordon (Glengariff, Roundham Road, Paignton), dau. of Col. Henry Charles Wright, Indian Staff Corps; _b._ Uvedale, Needham Market, co. Suffolk, 27 Oct. 1891; educ. Bishops Stortford and Marlborough College, and was afterwards sent with a company of 60 cadets to Woolwich (there being no room that year for the cadets at Sandhurst), where he was promoted Colour-Sergt., and received the Sword of Honour and Coronation medal. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Leicester, 11 Sept. 1911, and joined 25 Oct.; commanded the King’s Guard of Honour at the Pavilion at Aldershot in May, 1912, and was promoted Lieut. 18 May, 1913. On the outbreak of war he went with his regt. to France, and was killed in action near Armentières, France, 21 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at La Houssaie, in the angle formed between La Houssaie-Wez Macquart Road and Armentières Ecquingham Railway. Lieut. Dods played in the final of the Rugby Army match, won by the Leicester Regt. in 1912, and passed the test as marksman in the musketry course in 1914. [Illustration: =William Henry G. Dods.=] =DOE, ALFRED=, Private, No. 9525, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., _s._ of John Doe, of 16, William Street, Brighton; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action at Troyon, 7 Oct. 1914. =DOEL, JAMES=, Private, No. 11205, 1st Battn. Highland L.I., _s._ of James Doel, of 1, Brougham Street, Brockhurst, Gosport; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Richebourg, 16 May, 1915. =DOHERTY, CHARLES=, Private, No. 16959, 10th (Service) Battn. Highland L.I.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. =DOIDGE, GEORGE=, Stoker, P.O., 299015 (Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =DOLAN, BERNARD=, Private, No. 2452, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Zillebeke, 20 May, 1915. =DOLLER, COLIN=, Private, No. 8370, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Croix Barbée, 15 Oct. 1914. =DOLPHIN, ERIC JOHN WESTERN=, Capt., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., 4th and yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Harry Edmund Dolphin, of Oak Lodge, Guildford, late Royal Artillery, by his wife, Margaret Louise, dau. of Capt. James Dolphin, Rifle Brigade; _b._ The Glen, Queenstown, Cork Harbour, 27 Dec. 1885; educ. Stubbington (Mr. Foster), co. Hants, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to the Hampshire Regt., 24 Jan. 1906; promoted Lieut. 9 May, 1907, and (accelerated promotion to) Capt. 23 Oct. 1914. He was killed in action near Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, 8 Nov. 1914, and was buried in the Cemetery there; _unm._ Major Parker wrote: “Your son was killed yesterday morning. He is a very great loss to the regt., just one of those who could ill be spared. He was one of the best of comrades and a real good soldier, always cheery and putting his best into all his work.” =DOLPHIN, JOSEPH SAMUEL=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 268386, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DOMINEY, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 8827, 2nd Battn. The Scots Guards, only _s._ of the Rev. George William Dominey, Rector of St. Vincent’s, Edinburgh, by his wife, Ellen Maud, dau. of the late Richard Roberts, of Sherborne; _b._ Stoughton, Guildford, co. Surrey, 19 April, 1891; educ. King’s College, London; enlisted in The Scots Guards, 14 Jan. 1914; promoted Corpl. 24 Aug. 1914; went to the front, 19 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Armentières, 18 Dec. 1914; _unm._ =DONACHEY, WALLACE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10413), 299952, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =DONALD, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 7118, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.; _b._ Port Glasgow, co. Renfrew, 1880; was a French Polisher; enlisted in the 1st Battn. Highland L.I. at Hamilton, 3 Jan. 1900; served in the South African War (King’s medal with two clasps, “1901,” “1902”), and obtained his transfer to the Army Reserve at Gosport, 2 Jan. 1908, on completion of his eight years with the Colours, of which 6 years and 41 days was abroad. Mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action there, 14 Nov.