1905. His next elder brother, Capt. J. S. S. Dunlop, had been killed in

action 24 Oct. previous, and his yst. brother, 2nd Lieut. K. S. Dunlop, was killed 26 Sept. 1915 (see the following notices). Another brother, Valentine, died in Ladysmith during the siege. [Illustration: =Frederick C. S. Dunlop.=] =DUNLOP, GEORGE ARTHUR=, Canteen Manager, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DUNLOP, JULIAN SILVER STRICKLAND=, Capt. 1st Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Andrew Dunlop, of Belgrave House, Jersey, M.D., by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Joseph Strickland; _b._ St. Helier, Jersey, 15 Sept. 1876; educ. Victoria College, Jersey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Royal Jersey Militia to the South Staffordshire Regt. 7 Dec. 1895; promoted Lieut. 1 May, 1898, and Capt. 9 Feb. 1904. In Oct. 1899, he was appointed A.D.C. to the Lieut.-Governor of Burma, a post he held until 31 March, 1903, and was from 1905–10 Adjutant of the South Staffordshire Militia and Special Reserve. On the outbreak of war he accompanied his regt. to the Front, as part of the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action while leading a bayonet charge, near Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. [Illustration: =Julian Silver S. Dunlop.=] =DUNLOP, KENNETH STRICKLAND=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., 8th _s._ of the late Andrew Dunlop, of Belgrave House, Jersey, M.D., by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Joseph Strickland; _b._ St. Helier, Jersey, 17 Aug. 1882; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and University College, London; went to South America in 1905, was engaged first in the nitrate industry, then as a mining engineer, and when the war broke out was manager of a mine in Bolivia; he returned home in the spring, 1915, qualified as machine-gun officer, went to the front early in Aug. and was attached in that capacity to the 1st Battn. South Staffordshire Regt. there. He was killed in action on the Western front, 26 Sept. 1915, and was buried in the Military Cemetery at Vermelles; _unm._ [Illustration: =Kenneth Strickland Dunlop.=] =DUNN, ALFRED=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1794S, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DUNN, FRANK=, Leading Seaman, 200087, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =DUNN, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11888, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =DUNN, ROBERT WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3849), 187689, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DUNN, SPOTTISWOODE ROBERT=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st Battn. (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), (T.F.), _s._ of the late Robert Dunn, who saw service in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny; _b._ Pimlico, London, 7 June, 1863; educ. London; going to Scotland in 1882, he joined the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles, and in 1893 was gazetted 2nd Lieut. He was appointed Capt. and Instructor of Musketry, June, 1899; served through the South African War, 1901–2, as Commandant, Howard’s Mine, and took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Cape Colony and Orange Free State, being awarded the Queen’s medal with five clasps. In 1902 he was appointed Major of the 4th Battn. of the Royal Scots, being given the rank of Hon. Capt. in the Army, 9 Oct., having previously received the Volunteer and Territorial Decorations, and in the following year he was awarded the Long Service medal. In 1906 he was Brigade-Major of the 1st Lothian Volunteer Infantry Brigade, became Hon. Lieut.-Col. 25 June, and on the formation of the Territorial Force was appointed Secretary of the Mid-Lothian Association. Here his powers of organisation soon became apparent, and throughout recent years his administration was quoted as an example. When mobilisation was declared the perfection of his work was seen, when the units affiliated to his Association took the field, equipped, complete in every detail. With mobilisation completed, his duties as Secretary of the Territorial Association practically terminated, and, on the call of the military authorities, he became, in the absence of the Colonel through ill-health, Colonel Commanding the 4th Battn. The Royal Scots (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles). He raised the battn. to a high state of efficiency before going out with it to Gallipoli in 1915. On 16 Jan. 1915, he was gazetted to the command of the 14th Battn. The Royal Scots, was wounded in his first action, on 28 June, 1915, and died on the following day; buried at sea. Colonel Dunn _m._ Edinburgh, 18 July, 1890, Jane, dau. of the late Thomson Kirkwood, of Glasgow; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Spottiswoode Robert Dunn.=] =DUNN, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 19386, Machine Gun Section, 11th (Service) Battn. Highland L.I., eldest _s._ of Robert Dunn, of 320, Cornish Row, Gartsherrie, Coatbridge, Iron Worker at Gartsherrie Works, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William King; _b._ Gartsherrie, 30 April, 1894; educ. Gartsherrie Public School; was an Iron Worker at Gartsherrie Works; enlisted, 1 Sept. 1914; trained at Bordon Camp, Aldershot; went to the front, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26 Sept. 1915; _unm._ His company officer, Lieut. C. A. Scott, wrote “besides being one of the most valuable gunners I had, he was a real nice boy and one for whom I had a great liking”; and a comrade: “It was after our boys had made the attack the Sunday night the 26 Sept. we got word the Germans were making a counter attack, so we had to mount our gun; your brother was in the act of doing so when he was hit with a bullet, and he died almost immediately after.” [Illustration: =William Dunn.=] =DUNN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2730, 1/7th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Edward Greevis Dunn, of 97, Baring Street, South Shields; _b._ South Shields, 27 Dec. 1890; educ. Weston Senior School; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; went to France, and died 29 June, 1915, of wounds received while on listening post duty. Buried at Bailleul; _unm._ =DUNN, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, 150585, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =DUNNE, PATRICK=, Private, No. 73537, D Coy., 28th Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of Patrick Dunne, of Mountainstown, Wilkinstown, Navan, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Denis O’Neill; _b._ Slane, co. Meath, 11 Feb. 1893; educ. Fletcherstown School, co. Meath; went to Canada, 12 July, 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the 28th Battn., went to France, 15 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action there, 8 Oct. 1915; _unm._ On that day “D Coy. were occupying trenches G1 and G2. About 5 p.m. the Germans blew up two mines under our front trench, and Private Dunne was immediately after reported ‘Missing’ along with a number of others. His body was found a day or so afterwards a considerable distance away from the scene of the explosion, and was buried in Kemmel Cemetery. As he was on duty at the time of the explosion in a section of the trench where one of the explosions occurred, there is no doubt that he met his death through the explosion.”--Canadian Official Report. =DUNSDON, SIDNEY JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109428, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DUNSTER, ARCHIBALD FRANK (NIP)=, Private, No. 2070, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Frank Charles Dunster, of Sunnyside, Cinque Ports Street, Rye, by his wife, Lottie Julia, dau. of Albert Smith; _b._ Rye, co. Sussex, 21 Dec. 1890; educ. Rye Grammar School; was an Artist; volunteered after the outbreak of war, and enlisted 11 Aug. 1914; trained at Dover and was then stationed at the Tower and was for some time on guard at Olympia; went to France, 18 Feb., and died at Bethune, 21 March, 1915, from wounds received in the trenches the previous day; _unm._ When Dunster was wounded, Private J. Adams ran to his assistance, and was himself wounded, and he was eventually carried in by Private Baker Guy, son of the Organist of All Saints’, Hastings. The portrait here reproduced is from a drawing made of him by a German artist interned at Olympia while Dunster was on guard there. [Illustration: =Archibald Frank Dunster.=] =DURAND, FRANCIS WILLIAM=, Capt., 3rd, attached 2nd, Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of the late Rev. Havilland Durand, for 13 years Vicar of Earley, co. Berks, by his wife, Mary (Moulin Huet House, Guernsey), dau. of the Rev. Montague John Gregg Hawtrey; _b._ Earley Vicarage, 29 Jan. 1875; educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Royal Guernsey L.I. (Militia), 1891; joined the Rhodesian Horse in 1895, and took part in the Matabeleland Campaign with Gwelo Field Force in 1896 (medal, “Matabeleland, 1896”) and the Mashonaland Campaign in 1897 (clasp, “Mashonaland, 1897”). From 1899 to 1901 he served with the African Transcontinental Telegraph Survey through German East Africa, under O. Berringer, Chief Surveyor, Northern Rhodesia, and in 1901–2 with the Tanganyika Concessions Expedition to Katanga, Congo Free State. In 1903 he was employed as Secretary and A.D.C. to the First Minister of the Zanzibar Government. He obtained his company in the 3rd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 10 Feb. 1906, to remain seconded under the Foreign Office for service in Zanzibar. He was employed under both the military and civil administration of Zanzibar until 1913, being successively Acting-Commandant, Zanzibar Military Police, and Acting-Governor, Central Jail, 1907; 2nd Class Magistrate and Governor of District Jail, 1909; 2nd in Command, Zanzibar Armed Constabulary, 1911. He received the Zanzibar Orders of El Aliyeh (4th class) in 1907 and the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar (3rd class) in 1913, in which year he retired on a pension. He had passed the School of Musketry at Hythe in 1908 and in all subjects for promotion to rank of Field Officer in 1912, being one of only five officers specially mentioned in the Examiner’s Report (May) to the Army Council. On mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914, he joined his regt., the 3rd Munster Fusiliers, and on 8 Sept. 1914, was attached to the 2nd Battn. in France. He was present at the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne, and also at Ypres, and was killed in action between Givenchy and Festubert, 22 Dec. 1914, while leading his men in an attack to retake trenches lost the day before. On the evening of 20 Dec. 1914, the 2nd Munsters, commanded by Col. A. M. Bent, were billeted in the outskirts of Bailleul, when at 5 p.m. an urgent message was received by Col. Bent that the 3rd Brigade, to which the battn. belonged, was to be ready to march “as soon as possible.” They started at 6.15 p.m., and after marching for six hours in a tearing blizzard of rain and hail, over roads ankle deep in mud, they reached Merville, where a short halt was called. At 8 a.m., outside Bethune, the battn. halted again, awaiting orders. By 3 p.m. orders were received that the battn. was to occupy the trenches at Festubert vacated by the Indians; the leading brigade deployed for attack and, shortly after, the 3rd Brigade, consisting of the 2nd Welsh Regt., the 1st Gloucester, the Munsters, the 1st South Wales Borderers and the 4th (T.) Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was placed on the left of the 1st Guards Brigade. The brigade then resumed its march, through Gorre to Festubert, where the battn. remained in reserve, but on the night of the 21st received orders that there was to be a general attack upon the German line. All that night the Munsters waited, and all that night it rained and snowed and stormed, until the hour arrived when the battn., led by Col. Bent, started to the attack. The men swarmed over the parapets and raced across the fields, carrying their heavy equipment and following their officers over the shell-scarred, churned-up earth. Strands of barbed wire beset their way and the ground was broken by great shell holes. Before them, from the German trenches, the machine guns hammered out their deadly message of welcome; and the men went gamely on, most splendidly led by their officers. Major Thomson, second in command, fell across the first German trench, but would not permit himself to be removed, continuing to issue orders from where he lay; he was wounded again, the second wound proving fatal. Col. Bent fell in the earlier part of the charge, desperately wounded; Major Day was killed a little later, and Capt. Hugh O’Brien fell as he shouted to his company, “Get a bit of your own back, boys.” Not 20 yards from where Capt. O’Brien fell, Capt. Durand met his death, leading at the extreme point of the advance made by C Coy., under fierce enfilading fire. Men fell on the right and left, and again and again they rallied and stumbled over the broken ground, holding steadily on under the wail of tearing shrapnel, and at last the Munsters reached their goal, the given point, and in the fierce counter-attack they did not lose an inch of what they had taken. Capt. Durand _m._ at St. Mary Abbotts Church, Kensington, 4 June, 1903, Geraldine Vesey (40, Arundel Gardens, Kensington Park Road, W.), yst. dau. of the late Rev. John William Hawtrey, of Aldin House, Slough; _s.p._ [Illustration: Francis William Durand.] =DURAND, HAVILLAND MONTAGUE=, Private, No. 720, 13th Battn., Australian Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Havilland Durand, for 13 years Vicar of Earley, co. Berks (died 1884), by his wife, Mary (Moulin Huet, Guernsey), dau. of the Rev. Montague John Gregg Hawtrey; _b._ Earley Vicarage, 21 Dec. 1883; educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and University College, Durham; went to Australia in Sept. 1911, and settled at Brisbane, where he was engaged in teaching. Volunteered on the outbreak of the war and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, Sept. 1914; left for Egypt in Jan. and was killed in action two days after the landing at Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “His comrades having expended nearly all their ammunition, volunteers were asked for, to go to the beach for more; it was necessary to proceed down a fireswept gully, then on to a shell-swept beach, and return. Havilland volunteered to do this. He got to the beach and returned by way of the gully again. He had done his duty and saved our line. I should like to mention that he was loved by officers and men alike. He was selected and especially trained for a battn. scout, work that always requires a lot of intelligence and tact. The Colonel assured me that if Durand had not arrived with the ammunition his comrades, who were in an isolated position, would have been annihilated and our line would have been broken.” He was supposed to have been killed after bringing up the ammunition, but another letter gave the information that he was killed the day after, whilst working in the trench. He was buried by his comrades on a hill at Gaba Tepe, and a rough wooden cross marks the place where he lies. Another letter said: “The landing must have been awful, and all who lived, if only for a day, did heroic work, as the few remaining officers say each man deserved a V.C. The Australians were simply magnificent.” [Illustration: =Havilland M. Durand.=] =DURRANT, CYRIL GEORGE POPLE=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7271, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =DURRANT, WILLIAM BLENCOWE WELLS=, 2nd Lieut., 6th, attd. 4th, Battn. The Rifle Brigade, only _s._ of the Hon. Frederick Chester Wells Durrant, M.A., K.C., Attorney-General of the Bahamas, and Member of Executive and Legislative Councils of the Colony, by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of the late William Blencowe, of Brackley, Northants; _b._ Bath, co. Somerset, 8 May, 1894; educ. Beach Lawn, Leamington Spa; Westminster (1908–13, King’s Scholar); and Magdalene College (Exhibitioner), Cambridge. He joined the Cambridge O.T.C., Aug. 1914, and was gazetted to the 6th Battn. Rifle Brigade Nov. following, joining the 4th Battn. on active service in France,--March, 1915, and was killed in action at or near St. Eloi between 8 and 11 May, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =William B. W. Durrant.=] =DURWARD, QUENTIN=, Private, No. 9552, 3rd Battn. (Queen’s Own Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William Durward, Manager, Anglo-American Cable Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 24 Oct. 1895; educ. Northumberland; went to Toronto, Canada; joined the Queen’s Own Rifles of Toronto at the end of 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France in Feb., and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “He was a splendid soldier, always first and never shirking his duty.” =DUSTIN, CLAUDE=, Corpl., No. 10/1229, 7th Wellington Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of William Samuel Dustin, Pastrycook and Confectioner, Managing Director of Dustin, Ltd., Wanganui and Palmerston North, by his wife, Celia; _b._ Wanganui, New Zealand, 19 Dec. 1892; educ. High School, Wanganui; was for three years a Sergt. in the Wanganui Guards (T.F.), and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service, 8 Oct. 1914. After some months in Egypt, he took part in the famous landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action on the 27th, being shot through the forehead while rescuing a wounded comrade at Walker’s Ridge; _unm._ [Illustration: =Claude Dustin.=] =DUTCH, WILLIAM BENJAMIN=, Sergt., No. 83812, 47th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, _s._ of William Dutch, of Bladud House, Bath, Accountant, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Alderman Alfred Taylor, of The Red House, Bath; _b._ Lower Weston, Bath, 21 April, 1894; educ. Bathforum, and Bath City Secondary School (3 years’ Scholarship), and was employed in the engineering works of Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., of Bath. He joined the Army, 17 Aug. 1914; was made Bombardier, 1 Nov. 1914; Corpl., 14 Nov. 1914; and Sergt., 1 Jan. 1915; and died at the Thornhill Isolation Hospital, Aldershot, 11 April, 1915, of septic scarlet fever; _unm._ He was buried at Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, with full military honours. His Capt. wrote: “I cannot exaggerate the loss he is to me personally and to the whole battery, had picked up a wonderful knowledge of gunnery and his work in general, was out and out the best sergeant I had, and would have gone far in the service.” He was a keen sportsman and a popular football player. [Illustration: =William Benjamin Dutch.=] =DUTFIELD, WALTER THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14094, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of James Dutfield, of 37, Randall Place, West Greenwich, S.E.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =DUTTON, CHARLES EDMUND FERGUSON=, Rifleman, No. 2366, 1 Coy., 1st/16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Edmund Alfred Dutton, of 53–55, Pembridge Road, Notting Hill Gate, W., Boot Manufacturer, by his wife, Susannah Spencer Biggs (21, Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill, W.), dau. of the late Joseph Henry Ferguson, of Dublin; _b._ Notting Hill Gate, 22 July, 1890; educ. St. Mary Abbots Higher Grade School, Kensington; entered the employ of the Fore Street Warehouse Company, Ltd., in 1907, and at the time war was declared held a good position in the blouse department; volunteered, and enlisted in the Queen’s Westminsters, 18 Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Houplines, Flanders, on the night of 7 March, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the cemetery there in the Rue Emile Zola by the Rev. Webb Peplow. The Sergt.-Major wrote that he “was such a nice boy and one of our best ... and is a great loss to his company and also to the battn.” [Illustration: =Charles Edmund F. Dutton.=] =DUTTON, RALPH=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 5172), 177334, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DUVAL, GEORGE LOUIS JOSIAH=, M.D., Major, Commanding No. 1 Coy., Field Ambulance, C.A.M.C., only _s._ of the late Louis Duval, of Grande Ligne, P. Quebec, Canada; _b._ Grande Ligne aforesaid, 10 March, 1876; educ. Filler’s Baptist Institute there; entered as a Medical Student at McGill University in 1894, and graduated there with honours, 17 June, 1898; practised in Waltham, Mass., U.S.A., and then in St. John’s, Quebec, later going to St. John’s, New Brunswick; joined the C.A.M.C., at St. John’s, P. Quebec, in April, 1908, being given a commission as Lieut., and was promoted Capt. June, 1911, and Major, in France, April, 1915; transferred to No. 8 Field Ambulance on going to St. John’s, N.B., and in 1914 became M.O. 28th N.B. Dragoons; volunteered for overseas service on the outbreak of war, and his own unit not going, he was given charge of the section of No. 8 F.A., leaving his home and practice at a day’s notice; left Valcartier for England with No. 1 F.A., 30 Sept. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was severely wounded in both legs during the Second Battle of Ypres, on Sunday, 25 April, 1915. At this action the Canadians suffered heavily, and No. 1 F.A. were ordered to open an advanced dressing station, which Major Duval did at St. Jean; later it had to be abandoned, and he had just succeeded in evacuating the last patient when he was hit about 8.30 p.m. by an explosive shell which burst about 20 yards from him. He was sent from Vlamertinghe to hospital at Boulogne and from there invalided to England, and died in London, 26 Aug. 1915. Col. Foster wrote: “No braver officer ever lived or would be found in our Division, and I shall always remember him for his splendid work at Ypres.” Gunner H. T. Warene, who was wounded in this action and invalided back to Canada, said: “When I was struck Doctor Duval was the first to rush to my aid. We were both exposed to the fire, but he did not seem to mind. He was a kind, gentle and capable surgeon, and the boys all liked him and admired him as a physician, a soldier, and a man. I was most sorry to learn of his death.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April/31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. His body was being taken to Canada for burial on board the Hesperian when she was torpedoed and sunk. He _m._ at Montreal, 23 Oct. 1901, Maude (330, Charlotte Street, St. John’s West, New Brunswick, Canada), dau. of Andrew Byrd, of Montreal, Building and Bridge Contractor, and had two children: Charles Louis Neville, _b._ 18 July, 1906; and Irene Byrd, _b._ 9 Sept. 1902. [Illustration: =George Louis J. Duval.=] =DWERRYHOUSE, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10200), 204457, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DWYER, EDWARD MUNDEN=, Private, No. 1077, 8th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John Thomas Dwyer, of Ignace, Ontario, Canada (originally from co. Tipperary); _b._ Ignace, 24 Nov. 1887; educ. there; was for some years in the Mechanical Dept. of the C.P.R., and was then transferred to the Traffic Dept., and when war broke out was a Conductor. He enlisted 20 Aug. 1914, came over with the first contingent in Oct., and after training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, went to France, and was killed in action at Festubert, 23 April, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Edward Munden Dwyer.=] =DYASON, JAMES NASH=, Act.-Bombardier, No. 162, R.G.A. (T.F.), _s._ of James Nash Dyason, of 63, Coronation Road, Sheerness, Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of James Lambkin; _b._ Sheerness, 17 Feb. 1889; educ. Council School there; was a dockyard employee; joined the Territorials, 1910; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war; died at Shoeburyness, 21 Nov. 1914, on active service; _unm._ =DYBALL, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 10521), 208734, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =DYER, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Private, No. 10672, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of James Dyer, Sergt.-at-Mace, at Poole, Dorset, by his wife, Annie Eliza, dau. of John Phillips, of Poole; _b._ Milton Abbas, near Blandford, co. Dorset, 15 April, 1894; educ. Branksome Heath, Poole; was an assistant for Messrs. Bacon and Curtis, of Poole, Iron-mongers; enlisted, 23 March 1914; went to France, 11 Sept. 1914; was wounded in action at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914, and died in the German military hospital at Courtray, 22 Nov. following; _unm._ His brother, Private P. E. Dyer, was also killed in action. (See his notice.) [Illustration: =Frederick George Dyer.=] =DYER, PERCIVAL ERNEST=, Private, No. 9136, 2nd Battn. The Scots Guards, 4th _s._ of James Dyer, Sergt.-at-Mace, at Poole, Dorset, by his wife, Annie Eliza, dau. of John Phillips, of Poole; _b._ Milton Abbas, near Blanford, co. Dorset, 3 Dec. 1895; educ. Branksome Heath, Poole; was a Plumber and Gas Fitter in the employ of Mr. Hardy, of Poole; enlisted, 6 Aug. 1914; went to France in Oct., and was killed in action between La Bassée and Armentiéres, 18 Dec. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =Percival Ernest Dyer.=] =DYER, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 750), 135247, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DYKE, GEORGE WALKER=, Pensioner Armourer, 136000, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =DYKES, ALFRED McNAIR=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn. The King’s Own, Royal Lancaster Regt., yst. surviving _s._ of the late William Alston Dykes, D.L., by his wife, Agnes Andrea (The Orchard, Hamilton), dau. of the late John Urquhart, of Fairhill, co. Lanark; _b._ Hamilton, 15 March, 1874; educ. Trinity College, Glenalmond, and received his first commission in a militia battn. of the Cameronians, passing in first with 2,130 marks out of a total of 2,400, 12 Dec. 1894, and a few months later joined the 2nd Battn. of the King’s Own in India. He was gazetted Lieut., 4 Nov. 1896; Capt., 24 Feb., 1900; Major, 13 Dec. 1902; and Lieut.-Col., 1 Aug. 1913; and was Adjutant at the age of 23 in 1897. On the outbreak of war in South Africa he was selected for special service duty, and having his battn. at Lichfield did Staff duty as Embarkation Officer at Port Elizabeth, Natal, till the arrival of his own regt., which he immediately rejoined, afterwards taking part in the Relief of Ladysmith, and the Battle at Spion Kop in Jan. 1900. In the course of this engagement he rallied a small party of men of another regt., from whom he learned that the enemy was in possession of a position which was believed to be held by our own troops. Calming his men with cigarettes, and leaving them to regain their nerve in the shelter of a boulder, he went forward alone to prove the truth of this assertion, which he doubted. He had almost reached the spot indicated and had satisfied himself that the fugitives were right when he fell shot through the head. Determined at all costs to carry back the news, he struggled three times to his feet and three times fell; but managed by discarding his rifle to stagger back, in a semi-conscious condition and nearly blinded by the blood in his eyes, over the crest of the hill to our own trenches, luckily without further wounds. The information was at once conveyed to the General, and offers were made to help him to the dressing station 100 yards or so in the rear; but it was only to be reached across a fireswept area, and Capt. Dykes resolutely refused all offers of help. He attained his goal in safety, when he fell unconscious. The wound, which was at first classified as serious, rapidly became dangerous; and when the over-worked army surgeons at the field hospital asked whether he could wait a little longer for attention, he cheerfully gave up his turn for others. Gangrene set in, and it was feared that his eyesight must suffer, the bullet having entered just below the right temple and passing through the mouth, blowing away the left check. Sheer determination to live helped to pull him through. In March he came home and underwent two operations, and despite his surgeon’s most emphatic advice rejoined his regt. at the Front in Sept., resuming his post as Adjutant, which he held till 31 May, 1902, a special extension of his time being granted at the request of his Colonel. In the later phases of the war he did a good deal of convoy work, as Adjutant of his regt., and distinguished himself at the defence of Vryheid 11 Dec. 1900, when the town was held by four companies of the King’s Own and a handful of mounted infantry against an attack under cover of darkness, by Louis Botha in superior numbers. For this and general good service he was mentioned twice in despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901, and 29 July, 1902], and on being offered the choice of the D.S.O. or a Brevet Majority, chose the latter, being then (1902) barely 28 years of age: he also received the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s medal with two. On relinquishing his post as Adjutant, he became Staff Officer to the Commandant of Maritzburg. From 1904–08 he held the post of Staff Capt. at the War Office. He then passed brilliantly through the Staff College, and on his return from service with his regt. in India was appointed in 1912 to the command of a company of Cadets at the R.M.C., Sandhurst. He was promoted in Aug. 1913, at the age of 39 (the youngest Lieut.-Col. of the line) to the command of the 1st Battn. of the King’s Own, then stationed at Dover. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he accompanied the Expeditionary Force to France, and was killed in action early in the morning of 26 Aug. 1914, at the battle of Cambray-Le Cateau, while covering the retreat of the Allied forces. He was shot through the head, and was almost the first man of his regt. to fall. Referring to his death, one of the Generals under whom he had previously served, wrote: “It was with more than ordinary feeling of sorrow that we learnt of the death of Col. Dykes at the head of his regt.... in the act of cheering on his beloved regt. against tremendous odds. Col. Dykes’ loss to the battn. is great indeed. I had a very high opinion of Col. Dykes’ capabilities as an officer, and I watched his career in the King’s Own with more than ordinary interest. After recovery from his wound in South Africa, I brought him to the War Office to assist me at a time of great pressure, and I never regretted it. The bravery and example of their Colonel will not be forgotten by the King’s Own, and it will ever act as an incentive to all ranks to do their duty to the end”; and a brother officer: “He loved his regt. with absolute devotion; and well have they repaid his love by dying with him.... He was a man far above the ordinary in ability, one of our best soldiers, a man who knew not fear, the very staunchest of comrades, and a gentleman without reproach. He never made an enemy, everyone who knew him loved him, he never spoke ill of anyone, and he never did anything that was not absolutely downright honest and good.” Singularly gifted both in mind and body, a man of unusual achievements, the keynote of his character was straightforward simplicity. His humility, his gaiety, and above all his power of self-less devotion, endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. “I am almost afraid to say how much I hope from him,” wrote the Warden of Glenalmond in one of his school reports. “He never thought of himself, only of others,” was the verdict of one of his officers after his death. Lieut.-Col. Dykes _m._ at Southwick Crescent, London, 21 April, 1914, Rosamund Ann, dau. of the late Frederick Willis Farrer, of 16, Devonshire Place, W., and had a dau., Andrea Mary, _b._ 23 Feb. 1915, exactly six months after her father’s death. [Illustration: =Alfred McNair Dykes.=] =DYNES, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (M.), 289177, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =DYSON, CECIL VENN=, Private, Malay States Volunteers, yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Samuel Dyson, of Koilash, Stevenage, co. Herts, D.D., Vice-Principal Church Missionary College, Islington, by his 1st wife, Matilda Julia, dau. of the Rev. Charles Henry Blumhardt; _b._ Calcutta, 7 Aug. 1873; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School, and Queen’s College, Cambridge (Senior Classical Scholar, Bell’s Scholar); entered the Malay States Civil Service in 1896, and was District Judge of Singapore. He was killed while assisting to quell the riots there, 15 Feb. 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Cecil Venn Dyson.=] =EADE, REGINALD JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 10142), 202124, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =EADES, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. 7291 (Ply.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =EADY, JOHN=, Private, No. 1095, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late John Eady, of 5, Fisher Street, Birmingham, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Joseph Sarty; _b._ Sheep Street, Birmingham, 6 March, 1868; served for 12 years with the South Staffordshires; then went to Canada, and to Australia, 1910. Enlisted at the end of 1914, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 13 Aug. 1915; _unm._ =EAGAR, FRANCIS RUSSELL=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery, 3rd _s._ of the late Capt. Edward Boaz Eagar, 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (who was killed in action at Belmont, South Africa, 23 Nov. 1899), and his wife, Ada (now wife of Edward Franks, of The Priory, Bishop’s Cleeve, co. Gloucester), dau. of Col. Newman Burfoot Thoyts, of The Mythe House, Tewkesbury, J.P.; _b._ Fawdon House, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, 27 Sept. 1893; educ. Connaught House (J. R. Morgan), Weymouth; Sherborne, Dorset, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1913–14); gazetted to the Royal Field Artillery, 12 Aug. 1914, and left with his battery for active service in France in November, and was killed in action at Fleurbaix, France, 9 May, 1915, while on observation duty. He was buried in the Rue Petillon Cemetery, Fleurbaix; _unm._ His two brothers, Capt. E. F. Eagar, Royal Berkshire Regt., and Capt. H. St. G. Eagar, Lincolnshire Regt., are now (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Francis Russell Eagar.=] =EAMAN, ALFRED=, P.O., 192106. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EARL, STEPHEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1388), 201346, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =EASON, JESSE HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 6007), S.S. 100950, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EASON, SAMPSON=, Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. Dorsetshire Regt.; yst. _s._ of Robert Eason, of Crewkerne, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of John Marks; _b._ Crewkerne, co. Somerset, 20 April, 1876; enlisted in the Dorsetshire Regt. 7 March, 1893; served in India, and in the South African campaign (Queen’s medal with two clasps); and was Colour-Sergt. Instructor to H Co., 4th (Territorial) Battn. Dorsetshire Regt. at Blandford, 1909–14. He obtained his discharge with the same rank, 6 March, 1914, after 21 years’ service, and received the Long Service medal, and went to live near Dorchester. On the outbreak of war he at once volunteered for active service, and after helping as Coy. Sergt.-Major to train the 5th (Service) Battn. of the Dorsets, he was offered a commission, and was gazetted Lieut. to his own battn. 8 March, 1915. He left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 1 July, 1915, and was killed in action at the landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915, being shot through the head whilst directing the men to their companies. In the official report from Brig.-Gen. C. C. Hannay, lately commanding 5th Dorsets, he said: “Lieut. Eason was shot through the head, dying shortly after, on the 7th instant at Suvla Bay, about a quarter-of-an-hour after he landed. It was about 4 a.m. and dark at the time; I was within two yards of him at the time. He never spoke after he fell.” A Sergt. of the same company wrote: “It was the duty of Mr. Eason and myself to direct the men to their proper companies as they came ashore in the dark. About half-an-hour after landing, I was talking to Mr. Eason, and he had only left me two or three seconds when the Colonel called me to come to him and pick somebody up. I did, and when I turned him over I found it was Mr. Eason. Everything was done for him that could be done, but he did not speak. The doctor was with him almost at once. He died doing his duty, which he always did, and was always considered a good N.C.O. and afterwards a good officer, and we were very sorry to lose him.” And Colonel Woodhouse, 4th Dorsetshire Regt., declared: “I knew him very well, and always found him one of the best, he never spared himself to do his men good and was just the same in civilian life. Unfortunately, there are very few such men to be found now, and I am sure he will be greatly missed in his regt.”; a brother officer also wrote: “I always looked on him as a friend from whom I could get advice and help in my work. The last time I saw him, which was on the destroyer before we landed, he did me a good turn which I shall not forget. Earlier in the evening I, being orderly officer, had to see to the issuing out of hot coffee to the men, and it was a long job, as the space is very cramped. Later in the evening there was an issue of rum to be served out. It really fell to my lot to superintend this, but your husband, with his usual kindness of heart, relieved me of it. I am sorry to say I was not near him at the end. It was before we had got off the beach.” Lieut. Eason _m._ at St. Simon’s Church, Southsea, 5 Dec. 1907, Mabel Ellen (Southsea), yst. dau. of the late James Lewis Adams, C.C.S., late District Magistrate of Flat and Gabriel Islands, Mauritius; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Sampson Eason.=] =EAST, ALFRED CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9621), 199377, H.M.S Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EAST, GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 3098, 21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Joseph East, of Westminster, London, by his wife, Susan (36, Grosvenor Terrace, Camberwell, S.E.), dau. of Francis Smallcombe; _b._ London, 24 May, 1893; educ. L.C.C. School, Westminster; enlisted, 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =George East.=] =EASTERBROOK, WILLIAM THOMAS=, A.B., 206711 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EATON, ARTHUR ERNEST WILSON=, Private, No. 1335, 11th (West Australian) Battn. Australian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of George Wilson Eaton, of Park Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gardener, by his wife, Harriett Elizabeth, dau. of Frederick Arthurs; _b._ Tiddington, near Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, 27 March, 1892; went to Perth, Western Australia, in 1913, and was employed as a farm hand; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 2 Nov. 1914; left Australia with the second reinforcements; and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 1 Aug. 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was killed outright on 31 July, 1915. The sad event happened at night. Although he was wounded, he volunteered to carry ammunition for a machine gun. It was while doing this he met his death. He was buried at Anzac and a wooden cross was erected with the names of those who fell in the taking of Leans trench.” =EATON, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Stoker, P.O., 302154, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EBSARY, FREDERICK ERNEST=, Private, No. 1138, 1st Newfoundland Regt., 5th _s._ of Newman Ebsary, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Engineer, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of the late Joseph Hinds, of Cupid, Newfoundland, and granddaughter of the late Alexander Hinds, of Whitehaven, England; _b._ South Side, St. John’s, Newfoundland, 30 Aug. 1898; educ. St. Mary’s C.E. School there; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt., 19 Feb. 1915; left for England on 20 March, 1915, and died at Cairo, 23 Sept. 1915, of Tubercular Meningitis contracted while on active service. Two of his brothers, Regtl. Sergt.-Major S. J. Ebsary and Private H. Ebsary, are both now (1916) on active service with the Newfoundland Regt. =EBY, ALEXANDER RALPH=, Private, No. 13627, No. 2 Coy. 5th Battn. 2nd Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late Alexander Eby, of Berlin, Ontario, Foreman of Glove Manufactory, by his wife, Nellie, dau. of the late James Bennett Watson, of England, and gt. gt. gdson. of Bishop Benjamin Eby, of the Mennonite Connection, who was _b._ in Pennsylvania in 1785 and settled in Canada in 1807, and founded the town of Berlin; and 6th in descent from Christian Eby who came to Pennsylvania from Switzerland as a boy in 1715; _b._ Berlin, Ontario, 3 Aug. 1891; educ. Berlin Public and High Schools, matriculating at the latter in 1908, and two years later took up a homestead at Abbey, Saskatchewan. He enlisted for Overseas service at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, in Aug. 1914; left Valcartier for England with the first Contingent in Oct., and after training on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914–15, crossed to France in Feb., 1915, and was killed in action there, 21 March, 1915; _unm._ Major G. S. Pragnell wrote: “He was one of the best and most willing men of the Company and at the time that he was actually shot he was working hard helping to strengthen the trench”; and Lieut. L. F. Page: “Ever since your brother came under my commission at Valcartier I always found him most cheerful and willing. He was making a good soldier and always doing his duty well.” Three of his comrades also wrote: “Your brother’s death was severely felt by the remainder of the boys of his company as he was a general favourite with all who knew him. He was buried [at La Boutillerie Chateau, a few miles east of Laventie, France] in the evening of March 21, by the chaplain of our Battn., beside two of his comrades.” [Illustration: =Alexander Ralph Eby.=] =ECCLESHARE, THOMAS BERNARD=, Cook’s Mate, M. 4167, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Thomas Eccleshare, of 10, Merchant Street, Derby; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =EDBROOKE, FRANK THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5159, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =EDDISON, JAMES=, Corpl., No. 9446, C Coy., 2nd Battn. Highland L.I., eldest _s._ of James Eddison, of Aberdeen, by his wife, Jemina, dau. of (--) Wilson; _b._ Aberdeen, ... March, 1886; educ. there; enlisted 31 May, 1904; served three years with the Colours and then passed into the Reserve and worked as a Packing Case Maker; mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to France and was killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ Buried in Givenchy Cemetery. Eddison was well-known in Aberdeen Football circles and played for the Regimental Football Team and the Shamrock Club. He _m._ 9 Oct. 1908, Jeannie (55, Gallowgate, Aberdeen), dau. of William Sutherland, of Aberdeen, Contractor, and had two children: James, _b._ 27 July, 1912; and Martha Sutherland, _b._ 23 May, 1909. [Illustration: =James Eddison.=] =EDDISON, JOHN RADLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 1/8th Battn. Sherwood Foresters (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Robert Eddison, of Mount Vernon, Retford, Notts; _b._ Woodlands, near Worksop, 6 March, 1889; educ. Stancliffe Hall, near Matlock, Giggleswick, and Pembroke College, Cambridgeshire, at which latter he was in the O.T.C. He was gazetted into the Sherwood Foresters, 14 Oct. 1914, went with his regt. to the front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action, being shot through the body while superintending repairs of wire entanglements, at or near Kemmel, 21 April, 1915. He was buried in the Sherwood Foresters’ Cemetery at Kemmel, Belgium; _unm._ [Illustration: =John Radley Eddison.=] =EDEN, ROBERT JAMES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9842), 297722, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EDGE, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 24245, 13th Battn. (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late George Edge, of Eyton-on-Severn, Blacksmith, by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of Alfred Downes; _b._ Eyton-on-Severn, Wroxetter, co. Salop, 19 July, 1886; educ. Donnington School, Wroxetter; went to Canada in April, 1912, and settled at Cranbrooke, B.C., as a railway mechanic; enlisted at Cranbrooke in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914; went to France, 26 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 29 May, 1915, being shot by a sniper while he was leaving the trenches; _unm._ =EDGINTON, ROBERT WALTER LAURENCE=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Robert William Edginton, of 70, Portland Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, M.D.; by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Walter Showell, of Stourton Hall; _b._ Edgbaston, Birmingham, 14 Sept. 1895; educ. Bradfield College and Birmingham University; received a commission in the Territorial Battn. of the Warwickshire Regt. 28 Nov. 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 21 March, 1915; was promoted Lieut. 27 May, 1915, and was killed in action in France, 3 June, 1915. He was buried at White Gates, Petit Pont, Ploegsteert Wood; _unm._ Some three weeks before he was killed, on 9 May, Lieut. Edginton performed a very gallant action, and was recommended by his commanding officer for bravery. This was described in letters from his brother officers as follows: Two privates were in front of the trenches acting as snipers, when one of them was wounded, his comrade was trying to get him back to the trench when he was also wounded. Lieut. Edginton, seeing this, went out to his assistance and brought him safely into the trench, and then went back to rescue the other man, who, when he reached him, he found was dead. In order to do this Lieut. Edginton had to make a detour of 40 or 50 yards to get through the wire entanglements and during the whole time was under severe rifle and shell fire. [Illustration: =Robert W. L. Edginton.=] =EDLMANN, ERNEST ELLIOT, D.S.O.=, Major, R.A., 5th _s._ of the late Major Joseph Ernest Edlmann, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, by his wife, Caroline Sim (Kent House, Leamington), dau. of William Elliot, Madras Civil Service; _b._ at Leamington, 24 Nov. 1868; educ. at Leamington College (1879–85) and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.A., 17 Feb. 1888; and promoted Lieut. 17 Feb. 1891, Capt. 24 Oct. 1898, and Major 15 Dec. 1908; served in the Chin Hills, Burmah, 1892–3 (medal with clasp); in the Sudan; expedition to Dongola, 1890 (medal, Egyptian medal), and in the operations on the North West Frontier, India, 1897–8, first with the Mohmand Field Force, and then with the Tirah Expeditionary Force; present at the actions of Chagru-Kotal and Dargai, and the capture of Sanpagha and Arhanga Passes, the actions of 9, 16 and 24 Nov., the operations in Bara Valley, 7–14 Dec., and the affair at Shinkamar, 29 Jan.; and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 5 April, 1898], and received the medal with two clasps, and the D.S.O. (invested by Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace, 16 Nov. 1908. The Madras Weekly Mail of 18 Nov. 1897, in its account of the taking of the Sanpagha Pass, wrote: “Part of the 5th Bombay Mountain Battery shelled the position at 500 yards range, under a hot fire from the sungar. The only position which the battery could get was on the top of a sort of pinnacle, and two guns fell off this from their own recoil. The greatest credit is due to Lieut. Edlmann for the way he fought his guns under great difficulties, and with a fire being poured in at him from a short range,” and Capt. MacNunn, D.S.O., the Artillery expert, writing in the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution on the same incident, said: “This was almost entirely an artillery battle, and the effect of combined fire completely drove off the enemy; heavy infantry fighting had, however, been looked for and a big casualty list. The fight ended by No. 5 Bombay Mountain Battery being pushed forward, when Capt. de Butts, R.A., was killed on rounding a bluff at the head of his battery, which suddenly came under a fire from the ridge in front. Lieut. Edlmann at once assumed command, and, taking a section, closed in to 500 yards and cleared the ridge of the enemy, a most dashing feat, for which he was commended in despatches. It is no small thing to stand to your guns at 500 yards’ range from marksmen armed with Martinis and Lee-Metfords, but so does audacity bring its own reward in war, that, wonderful to relate, there were no more casualties in the section.” In 1900, Major Edlmann was appointed to raise and command the Abbottabad Mountain Battery (now No. 30 M.B.). This he did with great success, obtaining a second class classification for shooting in the spring of 1902, and first class every subsequent year of his command. He took this battery on service in the Aden Hinterland in 1903–4. In 1902 he was selected to command the Indian Contingent of Native Mountain Artillery, which was present at the Coronation of King Edward VII., on which occasion he was described in The Times as being the best range-finder in the Royal Regt. of Artillery. He was appointed to No. 1 British Mountain Battery in 1910, subsequently transferring to No. 23 Peshawar Mountain Battery, which he was commanding in the 1914–5 operations in the Persian Gulf. In Mesopotamia he took part in the operations of 11, 15 and 17 Nov., near Mohammerah, Saihan, and Sahil respectively. The most skilful and dashing counter-attack carried out by his battery in connection with an infantry unit on the 11th and the admirably directed and highly effective artillery fire of the 15th and 17th are both mentioned in despatches. In the Turkish attack on our position at Shaiba on 11 April, Major Edlmann is mentioned in despatches for the clever handling of his battery and accuracy of fire in silencing the enemy’s guns and repelling his attack. The despatches also speak of the magnificent support given by the artillery throughout the campaign. Major Edlmann was mortally wounded at the Battle of Barjisijah on 14 April, having just taken over the duties of C.R.A., that officer having been wounded. Our troops, over open ground, were attacking a superior force of the enemy skilfully entrenched and concealed over a front of 3 miles. Major Edlmann was much beloved by officers and men alike, while in Military circles it was recognised, in the words of the obituary in the Court Journal, that “he was a fine officer and should have gone far in the service. He was certainly the first gunner in the service.” An officer wrote to his family after his death: “He was one of the bravest men I have ever met, an ideal artillery officer, always absolutely cool--quite indifferent to the heaviest fire.” The entire battery voluntarily paraded at the funeral, and his character was summed up by one of the native officers, whose grief on hearing the news was most touching: “He was such a good and brave Sahib.” Major Edlmann was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a very keen naturalist, preferring shooting in the mountains in the north of India to all other forms of sport. Except for an expedition in Burma, he always selected fresh areas in Kashmir, Ladak, Zaskar, Baltistan, and the many other districts of that part of the Himalayas between India proper and Russian and Chinese Turkestan. He knew all these districts well, and made a very good and varied collection of heads and birds. He presented a collection of rare birds to the Leamington Museum. On these expeditions he always travelled very light, and his powers of walking being almost phenomenal, he was able to cover large tracts of country. He was a keen polo player, though of recent years he had been obliged reluctantly to give this up, owing to the results of bad enteric fever. He _m._ at Abbottabad, 19 Sept. 1908, Evelyn, dau. of Major-Gen. Lorne Campbell, C.B., 38th Dogras, and had four children: Joseph Campbell, _b._ 24 Jan. 1909; Ernest Lorne Campbell, _b._ 28 April, 1914; Antonie Lorne Campbell, _b._ 13 Oct. 1910; and Adine Lorne Campbell, _b._ 24 Aug. 1912. [Illustration: =Ernest Elliot Edlmann.=] =EDMOND, ALFRED THOMAS=, Private, No. 11804, 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers, 4th _s._ of the late Seaward Richard Edmonds, Sapper R.E. (see following notice), by his wife, Esther Jane; _b._ Cardiff, 5 Aug. 1897; educ. Lansdown School, Cardiff; enlisted the day war was declared, 5 Aug. 1914; and was killed in action, 29 Jan. 1915; _unm._ =EDMOND, SEAWARD RICHARD=, Sapper, No. 606, 1st Glamorganshire Fortress Coy., Royal Engineers (T.F.), _s._ of Seaward Richard Edmond, Brewer; _b._ Haverfordwest, 6 July, 1865; educ. there; and was a Commission Agent in Cardiff. He had joined the Glamorgan Garrison Artillery Volunteers, and at the time war was declared was a bandsman with the rank of Sergt.-Major. He joined the Royal Engineers as a sapper, 4 Aug. 1914; went to France, and died there of heart failure, 25 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Roath Church, Cardiff, 23 Jan. 1887, Esther Jane (Kingsland Road, Cardiff), dau. of (--) and had 11 children: William Seward; Albert Ernest, Private, R.F.A., on active service; Harry Lewis; Alfred Thomas, Private, South Wales Borderers (killed); Archie Bernard; Gordon Stanley; Elise Marie: Esther Jane; Kathleen; Doris Mullar; and Irene. Sergt.-Major Edmond was well known in the Cardiff District as a musician and had the Long Service medal. =EDMONDS, JOSEPH LEONARD=, Chief Petty Officer (N.S.) (R.F.R., A. 1942), 147080, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EDSELL, GEORGE ALFRED=, M.D., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Lieut.-Col., 83rd Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., yst. _s._ of the late James Edsell, of Beulah Hill, Norwood [a direct descendent of Capt. James Cook, R.N., the discoverer of Australia], by his wife, Phœbe Caroline, dau. of (..) Jones; _b._ Aberdovey, co. Merioneth, 18 Jan. 1859; educ. King’s College and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; qualified L.R.C.P., London, 1886; M.R.C.S. England, and L.S.A., 1886; M.D. Durham, 1902; D.P.H., R.C.P.S., London, and D.P.H. Camb., 1905; was Res. Obst. Asst. and Clin. Asst. Royal Eye Hospital, Southwark, and afterwards Hon. Surgeon Home for Cripples, Surbiton, and Clin. Asst. Samaritan Hospital for Women. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health, a member of the British Medical Association, an Hon. Life Member of the St. John Ambulance Association, and Surveyor of the Medical Department at the Admiralty, and author of “Successful Reposition of a Completely Severed Finger.” He had joined the Oxfordshire L.I. in 1889 as Surgeon-Lieut., and retired 10 years later as Capt., but when the Territorial Force was organised in 1908, he joined the R.A.M.C. with his former rank. He was promoted Major shortly afterwards, and in 1911 became Lieut.-Col., and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service. He proceeded to Flanders with the 27th Regular Division, and was present throughout the operations round Ypres and the Battles at Hill 60 and St. Eloi. At the latter place he contracted pleurisy, but continued to do his work until he was invalided home at the end of April, and after a long illness died at Surbiton, 15 Aug. 1915. He was exceptionally good at all games, a fine shot, and for many years hunted with the Bicester and South Oxfordshire Hounds. He was exceedingly popular with the officers and men of his unit, and even after contracting his fatal illness never spared himself but worked unceasingly at his arduous duties, never giving to anyone a task which he was not prepared to perform himself. He _m._ at Byfleet, 14 July, 1887, Annie Isabel (The Cedars, Surbiton), eldest dau. of William Haines, of The Cedars, Byfleet, Surrey, and had six children, of whom survive: George Lynton, Capt. 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., _b._ 23 April, 1888; Arthur Reginald Kepp, Capt. 6th Battn. East Surrey Regt., _b._ 10 July, 1889; Eric Valentine, Lieut. 6th Battn. East Surrey Regt., _b._ 13 Feb. 1891, all three (now 1916) on active service; Phœbe Ella, _b._ 8 Jan. 1893; and Kathleen Isabel, _b._ 8 Nov. 1895. [Illustration: =George Alfred Edsell.=] =EDWARDS, ALBERT=, Armourer, 342029, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EDWARDS, ALBERT GEORGE=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27375 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Alfred Edwards, of 8, Gorton Street, Hyde Road, Ardwick, Manchester; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =EDWARDS, ERIC LEA PRIESTLEY=, Capt., 1st Battn. East Yorks. Regt., eldest _s._ of Lea Priestley Edwards, of Warberry Court, Torquay, by his wife, Emily Gertrude, 2nd dau. of Sir Henry Edwards, 1st Bart., C.B.; _b._ Scarborough, 2 March, 1877; educ. Harrow and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. East Yorkshires, 20 Feb. 1897; promoted Lieut. 31 July, 1898, and Capt. 15 May, 1903; was Adjutant to a Volunteer battn. July, 1907–March, 1908, and in the Territorial Force, April, 1908–July, 1910; served with the Tirah Expedition, 1897–8, being present at the operations in the Bara Valley, 7–14 Dec. (medal with two clasps). On the outbreak of war he joined the Expeditionary Force with his regt. and was killed while leading his company near Troyon, at the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept. 1914; _unm._ =EDWARDS, ERNEST IRVING=, Private, No. 130, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in action, 3 May, 1915. =EDWARDS, FRANK THOMAS=, Private, No. 7605, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Silas Edwards, of 342, Long Acre, Nechells, Birmingham; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._ =EDWARDS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 1191, 4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in action, 10 June, 1915. =EDWARDS, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B 3925), S.S. 1204, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =EDWARDS, GEORGE THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16518, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EDWARDS, HAROLD THORNE=, Capt., 1st Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of Thomas Stephen Edwards, of 24, Stow Hill, Newport, Monmouth, Solicitor, by his wife, Alice Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Nathaniel Thorne; _b._ Newbridge, co. Monmouth, 9 Nov. 1883; educ. Brighton House School, Clifton, Bristol, and was admitted a solicitor in 1907. For some time he was with his father at Newport, and then took charge of the Blackwood branch. He joined the 1st Monmouthshires, then known as the 2nd South Wales Borderers, about 1905, becoming Capt. 8 April, 1911, but in 1913 went to Rhodesia to take up farming, and at the time of the declaration of war held an important appointment under the British South Africa Co. there. He returned to England at once and rejoined his old regt. on 22 Sept. 1914, and went to the Front in Feb. 1915. He was killed at Zonnebeke, 8 May, 1915, during the Battle of Ypres. The following report of his death was received: “On 8 May, 1915, at Zonnebeke, two battns. were forced to retire, a gap was created and the Germans swarmed over the trench. Capt. Edwards and most of his Coy. were surrounded, and the Germans shouted ‘Surrender!’ Capt. Edwards was heard to exclaim: ‘Surrender, be damned! Rapid fire, boys!’ and was seen by the men firing at the enemy. He was then shot.” A brother officer wrote: “He was a fine skipper, and the men worshipped him.” [Illustration: =Harold Thorne Edwards.=] =EDWARDS, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 695), 197733, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =EDWARDS, HERBERT MARTIN CHARLES=, Artificer, No. 326 E.B., E.R.A., R.N.R., H.M.S. Cressy, 4th and twin _s._ of the late Alexander Edwards, Chief Gunner’s Mate, R.N. (who served 22 years in the Navy, and was subsequently for 25 years, keeper of the Aberdeen Custom House), by his wife, Jessie; _b._ Aberdeen, 2 April, 1880; educ. Gordon’s College, Aberdeen; and was a Free Burgess of Aberdeen; joined the Navy in 1905, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ =EDWARDS, JOHN EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2472), 218697, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =EDWARDS, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1201), 126314, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EDWARDS, ROBERT GARNET CHAWNER=, Yeoman of Signals, 202620, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =EDWARDS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1963, C Coy., 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt., _s._ of John Richard Edwards, Engine Driver, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of David Thomas, Colliery Manager; _b._ Cwmback, Aberdare, 17 April, 1879; educ. National School, Bassaleg, Newport, co. Monmouth; joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. South Wales Borderers, 19 May, 1896, in which he served 12 years, retiring 31 March, 1908, but on the outbreak of the war he rejoined with the contingent from Messrs. Whitehead’s Iron and Steel Works, Tredegar, where he had been employed as an Ironworker. He went to France, 15 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Messines Ridge, 27 March, 1915, being buried in Wulverghem Churchyard. His commanding officer, Capt. O. W. D. Steel, wrote: “Private Edwards had been in my company for some six months, and we had all come to regard him as a thoroughly reliable and excellent soldier. He was most popular with the company, and despite the fact that he had taken up soldiering somewhat late in life, had made himself most efficient in every way. I was with your husband soon after he was wounded, and was with him till his death. He lived only a few minutes and his end was quite painless.” He _m._ at Bassaleg, Monmouth, 29 Sept. 1906, Rose (3 Varteg Place, Sirhowy, South Wales), dau. of William Clift; _s.p._ [Illustration: =William Edwards.=] =EDWARDS, WILLIAM=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7332, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EDWARDS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 10146), 298659, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EDWARDS, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 6479), 302949, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =EGERTON, ROWLAND LE BERWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd. attd. 1st, Battn. The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, yr. twin _s._ of Sir Philip Henry Brian Grey-Egerton, 12th Bt., Major, 2nd Cheshire (Earl of Chester’s) Yeomanry, late Capt. and Hon. Major Earl of Chester’s Imperial Yeomanry, formerly Capt. 4th Battn. Cheshire Regt., by his 1st wife, Mary Carolyn Campbell, dau. of the late Major James Wayne Cuyler, U.S.A.; _b._ 8, Seymour Place, London, W., 4 April, 1895; educ. Evelyn’s, Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, 30 Oct. 1914; _unm._ =EGLINGTON, ROBERT CECIL=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1075), 171790, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELDER, CHARLES=, Sergt., No. 7903, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I., _s._ of the late William Elder, by his wife, Frances (now wife of Robert Orr Templeton, of 93, Pitt Street, Glasgow), dau. of John Sutherland, of Nairn; _b._ Glasgow, 28 Jan. 1885; educ. Albany Academy there; enlisted July, 1902; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Verneuil, 20 Sept. 1914. He was wounded in the foot, but in spite of this went on until he was killed; _unm._ Buried at Verneuil. A comrade wrote saying that “he died as a true British soldier, gallantly leading his section.” He was a good all-round sportsman. [Illustration: =Charles Elder.=] =ELDRIDGE, THOMAS HENRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2410A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELEMENT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 289064, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ELEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B., 224960, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELITO, ANTOINE=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ELKINS, WILLIAM JAMES=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 174504, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =ELLAWAY, ALFRED HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4654), S.S. 103868, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ELLENDER, RICHARD STANLEY=, Leading Seaman, 239356, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =ELLINGHAM, WILLIAM ALBERT HENRY=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch./17902, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELLIOT, JAMES=, Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner, 3700), 133049, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELLIOT, JOHN AMYAND=, Q.M.-Sergt., No. 162, 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Capt. Charles Sinclair Elliot, R.N., Chief Magistrate of Norfolk Island, 1907–14 [who on the outbreak of war offered his services to the Commonwealth Government and was appointed Naval Officer in charge of Largs Bay, South Australia, where he died suddenly, 30 March, 1915, from heart failure], by his wife, Florence Louisa (Braemar, Eastwood, Sydney), dau. of Frederick Leacroft Dudley; _b._ Plymouth, England, 6 April, 1891; went to New South Wales with his parents in 1904; educ. The King’s School, Parramatta, Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, and Hawkesbury Agricultural College. On leaving there he went to Gillendoon, Warren, and later to Illilliwa, Grenfell, and at the outbreak of the war was managing Grawlin, near Forbes, for Mr. J. M. Holland. He joined the 2nd Infantry Battn., and was appointed Colour-Sergt. to B Coy., commanded by the late Major C. C. Gordon, and on the re-formation of the battn. in Egypt was appointed Coy. Q.M.-Sergt. to D Coy., under the late Major D. Wallack. He was killed in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ He was a good all-round sportsman, excelling particularly at football, representing S.C.E.G.S. in the great Public Schools’ Competition, and winning his honour cap both at S.C.E.G.S. and at the Hawkesbury College, and representing Warren as a member of the team that won the District Cup in 1912. Three of his brothers are (1916) on active service, W. A. Elliot is a Sub-Lieut., R.N., Lieut. Dudley Sinclair Elliot, A.I.F., went with the Expedition to New Guinea, and was in charge of the Native Affairs Department at Rabaul, and 2nd Lieut. Alban Charles Elliot, A.I.F., is in England prior to going to France. [Illustration: =John Amyand Elliot.=] =ELLIOT, MATTHEW TAYLOR=, L.-Corpl., No. 6311, No. 3 Coy., 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Elliot, of 19, Albert Street, Shieldfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Cooper; _b._ Tyne Dock, South Shields, 28 Feb. 1882; enlisted 21 Aug. 1905; appointed L.-Corpl. 23 Feb. 1915; served in Egypt 31 Oct. 1907 to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914 to 8 Oct. 1915, on which day he was killed in action at Vermelles, Belgium; _unm._ ELLIOT, THOMAS, Private, No. 14373, 10th (Service) Battn. Yorkshire Regt., _s._ of Joseph Elliot, Miner, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Thomas (and Jane) Hall; _b._ Frimdon Colliery, co. Durham, 20 Aug. 1886; educ. Ryhope Colliery School; was a Miner; volunteered and enlisted Sept. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1915, and was killed in action between Albert and Fricourt, 1 July, 1916. His commanding officer wrote speaking highly of him as one of the best and bravest of his men, and saying that had he lived he would have gained a D.C.M. He _m._ at Sunderland, 11 April, 1911, Florence, dau. of Charles (and Mary) Hindmarch, of 28, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, and had a son: Charles Hindmarsh, _b._ 25 Jan. 1914. [Illustration: =Thomas Elliot.=] =ELLIOTT, FREDERICK JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 5471), 295811, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ELLIOTT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 16885, 7th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. William Elliott, of Jubilee, British Columbia, Methodist Minister, formerly a missionary in Japan, by his wife, Maria, dau. of George Willan Robinson; _b._ Toyama, Japan, 17 April, 1893; educ. various public schools of Manitoba, 1899–1902; privately, in Japan, 1902–08; and at Victoria and Vancouver (B.C.) High Schools, 1908–10; for some time worked as a house carpenter, with a view to becoming an architect; enlisted in the 88th Victoria (B.C.) Fusiliers in Nov. 1913, for special service (to assist in quelling the strike troubles at Vancouver Island) and, when, nine months later, the European War broke out, volunteered for Imperial Service; left Canada with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914, and, after training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, went to the Front in Feb., and was killed in action at Langemarck, 24 April, 1915, being shot through the head; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. F. F. Elliott, who volunteered at the same time, is now (1916) on active service with the same battn. in France. [Illustration: =George William Elliott.=] =ELLIOTT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 231737 (Ports.), H.M.S Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELLIOTT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8165), S.S. 104009, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =ELLIS, BASIL HERBERT=, Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I. 2nd _s._ of Rev. Henry Maitland Ellis, Vicar of Hedge End, co. Hants, M.A., by his wife, Ida Mary, dau. of the late Capt. Herbert Reid Lempriere; _b._ Exbury Rectory, co. Hants, 20 May, 1895; educ. Highfield Preparatory School, Liphook, and Shrewsbury; at which latter he won a scholarship, was subsequently head of his house. He should have gone into residence at Oxford, as a Scholar of Wadham College, in Oct. 1914, but, having been in the O.T.C. while at Shrewsbury, was given a commission in the King’s Shropshire L.I. 22 Sept. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. 1 Oct. following. He went with his regt. to the Front in May, and was killed in action at Hooge, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the garden of a Farm House, on the left side of the Ypres to Zillebeke Road. An officer wrote of him: “He was an excellent scout officer, and had done some good work since our arrival in France--absolutely fearless and perfectly calm under fire--greatly liked by the men of his platoon, which he had in excellent order”; and another, describing his death: “It was while going out across the open to get water for several men who had been badly wounded that he was killed.” Lieut. Ellis was a keen sportsman; while at Shrewsbury he was in the 1st XI. Cricket Team, and also had his Fives Colours, and was Editor of the “Salopian.” [Illustration: =Basil Herbert Ellis.=] =ELLIS, EDMUND ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./68O6, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =ELLIS, GEORGE WILLIS=, A.B., J. 1773, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELLIS, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9481), S.S. 106864, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELLIS, JUDSON HAROLD=, Private, No. 33326, 3rd Canadian Field Ambulance, eldest _s._ of William Sandford Ellis, of Alliston, Ontario, Canada, Grain and Seed Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late John Gallaugher; _b._ Thornbury, Grey co., Ontario, 24 March, 1891; educ. Alliston Public and High Schools; graduated (Phm. B.) from Toronto in 1913, and on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914, at once volunteered, and enlisted in the Canadian A.M.C. at Winnipeg on the 18th of that month. He came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; went to France in Feb., and died, 21 May, 1915, of wounds received while attending to the wounded at the Battle of Festubert; _unm._ He was buried at Hinges, France. His Lieut.-Col., Walter L. Watt, wrote: “From the very first he did his duty and did it well. He had no fear and was always a willing volunteer for anything requiring deeds and not words.” [Illustration: =Judson Harold Ellis.=] =ELLIS, LEONARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8084 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELLISON, REGINALD=, A.B., No. Mersey Z/38, R.N.V.R., 2nd _s._ of James Ormrod Ellison, of Tarbock Road, Huyton, and Boundary Road, St. Helens, Lancashire, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of William Robinson; _b._ at St. Ann’s, St. Helens, Lancashire, 27 Feb. 1897; educ. Ashton-in-Makerfield Grammar School, was articled as an Electrical Engineer, but on the outbreak of war enlisted (7 Sept. 1914) in the 1st Battn. 2nd Royal Naval Brigade, was transferred to the Howe Battn. and sailed from Avonmouth, 27 Feb. 1915. He was wounded in action at Gallipoli, 1 May, while advancing under heavy fire, and died in the 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, 27 May, 1915, aged 18 years. [Illustration: =Reginald Ellison.=] =ELLISON, ROBERT=, Gunner, No. 36235., R.F.A., eldest _s._ of Ted Ellison, of Bishopwearmouth, Miner, by his wife, Mary, dau. of John Murphy; _b._ Wheatley Hill, co. Durham, 3 April, 1874; educ. St. Benett’s School, Sunderland; was a quarry worker; enlisted 6 Sept. 1914; trained at Wycombe, Bucks, and died 13 Dec. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. previous. He _m._ at Sunderland 22 May, 1896, Jane (6, Carley Place, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of James McGreavy, and had issue: James Edward, _b._ 13 Oct. 1901; Thomas, _b._ 6 Jan. 1904; Robert, _b._ 22 May, 1907; John, _b._ 21 Feb. 1913; and Florence May, _b._ 29 Aug. 1910. [Illustration: =Robert Ellison.=] =ELLISTON, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Sailmaker’s Mate (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9489), 201530, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELLOT, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 1517, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Maidenhead, co. Berks; enlisted 30 July, 1897, aged 20; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; reported missing after the fighting on 25 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Windsor 18 Dec. 1905, Elizabeth (209, Campbell Buildings, Westminster Bridge Road, S.W.), dau. of (--) Farrell, and had six children: William, _b._ 7 Feb. 1907; Claude, _b._ 1 Feb. 1913; Harry, _b._ 11 April, 1914; Cicely, _b._ 7 April, 1908; Marterl, _b._ 28 Feb. 1910; and Gwendoline, _b._ (twin) 1 Feb. 1913. =ELLSWORTH, ERNEST MALVERN=, Private, No. 46141, 13th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Alden Ellsworth, of Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S.A. (died 9 March, 1897), by his wife, Mary (now wife of Paul S. Allen, of Cobourg, Ontario), dau. of Daniel Lockhart, of Nova Scotia; _b._ Laconia aforesaid, 1 March, 1894; educ. Ottawa; was a farmer’s hand; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2 Sept. 1914; came over with the first Contingent, from Windsor, N.S.; went to the front, April 20, and was killed in action in France, 21 May, 1915; _unm._ =ELLSWORTH, JAMES=, Private, No. 625, 1st Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of Henry Ellsworth, of Carmanville, Newfoundland, by his wife, Emelia; _b._ Carmanville afsd., 4 Jan. 1889; educ. there; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war, and joined the Newfoundland Regt.; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 4 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Borderers Ravine (Cem. 117, J. 3, grave No. 32). [Illustration: =James Ellsworth.=] =ELLWOOD, CHARLES HUGH=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Lincolnshire Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Col. Arthur Ellwood, of Mareham-le-Fen, co. Lincoln, V.D. (died April, 1915), by his wife, Caroline (Manor House, Mareham-le-Fen, Boston), dau. of Robert Addison Hogsthorpe; _b._ Mareham-le-Fen, 2 Dec. 1887; educ. Lincoln Grammar School, and assisted his father farming. With his elder brother, now Capt. A. A. Ellwood, he joined the Horncastle Coy of the old Lincoln Volunteers in 1903, of which Company their father was Colonel Commanding, and on the organisation of the Territorial Force was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 17 June, 1911, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he and his brother both volunteered for Imperial service and went to France with their regt. 28 Feb. 1915. Capt. Ellwood was appointed to the charge of a machine-gun section, and Lieut. Ellwood was given charge of a section in the trenches. He was killed in action at Wytschacte, near Messines, Belgium, 1 June, 1915, and was buried in Dranoutre Churchyard; _unm._ His commanding officer, the late Col. Jessop, wrote: “He was doing splendidly.... I have sent his name up more than once for good work”; and Lieut. H. B. Riggull, of the 5th Battn., in a letter dated 14 June, said: “I was very sorry about Ellwood’s brother. It was very bad luck, especially as he had been doing such good work. He often used to crawl right out to the German line at night and gave a lot of valuable information; the General sent for him, and personally congratulated him.” He was very keen on miniature shooting, and had won many prizes. [Illustration: =Charles Hugh Ellwood.=] =ELMER, JOSEPH HENRY=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R.. Ch. B. 7906), 168002, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELRINGTON, GERARD GORDON CLEMENT=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Gerard Gordon Elrington, Capt. Dorsetshire Regt., by his wife, Mary Tilly (now wife of General John Miles, of 35, Fitzroy Road, Regent’s Park, N.W.), dau. of the late Alexander Watson; _b._ Bruges, Belgium, 28 April, 1894; educ. Cranleigh School, Surrey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd East Yorkshires, 1 Oct. 1912, went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Festubert, France, 30–31 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Capt. H. K. Umfreville, 2nd Battn. Duke of Wellington’s Regt., wrote: “During the time I commanded the battn., during the Aisne fighting and the later operations north of Arras, 2nd Lieut. Elrington has shown conspicuous gallantry, and his company commander repeatedly expressed to me his admiration of the cheerfulness and carelessness of danger displayed by this officer.... I may briefly add the circumstances under which 2nd Lieut. Elrington met his fate. Near Festubert, on the night of the 30th to 31st, a company of this battn. was ordered to co-operate with the Sikhs in recovering a trench captured by the Germans the previous night. 2nd Lieut. Elrington was leading his platoon in this attack, and was shot through the head within a few feet of the trench. The trench was not taken, but I assured myself later that he was quite dead, and his burial was carried out by the officers of the Sikh (58th Rifles) company in the trench later on.” [Illustration: =Gerard G. C. Elrington.=] =ELSON, GEORGE EDWARDS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4845) S.S. 104229, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ELVES, THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R.. B. 5123), 292957, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =ELWIN, FRANK HAROLD=, 2nd. Lieut., 2nd Battn. Duke of Edinburgh’s Wiltshire Regt., only _s._ of James Elwin, Tea Planter, Manager of the Kuttal Tea Estate, Cachar, India, by his wife, Isabel Mary, dau. of John Henry Weaver; _b._ Darjiling, India, 22 Sept. 1895; educ. Shrewsbury School, and left there in July, 1914, with the intention of going on to King’s College, Cambridge, to study Science, a subject in which he had shown considerable ability. On the outbreak of war, the following month, however, he enlisted in the Shropshire L.I., 9 Sept. 1914. On 7 Nov. following he was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. of the Wiltshires, and was afterwards transferred to the 2nd Battn.; he went to France on 24 Feb., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on the early morning of 12 March,