The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…

1915. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, 3 July, 1905,

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Daisy, only dau. of the late Capt. G. Scott, late Scots Greys, and had a son and dau.: Robert Allan George, _b._ 11 Sept. 1908; and Daphne, _b._ 20 Aug. 1910. [Illustration: =Allan Humphrey Harden.=] =HARDES, JOHN=, Private, No. 2438, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Alfred Hardes, 4th Hussars, by his wife, Matilda, dau. of William Loose; _b._ Fulham, S.W., 3 Sept. 1895; educ. Ashburnham Higher Grade School, Chelsea, S.W., and being left an orphan at 16, made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Satchell, of Marlborough Buildings, with the former of whom he went to Canada in 1912 to work on the Canadian railways. Returning to England in 1914, he was employed by Messrs. Bull, Builders, Vauxhall, but when war was declared volunteered and joined the Kensingtons, 1 Sept 1914. He went to France, 6 Jan. 1915, and died in No. 7 Clearing Station, 12 March, 1915, from wounds received at Neuve Chapelle on the 10th; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “It happened in the morning of the bombardment of Neuve Chapelle, where we were in the support trenches. We were all mad with excitement, and it appears that while Jack was jumping up to see the effect of our shells a sniper shot him through the head.” Buried in Merville Cemetery. When 15 he joined the Christ Church Chelsea Athletic Club, and became a member of the Young Men’s Class, and on his return to England he rejoined and played for the second eleven of the Melton Cricket Club, which won the Cup in the 4th Division of the Clapham Common League. [Illustration: =John Hardes.=] =HARDING, ALFRED=, Private, No. 2124, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Worthing Harding, of 53, Lewisham Avenue, Lewisham Road, Smethwick, Labourer; _b._ Blue Street, Walsall, 14 Feb. 1903; educ. Smethwick and Handsworth Council Schools; emigrated to Australia in March, 1914; volunteered and enlisted, 8 Oct. following; and died in Malta, 21 July, 1915, of sunstroke received while on active service at the Dardanelles, 15 July, 1915; _unm._ =HARDING, ERNEST FRANK=, Private, No. 1630, 7th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of George Edwin Harding, of 68, Clonmell Road, Tottenham, by his wife, Beatrice Emma, dau. of the late Richard Flawn, formerly of the Metropolitan Police; _b._ Friern Barnet, co. Middlesex, 17 April, 1895; educ. St. James’s School there and Downhills (Tottenham) Council School; was a Pianoforte Maker; joined the Middlesex Territorials in the early part of 1912, and was recalled with his battn. from his third annual training on the outbreak of war and sent to Gibraltar, Sept. 1914; returned to England, Feb. 1915, and was sent to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fauquissart, France, 17 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Rue Tilleloy there (Graveyard Square M 24A 9.7., Map 36, 3rd Ed.). The Sergt. of his platoon wrote: “He was shot in the side whilst on water-carrying fatigue early this morning, and died less than half an hour after being struck.... He was under me all through his career as a soldier, and was one of the oldest men, as regards service, in my platoon. He will be missed by all as a hard working and efficient soldier and a true comrade.” [Illustration: =Ernest Frank Harding.=] =HARDING, GEORGE=, Chief Stoker, 285296, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARDING, HARRY=, Private, No. 9244, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Harry Harding, of 17, Rhoda’s Terrace, Strickland Street, Hull, by his wife, Mary Ann; _b._ Hull, 15 Nov. 1894: educ. Daltry Street Board School there; enlisted 2 Sept. 1911, went to France 10 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 11 General Hospital at Boulogne, 3 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action near Ypres, 26 Oct.; _unm._ Buried in Boulogne Cemetery. =HARDING, LIONEL COX=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Mountain Battery, R.G.A., eldest surviving _s._ of the late Judge Herbert Olive Denman Harding, Madras Civil Service (who was murdered on the verandah of the District Court, 22 Feb. 1916), by his wife, Sophia Louisa, dau. of Col. H. W. H. Cox; _b._ Westward Ho, Devon, 23 Aug. 1895; educ. Westward Ho Junior School, Blundell’s, Tiverton, and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Garrison Artillery from Woolwich, 17 Nov. 1914; left for the front with the 5th Mountain Battery, 8 Feb. 1915, and served with the Expeditionary Force in France, Feb.-June, 1915. At Neuve Chapelle, after the capture of the village, he spent the rest of the day under fire building bridges across trenches and channels. On the evening of the 15 June he successfully took his gun up a shell-swept road and got it into position. Next morning he bombarded and destroyed a German trench opposite for an hour and a half. His gun was then damaged and he had to retire. He got all his men away safely and was himself leaving when he was struck by shrapnel in ten places. He lay in the trench till evening, unconscious most of the time--only woke twice--once to inquire how the battle was going and once to wish to help his men to put on the gas masks. He was removed to hospital that night, and died on the evening of the 18th; _unm._ He was buried in a separate grave (No. 1360) in the British Military portion of the Cemetery at Bailleul. [Illustration: =Lionel Cox Harding.=] =HARDING, PERCY=, A.B., 221776, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =HARDING, STANLEY CUTHBERT=, Sapper, Divisional Engineer, R.N.D., _s._ of Edwin Banks Harding, of Manchester, Chartered Accountant, by his wife, Eliza Gertrude, dau. of Jasint Colson, Professor of Music; _b._ Trunk Farm, co. Hants, 1 April, 1886; educ. Collegiate School, Aldershot; enlisted 22 Sept. 1914, following the outbreak of war; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and died of enteric on H.M.S. Dongola, 24 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was buried at sea between Malta and Gibraltar. The Major-Gen. wrote, speaking highly of his zeal and devotion to duty, and a testimonial from General Paris was presented to him on the field at Gallipoli on 29 July, 1915. [Illustration: =Stanley Cuthbert Harding.=] =HARDISTY, WILFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22817, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =HARDMAN, GEORGE=, Stoker, Petty Officer, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARDY, LEONARD BASIL=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., only _s._ of Basil Edward Hardy, of 66, Ladbroke Grove, London, W., Solicitor, by his wife, Janet, dau. of Dr. Leonard Yelf, of Moreton-in-Marsh; _b._ Kensington, 19 March, 1895; educ. Wootton Court, near Canterbury; Radley College, where he was Prefect and head of his house, Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C., in which he obtained Certificate A., and represented the school at both cricket and football; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to the Worcestershire Regt. on 30 Sept. 1914, temporarily joining the 5th (Reserve) Battn., then stationed at Plymouth, 1 Oct. 1914. He was promoted Lieut. on 15 Nov. 1914, and went to France on 1 Jan. 1915, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. He was killed in action at Festubert, 11 Feb. following, while in command of two platoons in the front trenches, and was buried at Gorre Chateau, near Bethune; _unm._ He was very popular in the Regt. amongst both officers and men, and letters from his superior officers speak of him in very high terms. [Illustration: =Leonard Basil Hardy.=] =HARDY, RICHARD JOHN=, Private, No. 760, C Coy., 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2nd _s._ of James Hardy, Tallyman and Weighmaster, at Goodridge & Sons, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Abram Bartlett, of Brigus, Newfoundland; _b._ St. John’s, Newfoundland, 28 Sept. 1894; educ. Bishop Field College there; was an Engineer at Reid; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 16 Dec. 1914; left for England, 5 Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 20 Aug., and died on the Hospital Ship Neuralia, 14 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action there; _unm._ Buried at sea. =HARDY, VICTOR HARRIOTT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., att. 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Capt. Harmer Hardy, 18th Hussars (who served with the 97th Regt. in the Crimea), by his wife, Helena Hester (now wife of Arthur Nightingale), of West Hill, Sandown, Isle of Wight, dau. of John Jacob Cruywagen, of Newlands, and nephew of the late Major-Gen. Frederick Hardy, C.B., Col., York and Lancaster Regt., _b._ London, 26 June, 1887; educ. Farnborough Park and Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy; was at first intended for the Navy, but after Lord Selborne nominated him was found to be a fortnight too old, so he instead applied for a commission in the Army. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Militia, 1 March, 1907, and was gazetted to the York and Lancaster Regt., 20 March, 1909, and was at Blackdown with the 2nd Battn. until Sept. of the same year, when he left for India to join the 1st Battn. at Quetta; was promoted Lieut. 4 Oct. 1911, and after three years in India, returned home for a while; he then went back in Sept. 1912, and having served there a year, fell a victim to some climatic illness, and was invalided home, during which time he passed the examination for promotion to Capt. On mobilisation he was ordered to the 65th Regimental District, Pontefract, and was selected for duty with the 6th (Service) Battn. of his regt. at Belton Park, near Grantham. After the Lincolnshire had had some severe losses he was sent to the Front with a draft of the 1st Battn. of that regt., about 30 Sept.; served in France and Flanders, and was, it is believed, killed in an attack on a strong German position across a tract of open country, 27 Oct. 1914. He was buried at Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Lieut. Hardy was keen on all forms of sport, especially riding, and was very fond of animals; he won the Regimental Cup in the Officers’ races while in the Special Reserve, and when a 2nd Lieut. carried the King’s Colours on the occasion of the visit of King George and Queen Mary to India for the Coronation Durbar. While a boy, Lieut. Hardy won the First Prize in Sandown in a demonstration to celebrate King Edward’s coronation in 1902. [Illustration: =Victor Harriott Hardy.=] =HARDY, WILLIAM FRANK=, Private, No. 179, 1st Newfoundland Regt., eldest _s._ of George Francis Hardy, of 60, Monroe Street, St. John’s, Newfoundland, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Reid; _b._ St. John’s, 23 Sept. 1893; educ. Springdale Street School, St. John’s, was a Truckman; enlisted after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for England, 4 Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 23 Sept. 1915; _unm._ =HARE, ALBERT HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1863), Ch./11963, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HAREWOOD, GEORGE=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARGRAVE, GEOFFREY LEWIS=, Private, No. 41, 13th Battn., 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, N.S.W., Engineer, by his wife, Margaret (Wunulla Road, Woollahra Point, Sydney), dau. of David Johnston, of Sydney; _b._ Sydney, 21 March, 1892; educ. Sydney Grammar School; was an Engineer; enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914; left for Egypt in Dec.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April; and was killed in action there about 24 May, 1915, being buried in Anzac Cove; _unm._ [Illustration: =Geoffrey Lewis Hargrave.=] =HARGREAVES, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch./1762. H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =HARGREAVES, ROBERT=, Private, No. 12/307, 6th Hauraki Coy., Auckland Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Peter Hargreaves, of Napier; _b._ Waipawa, New Zealand, 15 Dec. 1879; educ. Napier, Hawkes Bay; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914; left for Egypt, 16 Oct., and was killed in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ =HARKER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4915), S.S. 104332, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARLAND, REGINALD WICKHAM=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., 7th _s._ of the Rev. Albert Augustus Harland, Vicar of Harefield, Uxbridge, by his wife, Louisa Ellen, dau. of Henry Wilson; _b._ Harefield Vicarage, co. Middlesex; educ. Temple Grove, East Sheen, Wellington College, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Hampshire Regt., 22 April, 1903, and promoted Lieut. 22 Dec. 1905, and Capt. 9 Aug. 1911; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 30 Oct. following; _unm._ Buried in the churchyard there. A brother officer wrote: “It was a day of very hard fighting, in spite of very heavy fire he continued to watch with his field glasses the movements of the enemy in order to direct the fire of his men, when a bullet struck him in the head.” Capt. Harland won Lord Roberts’ Prize at Sandhurst as winner of the competition at drill. =HARLAND, WILLIAM JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., A. 4422, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HARLAND, WILLIAM THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6014), 226744, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HARLEY, GEORGE ALEXANDER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 22631, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =HARLING, WILLIAM JAMES=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., B. 1057), 143377, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =HARLOW, THOMAS HENRY=, Acting Leading Stoker, 311600, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =HARMAN, CHARLES EDWARD=, Brevet Colonel and Lieut.-Col. Commanding 9th (Service) Battn., Royal Dublin Fusiliers, _s._ of the late James Harman, of Great Marlow, co. Bucks, by his wife, Anna Louisa, dau. of Capt. Smith, of Bath; _b._ London, 10 June, 1855; educ. Victoria College, Jersey; gazetted Sub-Lieut. 82nd Foot, 21 Sept. 1874; transferred to 89th Foot (2nd Royal Irish Rifles), 28 Aug. 1875: promoted Lieut. 21 Sept. 1875; Capt. Connaught Rangers, 30 March, 1881; Major, 21 Jan. 1890; Lieut.-Col. 8 Feb. 1898, and Brevet Col. 8 Feb. 1902; was Adjutant 89th Foot, 30 Nov. 1878 to 29 March, 1881, and of the 3rd Battn., 16 Sept. 1882, to 15 Sept. 1887: was sometime second in command of the 1st Connaught Rangers, and from 1898 to 1902 was in command of the 2nd Battn. in India, where he was for a short time A.A.G. in the Bombay Command, and in Sept. 1902, was appointed Acting Brigadier-General, Southern Command, India; was on Extra Regimental Employment, 27 Nov. 1902 to 13 Aug. 1904, when he retired. On the outbreak of the European War he at once offered his services, and on 7 Sept. 1915, was given the command of the 9th (Service) Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and died at Buttevant, Ireland, 5 Jan. 1915, while on service with his regt. He _m._ at St. James, Dublin, 2 Aug. 1883, Edith Jane Gertrude, only dau. of the late George Edward Newland, Commandant and Inspector-General, R.T.C., and had two children: Henry Newland Harman, 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., now (1916) on active service in France, _b._ 9 Jan. 1886, _m._ 15 Jan. 1914, Sidney Georgina, eldest dau. of Lieut.-Col. James Lowry Cole Acton, and has two children: Ruth Edith, _b._ South Africa, 14 Nov. 1914, and Cicely Elizabeth, _b._ 6 March, 1916; and Lilian Ethel, _m._ 22 Sept. 1904, Col. E. P. Smith, R.F.A., who was killed in action at the Dardanelles. [Illustration: =Charles Edward Harman.=] =HARMAN, GEORGE MALCOLM NIXON, D.S.O.=, Major, 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._ of the late Lieut.-General Sir George Harman, K.C.B., by his wife, Helen Margaret, dau. of John Tonge, of Starboro’ Castle, Edenbridge; _b._ London, 14 Nov. 1872; educ. Marlborough and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Rifle Brigade, 7 Nov. 1891; promoted Lieut. 11 Oct. 1893, Captain, 1 Jan. 1898, and Major, 26 June, 1907; was employed in Uganda with the King’s African Rifles, 19 Jan. 1900, to 9 Nov. 1904, being engaged on the Anglo-German Boundary Commission, west of Victoria Nyanza, 8 July, 1902, to 9 Nov. 1904; took part in the Expedition under Col. Delm-Radcliffe into the Lango country, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 12 Sept. 1902], and awarded the medal with clasp, and the D.S.O., for exceptional services both military and political. On returning home in 1905 he was posted to the 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade at Chatham, and later joined the 2nd Battn. in India. On the outbreak of war he came home with his Battn., went to France, 6 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Laventie, 27 Nov. following, by a shell; buried in the cemetery there. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 21 Oct. 1913, May, eldest dau. of Evan Davies Jones, of 6, Addison Road, W., and Pentower, Fishguard, co. Pembroke; _s.p._ [Illustration: =George M. N. Harman.=] =HARMAN, HERBERT REGINALD=, Private, No. 669, 9th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only child of the late Herbert James Harman, of Windsor, by his wife, (--), dau. of (--) Butler; _b._ Windsor, co. Berks, 17 Dec. 1882; educ. St. Stephen’s, Clewer, Windsor; was a Private in the old Volunteer Battn. (The Buffs), East Kent Regt., being for three or four years battn. shot, previous to his departure for Australia. There he was a motor mechanic at Lismore, N.S.W., but on the outbreak of war he enlisted and left with the first contingent of the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force for the Dardanelles. He died there on the S.S. Ionian, 6 May, 1915, from wounds received in action, and was buried at sea. A comrade stated: “I saw him at Gaba Tepe, at 2 o’clock, in the thick of the fight, doing his duty manfully.” Private Harman _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, April, 1908, Susanna Elizabeth (16, Albany Place, Cowgate Hill, Dover), sister of Private H. C. Hart, who died of wounds, 17 Jan. 1916 (see his notice), and dau. of John William Hart, Master Mariner, and had one son: John Herbert Granville, buried 4 April, 1909. His brother-in-law, Private H. C. Hart, of The Buffs, was killed in the Persian Gulf (see notice). [Illustration: =Herbert Reginald Harman.=] =HARMAN, JOHN BOWER=, 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., only _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. James Frederick Harman, R.A., by his wife, Ellen S. (22, Egerton Terrace, S.W.), dau. of late James Norris of Castle Hill, Bletchingley; _b._ Blackheath, 24 April, 1893; educ. St. Christopher’s, Eastbourne; Charterhouse, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was placed 2nd for riding and obtained the Benson Memorial Prize and Cup; gazetted to the R.F.A., 19 July, 1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of Le Cateau, 26 Aug. following; _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.” He was devoted to hunting. While stationed at Bulford, the winter before the war, he obtained his Flying Certificate. He wished to join the Flying Corps, but was not allowed to leave his Battery (29th) as he had so little service. =STAFFORD-KING-HARMAN, EDWARD CHARLES=, Capt., Irish Guards, eldest _s._ of Sir Thomas Stafford, of Rockingham, co. Roscommon, 1st Bart., C.B., J.P., D.L., by his wife, Francis Agnes, only surv. child of the late Col. the Right Hon. Edward Robert King-Harman, of Rockingham, P.C., M.P.; _b._ Belfast, 13 April, 1891; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Irish Guards, 9 Sept. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 11 June, 1912, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; went to France, 20 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Klein Zillebeke, 6 Nov. following. “He came to Mr. Vaughan’s house in 1904. Even as a Lower Boy he had a quiet dignity, which made him as much respected as he was liked, and this was always a characteristic which gave him a certain distinction wherever he went. Though he was much hampered by ill-health, he gained the House Colours, and many will remember his dashing game. In 1910, he was in the Shooting VIII, and a Colour-Sergt., and brought the Section Cup to his House, in the same year winning the Scott Cup and Bucks County Cup. No boy had ever a higher standard of conduct; devoted to all manly sport (he kept a pack of harriers in Ireland after he left Eton), and full of Irish humour, he had at the same time the refinement of mind of a saint, though few knew the thoughts which underlay his life. Any boy who was weak found in him a protector, and his presence was a silent rebuke to all meanness” (Eton College Chronicle). He _m._ at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, 4 July, 1914, Olive, only child of Capt. Henry Pakenham-Mahon, of Strokestown Park, co. Roscommon, Ireland, and had a daughter, Lettice Mary, _b._ 10 April, 1915. [Illustration: =Edward C. S.-K.-Harman.=] =HARMER, HORACE WILLIAM=, E.A., 3rd Class, M. 3062, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARNEY, JOHN=, E.R.A. (R.N.R.), 1038 E.A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HARPER, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., P.O. 14886, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARPER, WILLIAM JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8353), S.S. 104430, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =HARPER, WILLIAM PERCIVAL JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, 235017, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1915. =HARRELL, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 287426, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HARRIES, ERIC GUY=, Capt., Machine Gun Section, 1/7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Thomas Davies Harries, of Grosvenor House, Aberystwyth, F.R.C.S., M.R.C.P. (London), J.P., by his wife, Annette, dau. of Lionel Benson, of Royal Avenue, Chelsea, and grandson of David Harries, of Llaneast, near Fishguard; _b._ Grosvenor House, Aberystwyth, co. Cardigan, 30 Oct. 1892; educ. Highgate School, London, and on leaving there served his apprenticeship as an engineer at the Cambrian Railway Works, Oswestry. He received a commission in the 7th (Merioneth and Montgomery Territorial) Battn., Welsh Fusiliers, 1 April, 1913, was promoted Lieut. 2 Sept. 1914, and Capt. April, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, July, 1915, was mortally wounded on Chocolate Hill, Suvla Bay, 10 Aug. 1915, and died on board the Hospital Ship Euripides, on the 17th; _unm._ Buried at Mudros East, Lemnos (Grave 49). His commanding officer, Col. Jelf-Reveley, wrote: “I am proud to say that your son’s behaviour on Aug. 10 under fire has been most favourably reported on by several officers. He was perfectly cool, and led his men like a veteran.” [Illustration: =Eric Guy Harries.=] =HARRINGTON, JOHN JOSEPH=, 1st Class Air Mechanic, No. 486, Royal Flying Corps, _s._ of John Harrington, of Newport, co. Monmouth, Master Plasterer; _b._ there 24 Feb. 1888; educ. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic School in that town; joined the Royal Monmouth Engineers in 1905 as a Sapper, obtained his discharge in 1908; for some time drove the mail between Tredegar and Newport, and was afterwards employed at the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company’s works at Filton, Bristol. He joined the Royal Flying Corps, 20 Nov. 1912, and was killed in action in the fighting around Ypres, 13 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at a farm 1,000 yards north of Zillebeke, south-east of Ypres. [Illustration: =John Joseph Harrington.=] =HARRIS, ALFRED HENRY=, Petty Officer, Tel., 239886, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARRIS, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 11622, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of James Harris, of Chaffecombe, Chard, Somerset, Farm Bailiff, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Keener; _b._ Ottery St. Mary, co. Devon, 26 Dec. 1889; educ. there; was a Mason’s Labourer; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; went to France 21 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Vermelles, Belgium, 4 Oct. 1915; _unm._ =HARRIS, BERTRAM PAGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 263, Machine-gun Section, 13th Battn., 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of Page Harris, of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, by his wife, Sarah Lucy; _b._ St. Leonard-on-Sea, 12 Nov. 1887; educ. National School there; went to Australia in 1912, and was up country when war was declared, and at once went to Sydney to join the Commonwealth E.F. then forming; left for Egypt in Dec. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Gaba Tepe four days later, 29 April; _unm._ His officer wrote that he was universally liked and respected by his section; as a soldier, he considered he had no better man, adding “he was the senior number in his gun crew and was the first man into their gun position after the long and distressing struggle from the shore forward, and he was our first casualty.” =HARRIS, CHARLES EDWIN=, Acting Chief Yeoman Signalman, 186240 Devon, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARRIS, ERNEST GEORGE=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271658, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARRIS, FREDERICK ALBERT=, Petty Officer (T.), 173534, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARRIS, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3716), 185125, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARRIS, HENRY JOHN=, Petty Officer, 155005, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HARRIS, JOHN AUGUSTE EMILE=, L.-Corpl., No. 2251, 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, and 2nd Lieut. Sydney Senior Cadets, eldest _s._ of Alfred Thomas Harris, of 165, Denison Street, Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Pharmacist, by his wife, Camille Marie, dau. of Henri Prudhomme, Lieut. French Navy; _b._ Sydney, 6 Oct. 1899; educ. at the Cleveland Street High School there. On 31 Jan. 1913, in his 14th year, he was registered among the senior cadets, Sydney, in compliance with the Commonwealth Defence Act; was promoted Corpl. 1 May, 1914; passed and promoted to Colour-Sergt. 17 June, 1914, and passed for 2nd Lieut. 28 March, 1915, his appointment being confirmed a few days before he enlisted, so that he was the youngest commissioned officer in the Australian Commonwealth Forces. He enlisted on 2 June, 1915, and as he had passed in Musketry as “Marksman” in the cadets, his former training held good, and he only remained a few days in the Liverpool Training Camp, and left Sydney on 16 June, as L.-Corpl. of the sixth reinforcements for the 2nd Battn. of the 1st Infantry Brigade. He was about a fortnight in Cairo and was hurried off to Gallipoli, arriving at Anzac and joining his battn. on 5 Aug. Next day, 6 Aug., he took part in the big charge on, and capture of, the Turkish trenches at Lonesome Pine, and was officially reported killed in action on 8 Aug. The officer in charge of the sixth reinforcements, Lieut. La Touche, wrote to his mother from the transport in the Mediterranean: “Your son, L.-Corpl. Harris, is with me, and I shall try to keep him with me throughout the campaign. He is a gallant little fellow, with the greatest of military virtues--faithfulness--and as such is of very great assistance to his officers. If he had only a few years more to his credit, he would make a fine officer. Meanwhile he is doing his duty without a thought of self, and will serve his country as an Australian gentleman should. I will try to keep him with me, and to see after him so far as I can. Of course, my power is very limited, but we are both in God’s hands, and He doeth all things well.” [Lieut. La Touche was killed on 6 Aug.] Lieut.-Col. Cass, commanding the 2nd Battn., wrote: “But you may rest assured that he took part in one of the outstanding features of the Gallipoli fighting, and did his duty well.” Like many other Australian boys, he was full of enthusiasm in military matters, but his career was an all too brief one. He was only 15 years and 10 months old when he died. “Purpureus cum flos succisus aratro.” [Illustration: =John Auguste E. Harris.=] =HARRIS, JOHN FREDERICK=, Private, No. 14902, 1st Battn. The Welsh Regiment, _s._ of the late John Henry Harris, Shoemaker, by his wife, Agnes Florence, dau. of Gabriel Evans; _b._ Neath, 11 March, 1894; educ. Council Schools there; was a steelworker; enlisted at the outbreak of war, 29 Aug 1914; went to France, Jan. 1915, and died at Zillebeke, 8 May, 1915, of wounds received in action there on the 3rd; _unm._ Buried Hazebrouck Cemetery. He was a member of St. Thomas’ Choir, Neath. =HARRIS, JOSEPH WALTER=, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Lincolnshire Regt. (attd. 1st Battn.), _s._ of George Harris, of Swallowbeck, Lincoln, Secretary of the Lincoln Co-operative Society, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of John Thacker; _b._ Lincoln, 19 June, 1889; educ. Lincoln Grammar School, at which he won a scholarship from an elementary school, and Nottingham University where he was a member of the O.T.C.; graduated B.Sc. with First-class Honours, London University, 13 Dec. 1911; devoted himself to chemical research and became F.I.C. 15 May, 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Lincolns, from the Nottingham University, O.T.C., 15 Aug. 1914; promoted Lieut. 30 Jan. 1915; went to France 2 Dec. 1914, was attached to the 1st Battn. of his Regt.; and was killed in action at Hooge, 3 June, 1915. He _m._ at Grimsby, 3 Oct. 1914, Mabel (Swallowbech, Lincoln), dau. of Joseph Laughton, of North Somercotes; _s.p._ =HARRIS, LANCELOT GRAHAM=, Private, No. 1112, 1st Battn. Honourable Artillery Company, only _s._ of Robert Jefferson Harris, of 21, Alexandra Road, Finsbury Park, London, formerly of Mysore, India, Coffee Planter, by his wife, Maud Ellen, dau. of Orlando Edmonds, of Northfields House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, J.P.; _b._ Lymington, co. Hants, 17 May, 1894; educ. Denstone College (1908–13, 6th Form Prefect; Sergt. in O.T.C.; shot at Bisley for school); Berlin (1913); and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1913–14, to which he obtained an open Exhibition); joined the Honourable Artillery Company two days after the declaration of war, 7 Aug. 1914, left for St. Nazaire, 19 Sept.; was in the trenches from October until 27 April, 1915, when he was mortally wounded at Dickebusch by shell fire, having both legs broken, and died there the following day, and was buried at La Clyte Cemetery; _unm._ His Platoon Commander wrote: “His bravery was absolutely magnificent, he was perfectly splendid all the way through--thoroughly keen, and willing to do anything. My platoon has lost a good soldier and a favourite companion”; and a comrade, writing to his own father, said: “I am very sorry to say they killed a young fellow called Harris, one of the old stagers of St. Nazaire. He Was frail looking and slim, and quite a boy, with an almost girlish face, but had the spirit of a bulldog and the soul of a saint. The grit with which he stuck the hardships of the winter, and his continual cheeriness and helping of others, when he was almost done up himself, used to make me proud to be in the regt. with him. When a spirit of such temper as that of young Harris is lost from among us, I tell you it leaves a very big gap indeed.” [Illustration: =Lancelot Graham Harris.=] =HARRIS, NORMAN=, Midshipman, Royal Navy; only surviving _s._ of William Birkbeck Harris, of the White House, Hayes, Kent, by his wife, Kathleen Marion, dau. of Edward Carey, of Shortlands, Kent; _b._ Hayes, 7 Nov. 1898; educ. Parkfield, Hayward’s Heath, and at Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; joined H.M.S. Bulwark, 4 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that vessel was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914. He was the Senior Midshipman. [Illustration: =Norman Harris.=] =HARRIS, NORMAN ELTON=, Corpl., No. 603, 4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of George Copley Harris, of Wallandra, Parkes, N.S.W., Landowner [4th _s._ of the late William Harris, co. Limerick], by his wife, Kathleen Spring, dau. of (--) Spring-Rice; _b._ Bathurst. N.S.W., 2 Dec. 1887; educ. Sydney. After the outbreak of war enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 19 June, 1915; _unm._ Writing to his father, Major Storey said that he had distinguished himself twice previously and had acted with great bravery. [Illustration: =Norman Elton Harris.=] =HARRIS, WALDRON=, E.R.A. 1st Class, 269689, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HARRIS, WILLIAM=, S.S.A., M. 1034, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARRIS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10031), S.S. 107618, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea 22 Sept. 1914. =HARRIS, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3468), 187321, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HARRIS, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, No. 11862, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; only _s._ of George Harris, of South Newington, Banbury, Oxon, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Nash; _b._ South Newington, aforesaid, 18 Jan. 1887; educ. there; was a Farm Labourer; enlisted 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 30 March, 1915; _unm._ =CARR-HARRIS, ERNEST DALE=, Capt., R.E., eldest _s._ of Robert Carr-Harris, of The Vale, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada, Professor of Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, by his wife, Ellen Jane, dau. of Robert Wiley Fitton, of co. Cork; _b._ Thurso, P. Quebec, Canada, 14 Feb. 1878; educ. at Queens University, and after four years’ course at the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, graduated in 1899 at the Head of his Class, taking Honours in 13 subjects out of the 15 subjects of the course of the College, and received the Gold Medal of the year for subjects of instruction, and the Sword of Honour for distinction in Conduct and Discipline; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 19 June, 1899, and promoted Lieut. 29 Dec. 1901, and Capt. 19 June, 1908; served in China, 1900, during the Boxer rebellion (medal with clasp), and was detailed to construct the defences of the British Legation Grounds at Pekin; was then for two years Senior R.E. Officer at Singapore, and was afterwards engaged in the construction of the Military transfrontier road across the zone of the independent tribes between India and Afghanistan, on the completion of which he was nominated to the India Staff College at Quetta by the Gen. Commander-in-Chief. He completed his course in Sept. 1914, and was immediately detailed for service in East Africa, and was killed in action there, 3 Nov. of 1914; _unm._ Capt. Robertson wrote: “Capt. Carr-Harris was the first to land to examine Culvertsand Mines. It happened in the dark--he was surrounded in the Bush and put up a splendid fight. He seized a rifle and with a few others, whom he had collected on the spot, made a counter-attack and drove them back. He was found shot through the head. Our casualties were bigger in proportion than those suffered in European fights.” His two younger brothers are now (1916) taking their course at the Royal Military College of Canada. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. [Illustration: =Ernest Dale Carr-Harris.=] =WILLIS-HARRIS, RALPH CLAUDIAN=, Private, No. 65418, 24th Battn. (Victoria Rifles), 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late William Willis-Harris, of Midhurst, by his wife, Ada Sarah (now wife of Thomas Charles Popplewell, of Easebourne, Midhurst, Sussex), dau. of Ezra Battell; _b._ Pulborough, co. Sussex, 7 Aug. 1892; educ. Midhurst Grammar School; was an employee of the Bank of British North America, first in London and then at Montreal; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian E.F. in Oct. 1914; came over with the 2nd Contingent, 20 May, 1915; went to France in Sept., and died 9 Nov. 1915, of wounds received the previous day, while assisting to carry a wounded comrade to the dressing station; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery at Bailleul. Major R. O. Alexander wrote: “Your son was a very gallant soldier and a very fine man. I feel as if I had lost a great friend, and undoubtedly one of the most valuable men in my Company”; and Lieut. A. L. S. Mills wrote: “In case you have not heard the details, he was helping to carry one of his comrades (Private Diver), who afterwards died, to the dressing station, when they were seen by the enemy, who opened fire on them with machine-guns. Your son was hit, and had himself to be carried to the dressing station with Diver. He bore any pain he may have suffered with such wonderful nerve that everyone expected him to be up and about again in a very short time. Your son was one of my finest men, and ever since the sad news of his death c

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1. Chapter 1 2. 1911. Sergt. Abbott’s brother-in-law, Corpl. Frank R. Gorbey, D.C.M., 3. 1911. There he joined the Commonwealth Forces as a Staff-Sergt.-Major, 4. 53. Private Appleyard escaped without a scratch, though a bullet passed 5. 1911. At the outbreak of war he volunteered, and was killed in action 6. 1914. Lieut.-Col. Clinton-Baker was one of four officers R.I.R.--out 7. 1915. At the Battle of St. Julien the 10th Battn. was assigned the 8. 1915. Commander Ballard was last seen on the bridge of the Formidable 9. 1912. He afterwards went to Burmah, Norway, Spain, etc. On the outbreak 10. 1894. He was Sub-Lieut. of the last-named ship, flying the broad 11. 1914. Major W. A. Payn (his commanding officer), writing to his widow, 12. 1912. He saw much foreign service, serving in Crete, Malta, Gibraltar, 13. 1914. “On a particular occasion,” 20 Sept., during the Battle of the 14. 1914. His two brothers are (1916) on active service--Prince Alexander 15. 1915. He _m._ at Liverpool, 7 Oct. 1899, Margaret (14, Bowles 16. 1914. A noted boxer in the Service, he was in 1910 the heavyweight 17. 1913. He saw foreign service in China and the Cape, and was also with 18. 1914. His battn. was selected to lead the attack near Hulluch on 25 19. 1883. He commenced his education at the Grange (Preparatory) School, 20. 1913. After the outbreak of war he joined the Canadian Expeditionary 21. 1909. He was connected mainly with the Oval Road Boys’ School, and 22. 1915. It was while at London University that he entered the Officers’ 23. 1915. For some time he was A.D.C. to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 24. 1915. He was buried at a farm on the north side of the Rue Wasselot, 25. 1914. He served in South Africa, Mauritius and India, and with the 26. 1902. He _m._ at Colgate, Faygate, Sussex, 25 Nov. 1909, Elsie 27. 1913. When war was declared he volunteered for Imperial Service, was 28. 1907. After the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service, 29. 1914. His body was brought home and buried at St. Margaret’s Cemetery, 30. 1900. He served through the Waziri Campaign in 1901, for which he 31. 1915. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 10 March, 1915, and was 32. 1914. Major Buckingham _m._ at Harrietsham, 2 June, 1908, Mabel 33. 1915. He was buried in the cemetery Noeux des Mines; _unm._ His 34. 1915. Buried side by side with two of his cousins, who were killed in 35. 1914. In the fighting near Neuve Chapelle on 12 March, 1915, he was 36. 1908. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the 37. 1915. He was buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._ 38. 1914. He was the third Member of the Commons killed in action. His next 39. 1906. He served in the South African War, going to the Cape in 1901; 40. 1914. The Capt. wrote that he was just returning to his place in the 41. 1910. Leaving England on the outbreak of war, he was attached to and 42. 1912. Capt. Glover wrote: “I personally have known the Sergt.-Major for 43. 1913. He was constructing engineer on the Central Argentine Railway, 44. 1914. He went to France and subsequently to Belgium, and was in the 45. 1914. On the morning of 13 Oct. he was wounded, but he fought gallantly 46. 1914. He was promoted Tempy. Lieut. 14 Jan. 1915, and Lieut. 1 Feb. 47. 1915. On the latter date he was one of a party of volunteers sent to 48. 1915. Private Coles _m._ at Leiston, Suffolk, 4 March, 1911, 49. 1908. There he was for some time in the North-West Mounted Police, and 50. 1912. He then undertook work in connection with the Irish Department 51. 20. He was full of keenness and enthusiasm about it, as he was always 52. 1914. He left New Zealand with the Main Expeditionary Force, was 53. 1915. He _m._ at The Oratory, Brompton, London, 26 April, 1906, 54. 1915. He served in France and Flanders, was seriously wounded in action 55. 1914. 2nd Lieut. Hewett wrote: “He was with my platoon when he was 56. 1910. He joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of 57. 1915. A brother officer wrote: “I can assure you your husband was a 58. 1901. On the outbreak of the European War he was appointed a General 59. 26. Buried at Lillebeck. 60. 1915. He was a keen cricketer and fond of sports generally, and was a 61. 1909. He took a leading part as an officer in Worksop College Cadet 62. 1911. He served with the 2nd Battn. of his regt. through the retreat 63. 1915. A companion wrote that he and the officer whose servant he was, 64. 1915. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Shorncliffe. He _m._ 65. 1915. A brother officer wrote: “Bob went up again to the trenches, and 66. 1914. He _m._ at Glasgow, 31 Dec. 1909 (--) (11, Martin Street, 67. 1913. He went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force in Aug. 68. 1905. His next elder brother, Capt. J. S. S. Dunlop, had been killed in 69. 1915. His Col. wrote very highly of him and his work. 70. 1914. He was only 18, and was _unm._ 71. 1915. He _m._ at Montreal, 19 Dec. 1894, May L. (791, University 72. 1915. He was buried in the grounds of the Chateau of Elzenwalle, near 73. 1906. Quartermaster-Sergt. Finch had the Long Service and Good Conduct 74. 1905. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, 17 Feb. 1892, 75. 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir J. French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 76. 1915. He _m._ at Kenmare, 2 Sept. 1902, Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy 77. 1911. He was Commander of the London, as flagship of Rear-Admiral 78. 1914. He _m._ at Shorncliffe, 1904, Louisa, dau. of Henry Kent; 79. 1909. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service; was 80. 1914. He died at Verneuil, 16 Sept. 1914, of wounds received at the 81. 1914. He was appointed Corpl., left for Malta three days later (4 82. 1900. He passed through the Staff College 1902 to Dec. 1903; served in 83. 1915. He obtained a Junior Classical Scholarship at Cheltenham College, 84. 1902. He played in the Freshman’s Association Match at Cambridge, 1902, 85. 1915. He _m._ at Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 6 Aug. 1910, Alice, dau. 86. 1915. He was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915, and was buried in the 87. 1915. He _m._ at St. Philip’s Church, Milltown, Dublin, Jane 88. 1915. He was buried in Estaires Cemetery; _unm._ 89. 1913. He took a keen interest in rowing, and was spare man for both his 90. 1915. He _m._ at Brounton Hill, Liverpool, 6 June, 1908, Constance 91. 1915. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, 3 July, 1905,

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