Chapter XXXIV: Part 34

=FRENCH, VALENTINE DOUGLAS=, 2nd Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. Shropshire L.I., 3rd _s._ of [the Hon.] John French, of Miramar, Queenstown, Resident Magistrate, J.P. [2nd _s._ of Charles, 3rd Baron De Freyne], by his wife, Nani, dau. of Valentine Blake Dillon; _b._ Peatra House, Frenchpark, co. Roscommon, 3 Jan. 1889; educ. Jesuits College Limerick; gazetted to the 5th Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 9 April, 1906; but retired in 1907 and became Manager of the Shelford Rubber Estate at Klang, Malay States. On the outbreak of war he returned home and received a commission in the 5th King’s Shropshire L.I., 10 March, 1915; went to France with his regt. 20 May, and died 16 June, 1915, of wounds received in action, and was buried in Dickebusch Churchyard, at the corner of the south wall of Sanctuary; _unm._ Capt. H. Measor wrote: “When we knew at the last moment before leaving England that he was coming with us, all of us, and we C Coy. officers in particular, were delighted that we should have him with us. His wonderful good spirits and cheeriness at all times was a tonic of inestimable value to those of us who are not blessed with as stout a heart and as great courage as he was. I last saw him standing in a field which was swept with a hail of shrapnel, cheering the men of his platoon on, and seeing them all into the comparative safety of a concentration trench before he took any advantage of the cover himself, and even after he was hit I am told that he went on encouraging his men and giving them heart.” Lieut. French’s elder brother was wounded in the same action, and has since died of his wounds. His cousins-german, Lord De Freyne and the Hon. George French, were killed in action a few weeks previously.

=FRICKER, ALFRED HENRY=, Private, No. 6463, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Fricker, of Wookey Wells, Somerset, by his wife, Elsie; _b._ Radstock, co. Somerset, 4 Aug. 1885; educ. Radstock and Wells; enlisted 5 Dec. 1905; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Chivy, France, 14 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Wells, 20 March, 1909, Emily (63, Thomas Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan), dau. of William John Berryman, and had three children: George William Henry, _b._ 3 Feb. 1910; Alfred John, _b._ 16 June, 1913; and Ellen Norah, _b._ 17 Jan. 1911.

=FRICKER, BASSELL SAXE=, Private, No. 3/894, Ambulance Division, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Henry Charles Fricker, of Greymouth, New Zealand; _b._ Greymouth, 22 March, 1884; educ. Greymouth High School; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war; left New Zealand with the sixth reinforcements, and was drowned while on active service in H.M.S. Marquette, 23 Oct. 1915; _unm._ He was a keen sportsman and powerful swimmer, and held several medals for swimming.

=FRICKER, JOSEPH HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110662 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FRIEND, GEORGE BURTON TADDY=, Capt., 6th (Service) Battn. (The Buffs) East Kent Regt., eldest _s._ of the late James Taddy Friend, of Northdown, D.L., by his wife, Mary Stewart (Northdown, Isle of Thanet, Kent), dau. of George Irvine, of Bruckley House, Mossley Hill; _b._ Northdown, afsd., 1 Oct. 1879; educ. Wellington House, Westgate-on-Sea and Harrow; gazetted to the 1st Battn. E. Kent Regt., from the Rifle Brigade Militia, 7 March, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 2 Nov. 1900; served with his regt. in India 1900 to 1903, retiring in 1906 to take up farming. At the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. he rejoined his old regt. and was gazetted Capt. to the 6th Battn. 1 Oct. 1914. He went to France, 1 June, 1915, and was killed in action in Flanders, 25 July, 1915, while with a party repairing barbed wire entanglements in front of the trenches. He _m._ 1 June, 1906, Susie Frances Selby, 2nd dau. of the late Richard Copley, of Thrapston, co. Northants, and had two sons: James Irvine, _b._ July, 1907, _d._ 17 Aug. 1911; and Geoffrey Francis, _b._ 26 Jan. 1909. His three brothers are (1916) on active service.

=FRIEND, HARRY EDWIN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27538, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=FROGGATT, ALEXANDER=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15598, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FROST, EDMUND LIONEL=, Lieut., 4th Battn. South Lancashire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Edmund Frost, of Chesterfield, Meads, Eastbourne, M.D., Mast. Surg., etc., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of the late Walter Theobalds, of Birkenhead, Cheshire; _b._ Lasswade, Midlothian, 30 May, 1891; educ. Dover College Junior School, and Uppingham, where he was a Præposter, Captain of Games, Captain of the School Football and Hockey teams, Captain of his House (Fircroft), and Champion Heavy Weight Boxer; and Trinity College, Cambridge. He passed his “Little Go” at the age of 16, but remained at Uppingham till old enough to go to Cambridge. He graduated with honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, 1912, and during his three years there, he obtained sixteen medals, two silver spoons, a cup, and three oars, for Boxing, Rifle and Revolver Shooting and Sports. He was the ’Varsity champion heavy weight boxer in 1910, for which he received his half blue, and gained another half blue for Rifle Shooting. He only became a “wet bob” his last year, but so excellent an oarsman was he that he narrowly missed inclusion in the Cambridge Crew of that year; as it was, he was awarded the Trial Eights Cup. He was Captain of the ’Varsity Revolver Team and obtained the ninth place in the International Revolver Championship, N.R.A., at Bisley in 1912; he made a remarkable record in marksmanship with a revolver, by scoring 82 out of a possible 84, under service conditions. On leaving Cambridge he became actively associated with the firm of Messrs. Peter Stubs, Ltd., File and Steel and Tool Manufacturers, Warrington, of which his uncle, Mr. F. A. Frost, was Chairman and Managing Director. The following year, 1913, he went to France with the object of perfecting his knowledge of the language and coming into touch with the Continental trade of the Company. He received a commission in the 4th (Territorial) Battn. South Lancashire Regt., 1 Nov. 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, was promoted Lieut. 24 Sept. 1914; went to France 11 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, Flanders, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ On this occasion his Battn. with three other regts. assaulted the German position at Hooge, and carried three trenches at the point of the bayonet, and the Brigadier-General, addressing the Battn. after the battle, said: “The Battalion did splendidly. You have proved that the 4th South Lancashires can never be broken.” Lieut. Frost was shot through the head, and though he lived three-quarters of an hour, never regained consciousness. He was buried in Sanctuary Wood, near Ypres. Major Crosfield wrote: “I was speaking to him only ten minutes before, and though we were in the thick of it, he was just as bright and cheery as ever. The whole Battalion mourns his loss.” The Rev. W. Bracecamp, Chaplain to the Battn., wrote: “When the Battalion left to make the charge he was thoroughly cheery and said to me, ‘Good-bye, Padre. We shall soon meet again.’ Your son was one of the finest characters it has ever been my privilege to meet. He was beloved by officers and men alike. His fine physique, his noble character, endeared him to everybody. He was one of the noble fellows whose life could not be spared, but he has voluntarily laid it down in a noble cause for God, King, and Country.” Lieut. Frost had travelled a great deal in company with his father, both in Europe, America, and the Far West.

=FROST, GERARD GARTON STACY=, Private, No. 2692, 16th Platoon, D Coy., 9th (Highlanders) Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Charles Edward Frost, of 30, St. Mark’s Terrace, City Road, Lakenham, Norwich, Private House Agent for Bullard & Sons, Ltd., Brewers, by his wife, Annie; _b._ Lakenham, Norwich, 20 Nov. 1884; educ. Norwich, and had been in business in Manchester, holding a very good position with Vincent Smethurst there. After the outbreak of war he joined the Royal Scots with his great friend Charles Newsham (who was afterwards killed by the same shell as himself), 10 Nov. 1914, and after training at Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, left for the Front towards the end of Feb.; he lost his life during the bombardment of Ypres, three shells dropping into the billets of his company and killing him and six of his comrades as they lay sleeping, 7 April, 1915. He was buried on the ramparts of Ypres close to the Porte de Lille; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. R. S. Blair, commanding 9th Royal Scots, wrote: “He died a soldier’s death, and we are grateful and proud of his courage and devotion to duty and his Corps.” Private Frost was a member of the Cheadle Golf Club, and was well known in the amateur rowing world of the North, being for two or three years captain of the Didsbury Rowing Club, the junior four of which he stroked to victory at the Northwich, Agecroft and Lancaster regattas in 1912. He was also on the committee of the Norwich Swan and Dolphin Swimming Clubs and winner of many swimming trophies; his two younger brothers are in a Canadian regt.

=FROST, KENNETH=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., yr. _s._ of Ralph Frost, of Wandsworth Common, London, Managing Director of J. Miles & Co., Ltd., 68–70, Wardour Street, member of the Westminster City Council, by his wife, Sarah (died 1895), dau. of John Bolton, of Manchester; _b._ London, 28 April, 1892; educ. Reading School, and afterwards entered the employ of a firm of wholesale stationers in London. He joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1909, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and as a corporal left with his Battn. for France, 22 Oct. 1914. Three months later he was given a commission in the South Staffordshire Regt., being transferred to the 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., 16 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Zillebeke, Flanders, 22 Feb. 1915; _unm._ His Commanding Officer in the South Staffordshire Regt. described him as one of the promising young officers in his command both for resource and bravery.

=FRY, HORACE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7348), 291257, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FRY, JAMES=, Sergt., No. 7267, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of the late John Fry, of Timsbury, Bath, Farm Labourer and ex-soldier, by his wife, Emily; _b._ Southstoke, co. Somerset, 21 Oct. 1889; educ. Marksbury National School, near Bath; enlisted 24 Feb. 1907; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; killed in action at Langemarck, near Ypres, during the Battle of the Aisne, 23 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Greenwich, Amelia Ann (100, Brookmill Road, St. John’s, S.E.), dau. of Henry George Shephard, and had two children: James Arthur George, _b._ posthumous, 12 Dec. 1914; and Ida Edith, _b._ 30 April, 1913.

=FRYER, EDWIN SAMUEL=, Rifleman, No. 2902, B Coy. 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd London Infantry Brigade, only surviving child of Samuel Fryer, of the Harvest Home, Bury Cross, Alverstoke, Hants, Beer Retailer, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of James Day, of Manwell, Somersetshire; _b._ London, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. Archbishop Tenison’s Grammar School, London; and after a short time in the Civil Service, left at the age of 21 to enter a private firm. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the Queen Victoria Rifles, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France 4 Nov., and was killed in action at Lindenhock, 18 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Buried at Lindenhock, Belgium. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He always did his duty well and cheerfully under often very trying conditions, and showed a fine spirit, setting a splendid example to the rest of the men, by whom he was much liked and respected, and who, in common with myself, will feel his loss very much.” He was a Freemason and a highly esteemed member of the Equitable Friendly Society, having been Worthy Master during the year 1912.

=FRYER, ERNEST GEORGE=, Sub-Lieut., R.N.R., _s._ of the late Robert Edward Fryer, of Bristol, by his wife, Mahala Rebecca (now widow of the late Thomas Alfred Paczensky, of Abberton Glebe, near Colchester), dau. of David Rhamm, of Wisbech; _b._ Writtle, Chelmsford, co. Essex, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. St. James’ Collegiate School, Jersey; entered the P. & O. S. N. Company’s Service about 1908, and was a Second Officer when the war broke out. He was appointed a Probationary Midshipman, 25 July, 1905, rank confirmed in 1908, and became Sub-Lieut. in 1912; commissioned to H.M.S. Triumph, 4 Aug. to 4 Sept. 1914, he was placed on the German H.A.L. Frisia and navigated her with a prize crew from the neighbourhood of Tsing-tau to Wei-hai-Wei. On 4 Sept. he was placed on board H.M. Destroyer Jed, which proceeded to the Eastern Mediterranean, where, in Feb. 1915, he was appointed to H.M.S. Vengeance. On 12 June he was sent with a party to blow up a rock at the entrance to an island harbour in Asia Minor, when some accident caused a hose of gun-cotton to ignite. Several of the party were badly burnt and the boat had to be abandoned. Fryer died on board H.M.S. Vengeance three days later, 15 June, 1915, and was buried at sea, off the coast of Mitylene; _unm._

=FRYER, NORMAN MOODY=, Private, No. 13740, 5th (Western Cavalry) Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Thomas Henry Fryer, of Wells, co. Norfolk; _b._ West Kensington, London, 1895; educ. Gorleston High School, Suffolk; went to Canada; joined the 16th Light Horse, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for service overseas; left with the First Contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct.; went to the Front in Feb. and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._

=FUCHSBALG, MAURICE MARCELLE=, Private, No. 1450, Honourable Artillery Coy., only _s._ of Edward Bernard Fuchsbalg, of Ovingdean, Trinity Road, Tulse Hill, S.W., Managing London Partner of Schenker & Co., by his wife, Adele, dau. of the late Edward Frankel, of Vienna; _b._ Brixton, S.W., 29 May, 1888; educ. Dulwich College, and on leaving there spent four years in Austria, Belgium and France, and then entered his father’s business in London, where he held an important post when war broke out. He joined the Honourable Artillery Coy., 21 Aug. 1914; went to France, 27 Dec. 1914; was wounded in action at Ypres and admitted to the Canadian Stationary Hospital at Le Touquet, 15 Feb. 1915, and died there on the 23rd; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetery there.

=FULCHER, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4450, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Charles Fulcher, of Easton, Wickham Market, co. Suffolk; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=FULFORD, WILLIAM IRA=, Private, No. 109346, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 3rd _s._ of Henry York Fulford, of Silcote, Ontario, Canada, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of the late Samuel Greenfield; _b._ Sydenham, Grey co., Ontario, 29 Nov. 1888; educ. Owen Sound and Toronto; was a first class mechanic and was employed in the Russell Automobile Factory of Toronto; enlisted 12 April, 1915; left Canada with a draft for the 2nd Contingent, went to the Front about 1 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres 1 Dec. 1915, by a shell which burst over the tent he was then in. He was buried at Chateau Rosenburg (grave E. Ref. B. 670, 11); _unm._ His officers all spoke highly of him, one wrote: “As his troop officer I found your son to be a thorough soldier, always dependable and filled with a patriotic desire to do the most for his country.”

=FULLER, COLIN MELVILLE=, Private, No. 2271, H Coy. 1/4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Robert Henry Fuller, of 10, Epsom Road, Croydon, Tea Merchant, by his wife, Janet Hellen Innes, dau. of Colin Wright, of Perthshire; _b._ Croydon, co. Surrey, 13 Sept., 1894; educ. there; was in the Motor Trade; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted Aug. 1914; went to France in November, 1914, and was killed in action at the battle of Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._

=FULLER, FRANK ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 1676, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Alfred Fuller, of 11, Laurel Villas, New Road, Bedfont, Middlesex, Gardener, by his wife, Belinda, dau. of William Bowden; _b._ Hoddesdon, co. Herts, 4 Jan. 1894; educ. Ivor Heath, Bucks; was a gardener; joined the Middlesex Territorials in 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke in the fight for Hill 60, 26 April, 1915; _unm._ His brother Thomas, 1/8th Middlesex, was killed in action the same day as himself (see his notice), and four other brothers are now on active service: William, Bombardier, No. 55760, R.F.A.; James, Private, No. 77739, R.H.A.; Harry, Private, No. 1281, Royal Fusiliers; and Victor, No. 10881, Army Cyclist Corps.

=FULLER, HARRY=, Ship’s Corpl. 1st Class, 208912, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=FULLER, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R.. B. 5769), 179913, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FULLER, LEONARD=, Private, No. 1170, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, 5th _s._ of the late Alfred Fuller, of Ramsey, co. Hunts. J.P. and Alderman of Hunts County Council, by his wife, Augusta Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Pope Bates, of Ramsey, M.R.C.S.; _b._ Ramsey, co. Hunts, 2 Sept. 1881; educ. Aldenham School, Herts; went to Canada in 1912, and settled at Montreal as a Real Estate Agent; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined P.P.C.L.I. in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France, Dec. 1914, and died at Dickebusch, Belgium, 8 March, 1915, from wounds received in action at St. Eloi. He was buried in the Regimental Cemetery at Dickebusch; _unm._

=FULLER, THOMAS=, Private. No. 7681, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Alfred Fuller, of 11, Laurel Villas, New Road, Bedfont, Middlesex, Gardener, by his wife, Belinda, dau. of William Bowden; _b._ Hoddesdon, Herts, 27 Oct. 1889; educ. Iver, Bucks; was employed on the Metropolitan Railway; joined the Middlesex Territorials in 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke in the fight for Hill 60, 26 April, 1915.

=FULLER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 106984, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=FULLICK, ROBERT STANLEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13038 (Po.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FUNNELL, THOMAS EDWARD=, Leading Stoker, Coast Guard, 299136 (Po.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FUREY, IGNATIUS=, Private, No. 1312, 1st Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of George Furey, of Harbour Main, Newfoundland, Fisherman and Farmer, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Michael Murray; _b._ Harbour Main, aforesaid, 29 July, 1896; educ. High School there; joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 27 March, 1915; left for England, 27 April, 1915; served at the Dardenelles, and died in the Third Canadian Stationary Hospital at Mudros, Gallipoli, 7 Dec. 1915, of tetanus and frostbite; _unm._

=FURNESS, ARTHUR=, Sapper, No. 20130, 55th Coy. Royal Engineers, 2nd _s._ of George Furness, of 64, Gibraltar Road, Halifax, Fruit Merchant and Commission Agent, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of George Hodson; _b._ Halifax 5 Dec. 1889; educ. Halifax Council School; enlisted in May, 1910, and when the war broke out had been stationed at Singapore for three years. He was ordered home with his regt., went to France in Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Fauquissart, 21 March, 1915; _unm._

=FURPHY, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R, Ch. B. 10045), S.S. 2611, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FURSE, GEORGE ARMAND=, Capt., Royal Field Artillery, 2nd _s._ of the late Edmund Furse, of Alphington, Frimley, co. Surrey, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Fred King; _b._ Rhode Island, Providence, U.S.A., 21 Feb. 1880; educ. Cheltenham and Woolwich; gazetted to F. Battery, R.H.A., 23 Dec. 1898, and promoted Lieut. 15 Feb. 1901, and Capt., 116th Battery, 29 April, 1907. In 1909 he was appointed to V Battery in India, and after three years came home to do a musketry course. When war broke out he was posted to the 60th Battery. R.F.A., and went to France with the 2nd Division, 17 Aug. 1914. He died at Verneuil, 16 Sept. 1914, of wounds received at the Battle of the Aisne the previous day, and was buried near Bourg. Capt. Furse _unm._ at Rawal Pindi, Punjab, India, 2 March, 1905, Hazel (Little Cranford, Strawford, Winchester), dau. of the late Elton Forrest, D.C. of Forests [by his wife, Emily, dau. of the Rev. Frederick Wickham, 2nd Master of Winchester College], and had three daus.: Lilian Emilée, _b._ 2 April, 1906; Aileen Armanda, _b._ 24 Aug. 1910; and Mélanie Hazel, _b._ 1 June, 1912.

=FUTRILL, CHARLES=, Private, No. 5270, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Futrill, of The Stalls, Salter Lane, Redditch, Worcestershire, Ostler, by his wife, Fanny; _b._ Bewdley, co. Worcester, 25 Dec. 1884; educ. Board School, Stratford-on-Avon; was employed at Coventry Gas Works; enlisted, 8 Dec. 1903; served in Egypt 29 Sept. 1906 to 21 Oct. 1907; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Peter’s Church, Coventry, 9 June, 1908, Sarah Ann (14, Pridmore Road, Foleshill, Coventry), yst. dau. of William Southam, of Helmdon Green, co. Northampton; _s.p._

=FUTTER, FRANK CHARLES=, Private, No. 10554, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Charles Futter, of The School House, Burnham Thorpe, King’s Lynn, co. Norfolk, Tilemaker; _b._ Burnham Thorpe, 31 July, 1895; educ. there; enlisted 1913; and was killed in action at Cuinchy. 11 May, 1915; _unm._

=FYFIELD, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 8479, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=FYSH, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2986A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FYSHE, FRANCIS=, Lieut., 7th Battery, 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Thomas Fyshe, General Manager, Merchants Bank of Canada, by his wife, Airs, dau. of Thomas Leigh Leonoweus; _b._ Halifax, Nova Scotia, 7 Dec. 1894; educ. Creighton School, Montreal, and the Royal Military College, Kingston; gazetted Lieut. Canadian Field Artillery, 1 Aug. 1914; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; came over with the First Contingent, 3rd Oct. 1914; went to France, 15 June, 1915, and was killed in action near Messines, 27 Nov. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Romarin, Belgium.

=FYSON, OLIVER=, Private, No. 29546, 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battn. 3rd Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the Right Rev. Philip Kemball Fyson, late Bishop in Hokkaido, Japan, and now Rector of Elmley Lovett, Droitwich, by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of Richard Lee Furley; _b._ Hull, 25 Oct. 1884; educ. C.M.S.H. Limpsfield and Loretto School; went to Canada in 1906, and settled at Vancouver; volunteered on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914, and came over with the First Contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain, during the winter of 1914–15; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Langemarck, 22 April, 1915; _unm._

=GABBETT, EDMOND POOLE=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., eldest _s._ of the late Edmond Richard Gabbett, M.I.C.E., by his wife, Annie Eva May, dau. of Capt. Poole Gabbett, 31st Regt.; _b._ Old Charlton, co. Kent; educ. Mr. William White’s School, Bognor; entered the Navy as a Cadet 15 May 1901, was appointed to H.M.S. Hannibal 1 June following, became Midshipman 15 June 1901, Sub-Lieut. 15 Aug. 1904; became Lieut. (N.) 15 Feb. 1906, and Lieut.-Commander 15 Feb. 1914; was appointed Navigating Lieut. H.M.S. Cressy, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _m._

=GABELL, JAMES=, Private, No. 15551, 10th Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force; _s._ of (--) Gabell; b. 12 April. 1886; joined the band of the 16th Lancers as a boy, and served 12 years, obtaining his discharge in March, 1913; went to Canada in April, 1914, enlisted there on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st contingent, Oct. following; went to France in Feb., and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915; _unm._

=GADSEN, WALTER SAMUEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 7531, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GAFFNEY, LÉON ARTHUR=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of William Gaffney, of Slough, by his wife, Violet Alice, dau. of the late William Huggins; _b._ Shepherd’s Bush, London, 27 July, 1895; educ. Borlase School, Marlow, and New College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the University O.T.C. to the Royal Munster Fusiliers 22 Aug. 1914; landed with his battn. at Suvla Bay, 6 Aug. 1915, and fell mortally wounded by a bullet through the abdomen, while leading a bayonet charge on the morning of the 12th. He died at Tenedos the same day; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “We were holding an advanced position on the crest of a ridge, and the Turks were attempting to dig themselves in very close to us under cover of darkness. C Coy, in which your son was, was detailed to attack them with bombs just before dawn. The attack was carried out and their trench was occupied.... Your son fell mortally wounded while most gallantly leading a bayoneting party. He was carried in by a captain of the Royal Engineers.” Further particulars were furnished by the captain in command of the company holding the post, who said that “Lieut. Gaffney was brought into my trench. He was quite conscious and very brave, as he was suffering until the doctor eased the pain with a little morphia. There was a heavy fire still against us, and your son said not to risk any lives getting him away, a brave and thoughtful act on his part. Of course our stretcher bearers wanted to do their work, and really the Turks seem rather to respect a stretcher as no one was hit.” A brother officer of C Coy. adds this tribute: “I can truly say that he was one of the best fellows, most genial, unselfish, and at the same time most capable, that I had the privilege of working with. He was admired and respected alike by his fellow officers and men. I had an opportunity of seeing him under fire on a few occasions, and his bravery, coolness and cheeriness proved him to be indeed one of the fairest flowers of British manhood.”

=GAGE, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, L. 10655, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GAIGER, ARTHUR ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10307), 212286, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GAILEY, EDWARD JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10139), 210045, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GAITLEY, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3528), 301057, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GALBRAITH, DONALD JAMES FINDLAY=, Lieut., 9th Battn. (Glasgow Highlanders) Highland Light Infantry (T.F.), only _s._ of John Alexander Galbraith, of Lindsaylands, Biggar, co. Lanark, by his wife, Mary Rogerson McKnight, dau. of James Findlay, Merchant; _b._ Glasgow, 13 May, 1892; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow; and Glenalmond; obtained a commission in the 9th Highland Light Infantry (T.F.), 18 Jan. 1911, and was promoted Lieut. April, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action, near Bethune, 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried in the grounds in the Chateau de Gorre, near Bethune.

=GALE, MARMADUKE HENRY LITTLEDALE=, Major, 8th Cavalry, Indian Army, elder _s._ of the late Marmaduke Henry Littledale Gale, Proprietor Indigo Estate, Pundoul, Bengal, by his wife, Anna (Rayne Place, Rayne, Essex), dau. of Malcolm Neynoe Macleod; _b._ Muzufferpur, Bengal, India, 3 March, 1873; educ. Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 10 Oct. 1894, and promoted Lieut. 30 Oct. 1896; transferred to the Indian Army in 1897, and became Capt. 10 Oct. 1903, and Major, 10 Oct. 1912; commanded a Camel Corps 1903–6; took part in the Mohmond Expedition on the North-West Frontier, India, 1908 (medal with clasp); was on General Pilcher’s Staff, 1909–10, then rejoined his regt. and in 1913 was appointed Squadron Commander in the 8th Cavalry. He was shot at Jhansi, 28 June, 1915, in the execution of his duty, by two Mahommedan Sowars of the regt., who had been warned to proceed to the Front with a draft the same afternoon. Major Gale was a very good linguist, and had passed in higher and lower Hindustani, Punjabi, Arabic, and Pashtu, and was author of “Hindustani for Beginners.” He _m._ at the Cathedral, Calcutta, 11 June, 1900, Alice Maude, dau. of John Connell, and had a dau., Helen Alice, _b._ 9 July, 1901.

=GALLAGHER, WILLIAM AUGUSTINE=, B.A., Capt., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., only surviving child of William Gallagher, of 1, Charlemont Place, Armagh, Solicitor, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Thomas C. Ward, of Holywood, co. Down; _b._ at Armagh, 9 Dec. 1882; educ. Clongowes Wood College, co. Kildare, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated B.A. in June 1906; and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the East Lancashires, 29 Aug. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 26 Sept. 1908, and Capt. 5 Aug. 1914. He served for five years (1906–1911) in India, and then went to South Africa, where he was attd. to a Mounted Infantry Battn. at Harrismith till 1913, when he rejoined his regt. at Wynberg, near Capetown, and was employed on the Capetown defence works. After the outbreak of war the General Officer there selected him to bring home the horses of the 10th Hussars, a duty which he performed with great care. The horses were landed in excellent condition, and with but trifling loss. For this arduous duty he was specially thanked. On his return to this country he was sent to Hursley, near Winchester, and attached to the 8th Division, and whilst there General Carter selected him as machine-gun officer on his staff. He went to France early in Nov. 1914 and saw much service there; his last letter to his mother, written a day before his death, stated that he was at very hard work and would not be able to write for some time. The next day (11 March) the Battle of Neuve Chapelle was fought, and at night he was sent with orders to the brigade commanders engaged in the firing-line, a duty attended with great danger, as the roads were swept with shell fire. A shell burst over himself and the orderlies who accompanied him. Capt. Gallagher was struck on the side of the head with a fragment of a shell, and his death was instantaneous; the orderlies were untouched. He was buried the next day in an orchard near Neuve Chapelle, under heavy shell fire from the enemy; _unm._ General Carter, in sending particulars of his death, described Capt. Gallagher as “A truly gallant officer and one of the best fellows he ever knew.” He further stated that “he had done such good work with the brigade that he had great pleasure in bringing it under the notice of the General Officer Commanding the 8th Division. All the staff appreciated his kindness of heart, his cheery good fellowship and undaunted gallantry.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

=GALLANT, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 69366, 26th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Sylvain Gallant, of Shives, Athol, New Brunswick; _b._ Bloomfield, Queens co., Prince Edward Island, 2 March, 1895; educ. there; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5 Feb. 1915; and was killed in action in Belgium, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._

=GALLERY, JOHN RICHARD=, Private, No. 6828, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Henry Gallery, of 303, Bolton Road, Small Heath, Birmingham (who served 12 years in the 5th Dragoon Guards), by his wife, Martha, dau. of Richard Butler; _b._ Curragh Camp, Dublin, 1886; educ. Brookfields Board School; joined the Coldstream Guards, 25 June, 1906, and after serving his time received an excellent character from his Commanding Officer, who wrote: “This man has been with me since 1911, during which time I have found him without exception to be an unusually hard-working and trustworthy man. He was with me throughout the training season of 1912 as telephone clerk, a post which he filled to my entire satisfaction, despite the great calls made upon his energy and zeal which such a post frequently necessitates;” rejoined on mobilisation 5 Aug. 1914; went to France about 15 Aug. and was killed in action there 6 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was a 1st class signaller.

=GALLOWAY, ARCHIBALD WILSON=, Signalman, 232376, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=PAYNE-GALLWEY, PHILIP FRANCIS=, Lieut., 21st Lancers, attached 9th Lancers, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Francis Henry Payne-Gallwey, M.A., Rector of Sessay, Thirsk, by his wife Florence Kate, 2nd dau. of Col. Arthur Lowry Cole, C.B., 17th Regt. [Earl of Enniskillen coll.,] and great grandson of Gen. Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Bart.; _b._ Kirby Knowle Rectory, 7 March, 1893; educ. West Downes and Winchester College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Nov. 1912, promoted Lieut. 5 Aug. 1914, and attached to the 9th Lancers 12 Aug. following. He was killed in action at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914; _unm._

=GALPIN, HAROLD ERNEST SYDNEY=, Bugler, Ch. 17926, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GALPIN, WILLIAM FRANK=, Rifleman, No. 9365, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade), The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Henry Galpin, of 11, Montrose Terrace, Plymouth, Timber Salesman, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of John Hocking Francis, of Penzance; _b._ Plymouth, 1 Sept. 1890; educ. Lipson House School, Plymouth, and obtained Honours in Cambridge Local Exam.; became a quantity surveyor on the staff of H.M. Office of Works, Westminster; was a Scout Master and received the Baden Powell Warrant, dated 7 June, 1910; joined the (Territorial) Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. at Bodmin, in 1911, but in 1913 transferred to the London Rifle Brigade; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 4 Nov. 1914, where he was attached to the 11th Brigade (4th Division), and was killed in action 13 May, 1915, at Wieltje, during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, the same day Sergt. Belcher of his Battn. won the V.C. The London Rifle Brigade had been subjected to a terrific bombardment for nearly three weeks, and its strength had been reduced to less than 200 men. He was buried near Ypres; _unm._

=GAMBLE, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3895), 189970, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GAMBLE, RICHARD MAURICE BROOKS=, 2nd Lieut., 1/7th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Richard Keene Gamble, of 51, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Carriglea, Greystones, co. Wicklow, and Derrinboy House, Kilcormac, King’s Co., B.L., J.P., President of the Chamber of Commerce, Dublin, by his wife, Hannah Maria, dau. of Maurice Brooks, of Oaklawn, co. Dublin, J.P., D.L., and gdson. of the late Richard William Gamble, of Killooly Hall, King’s Co. and 51, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Q.C., County Court Judge, Ireland; _b._ at Leeson Park, Dublin, 16 July, 1893; educ. M. Le Penton’s School, Dublin, afterwards at Tonbridge School, Kent, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he had matriculated in Arts and Medicine, and was about to take his degree when war broke out. He was a member of the O.T.C., and immediately volunteered and was gazetted to the Liverpool Regt. 5 Sept. 1914. He went with his regt. to the Front in March, 1915, and was killed in action, when leading his men in an attack on the German trenches, at Richebourg, on the night of 15–16 May, 1915, and was buried at the Rue de Bois, half a mile south of Richebourg St. Vaast, with eight brother officers killed in the same attack; _unm._ His Commanding Officer thus described the circumstances: “We were ordered to take the German trenches.... Under heavy fire he led his men with the greatest bravery, and had reached the parapet of the German trenches when he fell with two Germans under him, death being instantaneous.” Lieut. Gamble obtained a silver medal for shooting when at school in Dublin, and was very keen on fishing and shooting.

=GAMBLE, RICHARD SUMNER=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. East Lancashire Regt., eldest _s._ of Sidney Gompertz Gamble, some time Borough Surveyor of Grantham and since Feb. 1892, second in command of the London Fire Brigade, by his wife, Harriet Annie, eldest dau. of John Sumner, of Blyth, Coleshill; _b._ Grantham, 8 Oct. 1881; educ. at Coleshill School and Luneburg, Germany. On returning to England in 1899 he was apprenticed as mechanical engineer at the Hunslet Engine Works, Leeds, and afterwards continued his engineering studies at the Battersea Polytechnic. On 7 Jan. 1905, he left England to take up an appointment as Assistant Manager of the Kallina Tea Estate, India, afterwards holding similar positions at Konapara and Jellalpore. Owing to ill-health he returned to England in Oct. 1910. He, however, recovered and left in Dec. 1911, to take up an appointment as Assistant Manager of the Sungei Rubber Estate, Perak, F.M. States. He was an enthusiastic volunteer and attained the rank of Sergt. in the Leeds Rifles and the Surma Valley Light Horse. Being a good horse and swordsman he carried off many of the best prizes at their competitions. The news of the outbreak of war coincided with the end of the first period of his engagement in the Malay States. He therefore returned to England and at once placed his services at the disposal of the India Office, hoping that with his intimate knowledge of German, French, Hindustani, etc., and his great ability to control and manage the Coolies, he might be able to be of considerable use to the Indian troops, then on their way from India. On 16 Jan. 1915, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., and was attached to the 7th Battn. East Lancashire Regt. He remained with this battn. at Cliveden, Somerset, until 24 March, 1915, when he received orders to report himself at Southampton, Havre, Rouen and Marseilles, where he was attached to the 6th Jat Light Infantry, Dehra Dun Division. On 30 April, with 14 other officers, he left for Boulogne, and was sent up to the Front on 12 May, and was transferred on 16 May to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, who were then in the trenches. The last letter received from him, dated 20 May, 1915, concludes with “I have just received orders to go and bomb some Germans out of a trench, so must say good-bye.” From subsequent information it appears that the actual attack took place on the night of 21–22 May in the trenches running through Ferme Du Bois, 3,000 metres north-east of Festubert and 2,500 metres south-west of Neuve Chapelle; 1,000 metres west of the main road from La Bassée to Estaires. The attack was a comparatively small local affair. He was leading and was described by the observation officer as being well in front of his men, and deliberately cut a large gap through the wire and then, thinking his men were just behind him, jumped over into the German trench. The German fire was so intensely hot that the men had to lie down, and never reached the trench; the casualties were all the European officers and 45 per cent. of the men killed and wounded. The India Office record “2nd Lieut. R. S. Gamble, 7th East Lancashire Regt., attached 1st Gurkha Rifles, officially reported missing, believed killed 22 May.”

=GAMBRILL, JOHN=, Chief Stoker, 167791, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GAMMON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 301382, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GAMMON, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3801), 231151, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov 1914.

=GAMMON, WILLIAM STANLEY ARGYLE=, Private, No. 14107, 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of William Gammon, of Divinity Road, Oxford, retired Civil Servant, by his wife, Eva Lizzie; _b._ Oxford, 26 Nov. 1893; educ. Cowley St. John’s Higher Grade School and City Technical School there; was for some time an apprentice with Mr. A. C. Vivian, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, and later with Mr. J. Vincent, High Street, Oxford, and previously to enlisting was with Messrs. Cowell & Co., Wholesale Stationers, etc., of Ipswich; enlisted 9 Dec. 1914; went to France, 7 Aug., and died in Hospital at St. Omer, 15 Sept. 1915, of acute pneumonia contracted while on active service. He was buried in the Souvenir Burial Ground one and a half miles from St. Omer; _unm._

=GANDAR, BERTRAM JAMES=, Petty Officer, 196244, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=GANDY, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Sergt., No. 392, North Riding Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 2nd Northumbrian Brigade, 2nd _s._ of the late John Henry Gandy, of George Street, Whitby, Carver and Gilder, by his wife, Hannah; _b._ Little Gonerby, Grantham, 24 July, 1880; educ. St. Hilda’s R.C. School, Whitby, and was a Carver and Gilder. He joined the 1st East Riding R.G.A. Volunteers, 11 March, 1903, and afterwards the R.G.A. Territorials; was called up at the outbreak of the war, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 19 April, 1915; and was mortally wounded and gassed near Ypres on 24 May, and died in Hospital at Bailleul, 25 May, 1915. Buried in the New Military Cemetery, Bailleul. Sergt. Gandy _m._ at S. Hilda’s R.C. Church, Whitby, 3 Aug. 1900, Sussanah Theresa, dau. of the late Thomas Elliott; and had three sons and three daus.: George Gregory, _b._ 15 July, 1905; Frederick William, _b._ 24 Oct. 1907; Robert Henry, _b._ 13 Aug. 1911; Mary Gertrude, _b._ 2 Nov. 1901; Mary Josephine, _b._ 18 March, 1903; and Hannah Theresa, _b._ 2 Dec. 1909.

=GANT, HENRY=, Sergt., No. 2310, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of George Gant, of 24, Grove Street, Bath, Cab Proprietor, by his wife, Mary Sophia, dau. of Richard Stanley, of Cirencester; _b._ Bath, 22 March, 1880; educ. Bathwick Boys’ School there, and was a chemist with John Barker, Kensington. He served three years (1897–1900) with the 1st Somerset Light Infantry (Bath) Volunteers, and was afterwards for four years in the A.S.C. Woolwich Territorials. He served through the Boer War as Signaller in 27th Imperial Yeomanry (medal with three bars), and when the European War broke out, volunteered and joined the 2nd London Regt., 1 Sept. 1914. He was appointed Corpl., left for Malta three days later (4 Sept.); went to France in Jan. 1915; was promoted Sergt. in April, and died at Rouen, 26 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Armentières on the 19th. Buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. He _m._ at Walcot, Bath, 7 June, 1903, Ada Emily (172, Trevelyan Road, Tooting, S.W.), eldest dau. of Harry Brewer, of Walcot, and had two sons and a dau.: Stanley Herbert, _b._ 15 June, 1905; Lewis Henry, _b._ 4 April, 1907; and Phyllis Margaret, _b._ 15 Dec. 1910.

=GARBUTT, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, Tel., 230021, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GARD, ALFRED WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 311869 (Devon); H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GARDINER, ALEC=, Major, R.E., elder _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Richard Gardiner, of 28, Barkston Gardens, S.W., R.E. (ret.), by his wife, Agnes Hay, dau. of Major-Gen. Alexander Irving, C.B., Royal Artillery, who served right through the Siege of Sebastopol from start to finish; _b._ Ulwar, Rajputana, India, 28 June, 1873; educ. privately and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the R.E., 24 July, 1891, and promoted Lieut., 24 July, 1894, Capt., 24 July, 1902, and Major, 24 July, 1911. After completing the usual courses at Chatham he was ordered to India, and joined the Railway Branch of the Government of India, and continued to serve on the Construction and Administration of Railways up to the outbreak of the present War, with a short interval of war service at Suakin (British and Egyptian medals). When War was declared in Aug. 1914, Major Gardiner was officiating Agent (Chief Administrative Officer) of the Oudh and Rohilkund State Railway, and had been since 1909 Lieut.-Col. commanding that railway’s Volunteer Rifle Corps, devoting his spare time to training the Corps to a recognised state of efficiency while under his command. The services of Major Gardiner were placed at the disposal of the Military Department, and he was ordered to England, but was intercepted in the Mediterranean, and sent straight to the Front, where he was appointed a field engineer, and was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915]. He was reported to have been last spoken with near the fighting line on the morning of 20 Dec. 1914, when the Germans broke through and carried the British lines up to Givenchy village. He was included in the list of missing, and it was long hoped he might be in the enemy’s hands, but his fate was ultimately set at rest through the discovery of his body by the 176th Mining Company, R.E., during operations carried on by them in front of Givenchy. The body was exposed by the explosion of one of the German heavy shells, was identified, and was buried near the Red House, on the sunken road to Givenchy. All who knew him spoke highly of his untiring devotion to his work and duty. One of his senior officers wrote: “No braver or better soldier ever fought for England, and so nobly died--I knew him well--absolutely fearless for himself, his whole mind concentrated on the success of the undertaking, he nobly met his death. Not only at the Front but through the whole of his career work and duty came first. No man ever maintained such untiring zeal or devoted his life more unselfishly to the work he undertook for his country. His death is a grievous loss to all who knew him officially and unofficially.” He was a keen rifle shot, and interested himself in the members of his Volunteer Corps becoming first-class shots. In Oct. 1913 he was appointed to the Executive Council of the Bengal Presidency Rifle Association in recognition of his interest and work in connection with musketry. He attended the Annual Meetings held at Meerut, won the Field Officers’ Cup in 1912, and his teams of Volunteers won the Army versus Volunteers Competition. Major Gardiner was also conspicuous in connection with the work of St. John Ambulance Association in India, especially in the training of the men of the O.R. Ry. Vol. Rifles, teams of whom successfully carried off the Railway Shield in 1911, 1912, and 1913. In recognition of his services he was made a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and received the decoration of the order from the Viceroy of India. In the English Railway World Major Gardiner was known as having, in 1908, brought forward a system of cab signals and the automatic electrical control of moving trains as a safeguard against the failure of the human machine. He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and also of the Institute of Electrical Engineers. He _m._ at Lucknow, 24 March, 1897, Edith May (The Retreat, Sutherland Avenue, Bexhill), dau. of Campbell Thomson, M.I.C.E., late Chief Engineer of the N.W. of India State Railway, and had three children: Richard, _b._ 28 Oct. 1900; John Campbell, _b._ 20 Nov. 1905; and Dorothy Agnes, _b._ 11 April, 1903.

=GARDINER, ANDREW=, Private, No. 68450, 25th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Michael Gardiner, of Reserve Mines; _b._ Reserve Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 2 Feb. 1887; educ. Reserve Public School; was a Coal Miner and settled at Sidney Mines where he worked in No. 1 Colliery; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the 40th Battn., 25 Feb. 1915; was drafted to 25th Battn., 17 May, came over with one of the later Contingents, and died, 12 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action on the 3rd. Sergt. Mowyr, 5th Brigade Mining Section, wrote: “We were in an exposed position, but the work we were engaged in had to be done, and required men of nerve--fearless men--to do it. With others we were getting along fine, when snipers picked off a couple of our brave fellows. I had to call for volunteers to replace the fellows who died. Scarcely before I gave the order than poor Andrew jumped forward and worked like a hero. Ho was only at the job but a short time, when a sniper’s bullet tore a hole across his forehead rendering him unconscious.... Andrew was one of the bravest boys in the regiment. He was admired and respected by all the officers and men, and was a general favourite with the crowd.” Gardiner was prominent in athletics, being well known player in the Reserve Mines ball team and later in the Sydney Mines’ Victorias. He _m._ at Sydney Mines, 15 Feb. 1908, Eveline (Crescent Street, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia), dau. of George Bonnar, and had four children: George W., _b._ 6 June, 1910; John Joseph, _b._ 13 Dec. 1914; Viola, _b._ 24 Oct, 1908; and Eveline, _b._ 19 Sept. 1912.

=GARDINER, ERNEST FREDERIC (ERIC)=, Private, No. 2312, Honourable Artillery Company, yr. _s._ of Frederic John Gardiner, J.P., co. Camb., Proprietor and Editor “Isle of Ely and Wisbech Advertiser,” by his wife, Amelia, dau. of Fredrick Charles Southwell, of Selborne House, Wisbech; _b._ Wisbech (Cambs), 22 April, 1892; educ. Barton School, Wisbech, and Mill Hill School, London; joined the H.A.C. after the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914, proceeded to the Front at the end of January, and was killed in action in the trenches at St. Eloi, Belgium, 20 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the grounds of the Château d’Elzenwalle, near Ypres, on his 23rd birthday.

=GARDINER, FRED=, Private, No. 77520, 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 6th _s._ of the late James Gardiner, of Trowbridge, by his wife, Martha (9, Yerbury Street, Trowbridge), dau. of Charles Pitney; _b._ Trowbridge, co. Wilts, 25 Jan. 1886; educ. Church School there; was a G.W.R. Fireman; went to Canada in May, 1911; volunteered after the outbreak of War and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914; came over with the 2nd Contingent on 20 Feb. 1915; trained at Shorncliffe; went to France, 2 May, and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915; _unm._

=GARDINER, JOHN PHILIP=, Private, No. 9312, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. O.F., _s._ of Edwin Gardiner, of 56, Alexandra Road, Hornsey, N., Warehouseman, by his wife, Edith Maria, dau. of George Lamb, of Compton, Wolverhampton; _b._ Esher, co. Surrey, 7 March, 1895; educ. Stationers’ School, Hornsey, and on leaving there entered the employ of Messrs. John Howell & Co., Ltd., of St. Paul’s Churchyard; joined the London Rifle Brigade, 12 Oct. 1912, and volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Le Gheer, 16 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Regimental Cemetery at Ploegsteert. His Capt. wrote: “He was always so plucky and cheery and a very good little soldier.”

=GARDINER, LEWIS=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8458), 294842, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GARDINER, PERCY HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22103, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GARDINER, WALTER ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., 13308, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GARDNER, FREDERICK ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17521, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GARDNER, HENRY PATRICK=, Chief Stoker, 276293, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GARDNER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2431), 179552, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.