The Roll of Honour. (continued 40)

James Robertson.

ROBERTSON, JAMES, Private, No. 6735, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of William Clow Robertson, Labourer, by his wife, Isabella; b. Galashiels, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. Burgh School there; enlisted 12 April, 1906; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914; was wounded in the arm at Chavonne, 25 Sept, following and invalided home, 2 Oct.; returned to duty, 24 Feb. 1915, and died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, 30 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at La Bassée. He m. at Galashiels, 23 Dec. 1910, Bessie (16. Hall Street, Galashiels, Selkirk), dau. of Thomas Broad, and had two children; Robert Tom, b. 18 Aug. 1912; and Margaret, b. 7 Dec. 1914.

ROBERTSON, JAMES, Armourer Corpl., No. 27006, 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest s. of William Edmonstone Robertson, of Lilybank, Burntisland, Fifeshire. Warehouseman, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Wilson, of Millerhill, Farmer; b. Portobello, near Edinburgh, 17 Oct. 1884; educ. Portobello and Burntisland Public Schools; was for some time a Clerk in the Locomotive Department of the North British Railway at Burntisland and Cowlairs, and while there was a member of the Fifeshire Artillery Volunteers; left for Canada, 18 April, 1908; worked for a short while on a freight elevator, afterwards entering the Carpet Warehouse of T. Eaton & Co., Toronto; joined the 48th Canadian Highlanders in 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in Feb., and died 28 April, 1915, of gas poisoning received in action at Langemarck two days previously. He was a keen athlete and a clever swimmer and diver, and while a member of the Fife Artillery Volunteers gained many first and second prizes for shooting. He was a member of the Broadview (North) Presbyterian Church, Toronto, and a prominent Freemason. He m. at Burntisland, March, 1908, Jessie (15, Arundel Avenue, off Danforth Avenue, Toronto), dau. of the late J. Dick, of Burntisland, Scotland, and Toronto, Canada, and had two children: William, b. at Toronto, 1909; and Effie, b. at Toronto, 1912.

James Robertson.

ROBERTSON, JOHN, Capt., 1/4th Royal Scots (T.F.), s. of the late Alexander Robertson, of Holmiry, Glenisla, Alyth, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Mackenzie, of Alrick, Glenisla; b. Holmiry aforesaid, 6 June, 1874; educ. Glenisla Public School, and Harris Academy, Dundee; was a Banker by profession, and was Agent, Blenheim Place Branch Office of the National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh; served for a few years with the 5th (Vol.) Battn. of the Black Watch, and joined the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles (4th Royal Scots) in Jan. 1893; received a commission in the same Battn., Jan. 1910, and was promoted Capt. Nov. 1913, succeeding to the command of the well-known Bankers Coy.; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; left for the East, landed at the Dardanelles, 11 June, 1915, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915, “gallantly leading his men.” Buried at the Base. He had the Long Service medal. Capt. Robertson m. in Edinburgh, 16 Sept. 1913, Janet Ritchie (151, Bruntisfield Place, Edinburgh), dau. of Fergus Robertson, of Glenshee, Perthshire; s.p.

ROBERTSON, JOHN EDMOND, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 9072, 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 2nd s. of George Robertson, of Old Aberdeen, Baker, by his wife, Isabella Milne, of Aberdeen; b. Aberdeen, 5 Nov. 1884; educ. King Street Public School, and Central Higher Grade School, Aberdeen; enlisted in King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 8 Dec. 1904, and served in Egypt and India, and with the Mediterranean Force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles (Beach Y), 25 April, 1915; was promoted Coy. Sergt.-Major for gallant conduct in this and the subsequent fighting and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915. He m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Bombay, 19 Dec. 1911, Bella, 3rd dau. of the late Alexander Rothnie, of the Caledonian Railway, Aberdeen, and had a son and dau.: Ian Alexander, b. 18 Sept. 1912; and Audrey Elizabeth, b. 11 Sept. 1914. He combined a strong interest in literature with an all-round proficiency in sports, and his exceptionally happy and cheery nature won him great popularity alike among officers and men.

John Edmond Robertson.

ROBERTSON, ROBERT, Private, No. 4205, 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, s. of the late Robert Robertson, Tobacco Spinner, by his wife, Annie (3, Back Hedley Street, Newcastle), dau. of David Patton; b. Bishop Auckland, co. Durham, 19 Aug. 1882; educ. St. Mary’s, Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted in 1900; served in the latter part of the South African War, 1901–02; was 12 years with the Colours, being afterwards employed at Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Elswick Shipyard; re-enlisted in the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers on the outbreak of war, and was transferred to the 1st Battn.; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 28 Feb. following; unm. Buried there. His brother, Driver David Robertson, is now (1916) on active service with the Royal Field Artillery.

Robert Robertson.

ROBERTSON, ROBERT HORSBURGH, Corpl., No. 2309, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Robert Holmes Robertson, of Stonelaw House, Rutherglen, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Robert Horsburgh, and nephew of John Horsburgh, of the Hele Paper Co., Ltd., of Cullompton, co. Devon; b. Rutherglen, 11 Oct. 1884; educ. Stonelaw School and Glasgow Academy, was in business with his uncle at the Hele Paper Co., Ltd., but on the outbreak of war immediately joined the London Scottish, and was early drafted to France. He quickly rose to be a corpl., and was on the eve of being gazetted to a commission when he was shot by a bullet at dawn on 6 May, 1915; unm. His Capt. wrote: “He was a splendid fellow, and had done so well that he was offered and had accepted a commission in the regt. He was greatly loved by his comrades.” He was buried at Richebourg in an orchard by the remainder of the “five inseparables,” of whom he had been one, and a cross marks the spot.

Robert H. Robertson.

ROBERTSON, ROBERT JOHN CHARLES, Private. No. 1423, 4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt., s. of Robert John Robertson, by his wife, Annie; b. Hackney, 27 Nov. 1894; joined the Royal Fusiliers, Aug. 1910; accompanied his regt. to France and was killed in action, 27 April, 1915; unm.

ROBERTSON, THOMAS, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115087, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROBERTSON, WILLIAM, Corpl., No. 5470, 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., s. of William Robertson, of 170, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne; b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 14 Nov. 1884; educ. All Saints’ School there; was employed as a Riveter at Armstrong, Whitworth & Co.’s Shipyard; enlisted in the 3rd East Yorkshires, and after serving his time with the Colours, joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, where he was attd. to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action, 8 April, 1915, being shot by a sniper. Corpl. Robertson was well-known in sporting circles, being several times successful in boxing competitions; also competing with success in running events as Joe Coe; and in 1913 he won the regimental gold medal for running at Beverley. He m. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mary Jane, dau. of (—), and had a son, Alexander, b. 8 April, 1909.

ROBERTSON, WILLIAM JAMES, Private, No. 173, B Coy., 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of Laurence Henry Robertson, of Aywick, East Yell, Shetland, Seaman and Carpenter, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William James Jamieson; b. East Yell aforesaid, 24 Sept. 1892; educ. Public School there; went to Australia in Nov. 1911, and settled at St. Mary’s, Sydney, and was employed in a leather factory; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War, and joined the 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt, Nov. 1914, and died at Cairo, Egypt, 9 March, 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while on active service; unm.

William James Robertson.

ROBERTSON, WILLIAM JOHN, of Mounteagle, Fearn, Ross-shire, Major, 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F), eldest s. of the late John Robertson, of Mounteagle, by his wife, Alexandrina Mary, dau. of Robert Matheson of Edinburgh; b. Edinburgh, 18 June, 1868; educ. Tain Royal Academy; was an old Volunteer and Territorial officer; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st Seaforth Volunteers (afterwards the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Seaforth Highlanders), 10 March, 1897, and became Capt. 4 Jan. 1905, and Major 10 May, 1914: volunteered with his Battn. for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915. Buried at Vieille Chapelle. He was a member of the Ross County Council, and had the Volunteer decoration and the Long Service medal. He m. at Tain, 30 July, 1902, Minnie Henderson (Mounteagle, Tain), dau. of Andrew Fraser, of North Glastullich, Tain, and Balaldie, Fearn, and had a son: John Andrew Fraser, b. 1 Oct. 1908.

ROBERTSON, WILLIAM KEITH, Private, No. 81751, 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. s. of David Robertson, of Court Lodge, Caterham, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Dr. William May; b. Warley, co. Essex, 26 Feb 1893; educ. Tonbridge School; went to Canada in March, 1914, and settled in Saskatchewan on a ranch; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War; came over with the second contingent in Feb. 1915; went to France, 1 May, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; unm. Buried at Festubert (K5 Illirs, Voilanies).

William Keith Robertson.

FORBES-ROBERTSON, KENNETH, Capt., 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, elder s. of the late Farquhar Forbes-Robertson, of Slead Hall, co. York, by his wife, Laura (2, Keynsham Bank, Cheltenham), dau. of C. H. Macaulay, of Slead Hall, Yorks; b. Slead Hall aforesaid, 17 April, 1882; educ. Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Seaforth Highlanders, 11 Aug. 1900; promoted Lieut. 10 May, 1902, and Capt. 6 April, 1911; served (1) in East Africa, 1904; took part in the operations in Somaliland, and action at Jidballi (medal with two clasps); (2) on the North-West Frontier of India, 1908; took part in the operations in the Zakha Khel country; also in operations in the Mohmand country and the engagement of Matta (medal with clasp); and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 5 Oct. to 7 Nov. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action in Ploegsteert Wood while leading a reconnoitring party; unm.

ROBINS, FREDERICK JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2796), S.S. 100030, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROBINS, HENRY GEORGE, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3365), 191262, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROBINSON, ABRAHAM BURCHELL, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14971, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROBINSON, ALBERT EDWARD, Blacksmith, 341124, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROBINSON, ALBERT VENIS, E.R.A., R.N.R., 862 E.A., H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

ROBINSON, ALFRED, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10255), 204049, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROBINSON, ALFRED ELLIOT SOMERS, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, 3rd s. of William George Robinson, of Kelvinside, Glasgow, late Sergt.-Major R.E., by his wife, Clara; b. Bermuda, 5 Sept. 1878; educ. Garnethill School, Glasgow; enlisted 10 Sept. 1894; served in the Tirah Campaign, 1897–98 (medal with three clasps); was given a commission in the 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers, 9 April, 1915; went to France, 24 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915. Gen. Gough, in a letter to his wife, said he could not express too deeply his opinion of this officer’s gallantry, and enclosed an extract of his report as follows: “At Givenchy, 16 June, showed very gallant conduct in leading his platoon to the attack of a strongly entrenched enemy. He was well ahead of his men, and had reached the enemy’s wire, when he was killed.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915. He was a very good shot, was in the regimental team for several years, and in the army sixty in 1909, when stationed in Dublin. He m. at Leyton Parish Church, 5 Aug. 1905, Elise Esther (37, Sister’s Avenue, North Side, Clapham Common, S.W.), dau. of Jean La Bastie, of Pau (who served in the Franco-German War, 1870), and had two children: Adele Velma, b. 27 Sept. 1907; and Violette Marie, b. 5 Dec. 1909. His yr. brother, Wilfred Gower Robinson, was killed in action at Ypres, 25 April, 1915.

Alfred Elliot S. Robinson.

ROBINSON, FRANK, Sergt., No. 1362, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), 4th s. of James Robinson, of George Hill, Robertsbridge, Chauffeur, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Charles Laurence; b. George Hill, Robertsbridge, co. Sussex, 5 July, 1894; educ. Salehurst School, there; was Sawyer at the Robertsbridge Timber Mills; joined 5th Sussex Territorials, 13 May, 1911, and rose to the rank of Sergt.; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; left for France, 18 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station 9 May, 1915, of wounds received the previous day at Festubert. Buried, New Cemetery, Chocques; unm. He had been recommended for a commission, and would have received one in a few days.

Frank Robinson.

ROBINSON, FRANK, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3228), 191640, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROBINSON, FRANK STANLEY, L.-Corpl., No. 9257, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of the late (—) Robinson, by his wife, Catherine (now wife of (—) Sainty, of 1, Baptist Lane, Broad Street, King’s Lynn); b. Tilney All Saints, co. Norfolk, 29 Dec. 1891; educ. Tilney All Saints Public School; enlisted 18 Sept. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 Dec. 1914; unm. His commanding officer, Lord Northland (since killed), writing to his mother, said: “You have indeed lost a gallant son and the regt. a promising non-commissioned officer.”

ROBINSON, FREDERICK, Private, No. 11024, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of William Robinson, of Egmanton, near Tuxford, co. Nottingham, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Henry (and Ann) Taylor; b. Egmanton aforesaid, 28 March, 1896; educ. there; was engaged on farm work; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France 23 Nov. following, and died of wounds 25 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried near the Church at Cuinchy.

Frederick Robinson.

ROBINSON, JOSEPH COOPER, Private, No. 21021, 9th (Service) Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, yst. s. of John Robinson, of Sunderland, Driller in Shipyard (d. 1895), by his wife Margaret (13, Brougham Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Michael Hedley, of Sunderland; b. Monkwearmouth, co. Durham, 28 Nov. 1889; educ. Board School, Southwick; was employed in the Sunderland Bottle Works; enlisted, 24 Aug 1914; trained at Grantham, and was killed in action at Chocolate Hill, Gallipoli, 21 Aug. 1915; unm. The same day his great friend and school fellow G. Hepinstall, with whom he had been brought up, enlisted and gone to the Front, was killed some distance away.

Joseph Cooper Robinson.

ROBINSON, JOSEPH ROBERT, Private, No. 10947, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Robert Robinson, of East Barkwith, co. Lincoln (now on active service with the 3rd Lincolnshire Regt.), by his wife, Jane, dau. of Joseph Tuxford; b. Welton, co. Lincoln, 20 April, 1889; educ. East Barkwith; was a Guard on Great Central Railway at Lincoln; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 11 Aug. 1914; went to France 24 Nov. following, and was killed in action at La Bassée 14 June, 1915; unm. Buried there. His three brothers are all now (1916) on active service.

ROBINSON, LAUNCELOT ALEC (LANNIE), Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., yst. s. of Capt. John Charles Robinson, of Armadale, Parkstone, late Union Castle Steamship Co., by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Alexander Bell; b. Acton, 28 July, 1885; educ. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, High Barnet, and Banister Court, Southampton; was a purser in the Union Castle Steamship Co.; appointed Acting Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., 25 Aug. 1914; joined H.M S. Bulwark 24 Sept. following, and was killed on active service when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914; unm.

Launcelot Alec Robinson.

ROBINSON, LAWRENCE LEONARD, A.B., J. 1445, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

ROBINSON, LESLIE JOHN, Capt., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., only s. of the Rev. William Robinson, Vicar of East Haddon, co. Northants, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Hall, of Hud Hey, Haslingden, Lancs.; b. Holme Vicarage, Westmoreland, 7 Oct. 1883; educ. Kelly College, Tavistock; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Northamptonshire Regt., 22 April, 1903, and promoted Lieut. 28 Jan. 1905, and Capt. 1 Dec. 1910; as Assistant Adjutant and Musketry Instructor at Colchester from 1908 to 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Nov. 1914 to 12 March, 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle. While at Kelly College he was in the Cadet Corps; won the shooting cup three times, and shot at the Devon County Volunteer meeting in 1901, when his college won the Public Schools’ Challenge Shield. At Sandhurst he was in the athletic team against Woolwich, and when with his regt. in Malta he won the Officers’ Cup for shooting. He m. at St. Giles’, Oxford, 21 Aug. 1913, Louisa Sophia, dau. of the late Walter Merivale, M.I.C.E., and had two children: Anthony Leslie and Diana Merivale, twins, b. 6 March, 1915.

Leslie John Robinson.

ROBINSON, REGINALD WILLIAM, Capt., 5th (Service) Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 3rd s. of Sir Richard Atkinson Robinson, of 59, Hazlewell Road, Putney, S.W., J.P., D.L., Chairman of the London County Council (1908), by his wife, Jane Wilson, dau. of Thomas Thistle; b. South Kensington, 15 June, 1880; educ. St. Paul’s School, and the Royal School of Mines, South Kensington; was for a time a member of the London Scottish Volunteers; joined the C.I.V. in 1901, and served with them in the South African War (medal); and was later a Lieut. in the Rhodesian Volunteers; obtained a commission as temporary Lieut. in the Inniskilling Fusiliers after the outbreak of war, 4 Oct. 1914, and was appointed Capt., 5th Service Battn., 3 Dec. following; left for Gallipoli, July, 1915; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay, and was killed in action there 15 Aug. 1915; unm.

ROBINSON, THOMAS WILLIAM, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 329), 194399, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROBINSON, WILLIAM HENRY, Corpl., R.M.A. (R.F.R., A. 0580), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROBSHAW, THOMAS ARTHUR, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4429), S.S. 1494, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROBSON, JAMES HERBERT, Private, No. 4620, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Robert Robson, of 68, High Street, Langley Moor, co. Durham; b. co. Monmouth; enlisted 11 March, 1902; obtained his discharge, 22 Sept. 1905; re-enlisted after the outbreak of war, 13 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 25 Oct. 1914.

ROBSON, JASPER LEEMING, Private, No. 6567, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of the late Matthew Jasper Robson, of West White Hill, Kirkwhelpington, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Farmer; b. Hunmanby, co. York, 22 April, 1887; educ. County Council School, Felling-on-Tyne, and privately; enlisted 18 Jan. 1906; served in Egypt 29 Sept. 1906 to 12 Feb. 1909, and with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., from 12 Aug. 1914, and died a prisoner of war in No. 1 Reserve Hospital, Hanover, Germany, 14 Oct. 1914; unm. Buried there.

ROBSON, OLIVER AUGUSTUS, Private, No. 12396, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest and only surviving s. of Oliver Robson, of 9, Colchester Road, Leyton, co. Essex, Postal Servant, by his wife, Louise Harriett, dau. of Augustus Bourlet; b. Bristol, 20 Oct. 1894; educ. there and in London; was employed in the Post Office Telephone Department; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France to join his Battn., 9 Jan. 1915; was reported missing after the fighting at Cuinchy on the 25th of that month, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date; unm.

Oliver Augustus Robson.

ROBSON, RICHARD ERNEST, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 2448, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Richard Robson, of Howden, Northumberland, Coal Trimmer; b. Howden, 2 March, 1880; joined the 1st Durham R.E. (Vol.), 2 Feb. 1896; and served in that corps until 31 Jan. 1899; being returned as an efficient in the years, 1896–97–98; enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, 10 Feb. 1899; appointed L.-Corpl. 27 July, 1899, Corpl. 30 Aug. 1901, L.-Sergt. 2 July, 1902, Sergt. 5 Aug. 1905, Coy. Sergt. 7 Nov. 1907, Coy. Q.M. Sergt. 21 Oct. 1913, and Coy. Sergt.-Major 1 April, 1915; served in the South African War, 18 March, 1900, to 6 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with five clasps, “Johannesburg,” “Diamond Hill,” “Belfast,” “Cape Colony,” “Orange Free State,” and King’s medal with two clasps, “S.A. 1901,” “S.A. 1902”); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914 to 27 Sept. 1915, and was mortally wounded in the Battle of Loos, and died the same day. Buried, at La Rutoire, north of the Loos Road, one mile S.E. of Vermelles. He m. at Christ Church, Victoria Street, Westminster, 25 Feb. 1905, Lilian, dau. of Joseph Filderby, of Ladywood, Birmingham, Scales Fitter, and had a son and a dau.: Richard, b. 3 Nov. 1907; and Margaret Lilian, b. 30 Aug. 1906.

Richard Ernest Robson.

ROBSON, THOMAS, Private, No. 8170, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of Thomas Robson, of Newcastle, by his wife, Mary Anne Elizabeth; b. Shieldfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 9 June, 1891; educ. Gateshead; enlisted in the Coldstreams at Newcastle, 23 Nov. 1908, went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Landrecies a few days later, 25 Aug. 1914. “Many splendid things were done that night at Landrecies,” wrote Corpl. G. Gilliam (“Penny Magazine,” 28 Nov. 1914), “but there was nothing finer than the work of our Maxim gunner Robson, who was on our left. Our machine guns were by now at our end of the town, and they had a solid mass of Germans to go at. Robson was sitting on his stool, and as soon as the officer ordered ‘Fire’ he pressed the two buttons and his Maxim hailed death. It literally was a hail of fire that met the packed Germans, and absolutely swept down the head of the column, so that the street was choked in an instant with the German dead. In spite of this absolute hail, a few Germans managed to break through their walls of dead and wounded. One of them disguised as a French Officer, and wanting us to think he had been a prisoner, but had just broken away from the Germans, rushed up to Robson and patted him on the shoulder and said; ‘brave fellow’; and with that he whipped round his sword and killed our Maxim gunner on the spot; but he himself was instantly shot down by our enraged fellows. I suppose he did not mind taking his chance.” He m. at St. Mark’s, Kennington, Annie Francis (32, Werhum Street, Kennington, S.E.), dau. of John Gosling, and had a dau., Annie, b. 29 Nov. 1913.

ROBSON, THOMAS WILLIAM, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17824, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

ROCKLEY, ERNEST, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16809, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

RODDAM, ROBERT COLLINGWOOD, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, only s. of Lieut.-Col. Roddam John Roddam, of Roddam, co. Northumberland, J.P., B.A., late commanding 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers, now commanding 15th Northumberland Fusiliers, by his wife, Helen Fredericka, yst. dau. of Capt. Alexander Taubman Goldie, of The Hermitage, Isle of Man, late R.N.; b. Roddam Hall, near Alnwick, 10 Jan. 1890; educ. Wellington College; joined the 7th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.) as 2nd Lieut. in Aug. 1908; transferred to the 3rd Special Reserve, commanded by his father, in 1910, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Dec. 1912. He was in Ceylon when war broke out; returned to England at once and joined his Battn. in Sept., went to France in Dec. as a Lieut., and was then attd. to the 1st Battn., and promoted Capt.; and was killed in action at Hooge, 16 June, 1915, gallantly leading his Company in an attack on the German trenches; unm. Buried there. His Col. (now Brig.-Gen. Ainslie) wrote: “He will be a great loss as an officer, in fact I know of no one who shaped better or showed more soldierlike qualities. Over and over again he has been in very nasty situations and every time he has come out smiling, and kept his end up splendidly. It will be a consolation to you to know what a tip-top officer he was.” Capt. Roddam was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 23 June, 1915] for gallantry with the handful of men in the advanced trench left capable, after having had their trench mined at St. Eloi, 14 April; and was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

Robert C. Roddam.

RODDIS, CHARLES HENRY, Private, No. 3071, 1/5th Battn. Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Joseph Charles Roddis, of 13, Fieldhouse Lane, Leeds Road North, Huddersfield, Stone Machinist, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Henry Wheeldon, of Sheffield; b. Sheffield, 6 Feb. 1897; educ. Parson Cross School, Wadsley Bridge, near Sheffield; was apprenticed as a tool fitter at David Brown & Sons, Motor Engineers, Lockwood, Huddersfield, but, on the outbreak of war, volunteered for foreign service and joined the 5th West Riding Regt.; went to France in April, 1915; volunteered as a bombthrower, and was killed in action at Fleurbaix, 25 June following; unm. Buried at La Croix, near Fleurbaix. Major G. P. Norton wrote: “Private C. Roddis was mortally wounded by a shell about 4.45 yesterday afternoon, and he died in the first-aid post the same evening. The enemy was shelling our trenches, and your son was in a dug-out, about the last shell they fired hit on the top of the dug-out and burst inside.... He was such a nice lad and a splendid soldier. His heart was in his work; he took up bombing and turned out one of the best bombers in the Brigade. He was doing a turn in the trenches to make room for others to be trained as bombers, and it is very hard that he should have been killed before he could use the bombs on the Germans. His is a great loss to me personally, and all the officers and his comrades.”

Charles Henry Roddis.

RODGER, WALTER WASHINGTON BUCHANAN, Lieut., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), yst. s. of the late Walter Washington Buchanan Rodger, Ex-Provost, of Greenock, C.E., J.P., by his wife, Emma Amelia (Bagatelle, Greenock), dau. of William Clark Rodger, of New York; b. Greenock, 13 May, 1895; educ. Trinity College, Glenalmond; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 20 Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 1 June, 1915, and was killed in action near Krithia, 8 July following; unm. Buried there. He was a member of Glenalmond O.T.C. for four years, and one of the Bisley team two years.

Walter W. B. Rodger.

RODGERS, GEORGE, Leading Seaman, R.N.R., 1780C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROE, HENRY GRAEME, Private, No. 2020, 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of the late Colin Graeme Roe, of Allestree House, Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, Artist, by his wife, Caroline Louisa, dau. of James Andrews, and grandson of Robert Henry Roe, Animal Painter; b. Brincliffe Edge, Sheffield, 24 July, 1889; educ. Abbeydale School there; displaying a great taste for engineering he entered the works of the Hardy Patent Pick Co., where he remained over four years. In Nov. 1908, he went to an uncle in New Zealand, continuing his engineering work there, after three years he went to Sydney, and finally became 2nd Engineer on the S.S. Koonokarra (Lever Bros.), which was employed collecting the products of the Solomon Islands. Arriving at Sydney on a return voyage at the end of 1914, he enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Forces in Jan. 1915, and after a short period of training in Liverpool Camp, N.S.W., left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in April. He was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, between 7 and 14 Aug. 1915; unm.

Henry Graeme Roe.

ROGERS, ALBERT SAMUEL, Stoker, 1st Class, 301451 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROGERS, ALFRED SIDNEY, Seaman, R.N.R., 4758A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROGERS, ARTHUR, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9129), 203989, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROGERS, ERNEST JOHN, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27386, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

ROGERS, HAROLD HILDRED, Driver, 1st Sussex Battery, R.F.A., only s. of the late William Rogers, of Felixstowe (who served five years in the Navy and was invalided out), by his wife, Rosa Catherine (now wife of George Dancy, of 2, Ivanhoe Terrace, Ham Road, Broadwater, Worthing), dau. of George Wadey, of Cold Waltham, Pulborough, Sussex; b. Felixstowe, co. Suffolk, 24 Oct. 1894; educ. Washington, Pulborough, Sussex; was a Market Garden Labourer; had joined the Worthing Territorials about April, 1913, and on the outbreak of war, volunteered for foreign service; went to India, Oct. 1914. and was drafted from there in Nov. 1915, to the Persian Gulf; and was drowned in the River Tigris, 25 Dec. 1915: unm.

Harold Hildred Rogers.

ROGERS, HENRY MILWARD, Capt., 5th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), only s. of the late William Rogers, of The Grange, Coppull, Lancashire, Mining Engineer, some time Mayor of Wigan, by his wife, Helen (The White House, Parbold), dau. of Richard (and Catherine) Procter; b. Southport, 27 Sept. 1879; educ. Bilton Grange and Radley College; was a Mining Engineer, and a partner in the firm of Messrs. Kellett, Walker & Rogers, Mining Experts, and was largely interested in South Wales and Lancashire collieries. He joined the old Vol. Battn. (now the 5th Territorial Battn.) Manchester Regt., 3 Aug. 1899. and after passing the School of Instruction for field service, obtained his commission as Capt. 17 June, 1905. On the outbreak of the European War he volunteered with his regt. for foreign service; left England 6 Sept. 1914 for Egypt; landed at the Dardanelles, 3 May, 1915, and died on board H.M. Hospital Ship Reindeer, 26 May, 1915, from wounds received in action there a few days previously. He m. at Horwick Parish Church, 3 Sept. 1903, Muriel (Alderbrook, Parbold, Lancashire), 5th dau. of Col. Charles Frederick Ainsworth, of Lower Brazley, Horwick, V.D., and had three sons: Charles William Milward, b. 12 Sept. 1904; Martin Milward, b. 17 March, 1908; and David Milward, b. 25 March, 1911.

Henry Milward Rogers.

ROGERS, JOSEPH, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 20073, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

ROGERS, MAURICE CROSTON, 2nd Lieut., 59th Field Coy. R.E., only s. of John Croston Rogers, Senior Inspector of National Schools, Ireland; b. Dublin 29 March, 1894; educ. at Campbell College, Belfast, where he won both a Junior and a Senior Scholarship and the McNeill Gold Medal, which is awarded to the best Mathematical Scholar of the year. He early selected the Army as his Profession and, when a branch of the O.T.C. was started at the college, he at once joined it and, after some time, became its Senior Sergeant. While connected with the Corps he passed the test in Signalling, being the first Irish schoolboy to obtain this distinction. He also passed the test in Musketry and obtained Certificate A. In June, 1912, he entered the R.M.A., Woolwich, direct from school. At the end of the first term, his name appeared second on the list of his class and, in a subsequent term, it appeared first. Passing out of the Academy he obtained second place, and was awarded the Armstrong Memorial Medal and the French Prize. He received his commission in the Royal Engineers, 17 July, 1914, and when war was declared was at once summoned to Chatham, where he remained until the 23 Jan. 1915, when he was sent to France and posted to the 59th Field Coy. He died of wounds received in action at Wulverghem, 25 Feb. following, and was buried in the Churchyard of Neuve Eglise, where his men erected an oak cross and kerb over his grave. His commanding officer wrote: “Although he had been with the Company only a short time he was greatly liked by us all, both officers and men, and we deeply regret his death, not only as the death of a very promising young officer, but because it means to us the loss of one for whom, in the short time he had been with us, we had learned to feel a great personal regard and liking.

Maurice Croston Rogers.

ROGERS, RONALD JOSEPH, Capt., 14th Battn. The Rifle Brigade, attd. 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only s. of Joseph Rogers of River Mead, Keynsham, Bristol, formerly of Weston-super-Mare, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Henry Lovebond, of Bridgwater; b. Sandford, Banwell, co. Somerset, 18 Dec. 1883; educ. St. Peter’s School, Weston-super-Mare, and Blundells School, Tiverton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 16 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieut. 1903, and Capt. April, 1908; served in the South African War, 1902, taking part in the operations in Cape Colony and Orange River Colony, March to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps). He retired in 1908 and went to the Malay States, where he held an appointment as Manager of a rubber estate; but after the outbreak of the European War offered his services and was appointed Capt. in the 14th Rifle Brigade, 20 March, 1915; went to the Dardanelles 21 May, 1915, attd. to the 1st Battn. of his old regt., and was killed in action at Saghir Dere Ravine, 28 June following, during the great advance on Krithia. Buried there. Capt. Rogers was a famous Rugby football player; played for Somerset, and was chosen by the Rugby Football Union as forward in the British team, 1904, against Australia and New Zealand. He also held the Vellum Certificate of the Royal Humane Society for saving his own father’s life at sea at Newport, Pembrokeshire, 2 Oct. 1897. He m. at Plymouth, 7 Nov. 1911, Hilda May, eldest dau. of Col. Alfred Lionel McNair, of Merrifield House, Plympton, South Devon, and had a son, Geoffrey Ronald, b. 16 Nov. 1912.

Ronald Joseph Rogers.

ROGERS, VALENTINE WILLIAM, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 541), 200458, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

COXWELL-ROGERS, RICHARD HUGH, of Dowdeswell Court, Trooper, No. 2234, Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry (T.F.), only s. of the late Godfrey Hugh Wheeler Coxwell-Rogers, of Dowdeswell Court, and Ablington, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Aileen Emma (Donegal Cottage, Carrigaloe, co. Cork), dau. of Richard Hugh Smith Barry, of Bally Edmond, co. Cork; b. Leckhampton, near Cheltenham, 10 May, 1884; educ. Cheltenham College; went to British Columbia in 1900; returned to England in 1914, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. of that year, volunteered and joined the Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry as a trooper, went to the Dardanelles, Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 21 Aug. following; unm.

ROGERS, WILLIAM ALFRED, Seaman, R.N.R., 5294 B., H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROGERSON, WILLIAM ERNEST, Capt., 10th Battn. Durham L.I., and Adjutant 12th (Service) Battn. of the same, yr. s. of John Rogerson, of Croxdale Hall, Durham; b. Croxdale Hall, 19 Oct. 1872; educ. Aysgarth; Harrow; and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. (2nd Durham Militia) Durham L.I., 1893, and Capt. 5 Jan. 1898, was for six years Instructor of Musketry, afterwards retiring. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he rejoined, was gazetted Capt., 10th (Service) Battn. Durham L.I., 19 Aug., and appointed Adjutant of the 12th Battn., 18 Sept. following, and died very suddenly at Bullwater Camp, Woking, 13 Nov. 1914, while on active service. He was a keen sportsman, and while at Cambridge was Master of the Trinity Foot Beagles, and hunted with the South Durham, Hurworth and Zetland hounds. The Gen., in announcing his death, stated that he had rendered most valuable service to the regt. from the date of its being formed, and his loss would be greatly felt. He m. 3 Nov. 1898, Violet, elder dau. of Lieut.-Gen. William Henry Mackesy, 79th Highlanders and Indian Staff Corps, and had, with another son and two daus., an elder son Richard William, b. 1902.

William E. Rogerson.

ROLLESTON, FRANCIS LANCELOT, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder s. of Humphry Davy Rolleston, of 55, Upper Brook Street, London, W., C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P., Temporary Surgeon-Gen. (Consultant Physician) Royal Navy, and Senior Physician, St. George’s Hospital, London, by his wife, Lisette Eila, 2nd dau. of Francis Mackenzie Ogilvy; b. London, 7 April, 1895; educ. Hillside, Godalming (1904–8) and Eton (1908–14), where he was in the O.T.C., and was undergoing his annual training in camp when war broke out. He immediately offered his services at the nearest recruiting office, and was given a commission in the 2nd Battn. The London Regt., 29 Aug. 1914; went to Malta in Sept. 1914; proceeded to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at l’Epinette, near Armentières, 26 April following, being shot through the heart while examining the barbed wire in front of his trench at night; unm. Buried at Ferme Buterne, Armentières. While in the Eton O.T.C. he was three times in the winning section, the last time as commander, and had been singled out for special commendation by the Gen. at the 1914 Inspection. He obtained his House Colours in 1913; won the Novice Pulling in 1912, with Armstrong (also killed in action), and the Junior Pulling again with Armstrong in 1914. He was also second in Junior sculling and rowed in House Fours.

Francis Lancelot Rolleston.

ROLSTONE, JAMES HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5918), 187177, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROLT, JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11016, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

ROMANS, ALFRED, Private, No. 1390, 8th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of William Romans, of 7, Farnell Road, Staines, Stoker, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Charles Lamb; b. Staines, co. Middlesex, 28 Sept. 1897; educ. Kingston Road Central Schools there; was a Lino Worker; joined the Middlesex Territorials when only 15, in 1912, and on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered for foreign service; went with his regt. to Gibraltar, 10 Sept. 1914, and returned to England, 12 Feb. 1915, crossed to France, 8 March, and was killed in action during the repulse of a German attack on the trenches occupied by the 8th Middlesex at Zonnebeke, Sunday, 25 April, 1915.

RONALD, JAMES McBAIN, Capt., 2nd Battn. (The Buffs) East Kent Regt., 6th s. of the late Robert Bruce Ronald, of Pembury Grange, Tunbridge Wells, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of (—) Fowler; b. 26 April, 1876; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Kent Regt., 5 Sept. 1896; promoted Lieut., 9 April, 1899, and Capt. 1 July, 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers, 6 April, 1904, to 31 Dec. 1907; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb.-May, 1900, including actions at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.); Poplar Grove, and Dreifontein (slightly wounded), and afterwards served as Railway Staff Officer; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July-29 Nov. 1900, and those in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902 (again slightly wounded in Oct. 1901; mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queens medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps). He retired in 1912, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, resumed service as a Railway Transport Officer, and rejoined his old regt. in the following March; went to France, and was killed in action near St. Julien during the second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915. Buried there. Capt. Ronald m. at Bagenalstown, 7 Oct. 1903, Evelyn Mary (Bifron’s Cottage, near Canterbury), dau. of S. Crosthwaite, of Bagenalstown, co. Carlow, and had a dau., Patience Mary, b. 3 Nov. 1908.

RONALD, KENNETH McGEORGE, Trooper, No. 452, 6th Light Horse, 2nd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of Robert Wilson Ronald, of Nap Nap, New South Wales, Grazier, by his wife, Veronica, dau. of the late Thomas McGeorge, grandson of Robert Bruce Ronald, of London and Melbourne, and great-grandson of Robert Wilson Ronald, of Liverpool; b. in Hay, New South Wales, 9 Oct. 1895; educ. Church of England Grammar School, Geelong (July, 1905–Dec. 1913); volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in 6th Light Horse; went to the Dardanelles and was killed in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 12 July, 1915. Buried in Shell Green burial ground on slope of Island of Samothrace; unm. Lieut. G. A. Ferguson wrote: “He was one of the 12 attd. to my troop on that day, to do a certain piece of work, and how well they did it, and how brave they were. I can assure you it was very hot work. On and on they came in the face of a murderous fire, but not one of them flinched. I am very proud of the men who were with me that day. I had been in close touch with your son Kenneth ever since he joined the regt., and always found him to be one of the keenest of soldiers, and the most gentlemanly boy it has ever been my pleasure to meet. He was loved by all his comrades. I feel extremely sorry for his brother, who was wounded a few days before, they were such great mates. Kenneth was one of the bravest and the strongest constitutional man I ever seen. He was wounded with shrapnel, and although fearfully wounded, was fully conscious right to the last”; and the Rev. T. G. Robertson, Chaplain, Australian Imperial Force, 6th Light Horse: “On 12 July, our Southern forces were engaged in a big attack, and our work here was to harass the Turks, and so cause reinforcements to be sent to them, instead of to Cape Helles. In this a small troop of the 6th Light Horse played a very gallant part—Mr. Ferguson, the officer in charge, being mentioned in Despatches. They went out from our trenches towards the enemy, and stormed an enemy hill very gamely, but unfortunately we lost four good men and many wounded. They had to face rifle fire, machine-guns and shrapnel. They did their work however, and were successful in their object, and that meant saving many lives probably among our Southern forces. So that your son liberally gave his life for others. I understand that he was hit behind the ear by a shrapnel pellet.” And a comrade wrote of him: “On the 12th, Kenneth Ronald was in a small covering party to draw the Turks fire. Ken had the bad luck to be in the thickest of the fire, and was hit by shrapnel. He was carried away to safety almost immediately, but did not live long. He was very highly thought of by all his comrades. I marked his grave, as to make sure for a headstone, but to-day I find his good friends have already fixed up a temporary cross. When all is arranged properly I will take a photo of Ken’s grave for Mrs. Ronald; if I get through myself, she shall have it. It is terribly sad for Bob Ronald, who is away wounded. He and Ken were always together, they were almost inseparable.” At his school he was a Prefect; Senior Member of the Upper Sixth, and Captain of the Boats. He won the School Cup for Sports in 1913, and rowed two years running in the School eights in the Public Schools (of Victoria) Eight Oar race. He was also a good football player.

Kenneth M. Ronald.

ROOME, PHILIP WILLIAM, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., 3rd s. of Henry Roome, of 114, Breakspear Road, Brockley, late of the Admiralty, by his wife, Phoebe, dau. of the late George Wade, of Deptford; b. Brockley, 28 June, 1872; educ. Mercers School, London, and Whitgift School, Croydon; entered the Navy as an Assistant Clerk, Jan. 1889; and was promoted Paymaster, Jan. 1903, Staff Paymaster, Jan. 1907, and Fleet Paymaster, Jan. 1911; served in China, 1899–1901, and 1903–05 (medal); was appointed to H.M.S. Aboukir, July, 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He m. at St. Margaret’s, Lee, 22 Dec. 1902, Maud Hunter (2, Dacre Park, Lee, S.E.), dau. of the late James Davisson, Civil Servant, and had issue, four children: Philip Pearse, b. 30 Sept. 1904; Richard William, b. 12 Nov. 1905; Phoebe Isabella Maud, b. 4 May, 1908; and Phyllis Mary, b. 21 Feb. 1911.

Philip William Roome.

ROOTH, RICHARD ALEXANDER, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd s. of the late John Wilcoxon Rooth, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Elizabeth Crudy (Gordon House, Hythe Road, Brighton), dau. of Henry Smith, of Bristol, Solicitor; b. London, 22 March, 1866; educ. Highgate School; France, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted Lieut., Dublin Fusiliers, 29 Aug. 1885, and promoted Capt. 7 June, 1894; Major, 7 June, 1896, and Lieut.-Col. 7 June, 1914; joined the 2nd Battn. in Egypt in Aug. 1885, and later went to Quetta, and Poona; was Adjutant of his Battn. from 16 Dec. 1893, to 30 March, 1897, and of the Poona Volunteers, 1 April, 1897, to 31 March, 1902; took part in the operations in the Aden Hinterland, 1903, and then returned to Ireland; was in command of the Depot at Naas, for some years, he was then stationed at Gravesend till June, 1914, when he was appointed to the command of the 1st Battn. then in Madras; was at Fort George when that town was attacked by the Emden; returned with his regt. to England in Dec. 1914; left for the Dardanelles in March, and was killed in action at Sedd-ul-Bahr, during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. He was killed instantly as he was stepping on the beach. He m. at Dawlish, Amy, dau. of Francis Cann, of Dawlish, M.D., and had two children: Richard, b. 7 June, 1900; and Nancy, b. 23 May, 1908.

Richard Alexander Rooth.

ROPER, WILLIAM ALBERT, Private, No. 11784, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of Albert Edward Roper, of West Charleton, near Kingsbridge, co. Devon, Labourer, by his wife, Caroline Jane, dau. of Thomas Ellis; b. Malborough, co. Devon, 13 April, 1893; educ. West Charleton Village School; was intending to join the Police Force when war was declared, and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 5 Sept. 1914; went to France, 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 18 March, 1915, being shot by a sniper while digging a small trench from the main one; unm. Buried in the Cemetery there.

ROSE, BENJAMIN JOSEPH, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2058), 192157, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROSE, CHARLES EDWARD, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1351), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROSE, CLEMENT, Private, No. 15734, 8th (Service) Battn. The Yorkshire Regt., 3rd s. of John George Rose, of 19, Hamilton Street, Monkwearmouth, co. Durham, Mastmaker, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas (and Jane Anna) Browell, of Monkwearmouth; b. Monkwearmouth, 30 April, 1897; educ. National School there; enlisted in the East Yorkshires, 14 Oct. 1914. but was claimed by a brother serving with the Yorkshires for that regt. and was accordingly transferred. He was killed in action in France, 13 Oct. 1915.

ROSE, GEOFFREY CRAIG, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, attd. 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, elder s. of Charles Edward Rose, of Townshend House, Regent’s Park, N.W., Author and Dramatist, now Hon. Supt. of St. Dunstan’s, Regent’s Park, by his wife, Mary Greer, dau. of James Connell, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire; b. Hampstead, 2 Nov. 1896; educ. Ovingdean Hall, Brighton (Rev. D. H. Marshall), and Aldenham School, co. Herts (E. Beevor’s House); was given a commission in the 3rd Seaforth Highlanders, from the O.T.C., 14 Aug. 1914; went to France in Nov., attd. to the 1st Gordons, and died in London, 13 Feb. 1915, from wounds received in action near Wytschaete on 14 Dec., while gallantly leading his men into action. He was distinguished at school for his exceptional promise as a writer and debater (he had an article accepted by a magazine at the age of 16).

Geoffrey Craig Rose.

ROSE, HERBERT JOHN, T.D., Capt., 1/8th (Ardwick) Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), only s. of John Henry Roberts Rose, formerly of the Red House, Yoxford, Suffolk, and late of 21, Victoria Road, Withington, Manchester, Engineer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of John Fletcher, of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire; b. Beckenham, co. Kent, 18 May, 1866; educ. Wrexham and Manchester Grammar Schools; was for many years in business with the Calico Printers Association, Manchester, but early in 1914, became a partner in the firm of Etchells Cougdon & Muir, Engineers, Ancoats, Manchester. He had joined the 6th Lancashire (2nd Manchester) Volunteers in Nov. 1884, and received a commission in the old 5th Volunteer (now the 8th Territorial) Battn. of the Manchester Regt., Nov. 1904. He was gazetted Capt. 15 June, 1906, after passing the School of Instruction for field service, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered with his regt. for foreign service. He left England, 10 Sept. 1914, and proceeded to Egypt where they landed, 27 Sept. 1914. Three weeks later the Battn. were sent to Cyprus, landing 20 Oct. They were the only troops on the Island, and Capt. Rose was in command of the detachment at the annexation ceremony at Limasol on 7 Nov. 1914. On 18 Jan. 1915, they left Cyprus for Cairo, where they stayed until they embarked for Gallipoli on 2 May, landed at the Dardanelles, 4 May, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915. A brother officer wrote: “Rose did splendidly well, behaving (I saw him) with the utmost gallantry. When I left about one hour before he was killed, he was alive and well, and doing jolly well in exceedingly difficult and dangerous circumstances. He was always at it, comforting the badly wounded, conducting the midnight burials, and so on, and many fellows had cause to thank him for numerous such services performed, all at the sacrifice of the little time available for rest. These things were done quietly and without advertisement, but I saw them and think it right they should be recorded. On the day of the big fight he did splendidly, taking risks in his efforts of cheering and encouraging his men. He died a gallant gentleman”; and another: “Rose was perfectly splendid over here.... He was an absolute hero.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22 Sept. 1915 [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Capt. Rose received the Long Service medal in Nov. 1904. and the Territorial Decoration in May, 1915; was a good marksman, a Bisley shot and won the old Mancunians gold cup. He took a great interest in the work of the Church Lads Brigade, and was for some time Adjutant of the 6th Manchester Church Lads Brigade. He m. at Croydon, Surrey, 2 Aug. 1899, Caroline Emily (Tregenna, Cheadle, Cheshire), dau. of the Rev. Thomas Theodore Waterman, Secretary of the Christian Evidence Society, and had two daus.: Marian, b. 24 July, 1900; and Margaret Louisa, b. 29 Oct. 1905.

Herbert John Rose.

ROSE, JOHN, Seaman, R.N.R., 1973D, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROSE, LAUNCELOT ST. VINCENT, Major, 55th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, 2nd s. of Frederick William Rose, of Tarlogie, co. Ross, by his wife, Katherine Ross, dau. of Daniel Gilchrist, of Ospisdale, and grandson of Major Hugh Monro St. Vincent Rose, 12th Lancers; b. London, S.W., 4 Aug. 1875; educ. St. Paul’s (Scholar) and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, 15 March, 1895, and promoted Lieut. 15 March, 1898, Capt. 1 April, 1904, and Major 30 Oct. 1914; served in Gibraltar; in Ireland doing Ordnance Survey Work; went to South Africa in 1910; returned to England with the 7th Division after the outbreak of war, 19 Sept. 1914; went direct to Lyndhurst Camp to get his 55th Field Coy. equipped; left with it for France, 5 Oct. following; took part in the First Battle of Ypres, and was killed in action near Sailly-sur-La-Lys, Rue de Bethune, 28 Nov. 1914. Buried there. A brother officer wrote: “Very keen regret at his death is felt through the Division, as he was liked by all who knew him, whilst the men of the company feel that they have lost a friend, as well as an officer. He died attempting a very brave act”; and the following is an extract from the 20th Brigade War Diary: “29 Nov. 1914, Major Rose, commanding the 55th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, which has been attached to the Brigade during the war, was killed last night putting up the wire outside the trenches—a great loss. Neither he nor his company have spared themselves in helping us with our trenches and wire entanglements the whole time. He was a man full of resource and courage.” A commanding officer wrote: “He was a fine officer and a great loss to us all. We were all so fond of him, always cheery and hard-working, he met a soldier’s death in work of great risk and had done already his full share of fighting for his country and for freedom.” Another extract: “Such a plucky chap, and just the sort we want. He need not have joined in the attack in the wood as he was cutting stakes for barbed wire, and the Brigade came along for an attack, passed his company, so he ordered them to charge with the Brigade and fixed bayonets: it is called the R.E. Charge.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. At St. Paul’s he was in the rowing four for two years, and for some time Capt. of the four; was in the gymnasium eight at Woolwich Academy in 1894; represented Woolwich in their running team, winning many prizes; his best record being the half mile in 2 minutes, 6 seconds, in a grass track. He represented the officers at Rugby and rowed for two seasons, giving many fine exhibitions in the R.E. four. While in Gibraltar he gained a name for himself as a polo player, and played in the Garrison’s team. He ran ponies in several races, winning, amongst others, the well-known Steeplechase for the Subalterns Cup, riding his pony himself in that race. He also won many prizes in the Gymkhana Races, and in one cracked his skull and was unconscious for a fortnight. He started a boxing club for the N.C.O. and sappers, which was in flourishing condition. In Ireland he won many prizes for his flowers, being a great gardener, and in South Africa went in for big game shooting, polo, playing, etc. He m. at St. John’s Church, Chelsea, 18 Dec. 1909, Jonkvrouwe Agneta Wendela Elizabeth (The Chestnuts, Hartford Bridge, Winchfield, co. Hants), dau. of Jonkheer Dr. Wilhem van Citters, of Zeeland, Holland, Consul-General for the Netherlands in Berne, and had a dau.: Noreen Leonie Ross, b. 16 Oct. 1913. His brother, Capt. Walrond Rose, of the Cameronians, was killed in action, 22 Oct. 1914.

Launcelot St. Vincent Rose.

ROSE, OWEN WILLIAM, Private. No. 1795, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of George Thomas Rose, Private, No. 12775, 6th (Service) Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., by his wife, Mary (4, Du Burstow Terrace, Hanwell), dau. of George Mills, of Uxbridge, Middlesex; b. West Ealing, London, W., 6 Oct. 1896; educ. St. Mark’s Council School, Hanwell; and was employed as a roundsman at Sainsbury’s when war broke out. He had joined the Middlesex Territorials about 1912, and volunteered for foreign service; mobilized at Sittingbourne and went with his regiment to Gibraltar and while there shot a German prisoner who was trying to escape from a detention camp. The matter was the subject of an official enquiry and it was held that Rose had done no more than his duty. He afterwards accompanied the Battn. to France, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 30 April, 1915; unm.

Owen William Rose.

ROSE, RONALD HUGH WALROND, Capt., 1st. Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), yst. s. of the late Frederick William Rose, of Kensington, and grandson of Major Hugh Monro St. Vincent Rose, of Tarlogie, co. Ross, 12th Lancers; b. London, 11 July, 1880; educ. Scott’s Preparatory School, Kensington, and St. Paul’s; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Warwickshire Regt. from the Militia, 4 Jan. 1899; and promoted Lieut., 17 March, 1900, and Capt. 4 May, 1905, transferring to the Scottish Rifles, 20 May, 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers, 10 Oct. 1906, to 31 March, 1908, and Adjutant Territorial Force, 1 April, 1908, to Jan. 1910; joined his regt. at Bloemfontein in 1910, and nine months later was made Commandant of the South African School of Signalling at Pretoria; returned to Scotland in 1912, and was stationed at Glasgow when war broke out in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force the same month; took part in the Retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne; was wounded in the ankle during the German rush for Calais, when he was in command of a covering party to the regt., but went on leading his men until he was killed at Fromelles in the same action, 22 Oct. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. He m. at Eastham, 29 March, 1910, Hetty (The Paddock, Heston, Cheshire), yst. dau. of the late George Fletcher, of Liverpool, and had two children: Audrey, b. 13 April, 1912; and Jean Diana, b. 1 May, 1914.

Ronald Hugh W. Rose.

ROSE, THOMAS, Private, No 1466, 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), elder s. of Lewis Rose, Caretaker, Edinburgh Public Library, by his wife, Hughina, dau. of John McIntosh, Farmer, Tonque; b. Edinburgh, 20 July, 1896; educ. Broughton Public School (Junior and Higher Grade), Edinburgh; was an apprenticed clerk in the North British and Mercantile Insurance Co., 64, Princes Street, Edinburgh; joined the 4th Royal Scots (T.F.) in March, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 13 June, 1915, and was killed in action there, 13 July following. His Sergt. wrote: “I always found him a good soldier and a willing and consistent worker. He never shirked anything either while we were at home or since we have been out here, and we all feel deeply the loss of one of our most steady, reliable, and hard-working comrades.” The Manager of his firm writing, said: “He was a boy of promise, and would probably have had a successful career here.”

Thomas Rose.

ROSE, TOM ALFRED, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1751), 200364. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROSEVEARE, HAROLD WILLIAM, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Wiltshire Regt., eldest s. of the Rev. Richard Polgreen Roseveare, Rector of St. Paul’s, Deptford, and Rural Dean of Greenwich, by his wife, Mary Isabel, dau. of Thomas Martin Skinner, of Monmouth. J.P.; b. Monmouth, 18 March, 1895; educ. Little Appley School, Ryde (1902–8), Marlborough College (Scholar, 1908–July 1914), and had won a classical scholarship at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he was to have gone into residence in Oct. 1914. He had received a commission as 2nd Lieut., in the Wiltshire Regt. (Special Reserve), 18 April, 1914; and on the outbreak of war joined his regt. direct from his O.T.C. annual training camp, 4 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force on the 13th, and died 20 Sept, following, of wounds received in action at the Battle of the Aisne the same day, while leading a section of his men to locate and take a machine gun. Buried at Vailly. While at Marlborough he was senior prefect, a member of the Rugby football fifteen, and Cadet Captain of the O.T.C.

ROSIER, FREDERICK, Sergt., No. 9623, 7th (Service) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., eldest s. of Brad Rosier, of Walsham-le-Willows, by his wife, Rebecca, dau. of Frederick Price; b. Pakenham, co. Suffolk, 5 June, 1875; educ. Rickinghall village school; enlisted in the 2nd Northamptonshire Regt., 15 March, 1894; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps (“Belmont,” “Modder River,” “Orange Free State,” “Transvaal”), and King’s medal with two clasps (South Africa, “1901,” “1902”); took his discharge, 14 March, 1903, and then joined the Reserve for six years. After the outbreak of war he re-enlisted in the 7th Suffolks, 7 Sept. 1914, with his former rank of Sergt., and after acting as Drill Sergt. for some time at Shorncliffe, went to France, 30 May, 1915, and died in the Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 25 July, 1915, of wounds received in action. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. 2582). His commanding officer wrote: “He was not only a very efficient sergt., but also a good keen man on whom I knew I could always rely to carry out the most dangerous of our duties. His pluck when in pain from his wound was magnificent.” He was for ten years a bellringer at St. Mary’s Church, Walsham-le-Willows, and was also secretary of the local branch of his Trade Union. Sergt. Rosier m. at Walsham-le-Willows, 13 Dec. 1902, Ellen (Walsham-le-Willows, Bury St. Edmunds), yst. dau. of the late William Knott, of Stanton, and had three children: Frederick Arthur William, b. 26 July, 1903; Winifred Dorothy, b. 22 May, 1906, and Florence Lucy, b. 23 Aug. 1908.

Frederick Rosier.

ROSS, ARCHIBALD SEYMOUR, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 3rd and yst. s. of the late Edward Charles Russell Ross, Barrister (first winner of the Queen’s prize at Wimbledon), by his wife, Margaret Seymour (Callands, North Berwick), yst. dau. of Capt. John Osborne, of 67, Eton Place, S.W., 6th Inniskilling Dragoons; and gdson. of Horatio Ross, of Rossie Castle, Montrose; b. The Rounds, Wimbledon Common, co. Surrey, 26 Nov. 1889; educ. Ardoreck, Crieff; and Glen Almond, Perth; joined the 3rd Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 18 Aug. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 26 Aug. 1914, afterwards being transferred to the 1st Battn. and joined them at the front, 11 Feb. 1915; was reported missing after the action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915, and was later ascertained to have been killed that day while leading his men in a charge; unm. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I cannot speak too highly of Ross. He was brave to the extreme, and liked by all ranks. I shall never forget his splendid coolness under very heavy shell fire on Neuve Chapelle day, 10 March, 1915, an example, not only to the men, but to myself as well”; and another: “if he died, he died splendidly. I have never met anyone who I admired more. His character was great and noble, his personality charming, his mind pure and simple. As he ran forward to that fatal charge, he shook hands with a brother officer, left in reserve, saying ‘Good-bye—if I don’t come through, anyway, it’s a glorious death to die.’” 2nd Lieut. Ross was a good all-round sportsman and expert with rod, rifle and gun, and a keen yachtsman.

Archibald Seymour Ross.

ROSS, CECIL JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7241). S.S. 102193, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROSS, COLIN JOHN, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270035, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROSS, GEORGE ALEXANDER SINCLAIR, M.A., Capt., 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), elder s. of the late William Sinclair Ross, of Marchmont Road. Edinburgh, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James Nilson; b. Edinburgh, 8 March, 1870; educ. Edinburgh University, where he graduated M.A. in 1894, and became a teacher of mathematics in Broughton Higher Grade School, Edinburgh; joined the 6th Royal Scots (T.F.) in 1902, as Lieut. in the College Coy. (recruited from students attending the Training Colleges of the Scottish Churches studying in Edinburgh); promoted Capt. 22 March, 1908; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was transferred to the 4th Battn. with the bulk of his Company, 19 Nov. following; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915, leading his Coy. in a charge on the enemy’s trenches; unm. He was a keen golfer, being well known on several of the golf courses near Edinburgh.

George Alexander S. Ross.

ROSS, JAMES JOHN (ERIC), Private, No. 11208, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots; b. Ireland, 6 Dec. 1888; educ. South African University; went to South Africa with his parents in infancy, but returned to England after their deaths; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 3 Aug. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Vierstraat, 22 March, 1915, being shot by a sniper while on sentry duty; unm. Buried there.

ROSS, JAMES OSWALD, Private, No. 8/846, 14th Otago Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of Duncan Ross, of Mandeville, Southland, New Zealand, Farmer; b. Mandeville aforesaid, 7 Dec. 1891; educ. there; joined the Otago Regt., 1 April, 1911; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War, at Dunedin, 22 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 2 May following; unm. Buried at Walker’s Ridge.

ROSS, WILLIAM JAMES, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10808), S.S. 2905, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

ROSS, WILLIAM MUNRO, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only s. of William Edmond Ross, and his wife, Gertrude Maud, dau. of the late Thomas Bevan, of Stone Park, Greenhithe, co. Kent; b. Bishops Stortford, co. Herts, 22 March, 1892; educ. St. Andrew’s, Eastbourne, Eton (J. H. M. Hare’s House), and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Pitt Club and took a Tripos degree in 1914. In Oct. 1914 he received a commission (dated 14 Aug.) as University Candidate in the 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, being given a year’s seniority in respect of his university degree, was promoted Temp. Lieut. (commission ante-dated, 25 Oct. 1914) and confirmed in rank of Lieut. Dec. following. In Jan. 1915, he took out a draft to the 2nd Battn. (formerly the 92nd) and was killed close to the German trenches in the attack on Neuve Chapelle, 11 March. A brother officer wrote: “He was leading his platoon in splendid style when he was hit by several bullets.” He was very keen on hunting, shooting and cricket, and was very musical.

William Munro Ross.

ROSSER, JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4251), 207934, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROSSITER, PHILIP, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., elder s. of Sydney Rossiter, 11, Cumberland Road, Brighton, Assistant Inspector of Schools for East Sussex, formerly Headmaster (1904–14) of Fairfields School, Basingstoke, by his wife, Ada, dau. of John Cooper, of High Street, Cheltenham; b. South Hackney, London, 15 March, 1894; educ. Fairfields School and Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Basingstoke and University College, Reading, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. of the Berkshires, 22 July, 1914, joined in August, sailed from Southampton on 19 Dec. following and was attached on landing to the 2nd Queen’s Royal West Surreys; killed in action near Armentières, 19 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried at Fleurbaix. Philip Rossiter won a Hants County Junior Scholarship in 1906 and a Senior in 1910. He held the latter for four years at Reading University College. He was an undergraduate of London University and passed the B.Sc. Intermediate examination in 1912. At college he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Sports Club and a member of the Student’s Representative Council. He obtained his Colours for Rowing and was a member of the 2nd Four in 1913 and 1914. He, however, showed most interest in the O.T.C., in which he attained the rank of Colour-Sergt. and passed the examinations for both the “A” and “B” Certificates. He was also a keen swimmer, and at Basingstoke Grammar School he won the Senior Cup for two years in succession. His younger brother, Sydney, Leading Seaman, Nelson Battn. R.N.D., was severely wounded at Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915.

Philip Rossiter.

ROSSON, WILLIAM HAROLD, Private, No. 3782, 9th, attd. 1/7th, Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Joseph Rosson, of The Cottage, Kestrel Grove, Bushey Heath, Butler to Mr. W. B. Gair, of Kestrel Grove, by his wife, Kate, dau. of John Cato, of Kirtlington, near Oxford; b. Bushey Heath, 14 Nov. 1896; educ. Stanmore, Middlesex; was a Groom; joined 9th Middlesex, 8 Aug. 1914; transferred to the 1/7th Battn. and left for France, 13 March, 1915, and died at Merville Hospital, 18 June, 1915, of wounds received on the 15th. Buried in Military Cemetery, Merville; unm. His Company Commander, Capt. I. M. Cossar, wrote: “he was seriously wounded on the 15th of this month, as we were coming into the trenches. The Germans turned a machine-gun over the ground behind the trenches for some long distance back, and caught the company, wounding two of my best men. Your son received a bullet wound in his back, injuring the spinal column. He was at once taken to the dressing station where a motor was waiting to take him to Merville Hospital. His wound was very serious.”

William Harold Rosson.

ROSTRON, JOHN, Private, No. 6/928, D Westland Coy., Canterbury Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force; b. about 1872; educ. Peel School, Little Hulton; was for some time in the mechanic’s shop at Lord Ellesmere’s Wharton Hall Colliery; went to New Zealand in 1903, and took up work in the coal pit at Ronango; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canterbury Infantry Regt.; served in Egypt; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 8 May, 1915. He m. at Peel Church, Little Hulton, 20 Feb. 1901, Clara, dau. of Thomas Boardman, and had a dau., Ethel (63, Manchester Road West, Bottom Lane, Little Hulton), b. 4 April, 1902.

DE ROUGEMONT, MAURICE HENRY, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., only s. of Arthur Francis de Rougemont, of 5, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, W., by his wife, Janet Emma, dau. of Henry Goodenough Hayter, of Winterbourne, Sidmouth, South Devon; b. Westbourne Gardens, London, W., 13 June, 1889; educ. Charterhouse (Gown boys), 1903–07, and Lausanne, 1908; was at Lloyd’s; joined the Artists’ Rifles, 1909; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France as Sergt. in the 1st Battn. Oct. 1914, and, after passing through the School of Instruction at Bailleul, received a commission in the 2nd Queen’s Royal West Surreys, 27 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 16 May, 1915. According to the statement made by his servant they and two other men got separated from the rest of the Coy., and after attending to some of our wounded in the trench near which they found themselves, they came across another Coy. of the Queen’s, which had lost all its officers. It was whilst leading his own men and this Coy. that he was shot, as they were climbing the parapet of a German trench; unm. Buried near Festubert. An officer wrote, “He was an excellent officer, and very much liked by his men. His loss is a great trouble to them”; and another: “If there is one thing that can help you in your loss, it will be knowing that he died doing his duty like a man, and leading his platoon over the German trenches. He was shot when on the top of the parapet.”

Maurice H. de Rougemont.

ROURKE, THOMAS, A.B., No. 234175, 1st Class Gunner, H.M.S. Tiger, only s. of the late Edward Rourke, by his wife, Lucy (5, Stand Street, London Road, Manchester), dau. of Dennis Kennedy; b. Ashton-under-Lyne, 11 April, 1890; educ. St. Michael’s School, George Lee Street, Ancoates; entered the Navy about 1906 and was killed in action in the North Sea, 24 Jan. 1915; unm.

ROUST, JOSIAH ROBERT, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307023, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

ROUTH, HAROLD, Rifleman, No. 1959, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of John Routh, of 189, Rosebury Avenue, E.C.; b. Birmingham, 28 Aug. 1897; educ. there and L.C.C. School; joined The Rangers in May, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. following; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died in the General Hospital, Boulogne, 2 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Hill 60, on 27 April. Buried at Boulogne. He was the youngest in the regt.

ROW, HARRY AKERS, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. The Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Benjamin Row, of North Lodge, Saxmundham, Corn, Seed and Coal Merchant, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Woodward, of Old Newton, Suffolk; b. Saxmundham, co. Suffolk, 22 March, 1886; educ. Ipswich Grammar School; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Suffolks, 29 May, 1913, and was in command of the half company of Territorials in Saxmundham; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Nov., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; unm. Col. H. W. Crinddas wrote: “As commanding officer of your son’s regt. I am writing to offer you and your family my sincerest sympathy in this great loss. It may be some consolation to you to know that he died well, at the head of his men, leading them most gallantly in the face of a murderous fire. I saw him shortly after he was killed lying in a trench, shot through the head. His end must have been quite instantaneous; so it will be a relief to you to know that he died without pain, just passing from life to death without knowing it. He was buried to-day at Vielle Chapelle. I have not been long with this regt., but quite long enough to appreciate your son’s work at its true value, and I feel that by his early (though glorious) death I have lost a most valuable officer and good friend.” He was a keen sportsman, and particularly fond of shooting and fishing.

Harry Akers Row.

ROW, JAMES EDWARD, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 1012, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

ROWAN, ANDREW PERCIVAL, Capt., 10th Battn. (Western Australia) Australian Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of the late Andrew Rowan, of Arranmore. St. Kilda, Melbourne, and St. Hubert’s Vineyard, Victoria; b. Melbourne, 31 Aug. 1876; educ. Queen’s College, St. Kilda, and Melbourne Grammar School; served as a Lieut. in the Australian Force in the South African War, 1901–02; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He was appointed Lieut., Australian Field Artillery, in July, 1903, but retired in 1910 and joined the Reserve of Officers. He then went to Western Australia and took up farming at Murgarrin, and on the outbreak of the European War immediately offered his services and was gazetted Lieut., 10th (Western Australia) Light Horse, 28 Oct. 1914. He took part in the operations at the Dardanelles, was promoted Capt. at the end of July for good work done in the field, and fell in action there, 7 Aug. 1915; unm. He was killed instantly by a bullet in the head and chest as he sprang over the edge of the trench to lead his men in the great charge at Walker’s Ridge, when the Australian Light Horse were almost wiped out. Brig.-Gen. F. Hughes, Commanding 3rd Light Horse Brigade, wrote to Mrs. Rowan: “I trust you will forgive me for writing, but I desire not only to express my deepest sympathy with you in your sorrow, but also to bear testimony to the excellent work your son did while he was with us. He led his men with great skill and determination when the Turks attacked them at Quinn’s Post soon after our arrival here, and although twice wounded he stuck to his post and directed the men with the effect that the enemy were driven back with considerable loss. I have no doubt you have already received full particulars of the engagement on the 7th, when he and his comrades so bravely attempted to take the Turks trenches. It was one of those heroic acts that failed through want of proper support. He truly did his best for his King and Empire.”

Andrew Percival Rowan.

ROWAN, JOHN LECK, Lieut., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), eldest s. of John Rowan, of Dardenne, Kilmalcolm, co. Renfrew, by his wife, Isabella Gordon, dau. of James Shearer; b. Greenock, co. Renfrew, 27 Jan. 1890; educ. Greenock Collegiate School and Academy, and Glasgow Technical College; was an Engineer in the service of the P. & O. Co.; gazetted 2nd Lieut., in the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), 13 May, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 31 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, 12 July following, while leading his platoon; unm. Buried there. His Col. wrote: “I can testify he was a fine fellow, and as brave as they are made, and no one regrets his loss to the Battn. more than I do”; and his Capt., writing to express his sympathy, stated that he had lost both an officer and a friend, one that could not be replaced. Private Ferns also wrote: “The corner of the trench which I was holding had been under a heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, so that the sand bags and parapet started to fall in on top of me. I could not look over the trench to see what was going on in the enemy lines, so I passed along word to your son, Lieut. Rowan, to come along as I got suspicious of the constant fire being trained on the one corner of the trench, as it was opposite to the entrance of the communicating trench. Your son came and fired a night searchlight. At great personal risk he had a look over the top of the trench. He located three Turkish bomb throwers between 20 and 30 yards off our trench, so he gave us the word to open fire. We did so, and must have riddled the three of them with bullets. After that he came back to where I was standing, and before he would ask anybody else he gave me a hand to rebuild the corner of the trench, while the bullets were whirring over our heads, so close that we could feel the air of them.” Private Martin, in speaking of the bravery of Lieut. Rowan, said: “He was ahead of everybody when the shell struck him. While lying on the ground he shouted, ‘Go on, boys, I’m done.’ Two of us rushed to his assistance and helped him into a sitting position, where he emptied his revolver at the Turks in front. Then, shaking hands with each of us, he lay down as if he were asleep.”

John L. Rowan.

ROWBERRY, ALFRED CHARLES, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8046), 293134, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROWE, ARTHUR, Petty Officer, 212807, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROWE, FRANK CHARLES, Leading Stoker, 227513, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROWE, JOHN, Leading Seaman, 232049, Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROWE, JOSEPH FRANK, Petty Officer, 179707, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROWE, JOSEPH JAMES, Private, No. 5415, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Francis Fuick Rowe, of Borningham Green, near Aldborough; b. Baconthorpe, near Holt, co. Norfolk; enlisted 11 Feb. 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 25 Oct. following; unm.

ROWLANDS, PERCIVAL HUGH, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5020, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROY, KENNETH JAMES, Capt., 4th Battn. (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regt., s. of the late Rev. James Roy, Rector of Stockton-on-Forest, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas Denman, Barrister-at-Law (Chancery Division); b. Appleton Vicarage, Bolton Percy, co. York, 21 Jan. 1877; educ. St. Peter’s School, York, and The Oaks, Upper Deal; joined the 3rd Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt. (York Militia), in Feb. 1896; was attached to the depot of the Manchester Regt. at Ashton-under-Lyne, 1898, and got his company, Feb. 1899. On 15 June, 1901, he was selected for a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Middlesex Regt. and became Lieut. 6 March, 1903, and Capt. 9 Nov. 1910. From Nov. 1899, to 23 April, 1905, he served with the 2nd Gold Coast Regt. W.A.F.F., taking part in the operations in Ashanti (Medal), and in the expedition into the Tiansi Country in 1902; served in South Nigeria, 1907–09, and was attached to the West African Rifles, 1911–12. He went to France with the Expeditionary Force and is believed to have been killed in action on the Mons Road, 23 Aug. 1914. A brother officer who was wounded and taken prisoner, wrote from Germany: “I saw Capt. Roy killed in a hand-to-hand fight on the Mons Road. He fought splendidly, but we had no chance, there were about 250 Germans against 40 of us, the remnant of my Company who defended Obourg station on the canal. I was lying on the ground helpless. We managed to keep the Germans in check for a bit, but were eventually overpowered, only a few, I fear, escaped to tell the tale.” His brothers: Commander Robert Stewart Roy, R.N., Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth; Staff-Paymaster Norman Frederick Roy, R.N.; and Surgeon Donald Whatley Roy, F.R.C.S., R.N.V.R., Hospital Ship Plassy; are now on active service.

Kenneth James Roy.

ROYAL, ARTHUR CHARLES, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4308), S.S. 1439, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROYALL, WILLIAM EDWARD, Chief Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner), 136424, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROYES, THOMAS PERCY, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16894, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUCK, JOHN EGERTON, Major, 1st, attd. 7th (Service), Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., only s. of the late Egerton Wynder Ruck, of Mayfield, Cheam, by his wife, Margaret Bradshaw, dau. of John Bradshaw Wanklyn; b. Cheam, co. Surrey, 12 Jan. 1874; educ. Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Gloucestershire Regt., 21 Oct. 1893, and promoted Lieut. 5 Oct. 1897; Capt. 25 Oct. 1903, and Major 17 Feb. 1915; was Adjutant of the Regt., 17 Dec. 1901 to 16 Dec. 1904; and of the Boer Camp at Diyatalama, Ceylon; also of the Militia and Special Reserve, 16 Nov. 1906 to 15 Nov. 1911; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1900; took part in the operations in Natal, 1899, including actions at Rietfontein and Lombard’s Kop, and in the defence of Ladysmith (Queen’s medal with clasp); and (2) with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 11 July, 1915, to 8 Aug. following, on which latter date he was killed in action near Anzac Bay. He m. at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 11 May, 1905, Eleanor Fanny (14, Henleaze Gardens, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol), dau. of the late Major Alexander Ferdinand Henry Mitchell Innes, 60th Rifles, and had two children: Gordon Alexander Egerton, b. 31 Aug. 1906; and Patricia Louisa Egerton, b. 5 Feb. 1912.

John Egerton Ruck.

RUDD, ALEXANDER RICHARD, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6654), 222193 H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUDD, FREDERICK THOMAS, A.B. Seaman, No. 5635A, Royal Navy, s. of Frederick James Rudd, of 36, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Edmund Howlett, of Pulham Market, Norfolk; b. Lowestoft, co. Suffolk, 14 Jan. 1897; educ. Yarmouth Road School, Oulton Broad; joined the Navy 9 Feb. 1914, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUDDERHAM, EDWIN ROBERT, Boy, Servant, L. 4251, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUDDERHAM, SIDNEY W., Marine Wireless Telegraph Operator, 1st Class, R.N.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUDDICK, JAMES JOHN (WILLIAMS, J. J.), Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9436), S.S. 106664, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUDDOCK, HAROLD EDWY COLSTON, Lieut., 28th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 4th and youngest s. of the late Montague Greville Ruddock, of the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Franklin Hay, and grandson of the late Rev. Edward Ruddock, of Westbury, Somerset; b. Richmond, Surrey, 29 Dec. 1885; was some years in the 13th Kensingtons and London Scottish, and on going to Australia was given a commission in 88th Infantry Battn. Commonwealth Military Defence Forces in 1912; offered his services shortly after war was declared, and was promoted Lieut. 17 Aug. 1915, and attached to 28th Battn. Australian Infantry. He contracted pneumonia while on active service in Gallipoli and died 22 Nov. 1915, in hospital at Alexandria, and was buried in the Chatby Cemetery there. He m. at St. Anne’s, Kew Green, Surrey, 29 June, 1909, Constance Mary, dau. of Henry Howard Aldous, Kew Green, Surrey, and had two children: Henry Edward, b. 13 May, 1910; and Alice Mary, b. 22 March, 1914.

Harold E. C. Ruddock.

RUDKIN, WILFRED GEORGE, 2nd Sick Berth Steward, M. 1327, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUDMAN, HARRY STANLEY, Trooper, No. 7/1137, 8th Canterbury Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only s. of the late Albert Rudman, of Salford, Manchester, by his wife, Florence (135, Blackfriars Road, Salford), dau. of the late George Newman, of Bath; b. Salford, 1 Feb. 1890; educ. North-Eastern County School, Barnard Castle, Durham, and the Royal Technical Institute, Salford; went to New Zealand in 1912, and settled at Stonyhurst, Christchurch. New Zealand; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in June; went to the Dardanelles about 5 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action at Waterfall Gully, there, 18 Nov. 1915; unm. He was buried in the Regimental Burial Ground at Walker’s Ridge the following day.

Harry Stanley Rudman.

RUEGG, KENNETH STANES, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), 2nd s. of the Rev. Ferdinand Stanes Ruegg, B.A., Rector of Wetherden, Stowmarket, by his wife, Alice Sophia, 2nd dau. of Robert Bianchi, of Dovercot House, Long Clawson, and London, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.; b. Llanvair-Kilgeddin, near Abergavenny, 8 June, 1890; educ. privately; enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters in 1910; was given a commission and gazetted 2nd Lieut., Sherwood Foresters, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action 20 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne; unm.

RUGG, EDWARD ERNEST, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3253), S.S. 791, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RUMBLES, ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, 223110, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

RUNCORN, THOMAS JAMES, Private, No. 5804, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of Robert James Runcorn, of 19, River Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William Hampton; b. Tamworth, 2 June. 1887; educ. there; joined the Army about 1907; went to the Front, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; unm.

RUSH, SYDNEY WALTER, Rifleman, No. 1422, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Walter Rush, of 27 and 29, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W., Draper and Ladies’ Outfitter, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of J. R. Collender, of Bow; b. Paddington, London, W., 21 Sept. 1890; educ. Mathematical School, Rochester; was a partner in his father’s business; joined The Rangers in Feb. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec., and was killed in action at St. Eloi, near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915; unm. Buried behind the trenches near the Menin Cemetery. His Capt. wrote expressing great regret at his loss, adding how devoted he was to his duty, and what a wonderful capacity he had for sticking it.

Sydney Walter Rush.

RUSSELL, FREDERICK, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5554), 302354. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUSSELL, FRANCIS, Leading Seaman, 193098, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RUSSELL, FRANK, Mechanician, 284204, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RUSSELL, HENRY, Plumber, 344095, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 19360, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch B. 5326), 182451, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUSSELL, JAMES FORTEATH, Lieut., 2nd Battn. 10th Gurkha Rifles, only s. of Col. Alexander Fraser Russell, of The White Bungalow, Tidworth, co. Hants, C.M.G., A.D.M.S., Salisbury Plain, and Laura Charlotte, eldest surviving dau. of Col. Frederick Prescott Forteath, of Newton, Morayshire, and nephew of Sir James Russell, of Edinburgh; b. Mhow, India, 20 Dec. 1887; educ. Edinburgh Academy, Bedford Grammar School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd. list, Indian Army, 25 Jan. 1908; was attd. for his first year to the 1st Seaforth Highlanders, and served with them on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1908, taking part in the operations in the Mohmand country (medal with clasp); was subsequently posted to the 89th Punjabis at Mandalay, but two months later (1 June, 1909) was transferred to the 10th Gurkha Rifles. He rendered good service under trying circumstances in escorting Chinese soldiers over a large section of road, who were retiring from Tibet to Calcutta, on their way to China, and was commended for a “road report” prepared for the march of a Battn. of British Infantry from Darjeeling to Dacca in Oct. 1913. He was on furlough in Scotland when war broke out in Aug. 1914; rejoined his regt. in India; went to Egypt, Oct. 1914, as machine-gun officer of his Battn.; took part in the repulse of the Turks at the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, May following, and was killed in action there, 2 July, 1915; unm. Buried there (I. 12 Ravine). He was for some years the youngest officer in the Army holding a medal for war service.

James Forteath Russell.

RUST, EDWARD, Private, No. 1830, 4th Battn., The Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest son of the Rev. Edward Rust, M.A., B.D., Vicar of Hamsteels, Durham, by his wife, Sarah Gregson, dau. of Edward Horatio Thew, of Gateshead; b. Gateshead, co. Durham, 10 Oct. 1895; educ. Scorton Grammar School, co. York; joined the Yorkshire Territorials in March, 1914, while still a student at Scorton, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 17 April, 1915; was twice wounded while charging with his regt. at St. Julien on the 24th, and was taken to the Field Hospital, but returned to the firing line the following evening, where he remained until his regt. was relieved on the 29th, and died from his wounds just as he left the trenches. Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery. Capt. Maughan wrote: “The youngest man in my company, he shared in all the arduous duties and marches, and I never knew him utter a complaint.” A tablet was erected to his memory by the scholars of the Scorton Grammar School, and was unveiled by the Rev. W. Kerr Smith, Governor of the School, 29 July, 1915, and a stained glass window was placed to his memory in Hamsteels Parish Church.

Edward Rust.

RUTHERFORD, JOHN THOMAS HENRY, Private, No. 9735, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, eldest s. of John Thomas Rutherford, of 45, Howe Street, Haggerston, London, Cabinet Maker, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Thomas Dillon; b. Hoxton, London, 16 July, 1888; educ. Hammond Square Council School there; enlisted 29 Aug. 1906; served 7 years with the Colours, then passed into the Reserve; mobilized on the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force the same month; served with his regt. through the retreat from Mons and the various subsequent engagements, and was killed in action at Hooge, 25 Sept. 1915; unm.

RUTLEDGE, JAMES EDWARD, Stoker, Petty Officer, 278362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RUTTER, EMANUEL, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 1699, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

RUTTER, JOHN, L.-Corpl., No. 9164, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of the late (—) Rutter, by his wife, Mary (263, Icknield Port Road, Ladywood, Birmingham); b. Birmingham, 12 Dec. 1893; educ. St. John’s, Ladywood; enlisted 8 July, 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action in the Brickfields at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried there.