The Roll of Honour. (continued 15)

DERISLEY, FRANK MARTIN, L.-Corpl., No. 73211, C Coy., 28th Battn. (2nd Canadian Rifles), 6th Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Harry Derisley of Old Buckenham, Norfolk, Farmer, by his wife, Julia Jane, dau. of William Fincham; b. East Farm, Docking, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, 12 Jan. 1886; educ. National School, Palgrave, Diss; went to Canada in March, 1911, and settled in Rouleau, Sask.; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Moose Jaw, Sask., in Oct. 1914, and died 6 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day; unm. His company officer, Capt. F. G. D. Quick, wrote “he died of wounds on 6 Nov. 1915. Corpl. Derisley was severely wounded at noon on the 5th, being struck in the head by a bullet. He was taken to hospital and died at 1.30 a.m. next morning without regaining consciousness. He was buried on 8 Nov. in the Cemetery at Bailleul, Belgium. Corpl. Derisley enlisted at Moose Jaw in Oct. 1914, and has been in my company ever since. His loss is felt keenly by myself and all the other officers, N.C.Os. and men in the company, in which he was a general favourite. He was an excellent soldier, and was held in the highest esteem by all his comrades.”

Frank Martin Derisley.

DERISLEY, HERBERT, L.-Corpl., Middlesex Regt., s. of Harry Derisley, of Old Buckenham, Attleborough, Norfolk, by his wife, Julia Jane, dau. of William Fincham, Farmer; b. Valley Farm, Hillington, King’s Lynn, 23 Jan. 1884; educ. Palgrave, Diss and Eye Grammar School, Suffolk; was a Draper; volunteered and joined the Middlesex Regt., Jan. 1915; went to France Oct. 1915, and was killed in action 1 June, 1916; unm. Buried in the Military Cemetery,... His brother, L.-Corpl. R. M. Derisley, died of wounds, 5 Nov. 1915.

Herbert Derisley.

DERRICK, TOM, Private, No. 2044, 2nd Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., 4th s. of Joseph Derrick, of Curry Mallett, Taunton, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Edwardes; b. North Curry, near Taunton, co. Somerset, 12 Feb. 1857; educ. Hatch; joined the Navy, 30 Oct. 1875; invalided out 3 Sept. 1880; then worked as a Cab Proprietor, enlisted 3 Dec. 1914, after the outbreak of war, and was killed on the railway near Chatham, 30 June, 1915, while on sentry duty. He m. at Plymouth, 30 July, 1876, Louisa E. (5, Gloucester Place, Plymouth), dau. of Edward Lawrence, of Plymouth, Dockyard Pensioner, and had three children: Thomas Herbert Hartman, b. 5 May, 1880; James Henry, b. 30 Nov. 1885; and Mabel Ellen, b. 29 Dec. 1886.

Tom Derrick.

DESMEULES, JOSEPH EDGAR, Private No. 32/792, 1st Field Ambulance, Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Nazair Desmeules, of Chambord Lake, St. Johns, P. Quebec, Canada, by his wife, Eleanore; b. St. Irene, P.O., 8 Oct. 1890; educ. Chambord Lake; volunteered for service overseas, on the outbreak of war; came over with the first Canadian Contingent; went to France in Feb., and died, 28 April, 1915, of wounds received in action at Langemarck; unm.

Joseph Edgar Desmeules.

des VŒUX, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, yst. s. of the late Sir G. William des Vœux, G.C.M.G., by his wife, Marion Denison, yst. dau. of Sir John Pender. G.C.M.G., and nephew of the late Sir Charles Champagné des Vœux, 6th Bart.; b. at Government House, Hong Kong, China, 29 Nov. 1889; entered the Navy, 1905, as a cadet on H.M.S. Britannia, but owing to ill-health, left that Service in 1909, his admiral (Lord Charles Beresford) expressing his regret in writing, and saying “he felt sure, if he had remained in the Service, he would have made a very brilliant officer.” He joined the 3rd Battn. Grenadier Guards, as 2nd Lieut. from the special reserve, 28 May, 1910, and was promoted Lieut., 25 Oct. 1911. He served with the 2nd Battn. of his regt. through the retreat from Mons, and at the Battle of the Marne in France, being killed in action at La Court Soupir Farm, near Vailly on the Aisne River, 14 Sept. 1914; unm. He was buried in Soupir Churchyard.

Frederick W. des Vœux.

DETTNER, WALTER JOSEPH, Private, No. 2657, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles), London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of Charles Ephraim Dettner, of 22, Glasgow Terrace, Pimlico, S.W., Coachman, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Charles King; b. Westminster, 6 May, 1896; educ. St. Mary’s School, Vincent Square, London; volunteered and joined the Irish Rifles, 6 Sept. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action near Festubert, 17 May, 1915, being buried close to the front line of trenches in Bethune Wood; unm.

DEVANNEY, WILLIAM GEORGE, Rifleman, No. 1688, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th s. of the late Simon Devanney, of 22, Essex Street, Kingsland Road, E., Market Porter, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Thomas O’Shea; b. Shoreditch, 24 Feb. 1898; educ. St. Monica’s R.C. School, Hoxton Square, W.; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles about Sept. 1913; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went to the front in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Loos, 26 Oct. 1915. A companion wrote that he and the officer whose servant he was, went to the rescue of some men who had been buried by the explosion of a shell, and while they were digging them out another shell came and blew the two to pieces.

DEVEREUX, CHARLES EMILE, Private, No. 2359, Machine Gun Section, 1/5th Battn. The Manchester Regt., 2nd s. of Patrick James Devereux, Accountant, Great Western Railway, Cardiff, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Morgan, of Gower; b. Cardiff, 20 Feb. 1894; educ. Roath Park Board School there, and prior to the outbreak of war was employed as Machine Attendant, Semet Solvay Coke Ovens, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. He joined the 5th Manchesters in Sept. 1914, and after training in Egypt, went with his battn. to the Dardanelles, and was killed instantaneously in action there, 1 June, 1915; unm. Writing to his sister, Mrs. McQuillan, of Pemberton, Private William Rowland, A Coy., said: “On Monday night last, 31 May, I, along with several comrades belonging to A Coy., 1/5th Manchesters, were ordered to dig ourselves in at a certain distance. This we did, and whilst we were digging ourselves in two gun sections belonging to our battn. advanced, and with one of these sections came your brother, Private C. Devereux. He took up a position four or five yards away from myself and commenced digging in. He had been thus engaged about two hours, and was getting nicely covered in, when, whilst on his knees, and apparently in the attitude of reaching something, a bullet from a Turkish rifle entered his body near the heart and emerged beneath his right armpit.” He was buried close to where he fell, and a small wooden cross with his name was erected by his comrades.

DEVONSHIRE, ALFRED JOHN, Painter, 1st Class, 341934, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DE VOY, JAMES WILSON, E.R.A., 1st Class, R.N.R., 249EB, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; m.

DEWAR, THOMAS CLARK, Private, No. 20295, C Coy., 3rd, attd. 12th, Battn. Royal Scots, 2nd s. of Alexander Dewar, of 41, Naysmith Place, Kelty, Fife, Colliery Worker, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of the late Thomas Clark; b. Kelty, co. Fife, 9 May, 1895; educ. Public School there; was a coal miner; enlisted 21 Jan. 1915; trained four months at Weymouth and four months at Edinburgh; was selected as a signaller; went to France, 10 Oct., and was killed in action there, 19 Dec. 1915; unm. His company officer, Capt. W. Skinner, wrote: “Last Sunday morning, about 5.45 a.m., we were submitted to a severe shelling, concurrently with a gas attack delivered on our left. Private Dewar and another man were standing speaking to one of my officers. A shell burst amongst them, and Private Dewar and the other men were killed, the officer having his right arm blown off. I regret the casualty very much, as Private Dewar was a most promising man and one who gave no trouble, and was of exemplary conduct.”

Thomas Clark Dewar.

DEWEY, NOBLE, Corpl., No. 1357, 1st Battn. Cambridgeshire Regt. (T.F.) 5th s. of the late Thomas Henry Dewey, of Chesterton, co. Cambs., by his wife, Elizabeth (6, Serle Street, Chesterton), dau. of William Rayner, of Old Chesterton; b. Cambridge, 28 Sept. 1885; educ. St. Luke’s School, Chesterton; joined the 1st Cambridge Territorials in Jan. 1912; volunteered for Imperial Service after the outbreak of war, went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action 4 March, 1915. He was shot by a sniper, and died about 5.30 a.m. His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. C. E. F. Copeman, in a letter to “The Cambridge Chronicle,” said: “Corpl. Dewey was shot through the lungs as he was getting into a trench, and died a few hours afterwards. He was most plucky and never once complained, his only regret being that he could not get at the Germans”; and in a letter to Mrs. Dewey he wrote: “His platoon commander tells me he was the best N.C.O. that he had, and I know that he was one of the most useful men in the Battn.” He was buried in the churchyard at Dickebushe. Corpl. Dewey was a well-known Cambridge athlete, a member of the Town and County Cycling Club, and earned a great reputation as a trainer.

Noble Dewey.

DE WINTON, WALTER, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder s. of Major Walter de Winton, of Maesllwch Castle, co. Radnor, J.P., D.A.A.G. to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 1915, formerly (1882–92) Lieut. 1st Life Guards, by his wife, Hylda Therise Jane, 2nd dau. of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Frederick Marshall, K.C.M.G.; b. London, 22 Feb. 1893; educ. Wixenford School, Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd. Lieut. 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 5 Feb. 1913; went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force in Aug.; served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Marne, 6 Sept. 1914. He was buried in the garden of Monsieur Muraband, at La Fortelle, Rosoyen Brie, Seine et Marne; unm.

Walter de Winton.

DEXTER, GEORGE HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class, 309475, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

DIBSDALL, ERNEST WILLIAM, Private, R.M.L.I., 13195 (R.F.R., B. 1421), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. m.

DICK, SAMUEL THOMAS, P.O., 1st Class (R.F.R., A. 1680), 122365, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DICKENSON, LAURENCE AUBREY FIENNES WINGFIELD, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., attached 1st Royal Irish Rifles, only s. of the Rev. Francis Wingfield Dickenson, Rector of Inworth, Kelvedon, Essex, by his wife, Florence A., dau. of the late Rev. Henry Battiscombe, M.A., and gdson. of the late Frederic Boughton Newton Dickenson, of Siston Court, co. Gloucester, J.P., D.L.; b. Inworth Rectory, 1 Feb. 1894; educ. Forest School, Walthamstow, and Selwyn College, Cambridge; obtained his commission through the O.T.C. 1 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 19 March, 1915, and died in No. 6 Casualty Station, 10 May, 1915, of wounds received at the Battle of Ypres, 9 May, 1915; unm.

DICKESON, HENRY EDMUND, Rifleman, No. 3143, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Robert Walter Dickeson, of 41, Hardinge Street, Stepney, employee at the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, W., by his wife, Esther, dau. of John Thomas Maloney; b. Stepney, 30 May, 1893; educ. Cable Street Secondary L.C.S. School; was a clerk in the employ of the Apollinaris Co., Ltd., and joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles after the outbreak of war, 8 Sept. 1914. He went through his training at the White City, Hatfield and St. Albans, left for France on 10 March, 1915, and was killed in action in the advance at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. A comrade (Rifleman P. W. Everett) wrote that he was killed by a shell from a trench mortar, and that he had buried him on the 26th, an officer of the 23rd Regt. reading the burial service. He had volunteered with Everett for a dangerous piece of work, and was killed while carrying it out.

Henry E. Dickeson.

DICKEY, JAMES, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8572), S.S. 104940, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

DICKINSON, RONALD FRANCIS BICKERSTETH, Capt., 10th Battn. (The Liverpool Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of George Dickinson, of Red How, Cumberland, J.P., C.C., by his wife, Mary Florence, dau. of Edward Robert Bickersteth, of Liverpool, F.R.C.S.; b. 23, Abercromby Square, Liverpool, 19 Jan. 1888; educ. Rugby, and was admitted a Solicitor in 1910, and at the time of his death was a manager with Messrs. Hill, Dickinson & Co., of Liverpool. When the war broke out and his battn. was mobilised, he with the rest of his battn. volunteered for foreign service, and they went to the Front on 1 Nov. 1914. He was continuously engaged in the trenches and trench fighting from then until his death, which took place after the capture of four German trenches at Hooge on 16 June, 1915. Owing to reinforcements not coming up in time, his men were eventually partially driven back by the German counter attack, and he was left lying wounded in six places in the fourth German trench. It was believed that he died shortly after capture by the Germans. Eventually the first German line of trenches and part of the second were held, but only two officers and about 120 men of the battn. answered the roll call when they were relieved at night. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. His Col. wrote: “He was absolutely lion-hearted, and I think all will agree that he was pre-eminent in a battn. which I am proud to say numbers many brave men in its ranks. It was my duty on many occasions during the winter months to tramp round the front line trenches at night, and invariably Ronald was to be found wherever a dirty or dangerous job had to be done.” One of his men wrote: “As brave a man as ever held charge. The company idolised him; wherever there was danger he was there.” Another: “We absolutely adored him. He was a leader worth following.” Another said: “Time and again when any of his men were lying wounded outside the trench, he ordered his men to keep under cover while he himself ran the greatest risk in bringing the wounded in. If anyone deserved the V.C. it was Capt. Ronald Dickinson; he had won it over and over again. He was a little god to his men.”

Ronald F. B. Dickinson.

DICKSON, GEORGE, Private, No. 11295, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing, 24 Nov. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed in action at Kemmel on or about that date.

DICKSON, GEORGE, Private, No. 3405, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; b. co. Perth; enlisted 9 May, 1900; served in South African War (medal), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 1914; killed in action, 18 Nov. 1914. He m. at Edinburgh, 21 May, 1907, Emma (48, Dundee Street, Edinburgh), dau. of (—) Johnson, and had two children: William George, b. 5 April, 1908; and Mary Gerrand, b. 30 Oct. 1909.

DICKSON, GEORGE AITKEN, Private, No. 11295, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of the late William Dickson, Carter, by his wife, Christina (13, Melburne Place, North Berwick), dau. of George Aitken; b. North Berwick, 11 March, 1895; educ. Public School there; enlisted 6 Nov. 1912, and is supposed to have been killed in action during the retreat from Mons. Official letters give the date as 24 Nov. 1914, though a private communication says he was killed on 26 Aug. 1914.

George Aitken Dickson.

DICKSON, JAMES, Private, No. 2700, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action near Ypres, 20 July, 1915.

DICKSON, JAMES STRUTHERS, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6192), 185733, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DICKSON, JOHN, Private, No. 6283, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; b. Musselburgh, co. Midlothian; enlisted 29 Dec. 1905, aged 18; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing, 11 Nov. 1914; m. at Edinburgh, 14 April, 1911, Mary Ann (16, Sandfont Street, Leith), dau. of (—) Brown.

DICKSON, THOMAS, Driver, No. 86791, 18th Battery, 5th Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Richard Dickson; b. Upper Ballinderry, co. Antrim, 26 April, 1881; educ. Village School there; served with the 83rd Battery, R.F.A., in the South African War, was invalided home after one year and ten months’ service, but later went out again and served till 31 May, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps; obtained his discharge and went to Canada; acted as a Recruiting Sergt. from the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 to 12 May, 1915, when he joined for service overseas; came over with reinforcements and died while on service in England, 13 Oct. 1915. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Shorncliffe. He m. at Ballinderry Parish Church, 25 Dec. 1901, Lillee (Rayanton P.O., Manitoba, Canada), dau. of Robert Cairns, late Colour-Sergt., York and Lancaster Regt. (served in Egyptian War), and had seven children: Alfred W., b. 3 Sept. 1903; Robert C., b. 7 Aug. 1905; Lewis Meighin, b. 16 Sept. 1911; Terance Richard, b. 6 March, 1913; Thomas, b. 18 Aug. 1914; Kathleen M. E., b. 21 Sept. 1906; and Beatrice McKeown, b. 9 March, 1908.

Thomas Dickson.

DIEHL, RALPH, Bombardier, No. 2/1613, New Zealand Field Artillery, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd but elder surv. s. of the late Gustav Diehl, of Wellington, by his wife, Anna Jane (7, Elizabeth Street, Wellington, New Zealand), dau. of the late John Mitchell; b. Oamaru, New Zealand, 9 July, 1892; educ. Wellington; was a Clerk and Bookkeeper; volunteered after the outbreak of war and enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, April, 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements, 13 June, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 21 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action there 23 Oct. 1915; unm.

DIGBY, JOHN KENELM, B.A., 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. Norfolk Regt., elder s. of Algernon Digby, of Highfield, Fakenham, Norfolk, M.A., Solicitor [nephew of Edward St. Vincent, 9th Lord Digby], by his wife, Richenda Catharine, eldest dau. of the late Capt. Philip Hamond, 34th Regt.; b. Fakenham, co. Norfolk, 21 Nov. 1890; educ. Marlborough College and Hertford College, Oxford, and after taking his degree there, joined the lay staff of the Mission at Edmonton, Alberta, under the Archbishop’s Western Canada Scheme, and worked there for a year and a half until the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914. He then volunteered and enlisted as a private in the 9th Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Sept., being afterwards promoted L.-Corpl. He came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct., and trained with them on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914–15, and on 20 Feb. 1915, was given a commission in the 7th Norfolks. He went to the Front, May, 1915, and was killed in action at Ploegsteart, Flanders, 4–5 Aug. 1915; unm.

John Kenelm Digby.

DIGGLE, JOHN HAROLD, Private, No. 2510, 6th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), s. of James Edward Diggle, of Liverpool; b. Liverpool, 10 Jan. 1895; educ. St. Margaret’s Higher Grade School, Anfield; enlisted following the outbreak of war, 19 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 March, 1915; buried, Zillebeke.

DILKE, HUGH STANLEY, L.-Corpl., No. 2107, Polytechnic Coy., 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 5th and yst. s. of Charles Wentworth Dilke, of Park Avenue North, Hornsey, N., co. Middlesex [a cadet of Dilke of Maxstoke Castle, co. Warwick], by his wife, Ellen, dau. of William Smith, of Cheddleton, co. Stafford; b. 7, Vincent Road, London, N., 2 Dec. 1889; educ. North Harringay School, London; and prior to the outbreak of war he was a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Napier Motors, Ltd., Acton Vale, W. He had joined the Rangers in 1908, but had retired in 1913, having completed his term of five years, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, immediately rejoined and volunteered for foreign service. He went to France 25 Dec. 1914, and after five weeks’ training at St. Omer went into the trenches at Ypres. He was wounded in the left foot while on patrol duty at Zillebeke, during the second Battle of Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915. A brother officer wrote: “Bob went up again to the trenches, and was unlucky enough to get hit very slightly. We were happily able to tie him up on the spot, and take him to the nearest hospital. He called out to us quite cheerily as he passed us in an ambulance waggon.” After three operations in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, he was sent home, and died in Queen Mary’s Hospital, Southend, 21 March, 1915. His commanding officer wrote: “He was always so cheery, and did his work so well that we miss him sorely. He did his duty nobly.” He was unm., and was buried in the Sutton Road Cemetery at Southend with full military honours on 24 March.

Hugh Stanley Dilke.

DILKES, SAMUEL RICHARD, Private, No. 5298, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of John Dilkes, of Rose Cottage, South Croxton, near Leicester, by his wife, Henrietta, dau. of Richard Clarke, of Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray; b. Barsby, near Melton Mowbray, co. Leicester, 9 March, 1885: educ. Gaddesby, near Leicester; enlisted 28 Dec. 1903; served in Egypt, 9 March, 1906, to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 25 Aug. to 14 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action on the latter date, at the Battle of the Aisne; unm.

DILLON, LESLIE FRANK, Private, No. 1330, 10th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only s. of John Dillon, of Constantia, Houghton, formerly of Millbrook; b. 1894; went to Australia; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war, left for Egypt; went to the Dardanelles; was at first reported missing, but later information showed that he was killed on active service.

DIMMOCK, CHARLES, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 192556, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DING, DOUGLAS GEORGE, L.-Corpl. No. 12435, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th s. of William Ding, of Sutterton, co. Lincoln, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Bull; b. Kenure Park, Rush, co. Dublin, 27 Feb. 1892; enlisted Sept. 1914; went to France in a draft in Feb., and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 27 Sept. 1915, while making a reconnaissance with two men in front of the Guards position near the Chalk Pit, north of Loos; unm. An officer wrote: “The late Capt. of this coy. was very sorry to lose such a valuable man as Corpl. Ding, who was a very good and brave man.”

DINGWALL, ERNEST WILLIAM, Private, No. 533, B Coy., 19th Battn., 5th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of William Macdonald Dingwall, of Dingwall, Bank Agent, by his wife, Isabella Banken, dau. of the late William Turnbull Dobson; b. Inverness, 14 May, 1896; educ. Royal Academy Inverness, and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; went to Australia, 15 May, 1913; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in the spring of 1915; left for Egypt with his battn. in June, 1915; went to the Dardanelles by the Saturnia on 17 Aug. 1915, and died at Lemnos, 4 Jan. 1916, of cerebro-spinal meningitis, contracted on active service; unm. Buried in Portianos Cemetery, Lemnos.

DIPPER, ARTHUR WILLIAM, Private, No. 5550, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Frank Dipper, of Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Stockman, by his wife, Matilda, dau. of Edward Turrall, of Stretton-on-Dunsmore; b. Stretton-on-Dunsmore, near Rugby, 24 Nov. 1884; educ. there; enlisted 6 May, 1904, and after serving seven years passed into the Reserve. On mobilisation he rejoined, left England with his regiment early in Aug., and served through the retreat from Mons and the various subsequent engagements on the Aisne and Marne. On 2 Nov. he had a narrow escape, a bullet going through his coat, and after striking a tin he was carrying in his breast pocket, passed along his chest, and came out the other side of his coat. He was wounded in the foot on 2 Dec., and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 28 Feb. 1915, by the explosion of two shells close to his head. His brother, Private George Dipper, was standing by his side at the time, but escaped with a few scratches. He was buried at Cuinchy, near La Bassée. He m. at Coventry, 20 July, 1911, Annie, dau. of George Wall, of West Bromwich, co. Stafford, and had a son, George, b. 5 Nov. 1913.

Arthur William Dipper.

DISSPAIN, JOSEPH CHARLES, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9027), S.S. 2090, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DIVERS, PATRICK, Private. No. 13689, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots. 2nd s. of James Divers, of 248, Charles Street, St. Rollox, Glasgow, employee in the Steel Works of Scotland (Blochaim, Ltd.), by his wife, Mary, dau. of Patrick O’Neil, of co. Tyrone; b. Glasgow, 28 Oct. 1895; educ. St. Mungo’s R.C. School, Glebe Street, Glasgow, and St. Rock’s R.C. School, Townhead, Glasgow; was working with Hyde Park Locomotive Works before the war. Enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 18 Dec. 1914. and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; unm. While at St. Rock’s R.C. School, he was captain of the football team, and that year they won the Glasgow Observer Cup and the Petershill F.C. Tournament for elementary schools; he also won a five-a-side football badge the month before he enlisted.

Patrick Divers.

DIXON, THOMAS, Private, No. 18636, 1st Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. s. of John Dixon, of the Foundry, Castle Eden, co. Durham, by his wife, Esther, dau. of Andrew Hunter, of Middle Rainton; b. Castle Eden, 18 July, 1892; educ. there; went to Canada in 1912, and settled at Edmonton; enlisted in Aug. 1914, after the declaration of war; went to the Front, 26 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; unm. He was buried at Duck’s Bill, Givenchy. For their conduct this day, the deceased company officer, Lieut. F. W. Campbell, was awarded the V.C.; the official report stating: “For most conspicuous bravery on 15 June, 1915, during the action at Givenchy Lieut. Campbell took his two machine guns over the parapet, arrived at the German first line with one gun, and maintained his position there under very heavy rifle, machine gun and bomb fire, notwithstanding the fact that almost the whole of his detachment had been killed or wounded. When our supply of bombs had been exhausted, this officer advanced his gun still further to an exposed position, and, by firing about 1,000 rounds, succeeded in holding back the enemy’s counter attack. This very gallant officer was subsequently wounded and has since died.”

Thomas Dixon.

DOBEDOE, HERBERT, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2017), 204430, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DOCKER, LEONARD GEORGE, Private, No. 13106, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 5th s. of Oliver Atkins Docker, of 155, Grosvenor Road, Rugby, by his wife, Martha, dau. of Simon Freer; b. Rugby, 7 July, 1896; educ. Murray Street School there; went to Canada and settled at Boissevain, Manitoba. On the outbreak of war, he immediately came home (paying his own passage) and enlisted at Birmingham, 8 Oct. 1914, the day after he landed. He went to the Front early in May, and was killed in action at Cambrin on 7 July, 1915, his nineteenth birthday.

Leonard George Docker.

DODDS, VINCENT, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4611 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DODMAN, FREDERICK, Private, No. 6822, 1st Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 8 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action; m.

DODS, WILLIAM HENRY GORDON, Lieut., 1st Battn. Leicestershire Regt.; s. of the late Major William Sandars Dods, of Uvedale, Norfolk Regt., by his wife, Emmie Alice Gordon (Glengariff, Roundham Road, Paignton), dau. of Col. Henry Charles Wright, Indian Staff Corps; b. Uvedale, Needham Market, co. Suffolk, 27 Oct. 1891; educ. Bishops Stortford and Marlborough College, and was afterwards sent with a company of 60 cadets to Woolwich (there being no room that year for the cadets at Sandhurst), where he was promoted Colour-Sergt., and received the Sword of Honour and Coronation medal. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Leicester, 11 Sept. 1911, and joined 25 Oct.; commanded the King’s Guard of Honour at the Pavilion at Aldershot in May, 1912, and was promoted Lieut. 18 May, 1913. On the outbreak of war he went with his regt. to France, and was killed in action near Armentières, France, 21 Oct. 1914; unm. He was buried at La Houssaie, in the angle formed between La Houssaie-Wez Macquart Road and Armentières Ecquingham Railway. Lieut. Dods played in the final of the Rugby Army match, won by the Leicester Regt. in 1912, and passed the test as marksman in the musketry course in 1914.

William Henry G. Dods.

DOE, ALFRED, Private, No. 9525, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., s. of John Doe, of 16, William Street, Brighton; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action at Troyon, 7 Oct. 1914.

DOEL, JAMES, Private, No. 11205, 1st Battn. Highland L.I., s. of James Doel, of 1, Brougham Street, Brockhurst, Gosport; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Richebourg, 16 May, 1915.

DOHERTY, CHARLES, Private, No. 16959, 10th (Service) Battn. Highland L.I.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915.

DOIDGE, GEORGE, Stoker, P.O., 299015 (Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DOLAN, BERNARD, Private, No. 2452, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Zillebeke, 20 May, 1915.

DOLLER, COLIN, Private, No. 8370, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Croix Barbée, 15 Oct. 1914.

DOLPHIN, ERIC JOHN WESTERN, Capt., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., 4th and yst. s. of Lieut.-Col. Harry Edmund Dolphin, of Oak Lodge, Guildford, late Royal Artillery, by his wife, Margaret Louise, dau. of Capt. James Dolphin, Rifle Brigade; b. The Glen, Queenstown, Cork Harbour, 27 Dec. 1885; educ. Stubbington (Mr. Foster), co. Hants, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to the Hampshire Regt., 24 Jan. 1906; promoted Lieut. 9 May, 1907, and (accelerated promotion to) Capt. 23 Oct. 1914. He was killed in action near Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, 8 Nov. 1914, and was buried in the Cemetery there; unm. Major Parker wrote: “Your son was killed yesterday morning. He is a very great loss to the regt., just one of those who could ill be spared. He was one of the best of comrades and a real good soldier, always cheery and putting his best into all his work.”

DOLPHIN, JOSEPH SAMUEL, E.R.A., 1st Class, 268386, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DOMINEY, GEORGE WILLIAM, Corpl., No. 8827, 2nd Battn. The Scots Guards, only s. of the Rev. George William Dominey, Rector of St. Vincent’s, Edinburgh, by his wife, Ellen Maud, dau. of the late Richard Roberts, of Sherborne; b. Stoughton, Guildford, co. Surrey, 19 April, 1891; educ. King’s College, London; enlisted in The Scots Guards, 14 Jan. 1914; promoted Corpl. 24 Aug. 1914; went to the front, 19 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Armentières, 18 Dec. 1914; unm.

DONACHEY, WALLACE, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10413), 299952, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

DONALD, JOSEPH, Private, No. 7118, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.; b. Port Glasgow, co. Renfrew, 1880; was a French Polisher; enlisted in the 1st Battn. Highland L.I. at Hamilton, 3 Jan. 1900; served in the South African War (King’s medal with two clasps, “1901,” “1902”), and obtained his transfer to the Army Reserve at Gosport, 2 Jan. 1908, on completion of his eight years with the Colours, of which 6 years and 41 days was abroad. Mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action there, 14 Nov. 1914. He m. at Glasgow, 31 Dec. 1909 (—) (11, Martin Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow), dau. of (—), and had two children: Christina Smith Smart, b. 5 Nov. 1910; and Thomasina Smart, b. 1 Nov. 1914.

DONALD, MARTIE, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10346), 107927, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

DONALDSON, JOHN, Private, No. 1714, 6th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), only s. of James Donaldson, of 45, Jordan Street, Edinburgh, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John Steel, of Kirkmuirhill, co. Lanark; b. Edinburgh, 7 Aug. 1895; educ. South Morningside Board School there; was an engineer and oven builder with D. Thomson. Ltd., of Edinburgh, Engineers; joined the Territorial Battn. of the Royal Scots, mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and was killed at Festubert, 18 May, 1915; unm. He was a member of St. Matthew’s Parish Church, Edinburgh.

John Donaldson.

DONKIN, REGINALD LYONS, Private, No. 817, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of the late Edward Francis Donkin, formerly of Wyfold Court, co. Oxford, and afterwards of Maitland, Australia, by his wife, Grace, dau. of (—) Lyons, of Melbourne, and great-grandson of General Sir Rufus Shawe Donkin, K.C.B., Governor of Port Elizabeth, by his wife, Elizabeth Frances, dau. of the Most Rev. William Markham, Archbishop of York; b. Victoria, Australia, June, 1895; joined the Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 15 Aug. 1915; unm.

DONNAN, JOSEPH GEORGE ALEXANDER, Sergt., No. 357, B Coy., 1/6th Battn. The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of the late Joseph Donnan, of Aigburth, Liverpool, Merchant Tailor, by his wife, Margaret Webster (172, Upper Warwick Street, Liverpool), dau. of the late George Lawrenson, of Aigburth; b. Dingle, Liverpool, 1 Nov. 1881; educ. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic School there; was a clerk with Messrs. J. H. & S. Johnson, Wholesale Druggists, Liverpool, and had completed his fifteenth year with this firm when war was declared. He had joined the King’s (Liverpool Rifles), then the 2nd Battn. King’s Liverpools (T.F.) in 1903, and at once volunteered for foreign ser.ce. He left for France, 24 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action, 30 March, 1915, by a sniper while on duty in the trenches; unm. He was buried on the side of a railway cutting at Zillebeke. In a letter from one of his Sergts. he was spoken of as being a “most conscientious N.C.O., and one of the best.” During his twelve years’ service in the King’s Liverpool Rifles he became one of its crack shots, and won many prizes, in addition to two silver shooting cups. In July, 1912, he won the “Queen Mary” prize at Bisley.

Joseph George A. Donnan.

DONNELLEY, WILLIAM, Private, No. 2248, 1/4th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.) eldest s. of Philip Donnelley, Labourer, by his wife, Esther, dau. of Johnson McGuire; b. Hexham, 2 March, 1877; educ. St. Mary’s Catholic School there; was a Labourer; enlisted 11 Nov. 1914; went to France, 19 April, 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 26 April, 1915. He m. at Hexham, 9 Aug. 1902, Annie Oliver (Gilesgate, Hexham), dau. of Frank Young, of Hexham, and left seven children: Frank, b. 7 Dec. 1904; James William, b. 10 May, 1907; Johnson McGuire, b. 26 June, 1908; Edward, b. 20 Jan., 1912; Jane Anne, b. 6 March, 1906; Mary, b. 25 March, 1913; and Elizabeth, b. 25 Sept. 1914.

DONNELLY, HUGH, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8868), S.S. 105635, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DONOVAN, ALFRED NORMAN, Corpl., No. 12033, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I., s. of the late William John Donovan, of Ballygoran, Celbridge, co. Kildare, Coachman, by his wife, Rose Frances Emma, dau. of the late David Richard Ellis, of West Kensington, Dyer and Cleaner; b. Dublin, 6 Feb. 1894; educ. Christian Brothers’ School, Inchicore; enlisted at Glasgow, 30 Sept. 1912; gained Third Class Certificate of Education, 12 Dec. following, and Second Class, 3 May, 1913; promoted L.-Corpl. Dec. 1913, and Corpl. 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 21 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action there, 17 May, 1915; unm. His brother William, A.B., No. 239892, R.N., is now (1916) on active service.

A. N. Donovan.

DOONER, ALFRED EDWIN CLAUD TOKE, Lieut. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 3rd s. of Col. William Toke Dooner, of Ditton Place, near Maidstone, J.P., late Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, and Chief Staff Officer, Thames District, by his wife, Augusta, 5th dau. of William Paul Metchim, of Petersham Lodge, Surrey; b. Victoria Barracks, Portsmouth, 3 April, 1892; and went to the King’s School, Rochester, in 1902, from which he gained a scholarship at Tonbridge in 1905. There he became Coy. Sergt.-Major in the O.T.C., and afterwards Cadet Officer in 1909. He was in the shooting eight, 1907–10, and in 1908 and 1909 won the Warner Challenge Cup, and in the latter year helped to win with a record score—66 out of 70—the Hansard Cup for his House. In 1908, 1909 and 1910 his House won the Mitchell Cup, the section being under the command of Lieut. Dooner. In 1910 he represented the School in the contest for the Spencer Cup. He was also in the School XV. He passed third into Sandhurst from Tonbridge in 1910, and joined the Woolwich Coy., where he gained the drill prize, also the prize for German. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Welsh Fusiliers, 20 Sept. 1911; was promoted Lieut. 4 Sept. 1912; and became Adjutant of the 1st Battn. in July, 1914. He passed as a first-class interpreter in German in 1912, having previously, in 1908, when at Tonbridge, gained the first prize in that language in the examination open to all members of all public schools. He went to Belgium with his regt., 4 Oct. 1914, landing at Zeebrugge, and was reported as missing after the fighting on 30 Oct. 1914, and later information was received from the German Government that he had been killed in action on or about that date at Zandvoorde, near Ypres. From reports received from officers and men who were present on this occasion, it would appear that on the date mentioned, the struggle at Zandvoorde was most severe—as the Germans were endeavouring to get through to Calais, and the line occupied by the 7th Division was extended and thinly held. On the right of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers there were some trenches occupied by dismounted cavalry fighting as infantry, and how well these trenches were held is described by an officer, who says it was “one of the finest feats of the war.” So well did the cavalry fight that nearly all were killed or wounded, and the trenches were eventually captured, thus leaving the right flank of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers open to a flank attack. Lieut. Dooner, seeing the danger, ran across a fireswept piece of ground to the company on the right, and, having carried out his instructions, was returning to rejoin his commanding officer, when he was seen to fall wounded. Lieut.-Col. Cadogan, commanding the battn., then ran to his assistance, accompanied, it is stated, by Sergt. H. Evans, D Coy. They found that Lieut. Dooner had been killed, and as they were returning Sergt. Evans states that Lieut.-Col. Cadogan was also shot down about 10 yards from the trenches. The 7th Division, since its disembarkation, had now lost over 80 per cent. of its strength, and the Royal Welsh Fusiliers belonging to it was left with only one officer—Capt. Parker, the Quartermaster—and 86 men out of a total of 31 officers and 1,100 rank and file which left Lyndhurst for the seat of war on 4 Oct. Lieut. Dooner at the time of his death was the youngest Adjutant in the Regular Army. He was a member of the Junior United Service Club, and unm.

A. E. C. T. Dooner.

DOPSON, WILLIAM, Stoker, P.O. (Pensioner, R.F.R., A. 3401), 152717, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DOREY, WILLIAM HENRY, Gunner, R.M.A. 6064 (R.F.R., B. 843), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; m.

COTTRELL-DORMER, CHARLES MELVILLE, D.S.O., Lieut., 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd and elder surviving s. of Charles Walter Cottrell-Dormer, of Rousham Hall and Middle Aston, co. Oxford, and of Heath House and Stapleton Park, co. Gloucester, J.P., D.L., Capt. late 13th Hussars, by his wife, Ursula, yst. dau. of Thomas Robert Brook Leslie-Melville-Cartwright, of Melville House, co. Fife, J.P., D.L., and of Lady Elizabeth, née Leslie-Melville, his wife; b. 18 Feb. 1892; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the Coldstream Guards, 6 Jan. 1912; was posted to the 3rd Battn. 10 June, 1914; and promoted Lieut.; went to France with his regt.; was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French on 8 Oct., and was awarded the D.S.O., the official announcement recording that “after all his men had been driven out of the trenches by enfilade fire he remained to the last, and got his wounded men away.” He was invested with the Order by the King 13 Jan. 1915; returned to the Front, and died 8 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action at Bethune; unm. His eldest brother was killed in action 27 Oct. 1914 (see following notice).

COTTRELL-DORMER, CLEMENT, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, eldest s. of Charles Walter Cottrell-Dormer, of Rousham Hall and Middle Aston, co. Oxford, and of Heath House and Stapleton Park, co. Gloucester, J.P., D.L., Capt. late 13th Hussars, by his wife, Ursula, yst. dau. of Thomas Robert Brook Leslie-Melville-Cartwright, of Melville House, co. Fife, J.P., D.L., and of Lady Elizabeth, née Leslie-Melville, his wife (see previous notice); 6 Feb. 1891; educ. Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; served one year with the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars (Yeomanry); was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards, 1 Feb. 1913; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Krusick, near Ypres, 27 Oct. 1914; unm.

DORMER, WILLIAM CHARLES, Private, No. 6548, 4th Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., 2nd s. of Charles Dormer, of Wood Cottage, Courser’s Farm, Colney Heath, co. Herts, by his wife, Dorcas, dau. of Charles Yarrington; b. Waterferry Common, co. Oxford, 25 June, 1890; educ. Roydon, Essex, and had worked as a farm labourer for Mr. W. C. B. Giddins at Courses, and Mr. W. B. Field, of Bowmans Green, London Colney, and at the time war broke out was in the service of Messrs. Adams & Sons, Cartage Contractors, St. Albans. He was on the Special Reserve of the 4th Bedfords, and was called up, 5 Aug. 1914, going to the Front the same month with a draft for the 2nd Battn., to which he was then attached. He was killed in action at Festubert, 18 May, 1915; unm. Several of his brothers are (1916) on active service.

William Charles Dormer.

DORNING, ARTHUR, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4010), S.S. 102101, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DORRAM, GEORGE, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 112173, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DOUGALL, ANDREW, [Private, No. 2474, 1/5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), 4th s. of Andrew Dougall, of 8, Wolsey Place, Edinburgh, s. of the late John Dougall, of Househill, Larbert, Farmer, by his wife, Christina Marshall, dau. of the late Robert Taylor; b. Edinburgh, 16 Aug. 1896; educ. Parson’s Green School there; unlisted 8 Sept. 1914; left with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 7 May, 1915; unm.

Andrew Dougall.

DOUGALL, WALTER, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2137), 170245, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DOUGLAS, ALFRED SYDNEY, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15466, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DOUGLAS, LESLIE HALL, Lieut., 2nd Field Coy. Northumbrian Divisional R.E. (T.F.), only s. of John Douglas, of 33, Brighton Grove, Newcastle, by his wife, Dorothy Jane, dau. of Thomas Hall, Civil and Locomotive Engineer; b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 14 Nov. 1887; educ. Royal Grammar School and Armstrong College there, and qualified as a Marine Engineer, being Assistant Surveyor with Messrs. Swan & McFarlane, Newcastle-on-Tyne. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 Sept. 1914. He went to the Front, 16 April, 1915; was promoted Lieut. 12 June, 1915, and was killed in action near Dranoutre, Belgium, 9 July, 1915; unm. A brother officer wrote: “He has done excellent work for us under the most trying and dangerous conditions. He was a brave, painstaking officer. His loss is greatly felt not only by his company and me, but particularly by his section, which he commanded so well.”

Leslie Hall Douglas.

DOUGLAS, LESLIE STUART, Corpl. and Despatch Rider, No. 1624, Signal Coy. 2nd London Divisional Engineers. R.E. (T.F.), s. of James Henry Douglas, of Dalry, Cossington Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, by his wife, Florence Helen, dau. of George Turner; b. Holloway, London, N., 30 Oct. 1893; educ. Stationers’ School, London; was a Bank Clerk; joined the 15th London Regt. (P.W.O. Civil Service Rifles) in March, 1911; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war and was transferred to the 2nd London Divisional Engineers in Jan. 1915; went to France, March, 1915, and died at Bethune, 24 Sept. 1915 from a fractured skull, while carrying Despatches; unm.

Leslie Stuart Douglas.

DOUGLAS, WILLIAM SHOLTO, Major, R.E., of the Headquarters Staff, only s. of Col. John Charles Douglas, of Lansdowne House, Bath, late Worcester Regt., and nephew of General Sir Charles Douglas, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; b. St. Peter’s, Jersey, 18 Sept. 1875; educ. Bath College; joined the Royal Engineers as 2nd Lieut. 22 Oct. 1895; promoted Lieut. 22 Oct. 1898, Capt. 22 Oct. 1904, and Major, 30 Oct. 1914; was attached to the Egyptian Army, 1898; served with the Nile Expedition, 1899 (Egyptian medal and clasp), and in the South African War, 1899–1900, being present during the operations in the Orange Free State, including the actions at Wittebergen (1 to 19 July), where he was slightly wounded while destroying arms (Queen’s medal with two clasps). On his return home at the end of 1900 he was specially employed in the Intelligence Department at Headquarters, and from Aug. 1910, to 28 May, 1912, he was Assistant Director of Army Signals (2nd Division) at Aldershot, when he was appointed General Staff Officer (3rd Grade), Scottish Command (29 May, 1914). On the outbreak of war he was appointed to the Headquarters Staff of the 7th Division, Expeditionary Force, was badly wounded in the action at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, and died at Boulogne 14 Nov. following. He was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. Major Douglas m. King’s Walden, Herts, 21 Oct. 1903, Gladys Mary, elder dau. of Thomas Fenwick Harrison, Lord of the Manor and Patron of King’s Walden, and had an only child, John Willoughby Sholto, b. 17 Jan. 1906; died 13 Dec. 1913.

William Sholto Douglas.

BLACKER-DOUGLASS, ROBERT ST. JOHN, M.C., Lieut., Irish Guards, elder s. of Maxwell Vandeleur Blacker-Douglass, of Bellevue Park, co. Dublin, and Elm Park, co. Armagh, and Lareen, co. Leitrim, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Alice, only child of the late Robert MacGeough, of Silver Bridge, co. Armagh; b. Dublin, 30 Nov. 1892; educ. Hazelwood, Surrey, Wellington College and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Irish Guards, 7 Feb. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 27 Jan. 1913. He went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons; was wounded at Compiègne on 1 Sept. and invalided home, but rejoined his regt. in Flanders on 22 Jan. 1915. He was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915. “He continued to lead an attack after being wounded, and in so doing was killed” [official record, London Gazette, 11 March, 1915], and was awarded the Military Cross. His commanding officer, Major Trefusis, Irish Guards, wrote: “He was ordered with some men to retake a post which had been lost in the early morning of 1 Feb. He gallantly led his men to the attack and was soon wounded, but in spite of this he got up and shouted, ‘Come on, the Irish Guards,’ and was immediately killed. I feel it may be some comfort to all to know that he met his death in a very gallant manner, and by his example thoroughly inspired the men to make a great attack later on which was completely successful. I can only say what a loss he is to the regt. I have known him ever since he joined.” Lieut. Blacker-Douglass was unm., and was buried in Cuinchy Cemetery.

R. St. J. Blacker-Douglass.

DOVE, CHARLES WILLIAM, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4086), 213475, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronet, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DOW, ANDREW THOMAS, Private, No. 81226, 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd s. of Peter Dow, of Bankfoot, co. Perth, Farmer, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Liston; b. Airntully, co. Perth, 29 May, 1891; educ. Murthly Public School and Sharp’s Institution, Perth; went to Canada in Nov. 1911, and settled at Winnipeg. After the outbreak of war he enlisted in Oct. 1914, came over in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915; unm.

DOWDEN, STEPHEN WILLIAM, L.-Corpl., No. 9604, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of William Dowden, Salesman at Covent Garden, by his wife, Christina Emma Beatrice, dau. of William Reynolds Floyd; b. Peckham, 13 April, 1885; educ. Wimbledon and Leatherhead; enlisted in May, 1912; went to France with the first Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, served through the retreat from Mons and the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne, etc.; was wounded in action and invalided home in November; returning to the Front on 16 Dec. and died in No. 13 General Hospital, 28 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action four days previously. He was buried in the Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, in Trench A/248, No. 1008; unm.

Stephen William Dowden.

DOWLING, JOHN JAMES, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 10005, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; m.

DOWLING, JAMES THOMAS, Corpl., No. 7086, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest s. of James Thomas Dowling, of 25, Mundesby Street, Reading, Working Painter, by his wife, Patience, dau. of John Sanders; b. Reading, 7 Nov. 1880; educ. St. Giles’ Elementary School there; enlisted and was eight years with the Colours and eight in the Reserve; served through the Boer War (medal with five bars), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was shot through the body in a communication trench at Neuve Chapelle, 1 May, 1913, and died in No. 16 General Hospital at Le Treport on the 31st; unm. He was buried in the Military Cemetery there. His younger brother, Albert John, Royal Scots, is now (1916) on active service.

James T. Dowling.

DOWLING, WILLIAM EDWARD, Signal Boy, J. 22588, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DOWN, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Seaman, R.N.R., 2469B, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; m.

DOWNES, ALBERT ERNEST, Officer’s Cook, 2nd Class, L. 3873, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DOWNES, ANDREW, Driver, No. 6190, Army Service Corps, 4th s. of Thomas Hodgson Downes, of Sunderland, Cab Driver, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Liddle, of Philadelphia; b. Sunderland, 6 May, 1888; educ. Rectory School there; was groom to Mr. T. Parrington, of Southwick-on-Wear; enlisted 27 Feb. 1915, and died of pneumonia in No. 5 Stationary Hospital at Dieppe, 3 April, 1915, while on Active Service. He m. at Southwick-on-Wear, 6 March, 1909, Emma (18, Morgan Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Thomas Hall, of Seaham Harbour, and had three children: Thomas, b. 22 Dec. 1912; Andrew, b. 18 Jan. 1915; and Violet, b. 6 Sept. 1910.

Andrew Downes.

DOWNES, ARCHER CHERNOCKE, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Cheshire Regt., 4th yst. and last surviving s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Charles Villiers Somerville Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise, co. Beds, E. Lancashire (59th) Regt., by his wife, Catherine Elizabeth Anne, dau. and h. of Frederick Thompson, of Wimbledon Park; b. Aspley House aforesaid, 5 Aug. 1892; educ. The Knoll, Woburn Sands, Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford; obtained his commission in the 1st Battn. Cheshire Regt. 2 Sept. 1913, went to France with the first Expeditionary Force, and died at Poperinghe, Flanders, 20 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at Neuve Eglise, near Bailleul. He had left the trench to help a wounded man of his regt. when he was shot. He was unm., and was buried in Poperinghe Cemetery. His brother, Lieut. V. C. Downes, was killed in action, 18 Oct. (see following notice).

DOWNES, VILLIERS CHERNOCKE, Lieut., 1st Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., 3rd and elder surviving s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Charles Villiers Somerville Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise, co. Beds, E. Lancashire (59th) Reg., by his wife, Catherine Elizabeth Anne, dau. of Frederick Thompson, of Wimbledon Park (see previous notice); b. Aspley House aforesaid, 5 March, 1891; educ. The Knoll, Woburn Sands, Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford, and was gazetted to the 3rd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt. (T.F.), 15 July, 1913. On the outbreak of war he was posted to the 1st Battn. 4 Aug. 1914; went to France with the first Expeditionary Force, served through the retreat from Mons and the Battle of the Marne, and was instrumental in saving three guns. He died at St. Omer, 18 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action, and was buried in the cemetery there; unm. Lieut. Downes had passed as a musketry instructor, and was nearly due for his captaincy.

DOWNEY, JOHN MICHAEL, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 16000, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DOWNIE, JAMES, Private, No. 17098, 10th (Service) Battn. Highland L.I., eldest s. of John Downie, of 479, Stretford Road, Manchester, by his wife, May, dau. of James Curley; b. Peebles, 15 Aug. 1884; educ. St. Joseph School, Peebles; enlisted 8 Sept. 1914, and was killed, 25 Sept. 1915.

DOWNIE, PETER HOUSTON, Private, No B/9021, 11th (Service) Battn. Highland L.I., 2nd s. of Thomas Downie, of 41, Annette Street, Glasgow, Journalist, by his wife, Isabella Mitchell, dau. of the late Peter Houston; b. Glasgow, 1 Dec. 1893; educ. Annette Street Public School and Albert Road Academy, Glasgow; was Shipping Clerk to J. & R. Tennent, Brewers; enlisted in the 4th Highland L.I. 6 Sept. 1914, and after serving at home for 10 months, was transferred to the 11th Battn. of his regt. and went to France in June, 1915. He was badly wounded in both legs at the Battle of Loos on 25 Sept., and was assisted into a crater by a comrade, who then started to crawl back to obtain material to bind up the wounds. He never returned, being probably killed on the way, and Downie lay on the field for two days before he could be brought in. He died in Rawal Pindi General Hospital at Wimereux on 6 Nov. 1915, after three operations; unm. Lady Hadfield, who nursed him in hospital wrote: “He lived well and he died well.”

Peter Houston Downie.

DOYLE, JOHN JOSEPH, Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn., Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 4th s. of Joseph James Doyle, of Fairview, Clontarf, P.L.G., Merchant, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Edward Fegan, of Broadfield, Naas; b. Clontarf, co. Dublin, 13 March, 1893; educ. Blackrock College, Dublin, and the National University of Ireland, where he was an engineering student and was within a year of being qualified. When war broke out he volunteered, joined the Trinity College (Dublin) O.T.C., 6 Aug. 1914, and was given a 2nd Lieut.’s commission in the Dublin Fusiliers on 19 Sept. following, and promoted Lieut., 5 Feb. 1915. He left with his regt. for the Dardanelles on 9 July, 1915, and was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915; unm. His Commanding Officer, Col. P. Cox, wrote: “He fell early on the morning of the 9th when most gallantly leading his platoon. His death must have been instantaneous, as the poor boy was shot through the temple. His death is a great loss to me and the regt. He was a right good boy, who was always keen, always did his very best, loved his work, and had no idea what the word ‘Fear’ meant. Your son and his young brother subalterns have done splendid work for the regt., and it is due to their great devotion to duty that the regt. has done so well.” Lieut. Doyle was a well-known footballer. His two brothers, Capt. E. C. Doyle, A.V.C., and Lieut. F. H. Doyle, A.V.C., are (1916) on active service.

John Joseph Doyle.

DRAKE, THOMAS, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 113476, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DRAKE, THOMAS HAROLD, Trooper, B Squadron, East African Mounted Rifles (Bowker’s Horse), yr. s. of the late Arthur John Drake, of Stratford, co. Essex, Surgeon, by his wife, Emily (Wyke Hill House, Winchester), dau. of William Courtney; b. Stratford, co. Essex, 2 Dec. 1883; educ. Temple Grove, East Sheen, and Marlborough College; went out to East Africa as a settler in 1906; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the East African Mounted Rifles on formation, and was killed in action in the Longido Hills, German East Africa, 3 Nov. 1914; unm. He was buried where he fell, and a stone was erected by his friends to his memory and that of seven others who fell on the same day.

Thomas Harold Drake.

TYRWHITT-DRAKE, HERBERT WILLIAM, Private, No. 15678, 19th Hussars, elder s. and heir of William Wickham Tyrwhitt-Drake, of Shardeloes, co. Bucks, J.P., late Master of the Old Berkshire Fox Hounds, by his wife, Augusta, 3rd dau. of the late Rev. Herbert Richard Peel, of Thornton Hall, co. Bucks (Baronet coll.); b. Thornton Hall, 10 Oct. 1885; educ. Uppingham and Eton; enlisted in the 19th Hussars in Aug. 1914 on the outbreak of war, with several other gentlemen jockeys, went to France, and died in the General Hospital, Boulogne, 11 March, 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while on active service. He was buried in Wimereux Cemetery; unm. He was a well-known amateur jockey and a brilliant cross-country rider, and came of a great hunting family, and when only 16 years of age won a point-to-point race over 4 miles on a horse called Old Berkeley. As a gentleman huntsman he gained some distinction with the Old Berkeley (West) Hounds during the Mastership of his father, Mr. W. W. Tyrwhitt-Drake. He won many races under National Hunt Rules, and trained some of the winners himself, including his father’s Irish Mail, on whom he won the valuable Lancashire Steeplechase at Manchester, the horse being sold a little later to Sir C. Assheton-Smith. Mr. Drake rode Carsey into fourth place in the Grand National in 1912, and into third place in the same race in the following season.

H. W. Tyrwhitt-Drake.

DRAPER, HARRY THOMAS, Stoker (R.N.R.), S. 1901, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of George Draper, of 32, Faulder Road, Long Hill, near Hartlepool; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

DRAY, THOMAS, Corpl., No. 8510, 2nd Battn. East Kent Regt., s. of James Dray, of 1, Albert Lane, Hythe; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 11 April, 1915.

DRAYNER, WILLIAM BRUCE, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6684), 205138, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DREDGE, WILLIAM GEORGE, Private, R.M.L.I. 14589, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DREVER, GEORGE, Private, No. 4655, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, s. of George Drever, of 6, Warrens Walk, Victoria Street, Kirkwall, Orkney; enlisted 8 Nov. 1902; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died 27 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action.

DREW, ALAN APPLEBY, Lieut., 4th (Reserve), attd. 2nd, Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), yr. s. of the late Daniel Drew, of Lowerhouse, Burnley, a partner in the Lowerhouse Printing Works; b. 1884; educ. Charterhouse, 1904–7; left England in 1907 to go into business with a firm of merchants in Shanghai. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Cameronians, 16 Sept. 1914, and promoted Lieut., 4 Nov. following; left England on 13 Feb. to join his regt. at the Front, and was killed in action, 10 March, 1915; unm.

DREW, ALBERT JAMES, Private, No. 3178, 3rd Home Counties Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, s. of Stephen Drew, of Portland Road, Kingston, Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force, and died on service, 6 March, 1915, of cerebro-spinal meningitis.

DREW, EDWIN JOSEPH, Private, No. 7787, 2nd Battn. East Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 28 May, 1915; m.

DREW, LEONARD VICTOR, Private, No. 10969, 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards, only child of Thomas Drew, of Stert, Devizes, Ganger on Great Western Railway, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of John Trueman, of Trowbridge, Wilts; b. Bradford-on-Avon, co. Wilts, 17 May, 1897; educ. Christ Church School, Bradford-on-Avon; Church School, Stert; and St. James’ School, Devizes; was engaged as Porter at Holt Station, Great Western Railway; enlisted, 13 Aug. 1914; left Windsor for France, 13 Nov. following, and was killed in action at Vermelles, Belgium, 19 Oct. 1915, during the Battle of Loos; unm. He was buried in Lillers Cemetery the following day.

Leonard Victor Drew.

DREW, WILLIAM REGINALD CAPLE, Shipwright, 1st Class, 345737, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

DREWETT, GEORGE FREDERICK, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./9628, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

DRISCOLL, CORNELIUS, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., A. 1911), 159919, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DRIVER, ARTHUR MAURICE, A.B., J. 14398, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DRIVER, HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9724), 202065, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DROLET, NARCISSE EDOUARD, Private, No. 61584, 22nd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Augustine Drolet, of 108, Latourelle, Quebec, Canada; b. Quebec, 7 Jan., 1880; educ. Christian Brothers’ School there; enlisted at St. Jean d’Iberville, P.Q., 15 April, 1915, and died at Monks Horton, co. Kent, 22 July, 1915, from heart failure, while training at Shorncliffe, and was buried at Shorncliffe. He m. at Montana, 22 Nov. 1910, Ida, dau. of (—) Guertin; s.p.

DRUITT, EVERARD JOSEPH, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., only s. of Lieut.-Col. Edward Druitt, of 91, Iverna Court, Kensington, W., late R.E., by his wife, Christina, eldest dau. of Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, of Chideock Manor, co. Dorset, G.C.M.G.; b. Gillingham, co. Kent, 7 July, 1895; educ. Downside; joined the Honourable Artillery Company at the outbreak of the war, 14 Aug. 1914, and served in the 1st Infantry Battn. in France from 18 Sept. 1914, to 1 March, 1915. He was then recommended for a commission, and went through the Cadet School of Officers at Bailleul during March, and received his commission in the Royal Berkshire Regt. 4 April, 1915, and was killed near Fromelles, 9 May, 1915, while leading his platoon into action. He was buried behind the regimental breastwork; unm. Capt. C. Nugent wrote: “He died as I am sure he would like to have died, that is, the first man of his platoon towards the enemy. His death was very merciful, as he was shot through the heart, and he died instantaneously.... Although he had only been a short time with us, he had endeared himself to the men, who simply loved him and would have followed him anywhere”; and Sergt. J. A. Gray: “I was with your son when he fell, and I felt sure you would like to know how he died. Mr. Druitt had only been with us a short time, but I can honestly say that every man in the platoon loved him, and would have followed him anywhere, as, during our few tours of duty in the trenches, he had proved himself to be absolutely without fear, and had gained the assured confidence and respect of his men. On the morning of the attack he was full of confidence, and when the order came for us to assault the position he was first over the parapet at the head of his platoon, and was smiling and cool as if on parade. He shouted ‘Come on, boys!’ and started to lead us across the open, but had only advanced a few yards when he fell dead, shot straight through the heart. He was killed instantaneously, and I am sure he suffered no pain, for I looked at him as I went on, and I saw that the smile was still on his face, and he was quite dead.”

Everard Joseph Druitt.

DRUMMOND, ERIC GREY, Major, late 4th Gurkha Rifles, attached 3rd Gurkha Rifles, 4th s. of the late Major-General Henry Drummond, R.E. (Bengal), by his wife, Annette Macpherson, dau. of Capt. Charles Henry Gascoyne Boisragon, and gdson. of the late Col. John Drummond, of Strageath, Abernchill and Balquhandy, Perthshire, C.B.; b. Simla, India, 10 Sept. 1875; educ. Bedford and Sandhurst (passing in and out with honours); gazetted 2nd Lieut. Somerset L.I., 28 Sept. 1895; served on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1897–8, during the operations in the Mohmand country; took part in the engagement near Shabkadr, 9 Aug. 1897 (severely wounded; medal with clasp); gazetted Lieut. Indian Staff Corps, 16 Nov. 1898, and posted to the 4th Gurkhas, 1 April, 1900; promoted Capt. 28 Sept. 1908, and Major, 28 Sept. 1913; was A.D.C. on the Staff of the Lieut.-Governor of the Punjab, 6 March, 1902–7; to the General Officer Commanding Quetta Division, and (18 Oct. 1907) to the Governor of Bombay; retired 13 Nov. 1913, and was appointed a King’s Foreign Service Messenger in 1914. At the outbreak of war was at Constantinople with despatches from the Foreign Office. He had some difficulty in returning to England with despatches from the British Ambassador at Constantinople owing to the activities of the Goeben, but managed to do so and arrived in England viâ Alexandria and Port Said. He immediately offered his services and was appointed to the 60th Rifles. After serving at Sheerness crossed to France on 8 Nov. 1914; and was ordered to join the 2/3rd Gurkha Rifles then in the trenches near Bethune. He only reached his new regt. on 13 Nov., and was killed the same night; unm. The Rev. Ronald Irving wrote: “Your brother, Major Drummond, arrived here on Thursday last (12 Nov.) and stayed the night in the same mess as I am. On Friday I had to go out to the Brigade Headquarters in which the 2/3 Gurkhas are, so I took him out in a car at 3 p.m. ... and he went into the trenches that evening. At 9 p.m. the regt., with the ‘Garhwals,’ had to make an attack on the German trenches. Things did not go too well, and the Major, who was the C.O., volunteered to lead the men out of the trench, and he had only gone a few yards when he was killed outright from a bullet wound. His body was recovered and I took it yesterday to Bethune Cemetery for interment.” Major Drummond was thus only six days in France, and a little over six hours in the trenches when he was killed while gallantly leading his men.

Eric Grey Drummond.

DRUMMOND, FREDERICK JOHN, Trooper, East African Mounted Rifles (Bowker’s Horse), eldest s. of Major John William Ainslie Drummond, of 27, Stanhope Gardens, London, S.W., and Hollycombe, Englefield Green, late Scots Guards, a Partner in Coutts’ Bank [E. of Perth coll.], by his wife, Florence Charlotte dau. of John George Blencowe, of Bineham, Sussex; b. Eastbourne, co. Sussex, 15 June, 1891; educ. Evelyn’s and Eton; settled in East Africa; joined the East African Rifles on formation in Aug. 1914, after the outbreak of war, and was killed in action in the Longido Hills, 3 Nov. 1914; unm.

DRUMMOND, WILLIAM, L.-Corpl., No. 1889, A. Coy., 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of the late David Kininment Drummond, Commercial Traveller, by his wife, Henrietta Mabel (70, Cambridge Road, King’s Heath, Birmingham), dau. of William Goodman Porter, of Liverpool; b. Acocks Green, co. Warwick, 30 April, 1893; educ. Wellesbourne House School, Acocks Green, and King Edward’s Grammar School, Edgbaston; joined the London Scottish in June, 1913, and with the whole battn. volunteered for foreign Service after the outbreak of war, and went to France, 15 Sept. 1914. He took part in the famous charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914, and died at the Base Hospital, Boulogne, 27 Jan. 1915, of wounds received in action five days previously. He was buried in the cemetery there; unm. A comrade wrote: “We were all very fond of him, he was a splendid fellow, very quiet and unostentatious and absolutely reliable; if he had a job to do he always did well.... You have many unknown to you who share your sorrow.”

William Drummond.

DUCAT, RICHARD, Major, 20th Infantry (Brownlow’s Punjabis), Indian Army, 3rd s. of the late Major-General Charles Merewether Ducat, Bombay Staff Corps; b. Ahmedunggar, India, 12 July, 1871; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 13 Aug. 1892; promoted Lieut. 31 Aug. 1894, and transferred to the Indian Army, 31 Aug. 1896; became Capt. 13 Aug. 1901 and Major, 13 Aug. 1910; served on the North-West Frontier of India, 1897–8, where he took part in the fighting at Malakand, Utman Khel, Buner, and in the attack on, and capture of, the Tanga Pass (medal with clasp); in China (medal) 1900, and in Tibet (medal), 1903–4. After the outbreak of the European War he accompanied his regt. to the Persian Gulf and died 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at Fao. He was buried at San-i-yek, on the Shat-el-Arab River, Persian Gulf. His commanding officer wrote: “In the position your husband’s companies occupied when he fell, he was rendering me an invaluable service in protecting the left of the regt., and left me free to operate with confidence on the right. His last words to his men before he became faint from loss of blood, were ‘push on and don’t mind me.’” Major Ducat m. at St. Mary Abotts, Kensington, 5 Jan. 1910, Dora Margaret, 2nd dau. of the late Bayley Moore Collyns, of Morebath House, Somerset; s.p.

DUCK, ALBERT EDWIN, Chief S.B.S., 350302, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DUCK, EDWARD, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16642, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

DUCKETT, JAMES THOMAS, Private, No. 7840, 3rd, att. 1st, Battn. Norfolk Regt., s. of Samuel William Duckett, by his wife, Matilda; b. Norwich, 12 March, 1869; educ. Carrow School there; enlisted in the 4th Battn. Norfolk Regt., 10 March, 1889, and re-enlisted 30 April, 1900, and again in the 3rd Battn. Norfolk Regt., 10 Aug. 1914; went to France, 19 Sept.; was killed in action at Givenchy, near Festubert, 25 Oct. 1914. He m. at St. Mary’s Church, Norwich, 25 Dec. 1889, Catherine Eleanor, only dau. of William Rix, and left nine children: William, b. 10 July, 1891; James, b. 26 Jan. 1896; Samuel, b. 10 Jan. 1899; George, b. 1 May, 1902; Edward, b. 9 May, 1910; Eleanor, b. 6 Feb. 1890; Alice, b. 21 Feb. 1894; Martha, b. 31 May, 1904; and Kitty, b. 13 May, 1908.

DUDDY, FRANK, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4784), S.S. 104153, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DUDLEY, DAVID, Capt., 91st Punjabis, attached 2nd Jats, s. of the Rev. Francis Dudley, late Vicar of St. Thomas’, Overmonnow, Monmouth, by his wife, Alice (24, Gordon Avenue, St. Margarets-on-Thames), dau. of the Rev. John Dixon Frost; b. Wrenthorpe Vicarage, Wakefield, 14 March, 1881; educ. Monmouth Grammar School (1892–1900); received his commission from the Militia in the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 27 Aug. 1902, and served in the South African War, receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps. He was promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. 1904, and transferred to the Indian Army in Feb. 1906, and was gazetted to the 91st Punjabis. He was appointed Double Company Officer, 12 Feb. 1906, and became Capt. 27 Aug. 1911. At the outbreak of the European War, Capt. Dudley was one of those selected for service in the Expeditionary Force in France, and arriving at Marseilles in Dec. 1914, he proceeded to the Front, where he was attached to the 6th Jats. He took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, after which his commanding officer wrote: “I had very great pleasure in recommending him for reward for the work which he had done, whether granted or not, he thoroughly earned it.” He was killed in action in the attack on the Auber’s Ridge, 9 May, 1915. His commanding officer wrote: “He led his men with his accustomed gallantry, but in the first few yards was mown down by the enemy’s machine-gun fire. He was a very sterling fellow, a most excellent officer of great personal courage, and a charming and modest companion.” He was buried in the Military Cemetery at Neuve Chapelle; unm. Capt. Dudley was a good all-round athlete, a fine Rugby footballer, a good cricketer, oarsman and swimmer. In Burma he won the Indian Army Hockey Medal, and was one of the best polo players, winning many cups both for that and for tennis.

David Dudley.

DUDLEY, JOHN EDWARD, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4329), S.S. 103188, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

DUDLEY, LEONARD GREY, Capt. and Adjutant, 6th Jat L.I., Indian Army, 2nd s. of William Edmondson Dudley, of 18, Portland Place, Bath, Brigade Surgeon, Lieut.-Col. A.M.S. (retired), by his wife, Anne Marion, dau. of General George Prince Sealy, R.A.; b. Poonah, India, on Lady Day (which that year was also Easter Day), 25 March, 1883; educ. Bath College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he gained a good place in the Competitive Examination, came out in the Honours List as 3rd of those winning commissions and was awarded the prize for Military History. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. on the unattached list for the Indian Army, 27 Aug. 1902, and on arriving in India, 10 Dec. following, was appointed to the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, then at Calcutta. They left there in Oct. 1903, for Poona, where he served with them till 3 Jan. 1904, when he was posted to the 6th Jats at Meerut. He was promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. 1904, and Capt. 27 Aug. 1911, being appointed Adjutant, 19 July, 1911. The Jats were moved to Jhansi in 1905 and then to Secunderabad in 1910, and on the declaration of war in Aug. 1914, formed part of the Meerut Division which went with the Indian Expeditionary Force to France. He died at Festubert, 24 Nov. 1914, of wounds received four hours previously in recapturing a trench from the Germans, in the early morning. He was keen on all sports, and the 6th Jats were noted for their triumphs in hockey, cricket and tennis. Capt. Dudley m. in Bombay Cathedral, 12 Nov. 1908, Ada De la Mere Doveton, only dau. of William John Deane, and had two children: John Leonard Grey, b. (posthumous) 18 March, 1915, and Monica Vivian Grey, b. 29 March, 1913.

Leonard Grey Dudley.

DUFFIELD, WILLIAM, Sergt., No. 3437, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of John Duffield, of Station Road, Watlington, near Downham Market, Norfolk, State Labourer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George Page; b. Watlington, co. Norfolk, 29 May, 1879; educ. there; enlisted 16 March, 1900; served in the South African War (Queen’s medal with three clasps), 1901–2, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 13 Aug. 1914–25 Jan. 1915, on which latter day he was killed in action at La Bassée; unm. He was buried under the south wall of Cuinchy Church.

DUFFUS, THOMAS EDWARD, Private, No. 3354, 1st/14th Battn. (The London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Duffus, of 7, Hafer Road, Battersea Rise, S.W., Commercial Traveller, by his wife, Alice, dau. of the late Thomas Edward Watkins, of Brighton, Builder; b. Lavender Hill, Battersea, 10 June, 1892; educ. Wix’s Lane Institute, Lavender Hill; was in the employ of Messrs. Clark, Jewellers, of Brixton, but after the outbreak of war volunteered and enlisted in the London Scottish in Oct. 1914. After going through his training at Dorking, he went to France, 7 March; was wounded at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, and died at 6 Ambulance Field Hospital on the 28th; unm. He was buried at Noeux Le Mines Cemetery (Row C., Grave 25). For his good work at the Front he had been nominated for a commission. He had submitted two inventions, one for a bomb carrier to carry 40 bombs, and the other in connection with a sapping machine, and shortly before his death he had been summoned by telegram from headquarters to appear before Sir Douglas Haig, Major-Gen. Hakin, and the Inventions Committee, by whom they were approved and forwarded to London.

Thomas Edward Duffus.

DUGGAN, CON, Private, No. 5470, G Coy., 3rd Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, 2nd s. of the late Bartley Duggan, of Calhame, Annagry, by his wife, Bridget (Calhame, Annagry, co. Donegal), dau. of Michael Duggan, of Denybeg, Gweedore, co. Donegal; b. Annagry, co. Donegal, 22 March, 1893; educ. Mullaghduff National School; was an electric tram car driver, Lanarkshire Tramway. Enlisted, 14 Jan. 1916, and was killed during the fighting in Dublin about 30 April, 1916; unm. Buried in the grounds of the Royal Hospital there, 2 May. His yr. brother was killed at Loos (see following notice).

Con Duggan.

DUGGAN, GEORGE GRANT, Capt., 5th (Service) Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, 3rd s. of George Duggan, of 5, College Street, Dublin, and Ferney, Greystones, co. Wicklow, Manager, Provincial Bank of Ireland, Ltd., Dublin, by his wife, Emilie Asenath, dau. of Col. Charles Coote Grant, late Bedfordshire Regt. (died 23 Aug. 1914); b. Birr, King’s Co., 12 April, 1886; educ. High School, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated B.A. in 1908; and on leaving there entered the service of the Irish Lights Commissioners. He was one of the original members of the Dublin University O.T.C., and was one of the first N.C.O. to be appointed, being promoted Corpl. 1910, and the following year was one of the small body of N.C.O. and Cadets, specially selected for exceptional efficiency and smartness, to attend the coronation. He subsequently (27 Jan. 1912) received a commission on the unattached list (T.F.) for service with the D.U.O.T.C., and was promoted Lieut. 8 Feb. 1913. He qualified at the School of Musketry, Hythe, in March, 1914, and was appointed to the command of a platoon in the School of Instruction for officers of the new Armies established in Trinity College in Sept. of the same year. On the temporary closing of this school, about the middle of the following month, he joined the 5th Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers as Lieut., and was at once promoted to the command of a company, with the rank of temporary Capt., 28 Oct. 1914. He left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, early in July, 1915; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay, 6 Aug. 1915, and in the severe fighting there during the following ten days; was severely wounded on the 16th on the Ridge over the Bay, and died the same day on board H.M. hospital ship Gloucester Castle. Buried that night in the Ægean Sea. His yst. brother fell in action there the same day (see following notice). Capt. Duggan, of a bright and genial disposition, was one of the finest long-distance runners that Trinity College has ever possessed, and it would be no light task to compile a list of his many triumphs in the College Park, with the D.U. Harriers, in inter-University and in International contests. For several years he organised the College Races, and managed the affairs of the Dublin University Athletic Union with conspicuous success. But his greatest work was, undoubtedly, the inauguration of Trinity Week, an enterprise to which he devoted himself heart and soul, and of the original Committee of which he was the foremost member. He was also a former Scoutmaster of the 6th South County Dublin (Leeson Park) troop; a member of the Executive of the County Dublin Association and an active member of the Sea Scout Committee, in whose interests he worked until the outbreak of war. He m. at Christ Church, Leeson Park, Dublin, 24 Aug. 1910, Dorothy Isabella Tuthill (12, St. Keven’s Park, Rathgar, Dublin), only child of the late Henry Johnson, of Oaklands, Upper Assam, and had two sons: George Villiers Grant, b. 31 May, 1911; and Dermot Harry Tuthill, b. 5 July, 1912.

George Grant Duggan.

DUGGAN, JOHN ROWSELL, Lieut., 5th Battn. (Pioneers) The Royal Irish Regt., 5th and yst. s. of George Duggan, of 5, College Street, Dublin and Ferney, Greystones, co. Wicklow, Manager, Provincial Bank of Ireland, Ltd., Dublin, by his wife, Emilie Asenath, dau. of Col. Charles Coote Grant, late Bedfordshire Regt. (died 23 Aug. 1914); b. Dublin, 31 Oct. 1894; educ. The High School, Dublin, where he won a 1st Class Scholarship, and passed into Trinity College, Dublin, in 1912. There he joined the Medical School and became, like his brother, a prominent Member of the O.T.C. On the outbreak of war he relinquished his medical studies and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 5th Royal Irish Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut., 28 Jan. 1915. He left with his regt. for the Dardanelles early in July, 1915, as part of the 10th Division, and was killed in action on the Karakol Dagh Spur, above Suvla Bay, 16 Aug. 1915; unm. He was at first reported wounded and missing and no officer saw him fall, but the Medical Officer of the Dressing Station at Suvla Bay, to whom Lieut. Duggan went when shot through his (left) wrist and with shrapnel injury to face and side, told him he should go to the Hospital Ship. He said his men were without an officer so he rejoined them in the firing line, and the subsequent story is briefly told by his Sergt. P. J. Nolan (on whose testimony his death was officially reported). “He left the firing line, had his wounds dressed and returned shortly afterwards, when he was hit in the face with an explosive bullet and killed.” To his father, Sergt. Nolan wrote: “Your son could have saved his own life, but he was always good to his men and he died encouraging them to fight till the last”; and his Col., the Earl of Granard, wrote: “I am sorry to tell you that your son has been missing since 16 Aug. He went with his company into action on that date, and we have not seen him since. I have enquired from several of the men of his company and they all tell me that he was wounded whilst gallantly leading his men. I sincerely hope that he is a prisoner, and it is always a consolation to know that the Turks treat their prisoners with the greatest consideration. I have now soldiered for a great many years and can honestly say that I never came across a better subaltern; and as regards his social qualifications, he was beloved by all ranks of the regt.” Lieut. Duggan was a noted rifle shot and won many medals and prizes, including “Daily Express” and “Lord Roberts’” Medals; Adjutant’s Cup of Trinity College, O.T.C., and he was presented with a rifle for the highest aggregate score in Leinster Schools, 1912.

John Rowsell Duggan.

DUGGAN, PATRICK, Private. No. 871, C Coy., 10th (Service) Battn. Highland L.I., 4th s. of the late Bartley Duggan, of Calhame, Annagry, co. Donegal, by his wife, Bridget (Calhame, Annagry, co. Donegal), dau. of Michael Duggan, of Denybeg, Gweedore, co. Donegal; b. Annagry, co. Donegal, 18 June, 1896; educ. Mullaghduff National School; enlisted 2 Nov. 1914; went to France on 13 May, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915.

Patrick Duggan.

DUKE, WILLIAM, Private, No. 1306, D Coy. 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2nd s. of the late Michael Duke, of Iona, by his wife, Mary (Fox Harbour, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland), dau. of William Whiffin; b. Iona, Placentia Bay, 28 May, 1894; educ. there; was a Fisherman; volunteered and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 22 March, 1915; left for England, 6 April; went to the Dardanelles, and died at Alexandria, 26 Dec. 1915, of meningitis, contracted while on active service. Buried in the Military Cemetery there (Grave No. 139); unm.

William Duke.

DUMMA, JAMES, Private, No. 4377, 1st Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Ypres, 26 April, 1915.

DUNBAR, FRANCIS GRANT, Deckhand, No. 533 D.A., Trawler Section R.N.R.; lost when the mine-sweeping trawler, No. 106 (Crathie, of Aberdeen), was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.

DUNBAR, JOHN MAXWELL, Private, No. 8823, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, s. of Joseph Dunbar, of 63, St. Andrew’s Street, Kilmarnock; b. Skye; enlisted 13 Jan. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 18 Dec. 1914.

DUNCAN, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Stoker (R.N.R.), S. 2872, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

DUNCAN, GEORGE, Private, No. 51138, Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I., s. of George Duncan, General Delivery, Toronto, Canada; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 18 March, 1915.

DUNCAN, JOHN HOPKIRK, Private, No. 1498, 6th, att. 1/8th, Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), s. of the late William Duncan, of Edinburgh, Coachman, by his wife, Beatrice (Craigewan, Peebles); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915, aged 19.

DUNCAN, STUART, Capt. 3rd Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., yst. s. of the late James Duncan, of 24, Chester Street, S.W., M.D.; b. 25 May, 1865; obtained his commission as Lieut. 1st Gloucesters, 6 Feb. 1891 and promoted Capt., 31 Dec. 1891; served through the South African War, 1899–1900, taking part in the operations in Natal, 1899, including the actions at Reifontein and Lombards Kop, where he was slightly wounded, and in the subsequent operations in the Transvaal and Orange Free State, 1900, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He retired, 16 April, 1904, and joined the Reserve of Officers. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he volunteered his services and was posted to the 3rd Gloucesters, from which he was sent out to the 2nd South Lancashires at the Front. He was killed in action in France, 13 Nov. 1914; unm.

DUNDAS, CECIL HENRY, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Welsh Regt., yst. s. of Sir George Whyte Melville Dundas, of Beechwood, 5th Bart., by his wife, Matilda Louisa Mary, dau. of Minden James Wilson; b. Birkenhead, 7 Jan. 1892; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and Fettes College, Edinburgh; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Welsh Regt. 20 Sept. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 Aug. 1913; served at Cairo, Khartoum, in India, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died at Ypres, 20 Feb., 1915, of wounds received while making a reconnaissance the previous day. He was buried there; unm. His Capt. wrote: “He was in my company at Cairo, Khartoum and in India, and has always been one of the best. His nature was so bright and sunny and nothing ever seemed to ruffle him. In the trenches he was always cheery and his good spirits infected his platoon, who were always a happy crowd and used to sing under even the most trying conditions.” In 1913, he and another officer of his regt. were sent from Khartoum to find a channel between the Rivers Toole and Jur to facilitate communication with Wau and Khartoum, this entailed their going through country where no European had ever been before.

Cecil Henry Dundas.

DUNDAS, HON. KENNETH ROBERT, Lieut., R.N.V.R., Anson Battn. Royal Naval Division, 4th s. of Charles Saunders, 4th Viscount Melville, I.S.O., by his wife, Grace Selina Marion, only child of William Scully; b. Teneriffe, Canary Islands, 10 May, 1882; and was educ. in Hamburg until 1897, and then at Christiania, 1897–1906, when his father was H.M.B. Consul-General at these places. From Norway he joined the Civil Service, and at the early age of 24 went out to British East Africa as Assistant District Commissioner. There he did much useful work, taking a very great interest in the native tribes, whose laws and customs he studied. His unique collection of their many strange customs was published by the Royal Anthogeological Society. In 1906 Lieut. Dundas was appointed political officer to the Nandi Field Force, for which he received a medal and clasp. In 1907 he became District Commissioner. In Jan. 1915 he returned to England with five months’ leave due to him. Finding there was so much for every Britisher to do, he felt he must try and do his best, so it was arranged he should be seconded from the Colonial Office to the Admiralty for the duration of the war. He was then given a commission in the Royal Naval Division, and appointed to the Collingwood Battn. After training at the Crystal Palace and at Blandford, the battn. left England in May, sailing for the Dardanelles. Four days after Lieut. Dundas landed the Collingwood Battn. went into action on 4 June. Exceedingly heavy fighting took place, and the battn. was almost “wiped out.” The Col. and 12 officers were killed, 9 were wounded and 4 missing, whilst the men suffered greatly also. Lieut. Dundas and two other officers were the sole survivors. After this Lieut. Dundas was transferred to the Anson Battn., as the Collingwood ceased to exist. For two months he served on the Gallipoli Peninsula, enduring great hardships and toil, but always hopeful and uncomplaining, till the morning of 7 Aug., when he was killed at the landing at Suvla Bay. He was buried on the Kuchuk Kemikli promontory of Anafarta Bay. He m. at St. Paul’s, Brighton, Anne Claudia Whalley (Melville Castle, Lasswade, Midlothian), yr. dau. of the late Capt. Charles Edward Foot, R.N., and had issue a son, Claud Kenneth Melville, b. Machakos, British East Africa, 6 July, 1911.

Hon. Kenneth R. Dundas.

DUNK, ALFRED AUGUSTUS, 1st Class Torpedo Gunner (No. 201234), H.M.S. Cressy, s. of John Osmond Dunk, of 24, Thorold Road, Ilford, Carpenter, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Alfred Selman; b. St. Peter’s Square, Hackney, N.E., 7 Oct. 1882; entered the Royal Navy 1898, serving in H.M. Ships Magnificent, Sutlej, London, Edgar, Furious, &c.; discharged 1914; called up on mobilisation Aug. 1914, took part in the action off Heligoland Bight and was lost in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914, when serving in submerged torpedo-flat; unm. While serving in H.M.S. London, he assisted in rescuing the passengers (including the Duke and Duchess of Fife) in the wreck of s.s. Delhi off Cape Sparta in Dec. 1911, for which he was presented with the medal for saving life by H.M. the King at Buckingham Palace, 10 Oct. 1912. He took part in the competitive gun crews of the Royal Naval Military Tournaments of 1908 and 1912, and was also one of those who formed two gun crews of H.M.S. Pembroke and completed a record march from Chatham to Portsmouth, with field guns, of 110 miles in four days.

Alfred Augustus Dunk.

DUNLOP, FREDERICK CLEAVE STRICKLAND, Capt., 1st Battn. Manchester Regt., 4th s. of the late Andrew Dunlop, of Belgrave House, Jersey, M.D. (died 30 Dec. 1915), by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Joseph Strickland; b. St. Helier, Jersey, 14 Dec. 1877; educ. Victoria College, Jersey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Militia to the Manchester Regt. 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 11 March, 1899, and Capt. 12 March, 1901, serving as Adjutant from April, 1902 to April, 1905, also as Adjutant to an Indian Volunteer battn. (Malabar Rifles) from Nov. 1906 to Nov. 1911; served in the South African War 1899–1901, taking part in the defence of Ladysmith, and in the operations in the Transvaal, Feb. to Aug. 1901, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action while in the trenches, near La Bassée, 8 Nov. 1914. Capt. Dunlop m. at St. Helier, Jersey, 13 Oct. 1902, Maud, dau. of the late Deputy Surgeon-Gen. Williams, of Heathfield, Jersey, Madras Medical Service, and had a son and dau.: Andrew, b. 2 Feb. 1907; and Mavis, b. 22 Aug. 1905. His next elder brother, Capt. J. S. S. Dunlop, had been killed in action 24 Oct. previous, and his yst. brother, 2nd Lieut. K. S. Dunlop, was killed 26 Sept. 1915 (see the following notices). Another brother, Valentine, died in Ladysmith during the siege.

Frederick C. S. Dunlop.

DUNLOP, GEORGE ARTHUR, Canteen Manager, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

DUNLOP, JULIAN SILVER STRICKLAND, Capt. 1st Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., 3rd s. of the late Andrew Dunlop, of Belgrave House, Jersey, M.D., by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Joseph Strickland; b. St. Helier, Jersey, 15 Sept. 1876; educ. Victoria College, Jersey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Royal Jersey Militia to the South Staffordshire Regt. 7 Dec. 1895; promoted Lieut. 1 May, 1898, and Capt. 9 Feb. 1904. In Oct. 1899, he was appointed A.D.C. to the Lieut.-Governor of Burma, a post he held until 31 March, 1903, and was from 1905–10 Adjutant of the South Staffordshire Militia and Special Reserve. On the outbreak of war he accompanied his regt. to the Front, as part of the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action while leading a bayonet charge, near Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914; unm. He was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field.

Julian Silver S. Dunlop.

DUNLOP, KENNETH STRICKLAND, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., 8th s. of the late Andrew Dunlop, of Belgrave House, Jersey, M.D., by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Joseph Strickland; b. St. Helier, Jersey, 17 Aug. 1882; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and University College, London; went to South America in 1905, was engaged first in the nitrate industry, then as a mining engineer, and when the war broke out was manager of a mine in Bolivia; he returned home in the spring, 1915, qualified as machine-gun officer, went to the front early in Aug. and was attached in that capacity to the 1st Battn. South Staffordshire Regt. there. He was killed in action on the Western front, 26 Sept. 1915, and was buried in the Military Cemetery at Vermelles; unm.