Chapter XXIX: Part 29

=EDLMANN, ERNEST ELLIOT, D.S.O.=, Major, R.A., 5th _s._ of the late Major Joseph Ernest Edlmann, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, by his wife, Caroline Sim (Kent House, Leamington), dau. of William Elliot, Madras Civil Service; _b._ at Leamington, 24 Nov. 1868; educ. at Leamington College (1879–85) and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.A., 17 Feb. 1888; and promoted Lieut. 17 Feb. 1891, Capt. 24 Oct. 1898, and Major 15 Dec. 1908; served in the Chin Hills, Burmah, 1892–3 (medal with clasp); in the Sudan; expedition to Dongola, 1890 (medal, Egyptian medal), and in the operations on the North West Frontier, India, 1897–8, first with the Mohmand Field Force, and then with the Tirah Expeditionary Force; present at the actions of Chagru-Kotal and Dargai, and the capture of Sanpagha and Arhanga Passes, the actions of 9, 16 and 24 Nov., the operations in Bara Valley, 7–14 Dec., and the affair at Shinkamar, 29 Jan.; and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 5 April, 1898], and received the medal with two clasps, and the D.S.O. (invested by Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace, 16 Nov. 1908. The Madras Weekly Mail of 18 Nov. 1897, in its account of the taking of the Sanpagha Pass, wrote: “Part of the 5th Bombay Mountain Battery shelled the position at 500 yards range, under a hot fire from the sungar. The only position which the battery could get was on the top of a sort of pinnacle, and two guns fell off this from their own recoil. The greatest credit is due to Lieut. Edlmann for the way he fought his guns under great difficulties, and with a fire being poured in at him from a short range,” and Capt. MacNunn, D.S.O., the Artillery expert, writing in the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution on the same incident, said: “This was almost entirely an artillery battle, and the effect of combined fire completely drove off the enemy; heavy infantry fighting had, however, been looked for and a big casualty list. The fight ended by No. 5 Bombay Mountain Battery being pushed forward, when Capt. de Butts, R.A., was killed on rounding a bluff at the head of his battery, which suddenly came under a fire from the ridge in front. Lieut. Edlmann at once assumed command, and, taking a section, closed in to 500 yards and cleared the ridge of the enemy, a most dashing feat, for which he was commended in despatches. It is no small thing to stand to your guns at 500 yards’ range from marksmen armed with Martinis and Lee-Metfords, but so does audacity bring its own reward in war, that, wonderful to relate, there were no more casualties in the section.” In 1900, Major Edlmann was appointed to raise and command the Abbottabad Mountain Battery (now No. 30 M.B.). This he did with great success, obtaining a second class classification for shooting in the spring of 1902, and first class every subsequent year of his command. He took this battery on service in the Aden Hinterland in 1903–4. In 1902 he was selected to command the Indian Contingent of Native Mountain Artillery, which was present at the Coronation of King Edward VII., on which occasion he was described in The Times as being the best range-finder in the Royal Regt. of Artillery. He was appointed to No. 1 British Mountain Battery in 1910, subsequently transferring to No. 23 Peshawar Mountain Battery, which he was commanding in the 1914–5 operations in the Persian Gulf. In Mesopotamia he took part in the operations of 11, 15 and 17 Nov., near Mohammerah, Saihan, and Sahil respectively. The most skilful and dashing counter-attack carried out by his battery in connection with an infantry unit on the 11th and the admirably directed and highly effective artillery fire of the 15th and 17th are both mentioned in despatches. In the Turkish attack on our position at Shaiba on 11 April, Major Edlmann is mentioned in despatches for the clever handling of his battery and accuracy of fire in silencing the enemy’s guns and repelling his attack. The despatches also speak of the magnificent support given by the artillery throughout the campaign. Major Edlmann was mortally wounded at the Battle of Barjisijah on 14 April, having just taken over the duties of C.R.A., that officer having been wounded. Our troops, over open ground, were attacking a superior force of the enemy skilfully entrenched and concealed over a front of 3 miles. Major Edlmann was much beloved by officers and men alike, while in Military circles it was recognised, in the words of the obituary in the Court Journal, that “he was a fine officer and should have gone far in the service. He was certainly the first gunner in the service.” An officer wrote to his family after his death: “He was one of the bravest men I have ever met, an ideal artillery officer, always absolutely cool--quite indifferent to the heaviest fire.” The entire battery voluntarily paraded at the funeral, and his character was summed up by one of the native officers, whose grief on hearing the news was most touching: “He was such a good and brave Sahib.” Major Edlmann was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a very keen naturalist, preferring shooting in the mountains in the north of India to all other forms of sport. Except for an expedition in Burma, he always selected fresh areas in Kashmir, Ladak, Zaskar, Baltistan, and the many other districts of that part of the Himalayas between India proper and Russian and Chinese Turkestan. He knew all these districts well, and made a very good and varied collection of heads and birds. He presented a collection of rare birds to the Leamington Museum. On these expeditions he always travelled very light, and his powers of walking being almost phenomenal, he was able to cover large tracts of country. He was a keen polo player, though of recent years he had been obliged reluctantly to give this up, owing to the results of bad enteric fever. He _m._ at Abbottabad, 19 Sept. 1908, Evelyn, dau. of Major-Gen. Lorne Campbell, C.B., 38th Dogras, and had four children: Joseph Campbell, _b._ 24 Jan. 1909; Ernest Lorne Campbell, _b._ 28 April, 1914; Antonie Lorne Campbell, _b._ 13 Oct. 1910; and Adine Lorne Campbell, _b._ 24 Aug. 1912.

=EDMOND, ALFRED THOMAS=, Private, No. 11804, 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers, 4th _s._ of the late Seaward Richard Edmonds, Sapper R.E. (see following notice), by his wife, Esther Jane; _b._ Cardiff, 5 Aug. 1897; educ. Lansdown School, Cardiff; enlisted the day war was declared, 5 Aug. 1914; and was killed in action, 29 Jan. 1915; _unm._

=EDMOND, SEAWARD RICHARD=, Sapper, No. 606, 1st Glamorganshire Fortress Coy., Royal Engineers (T.F.), _s._ of Seaward Richard Edmond, Brewer; _b._ Haverfordwest, 6 July, 1865; educ. there; and was a Commission Agent in Cardiff. He had joined the Glamorgan Garrison Artillery Volunteers, and at the time war was declared was a bandsman with the rank of Sergt.-Major. He joined the Royal Engineers as a sapper, 4 Aug. 1914; went to France, and died there of heart failure, 25 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Roath Church, Cardiff, 23 Jan. 1887, Esther Jane (Kingsland Road, Cardiff), dau. of (--) and had 11 children: William Seward; Albert Ernest, Private, R.F.A., on active service; Harry Lewis; Alfred Thomas, Private, South Wales Borderers (killed); Archie Bernard; Gordon Stanley; Elise Marie: Esther Jane; Kathleen; Doris Mullar; and Irene. Sergt.-Major Edmond was well known in the Cardiff District as a musician and had the Long Service medal.

=EDMONDS, JOSEPH LEONARD=, Chief Petty Officer (N.S.) (R.F.R., A. 1942), 147080, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=EDSELL, GEORGE ALFRED=, M.D., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Lieut.-Col., 83rd Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., yst. _s._ of the late James Edsell, of Beulah Hill, Norwood [a direct descendent of Capt. James Cook, R.N., the discoverer of Australia], by his wife, Phœbe Caroline, dau. of (..) Jones; _b._ Aberdovey, co. Merioneth, 18 Jan. 1859; educ. King’s College and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; qualified L.R.C.P., London, 1886; M.R.C.S. England, and L.S.A., 1886; M.D. Durham, 1902; D.P.H., R.C.P.S., London, and D.P.H. Camb., 1905; was Res. Obst. Asst. and Clin. Asst. Royal Eye Hospital, Southwark, and afterwards Hon. Surgeon Home for Cripples, Surbiton, and Clin. Asst. Samaritan Hospital for Women. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health, a member of the British Medical Association, an Hon. Life Member of the St. John Ambulance Association, and Surveyor of the Medical Department at the Admiralty, and author of “Successful Reposition of a Completely Severed Finger.” He had joined the Oxfordshire L.I. in 1889 as Surgeon-Lieut., and retired 10 years later as Capt., but when the Territorial Force was organised in 1908, he joined the R.A.M.C. with his former rank. He was promoted Major shortly afterwards, and in 1911 became Lieut.-Col., and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service. He proceeded to Flanders with the 27th Regular Division, and was present throughout the operations round Ypres and the Battles at Hill 60 and St. Eloi. At the latter place he contracted pleurisy, but continued to do his work until he was invalided home at the end of April, and after a long illness died at Surbiton, 15 Aug. 1915. He was exceptionally good at all games, a fine shot, and for many years hunted with the Bicester and South Oxfordshire Hounds. He was exceedingly popular with the officers and men of his unit, and even after contracting his fatal illness never spared himself but worked unceasingly at his arduous duties, never giving to anyone a task which he was not prepared to perform himself. He _m._ at Byfleet, 14 July, 1887, Annie Isabel (The Cedars, Surbiton), eldest dau. of William Haines, of The Cedars, Byfleet, Surrey, and had six children, of whom survive: George Lynton, Capt. 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., _b._ 23 April, 1888; Arthur Reginald Kepp, Capt. 6th Battn. East Surrey Regt., _b._ 10 July, 1889; Eric Valentine, Lieut. 6th Battn. East Surrey Regt., _b._ 13 Feb. 1891, all three (now 1916) on active service; Phœbe Ella, _b._ 8 Jan. 1893; and Kathleen Isabel, _b._ 8 Nov. 1895.

=EDWARDS, ALBERT=, Armourer, 342029, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=EDWARDS, ALBERT GEORGE=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27375 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Alfred Edwards, of 8, Gorton Street, Hyde Road, Ardwick, Manchester; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=EDWARDS, ERIC LEA PRIESTLEY=, Capt., 1st Battn. East Yorks. Regt., eldest _s._ of Lea Priestley Edwards, of Warberry Court, Torquay, by his wife, Emily Gertrude, 2nd dau. of Sir Henry Edwards, 1st Bart., C.B.; _b._ Scarborough, 2 March, 1877; educ. Harrow and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. East Yorkshires, 20 Feb. 1897; promoted Lieut. 31 July, 1898, and Capt. 15 May, 1903; was Adjutant to a Volunteer battn. July, 1907–March, 1908, and in the Territorial Force, April, 1908–July, 1910; served with the Tirah Expedition, 1897–8, being present at the operations in the Bara Valley, 7–14 Dec. (medal with two clasps). On the outbreak of war he joined the Expeditionary Force with his regt. and was killed while leading his company near Troyon, at the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept. 1914; _unm._

=EDWARDS, ERNEST IRVING=, Private, No. 130, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in action, 3 May, 1915.

=EDWARDS, FRANK THOMAS=, Private, No. 7605, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Silas Edwards, of 342, Long Acre, Nechells, Birmingham; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._

=EDWARDS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 1191, 4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in action, 10 June, 1915.

=EDWARDS, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B 3925), S.S. 1204, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=EDWARDS, GEORGE THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16518, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=EDWARDS, HAROLD THORNE=, Capt., 1st Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of Thomas Stephen Edwards, of 24, Stow Hill, Newport, Monmouth, Solicitor, by his wife, Alice Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Nathaniel Thorne; _b._ Newbridge, co. Monmouth, 9 Nov. 1883; educ. Brighton House School, Clifton, Bristol, and was admitted a solicitor in 1907. For some time he was with his father at Newport, and then took charge of the Blackwood branch. He joined the 1st Monmouthshires, then known as the 2nd South Wales Borderers, about 1905, becoming Capt. 8 April, 1911, but in 1913 went to Rhodesia to take up farming, and at the time of the declaration of war held an important appointment under the British South Africa Co. there. He returned to England at once and rejoined his old regt. on 22 Sept. 1914, and went to the Front in Feb. 1915. He was killed at Zonnebeke, 8 May, 1915, during the Battle of Ypres. The following report of his death was received: “On 8 May, 1915, at Zonnebeke, two battns. were forced to retire, a gap was created and the Germans swarmed over the trench. Capt. Edwards and most of his Coy. were surrounded, and the Germans shouted ‘Surrender!’ Capt. Edwards was heard to exclaim: ‘Surrender, be damned! Rapid fire, boys!’ and was seen by the men firing at the enemy. He was then shot.” A brother officer wrote: “He was a fine skipper, and the men worshipped him.”

=EDWARDS, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 695), 197733, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=EDWARDS, HERBERT MARTIN CHARLES=, Artificer, No. 326 E.B., E.R.A., R.N.R., H.M.S. Cressy, 4th and twin _s._ of the late Alexander Edwards, Chief Gunner’s Mate, R.N. (who served 22 years in the Navy, and was subsequently for 25 years, keeper of the Aberdeen Custom House), by his wife, Jessie; _b._ Aberdeen, 2 April, 1880; educ. Gordon’s College, Aberdeen; and was a Free Burgess of Aberdeen; joined the Navy in 1905, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._

=EDWARDS, JOHN EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2472), 218697, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=EDWARDS, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1201), 126314, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=EDWARDS, ROBERT GARNET CHAWNER=, Yeoman of Signals, 202620, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=EDWARDS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1963, C Coy., 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt., _s._ of John Richard Edwards, Engine Driver, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of David Thomas, Colliery Manager; _b._ Cwmback, Aberdare, 17 April, 1879; educ. National School, Bassaleg, Newport, co. Monmouth; joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. South Wales Borderers, 19 May, 1896, in which he served 12 years, retiring 31 March, 1908, but on the outbreak of the war he rejoined with the contingent from Messrs. Whitehead’s Iron and Steel Works, Tredegar, where he had been employed as an Ironworker. He went to France, 15 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Messines Ridge, 27 March, 1915, being buried in Wulverghem Churchyard. His commanding officer, Capt. O. W. D. Steel, wrote: “Private Edwards had been in my company for some six months, and we had all come to regard him as a thoroughly reliable and excellent soldier. He was most popular with the company, and despite the fact that he had taken up soldiering somewhat late in life, had made himself most efficient in every way. I was with your husband soon after he was wounded, and was with him till his death. He lived only a few minutes and his end was quite painless.” He _m._ at Bassaleg, Monmouth, 29 Sept. 1906, Rose (3 Varteg Place, Sirhowy, South Wales), dau. of William Clift; _s.p._

=EDWARDS, WILLIAM=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7332, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=EDWARDS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 10146), 298659, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=EDWARDS, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 6479), 302949, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=EGERTON, ROWLAND LE BERWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd. attd. 1st, Battn. The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, yr. twin _s._ of Sir Philip Henry Brian Grey-Egerton, 12th Bt., Major, 2nd Cheshire (Earl of Chester’s) Yeomanry, late Capt. and Hon. Major Earl of Chester’s Imperial Yeomanry, formerly Capt. 4th Battn. Cheshire Regt., by his 1st wife, Mary Carolyn Campbell, dau. of the late Major James Wayne Cuyler, U.S.A.; _b._ 8, Seymour Place, London, W., 4 April, 1895; educ. Evelyn’s, Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, 30 Oct. 1914; _unm._

=EGLINGTON, ROBERT CECIL=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1075), 171790, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ELDER, CHARLES=, Sergt., No. 7903, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I., _s._ of the late William Elder, by his wife, Frances (now wife of Robert Orr Templeton, of 93, Pitt Street, Glasgow), dau. of John Sutherland, of Nairn; _b._ Glasgow, 28 Jan. 1885; educ. Albany Academy there; enlisted July, 1902; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Verneuil, 20 Sept. 1914. He was wounded in the foot, but in spite of this went on until he was killed; _unm._ Buried at Verneuil. A comrade wrote saying that “he died as a true British soldier, gallantly leading his section.” He was a good all-round sportsman.

=ELDRIDGE, THOMAS HENRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2410A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ELEMENT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 289064, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ELEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B., 224960, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

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

=ELKINS, WILLIAM JAMES=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 174504, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=ELLAWAY, ALFRED HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4654), S.S. 103868, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ELLENDER, RICHARD STANLEY=, Leading Seaman, 239356, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=ELLINGHAM, WILLIAM ALBERT HENRY=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch./17902, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ELLIOT, JAMES=, Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner, 3700), 133049, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ELLIOT, JOHN AMYAND=, Q.M.-Sergt., No. 162, 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Capt. Charles Sinclair Elliot, R.N., Chief Magistrate of Norfolk Island, 1907–14 [who on the outbreak of war offered his services to the Commonwealth Government and was appointed Naval Officer in charge of Largs Bay, South Australia, where he died suddenly, 30 March, 1915, from heart failure], by his wife, Florence Louisa (Braemar, Eastwood, Sydney), dau. of Frederick Leacroft Dudley; _b._ Plymouth, England, 6 April, 1891; went to New South Wales with his parents in 1904; educ. The King’s School, Parramatta, Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, and Hawkesbury Agricultural College. On leaving there he went to Gillendoon, Warren, and later to Illilliwa, Grenfell, and at the outbreak of the war was managing Grawlin, near Forbes, for Mr. J. M. Holland. He joined the 2nd Infantry Battn., and was appointed Colour-Sergt. to B Coy., commanded by the late Major C. C. Gordon, and on the re-formation of the battn. in Egypt was appointed Coy. Q.M.-Sergt. to D Coy., under the late Major D. Wallack. He was killed in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ He was a good all-round sportsman, excelling particularly at football, representing S.C.E.G.S. in the great Public Schools’ Competition, and winning his honour cap both at S.C.E.G.S. and at the Hawkesbury College, and representing Warren as a member of the team that won the District Cup in 1912. Three of his brothers are (1916) on active service, W. A. Elliot is a Sub-Lieut., R.N., Lieut. Dudley Sinclair Elliot, A.I.F., went with the Expedition to New Guinea, and was in charge of the Native Affairs Department at Rabaul, and 2nd Lieut. Alban Charles Elliot, A.I.F., is in England prior to going to France.

=ELLIOT, MATTHEW TAYLOR=, L.-Corpl., No. 6311, No. 3 Coy., 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Elliot, of 19, Albert Street, Shieldfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Cooper; _b._ Tyne Dock, South Shields, 28 Feb. 1882; enlisted 21 Aug. 1905; appointed L.-Corpl. 23 Feb. 1915; served in Egypt 31 Oct. 1907 to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914 to 8 Oct. 1915, on which day he was killed in action at Vermelles, Belgium; _unm._

ELLIOT, THOMAS, Private, No. 14373, 10th (Service) Battn. Yorkshire Regt., _s._ of Joseph Elliot, Miner, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Thomas (and Jane) Hall; _b._ Frimdon Colliery, co. Durham, 20 Aug. 1886; educ. Ryhope Colliery School; was a Miner; volunteered and enlisted Sept. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1915, and was killed in action between Albert and Fricourt, 1 July, 1916. His commanding officer wrote speaking highly of him as one of the best and bravest of his men, and saying that had he lived he would have gained a D.C.M. He _m._ at Sunderland, 11 April, 1911, Florence, dau. of Charles (and Mary) Hindmarch, of 28, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, and had a son: Charles Hindmarsh, _b._ 25 Jan. 1914.

=ELLIOTT, FREDERICK JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 5471), 295811, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ELLIOTT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 16885, 7th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. William Elliott, of Jubilee, British Columbia, Methodist Minister, formerly a missionary in Japan, by his wife, Maria, dau. of George Willan Robinson; _b._ Toyama, Japan, 17 April, 1893; educ. various public schools of Manitoba, 1899–1902; privately, in Japan, 1902–08; and at Victoria and Vancouver (B.C.) High Schools, 1908–10; for some time worked as a house carpenter, with a view to becoming an architect; enlisted in the 88th Victoria (B.C.) Fusiliers in Nov. 1913, for special service (to assist in quelling the strike troubles at Vancouver Island) and, when, nine months later, the European War broke out, volunteered for Imperial Service; left Canada with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914, and, after training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, went to the Front in Feb., and was killed in action at Langemarck, 24 April, 1915, being shot through the head; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. F. F. Elliott, who volunteered at the same time, is now (1916) on active service with the same battn. in France.

=ELLIOTT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 231737 (Ports.), H.M.S Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ELLIOTT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8165), S.S. 104009, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=ELLIS, BASIL HERBERT=, Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I. 2nd _s._ of Rev. Henry Maitland Ellis, Vicar of Hedge End, co. Hants, M.A., by his wife, Ida Mary, dau. of the late Capt. Herbert Reid Lempriere; _b._ Exbury Rectory, co. Hants, 20 May, 1895; educ. Highfield Preparatory School, Liphook, and Shrewsbury; at which latter he won a scholarship, was subsequently head of his house. He should have gone into residence at Oxford, as a Scholar of Wadham College, in Oct. 1914, but, having been in the O.T.C. while at Shrewsbury, was given a commission in the King’s Shropshire L.I. 22 Sept. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. 1 Oct. following. He went with his regt. to the Front in May, and was killed in action at Hooge, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the garden of a Farm House, on the left side of the Ypres to Zillebeke Road. An officer wrote of him: “He was an excellent scout officer, and had done some good work since our arrival in France--absolutely fearless and perfectly calm under fire--greatly liked by the men of his platoon, which he had in excellent order”; and another, describing his death: “It was while going out across the open to get water for several men who had been badly wounded that he was killed.” Lieut. Ellis was a keen sportsman; while at Shrewsbury he was in the 1st XI. Cricket Team, and also had his Fives Colours, and was Editor of the “Salopian.”

=ELLIS, EDMUND ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./68O6, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=ELLIS, GEORGE WILLIS=, A.B., J. 1773, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ELLIS, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9481), S.S. 106864, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ELLIS, JUDSON HAROLD=, Private, No. 33326, 3rd Canadian Field Ambulance, eldest _s._ of William Sandford Ellis, of Alliston, Ontario, Canada, Grain and Seed Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late John Gallaugher; _b._ Thornbury, Grey co., Ontario, 24 March, 1891; educ. Alliston Public and High Schools; graduated (Phm. B.) from Toronto in 1913, and on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914, at once volunteered, and enlisted in the Canadian A.M.C. at Winnipeg on the 18th of that month. He came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; went to France in Feb., and died, 21 May, 1915, of wounds received while attending to the wounded at the Battle of Festubert; _unm._ He was buried at Hinges, France. His Lieut.-Col., Walter L. Watt, wrote: “From the very first he did his duty and did it well. He had no fear and was always a willing volunteer for anything requiring deeds and not words.”

=ELLIS, LEONARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8084 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ELLISON, REGINALD=, A.B., No. Mersey Z/38, R.N.V.R., 2nd _s._ of James Ormrod Ellison, of Tarbock Road, Huyton, and Boundary Road, St. Helens, Lancashire, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of William Robinson; _b._ at St. Ann’s, St. Helens, Lancashire, 27 Feb. 1897; educ. Ashton-in-Makerfield Grammar School, was articled as an Electrical Engineer, but on the outbreak of war enlisted (7 Sept. 1914) in the 1st Battn. 2nd Royal Naval Brigade, was transferred to the Howe Battn. and sailed from Avonmouth, 27 Feb. 1915. He was wounded in action at Gallipoli, 1 May, while advancing under heavy fire, and died in the 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, 27 May, 1915, aged 18 years.

=ELLISON, ROBERT=, Gunner, No. 36235., R.F.A., eldest _s._ of Ted Ellison, of Bishopwearmouth, Miner, by his wife, Mary, dau. of John Murphy; _b._ Wheatley Hill, co. Durham, 3 April, 1874; educ. St. Benett’s School, Sunderland; was a quarry worker; enlisted 6 Sept. 1914; trained at Wycombe, Bucks, and died 13 Dec. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. previous. He _m._ at Sunderland 22 May, 1896, Jane (6, Carley Place, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of James McGreavy, and had issue: James Edward, _b._ 13 Oct. 1901; Thomas, _b._ 6 Jan. 1904; Robert, _b._ 22 May, 1907; John, _b._ 21 Feb. 1913; and Florence May, _b._ 29 Aug. 1910.

=ELLISTON, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Sailmaker’s Mate (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9489), 201530, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ELLOT, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 1517, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Maidenhead, co. Berks; enlisted 30 July, 1897, aged 20; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; reported missing after the fighting on 25 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Windsor 18 Dec. 1905, Elizabeth (209, Campbell Buildings, Westminster Bridge Road, S.W.), dau. of (--) Farrell, and had six children: William, _b._ 7 Feb. 1907; Claude, _b._ 1 Feb. 1913; Harry, _b._ 11 April, 1914; Cicely, _b._ 7 April, 1908; Marterl, _b._ 28 Feb. 1910; and Gwendoline, _b._ (twin) 1 Feb. 1913.

=ELLSWORTH, ERNEST MALVERN=, Private, No. 46141, 13th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Alden Ellsworth, of Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S.A. (died 9 March, 1897), by his wife, Mary (now wife of Paul S. Allen, of Cobourg, Ontario), dau. of Daniel Lockhart, of Nova Scotia; _b._ Laconia aforesaid, 1 March, 1894; educ. Ottawa; was a farmer’s hand; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2 Sept. 1914; came over with the first Contingent, from Windsor, N.S.; went to the front, April 20, and was killed in action in France, 21 May, 1915; _unm._

=ELLSWORTH, JAMES=, Private, No. 625, 1st Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of Henry Ellsworth, of Carmanville, Newfoundland, by his wife, Emelia; _b._ Carmanville afsd., 4 Jan. 1889; educ. there; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war, and joined the Newfoundland Regt.; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 4 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Borderers Ravine (Cem. 117, J. 3, grave No. 32).

=ELLWOOD, CHARLES HUGH=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Lincolnshire Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Col. Arthur Ellwood, of Mareham-le-Fen, co. Lincoln, V.D. (died April, 1915), by his wife, Caroline (Manor House, Mareham-le-Fen, Boston), dau. of Robert Addison Hogsthorpe; _b._ Mareham-le-Fen, 2 Dec. 1887; educ. Lincoln Grammar School, and assisted his father farming. With his elder brother, now Capt. A. A. Ellwood, he joined the Horncastle Coy of the old Lincoln Volunteers in 1903, of which Company their father was Colonel Commanding, and on the organisation of the Territorial Force was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 17 June, 1911, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he and his brother both volunteered for Imperial service and went to France with their regt. 28 Feb. 1915. Capt. Ellwood was appointed to the charge of a machine-gun section, and Lieut. Ellwood was given charge of a section in the trenches. He was killed in action at Wytschacte, near Messines, Belgium, 1 June, 1915, and was buried in Dranoutre Churchyard; _unm._ His commanding officer, the late Col. Jessop, wrote: “He was doing splendidly.... I have sent his name up more than once for good work”; and Lieut. H. B. Riggull, of the 5th Battn., in a letter dated 14 June, said: “I was very sorry about Ellwood’s brother. It was very bad luck, especially as he had been doing such good work. He often used to crawl right out to the German line at night and gave a lot of valuable information; the General sent for him, and personally congratulated him.” He was very keen on miniature shooting, and had won many prizes.

=ELMER, JOSEPH HENRY=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R.. Ch. B. 7906), 168002, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ELRINGTON, GERARD GORDON CLEMENT=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Gerard Gordon Elrington, Capt. Dorsetshire Regt., by his wife, Mary Tilly (now wife of General John Miles, of 35, Fitzroy Road, Regent’s Park, N.W.), dau. of the late Alexander Watson; _b._ Bruges, Belgium, 28 April, 1894; educ. Cranleigh School, Surrey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd East Yorkshires, 1 Oct. 1912, went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Festubert, France, 30–31 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Capt. H. K. Umfreville, 2nd Battn. Duke of Wellington’s Regt., wrote: “During the time I commanded the battn., during the Aisne fighting and the later operations north of Arras, 2nd Lieut. Elrington has shown conspicuous gallantry, and his company commander repeatedly expressed to me his admiration of the cheerfulness and carelessness of danger displayed by this officer.... I may briefly add the circumstances under which 2nd Lieut. Elrington met his fate. Near Festubert, on the night of the 30th to 31st, a company of this battn. was ordered to co-operate with the Sikhs in recovering a trench captured by the Germans the previous night. 2nd Lieut. Elrington was leading his platoon in this attack, and was shot through the head within a few feet of the trench. The trench was not taken, but I assured myself later that he was quite dead, and his burial was carried out by the officers of the Sikh (58th Rifles) company in the trench later on.”

=ELSON, GEORGE EDWARDS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4845) S.S. 104229, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ELVES, THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R.. B. 5123), 292957, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=ELWIN, FRANK HAROLD=, 2nd. Lieut., 2nd Battn. Duke of Edinburgh’s Wiltshire Regt., only _s._ of James Elwin, Tea Planter, Manager of the Kuttal Tea Estate, Cachar, India, by his wife, Isabel Mary, dau. of John Henry Weaver; _b._ Darjiling, India, 22 Sept. 1895; educ. Shrewsbury School, and left there in July, 1914, with the intention of going on to King’s College, Cambridge, to study Science, a subject in which he had shown considerable ability. On the outbreak of war, the following month, however, he enlisted in the Shropshire L.I., 9 Sept. 1914. On 7 Nov. following he was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. of the Wiltshires, and was afterwards transferred to the 2nd Battn.; he went to France on 24 Feb., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on the early morning of 12 March, 1915. His Col. wrote very highly of him and his work.

=EMERY, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B., 195662 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=EMMERSON, WALTER=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 7698, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=EMMOTT, JOHN BARLOW=, 2nd Lieut., 10th (Oldham) Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.). yr. and only surviving _s._ of George Henry Emmott, M.A., LLM., Barrister-at-Law of the Inner Temple, Queen Victoria Professor of Law, and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Liverpool University, by his wife, Elizabeth, 4th dau. of Joseph Bevan Braithwaite, Barrister-at-Law, and nephew of Alfred, 1st Baron Emmott of Oldham, P.C., G.C.M.G.; _b._ at Nantucket, Mass., U.S.A., 9 Aug. 1888; educ. Birkenhead School and Victoria University of Manchester; was studying the cotton spinning and manufacturing business in the mills of Messrs. Emmotts and Wallshaw, Ltd., Oldham; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in 10th Manchester Territorials, 9 March, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from May to 4 June, 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action at Achi Baba, Gallipoli. He _m._ 27 Aug. 1913, Doris Lees, sister of 2nd Lieut. R. G. L. Ascroft (killed in action the same day as his brother-in-law), dau. of the late James Henry Ascroft, of Oldham, Solicitor; _s.p._

=EMPSON, RICHARD WILLIAM HENRY MACARTNEY=, Lieut., Royal Marine L.I., elder _s._ of John Empson, of Knock-na-cree, Milborne Port, Somerset, M.D., late Surgeon North Somerset Yeomanry, by his wife, Esther Katherine, 2nd dau. of the Rev. Charles Morgan Watling, Rector of Upcerne, Dorset; _b._ Milborne Port, co. Somerset, 26 May, 1896; and was educ. at Connaught House, Weymouth, Marlborough College and Royal Naval College, Greenwich. He passed into the Royal Marines in June, 1913; served with them during the siege of Antwerp, also at Lille and Lierre, and was promoted Lieut. 17 Sept. 1914. He sailed for the Dardanelles, 27 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action, 1 May, 1915, at Gaba Tepe. He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22 Sept. 1915, and his commanding officer, Col. Luard, wrote: “The young officer in command, Lieut. Empson, displayed great gallantry up to the time when he was killed”; and in a further report, stated: “Lieut. Empson was wounded on 30 April, and continued to actively direct the defence of the trench until he was killed on 1 May, while delivering fire on the enemy at close range. I beg to recommend him for a posthumous honour for his services on 29 and 30 April,” Capt. Syson also wrote: “I cannot rate Lieut. Empson’s defence of his isolated trench too highly. From the reports of those who survived him, he never let there be any doubt as to his procedure should ammunition give out and the hundreds who were attacking them reach this trench. He upheld their courage and called forth the qualities which made them stand up to attack by day and by night, exist with little or no sleep, food or water, and face the fact that their chance of relief from outside was very small.” He played for the Royal Naval College in the Kent Cup Final in March, 1914. He was only 18, and was _unm._

=EMPTAGE, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2960), 160112, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ENFIELD, CHARLES JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2781), S.S. 77, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ENTWISTLE, BENJAMIN=, Pte., No. 5791, 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt.; was in the employ of Proctor Bros., Cotton Manufacturers, Wheatley Lane Mills, Burnley; enlisted, went to France, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, April, 1915; _unm._

=EPPS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 2nd Class C.G., (R.F.R., Ch. A. 1834), 154131, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SWEET-ESCOTT, MURRAY ROBERTSON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt., yr. _s._ of the Rev. Edward Herbert Sweet-Escott, of Hartrow Manor, Taunton, a Master of Dulwich College, S.E., by his wife, Anna Frances, dau. of Henry Robertson, of Over Stowey; _b._ Over Stowey, Bridgewater 14 Dec. 1887; educ. Dulwich College, and Marlborough; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (Special Reserve), in Dec. 1909, and, after a year’s training with the Irish Fusiliers, was promoted Lieut. 24 Feb. 1911. Three years later he was seconded for service as A.D.C. to Sir E. B. Sweet-Escott, K.C.M.G., the Governor of the Leeward Islands, and in the same year followed him in the same position to Fiji. He returned in the autumn of 1913, and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for foreign service, being transferred to the 1st Battn. 5 Aug. 1914. He went with his battn. to the Front, and was killed in action on the Aisne, close to Missy and near the town of Brayne, 20 Sept. 1914, and was buried where he fell; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “Your son was killed while leading his platoon to repel a very heavy attack made on my battn. by six German battns.; and it was in great part due to the gallant behaviour of his company that we were eventually able to repel the attack. I cannot speak too highly of your son’s behaviour, and, although he had been with us so short a time, he had endeared himself to both officers and men.”

=ETHERTON, CHARLES EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5096), 199736, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ETHERTON, HENRY JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./16052, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=EVANS, ALEXANDER EASSON=, C.E., Lieut., No. 2 Field Coy. Canadian R.E., _s._ of the Rev. Maurice John Evans; _b._ Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, 6 Jan. 1872; educ. Herriott-Watt College, Edinburgh; went to Canada, and became a Civil Engineer; volunteered for service overseas on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the 3rd Battn. in Oct. 1914; promoted Corpl.; left Victoria, British Columbia, for England, 14 Feb. 1915; trained at Shorncliffe, where he was drafted into the 7th Battn.; crossed to France the first week in May, and went straight up to the trenches; took part in the fighting at Festubert, 23–26 May, where he displayed great gallantry and was given a commission as Lieut. and posted to the Canadian Royal Engineers in Oct.; appointed Brigade Wiring Officer, and was shot by a sniper while attending to wire entanglements on the night of 5 Jan. 1916. His commanding officer wrote that he was mourned by all his brother officers as an efficient officer, and an unselfish comrade. Lieut. Evans _m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1899, Ethel A. B. (_d._), 6th dau. of J. G. Fenwick, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and had two children: Maurice John, _b._ 3 May, 1900 and Helen Margaret, _b._ 2 Oct. 1902.

=EVANS, ARTHUR=, 2nd Lieut., 18th (Service) Battn. The Welsh Regt., only surviving _s._ of John Evans, of Broniarth, North Road, Aberystwyth, Solicitor, Coroner for North Cardiganshire and Deputy Town Clerk of Aberystwyth, by his wife, Jane, dau. of John Jones (Ivon), of Aberystwyth; _b._ Aberystwyth, 26 Feb. 1892; educ. Towyn County School, and on leaving there was articled to Mr. Bassett, A.R.I.B.A., Aberystwyth. On completing his articles he entered the service of Mr. Sydney Moss, F.R.I.B.A., Manchester, and gave promise of a successful career as an architect and land surveyor, but after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he returned home, joined the University College of Wales (Aberystwyth) O.T.C. in Oct., and on 19 Feb. 1915, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 18th Welsh Regt., then in training under Col. Homfray at Porthcawl, Glamorgan. On 31 March, 1915, he was thrown off a motor cycle while out riding with some brother officers near Porthcawl, and died the same day at King Edward VII Hospital (Bedford House), Cardiff; _unm._ He had been very eager to get to the Front, and his commanding officer wrote that he “had proved himself to be a very capable officer.”

=EVANS, EDWARD=, Private, No. 1682, 2nd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of the late Edward Evans, by his wife, Abigail (2, Gibson’s Steps, High Street, Pontypool); _b._ Cardiff, 27 Oct. 1897; educ. National School there; enlisted early in 1912, and was killed in action in France, 30 Dec. 1914. Capt. L. P. A. Rolls wrote: “Your son had been my servant ever since the beginning of Oct., when we were in Northampton, and had been with me till he met his death. I cannot tell you what a good willing lad he was in all that he did for me. He was killed like so many other--nobly doing his duty in the trenches.”

=EVANS, EDWARD FRANK=, S.B.A., M. 4751, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Edward Evans, of 2, Clisby Cottages, Iver Lane, Cowley, co. Middlesex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=EVANS, HERBERT CLYDE=, B.A., LL.B., Barrister-at-Law, Lieut.-Commander, Nelson Battn. Royal Naval Division, yst. _s._ of the late John Thomas Evans, of Gisborne, New Zealand, shipowner, by his wife, Emma; _b._ Oamaru, N.Z., 26 April, 1883; educ. Gisborne (N.Z) High School; and was apprenticed in one of his father’s ships, and served eight years in the mercantile service. He was first officer in a ship in the service of the Russians during the Russo-Japanese War, and was at the fall of Port Arthur; he was wrecked near Siberia, where his eyesight was so injured by the frost that he had to relinquish the sea. He then entered St. John’s College, Cambridge, taking a second-class B.A. and second-class LL.B., and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, June, 1914. On the outbreak of war he was appointed lecturer to officers by the Admiralty, and given a commission as Lieut.-Commander in the Royal Naval Division, 1 Oct. 1914. He left for the Dardanelles on 3 March, and was killed in action there, near Achi Baba, 5 June, 1915. Lieut.-Com. Evans was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatches [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He _m._ at Fairwarp Church, Sussex, 25 March, 1913, Constance (Clevedon, Newick, Sussex), dau. of the Rev. George Whelpton Johnson, Vicar of Fairwarp, and had two daus.: Constance Joy Nelson, _b._ 7 Aug. 1914; and Grace Nina Clyde, _b._ posthumous, 9 Aug. 1915.

=EVANS, JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 12922, 11th (Service) Battn. Royal Scots, 5th _s._ of William Evans, of 19, Main Street, Thornliebank, near Glasgow, employee in the Thornliebank Calico Print Works, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Robert Williamson, Fireman; _b._ Thornliebank, afsd., 14 July, 1888; educ. Thornliebank Public School; worked for some time in the Thornliebank Calico Print Works, and was later a warehouseman in the employ of Cerebos, Ltd., Drysalters, Glasgow; enlisted, 31 Aug. 1914; and died in Field Lazarette 9, Bauvin, 29 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action at Loos; _unm._

=EVANS, JAMES=, Able Seaman, Ch./167339 R.F.R.B. 3892, 2nd _s._ of James Evans, Coal Miner, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth; _b._ Ludgate, Durham, 3 Dec. 1875; educ. Sunderland; joined the Navy, 27 May, 1892; Boy, 2nd Class, H.M.S. Boscawen, 4 June, 1892–30 June, 1893; Boy, 1st Class, H.M.S. Boscawen, 1 July–2 Dec. 1893; Ordinary Seaman, H.M. Ships Pembroke, 3 Dec. 1893–8 Jan. 1894, and Sabellite, 9 Jan. 1894–30 April, 1896; A.B., H.M. ships Sabellite, 1 May, 1896–6 Aug. 1897; Pembroke, Aug. 1897–23 Feb. 1898; Wildfire, 24 Feb.–20 July, 1898; Pembroke, 21 July–9 Aug. 1898; Galatea, 10 Aug. 1898–10 April, 1899; Forte, 11 April, 1899–14 May, 1902; Pembroke, 15 May–26 Sept. 1902; Anson, 27 Sept. 1902–4, and Pembroke, 7 May–31 Dec. 1904, when he obtained his discharge with conduct “Very good.” Served in the Gambia, 1894, and through the South Africa War, 1899–25 June, 1900; landed for the protection of Durban, 24 Nov. 1899; took part in the operations with Natal Field Force, including the Battles of Botha’s Pass and Allman’s Nek and occupation of Utrecht, Volkorust and Wakestroom, and was awarded the Ashanti medal with clasp (Gambia, 1894), 21 March, 1896; the South African medal with five clasps (Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Transvaal, Orange Free State), 1 Dec. 1902; and the Good Conduct medal. On leaving the Navy he entered the P. & O. service, but on mobilisation was called up, 5 Aug. 1914, and appointed to H.M.S. Cressy, in which he was lost when she was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Luke’s Church, Tidal Basin, 6 Jan. 1906, Annie Elizabeth (113, Jersey Road, Custom House, London), dau. of Alexander James George Tyler, and had four children: James George Alexander, _b._ 3 March, 1909; Annie Elizabeth Lilian, _b._ 16 Sept. 1910; Hilda Violet, _b._ 15 April, 1912; and Doris Ivy, _b._ 8 Aug. 1914.

=EVANS, JAMES WRIGHT=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20456, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=EVANS, THOMAS HATFIELD=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Forces, only _s._ of the late Thomas Evans, of Huyton, by his wife, Alice Stewart (Honors Mead, Bovington, Herts), dau. of John Smyth Hatfield, of Innellan, Argyleshire; _b._ Huyton, co. Lancaster, 18 May, 1881; educ. Sedbergh; joined the Leicestershire Imperial Yeomanry when 18 on the outbreak of the South African War, and served through that campaign, 1899–1901, receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps (Rhodesia, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa). He went to Australia about May, 1913, but when war was declared in Aug 1914, he volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, and was given a commission as Lieut. 1 Jan. 1915. He was killed at Gaba Tepe during the landing at the Dardanelles, 26 April, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch [London Gazette, 5 Aug. 1915], for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. His commanding officer, Col. Owen, C.M.G., wrote: “On landing at Anzac Cove he showed great energy, courage and ability in the handling of his machine gun section, and notwithstanding the difficult country and absence of day transport, he had his gun in action at an early hour in the front line of defence, where he remained till he fell. It devolved on him to stop the firing of a machine gun of another battn. which was firing too close to our troops, and the ground was swept by a heavy rifle and machine gun fire. However, he safely returned, to my great relief. Later, whilst I was temporarily at another part of the firing line, the same gun again became dangerous, and a message reached your son to that effect from Major Brown, of my battn. Lieut. Evans again went over, and when returning stopped to succour a wounded man who had been left in the open. Having bound up the man’s wound, he tried to carry him back to safety, but was hit repeatedly. Though badly wounded he still tried to save his man, to the admiration of all those who saw his gallant conduct. An attempt was made by my men to rescue them, but your son was riddled with bullets and died a hero. I may mention that I recommended your son for the V.C. on account of his distinguished valour in the field, and his name is one of three in my battn. who were specially mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatches”; and one of his men (Private F. G. Hallett): “Your son was a man to be proud of, for he carried four wounded men to the stretcher-bearer station under heavy fire.” He also wrote: “We had to cross a deep gully which was infested with Turkish snipers. It seemed as if some of us would be killed, but we reached our destination without a single casualty, entirely owing to the cool and skilful way in which Lieut. Evans handled us. He was a fine example to us all.” Capt. White also wrote: “From all accounts by men near him he died a hero’s death. As a machine gunner himself he must have realised it was certain death that awaited him when he rushed to rescue a wounded comrade from a zone of bullets from one of the enemy’s machine guns.” Lieut. Evans was a keen sportsman and athlete, and exceptionally powerful swimmer and a first-class shot.

=EVANS, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Petty Officer, 199251, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=EVANS, WILLIAM HERBERT=, Major, 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of James S. Evans, of Montreal, Canada; _b._ Montreal, 27 Feb. 1872; educ. there; was for some time a member of the Victoria Rifles, Montreal; afterwards served in the North-West Mounted Police for two years; on returning to Montreal joined the 5th Battn. Royal Scots of Canada, and subsequently took command of the Prince of Wales’ Fusiliers of Montreal. He served through the South African War, and on the outbreak of the European War, came over to England and was given a commission in the 11th (Service) Battn. of the Royal Scots, 22 Oct. 1914. He went to France, and was killed while in Billets, 14 Aug. 1915. He _m._ at Montreal, 19 Dec. 1894, May L. (791, University Street, Montreal, Canada), dau. of (--) Romeril, and had three children: William, _b._ 25 Dec. 1902; Enid, _b._ 17 Sept. 1895; and Doris, _b._ 17 Feb. 1898.

=EVANS, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B., 221679, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=EVASON, WILLIAM DODD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1131), 162903, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=EVATT, GEORGE RALEIGH KERR=, Capt., 1st Battn. (57th Foot) Middlesex Regt., only _s._ of Surgeon-General George Joseph Hamilton Evatt, of Wayside, Camberley, co. Surrey, late of the Army Medical Staff, and Hon. Colonel of the Home Counties Division Territorial R.A.M.C., M.D., C.B., by his wife, Sophie Mary Frances, dau. of William Walter Raleigh Kerr, Treasurer of Mauritius, and granddau. of Major-Gen. Lord Robert Kerr [4th _s._ of William John, 5th Marquis of Lothian, K.T.]; _b._ Royal Military Academy, at Woolwich (where Surgeon-Gen. Evatt held the post of Medical Officer in Charge), 30 Sept. 1883; educ. Cheltenham College, and afterwards prepared by private tutor for University Matriculation. He entered the Middlesex Regt. as a University candidate 12 March, 1904, having passed through the necessary studies at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where his tutor was Sir Donald MacAlister, now principal of Glasgow University; was promoted Lieut. 9 May, 1906, and Capt. Sept. 1914. He served with the West African Frontier Force from April, 1909, to Dec. 1914, when he came home and rejoined his regiment. He was killed while in the trenches only 400 yards from the German lines, near La Boutillerie, about 3¼ miles south of Armentières, by a bullet in the temple, fired by a German sharp-shooter, 13 Nov. 1914, and was buried in the grounds of a private château near the trenches; _unm._ At the time of his death he was in command of A Coy. of the same battn. (57th Foot) in which his great-grandfather, Capt. John Hamilton Evatt, served at the battle of Albuera, in Spain, 1811, and who was severely wounded in that desperate fight. In the 301 years that have elapsed since the Evatt family passed over to Ireland in 1613 not less than 21 members of the family have served in the British army. While several were wounded, only two, however, were actually killed in action on the field of battle, viz., Capt. George R. K. Evatt, the subject of this notice, and Capt. Henry Evatt, of the 16th Lancers, who served in the revolutionary war in America (1775–7), and was eventually shot dead on the gate of Lord Moira’s House in the battle of Ballinahinch in 1798 by the Presbyterian rebels while serving with the Monaghan militia.

=EVERALL, EDWARD HENRY=, A.B., 233891, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.