1913. He took a keen interest in rowing, and was spare man for both his

College Torpid and Eight, only doctor’s orders forbidding him an actual place in the boat. He had intended to take Holy Orders, and had been awarded a Liddon Studentship, but on the outbreak of war, was offered and accepted a commission in the 3rd Royal Sussex Regt., 15 Aug. 1914. He left for France on 1 Jan. 1915, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. of the Regt., and was seriously wounded when leading his platoon in an attack on the German trenches at La Bassée on the evening of the 25 Jan. 1915, and died in hospital two days later; _unm._ Buried in Béthune Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He died a soldier’s death of wounds received in a very brilliant little operation, by which our brigade recaptured some important ground which had been lost earlier in the day.” [Illustration: =Robert W. R. Gramshaw.=] =GRANGER, JOHN ROBERT CLIFFORD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2563), 208749, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GRANT, DUNCAN=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, eldest _s._ of Archibald Grant, by his wife, Anne (Nevis Cottages, Fort William), dau. of Angus McMillan; _b._ Fort William, Inverness, 8 July, 1880; educ. Fort William Public School, afterwards being in the service of the Scottish Meteorological Society at their Ben Nevis Station. He joined the Camerons in Nov. 1899, and was posted to the 2nd Battn. at Gibraltar, leaving there with a draft for the 1st Battn. in South Africa, and served through that campaign, 1899–1902, and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps (Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, 1902). On the conclusion of the South African campaign, he returned with his Battn. to England, but after two years in various stations in Scotland and Ireland, offered himself for foreign service and was sent to the 2nd Battn. then doing duty in Natal. He afterwards accompanied his regiment to China, and from there to Bangalore, India, and was present at the Delhi Durbar (medal). On the outbreak of the European War he held the rank of Coy. Sergt.-Major, being stationed near Poona, and before leaving India was offered a commission in his own company, which he accepted and was gazetted, 14 Dec. 1914, proceeding to France about a week later. He was killed by a shell during the bombardment of Hill 60, Ypres, 28 April, 1915, and was buried at Zillebeke, near Ypres, Belgium; _unm._ Lieut. Grant was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. [Illustration: =Duncan Grant.=] =GRANT, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3311, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of William James Grant, of 7, Courtfield Mews, Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington, Private Chauffeur, by his wife, Alice Louisa; _b._ London, 16 June, 1896; enlisted 17 Dec. 1914, following the outbreak of war; was wounded in the trenches, 3 May, 1915, and died on board the hospital ship Salta during the crossing from France, 19 May following. He was buried in the military cemetery at Netley. Before joining he remarked to his mother: “I am not quite military age, but I have thought a lot about this war, and I feel it my duty to go, as I am a big, strong boy, and there will be plenty that can’t go.” His elder brother served in the 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles) The London Regt. with the British Expeditionary Force in France. [Illustration: =Ernest William Grant.=] =GRANT, HAROLD CHARLES=, Private, No. 2553, 1/7th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of James Duff Grant, of 63, Nelson Road, Stroud Green, N.; _b._ Highbury, 9 June, 1883; educ. Crouch End School; was a Clerk with Messrs. Leslie Booth & Booth, Chartered Accountants [both partners, W. L. Booth and A. M. Booth, were Territorial officers, and both were killed in action]; after the outbreak of war, enlisted 3 Sept. 1914; went to Gibraltar, and then to France, and died in a Field Hospital near Sailly, 16 June, 1915, from wounds received in action the previous day. His Platoon Officer wrote: “Your son was hit in the head on Thursday morning and became unconscious. He died in hospital at 10 o’clock on Friday morning, never having regained consciousness.... I shall never be able to replace your son in my platoon”; and the Chaplain (the Rev. Richard Griffiths): “We buried him this afternoon [near Sailly] in a little soldiers’ cemetery with pretty green hedges around it, and a little orchard beyond.” He was _unm._ [Illustration: =Harold Charles Grant.=] =GRANT, JAMES=, Drummer, No. 976, 13th (Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 6th _s._ of James Albert Grant, of 131, Kilburn Lane, Willesden, N.W., by his wife, Anne, dau. of (----) Clark; _b._ Kensington, W.; educ. Board School, Buckingham Terrace, Kensington, W.; was a keen member of the Cadet movement, and was a Lieut. in the Knightsbridge (St. Paul’s) Co.; joined the Kensingtons on the organisation of the Territorial Force; volunteered on the outbreak of war for foreign service; left for the Front, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._ =GRANT, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2243, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Grant, of 61, Albany Road, Brentford, Hawker; _b._ Brentford, co. Middlesex, 5 Nov. 1894; educ. St. John’s School there; joined the Middlesex Territorials in March, 1914; volunteered for foreign service and mobilized 6 Aug. 1914; went to France and was killed in action there, 11 May, 1915; _unm._ =GRANT, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6993), 196834, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GRATTAGE, SAMUEL THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10246), 299157, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GRAVETT, CHARLES DAVID=, Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R. (Sussex 1/334), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of George Gravett, of 19, Coleridge Street, Hove; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =GRAY, ALBERT JOHN=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 22930, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GRAY, JAMES=, Major, 4th Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), _s._ of the late Robert Sclater Gray, of Leechman and Gray, Leith, Distiller and Wine Broker, by his wife, Barbara Mann, dau. of (----) Peterson; _b._ 22 March, 1875; educ. Royal High School, Edinburgh, and was a Wine Broker and Distiller. He joined the old 5th Highland Coy. of the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles, afterwards the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Royal Scots, in 1891, and received his commission in 1896; was promoted Lieut., 1898, and Capt., 1901, and Major, 1 May, 1913, after which he was placed in the Reserve of Officers. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service; left for Egypt 19 May; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, when 2nd in command of his Battn. 28 June, 1915. Buried at Krithia. Colonel Younger, late Commanding Officer 4th Battn. Royal Scots, wrote: “None but myself can know how large a part James Gray played in the training of the Battn. in the first few months of the war. Only those who have had the experience can know the trials and difficulties which Territorial Commanding Officers were faced with on suddenly becoming professional soldiers. The help and strength I received from Major Gray were beyond all praise.” Major Gray had the Coronation Medal and the Long Service Medal. He _m._ at St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh, 4 Jan. 1912, Grace E. (28, Scotland Street, Edinburgh), dau. of the late Robert Naismith, of Leith; _s.p._ [Illustration: =James Gray.=] =GRAY, MARY SUTHERLAND BROWN=, Sister in charge of a Ward, Hospital Auxilliare 301, Abbaye de Royaumont, dau. of James Gray, of Oakleigh Lodge, Leven, Fife, Secretary of the Fife Coal Co., by his wife, Mary Sutherland, dau. of William Brown, Manager of the Colliery of Oakley, near Dunfermline; _b._ Oakleigh, Dunfermline, 17 Nov. 1869; educ. privately in Scotland and then trained as a nurse at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary; and after leaving there nursed among the working classes at Kilmarnock and later at Crief; on the outbreak of the European War she went to France with her sister, Miss Margaret Gray, in Nov. 1914, and helped to found the Scottish Women’s Hospital for French wounded soldiers at Royaumont Abbey, Seine et Oise, and died there while engaged in her duties, 25 Jan. 1916. The Secretary of the Hospital, Miss Cicely Hamilton, wrote: “She was essentially a woman of character, a humorous, brave individual, a woman who over-worked with a smile and wore herself out as if the process amused her. She laughed with her men while she worked for them, she had the charm of good manners--those real good manners that come without teaching at the dictation of real good nature. She was buried in the cemetery at Asnieres-sur-Oise to the distant mutter of guns.” [Illustration: =Mary S. Brown Gray.=] =GRAY, PHILIP=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 1818, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GRAY, ROBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 1157, 24th Battn. 6th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Horace Frederick Gray, Chauffeur, by his wife, Annie Eliza (Goddingog, Llanfairfechan, N. Wales), dau. of Charles Henry Lowe; _b._ Rilton Mews, Brompton Road, London, 16 April, 1891; educ. Llanfairfechan National School; went to Australia 27 Aug. 1914; was a Valet and Footman; enlisted 15 April, 1915; left for Egypt 7 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, 16 Sept. 1915; _unm._ =GRAY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7969, 2nd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 6th _s._ of the late Henry Gray, of 3, Queen’s Road, Aberdeen, J.P., Merchant, by his wife, Helen Mackay, dau. of George Mackay, Aberdeen; _b._ Aberdeen, 1 Jan. 1882; educ. Aberdeen Grammar School and University Art Classes; went to Winnipeg, Canada, in 1903, and afterwards settled at Vancouver, B.C., as a Real Estate Agent; enlisted in the C.E.F. on the outbreak of war; left Valcartier for England with the 2nd Battn. 1st Brigade Contingent; went to France, Jan. 1915, and was killed in action by a bullet through the brain, 23 April, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =William Gray.=] =GRAY, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 426330, 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of Thomas Gray, of Simpson, Saskatchewan, Canada, by his wife, Margaret Helen, dau. of Joseph Moore, of Caulmet Island, Quebec; _b._ Thorne Centre, P. Quebec, 26 Jan. 1894; educ. Quebec; was a Farmer; volunteered after the outbreak of war and enlisted in the 46th Battn. at Regina, 26 Jan. 1915; left Camp Sewell, Manitoba, with the 200 men of the 46th Battn., sent as reinforcements 30 June; trained at Shorncliffe with the 32nd Battn.; went to France between 1–5 Sept., and was there drafted to the 10th Battn., and died in No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, at Bailleul, 1 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day; _unm._ [Illustration: =William James Gray.=] =GRAY, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, No. 19749, 4th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt., _s._ of William Gray; _b._ Kirkdale, Liverpool, 3 Aug. 1879; educ. Ashfield Street Board School there; was a Carter; joined the 6th King’s Liverpool Volunteer Regt. 12 July, 1897; volunteered for the South African War, 9 March 1900; served in that campaign one year and 79 days (medal with three clasps), invalided home; retired 20 Dec. 1902; on the outbreak of the European War re-enlisted 11 Sept. 1914, killed in action at Hill 60, 27 April, 1915. He _m._ at Liverpool, 8 Jan. 1907, Elizabeth (3, Penrose Street, Everton, Liverpool), dau. of James Thompson, and had issue three daus.: Florence, _b._ 28 Jan. 1910; Edith, _b._ 3 Feb. 1911; and Gladys, _b._ 20 Sept. 1915. =GRAZEBROOK, CHARLES ALVEREY=, Capt., 6th, att. 1st, Battn. The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 3rd _s._ of Francis Grazebrook, of Stourton Castle, Stafford, by his wife, Isabella Mary, dau. of George Grazebrook; _b._ Dudley, 5 Sept. 1887; educ. Marlborough College and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 3rd K.R.C.C., 7 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1911; joined his regiment at Crete, where he served for a year or so, then went with it to Malta, and India, where he was stationed at Dagshai till 1912, when he came home. He retired in the beginning of 1914, and joined the Special Reserve, but on the outbreak of war immediately rejoined and was promoted Captain, 14 Aug. 1914. He took out a draft to the 1st K.R.R.C., 10 Nov. 1914, and was in the North of France all the winter. He was reported wounded and missing, 10 March, 1915, and was later unofficially reported killed in action on that date. Ordered to charge the enemy trenches near Givenchy that day, “He led his men magnificently, they covered themselves with glory and their charge will always be remembered as one of the finest deeds of the regt. Everyone says they were magnificent,” so wrote his Commanding Officer. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 18 April, 1912, Katherine Arthur Mary Violet, dau. of Arthur Percy Hickman, of Hagley, co. Worcester, and had a daughter, Diana Katherine Mary, _b._ 19 May, 1913. [Illustration: =Charles A. Grazebrook.=] =GREAR, JAMES=, Private, No. 637, 1st Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade Australian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of the late John Grear, of the firm of John Milner & Co., Iron Merchants, Manchester, by his wife, Alice; _b._ Mobberley, Chester, 21 Nov. 1891; educ. Mobberley and Urmston Secondary Schools; went to Sydney, Australia, in 1911, and was a Farmer with his brothers; enlisted immediately on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 10 May, 1915; _unm._ Four other brothers are (1916) on active service, two with the Australian Field Artillery, one in training with the Infantry Reserve, and the other as 1st Class Stoker, R.N. =GREATHEAD, CLARENCE ROYAL=, Private, No. 1850, 4th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), Machine Gun Section, only _s._ of George William Greathead, of Cleadon, North Eastern Railway Official, by his wife, Ada, dau. of William Greig, of West Hartlepool; _b._ West Hartlepool, 5 June, 1897; educ. Henry Smith College there; was an apprentice with Messrs. Grabham & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted after the outbreak of war in Sept. 1914; went to France in April, and was killed in action near Ypres, at 5.30 a.m., 16 June, 1915, while in charge of a machine gun. Buried at Wieltge; _unm._ His officer wrote: “He was a brave, fearless soldier, and will be missed by his battalion. We had him carefully buried and a cross bearing his inscription marks the place.” [Illustration: =Clarence Royal Greathead.=] =GREAVES, BENJAMIN HERBERT=, Private, No. 3024, 8th (Liverpool Irish) Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of (--) Greaves; _b._ 28 Dec. 1883; educ. Oxford; enlisted soon after the outbreak of war in Oct. 1914, went to France, and was killed in action, 16 June,