Chapter LXXXVII: Part 87

=WHITE, WILLIAM DARCY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19848, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=WHITEFORD, PETER=, Sergt., No. 6965, 2nd Battn. The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 4th _s._ of Andrew Whiteford, of Cramond, by his wife, Hannah Lawrie, dau. of James Black, of Easter Drylaw, Cramond; _b._ Davidson’s Mains, Cramond, 15 May, 1886; educ. Davidson’s Mains Public School; enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders at Edinburgh in 1904, and after a few months in Dublin served three years in South Africa, two years in China, and two years in India, returning to England in Jan. 1912. He obtained his discharge 1 June that year, and became a gardener to Mr. W. R. Reid at Lauriston Castle. When war broke out he rejoined at Inverness, and after training recruits there for four months, was promoted Sergt., and went to France early in Dec. He was killed while leading his platoon into action at La Bassée 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._

=WHITEHEAD, ALFRED GEORGE=, Signal Boy, J. 23867, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=WHITEHEAD, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9373, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=WHITEHEAD, HARRY HARDING=, Private, No. 3/927, R.N.V.R. Hawke Battn. 1st R.N. Brigade, R.N. Division, 2nd _s._ of James Dove Whitehead, of Middleton Hall, near Pickering, Yorks, J.P., North Riding, by his wife, Jane, 2nd dau. of the late Samuel Harding Loy, J.P., Keldead, Pickering; _b._ Scarborough, 26 March, 1891; educ. Repton School; qualified as an Engineer, and joined a Flying School for the Naval Flying Corps, joining the R.N.V.R. after the outbreak of war, in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, Gallipoli, 29 June, 1915; _unm._ His only brother, Capt. James Loy Whitehead, is now (1916) on active service.

=WHITEHEAD, HENRY MONTAGUE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th, attd. 2nd, Battn. East Surrey Regt., 2nd _s._ of Henry Hammond Whitehead, of Boston Road, Brentford, by his wife, Edith Miriam, dau. of John Cove, of Northampton; _b._ Brentford, co. Middlesex, 16 Nov. 1890; educ. Tonbridge School, where he was in the O.T.C.; was an Architect; joined the Artists Rifles in 1908; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the East Surreys, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France Jan. 1915; attd. to the 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers, joining the 2nd Battn. East Surreys in March, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 14 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried there.

=WHITEHEAD, JAMES SCULLARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2390), 161600, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WHITEHURST, CHARLEY=, Private, No. 13205, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John William Whitehurst, of 4, Grove Lane, Smethwick; _b._ Birmingham; educ. Dudley Road and City Road Schools; was employed in the Ebbw Vale Steel Works; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 3 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1 Jan. 1915, and was reported missing after the fighting at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date. He _m._ at St. Matthew’s Church, Smethwick, 29 Sept. 1907, Emma (2, Fering Street, Corporation Road, Newport, co. Monmouth), dau. of Robert (and Emma) Bell, and had a dau., Elsie Agnes, _b._ 24 June, 1913.

=WHITEHURST, HAROLD=, Private, No. 1544, 1st Battn. Highland L.I., _s._ of William Whitehurst, of 31, Cove Street, Beverley Road, Hull; _b._ Hull, 27 Feb. 1897; educ. Trinity House School, Hull; after leaving school was apprenticed to Messrs. Wright & Bacon, Shipowners; joined 1st Highland L.I., 6 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between 11 and 18 March, 1915; _unm._ Two of his brothers are serving in the Army: George William Whitehurst in the N.E.R. Fusiliers (Pioneers), and Alfred Whitehurst in the 2nd Northumbrian R.F.A.

=WHITELAW, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 9040, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., _s._ of Alexander Whitelaw, Foreman Carpenter with Messrs. Currie & Co., of Leith, Ship Owners, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Adam Stenhouse, of Leith, _b._ Leith, 22 Aug. 1880; educ. Couper Street School there; enlisted in 1902, served for three years with the Colours and nine years in the Reserve, and on mobilization rejoined his regt. 17 Aug. 1914. He was shot through the head by a German sniper while helping to repair the trenches at Houplines, 30 Jan. 1915, and was buried in the military cemetery there. He _m._ at Leith, 9 July, 1908, Jane Jackson (66, Coburg Street, Leith), dau. of Allan McCallum, and had two sons and a dau.: Alexander, _b._ 6 Sept. 1909; Allan McCallum, _b._ 14 March, 1913, and Susan Webster, _b._ 9 Dec. 1910.

=WHITEWAY, THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 208492, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WHITFIELD, THOMAS NICHOLAS=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1752, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

=WHITING, CHARLES=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 186224, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WHITING, FREDERICK JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 1050, 1/6th (Cyclist) Battn. The Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Whiting, of 73, Surrey Road, Ipswich, by his wife, Margaret; _b._ Westerfield, Ipswich, 10 Jan. 1893; educ. Council School and Boys’ British School there; joined the Suffolk Cyclists, 20 March, 1912, and died in the Military Hospital, Saxmundham, 12 May, 1915, from injuries received through an armoured car, while cycling out with his company, near Saxmundham; _unm._

=WHITTLE, GEORGE THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 237335, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WHITTLE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 290939 Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WHYBROW, THOMAS JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9533), 106899, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WHYTE, CHARLES LEONARD LE BARON=, Chief Petty Officer, 147436, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WHYTE, DAVID STEWART=, Engine Room Artificer, No. Ch. 270811, R.N., only _s._ of the late John Stewart Whyte, of Stonehaven, Edinburgh, and 101, Stephen’s Road, Tunbridge Wells, Schoolmaster (died 23 March, 1915), by his wife Margaret (died 5 Sept. 1911), dau. of the late James Sutherland, Leith, N.L.S.; _b._ Stonehaven, co. Kincardine, 10 Nov. 1878; educ. Tewel Public School there, and Gordon’s College, Aberdeen; was 2nd Engineer in the Merchant Service; joined the Navy Nov. 1902, and was lost on H.M.S. Good Hope, 1 Nov. 1914, when that ship was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili. He _m._ at St. Simon’s Church, Southsea, 1 Aug. 1908, Emmeline Annie (31, Wisborough Road, Southsea), dau. of the late David Williams, of Southsea, and had two children: Merry Sutherland, _b._ 28 Nov. 1909, and Lena, _b._ 1 Sept. 1913.

=WICKENDEN, HARRY CHARLES=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch./6612, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WICKINS, VERNON JOHN=, Private, No. 2086, 15th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late Vernon Evan Wickins, Engineer (who died shortly after the outbreak of war), by his wife, Mary (Cambria, 32, Wellington Street, North Hobart, Tasmania), dau. of John McGinnes, of Edinburgh; _b._ Hobart, 30 Aug. 1886; educ. State School there; joined when young the Volunteer Force and for five and a half years was a member of the Derwent Infantry Regt., in which he was promoted Sergt., 27 May, 1911. He was for some years employed in the Government Railways Service at Launceston, and while there became an active member of the Hobart Launceston Rifle Club, but on the illness of his father resigned his position to return home to Hobart so as to be a help to his mother and the other members of the family. On his return to Hobart he joined the A.N.A. Rifle Club and was on the roll as an active member when war broke out. He volunteered for Imperial service and joined the 15th Battn., 6 Feb. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements and was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 8 Aug. 1915. Capt. L. Simpson, A.N.A. Rifle Club, wrote: “Vernon Wickins endeared himself to all his club mates and to all with whom he came in touch by his quiet, kindly and unassuming manner, and no greater testimony can be given of his love for country and fellow mortals than that he laid down his life for them.” He _m._ at Launceston, Tasmania, 3 April, 1915, Hilda, dau. of (--) Collins.

=WICKS, JAMES=, Private, No. 9532, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., _s._ of George Wicks, of 22, Parkfield Road, Hollington, near Hastings; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 3 Oct. 1914.

=WIDGER, JAMES SAUNDERS=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 345559, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WIGG, ARTHUR HARRY=, Private, No. 2685, 1st Battn. Honourable Artillery Company, yr. _s._ of the late Harry Owen Wigg, of Ealing, W., formerly of West Derby, Liverpool, Draper’s Buyer, by his wife, Mary Walmsley (25, Gordon Road, Ealing, W.), dau. of the late Thomas Fletcher, of Newsham Park, Liverpool; _b._ West Derby, Liverpool, 16 Oct. 1890; educ. Elstow School (formerly called Bedford County School), Bedford; was in the service of Messrs. Dalton & Young, Fenchurch Street, E.C.; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war and joined the H.A.C. in Nov. 1914; left for France 26 April, 1915, as one of a draft to the 1st Battn.; and was killed in action at Hooge, 16 June following. Early on the morning of the 16th the British had attacked with some success south of Hooge, capturing 1,000 yards of German front trenches and part of their second line. Towards night the troops holding the most advanced of the captured trenches were obliged to fall back, and volunteers were called to go to their support. Private Wigg was one of those who volunteered, and while advancing with a party composed of men from various units under Major G. N. Crosfield, 4th South Lancashires, was hit in the head by a piece of high explosive shell and killed instantaneously. He was buried by the side of a path leading to the Sunken Road between Hooge and Potijze; _unm._ He was a very keen sportsman, being vice-captain of the Old Elstonian Hockey Club and a member of the Ealing Cricket Club, upon the committee of which he served.

=WIGG, EDWARD CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1497), 208328, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WIGHTMAN, FRANCIS CHARLES=, Private, No. 00189, 1st Imperial Light Horse, elder _s._ of the late John Wightman, of Edinburgh, Master Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, by his wife, Janet (28, Mardale Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of James McFarlane; _b._ Edinburgh, 6 April, 1880; educ. Daniel Stewart’s College there; joined the Imperial Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) at the time of the South African War; took part in the operations there, receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps; returned to South Africa, 1902, and was for a time at the Remount Camp at Mooi River, afterwards settling in Johannesburg, where he held a position in one of the Rand Mines, Cattine Modder, Brakham. On the outbreak of the European War he made preparations to return to Britain, but on the rebellion in South Africa he joined the 1st Imperial Light Horse, and was killed in action at Rooidam, 25 Nov. 1914, during a fight with Kemp’s force, which lasted all day; _unm._ He was buried there. He was a keen footballer and played for Daniel Stewart’s College F.P. 1st team; a good horseman and a good shot.

=WIGHTON, JAMES ALBERT FORGAN=, Leading Carpenter and Diver, R.N., No. 346697, 2nd _s._ of the late James Brown Wighton, Jute Commission Agent, Calcutta, by his wife, Catherine (28, Redbourne Street, Boulevard, Hull), dau. of James Albert Forgan, of Hull, Engineer; _b._ Barrow-in-Furness, 19 Oct. 1886; educ. Constable Street Council School, Hull; joined the Navy in 1904; served on H.M.S. Assistance; went to India on H.M.S. Renown, with King George (then Prince of Wales); served on H.M.S. Glasgow, on her first Commission, and on H.M.S. Fearless; transferred to the Good Hope on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. and was lost when that ship was sunk in the action off Coronel on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His brother-in-law, Joseph Williams, was lost on the Cressy (see his notice).

=WIGMORE, JAMES EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12112, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILCOX, PERCY JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., 10304 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 929), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILDE, REGINALD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5463 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILDMAN, HERBERT ARTHUR=, Rifleman, No. 2970, 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Wildman, of 1, Stanhope Road, North Finchley, by his wife, Florence May, dau. of Joseph Evans; _b._ Pulloxhill, co. Bedford, 30 May, 1894; educ. Christ Church School, Finchley, N.; was a Postman at Whetstone; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, and joined the Post Office Rifles, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 25 May, 1915, after being reported missing since 22 May. Buried at Festubert; _unm._

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

=WILGRESS, GEORGE KESTEVEN KORTRIGHT=, Lieut., 21st Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Arthur Trollope Wilgress, King’s Printer for Ontario, formerly Publisher and Editor of the Brockville Times, Brockville, Ontario, by his wife, Meta Carleton, dau. of the late George Acheson, of Tandragee, Ireland; _b._ Clarksburg, P. Ontario, Canada, 25 Jan. 1895; educ. St. Albans School, Brockville (Headmaster, Rev. F. G. Orchard, formerly of Bromsgrove, England); served on the Canadian Government Geodetic Survey in Western Canada, and also with the Canadian Pacific Railway Survey of their system north of Lake Superior; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and was gazetted Lieut. 15 Sept. 1914; came over with the second Canadian contingent in May, 1915; went to France in Sept. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 27 Nov. 1915; _unm._ Buried in Ridgewood Cemetery, near Ypres. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 15 June, 1916] by Sir Douglas Haig, for gallant and distinguished conduct in rescuing wounded under heavy rifle fire at short range, and his commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. (now Brig.-Gen.) W. St. Pierre Hughes, wrote: “George’s death was a very severe blow to the whole Battn. There was not an officer, non-com. or man in the whole lot who did not respect, love and admire him. He was kindness itself, thoughtful of others to an extreme degree, and always prompt, careful, thorough and in all ways efficient. He was a soldier and a gentleman always. His heroic acts, performed only two hours before he was killed, have stamped him as one of the few. He knew no fear and feared no foe. He loved his men and they adored him.” At St. Albans School he was head boy and captain of the school, and also of the football team, and exercised a very strong influence for good by reason of his outstanding character.

=WILKENS, HENRY EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 608), 144292, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILKINS, ALFRED=, Private, No. 730, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in action at Gallipoli, 3 May, 1915.

=WILKINS, ARTHUR JOHN=, Sergt., No. 6826, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _s._ of Cornelius Wilkins, of Strathmore, Alberta, Canada; enlisted 27 June, 1906; became L.-Corpl. 10 Sept. 1908; Corporal 17 Aug. 1912; L.-Sergt. 21 Jan. 1913, and Sergt. 22 Oct. 1914; served in Egypt 11 Oct. 1909 to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 22 Oct. 1914; killed in action at Cuinchy, 2 Feb. 1915; _unm._

=WILKINS, BERT=, Sergt., No. S/9851, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, &c.; killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915; _unm._

=WILKINS, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 6787, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Frederick James Wilkins, of Towtree, Burghill, co. Hereford, Farmer and Licensed Victualler, by his wife, Amelia, dau. of Robert (and Mary) Sutton; _b._ Malvern, 22 Jan. 1882; educ. County Council School, Burghill; was a Chimneystack Builder; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 30 May, 1906; served in Egypt 31 Oct. 1907 to 23 March, 1911, and obtained his discharge in 1913; rejoined his old regt. on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug.; served through the retreat from Mons, and subsequent engagements, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 7 Feb. 1915, being shot through the head by a sniper while effecting the rescue of a wounded comrade on the morning after his coy. had cleared the Brickfields of the Germans at the point of the bayonet; _unm._ He was buried in Cuinchy Cemetery.

=WILKINS, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., 9557 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1512), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILKINS, HARRY=, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 152465, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILKINS, HENRY JOHN=, Private, No. 8896, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Frederick Wilkins, of 8, Collingbourne Ducis, Marlborough, co. Wilts, Woodman, by his wife, Helen, eldest dau. of George Bulpits; _b._ Collingbourne, 5 June, 1890; educ. C.E. School there; was employed at the Army Ordnance Stores, Tidworth, enlisted in the Coldstreams, 25 Oct. 1910; obtained his discharge, and joined the Reserve in Oct. 1913, with an excellent character from his Company Officer; rejoined on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went straight to France with the 1st Expeditionary Force; was wounded 21 Oct. 1914, and was in hospital in France until Jan. following, when he returned to the firing line, and was killed in the trenches at Cuinchy, 16 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried near La Bassée.

=WILKINS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 10723, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of George Wilkins, of 59, Waterloo Street, Leamington, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Hortin; _b._ Leamington, co. Warwick, 11 Sept. 1894; educ. St. Peter’s R.C. School there; was a Dairyman; joined the 7th Warwickshire Territorials about Jan. 1911; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 2 May, 1914; went to France 6 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._

=WILKINSON, CHARLES=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 4170, 1st Battn., Northumberland Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of Charles Wilkinson, of Stonebridge Park, by his wife Maria, dau. of (--) Churchill; _b._ Stonebridge Park, Middlesex; educ. there; enlisted 13 April, 1894, and became L.-Corpl. 16 March, 1899; Corpl. 1 April, 1900; L.-Sergt. 26 Feb. 1902; Sergt. 1 April, 1902; Col.-Sergt. 26 Sept. 1911, and Coy. Sergt.-Major 29 Nov. 1913; served in Gibraltar, 3 Oct. 1896 to 16 Jan. 1898; with the Soudan Expedition, 17 Jan. to 2 Oct. 1898 (Queen’s medal, Khedeval medal); during the occupation of Crete, 3 Oct. 1898 to 17 April, 1899; in South Africa, 16 Sept. 1899 to 6 April, 1903; including the actions at Belmont and the Modder River and the subsequent operations in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal (Queen’s medal with two clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); in the Mauritius, 7 April, 1903, to 8 Feb. 1906; in India, 9 Feb. 1906 to 11 March, 1907, and again 4 Sept. 1908 to 11 Nov. 1913; took part in the operations in the Mohmand Country, N.W. Frontier, 1908 (India General Service medal with clasp); present at Delhi Durbar, 1911 (medal); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders 15 Aug. to 14 Sept. 1914; including the retreat from Mons, and was killed at Vailly, during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914. Major H. R. Sandilands wrote: “Sergt.-Major Wilkinson belonged to the finest type of British non-commissioned officers, keen, smart and straight as a die, he was loved and trusted equally by the officers and the men in the ranks of the regt. in whose welfare he was so keenly interested, and in whose service he died. ‘Wilkie’ will ever be held in affectionate remembrance by all who had the privilege of serving with him.” While in India Wilkinson was for nearly five years Officers’ Mess Sergt. and was afterwards Chief Warder in Military Prison at Mauritius. He had also the silver medal for good conduct and long service. He _m._ at Trinity Church, Karachi, India, 9 Dec. 1908, Maud (88, Yerbury Road, Tufnell Park, N.), dau. of Charles Mockridge, of Upper Holloway, and had three sons: Stanley Charles, _b._ Rawal Pindi, India, 3 Nov. 1909; Douglas Reginald, _b._ Mhow, Central India, 6 Oct. 1912; and Charles Frank St. George, _b._ (posthumous) 2 Nov. 1914.

=WILKINSON, FRANK LEE=, Gunner, No. 71456, 47th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, eldest _s._ of Francis Lee Wilkinson, of 8, Little Lockwood Street, Wincolmlee, Hull, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Wakefield; _b._ Hull, 10 May, 1895; educ. Lincoln Street Board School there; joined R.F.A. 5 Dec. 1912; went to France 19 Aug. 1914, and died at No. 10 General Hospital, Rouen, 1 Oct. following, of wounds received on 20 Sept. at the Battle of the Marne; _unm._ The Rev. C. M. Chavasse, Chaplain to the Forces, wrote: “I write to tell you all I know of the last hours of your son, who died in hospital here on 1 Oct. His was rather a sad experience, but patiently borne. He had received a gunshot wound in the right arm during the Battle of the Marne on Sunday, 20 Sept., and arrived in hospital here on Thursday, 24 Sept. He was wonderfully good and patient and brave, and lay very quietly in the corner bed of the hospital tent. There was always a smile from him whenever I came to see him, and I do not think anyone realised how bad he was through his bravery. He was a very good boy, too, and, as he told me once, never forgot his prayers, and was trusting in our Lord Jesus Christ. He ought to have gone home on a hospital ship on the 30th, but another operation was necessary, which prevented this. This was a sad disappointment to him, but again no one could have been braver or more patient. And then on the 1st came the sudden collapse. I was suddenly fetched to his side in the morning, and had just time to whisper a prayer in his ear and to feel him squeeze my hand when he became unconscious, and very peacefully passed away at 2.15 p.m.” He was buried the next day in the Cemetery in the Sepulchre des Rouen (Grave No. 58).

=WILKINSON, JOHN ROTHES MARLOW=, B.A., Lieut., 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Rev. Henry Marlow Wilkinson, Vicar of Milford, Lymington, Hants, by his wife, Florence Amy (Milford Corner, Milford-on-Sea), dau. of the late John Kemp-Welch, of Sopley Park, Hants; _b._ the Vicarage, Milford-on-Sea, 17 Oct. 1887; educ. Winchester College, and Worcester College, Oxford (1907–1911, B.A., Capt. of the College Boat Club); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Middlesex, 22 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 10 Oct. 1913; left for France with the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Oburg, near Mons, on the 23rd; _unm._ A Private of C Coy., 4th Middlesex, wrote: “On Sunday, 23 Aug., we were entrenched in front of a convent, when Capt. ... gave Lieut. Wilkinson an order to take half his platoon (two sections) to reinforce ‘A’ Coy. This Coy. was at the left of our position and was being hard pressed. We took up position under heavy fire at a group of houses. Your son went into one of the houses, and was heard directing the fire of his two sections through the skylight in the roof. He directed his fire so well that he forced the Germans to retire from his front. It was from this house that he saw overwhelming numbers of Germans coming through the wood to his front. The Germans came on again until they were within 200 yards. Lieut. Wilkinson then came out of the house into the trench. It was here that he got the order to retire. He got the order twice, but would not take it, as he thought it was not an official order. Eventually he got the order from the G.O.C. to retire. It was then I noticed he was limping. To retire we had to go through barbed wire; here we got separated owing to the heavy shell and rifle fire. I am very sorry to say that I was the only man of those two sections to get away from that place. No officers could give me any information of Lieut. Wilkinson. I reported to the C.O. what had happened and told him that Lieut. Wilkinson was a very brave man. He replied, ‘Yes, I know that, and I am very sorry to have lost him.’... I must say your son was a man in every sense of the word. I think he was as brave a gentleman as one could meet here. I told this to Capt.... I think I have an idea of a brave officer, as I went through the South African War and have eight clasps to my medal.”

=WILKINSON, LEONARD RICHARD=, Rifleman, No. 2240, C Coy., 1/9th (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of George Henry Wilkinson, of Star Mills, Paper Maker, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William E. Pepper; _b._ Camberwell, 22 Dec. 1890; enlisted on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders and was killed in action during the severe fighting for Hill 60, near Ypres, on 24 April, 1915; _unm._

=WILKINSON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6945), S.S. 101506, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILLAN, SAMUEL=, Private, No. 11727, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Lancaster; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action at Cuinchy, 3 Feb. 1915.

=WILLETS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 7965, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of Arthur Willetts, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas Bennett; _b._ Aston, Birmingham, 7 Aug. 1883; educ. Vicarage Road there; was employed as a Stove Fitter; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 13 Feb. 1902; served three years with the Colours and nine years in the Reserve; went to the Front, Aug. 1914; was wounded and taken a prisoner at Haines, and died a prisoner of war at Erfurt, Germany, 16 Feb. 1915, and was buried there. He _m._ at Aston, Birmingham, 1907, Nellie (No. 2, Back, 119, Park Road, Aston, Birmingham), dau. of William Whadauck, and had a son, Frederick, _b._ 26 Jan. 1908.

=WILLIAMS, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3806 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILLIAMS, ALBERT ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4015), 218031, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WILLIAMS, ARTHUR MONTAGU=, Solicitor, Lieut. Machine Gun Section, 7th (Robin Hood) Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.) (T.F.), only _s._ of the late Arthur Williams, of 109, Forest Road, Nottingham, Solicitor, by his wife, Mary, dau. of the late Thomas Morley, of 46, Addison Street, Nottingham; _b._ Nottingham, 21 Dec. 1883; educ. Nottingham Boys’ High School; served his articles with Capt. J. A. H. Green, admitted a Solicitor in 1905, and was in practice in Nottingham and had lately been a partner in the firm of Messrs. Browne, Son & Williams. He had joined the Robin Hoods as a private on leaving school in 1900, and became a 2nd Lieut. when the Territorial Act came into operation, and was gazetted Lieut. 8 June, 1913. On the outbreak of war he volunteered with the Battn. for foreign service, went to France, 25 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Kemmel Churchyard. One of his men (Private T. Linney, 1867) wrote: “On the night of 15 June, 1915, at about 9.30 p.m. the Germans thought to make a surprise attack on our trenches south of Ypres, by first of all blowing up our trenches and then by violently bombarding our position by artillery and hand grenades. The 8th Battn. Sherwood Foresters, were in the trenches at the time, and were expecting to be relieved that night by the 7th Battn. Sherwood Foresters, this accounting for the officers of the 7th being in the trenches in the afternoon to view the positions. After the violent bombardment the Germans tried to charge the trench, and this being the first severe attack the 8th Battn. had been in they did not know which way to turn or what to do; already they had lost a large number of men and officers and were naturally panic stricken, when Lieut. Williams came to the rescue. Already he had been to fetch a wounded officer, Lieut. Dobson, in, and seen him safe; when the Germans stormed the trenches, he gathered the men together, and by his cool manner and words made a desperate stand against the coming onslaught; the Germans had got as far as the barbed wire, when Lieut. Williams shouted to the men “Come on men, if we’ve got to die, we will die fighting,” this put new life into the men and by desperate fighting the Germans were driven back, but Lieut. Williams, who had saved the situation at such a critical time, was killed instantaneously, by part of a shell fracturing his skull”; and Capt. G. H. Stubington: “It was after dark and he had just gone into the trenches which the Robin Hoods were taking over from the 8th Battn. when Lieut. Dobson of the 8th Battn. was wounded by a shell. Arthur went to help him when another shell exploded and killed them both instantly. He died on duty and I need not tell you how much we feel his loss. He was a most efficient officer and also in my case a close personal friend; I have, as you are aware, known him for years and as far as Machine Gun work is concerned, I feel that I have lost my right hand man.... The Officer Commanding desires me to add that the Battn. has suffered a great loss by his death, and he will be very much missed by all ranks to whom he had endeared himself, and especially by his brother officers.” Lieut. Williams, who was a Freeman of the City of Nottingham by birth, had taken his Musketry and Machine Gun Course and had qualified as an Instructor of Musketry. He was a member of, and played for, the Notts. Amateur Cricket Club; was for some time Secretary of the Nottingham Children’s Hospital and Hon. Secretary of the Red Cross for Notts, and was a member of the Newstead Lodge of Freemasons.

=WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 9600, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Williams, of 25ct., 7h, Cheapside, Birmingham; _b._ Perry Barr, co. Stafford, 7 July, 1894; educ. Rea Street Board School, Birmingham; was a Metal Spinner, Simplex, Salop Street, Birmingham; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 11 May, 1912; went to France 14 Aug. 1914, and was accidentally drowned in Cuinchy Canal, 4 Aug. 1915, while on active service; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery at Givenchy.

=WILLIAMS, CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., 370), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILLIAMS, FREDERICK LEONARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3177), S.S. 622, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WILLIAMS, GEORGE JACKSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1/5th Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of David Jones Williams, of Rhydwen, Barnsley, member of the firm of Williams Bros., Ltd., Coal Exporters, by his wife, Dinah, dau. of the late George Jackson, Mining Engineer; _b._ Royston, co. York, 6 Feb. 1895; educ. High School, Barnsley and Rydal Mount, Colwyn Bay, and on leaving there entered his father’s office in Paris. When war broke out he was in England on a short holiday and he immediately volunteered and joined the 5th Reserve Battn. of the York and Lancaster Regt. under Lieut.-Col. Mitchell and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 Sept. 1914. Being anxious to get to the front he transferred to the 1st/5th Battn. under Lieut.-Col. Fox (which had volunteered for foreign service) and while training with it at Sheffield contracted rheumatism and developed endocarditis from which he died at Barnsley, 27 April, 1915; _unm._

=WILLIAMS, GEORGE JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14241 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILLIAMS, HAROLD=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21975, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WILLIAMS, HERBERT CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 10080, 2nd Battn. King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) Regt., yst. but one of the six soldier sons of Ellis Williams, of Hanmer Place, Bowerham, Lancaster, ex Qr.-Mr.-Sergt. of the same regt. (with which he served for 25 years), by his wife, Eliza Mary, dau. of Henry Studd, late of the R.A.M.C.; _b._ the Barracks, Lancaster, 2 April, 1895; educ. Bowerham School; enlisted as a drummer in the King’s Own at Lancaster, 3 May, 1909, and joined his battn. in Jersey, subsequently accompanying it to India. He came home with it in Dec. 1914, and on 15 Jan. went to the Front. He was severely wounded on 16 March, 1915, while placing sand bags to repair front of trenches by Ypres, and died in hospital at Bailleul. His comrade, Band Sergt. J. A. Nichol, wrote: “He passed peacefully away at 6.15 a.m. this morning, 23 March. I was with him throughout, and I’m writing this letter for Lloyd, his brother, who is very much upset. The remains will be interred to-morrow at 9 a.m. in the cemetery there, and I’ll be there to put some token of love on his grave for you and the family.” His two elder brothers, Coy Qr.-Mr.-Sergt. Ellis Watkin Williams and Sergt. John Henry Williams of the 1st Battn. of the King’s Own were wounded in the retreat from Mons, the latter, now a prisoner at Doberitz, very severely. The third, Sergt. Lloyd Williams, suffered from shell concussion and is now (1916) in Egypt. Rifleman Reginald Williams, the fourth, belongs to the King’s Liverpool Regt., and the fifth and last son, Private Percival Williams, is in the Army Service Corps.

=WILLIAMS, HUBERT LESLIE=, Trooper, No. 13/258, 11th North Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of Harry Edwin Williams, of Parua Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, by his wife, Harriet Mary, dau. of the late Henry Morey; _b._ at Parua Bay, 23 Nov. 1892; educ. there; and entered the Army, 15 Aug. 1914, being one of the first to enlist from Parua Bay at the outbreak of war. Killed in action at Walker Ridge, Gallipoli, during a night attack, 26 May, 1915, buried there. The circumstances of his death are told as follows in a letter from a comrade to his mother: “A mate of mine, H. L. Williams, was dragging me to put me in a hole out of the firing line after I was shot down that awful night, he had stopped for a minute to give me a drop of water out of his bottle, had just dropped on his knees, when a bullet struck him in the breast, he fell over me, he put his hand in mine and said ‘good-bye old fellow, good luck to you, I’m fixed.’ And so he died without a move, good fellow that he was.”

=WILLIAMS, IDRIS HAVARD JOSEPH=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 4th _s._ of the late Morgan Stuart Williams, of Aberpergwm, co. Glamorgan, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Josephine (9, Stratford Place, W.), dau. of William Herbert, of Clytha, Monmouthshire, and nephew of the late Capt. George Williams, Frontier Light Horse, who was killed in the Zulu War; _b._ Aberpergwm, 29 Dec. 1878; educ. Charterhouse; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Fusiliers from the Militia, 5 Jan. 1901, and was promoted Lieut. 26 March, 1904, and Capt. 29 Jan. 1910; served through the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, died at Boulogne, 3 June, 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres; buried at St. Donat’s Castle; _unm._

=WILLIAMS, JETHROE=, L.-Corpl., No. 6074, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Cabel Williams, of High Street, Cheltenham, Market Gardener; _b._ Leigh, near Cheltenham, 5 Dec. 1885; educ. there; enlisted 21 Jan. 1905; was appointed L.-Corpl. 10 Oct. 1914; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 28 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 12 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 5 Nov. following, of wounds received in action. He _m._ at Fulham, 22 Sept. 1906, Evelyn May (8, Station Road, Maldon, Essex), dau. of Robert Everett Coney Weston, of Bury St. Edmunds, and had a dau., Edith Josephine, _b._ 20 April, 1907.

=WILLIAMS, JOHN NATHANIEL=, Private, No. 12/484, 6th (Hauraki) Auckland Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force (formerly Capt., 4th Dorsets (T.F.)), elder _s._ of Col. Sir Robert Williams, of Bridehead, Dorchester, 1st Bt., M.P., by his wife, Rosa Walker, dau. of Nathaniel Sims, of Strood Park, Horsham; _b._ London, W., 24 Jan. 1878; educ. Matfield, Kent; Eton, and New College, Oxford; was for some time in the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Dorsetshire Regt., becoming Capt., but resigned his commission and went to New Zealand in 1910. On the outbreak of war enlisted as a Private in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in Oct. 1914; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915, and in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Gaba Tepe that day; _unm._ Major-Gen. Sir A. I. Godley, K.C.M.G., C.B., Commanding New Zealand Forces, wrote: “He was killed leading and setting a most gallant example to the men in the forefront of the Battn., and all the officers, N.C.O.’s and men of the company speak of him in the highest terms of admiration and affection. He had evidently made himself most popular with them and respected by all, and had he not fallen he would have been given a commission in this force immediately after the first action. I believe the example which he set in enlisting, and dying as he did in the ranks, has done more for this force and perhaps for the Empire than he would have done as a commissioned officer.”

=WILLIAMS, JOSEPH=, Chief Yeoman of Signals, R.N., No. Ch./206951, 4th _s._ of the late Edward Williams, of Hull, Chemist, by his wife, Betsy Ann, dau. of Henry Hollingsworth, of Hull, Chemist; _b._ Hull, 25 Feb. 1883; educ. Boulevard Higher Grade School, Hull, joined the Navy in Feb. 1899; served on H.M. ships, Perseus, 1905–8; Jason, 1908–10; Shannon, 1910–12; and R.F.A. Maine, 1912–14, and was studying for an examination for warrant officer when war was declared; joined H.M.S. Cressy and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Boulevard Baptist Church, Hull, 8 Sept. 1910, Agnes Mary (28, Redbourne Street, Boulevard, Hull), sister of James Albert Forgan Wighton, R.N. (lost in the action off Coronel, 1 Nov. 1914), and only dau. of the late James Brown Wighton, and had two children; Joseph Albert, _b._ 8 Sept. 1914; and Catherine Marian, _b._ 23 Aug. 1912.

=WILLIAMS, MERVYN JAMES=, Colour Sergt.-Major, No. 6854, 2nd Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, only _s._ of John Williams, of Blackrock, by his wife, Ellen Dorcas, dau. of James Watts, of Grove Avenue, Blackrock; _b._ Blackrock, co. Dublin, 21 June, 1882; educ. Booterstown School there; enlisted Jan. 1910; served in South Africa, Egypt, and with the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 24 Aug. 1914 to 16 May, 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action at Festubert; _unm._

=WILLIAMS, OWEN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 6104), 297624, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WILLIAMS, SYDNEY ERNEST=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4202, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WILLIAMS, THOMAS CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 299881, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=WILLIAMS, TOM JAMES=, Private, No. 11050, 2nd, attd. 1st, Battn. Welsh Regt., _s._ of George Williams, of Ffosyfedwen, Velindre, Henllan, Flannel Weaver, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of William Evans; _b._ Ffrontywann, 15 Nov. 1894; educ. National School, Velindre. He enlisted in the Welsh Regt. in Dec. 1913, was in training with the 2nd Battn. in Hampshire when the war broke out, and was soon afterwards sent out to France. There he was a driver in the transport section of his regt., till he contracted rheumatic fever, lying for some weeks in hospital at Le Havre, and then returning to England on three weeks’ leave. At the appointed time he reported himself at Cardiff Barracks, and was in a few days on his way back to France again, to join the 1st Battn. He served with them for three months, and was killed in action, being shot in a bayonet charge, at Zillebeke, 25 May, 1915; _unm._ His brother, Private William Williams, is now (1916) serving with the Devons.

=WILLIAMS, WALTER KENT, M.V.O.=, Engineer-Capt., R.N., 2nd _s._ of William Philips Williams, Journalist, some time of the South Wales Daily News, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Manoah Kent; _b._ St. Davids, co. Pembroke, 24 Oct. 1863; educ. Proprietary School, Cardiff, and Royal Naval College, Keyham, Devonport; entered the Navy as Assistant Engineer, 1 July, 1885; promoted Engineer, 2 April, 1887; Chief Engineer, 1 Aug. 1897; Engineer-Commander, 1 Aug. 1901, and Engineer-Capt., 1 Jan. 1912. While serving as Engineer in the Blanche, 1893, he landed with the Naval Brigade from H.M. ships Blanche, Swallow, and Sparrow under Commander Lindley to punish a robber chief, Fumo Omari, for various acts of treachery. The fortified strongholds at Puwani and Jongeni were stormed and captured. Capt. Williams was awarded the general Africa medal (Vitu, Aug. 1893 clasp) for these services. He was Engineer at the Royal Osborne College at the time the present Prince of Wales and his brother were students there, and for his services was awarded the M.V.O. in Oct. 1910. He afterwards served for a period ashore at Portsmouth, and on the outbreak of war was appointed on the staff of the Bulwark, and was lost when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914; _unm._

=WILLIAMS, WALTER ROLAND=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7279, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=WILLIAMS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1218, 3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Edwin James Williams, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Roberts; _b._ Plymouth, 24 Oct. 1889; educ. there; joined the 3rd London Regt. in July, 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Malta in Sept.; was sent to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915, being shot through the head in an attack on the German trenches; _unm._

=WILLIAMS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4468), S.S. 103409, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ADDAMS-WILLIAMS, DONALD ARTHUR=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. (Service) South Wales Borderers, only _s._ of the Rev. Herbert Addams-Williams, Rector of Llangibby, co. Monmouth, by his wife, Grace, dau. of Thomas Royse Lysaght; _b._ Llangibby Rectory, 28 April, 1896; educ. Winton House, Winchester, and Marlborough College, where he was in the O.T.C., and joined the Public Schools Battn. immediately on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the South Wales Borderers, 18 Nov. 1914; went to the Dardanelles 29 June, and was killed in action there, 11 Aug. 1915, after the advance from Anzac. Capt. A. W. Hooper wrote: “I am the only officer left out of the five who came out with the coy., and was in hospital wounded when Arthur was killed; hence I am somewhat handicapped, but I have spoken to Arthur’s platoon sergt. several times about the sad incident, and he has given me several little details about it. A covering party was sent forward to clear the enemy away from some wells from whence they had been sniping our troops for three or four days. This party was also to act as a screen to keep the enemy from advancing, or firing, while the remainder of our battn. went forward and dug themselves in, in an advanced position. Arthur, with his platoon, commanded a portion of this covering party, more of the enemy were found near the wells than was anticipated, and our covering party lost rather heavily. However, they nobly did their work, and kept the enemy back while the new trenches were being dug. Arthur was absolutely fearless, and always very cheerful in the trenches. He took his men forward, and had not advanced far before he was hit; he went on and presently was hit a second time, but where each of the first two shots struck him his sergt. did not know. However, being twice wounded, he continued to command his platoon, encouraging all of the men, and showing them a noble example by his own heroism, and disregard of self. A little time afterwards, while still advancing, he was wounded a third time. He turned completely round, and must have died within a few seconds. His sergt. knelt by him as he died, and has told me since that his death was a grand one to see. The sergt. had to leave him, to take charge of the platoon, and when the covering party retired his body was not seen. Several times Sergt. Worthington, his platoon sergt., volunteered to go forward and look for it, but the Turks were now holding that ground in very strong numbers, and it would have meant a further sacrifice of life to send a search party out; therefore his body, and those of two other officers who died the same evening, was never recovered. His death meant a great loss to his men, who thought so highly of him, to the whole coy., and also to myself, who found him an ever-cheerfull and lovable friend.” Nearly three months afterwards, during a reconnaisance, Lieut. Curtis, of the Northamptonshire Regt., discovered his body, and had it brought back to South Wales Borderers Valley, where it was buried in the little Military Cemetery on 3 Nov. 1915.

=DE COURCY-WILLIAMS, ALMERICUS JOHN FALKINER (ERIC)=, 2nd Lieut. 5th, attd. 4th, Battn. Middlesex Regt., only _s._ of John Almericus de Courcy-Williams, of St. Etchens, Killucan, co. Westmeath, M.A., M.B., B.Ch. T.C.D., by his wife Frideswide Catherine Emily, dau. of Robert Smyth, Portlick Castle, Athlone, J.P., and grandson of Surgeon-Major John William Williams, of Killucan, co. Westmeath, M.A., M.D., by his wife, Emily Letitia, née de Courcy, sister of Michael William, 32nd Lord Kingsale; _b._ Greenhills, Killucan, 4 May, 1895; educ. Roysses School, Abingdon, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn. West India Regt., July, 1914; transferred to the Middlesex Regt., 20 Aug. 1914; went to France with the 4th Battn., 6 Sept.; took part in the fighting at Septmouts near Soissons, 14 Sept.; joined the 1st Battn. at Venizel, but returned to the 4th Battn. at Courcelles, 1 Oct.; took part in the march from the Aisne to Vieille-Chapelle, and the battle there, 12–15 Oct. where he was the only officer in his coy. not wounded, and died at Bethune, 21 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action two miles from Aubers while commanding his coy. in the front line of trenches, the previous day, during the First Battle of Ypres. Buried in Bethune Cemetery. His Colonel wrote: “He was such a promising boy, and we were all proud of him and shall miss him much.” Another officer wrote: “I can tell you all ranks were very sorry, as he was a brave soldier and was a great favourite with all, and likely to have a bright army career.” A wounded soldier who was in the trenches with Lieut. de Courcy-Williams said that he frequently exposed himself to danger while exhorting his men not to waste ammunition, but to shoot straight. He was fatally wounded while aiming a rifle in the trenches trying to get a sniper who was picking off his men, and his last words were, “Men, give it them.”

=WILLIAMSON, ALBERT JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, Ch. 154287, R.F.R., B. 1366, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=WILLIAMSON, DAVID MILLAR=, Petty Officer, 216842, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILLIAMSON, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302086, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WILLIAMSON, PETER=, Private, No. 881, 12th Battn. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Matthew Williamson, of Ollaberry, Shetland; Seaman; _b._ Edinburgh, 29 March, 1891; educ. Ollaberry, and Lerwick, Shetland; went to Australia; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force in Oct.; went to the Dardanelles, and died on board H.M.S. Delta, 9 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action there. Buried at sea. He _m._ at Edinburgh, Jessie, dau. of (--) Sutherland, of Latheron, Crofter, and had three children: Peter, _b._ ----; Lizzie, _b._ 5 Jan. 1893, and Maggie, _b._ 30 Nov. 1894.

=WILLIAMSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 14054, 1st Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Voorstraat, 30 Jan. 1915.

=WILLIAMSON, ROBERT HAMILTON=, 2nd Lieut., 118th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, only surv. _s._ of Dr. George Williamson, of 256, Union Street, Aberdeen, by his wife, Constance, dau. of A. H. Gunn; _b._ Stonehaven, co. Kincardine, 27 Sept. 1893; educ. Glenalmond, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (City of Aberdeen) Battery, 1st Highland Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), June, 1911, and promoted Lieut. ... June, 1913. After being attd. for a year to a Regular Battery of Field Artillery, he gained a commission in the Royal Garrison Artillery at the Military Competitive Examination in April, 1914, and was gazetted to the 118th Heavy Battery, R.G.A., 10 June following. He left for France early in Nov. 1914, and died in the Allied Force Base Hospital, Boulogne, 27 Dec. 1914, of wounds received at Fauquissart, near Laventie, on the 6th, while making a sketch of the enemy’s position for his battery from an advanced observation post in a ruined church tower; _unm._ Buried Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen. The commanding officer, 8th Brigade of Heavy Artillery, in which he served, wrote: “I had a great personal liking for him and thought very highly of him, both professionally and as regards his general disposition and demeanour with his other brother officers and the men, who all liked him;” and the officer commanding his battery wrote: “I shall never forget your boy, either for his own personal qualities or for what he had done for the battery.”

=WILLINGALE, SIDNEY GEORGE=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 197386, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILLIS, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./12561, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WILLIS, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3672), 160183, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.