1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir J. French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.

[London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915. [Illustration: =Charles E. Fishbourne.=] =FISHER, ALBERT WILLIAM=, Gunner, Immed. Class (R.F.R., 90), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FISHER, ALFRED=, Engine Room Artificer, No. 1523, Royal Naval Reserve, 3rd _s._ of Robert Fisher, Master Mariner, by his wife, Henrietta, dau. of John Myers; _b._ Boston, co. Lincoln, 15 April, 1888; educ. Hull Technical College; served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Earle & Co., Shipbuilders, Hull, and then went to sea. After obtaining his 1st Class certificate, he was appointed Resident Engineer at the Robert College, Constantinople, for three years, and on the outbreak of war returned to Hull; joined the R.N.R., and was appointed to H.M. auxiliary cruiser Viknor. He was drowned when this ship was lost off the North Coast of Ireland, 13 Jan. 1915. His body was recovered and buried in the island of Aronsay, Argyle. He _m._ at the British Consulate, Constantinople, 7 Oct. 1912, Elsie (10, Myrtle Avenue, Williamson Street, Hull), dau. of George Sloper, and had two sons: Alfred, _b._ 16 Dec. 1913; and Frank, _b._ 1 Aug. 1915. [Illustration: =Alfred Fisher.=] =FISHER, ARTHUR ERNEST=, A.B., 205321, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FISHER, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3992), 197064, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FISHER, EDWARD=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 7255), S.S. 102176, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FISHER, EDWARD HERBERT=, Private, No. 10/1166, Wellington Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Edward Herbert Fisher, of Wellington, New Zealand, Clerk in Valuation Department, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late Ralph Milligan, of Drumderryglass, co. Cavan, and gdson. of the late James Temple Fisher, Postmaster-General in Sir George Grey’s Government; _b._ Ingham, Herbert River, North Queensland, 13 Oct. 1891; educ. Townsville, North Queensland, and at Wellington, New Zealand; was in the Telegraph Department, Wellington, but after the outbreak of war left 13 Oct. 1914; joined the Wellington Infantry Battn. the following day, and sailed for Egypt in the Arawa (Transport No. 10) two days later. On the voyage to Egypt was transferred to the Limerick (No. 7) as Wireless Operator, and was on duty during the engagement between H.M.A. Cruiser Sydney and the German Cruiser Emden, near Cocos Island; also on duty in Telephone Bureau on the banks of the Suez Canal during the Turkish attack; after being on the Canal for about a month he returned to Zeitoun Camp and from thence to Gallipoli, where he was killed a few days after landing, 29 April, 1915; _unm._ Fisher was an enthusiastic Rugby footballer, and was one of the team that won the Ranfurly Shield in Taranaki in 1914. It was reported that he was shot through the head while helping a wounded Australian. [Illustration: =Edward Herbert Fisher.=] =FISHER, HENRY RAYMOND=, Corpl., No. 25710, 14th Battn. (1st Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Charles Frederic Fisher, of Rollingdam, New Brunswick, Farmer, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of Henry Johnston, of Rollingdam; _b._ Rollingdam, 1 April, 1883; educ. Rollingdam School; was for 15 years with the Canadian Pacific Railway as a fireman and engineer; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and enlisted at Montreal; came over with the first Canadian Contingent in Oct.; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France on 15 Feb.; took part in the Battle of Ypres, where the 14th Battn. is said to have saved the day, and died 2 May, 1915, from shrapnel wounds in the head, received in action in the reserve trenches. He was buried in Poperinghe Cemetery. His brother, L.-Corpl. Charles D. Fisher, 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders of Canada) is now (1916) on active service in France. [Illustration: =Henry R. Fisher.=] =FISHER, JOHN EDMUND=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 341), late Ch./6698, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FISHER, LESLIE BENITO=, Lieut., 12th (Service) Battn. King’s Royal Rifles, only _s._ of the late William Edgar Fisher, Accountant, by his wife, Emma Louisa (Brampton Park, Brampton, Huntingdonshire), dau. of Benjamin Beasley; _b._ Fulham, S.W., 25 June, 1885; educ. privately; went to the Federated Malay States (Klang) in 1910 to take up a post with the North Hummock Rubber Co. Here his promotion was rapid, and at the time of his return home on leave in 1914 he was making an excellent position for himself. He arrived in England in August of that year, and three weeks later joined the Royal Fusiliers (Empire Battn.). In Nov. he was offered a commission in the 12th Service Battn. of the King’s Royal Rifles, which he accepted, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 17 Nov. 1914, and promoted Lieut. and machine gun officer in April, 1915. He was killed instantaneously by a shell in action at Bois Grenier, France, 14 Aug. 1915. As a schoolboy his great hobby was physical culture, and he was an ardent follower of Sandow, being remarkable for his splendid athletic physique and physical fitness. In 1909 he competed in a Marathon race at Bapton, Wiltshire, the course being 20 miles, and out of 32 entries only three ran the whole course, Lieut. Fisher being one of them. He was a brilliant hockey player, playing for Sussex and Dorset, and obtaining his colours for the latter county. In 1908 he joined as a trooper the Dorsetshire Yeomanry, and was offered a commission, which, however, he declined. His grandfather, the late Mr. Benjamin Beasley, was a noted shot, and in 1862 competed at Wimbledon for the Elcho Challenge Shield, becoming one of the first famous “English Eight.” Lieut. Fisher was _unm._, and was buried at Bois Grenier, France. A monument was erected to his memory in the chancel of St. Mary’s Church, Brampton, Huntingdonshire, Brampton being the village in which a great part of his life was spent. [Illustration: =Leslie Benito Fisher.=] =FISHER, ROBERT=, Leading Car. Crew, 344814, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =FISHER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Bandsman, No. 2710, 6th Battn. Welsh Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Ebenezer Fisher, of Cockett Farm, Cockett, labourer, by his wife Ann, dau. of William (and Rachel) Richards; _b._ Swansea, 2 April, 1888; educ. Plasmarsh Council School; was a brickmaker; joined the Army, 17 Nov. 1914; went to France, 7 March, 1915, and was killed in a motor lorry collision at Calais, 30 May, 1915, while on active service; _unm._ [Illustration: =William Henry Fisher.=] =FISK, ALBERT ARTHUR=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26689, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =FITZCLARENCE, ARTHUR AUGUSTUS CORNWALLIS=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, and Adjutant, 15th Battn. (Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Henry Edward FitzClarence, of 41, Ovington Square, S.W., by his wife, Mary Isabel, only dau. of John Parsons, and gdson. of the Rev. Lord Augustus FitzClarence, Chaplain to Queen Victoria [4th _s._ of King William IV]; _b._ Ceylon, 16 March, 1880; educ. Radley College; enlisted in the City of London Imperial Volunteers on the outbreak of the South African War, and served in that campaign 1900; took part in the operations in the Orange River Colony, Feb. to March and May, 1900, and in Cape Colony, Feb. to March, 1900, and operations in the Transvaal, May, 1900, to Aug. 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); recommended for a commission by Col. (now Gen. Sir) W. H. Mackinnon; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Fusiliers, 4 Aug. 1900, and promoted Lieut. 11 Feb. 1904, and Capt. 22 Nov. 1909; was employed with West African Frontier Force, 12 Sept. 1903 to 29 July, 1908; served in South Nigeria, 1904–5, where he patrolled the unsettled portions of the Ibibio and Kwa country (medal with clasp), and in Northern Nigeria, 1906 (clasp); Adjutant Civil Service Rifles (15th London Regt., T.F.), 22 Nov. 1909 to 21 Nov. 1913; left for the Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915, and was killed there, 29 June, 1915. He was mentioned in despatches for conspicuous gallantry, in reorganising the defence, and keeping the Turks at bay until he was shot [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915]. He received his certificate for signalling in 1902; that for musketry on passing his examination at Hythe in the following year, and in 1909 he obtained one for gymnastics at the Aldershot Gymnasium. At Radley he rowed in the college boat at Henley, in 1896–7–8, being Capt. of the boats in 1898. He was also in the school football eleven. He rowed for Kingston both in the Eights and Fours, and he won the Wyfolds in 1902. He was a fine athlete-- a good boxer and long-distance runner. In latter years he went in for fencing and sabre play, competing at the Royal Naval and Military Tournament and winning the second prize in the epee in 1913, and second prize in the sabre _v._ sabre in 1914. He _m._ at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, 7 April, 1910, Lady Susan, née Yorke, only dau. of John Manners, 7th Earl of Hardwicke; _s.p._ His cousin, Brig.-Gen. C. FitzClarence, V.C., was killed in action, 11 Nov. 1914. [Illustration: =A. A. C. FitzClarence.=] =FITZCLARENCE, CHARLES, V.C.=, Brig.-Gen., formerly Lieut.-Col., Commanding Irish Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Hon. George FitzClarence, Capt., R.N., by his wife, Lady Maria Henriette, née Scott, eldest dau. of John Henry, 3rd Earl of Clonmell, and gdson. of George, 1st Earl of Munster [eldest s. of King William IV]; _b._ Bishop’s Court, co. Kildare, 8 May, 1865; educ. Eton and Wellington; gazetted Lieut. from the Militia to the Royal Fusiliers, 10 Nov. 1886; promoted Capt. 6 April, 1898; transferred to Irish Guards, 6 Oct. 1900; and became Brevet Major, 29 Nov. following; Major, 2 May, 1904; Lieut.-Col. 14 July, 1909; Col. 6 March, 1913; and Brig.-Gen. 5 Aug. 1914; served in South African War, 1899–1900; was Special Service officer with Protectorate Regt., 15 July, 1899, to 28 Aug. 1900, and Brigade Major, on Staff, 29 Aug. 1900 to 4 Feb. 1901; took part in defence of Mafeking (twice wounded; mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901]; Brevet of Major; Queen’s medal with three clasps; decorated with the Victoria Cross for three specific acts of bravery [London Gazette, 6 July, 1900], viz.: on 16 Oct. 1899, taking with him about 50 unseasoned men of the Protectorate Regt., he went to the relief of an armoured train which was in difficulties. Capt. FitzClarence advanced his men under a furious fire. At one time the squadron was nearly surrounded but it was saved with few casualties through coolness and clever handling on the part of its leader. About a fortnight later he led a night sortie of 60 men and drove the Boers from their trenches at the point of the bayonet. On that night Capt. FitzClarence was the first to leap into the trenches sword in hand, and it is said that he himself killed four of the enemy and was wounded. On Dec. 26 he again distinguished himself in the action at Game Tree, where he was shot through the legs); Brigade Major, 5th Brigade, Aldershot Army Corps, 22 April, 1903 to 31 March, 1906; Brigade Commander, 5th London Infantry Brigade, and Mil. Member London Territorial Force Association; Lieut.-Col. Commanding Irish Guards, 14 July, 1913 to Aug. 1914; commanded 29th Brigade, 10th Division at Curragh from 23 Aug. to 22 Sept.; went to France, 23 Sept. and took over command of the First Guards Brigade, 27 Sept.; killed in action leading his Brigade in the night attack at Ypres, 11–12 Nov. 1914. He was specially mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. [London Gazette, 30 Nov.] 1914, where he said: “His loss will be severely felt.” He _m._ at The Citadel Church, Cairo, 20 April, 1898, Violet (12, Lowndes Street, S.W.), 4th and yst. dau. of the late Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill, M.P., and granddau. of John, 6th Duke of Marlborough, and had two children: Edward Charles, _b._ 3 Oct. 1899; and Joan Harriet, _b._ 23 Dec. 1901. His twin brother, Edward, Capt., 1st Dorsetshire Regt. attached Egyptian Army, was killed in action at Abu-Hamed, 7 Aug. 1897, and his cousin, Capt. A. A. C. FitzClarence, was killed in action in Gallipoli, 29 June, 1915. [Illustration: =Charles FitzClarence, V.C.=] =FITZGERALD, EDWARD THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./12363, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FITZGERALD, GERALD HUGH=, Capt., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, only _s._ of the late Lord Maurice FitzGerald, of Johnstowne Castle, co. Wexford, by his wife, Lady Adelaide, dau. of George Arthur Hastings Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard, K.P., and grandson of Charles William, 4th Duke of Leinster, P.C.; _b._ Johnstowne Castle, 11 April, 1886; educ. Eton; joined the Royal North Devon Hussars (Yeomanry) in Nov. 1904; gazetted from them to the 4th Dragoon Guards, 11 Dec. 1907; promoted Lieut. 17 Nov. 1908, and Capt. 25 Nov. 1913; accompanied the Expeditionary Force to France; was slightly wounded during the first week in Sept., and fell shot through the head in the Battle of the Aisne when in charge of the machine gun section of his battn. 13 Sept. 1914; buried in the cemetery at Bourg. Col. R. L. Mullens, his commanding officer, wrote: “It happened early in the morning of the 13th. We were fighting in the village of Bourg-et-Comin, about 17 miles east of Soissons, which is about 63 miles north-east of Paris. Gerald was as always, working hard and doing good work with his maxims. Some Germans were on the canal bank about 500 yards away, and I had warned him and his men to keep their heads down. Some little time after I had to leave him to attend to other matters he was hit. Major Bridges was close to him at the time, but there was nothing to be done--the end was instantaneous.... His loss to the regt. is immense. He was universally popular and loved by his brother officers and men.” Capt. FitzGerald was a keen sportsman, a fine rider, and took great interest in polo. He _m._ at South Tidworth, 5 Aug. 1914, Dorothy Violet, yst. dau. of Spencer Charrington, of Winchfield Lodge, Winchfield, Hants; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Gerald Hugh FitzGerald.=] =FITZGERALD, JAMES=, Chief Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., A. 1818), 147643, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =FITZGERALD, JOHN MARTIN=, Private, No. 295, A Coy., 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late John Fitzgerald, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Cooper (died 24 Aug 1886), by his wife, Mary Ann (20 Carter’s Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland), dau. of John Patrick Crowdell; _b._ St. John’s aforesaid, 19 Sept. 1884; educ. Convent of Mercy (1892–93), and St. Bonaventure’s College (1893–1901; Scholarship 1899; Graduate Druggist 1901) there; entered the employ of Mr. J. J. Canning, Druggist, 1 March, 1901, and on the latter’s death in April, 1913, became Manager of the business and so continued until 30 June, 1914, when he started a business of his own at 90, New Gower Street; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt., 8 Sept. 1914, sacrificing his newly started business; left for England, 3 Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, leaving Aldershot, 19 Aug. 1915, and arrived in Egypt 19–20 Sept.; was attached to the Ambulance Section of the Regt., and acted as dispenser and dresser with Dr. Frew, R.A.M.C.; killed in action there 1 Dec. 1915, while binding up the wounds of a comrade. Buried in No. 52 Borderers Ravine 117. J.S. Surgeon-Capt. Frew wrote: “I feel I must tell you of the noble death he died this morning. Some men were shot by snipers behind our lines this morning, and though, as dispenser, he might have sat still and let the stretcher bearers bring in the wounded, he was on his feet at once and rushed out to render first aid services. In so doing he fell a prey to the deadly snipers. While he was dressing Sergt. McLeod, he was wounded, but still went on with his work, receiving, unfortunately, three or four more wounds, one of which proved fatal.” [Illustration: =John M. Fitzgerald.=] =FITZGIBBON, RICHARD APJOHN=, Lieut., 128th Pioneers Indian Army, only _s._ of Harry Macaulay FitzGibbon, of Greystones, co. Wicklow, Barrister-at-Law, formerly Capt. and Instructor of Musketry in the 4th (late 5th) Battn. Connaught Rangers, and now serving on the Musketry Staff as Capt. and Brigade Musketry Officer, by his wife, Helen Rebecca, dau. of John Kellock Barton, Surgeon; _b._ Dublin, 5 July, 1889; educ. Strangway’s School, Dublin, Lickey Hills Preparatory School, Barnt Green, and Radley College, from which latter he entered Christ Church, Oxford, taking his B.A. degree in 1911. On 6 Jan. 1912, he was appointed to the Unattached List for the Indian Army, and--after serving for a year with the 3rd Battn. of the Royal Fusiliers in India--he was appointed a double company officer in the 128th Pioneers, 5 Jan. 1913, and later went through a course of engineering with the Sappers and Miners at Rurkee, India, becoming Lieut. 17 April, 1913. He was in charge of the escort to the Artillery Regt. near Tussoum, on the Suez Canal, and was attacked at about 3.30 a.m. 3 Feb. 1915, when the Turks attempted to cross the Canal. His men sank the first pontoon boat, but the second got across. Though wounded quite early in the fight, after a short retirement to the rear to bind up his wound he returned and continued to direct his men. Some two hours or so later it became necessary to transmit an important message to the commander of the artillery. Lieut. FitzGibbon undertook to take it himself, and crossing an open space of about a quarter of a mile--all the while exposed to heavy fire--he delivered the message. Not till then did he mention that he was wounded. His wound on receiving attention was found to be serious, and he was removed to the Signal House at Tussoum Ferry, where, after being bright and cheerful all day, he succumbed early next morning, 4 Feb. 1915. He was buried with full military honours in the Ismalia Cemetery, the New Zealanders furnishing the firing party (as his own regt. was at Serapeum). He was especially mentioned in Gen. Sir John Maxwell’s Despatch, dated 16 Feb. 1915 [London Gazette, 21 June, 1916], as follows: “128th Pioneers, Lieut. R. A. Fitzgibbon behaved with conspicuous gallantry. When severely wounded he ran a considerable distance under fire with a message to the 5th Egyptian Battery. He has since died of his wounds.” He was also mentioned in the second list of recommendations, dated Army Headquarters, Cairo, 19 Aug. 1915. Lieut. FitzGibbon, who was _unm._, was a keen sportsman, and twice coxed the Radley boat at Henley Regatta; he was also for a time cox of Christ Church, Oxford, and subsequently stroke of their second eight. He was a member of the Leander Rowing Club. [Illustration: =Richard Apjohn Fitzgibbon.=] =FITZHERBERT, CHARLES EDWARD=, Private, No. 1496. 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Archibald Malcolm Fitzherbert, of St. George Maranoa, Queensland, by his wife, Bridget Agnes, dau. of Michael Lacken; _b._ Charleville, Queensland, 14 Feb. 1888; educ. Brisbane; enlisted in the Australian Expeditionary Force in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 4 May, 1915; _unm._ =FITZMAURICE, MAURICE ALEXANDER ROSS GERALDINE=, Lieut., R.E. 21st Field Coy., 3rd Sappers and Miners, Lahore Division, elder _s._ of the late John Day Stokes Fitzmaurice, Judge of Dharwar, Bombay Presidency, Indian Civil Service, by his wife, Emily Grace Ellen (The Haven, Haslemere), dau. of the late Professor Samuel Cooke, M.A., etc., Principal Coll. of Science, Poona, India; _b._ Satara, India, 9 June, 1892; educ. South Lodge, Lowestoft, Felsted School, Essex (where he gained entrance and leaving scholarships), and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.E., 23 Dec. 1911; joined the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, 1 April, 1912, and on passing out in Dec. 1913, elected to go to India. He was promoted Lieut. 31 Jan 1914, and was attached to the 3rd Sappers and Miners, Kirkee, in March following. When war broke out he was employed as Garrison Engineer at Bareilly, and was recalled to the 3rd Sappers and Miners, Lahore Division, joining the 21st Field Company. He went to France with the Indian Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914; was severely wounded in the fighting at Neuve Chapelle on 28 Oct. 1914, and was invalided home, the 20th and 21st Field Cos., 3rd S. and M., being specially mentioned in the despatch of 20 Nov. 1914. He returned to the Front on 19 Feb. 1915; took part in the storming of Neuve Chapelle Village on 10 to 15 March, and was with the Lahore Division in the fighting for Ypres at the end of April, 1915, being for a time in command of his company, all the other officers being wounded. He was killed when on night duty at an outpost near Neuve Chapelle, 6 Aug. 1915, by a stray bullet: _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field, and his commanding officer. Col. Coffin, R.E. said of him: “His loss to us is very great; always devoted to his work and cheery, he was a great favourite with all with whom he came in contact.” His company commander, Capt. Rawlence, R.E., also wrote; “His loss will be deeply felt in the company in which he has always set such an example of hard work and cheery endurance. He was shot between the shoulders whilst supervising the construction of loopholes in a post just behind the firing line at 2 a.m. on 6 Aug.” He was buried in the Cemetery at Vieille Chapelle, side by side with Capt. Glenday, R.E., of the same company, who was killed two nights later, at the same spot. [Illustration: =M. A. R. G. Fitzmaurice.=] =FITZPATRICK, WILFRED=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the Rev. Henry Fitzpatrick, of Hyderabad, Deccan, India, Chaplain of St. George’s Church there; _b._ Hyderabad aforesaid, ... March, 1877; educ. in England and India; settled in Canada; served through the South African War as a trooper, and on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action during the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915, being buried near where he fell; _unm._ =FITZROY, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2509), 194087, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FLACK, FREDERICK JAMES=, Gunner (R.F.R., B. 368), late R.M.A., 6403 H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FLAHERTY, ROY LESLEY=, Private, No. 18495, 1st (Western Ontario) Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late John Edward Flaherty, of St. John’s, New Brunswick, Canada, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Patrick McGrath, of Cork, Ireland; _b._ St. Stephens aforesaid, 24 Dec. 1879; educ. St. Malachi’s School, St. John’s, N.B.; went West about 1907, and finally settled at Grouard, Alberta, and had a homestead of 160 acres at Dunvegan in that province, and land in Price River Crossing, Alberta. When war broke out in Aug. 1914, he was with a Dominion survey party in the Peace River district, 200 miles north of Edmonton, and, with eight of his comrades, he set out at once for Edmonton and joined the 9th (101st Edmonton Fusiliers) Battn. After training at Valcartier he was transferred to the 1st Battn., left with the first contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct., and after spending the winter on Salisbury Plain, went to the Front on 4 Feb. 1915. He took part in the actions at Neuve Chapelle, Hill 60, Langemarck, and was wounded in the thigh at the Battle of Festubert, 24 May, 1915, and died at Rawal Pindi, British General Hospital, Wimereux, two days later; _unm._ He once rode 700 miles from Missoula, Mont., over the mountains to Calgary, in 17 days, a feat which attracted some attention in the West. One of his brothers, Private Fred E. Flaherty, No. 111175, is now (1916) on active service in France, with the Hospital Staff, D Coy., 4th Battn., C.M.R., 8th Brigade. [Illustration: =Roy Lesley Flaherty.=] =FLAXMAN, CHARLES, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, 11031, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FLAXMAN, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 2666, 1st Life Guards, eldest _s._ of Arthur Charles Flaxman, of Burgh Castle, Suffolk, Thatcher and Reed-layer, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of Sergt. John Ellis, 52nd Oxford L.I. (who served in the Crimean War and lost his right arm in the Indian Mutiny); _b._ Bradwell, co. Suffolk, 26 Sept. 1888; educ. there; enlisted in the 1st Life Guards, 9th March, 1908, promoted Corp., 14 Oct. 1913; went to France, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 13 May, 1915, by a shell; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote that he was “a real good soldier, and a great loss to B Squadron.” =FLEMING, GEOFFREY MONTAGUE MASON=, M.B., T.C.D., Lieut., Royal Army Medical Corps, only _s._ of Alfred George Fleming, of Beechfield, Blackrock, co. Dublin, Deputy Cashier, Bank of Ireland; _b._ Wilton Lodge, Blackrock, co. Dublin, 8 Feb. 1890; and was educ. Avoca School, Blackrock, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated with a Moderatorship in 1911, and subsequently obtained the degrees of M.B. and B.Ch. with honours. At the outbreak of the war he was House Surgeon of the Meath Hospital and Co. Dublin Infirmary, and volunteering was gazetted Lieut. R.A.M.C. 16 Aug. 1914. He was sent to Egypt to meet the Indian Troops, and was attached to the Lahore Indian General Hospital at Marseilles, Boulogne and Montreuil. Subsequently he joined the 26th Field Ambulance, was in the attack on Fromelles 9–10 May, 1915, and was killed in action near Givenchy, 16 June, 1915, while attending to the wounded. He was buried in the Guards Cemetery there; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “He was loyal and devoted to his profession and gallantly performed his duties with us. He had endeared himself to all of us, and we all deplore his loss most sincerely.” [Illustration: =Geoffrey M. M. Fleming.=] =FLEMING, GEORGE JAMES=, Officers’ Steward, 1st Class, L. 4352, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FLEMING, MALCOLM JAMES HENDERSON=, Lieut., 1/5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of James Fleming, of Kilmory, Skelmorlie, co. Ayr, J.P., by his wife, Jane, dau. of Andrew Henderson, of Glasgow, merchant, and grandson of James Fleming, of Newlandsfield, co. Renfrew, J.P.; _b._ Kilmory, 27 April, 1883; educ. Boutenburn Raspur School, Largs; and Fettes College, Edinburgh; afterwards going to Hanover for six months, and then to Lausanne for a like period, to perfect his German and French. He served his apprenticeship as an engineer with engineering firms in Paisley, and with Siemens, Berlin, and on returning home was offered a post with Messrs. Fleming, Reid & Co., Worsted Spinners, Greenock, and at the time of the outbreak of the war had become a sub-manager with them. He had joined the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 11 June, 1911, and obtained his commission as Lieut., 30 Oct. 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service. He left Dunfermline with his regt. for Egypt, 31 May, 1915; went to the Dardanelles at the end of June; was wounded at Achi Baba on 12 July, and died on board the hospital ship Asturias, 14 July, 1915. He had volunteered to lead a bombing party, and it was while doing that that he was hit. He was _unm._, and was buried at sea. His Commanding Officer wrote that “he went forth to the arduous work full of courage and determination and was an inspiration to his men.” After he was wounded he greatly lessened his chance of recovery by insisting on giving up his place to others at the dressing station. One of his men who met him being carried to the surgeon spoke to him saying: “Sir, I am sorry you have been hit.” Lieut. Fleming replied: “Marvellous charge. Glorious death.” Another wrote: “He was a splendid officer. He was daring, and feared not death. He was most thoughtful of his men.” [Illustration: =Malcolm J. H. Fleming.=] =FLETCHER, EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./8922, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FLETCHER, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Private, No. 1014, 8th Battn. (90th Winnipeg Rifles) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Richard Fletcher, of Hill Farm, Steventon, co. Berks, Labourer, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of William Denton, of Steventon; _b._ Hill Farm, Steventon, 4 April, 1891; educ. there; went to Canada in July, 1913, and settled at Portage La Prairie as a mill hand; enlisted on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914, and trained on Salisbury Plain. He went to France, 17 Feb. 1915; served through the Battles of Ypres and Langemarck, when the Canadians, to use Lord French’s words, “saved the situation,” and was killed in action at Langemarck, 24 April, 1915, while returning from binding up a comrade’s wounds; _unm._ =FLETCHER, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110730 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FLETCHER, REGINALD WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery, yst. _s._ of Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher, of Norham End, Oxford, formerly Fellow of All Souls’ and Magdalen Colleges; _b._ Oxford, 19 March, 1892; educ. Eton, and Balliol College, Oxford, and was gazetted, with a University Commission, to the 8th Brigade, R.F.A., on the day war was declared; went to France, 20 Aug., and was killed in action at Veldhoek, Belgium, 31 Oct. 1914, while serving with the 118th Battery. He was stroke of a Trial Eight at Oxford in three successive years, 1911–12–13, and also for four years stroke of his college boat; he rowed in the Leander Four at Henley Regatta in 1913, and in the Oxford University Eight in March, 1914. =FLETCHER, WALTER BELL=, Private, No. 445, 4th Platoon Coy., 14th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of James Fletcher, of 2, Fletcher Street, Cockermouth, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of John (and Elizabeth) Atkins; _b._ Cockermouth, co. Cumberland, 11 April, 1879; educ. Board School, Cockermouth, afterwards joining the Cockermouth Volunteers when 18 years of age. He went to Australia in 1911, and settled at Traralgon, Victoria, and on the outbreak of war he joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt with the main force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 5 May, 1915. He had been 10 days in the trenches at Gaba Tepe, and was shot by a sniper when going for water. He _m._ in Edinburgh 15 years ago, (--) (Ethel Street, Lock Park, Traralgon, Victoria, Australia), dau. of John Walker, of Portobello, and had three sons and two daus.: James, _b._ 1902; John William, _b._ 1906; Walter, _b._ 1908; Winifred, _b._ 1904; and Emily Isabel, _b._ 1913. =FLETCHER, WALTER GEORGE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher, of Norham End, Oxford, formerly Fellow of All Souls’ and Magdalen Colleges; _b._ Oxford, 7 Jan. 1888; educ. Eton (1901–6, rowed No. 7 in the Eton VIII. at Henley in 1906, and was Capt. of the School, 1906, and won the Jelf Verse Prize); and Balliol College, Oxford (1907–10, rowed in the Balliol College VIII. in 1907); was for six months in 1910–11 teacher of English in the Real-Gymnasium at Schleswig, and in the autumn of the latter year went as a classical master to Shrewsbury School. In September, 1913, he became an assistant classical master at Eton College, and on 22 Oct. 1913, was gazetted a 2nd Lieut. in the Eton O.T.C. On the outbreak of war he was selected as an interpreter in the Intelligence Corps (6 Aug. 1914). He went to the Front with the first contingent on Aug. 12, served through the retreat from Mons, and in the subsequent advance to the Aisne. In Sept. he was attached to the 2nd Battn. of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in which regt. he was constantly employed on patrol work, his accurate knowledge of German proving of great service. He was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches, those of 14 Jan. and 31 May, and was killed in action near Bois Grenier, France, 20 March, 1915; _unm._ His yst. brother, 2nd Lieut. R. W. Fletcher, was killed 31 Oct. (see his notice). =FLEURY, LEOPOLD M’CLINTOCK=, A.B., No. T.Z./359, C Coy., Hood Battn., R.N.V.R. (2nd R.N. Brigade), 5th _s._ of the Rev. Louis Richard Fleury, of 4, Seafield Terrace, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin, M.A., late Rector of Kilworth Parish and Chaplain to the Forces at Kilworth Camp and Moore Park, by his wife, Alice Dora, dau. of the late Rev. Canon Robert Gilbert Eccles, and grandson of Capt. John Franquefort Fleury, 36th Regt.; _b._ The Glebe, Kilworth, co. Cork, 25 Feb. 1892; educated privately, Elphin Grammar School, and Dublin, and having just completed his course of Marine Engineering on the Tyne when war broke out, volunteered in the Hood Battn., R.N.V.R., in Oct. 1914. He left England with that corps for the Dardanelles in March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 6 May, 1915, being shot through the brain; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He is deeply missed, as he was such a fine fellow, and he was very much liked both by officers and men.” An elder brother, Assistant Paymaster Richard Chenevix Fleury, is (1916) on the Staff of Vice-Admiral Sir F. D. Sturdee, on board his Flagship in one of the Squadrons of the Grand Fleet in the North Sea, while his two yst. brothers, John Charles, 4th Battn. New Zealand Rifle Brigade, and Hugo Valentine, 95th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, are, respectively on active service in France and at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent. =FLINTOFF, ARTHUR JOHN=, Private, No. 1121, 4th Battn. Australian Contingent, 5th _s._ of the late Churchill Flintoff, of Hill House, Alnwick, Dentist, by his wife, Susan H. (West House Haighington, Darlington), dau. of the Rev. Francis P. Gladwin Miss; _b._ Alnwick, co. Northumberland, 17 March, 1886; educ. Grammar School there, and Padcroft School, West Drayton; went to Australia in 1909, and on the outbreak of war joined the Australian Imperial Force, going to Egypt with the 4th Battn. in April, 1915, and shortly afterwards to the Dardanelles, where he was killed in action 1 May, 1915. He _m._ at Sydney, Australia, 13 June, 1913, Ida, dau. of the late (--) Reid; _s.p._ =FLINTOFT, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11658, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of John Flintoft, of Lastingham, Sinnington, Hull, Stonemason, by his wife Mary Jane, dau. of Charles Ward; _b._ Lastingham, co. York, 26 Nov. 1891; educ. Darley Memorial School; was an Asylum Attendant; enlisted, 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 22 Jan. 1915, and died in No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station, Choques, 6 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action. Buried in Choques Cemetery. =FLIPP, CHARLES COLLINS=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., B. 3465), 294461, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FLITTER, JESSE=, Private, No. 10056, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of David Flitter, of Drury Lane, Mortimer, Reading, Labourer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Bushnell, late 33rd Regt. of Foot (with 21 years 7 months service); _b._ Mortimer, co. Berks; educ. there; enlisted 31 March, 1913; went to the Front with his regt. in Aug. 1914; was wounded while assisting some wounded comrades 7 Sept., and died at No. 10, Station Hospital, Orleans, 4 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action at the Marne; _unm._ He was buried in the Grand Cemetière, Orleans. [Illustration: =Jesse Flitter.=] =FLOCKHART, ADAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27403 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =FLOOD, ARTHUR HENRY=, Corpl., No. 25671, 14th Battn. (1st Grenadier Guards of Montreal), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of Samuel Flood, late of Balham, Carpenter and Joiner; by his wife, Sophia; _b._ Balham, London,] 7 Jan. 1891; educ. there; went to Canada in June, 1911, and was an engineer with the Marconi Wireless Co. in Montreal, and gained his N.C.O. certificate; volunteered after the outbreak of war, left Canada with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France, 10 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action in the attack on Hill 60, 29 April, 1915. He _m._ at Montreal, 15 Aug. 1914, Jennie Bowes (Delorimier Avenue, Montreal), dau. of the late William Brown, of Auldtree, Townend, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Hairdresser; _s.p._ Two of his brothers--Leonard John and Charles Percy--are now (1916) serving in the Royal Navy, and a third brother, Walter Christopher, is in the Grenadier Guards of Montreal. =FLOOK, THOMAS EDWARD=, Private, No. 3119, 15th Battn. (Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Joseph Thomas Flook, of 56, Crooke Road, Deptford, S.E., Paperhanger (for 22 years a member of the 3rd Vol. Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt.), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Thomas Lowe, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Citizen and Freeman of London; _b._ Rotherhithe, 2 June, 1893; educ. Deptford Park School and Christ’s Hospital, Horsham; and on leaving there became articled to Mr. William Strachan, F.S.A.A., of Messrs. Martin, Farlow & Co. He passed the preliminary examination in May, 1911, and took the first place and prize. At the intermediate examination in May, 1914, he was placed third, but was awarded the 1st prize, the first and second candidates being over age. After the outbreak of the war he joined the Civil Service Rifles in Sept. 1914, went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ He went out with a party of about 60 at 2 o’clock in the morning to carry some trench mortar bombs up to the breastworks. The last piece of road was under frequent shell fire, and the party sustained several casualties, Flook and two others being killed. His body was subsequently recovered, and buried at Festubert by two of his old schoolfellows, and a cross, with an inscription, was erected over his grave. His Platoon Sergt. (W. B. Lambert) wrote: “He was one of my best men, keen, willing and coolly bold.” Two of his brothers are (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Thomas Edward Flook.=] =FLOWER, WILLIAM EVELYN FRANCIS DI DELLE=, Lieut., 6th Hauraki Regt., Auckland Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late George Flower, by his wife, Annie (Heatherleigh, Alexandra Road, Parkstone, Dorset); _b._ Maida Vale, London, 26 Jan. 1885; educ. Winchester College, joined the New Zealand Territorials in Oct. 1912; was appointed 2nd Lieut. 24 Feb. 1913; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; left for Egypt in Oct.; was promoted Lieut. there and was killed in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. He _m._ at Renwicktown, Marlborough, New Zealand, 12 May, 1913, Margaret Isobel (Gray Street, Shortland, Thames, New Zealand), dau. of James Brydon, and had issue a son, Richard Evelyn, _b._ Oamaru, New Zealand, 22 Feb. 1914. [Illustration: =W. E. F. di D. Flower.=] =FLOWERDAY, SAMUEL=, A.B., 219736, H.M.S. Liberty; died of wounds received in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =FLOWERS, GEORGE=, Joiner, 341781, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FLOYD, WILLIAM=, Colour-Sergt., No 6350, Royal Marine L.I., Marine Brigade, Portsmouth Battn., only _s._ of the late William Floyd, of 25, Haymarket, London, and York Road, Weybridge, for over 30 years with Messrs. Garrads & Co., Crown Jewellers, by his wife, Martha (Yarborough Villa, Sandown, Isle of Wight), dau. of Henry Jones, of Westbury Leigh, Wilts; _b._ Pimlico, London, 1 Sept. 1873; educ. Weybridge, Surrey, and after working for a few years with a firm of Goldsmiths in London, joined the Royal Marines, 23 April, 1894. He became Colour-Sergt. 1909, left England for France with Marine Brigade in the early days of the war, and returned to Dover after the fall of Antwerp; went to the Dardanelles the following March, took part in the landing there 25–26 April, and was killed in action, 10 June, 1915; _unm._ An officer wrote that “he felt he had lost a brother, let alone a comrade, as they had been together since the formation of the Battn.”; and another officer wrote of him as “a gallant and well-beloved old soldier whom the whole Battn. mourned.” [Illustration: =William Floyd.=] =FLUCKER, THOMAS=, A.B., 213727, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =FLUKE, ARTHUR CHARLES=, Lieut., 116th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, elder _s._ of Arthur John Fluke, of Nunnery Road, Canterbury, by his wife, Sarah; _b._ Nasirabad, India, 9 Sept. 1891; educ. King’s School, Canterbury, and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 19 July, 1912, and promoted Lieut. shortly before his death; went to France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 10 Jan. 1915; _unm._ He met his death while rallying some men of another regt., their own officers having all been killed or wounded. Lieut. Fluke, with one N.C.O., stuck to his mortar, and continued to work it till it was put out of action, although he himself was wounded in four places, and then, unarmed and wounded as he was, he rallied the men who had been driven out of their trenches and led them back to the attack, only to fall himself by the fifth and fatal wound at the moment of success. Capt. Guy B. Oliver wrote: “I felt I must write you a few lines to tell how very greatly I feel for you in the terrible loss you have sustained. I am the only representative now in the Battery who has been with it since the beginning of the war, and before that at Aldershot, and the loss of your brave son has been a great personal loss to me, and as I know to all ranks in the Battery, for his presence had helped to reduce the various trials of this campaign. Much as we deplore his loss, the Battery is proud in the knowledge of the very gallant way your son conducted himself, and it is very sad indeed to think that he has not been spared to enjoy the honour he so richly deserved. Major Charlton has, I know, written to you and given you details. I am so sorry that none of us were with him at the last, but, as you know, the particular work he was on took him right away from the Battery. From what I can gather, he cannot have suffered much, and his death must have been almost instantaneous.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, and Major C. A. Graham Charlton, Commanding 116th Battery, wrote he “was killed yesterday evening in rallying some men of the 60th Rifles, who were driven out of their trenches after all their officers had been killed or wounded. I have not heard many details yet, but, from what I hear, your son behaved in a very gallant manner, and, had he been spared, I am sure his heroism would have been rewarded. Many artillery officers have been trained in the use of trench mortars, and yesterday afternoon an order came for your son to proceed to the front trenches, occupied by the 60th Rifles, with one of these mortars. He had an artillery non-commissioned officer with him. There had been an attack earlier in the day, when this particular trench had been taken from the Germans. After dark the latter counter-attacked, and the 60th were driven out of their forward trenches after all their officers had been killed or wounded. Your son, however, with his N.C.O., stuck to his mortar and continued to work it, although he was wounded in four places. The mortar was then put out of action, and he then, wounded as he was, rallied some men of the 60th and led them back to the attack. He died, being wounded in five places. I cannot tell you how much all his brother officers feel his loss, and on behalf of them I send you our deepest sympathy. The only consolation I can offer you in your great sorrow is that he died a noble and gallant death, a credit to his Battery and his regt.” He was in the XI and XV at King’s School, Canterbury. He was third in the batting averages in 1908 with 38·23, second in 1909 with 30·11. and first in 1910 with 39·40. He was also in the XI at Woolwich, and was a member of the famous Woolwich Rugby XV in 1911, which K. F. Q. Perkins, of the Engineers, captained. [Illustration: =Arthur Charles Fluke.=] =FLUX, HENRY JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9068), S.S. 2129, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FLUX, HENRY JOHN=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 65, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FLYNN, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1894T, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FOLEY, MARTIN=, Private, No. 19717, 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James Foley, of Kilmurry, Kenmare, co. Kerry, Shoemaker, by his wife, Margaret; _b._ Killarney, co. Kerry, 15 June, 1874; educ. there; went to Canada, 10 May, 1911, settled at Brandon, Manitoba, was a Butcher; enlisted, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action there, 21 May,