Chapter X: Part 10

=BOLES, HASTINGS FORTESCUE=, 2nd Lieut., 17th Lancers, attd. Royal Flying Corps, elder _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Dennis Fortescue Boles, of Watts House, near Taunton, M.P., Master of the West Somerset Foxhounds, now commanding 3rd Battn. Devonshire Regt.; _b._ London, 21 June, 1895; educ. Evelyns, Eton and Sandhurst; received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 17th Lancers, 16 Dec. 1914, and joined the Reserve Battn. at the Curragh for training. In April he offered himself to the Royal Flying Corps as an Observer, and was accepted and appointed to duty with the Expeditionary Force in the North of France, and had some narrow escapes in reconnaissance duty, in which two of his pilots were seriously injured. Very early on the morning of 24 May he was engaged in making a reconnaissance over the German lines, when he was hit by a shot from an enemy anti-aircraft gun. The wound was seen to be extremely serious, but 2nd Lieut. Boles did not lose consciousness. When the machine returned to its base he was at once attended to by the surgical staff, placed under an anaesthetic and operated on, but died in the evening of the same day without recovering consciousness. The manner in which he met his death is best described in a letter from his commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. W. G. Salmond, who wrote: “Your son was very severely wounded in the head to-day by anti-aircraft fire whilst carrying out a reconnaissance. It occurred about 4.30 a.m. this morning. The wound was through the side of his head from front to rear. He was put under an anaesthetic. He was so plucky. When he was wounded he turned round to his pilot, Lieut. Bell Irving, smiled, and waved his hand, and when he came down I met him and he smiled again. He was conscious all that time, and even got out of the aeroplane, although he could hardly have been able to understand then. It is so distressing to have to write to you these things, but I thought you would rather hear them and know what grit he showed.” The machine was hit from the ground, where the enemy was concentrated in great force before the attack at Ypres--between Bercelaire and Dadizeele--at a height of over 7,000 ft. Lieut.-Col. W. G. Salmond also wrote again: “I cannot tell you how much we feel his loss. He was so quiet in all his work, which was always of the very best. I think few people realise what dangers our Observers have to face in the air. It is seldom that a machine returns from a reconnaissance without being hit. Your son showed no sign of the strain; he was always so cheery, ready and intelligent. He was by far the best at photography in the air this squadron or any squadron is likely to produce. In this he was as quick as lightning. He made up his mind in a moment that the area he was ordered to photograph was the area he was actually over at the time--no easy task--and took the photographs in succession at such a rate that the pilot had no need to turn and go over the ground again. When we were going to attack Hill 60 he took some photographs that morning of some German trenches and which were unknown to us, and was able to let our artillery know before attacking. The results he obtained were of the best the Flying Corps has produced. Photography of the German trenches are of tremendous value, and the results of his work were of very great value indeed to our Army. Only the day before his death he had been up photographing, and on his return showed me the back of his hand, which had been grazed by anti-aircraft splinter. He laughed at it. I am having these last photographs he took--which show the anti-aircraft shell actually fired at the machine bursting beneath, as well as the country he was asked to take--redone, so as to send to you when this war is over, as they are splendid examples of his skill and bravery. He was very gallant, and an example to us all.” He was buried at Bailleul; _unm._

=BOLITHO, FLEETWOOD JOHN=, P.O., 1st Class, 167341, H.M.S. Clan McNaughton; lost in that ship, Feb. 1915.

=BOLITHO, WILLIAM TORQUILL MACLEOD=, Lieut., 19th Hussars, elder and only surviving _s._ of William Edward Thomas Bolitho, of York House, Penzance, and Hannaford, Ashburton, D.S.O., J.P., Banker, Major 1st Devon Yeomanry, now Lieut.-Col. Commanding 2/1st battn. of the same [a cadet of Bolitho of Trewidden], by his wife, Ethel Grace, 2nd dau. of Robert Bruce Æneas Macleod, of Cadboll, co. Cromarty, and Invergordon Castle, co. Ross, J.P., D.L., Comm. R.N.; _b._ Pendrea, Penzance, co. Cornwall, 13 Nov. 1892; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne, and Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges. He passed into Osborne College at 12¾ years old, and was given a remove from his own term to a term above, which was only very specially done. He continued to be head of his term, and passed out of Osborne and Dartmouth Colleges with top marks. He joined H.M.S. Cumberland at Devonport in Jan. 1909, and also passed out first from there after a six months’ cruise, taking three prizes. He was then appointed to H.M.S. Commonwealth as midshipman with four months’ seniority; he served in H.M.S. Cochrane and in H.M.S. Bellerophon, when he left the Navy of his own accord. As midshipman in the Bellerophon he won the Stoddart Cup for boat sailing, presented by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. He then joined the Army by the Special Reserve, serving four months with the 11th Hussars at Aldershot, and passing into the Army by examination at Portsmouth in April, 1913; he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 19th Hussars 23 May, and joined 24 June, 1913. On the outbreak of war he crossed to France with B Squadron on 23 Aug. 1914, and served with it throughout the winter and spring. He was killed in action near Chateau Hooge, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ His Major, writing to his father, said: “Your son is a great loss to us, his name had been sent in for special mention after the operations on 13 May, when he found himself temporarily in command of the squadron, and made very good use of his opportunity.”

=BOLLAND, THEODORE JULIAN=, Major, 9th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), late 16th Rajputs; _b._ 9 Jan., 1870; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattached from the Militia 23 Nov. 1892, and after serving with the Manchester Regt., was appointed to the Indian Staff Corps, 27 Feb. 1894; joined the 16th Rajputs; promoted Lieut. 23 Feb. 1895, but was obliged to resign owing to severe attacks of malaria; went on half pay 26 April, 1900; and retired 11 June, 1902; volunteered for service when war broke out, and was gazetted Capt. 2nd Queen Victoria’s Rifles (6th London Regt.) 6 Sept., 1914; exchanged into the 9th Liverpools in March, 1915, went to France a few days later, was promoted Major on the 30th and was killed in action there 9 April following.

=BOLSTER, GEORGE EMIL=, Major, R.F.A., eldest _s._ of the late Surg.-Major Thomas Gardiner Bolster, A.M.S., by his wife, Ludivina (44, Lebanon Park, Twickenham), dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. John Frederic Nembhard, Bengal Army; _b._ Dagshai, India, 21 July, 1876. His childhood was spent at the various places where his father happened to be serving--India 4½ years, Devonport 2½ years, and Halifax, N.S., 5 years, during the whole of which time his mother was his sole instructress. On returning from Canada in 1888, he was sent to Ipswich School, and in 1883 passed direct into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. At the final examination two years later he passed out sixth on the R.A. list, and was awarded the prize for artillery. Gazetted on 2 Nov. 1895, he was promoted Lieut. 2 Nov. 1898, Capt. 1 Sept. 1901, and Major 17 Feb. 1912. Most of his time as subaltern was spent in Northern India, where he acted for two cold seasons as Staff Officer of the late Brig.-Gen. R. Purdy, R.A. The 36th Battery, to which he was posted on promotion, came home early in 1903, and was stationed at Newbridge, Ireland, where he was at once made Adjutant of the 35th Brigade, which post he held for over three years. In 1909 he was appointed Staff Capt. R.A., 5th Division Irish Command, but vacated that appointment in 1911, on being nominated for the Staff College. On completing the course, he was posted to the 106th Battery in South Africa. Recalled to England on the outbreak of war, his battery joined the camp of the 7th Division at Lyndhurst, and with it proceeded to Belgium. They were in the advance to Ghent to support the Naval Division from Antwerp, and the Belgian Army, and shared the hardships of the subsequent retreat to Ypres. He was killed in the historic stand which the 7th Division made near that place, 23 Oct. 1914. His engagement to Coralie, elder dau. of Col. Thomas de Burgh, of Oldtown, Naas, was announced one month before his death. Lieut.-Col. D. Fasson, commanding 22nd Brigade, R.F.A., wrote: “As a battery commander, he was hard to beat, and I certainly have never met a keener soldier. His whole heart was in his work.”

=BOLTON, CHARLES=, 1st Class Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8166), S.S. 103986, _s._ of William Bolton, by his wife, Louisa (Towns End, New Buckingham, near Attleboro’, Norfolk), dau. of Robert Duffield; _b._ Scole, 7 Oct. 1888; educ. there; joined the Navy 1906, and was lost in the North Sea when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._

=BOLTON, ERNEST JAMES=, Private, No. 10221, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Moore Bolton, of 60, East Street, Coventry; _b._ Warwick; served with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action between 21 Oct. 1914 and 5 Feb. 1915; _unm._

=BOLTON, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6944, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=BOLTON, HARRY HARGREAVES=, Capt., 5th Battn. East Lancashire Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Henry Hargreaves Bolton, of Heightside, Newchurch-in-Rossendale, co. Lancaster, J.P., Colliery Owner, by his wife, Florence Eliza, dau. of Thomas Allen, of the Manor House, Thurmaston, Leicester; _b._ Accrington, co. Lancaster, 9 Feb. 1886; educ. Mostyn House School, Parkgate; and at Shrewsbury School, and after being at home for a short time, gaining some knowledge of the working of collieries, he went to Wigan, and attended for two years a course of mining instruction, part of which consisted of practical work underground in the mines of the Wigan Coal and Iron Company, Ltd., afterwards returning to Accrington Collieries to gain further experience, with a view to sitting for examination for the first-class mine manager’s certificate. This he obtained in Dec. 1912. Soon after, on the retirement, through ill-health, of the late Mr. James Whittaker, he was appointed to the responsible position of agent for the Accrington Collieries of Messrs. George Hargreaves & Co., of which his father was managing partner. He joined the 5th (Territorial) Battn. of the Manchesters at Bolton in 1905, which was then the 1st Battn. Volunteers, but on his return to Accrington he transferred to the 5th Battn. of the East Lancashires, and having passed the school of instruction for qualification to the Regular service, was given his commission as Capt. 25 July, 1911. On the outbreak of war he and his brother both volunteered for foreign service, and went out with their regt. from Burnley to Egypt in Sept. 1914, and on 5 May, 1915, to the Dardanelles. He wrote home from the transport on that day, and nothing more was heard until a telegram was received to say that he had been wounded on Whit Monday, 24 May, 1915, shot in the head, and he died without gaining consciousness the same day. Capt. Bolton took a great interest in the work of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Owners’ Rescue station, formed for the purpose of rescuing men at underground explosions, going through the course of training instruction with the Accrington Collieries rescue team, and obtained a certificate for competency. At the time of the Hulton Colliery explosion he took a team of men over fully equipped with the necessary appliances and went underground to help in the work required after the explosion. He was also a keen supporter of the National Service League, and was Secretary for the Accrington district. Closely associated with St. Augustine’s Church and School, Huncoat, he took a boys’ class in the Sunday School there regularly up to the time of his marriage. He _m._ at Habergham Church, Burnley, 1 June, 1911, Helen Oliver, dau. of Alexander Drew, of Holme Lodge, Burnley, J.P., and they lived at High Brake, Accrington, and had two children: George Henry Hargreaves, _b._ 14 Feb. 1914; and Rhona Helen Allen, _b._ 2 April, 1915. Capt. Bolton’s next brother, Lieut. John Bolton, was also killed at the Dardanelles (see his notice), and his two younger brothers, Lieut. Maurice Bolton and Lieut. Geoffrey Bolton, and his brother-in-law, Lieut. Douglas Hacking, Conservative candidate for Chorley, are now (1916) on active service.

=BOLTON, JAMES FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1909), late Ch. I/12380, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BOLTON, JOHN=, Lieut., 5th Battn. East Lancashire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Henry Hargreaves Bolton, of Heightside, Newchurch-in-Rossendale, co. Lancaster, J.P., etc. (see preceding notice); _b._ Accrington, co. Lancaster, 6 Jan. 1889; educ. Tonbridge School, and Manchester University. On leaving the latter, where he took the three years’ mining engineering course, he was engaged at the Accrington and Rossendale Collieries, of which his father was Managing Director, and after a short time was placed in charge of the commercial department at Accrington, and was soon recognised as a capable and energetic business man. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th (Territorial) Battn. of the East Lancashires, 19 June, 1913, and volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war. His regt. went out to Egypt in Sept. 1914, and while there he took a special course in scouting under Gurkha officers, and was made Scout Master of the battn. He received his Lieutenant’s commission 6 May, 1915, and sailed for the Dardanelles the same day. He was killed by a shell which fell in the front line trenches, in the bombardment before the advance on Krithia, 4 June. After his death his father received from General Douglas, commanding 42nd Division, the following card of congratulation which had been sent to him, but before it reached him he had been killed: “The General Officer commanding the 42nd (East Lancs.) Division congratulates Lieut. J. Bolton, 1/5 Battn. East Lancs. Regt. on the gallant action performed by him on 12 May, 1915. Signed C. O. W. Douglas, M. Genl. Commd., 42nd Division.” The action referred to was fetching ammunition from the base under fire of the enemy, when the battn. ran short in the trenches. He was _unm._ and was buried at Ghurka Bluff, Gallipoli.

=BOLTON, JOHN=, Private, No. 2575, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Lancaster; enlisted 1 April, 1899; served in South Africa, 9 Aug. 1900 to 4 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medals with two clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., from 11 Sept. 1914; died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, Braisne, 8 Oct. following, of wounds received in action; _m._

=BOLTON, JOSEPH CROOK=, Private, No. 25689, 14th Battn. (Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of (--) Bolton; _b._ Clitheroe, 3 June, 1883; educ. Royal Grammar School there; went to Canada in Oct. 1912, and was a painter; on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, enlisted, came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to the Front, 10 Feb. 1915, and died 23 April, 1915, of wounds received in the great Canadian Charge at St. Julien. He was buried in Vlamertinghe Churchyard, Belgium. He _m._ 20 May, 1907, Emma (52, Eshton Terrace, Clitheroe, Lancs), dau. of (--) Rushton, and had two children: Frank, _b._ 12 May, 1910; and Marjorie Esther, _b._ 4 Nov. 1908.

=BOLTON, WILFRED=, Private, No. 260, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of (--) Bolton, of Normanton, Yorkshire; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 18 May, 1915.

=BOLTON, WILFRID=, Sub-Lieut. R.N.V.R., Collingwood Battn., R.N.D., 2nd _s._ of Henry Lushington Bolton, of The Sanctuary, Westminster, and The Gables, Crowborough Beacon, Sussex, Solicitor, by his wife, Chloe, dau. of James Richard Gordon; _b._ Porchester Terrace, London, 26 May, 1897; educ. at The Grange, Crowborough; Parkfield, Haywards Heath; Osborne and Dartmouth. On leaving Dartmouth in April, 1914, he was rejected for the Navy on account of a slight defect in sight. On the outbreak of war joined the R.N.V.R., and was killed in Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915.

=BOLTON, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 15252, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Kemmerl, 29 May, 1915; _m._

=BON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 2399, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Croix Barbée, 15 Oct., 1914.

=BOND, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 10752, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 1st _s._ of Joseph Bond, of 44, Brough Street, Derby, Warder, Derby Prison, by his wife, Kate, dau. of the late Thomas Gordon, of Derby; _b._ Derby, 1 March, 1895; educ. St. Joseph’s R.C. School there; was for some time a Porter at the Great Northern Railway Station at Derby, and enlisted 1 June, 1914. He was sent to France 9 Oct. following, was severely wounded in the fighting around Ypres, 19 Nov. 1914, and died at No. 4 Clearing Hospital two days later. He was buried in the Military New Cemetery at Poperinghe; _unm._

=BOND, OLIVER HUGH DEVEREUX=, Sapper, No. 2074, 1/1st Kent Field Coy., R.E., only _s._ of the late David Bond, of Bovey Tracey, South Devon, by his wife, Harriett (Watford, near Rugby, Northamptonshire), dau. of Hugh Devereux; _b._ South Kensington, 4 June, 1891; educ. Long Buckby (Rugby) Council School; was a Plumber; enlisted 22 May, 1915, and went to the Dardanelles 23 Sept. 1915. He was mortally wounded by a Turkish shell when returning from a day’s work in the trenches, at Lala Baba, Suvla, 1 Dec. 1915, and died an hour later. The doctor who attended him said: “He was one of the bravest lads I have had under my notice during the war,” and his N.C.O. wrote: “He did not know what fear was.” He was buried in the Reserve Area, 2nd Mounted Division, south of Chocolate Hill; _unm._

=BOND, SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3693), S.S. 101259, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BOND, THOMAS MORGAN=, 2nd Lieut., 11th Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, late Private, No. 9973, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt., yst. _s._ of Major Thomas Morgan Bond, of 37, St. James’ Square, Holland Park, W., R.A.M.C. (retired), by his wife, Martha Francis, dau. of Alexander Meiklejohn, of Greenock; _b._ Belfast, 12 Oct. 1896; educ. Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, Sussex; enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade on 10 Aug. 1914, five days after the declaration of war, and at once joined his battn. for training at Crowborough. He left for France on 4 Nov., served in the trenches through the winter and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 2 May, 1915, aged 18 years and 7 months; _unm._ He was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Irish Rifles, 10 May, to rank as from 10 March, but did not live to take up his commission.

=BOND, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7905), S.S. 103590, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BONE, HARRY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12056, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BONE, WILLIAM GEORGE ALFRED=, Private, No. 1652, 1/4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 1st _s._ of William George Bone, of 253, Seward Street Buildings, Goswell Road, E.C., by his wife, Ada Rose; _b._ St. Luke’s, London, E.C., 29 Aug. 1895; educ. L.C.C. Central School; enlisted Aug. 1913, and was killed in action in Flanders, 27 April, 1915; _unm._

=BONFIELD, JAMES GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14967, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=BONIFACE, VICTOR GORDON JOHN=, Leading Seaman, 204435, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BONNAR, WILLIAM McGREGOR=, Trooper, No. 726, 6th Australian Light Horse, 3rd _s._ of William Bonnar, of 51, Braid Avenue, Edinburgh, Joint General Manager, New Zealand and Australian Land Company, Ltd., by his wife, Mary Strachan Baird, dau. of John Calderwood; _b._ Edinburgh, 31 March, 1890; educ. George Watson’s College there, which he left in 1909, deciding to take up stock farming. After some training in Lauderdale he left Scotland for Australia, where he spent four years on a large sheep and cattle station in New South Wales. Soon after the outbreak of war he joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Dec. 1914, proceeded in March, 1915, with reinforcements of his regt. to Egypt, and two months later crossed to Gallipoli. He had volunteered for bombing work, and while engaged in this was severely wounded and died on the hospital ship Sicilia two days later, 13 June, 1915, being buried at sea three miles off Gaba Tepe; _unm._

=BOONE, CHARLES FREDERICK DE BOHUN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Essex Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Col. Frederick Browne Boone, H.E.I.C.S., by his wife, Mary Frederica, dau. of Major-Gen. Wavell, F.R.S; _b._ Nagode, India, 16 May, 1870; educ. Haileybury, and Oriel College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13 July, 1892, and promoted Lieut. 30 Sept. 1896, and Capt. 9 Oct. 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers from Sept. 1902 to Nov. 1906, and was afterwards attached to the staff of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; served with the relief force in the Chitral campaign (medal with clasp), 1895; in the South African War, 1900–2, being employed with the mounted infantry; took part in operations in the Orange Free State, Transvaal (May-Oct. 1900 and again Nov. 1901–May 1902), and in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River (Jan. 1901); present at the actions at Vet River (5–6 May, 1900), the Zand River, Diamond Hill (11–12 June), Belfast (26–27 Aug.), Frederickstad (17–25 Oct.), and at Colesberg (1–29 Jan. 1901), etc. (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Aug.-Sept. 1914; wounded at the Battle of the Marne, and died in the Lycée Pasteur, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 23 Sept. 1914; _unm._

=BOORER, WALTER JAMES=, Trooper, No. 1839, West Kent Yeomanry, eldest _s._ of Walter George Boorer, of High Street, Cobham, Surrey, Printer and Publisher, formerly of Dorking, by his wife, Rachel, dau. of the late Samuel Butler of Tooting, Surrey; _b._ Dorking, co. Surrey, 15 Jan. 1897; educ. St. Martin’s National School, Dorking; volunteered and enlisted in the West Kent Yeomanry, Whit Monday, 24 May, 1915; left England for the Dardanelles in Sept., and was killed in the trenches there, 8 Nov. 1915. He was buried in his regimental cemetery in Y Ravine at Helles, Gallipoli. His Major wrote: “Your son and another man were both killed by the same shell, which came down the trench in which they were in. Death was almost instantaneous, and he could have suffered no pain. He had not been long in my squadron, but during the time he was with me he did his duty as a soldier, and displayed great courage under fire.”

=BOORMAN, CYRIL ADLINGTON=, Trooper, No. 801, posthumous Lieut. B. Squadron West Kent Yeomanry (T.F.), only child of Frederick William Boorman, of Gravesend, Solicitor and Commissioner for Oaths; _b._ Gravesend, 11 Sept. 1891; educ. King’s School, Rochester, where he held a King’s Scholarship; joined the West Kent Yeomanry in 1913, and on mobilization volunteered for foreign service with them, but died at home of cerebro-spinal meningitis, contracted while in training at Westbere, near Canterbury, 3 March, 1915. He was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. R.E. 27 March, to rank as from 1 March (prior to death). Lieut. the Hon. A. R. Mills wrote: “He joined the troop with me in 1913, and was under me for two trainings and, of course, since mobilisation, and was one of my most efficient men--intelligent, keen, and a first-rate soldier, and I feel sure would have made a most excellent officer.” Mr. Boorman was in his school cricket eleven for several years and captain of the football eleven; he also held the record for the long jump at the school sports, and was a member of the Gravesend Cricket and Rowing Clubs. He had matriculated at London University and passed the A.M.I.C.E. examination.

=BOOT, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1076, 7th Battn. 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of George Arthur Boot, of Risley House, 1 Berridge Road East, Nottingham, by his wife, Mary Kate, dau. of Mark Spink Shaw; _b._ Robin Hood’s Chase, Nottingham, 29 April, 1893; educ. Grosvenor School. He joined the Nottingham Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.) as a driver (No. 328), 27 June, 1911, and obtained his discharge 30 Sept. 1913, after which he went to Australia. On the outbreak of war, he enlisted in the 7th Battn. of the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, left with his battn. for the Dardanelles, was dangerously wounded in the head in action there, 9 May, 1915, and died on board the hospital ship Nevasa on the 27th of that month; _unm._ He was buried at sea. His two brothers are now (1916) on active service, the elder, Leonard, with the Red Cross in France; the yr., George Harold, as Lieut. in the 15th Sherwood Foresters in France.

=BOOTH, GEORGE THOMAS=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24708 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=BOOTH, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10630 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BOOTH, ROLAND HARTLEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24104 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Arthur Newsome Booth, of 177, Newsome Road, Huddersfield, co. York; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=BOOTH, THOMAS=, Private, No. 21338, 4th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Thomas Henry Booth, of 46, Ball Haye Road, Leek, Leather Merchant, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Bamford, of Stafford; _b._ Leek, co. Stafford, 24 Feb. 1877; educ. Leek Grammar School; was for some time manager of his father’s leather warehouse; joined the 2nd Manchester Volunteers in 1896, and the 1st Coy. North Staffordshire Volunteers in 1900, and served with them until their disbandment on the organisation of the Territorial Force in 1907; went to Canada in June, 1912, and was in the employ of the Hudson Bay Co., at Winnipeg; volunteered and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war; came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France, 31 March, 1915; was shot by a sniper while being relieved from the trenches at Ploegsteert, 2 Sept., and died of wounds in the Northern General Hospital, Leicester, on the 30th of that month. Buried in the family vault at Leek; _unm._

=BOOTH, TOM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9662, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BOOTHAWAY, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 9127, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Alonzo Boothaway, of Central Avenue, Wigston Magna, co. Leicester. Hosiery Framework Knitter, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William Vann; _b._ Wigston Magna, 4 Jan. 1892; educ. Board School there; enlisted 28 May, 1911, and at the time of the outbreak of war was serving as a valet at King Edward VII Hospital, Grosvenor Gardens, W. He went through the retreat from Mons, was wounded on 7 Nov. 1914, but recovered and returned to the trenches on 24 Dec., and was killed in action near Festubert, 3 Jan. 1915, while being relieved from the trenches. He was buried in the soldiers’ cemetery, Rue du Bois, Bethune (Richebourg Road, Row B, Grave 17); _unm._

=BOOTHBY, JAMES ROBERT=, Lieut.-Commander R.N.V.R., No. 4 Squadron Armoured Cars, formerly Lieut., Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of the late Alexander Cunningham Boothby, of St. Andrews, by his wife, Madeline (now wife of Alexander Rigaud Wilson Wood, of 7, Abbotsford Crescent, St. Andrews), dau. of Frederick Lewis Maitland Heriot, of Ramornie, co. Fife; _b._ Springfield House, Cupar, Fife, 17 Jan. 1883; educ. St. Salvators, St. Andrews, and Glenalmond College, Perthshire. In May, 1900, he joined the Fife Artillery Militia. He served in the 24th Battn. Imperial Yeomanry during the South African War, receiving medal with five clasps. He rejoined the Fife Artillery in 1903 and was subsequently appointed to the Royal Scots and served in India. When the regt. came home he resigned owing to temporary ill-health and went to Vancouver. On the outbreak of war he returned to England and obtained a commission in the Armoured Car Division. He was killed in action on 1 May, 1915, at Gallipoli, the day after landing at Gaba Tepe. His commanding officer wrote: “I can only say this, that every officer and man in the Armoured Car Force simply loved Jim Boothby. I never want a more loyal, good-hearted and good-natured second in command than he was. His own men saw that he had, what perhaps few out there got, a proper burial.” He was _unm._

=BOREHAM, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st class (R.F.R., B. 4450), S.S. 103462, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BOSANQUET, LIONEL ARTHUR=, of Cleddon Hall, co. Monmouth, Lieut.-Col., 9th Battn. The Sherwood Foresters (Notts, and Derby Regt.), eldest _s._ of the late Arthur Bosanquet, of Cleddon Hall, J.P., I.C.S., Judge, Bombay Presidency, by his wife, Matilda, dau. of Col. Andrew Crawford, and grandson of Augustus Henry Bosanquet, of Ossidge, Southgate, H.E.I.C.S.; _b._ Southgate, co. Herts., 29 Jan. 1862; educ. Mr. Rose’s private school, Ramsgate, and Harrow; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted Lieut. to the Sherwood Foresters, 10 March, 1883, and promoted Capt. 8 May, 1892, and Major 9 May, 1903. He served in the Tirah Campaign 1897–8, took part in the operations in the Bazar Valley (25–30 Dec. 1897), the action at Dargai, and in the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, receiving the medal with two clasps; and retired in 1911. On the outbreak of war he rejoined and was given command of the 9th (Service) Battn. of his regt., 26 Oct., 1914. He went out to the Dardanelles and was in action from the 23 July to 22 Aug. 1915. He was wounded on 9 Aug. but rejoined in a week and was killed in action 22 Aug. 1915. Col. Bosanquet was killed (believed by machine guns) in Dead Man’s Gully, while leading his battn. To quote from a General’s letter, whose brigade found and buried his body: “He must have done well, for he was close up to the enemy, ahead of most of his men, who were stretched out behind him, never a one with his back turned, and all in perfect alignment.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [and published in the Supplement to the London Gazette dated 28 Jan. 1916], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Col. Bosanquet _m._ at Crockham Hill, Kent, 31 Aug. 1892, Alice Emily (7, Springfield Place, Bath), 2nd dau. of the Rev. John Erskine Campbell-Colquhoun, of Killermont and Garscaddon, co. Dumbarton, M.A., J.P., D.L., formerly Vicar of Southwold and Crockham Hill, and granddaughter of the late John Campbell-Colquhoun, of Killermont and Garscaddon, by his wife, the Hon. Henrietta Maria, née Powys, dau. of Thomas, 2nd Lord Lilford, and had issue: Cicely Alice Colquhoun, _b._ 25 Nov. 1893; and Eveline Louise Emmeline, _b._ 11 Jan. 1899.

=BOSANQUET, SIDNEY COURTHOPE=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. The Middlesex Regt., elder _s._ of Charles John Bosanquet, of Stokesay, Kidbrook Park, Blackheath, Electrical Engineer, by his wife, Edith, elder dau. of the Rev. John Lloyd, of Llanvapley, co. Monmouth, and grandson of the late Rev. Edward Stanley Bosanquet, Rector of Bolingbroke, co. Lincoln, and great nephew of the late Samuel Richard Bosanquet, of Forest House and Dingeston Court, co. Monmouth, J.P., D.L.; _b._ Belvedere, co. Kent, 15 July, 1894; educ. St. Lawrence’s College, Ramsgate; received his commission 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Houplines, near Armentières, 16 Dec. 1914; _unm._

=BOSEMAN, JOHN=, Private, No. 631, 1st Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force; a native of co. Armagh, Ireland; volunteered on the outbreak of war; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915.

=BOSHER, CHARLES WALTER=, Corpl., No. 2446, 1/7th Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Walter John Bosher, of 8, High Street, Egham, by his wife, Winifred Birkett, dau. of Henry Channing; _b._ Egham, co. Surrey, 2 Sept. 1884: educ. at Cranleigh School, Surrey; was in business with father as a corn and coal merchant; joined the 1/7th City of London Regt. early in Sept. 1914, and after training at Watford during the winter, went to the Front, 17 March, 1915. He came safely through the Battle of Loos (25 Sept.), and was killed in action three weeks later at Hulluch, 19 Oct. 1915, by the explosion of a trench mortar; _unm._ His cousin, Corpl. R. F. Bosher, who joined the Colours the same day was killed by the same explosion (see following notice).

=BOSHER, RONALD FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 2449, 1/7th Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Ellington Bosher, of Lewes, Sussex, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Arthur Garratt; _b._ Lewes, co. Sussex, 24 March, 1893; educ. at Lewes Grammar School; was a farmer’s assistant; joined the 7th City of London Regt. early in Sept. 1914, and after training at Watford during the winter, went to the Front, 17 March, 1915. He came safely through the Battle of Loos (25 Sept.), and was killed in action at Hulluch, 19 Oct. 1915; _unm._ His cousin, Corpl. C. Bosher, who joined the Colours the same day, was killed at the same time (see previous notice).

=BOSWELL, BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 5784, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Benjamin Boswell, Blacksmith; _b._ Small Heath, Birmingham, 25 Dec. 1886; educ. Ada Street Council School there; enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regt., purchasing his discharge from it in 1902. On 4 Oct. 1903, he joined the Coldstream Guards, and died of wounds received in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 15 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Christ Church, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 16 April, 1911, Lily, dau. of William Herrick, of Small Heath; _s.p._

=BOSWELL, JOSEPH NORMAN=, Boy, 1st Class (Dev.), J. 29552, H.M.S. Formidable; lost when that ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel, 1 Jan., 1915.

=GARNETT-BOTFIELD, ALFRED CLULOW FITZGERALD=, Lieut., 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers, yr. _s._ of the late William Egerton Garnett-Botfield, of Decker Hill, and The Hut, Bishop’s Castle, co. Salop, J.P., F.G.S., by his wife, Elizabeth Clulow (Decker Hill, Shifnal, etc.), dau. of John Howard-McLean, of Aston Hall, co. Salop, and gdson. of the late Rev. William Bishton Garnett-Botfield, of Decker Hill, co. Salop, and Haughton Hall, co. Chester, M.A., J.P.; _b._ Bishop’s Castle, 16 June, 1892; educ. Eton (Mr. Churchill’s House), and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was up at Cambridge for the Long Vacation when war was declared. He volunteered the same day, and was given a commission in the Rifle Brigade, 15 Aug. 1914. After a course of training at Sheerness he was sent to the Western Front in Nov., and on arrival there was attached to the South Wales Borderers, and was subsequently (22 Jan. 1915) transferred to that regt. He served through the fighting at Festubert, Givenchy, La Bassée and Neuve Chapelle, where he several times had his clothes pierced with bullets but escaped unwounded, and was killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915; _unm._, and was buried there. He had been promoted Lieut. in March. Writing to his mother, his company officer, Capt. A. C. Lloyd, said: “Your very gallant son fell in action on the 9th (Sunday). His platoon was ordered out to an advanced trench under protection of our artillery fire. The order was given to advance from there, and though heavy maxim gun fire was coming from the German lines, he at once and without any hesitation gave the command, ‘Prepare to advance.’ I was myself hit and just saw him leap out of the trench, only to fall at once instantaneously killed. I have recommended him for his gallant conduct, and only hope that an official recognition of his qualities as a soldier will receive due mention.... A more efficient subaltern than your son could not be found, always ready for any work however hazardous, and always most cheerful. The men all loved him, and would have followed him anywhere, as they always knew he could lead them.” And his commanding officer, Major A. I. Reddie, wrote: “On the 9th an assault in the early morning had been attempted on the enemy’s trenches. This was unsuccessful, so another was made in the afternoon, when our battn. were detailed to carry it out in one part of the line. Your son’s platoon during the artillery bombardment had to crawl along an old trench in front of the breastwork in order to get nearer the enemy’s lines. This they had to do under heavy fire, but succeeded so far. When the time came for the assault your son jumped up to lead his men, and was shot at once before he got any distance. Several attempts were made at night to recover his body, but owing to the enemy’s fire it was found impossible to do so before we were relieved at midnight; but it is still hoped to do so, and we had arranged to bury all the officers in an orchard near a place called ‘Windy Corner.’” His body was afterwards recovered and “buried on the 10th in the evening by being carried across our trench on one of the bridges used for the ditch ... about 300 yards on the left of the cinder track. The ditch between our line and the German line is the most permanent guide. This ditch, about 4 feet deep and 16 feet wide, runs parallel to our line, then at right angles to this into the German. The spot would be about 250 yards to our left of this junction and 40 yards from this point back in the direction of the Rue du Bois.” At Cambridge he was in the first Third Trinity boat. He stroked the winning University Trial Eight two years in succession, and with Mr. A. Drewe won the Foster-Fairbairn Pairs in the record time of 8 min. 35½ secs. He was also a keen tennis and hockey player. He was intensely musical, much of his spare time being spent at the organ. He was a member of Third Trinity, Leander and Viking Rowing Clubs, and but for the war would more than possibly have stroked the University boat in 1915. One who knew him very intimately at Cambridge as an engineering student wrote to his mother of him: “Your son was one of the best types produced by Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, a type we can very ill afford to lose.... He was much honoured, respected ... and loved by all oarsmen, and many hoped he might in his last year have obtained the coveted ‘Blue.’ As engineer he displayed a great ability in practical things and a thorough understanding of machines and men. An untimely end through his fearless bravery has robbed us of one of the very finest of the coming generation.”

=GARNETT-BOTFIELD, CHARLES SIDNEY=, Capt., Bedfordshire Regt., elder _s._ of the Rev. Charles Ramsey Garnett-Botfield, M.A., Vicar of Moreton, Oswestry, co. Salop, by his wife, Ida Mary, dau. of Thomas Aldersey of Aldersey, co. Chester, and gdson. of the Rev. William Bishton Garnett-Botfield, of Decker Hill, co. Salop, and Haughton Hall, co. Chester, M.A., J.P.; _b._ Rochdale, 5 Oct. 1887; educ. Rossall and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Bedfordshire Regt. 8 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 5 March, 1910, and Capt. 2nd Battn. 15 Sept. 1914. He died at Boulogne, 14 Dec. 1914, from wounds received in action at Ypres, 30 Oct. 1914, and was buried at Moreton; _unm._ Capt. Garnett-Botfield was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field.

=BOTHWELL, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 18312, 13th (Service) Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of William Bothwell, of 10, Bogside Place, Easter House, Lanarkshire; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died in the Canadian General Hospital, Camiers, 4 Oct. 1915.

=BOTLEY, ALBERT WICKSTEAD=, A.B., Ch. J. 10692, H.M.S. Formidable; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the English Channel, 1 Jan. 1915.

=BOTTGER, ABBIN ERNEST HENRY=, Private, No. 7774, 1st Battn. Highland Light Infantry; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between 11–18 March, 1915.

=BOTTING, EDWARD CHARLES=, Private, No. G. 915, 6th (Service) Battn. East Kent Regt., _s._ of John Botting, of 12, Wheatley Terrace, Erith, Kent; _b._ Battersea, S.W., 20 July, 1893; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 13 Oct., 1915.

=BOTTING, GEORGE=, Private, No. G. 71, 7th (Service) Battn. East Surrey Regt., _s._ of Joseph Botting, of Cowdry Cottage, Midhurst, Sussex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 8 Oct. 1915.

=BOTTOMLEY, ALBERT=, Private, No. 2010, 4th Battn. Manchester Regt.; was employed at Messrs. Platt Brothers & Co.’s Works, Oldham; enlisted early in 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915, aged 25.

=BOTTOMLEY, THOMAS REGINALD=, B.A., Lieut., 1st Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Bottomley, of 25, Norman Road Thornton Heath, co. Surrey, formerly of Ripponden, Halifax, by his wife, Ellen, eldest dau. of the late Peter Whiteley, of Liverpool; _b._ Ripponden, co. York, 17 Oct. 1887; educ. Rishworth Grammar School, and St. John’s Training College, Battersea, and from the latter was appointed as a teacher by the Croydon Educational Committee in 1909. He was connected mainly with the Oval Road Boys’ School, and with his boys he was a great favourite and an intimate friend, joining in all their sports and gaining their confidence in every way. As an internal student of London University he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1913 and had intended to take the Honours Degree examination in 1915. It was while at London University that he entered the Officers’ Training Corps, in which he spent three years until April, 1914, when he accepted a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st East Yorkshires. He entered barracks in June, left for the Front the beginning of Sept. a few days after his marriage, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 23 Sept. 1914. He was elected to membership of the South London Harriers in 1911, and was known mostly to the cross-country members, having been a regular attendant at headquarters. He avoided racing not being keen on it, nevertheless he finished 26th in the match against the Ranelagh Harriers in 1912. He _m._ at Cambridge, 29 Aug. 1914, Eveline Mary, only dau. of William Henry Gibson, of The Hollins, Sowerby Bridge; _s.p._

=BOUCHER, HAROLD ERNEST=, Private, No. 7065, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late Arthur Boucher, by his wife, Helena, dau. of James Whitehouse; _b._ Birmingham, 17 Aug. 1886; enlisted in 1st Battn. 28 Dec. 1906, and exchanged into the 3rd Battn. when he went to Egypt, serving seven years with the colours. On the outbreak of war he was called up from the Reserve, and died at Viviers, Landrecies, 2 Sept. 1914, of wounds received in action. He _m._ at Windsor, 4 Dec. 1912, Gertrude Annie (4, Park View, Winson Street, Dudley Road, Birmingham), dau. of George Hawkins, and had two children: Frances Annetta Gregson, _b._ 11 Oct. 1913; and Kathleen Gertrude Magdalen, _b._ (posthumous) 27 April, 1915.

=BOUGHTON, ERNEST GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 3226, No. 2 Platoon, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt., 3rd _s._ of Horace John Boughton, of 15, Auckland Road, Bow, E., by his wife, Ann, dau. of George Parrot; _b._ Bow, London, E., 22 May, 1896; educ. Chisenhale Road Council School; was a Shop Assistant; enlisted 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and died in hospital at Bethune, 15 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at La Bassée the previous day; _unm._ Buried in Bethune Cemetery. His Platoon Officer, Lieut. W. A. Piercey, wrote: “He was wounded to-day. He was struck twice by a German sniper while out of the trench under my orders. Rifleman Gowers, who was with him, acted in a very cool and soldierly way in assisting his comrade under fire, and your son bore up most bravely under the pain and discomfort inevitable in being brought in under such circumstances. We have every reason to be proud of them both.”

=BOULDEN, REUBEN WILLIAM HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 237607, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BOULOGNE, JORDAN=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BOULT, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 1639, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry; a native of Seaham Harbour, Durham; went to Canada from West Hartlepool about 1910; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry; was severely wounded at Ypres, where he had a leg shot off, and died in hospital at Boulogne, 15 May, 1915. Three of his brothers are on service, two in the Army and one in the Navy.

=BOULTON, JAMES FORSTER=, Midshipman, R.N., H.M.S. Monmouth, yr. _s._ of Alexander Claude Forster Boulton, of 28, Ranelagh Avenue, Barnes, J.P., Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, formerly M.P., North Hunts, by his wife, Florence Marion, dau. of Henry Harmes; _b._ Putney, 3 April, 1899; educ. Willington School, Putney, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges. He was appointed to H.M.S. Monmouth on the outbreak of war, as a Naval Cadet, and was advanced to the rank of Midshipman only a few days before he was lost in the sinking of H.M.S. Monmouth, while in action off the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. Entering Willington School as its youngest boy in May, 1905, he left it as head boy at Christmas, 1911, after being head of Form V and prize-winner the previous July. Having entered Osborne Royal Naval College in Jan. 1912, he was second of his year at Easter and first of his year at Midsummer. He was top in bookwork in the Christmas term, and third in the final order for the year. He played for the Soccer XI in various “forward” positions. In the following year he won the fly-weight boxing, and passed out second of the 70 Cadets of his “year.” In Jan., 1914, he entered Dartmouth College, where he was also first in bookwork in his first term. His aggregate position at both colleges was generally second--a highly creditable record when one remembers the number of Cadets.

=BOURGES, JOHN (JEAN)=, Private, No. 67214, 25th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Gabriel Bourges, of Cancale, Ille et Vilaine, France; _b._ Cancale, 3 May, 1890; educ. there, and left France on a French fishing vessel in 1904 for Canada, and on account of ill-treatment remained there and worked as a sailor, and never returned to France until he came with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he at once volunteered, crossed to France in Sept., and was killed in action 27 Dec. 1915, by the bursting of a shell in his trench; _unm._ He was buried in the cemetery of the 25th Battn. by the Rev. Father Doyen, of the 5th Brigade.

=BOURKE, BERTRAM WALTER=, Capt., 5th, attd. 2nd, Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only surviving _s._ of the late Major William Henry Bourke, of Heathfield, Ballina, co. Mayo, Connaught Rangers, by his wife, Sarah Louisa, dau. of James John Young; _b._ 9 Dec. 1882; educ. in Saint Servant, France; served with the Royal Engineers (Militia) from which he exchanged into the 5th Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1904; passed the school of instruction for employment with the Regular Forces, and obtained the rank of Capt. 24 Feb. 1912. He left for the Front on 2 May, 1915, was attached to the 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and was killed in action while gallantly leading his men near Ypres, just a week later, 9 May, 1915. Capt. Bourke _m._ at Stapletown, Carlow, 19 April, 1913, Eileen, dau. of George Neville Usher, of Carlow, and had two daus.: Vivienne Neville, _b._ 29 Jan. 1914; and Patricia Bertram, _b._ 4 Nov. 1915.