1912. He afterwards went to Burmah, Norway, Spain, etc. On the outbreak

of war he applied as an old member of the O.T.C. for a commission, and while waiting for this enlisted in the Royal Engineers. He was soon promoted, quickly becoming L.-Corpl., Corpl. and Sergt. On 16 Nov. 1914, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., and at the request of his commanding officer was appointed to the regt. in which he was serving. From this he was transferred to the Mining Corps on its formation in Feb. 1915, as an expert. Lieut. Barclay was killed by the exploding of a mine on 24 April, 1915; _unm._ His commanding officer, Capt. Preedy, in announcing his death, wrote as follows: “At the time of his death he was working underground with some of his men. The Germans exploded a mine, killing him and one of his N.C.Os. instantaneously. His men were very anxious to extricate his body to bury him, but having inspected the spot I was reluctantly compelled to forbid them to do so, as it would not have been possible without a very grave risk of losing further lives in the attempt. His body lies buried under about 15 feet of earth half-way between our trenches and the German trenches in the orchard just east of Givenchy.” Canon King, who had known him all his life, wrote: “A more unsullied boy I never came across, and though so retiring and humble, he had, and must have known he had, great gifts.” [Illustration: =Allen Barclay.=] =BARCLAY, KENNETH=, Private, No. 1547, G Coy., 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt., 3rd _s._ of Henry James Barclay, of Wapella, Silverdale, Sydenham, S.E., by his wife, Mary Allen, dau. of the late Allen Stoneham, Financial Secretary, Board of Trade; _b._ Sydenham, 31 Dec. 1892; educ. The Hall, Sydenham, and Dulwich College; joined the London Scottish, May, 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, took part in the charge at Messines and the first battles of Ypres, and was killed in action, 12 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His colonel, writing, says: “No commanding officer could have had under his command a braver or more gallant soldier.” The bell of St. Philip’s Church, Sydenham, suitably inscribed, commemorates him, and a beautiful memorial in bronze and hammered ironwork was placed in the chancel of that church, where for years he sang in the choir. His elder brother, Lieut. Allen Barclay, was killed in action, 24 April, 1915 (see preceding notice). [Illustration: =Kenneth Barclay.=] =BARCLAY, RAFE HEDWORTH MYDDELTON=, 2nd Lieut., King’s Royal Rifle Corps, only _s._ of Hedworth Trelawny Barclay, Major 2/1 Leicestershire Yeomanry, formerly member of the Jockey Club and Clerk of the Course at Hurst Park [a cadet of Barclay of Urie], by his wife, Agnes Mary, yr. dau. of Richard Myddelton, of Chirk Castle, co. Denbigh; _b._ 31, Lennox Gardens, London. S.W., 14 Nov. 1892; educ. Rugby and Army College, Aldershot; joined the 3rd Battn. Wiltshire Regt. 1910, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Aug. 1913. He was gazetted to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps 10 June, 1914, accompanied the first Expeditionary Force to France, went through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, having previously been reported missing; _unm._ =BARDEN, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5332), S.S. 100101, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BARDSLEY, LEONARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3163), S.S. 100826, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BARKER, CECIL MASSY ARBUTHNOT=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. Princess Victoria’s Royal Irish Fusiliers, 3rd and yst. _s._ of Samuel Lindsey-Bucknal Barker, of Belfast and Dublin, by his wife, Catherine Maude, dau. of the Rev. Moses Leatham, Rector of Langfield; _b._ Belfast, 21 Sept. 1895; educ. Campbell College, Belfast, and Trinity College, Dublin; a candidate for Holy Orders, he was gazetted from Dublin University O.T.C. to be 2nd Lieut. 6th Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, 22 Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, and was killed in action “when bravely leading his men in a splendid attack on a difficult position” at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli, 10 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His brother, the Rev. E. L. B. Barker, is now (1916) serving as Chaplain to the Ulster Division. [Illustration: =Cecil Massy Arbuthnot Barker.=] =BARKER, ERNEST=, Leading Seaman, Collingwood Battn., Tyneside, 6/213, R.N.D., R.N.V.R., 2nd _s._ of John Barker, Lifton House, Newcastle, Assistant General Secretary of the Boilermakers’ Society and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders’ Society, a member of the Newcastle City Council, by his wife, Laura Jane, dau. of John Leeson, of Crewe, Chester; _b._ Horwich, near Bolton, Lancs., 13 May, 1895; educ. Council schools, Bolton and Newcastle; joined the Tyneside Naval Volunteers, Jan. 1914; killed in action in the Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915; _unm._ Seaman Barker was formerly in the employment of Messrs. R. Robinson & Co., Ltd., wholesale stationers, Clavering Place, Newcastle. His elder brother is now (1916) serving in France with the 19th (Commercial Battn.) Northumberland Fusiliers. =BARKER, GODFREY=, Major, Royal Marine L.I., Drake Battn., R.N.D., 4th _s._ of Col. Sir Francis Barker, of Essex Lodge, Folkestone, late R.A., by his wife, Jessie, only child of the late John Foster; _b._ Malta, 13 Jan. 1883; educ. King Edward’s School, Birmingham, privately, and Royal Naval College, Greenwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.M.L.I., 1 Sept. 1901, and promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1902, and Capt. 1 Sept. 1912. He served successively on board H.M.S. Firequeen, Magnificent, Exmouth, Victory, Europa, Powerful, Eclipse, Terrible, Hampshire, Prince George, Royal Arthur, and Prince of Wales, and received excellent certificates from his commanding officers. He had qualified as an instructor in physical training. At the outbreak of the war he was appointed Major and Adjutant of the Drake Battn., R.N.D., and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 28 April, 1915; _unm._ =BARKER, HERBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4600), S.S. 1379, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BARKER, NOAH=, Private, No. 4467, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, yst. _s._ of the late William Barker, by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._ Ketley Sands, Wellington, co. Salop, 22 July, 1881; educ. Board School there; enlisted 21 Nov. 1901; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 26 Aug. 1914, and _d._ at Rentel, 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action. He _m._ at Denaby, near Rotherham, Yorks, 12 Nov. 1905, Rose (10, Albert Street, South Kirkby, near Wakefield), dau. of Samuel Alfred Hodgetts, and had a dau.: Edith Florence, _b._ 13 Feb. 1906. [Illustration: =Noah Barker.=] =BARKER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7987), S.S. 102800, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =BARKS, HERBERT=, Private, No. 7281, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only child of Abraham Barks, Wales Bar, co. York, by his wife, Emily; _b._ Clowne, co. Derby, 7 July, 1888; educ. Wales School, Wales Bar, Yorks; enlisted 3 June, 1907, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Hampstead, 27 Sept. 1913, Elizabeth Florence (48, Junction Road, Highgate, N.), dau. of Thomas Rumble, and had a posthumous child: Kathleen Elizabeth, _b._ 24 Sept. 1914. Two of his brothers-in-law, Private Charles Rumble and Gunner Fred Rumble, were killed in action. =BARKS, ISAAC=, Private, No. 14293, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of Isaac Barks, of 91, Pembroke Road, New Southport; served with the Expeditionary Force; killed in action at Kemmel, 28 Dec. 1914. =BARLEY, JOHN=, Private, No. 8147, 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., _s._ of Thomas Barley, of Broughton, Miner, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Robert Sharp, of Broughton; _b._ Broughton, 6 April, 1876; educ. there; enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regt., 24 Nov. 1893; served nine years in the Regulars and three in the Reserve, and saw service in Khartoum and Atbara (medal with two bars), South Africa (medal), and Soudan (medal with two bars). On mobilisation he was called up, served in France and Flanders, and was wounded in Nov. 1914; afterwards went back to the front, and _d._ of wounds received in action at Ypres, 27 Feb. 1915. Private Barley _m._ at Leeds, 21 April, 1905, Elizabeth Ann (7, New Broughton, near Brigg, Lincoln), dau. of William Hyke, and had one son and five daus.; Thomas William _b._ 3 Oct. 1905; Gladys Gwendolen, _b._ 21 Dec. 1906; Evylyn Kitty, _b._ 16 Oct. 1908; Nancy, _b._ 19 July, 1910; Amy Winifred, _b._ 10 Aug. 1912; and Joyce Attra, _b._ 14 July, 1914. [Illustration: =John Barley.=] =BARLING, HENRY WILLIAM=, Chief Stoker, 281047, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BARLING, WILLIAM BINGHAM=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., only _s._ of William Barling, of The Paddocks, Newnham-on-Severn, by his wife, Millicent, dau. of Seymour Bingham; _b._ at Newnham, co. Gloucester, 1892; educ. Beresford House, Gloucester; The Priory, Great Malvern; and Dean’s Close, Cheltenham, and on leaving the latter became a student at Wye College; was elected to a Fellowship of the Surveyor’s Institute, and became a member of the Inland Revenue Valuation Department at Gloucester, a post he held for three years. On the declaration of war he enlisted as a Private in the 5th Battn. of the Gloucesters about 12 Aug.; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 6th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., 2 Dec. 1914, and was put on the Officers’ Reserve. He went to France on 19 Feb., and reached the firing line on 23 Feb., where he was attached to the 3rd Battn. of the regt. A wire from the War Office came on 16 March “reported missing, believed killed,” and the last authoritative information concerning his death was contained in a letter from his Colonel. The letter said when last seen Lieut. Barling was very bravely leading his platoon in a determined assault against an enemy’s trench, and was believed to be killed. A corpl. concerned in this particular advance reported he stumbled over an officer whom he believed to be Lieut. Barling. The trench, which a very few men succeeded in reaching, had to be evacuated at nightfall, and is still (1916) in the enemy’s hands. He was _unm._ [Illustration: =William Bingham Barling.=] =BARLOW, CHARLES ERNEST=, Corpl. No. 964, 2nd Home Counties (T.F.) R.E., only _s._ of the late Joshua Barlow, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William Cann; _b._ Soho, London, 17 Nov. 1890; educ. St. Anne’s School there; was a chauffeur; enlisted Oct. 1914; went to the Front, 22 Dec. 1914, and died 30 June, 1915, of wounds received in action in France. He _m._ at Walthamstow, Essex, 18 Jan. 1914, Lilian (6, Church Street, Old Town, Bexhill-on-Sea), dau. of John Todd, and had issue a dau., Marie Lilian, _b._ 31 Jan. 1915. =BARLOW, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9666), S.S. 107176, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BARLOW, THOMAS ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11741, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PRATT-BARLOW, BERNHARD ALEXANDER=, Commander R.N., elder _s._ of Charles James Pratt-Barlow, of Roxby, The Hoe, Plymouth, by his wife, Rosa Caroline, yr. dau. of the late William Gladstone, D.L., J.P., of 58, Queen’s Gate, London, S.W.; _b._ St. George’s Road, London, S.W., 10 Sept. 1874; educ. Brighton (Mr. W. R. Lee, of Norfolk Terrace), and Royal Naval College, Gosport; joined H.M.S. Britannia as a Naval Cadet in Jan. 1889, being rated midshipman three years later. He was promoted Sub-Lieut. 31 May, 1896, Lieut. 31 Aug. 1897, and Commander 31 Dec. 1908. As a naval cadet he served in the Trafalgar, flagship of Rear-Admirals Lord Walter Kerr, A. H. Markham, and C. G. Domvile, on the Mediterranean Station, July, 1891; the Warspite, flagship of Rear-Admiral Drummond, commanding “D” Fleet in the Naval Manœuvres of July, 1894; and the Active, flying the broad pennant of Commodore R. H. Harris, in the Training Squadron, Sept.