Battery Quartermaster Sergeant 166198, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Pioneers. Committed suicide by breaking away from escort and leaping overboard at 4.15pm, drowned, suffering from Melancholia, 19 September 1917, while being repatriated to Canada aboard hospital ship. Born in Guernsey 23 October 1894. Husband of Ela Desperques, of 319, Talbot Street, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Clerk by trade. Previously served in the Army Service Corps. Attested 11 October 1915 at St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, aged 31 years 11½ months, height 5 feet 5½ inches, fair complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, religious denomination Methodist. Landed Havre, France 8 March 1916. No known grave. Commemorated at HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON, Hampshire. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2475 - 20. See also St Peter Port, Guernsey

Examined at Netley, Moore Barracks Hospital, 12 June to 28 June 1917, report as follows:

"No physical disease, urine neg. - Mental - very depressed believes he is cursed and to be punished by being burned
In France inflicted wounds under RT knee & left wrist & forearms. These are now healed & no disability."

Private 720, 13th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action at Gaba Tepe 27 April 1915. Aged 31. Born Early Vicarage, Reading, Berkshire. Resident Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Brother of Grace D. Durand, of Moulin Huet, Geurnsey. Schoolmaster formerly a priest (sic) in the Church of England. Educated Elizabeth College, Guernsey. B.A. Durham University College. Emigrated aged 29. Emabrked France 4 September 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on LONE PINE MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 37. . See also St Peter Port, Guernsey

Extract from De Ruvigny's Rollf of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 1, page 120:

DURAND, HAVILLAND MONTAGUE, Private, No. 720, 13th Battn., Australian Imperial Force, yst. t. of the late Rev. Havilland Durand, for 13 years Vicar of Earley, co. Berks (died 1884), by his wife, Mary (Moulin Bud, Guernsey), dau. of the Rev. Montague John Gregg Hawtrey ; b. Earley Vicarage, 21 Dec. 1883; educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and University College, Durham ; went to Australia in Sept. 1911, and settled at Brisbane, where he was engaged in teaching. Volunteered on the outbreak of the war and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, Sept. 1914 ; left for Egypt In Jan. and was killed in action two days after the landing at Gallipoli, 25 April. 1911 ; unm. His Capt. wrote : "His comrades having expended nearly all their ammunition, volunteers were asked for, to go to the beach for more ; it was necessary to proceed down a fire-swept gully, then on to a shell-swept beach, and return. Havilland volunteered to do this. He got to the beach and returned by way of the gully again. He had done his duty and saved our line. I should like to mention that he was loved by officers and men alike. He was selected and especially trained for a battn. scout, work that always requires a lot of intelligence and tact. The Colonel assured me that if Durand had not arrived with the ammunition his comrades, who were in an isolated position, would have been annihilated and our line would have been broken." He was supposed to have been killed after bringing up the ammunition, but another letter gave the information that he was killed the day after, whilst working in the trench. He was buried by his comrades on a hill at Gaba Tepe, and a rough wooden cross marks the place where he lies. Another letter said : "The landing must have been awful, and all who lived, if only for a day, did heroic work, as the few remaining officers say each man deserved a V.C. The Australians were simply magnificent"

Major, Gloucestershire Regiment attached G.S.O 2 to 8th Division Staff. Died between 25 and 27 September 1915. Aged 41. Son of Col. John E. and Laura Le Mottee, of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I.; husband of Charlotte M. Le Mottee. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), also Twice Mentioned in Despatches. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 60 to 64.

Extract from The Distinguished Service Order 1886 to 1915:

LE MOTTEE, EDWARD D'ALBRET, Lieut., was born 20 Oct. 1873, at. Guernsey, Channel Islands, eldest son of Colonel John Edward Le Mottee, retired Army Officer, A.D.C. to King Edward VII. and King George V., and of Laura Lukin, daughter of Fred Lukin, of Guernsey. He was educated at Twyford School, Rugby, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and joined the Army 21 Jan. 1893. He became Adjutant., 1803; was retained for a longer term in that appointment, during the South African War, 1899-1902, including the Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Poplar Grove and Dreifontein; operations in Orange River Colony; operations in Transvaal (mentioned in Despatches twice; Queen's South African Medal and clasps); Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Dreifontein and Transvaal (Queen's and King's Medals and six clasps, 1901-2), and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 Sept. 1901] : Edward D'Albret Le Mottee, Lieut., Gloucestershire Regt. In recognition of services during operations in South Africa." He became Captain 21 Jan. 1902; Major 8 Nov. 1914, and was appointed G.S.0.2, 9th Division, in the European War; was present at the Battle of Loos 27 Sept.. 1915, since when he has been missing. He served in India and Aden after passing out. of the Staff College in 1900, as D.A.A.G., Brigade Major and D.A.A. and Q.M.G.; joined the 1st Battn. Gloucestershire Regt. at home in 1912; commanded Company of Gentlemen Cadets (G.S.O., 2nd Grade), R.M.C., 1 Aug. 1914, to Jan. 1915; G.S.O., 2nd Grade, 9th Division, Jan. 1915; went to France 10 May, 1915; known to have very pluckily gone forward into trenches to rally the troops at Fosse 8, Battle of Loos, 27 Sept. 1915 The position was lost, and no more definite news has ever come through of He married, 20 Nov. 1912, at, St, Mary's Church, Eastbourne, Charlotte Muriel Watts, second daughter of George Kempthorne Watts, and they had one daughter, Ethel Mary. The following are extracts from letters : " You will have heard by now that we are unable to trace the whereabouts of your husband. He very pluckily went forward on the morning of 27th Sept. to a place called Fosse 8, where there were very heavy casualties and fighting and went into the trenches to rally the troops, and he did not return, and all inquiries failed to get any news of him. The position he went up to was retaken by the Germans, so there is a chance that he may have been slightly wounded and unable to get away, and that. he is in their hands. I cannot, say how sorry I am at this bad news. Your husband was a great friend of mine, and we are all very sad at his being unaccounted for. We can only hope he is in good hands and some news may come through of him soon.—With very sincere sympathy from us all." I am most grieved at this distressing news. But you must, not despair, in spite of all the anxiety you will feel, for until there is definite news hope cannot be gone. Any news I get, of course you shall have, but it is hard to get any. I am so very, very sorry for you, for your anxiety must be terrible, and my most heartfelt sympathy is with you. Your husband was such a help to me always, and I pray that better news may be forthcoming." "I was very sorry to hear the sad news. Your husband was a great. friend of mine, amid we worked together for all those months so happily. You know how touch I grieve his loss, and how sincerely I sympathize with you." "I am sorry to say there is no more news, but I do not think we can expect any now unless it conies through from the German side. A message was received from your husband about 5.45, 27 Sept. 1915, saying he was coming back, and asking for a car to be sent to Vermelles (the limit for cars) to meet, him. As the situation was an anxious one, General Thesiger went down to Vermelles in the car to meet, your husband and hear the latest, news from him of Fosse S. After General Thesiger had started, affairs at Fosse 8 became very critical, and the General evidently went up there to try and re-establish the situation. Your husband must. have gone with him, and has not been heard of since. I feel so much with you, and one cannot do anything to clear up the situation; but, I don't despair, as I don't see any reason why he should not be in the hands of the Germans."

See also St Peter Port, Guernsey

Lieutenant Colonel, 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died 24 March 1918. Aged 40. Son of O. de L. Priaulx. Served in the South African War. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 61 to 64.

Extract from 'Distinguised Service Order 1916-1923':

PRIAULX, G. K. (D.S.O. L.G. 18.6.17); b. 15.9.77; 2nd s. of O. de L. Priaulx ; educ. at Harrow and Sandhurst; commissioned 60th Rifles 23.2.98; Lt. 51.10.99; Capt. 22.1.02. He fought through the S. African War, 1899-1002 (Despatches twice ; Queen's Medal, 6 clasps ; King's Medal, 2 clasps). He went to France in Aug. 1914, and was dangerously wounded in Sept. of that year, and again in Sept. 1915, at Loos, when he was in command of his battalion. After his recovery he was appointed to the command of another battalion, and in March, 1917, won the D.S.O. Lt.-Col. Priaulx was killed in action on 25.3.18.

See also Forest, Guernsey and St Peter Port, Guernsey