Chapter LXXII: Part 72

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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