Lieutenant. H.M.S. "Goliath", Royal Navy. Missing when his ship was sunk Thursday 13 May 1915. Aged 24. Born 11 November 1890. Son of Sir Julian Walter Orde and Alice Georgiana Orde, of Hartford House, Beaulieu, Hants. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) [London Gazette 10 April 1915] for services during operaions at Dar-Es-Salaam on 28 November 1914 when both parties from H.M.S. Fox and Goliath were attacked unexpectedly at the Harbour entrance; Lieut. Orde was in H.M.S. Helmuth and though himself wounded and under exceptionally heavy fire, with dangrous escape of steam, brought his ship safely through the narrow channel. Served from 15 May 1908 as a Midshipman, Acting Sub-Lieutenant from 13 June 1911, then Sub-Lieutenant 30 June 1911 and finally Lieutenant from 30 June 1913. In the 1911 census he was listed as aged 20, born Sibley Iowa, U.S.A., a Midshipman with the Royal Navy at sea and in ports abroad, aboard H.M.S. Nelson. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL Kent, United Kingdom. Panel 6.

Special note: HMS Goliath was torpedoed by the Turkish Motor Torpedo Boat Muavenet on 13 May 1915 in The Dardanelle's and sank quickly with the loss of 570 men.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 2, Page 241:

ORDE, HERBERT WALTER JULIAN, D.S.O., Lieut., R.N., s. of Julian Orde ; b. Sibley, Iowa, U.S.A., 11 Nov. 1890 educ. Royal Naval Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth ; was appointed Sub-Lieut. R.N. in Sept. 1903 ; served on H.M.S. Cumberland, H.M.S. Bacchante, H.M.S. Lancaster, H.M.S. Lord Nelson, H.M.S. Teffey, H.M.S. Defence, H.M.S. Kinsha, H.M.S. Doris and H.M.S. Goliath, to which he was posted in July, 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed at the Dardanelles 12 May. 1915. A brother officer wrote: "Has was last seen after the explosion occurred, going down to his gun turret to get out his men. A brave act and worthy of him, but which, I fear, cost him his life." He was awarded the D.S.O. for service during the operations at Dar-es-Salaam, East Africa, 28 Nov. 1914, when boat parties from H.M.S. Fox and H.M.S. Goliath were attacked unexpectedly at the Harbour entrance, the official record stating: "Lieut. Orde was in H.M.S. Helurith, and, though wounded himself and under exceptionally heavy fire, with dangerous escape of steam, brought his ship safely through the narrow channel." Unm.

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Lieutenant, Gloucester Regiment attached to 3rd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force. Killed in action 29 August 1914. Aged 26. Son of Col. Harry Hutchison Augustus Stewart, of Hopton Hall, near Lowestoft, Suffolk; brother of Charles (below). In the 1891 census he was aged 3, born Morningthorpe. Norfolk, resident with his parents,Harry Hutchinson A and Frederica Elizabeth Stewart, at Hopton Hall, Chapel Road, Hopton. No known grave. Commemorated on CALABAR MEMORIAL, Nigeria.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1915:

LIEUTENANT ADRIAN HARRY STEWART, THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT, was the youngest son of Colonel Harry Hutchinson Augustus Stewart (brother of Sir Augustus Stewart, ninth Baronet, of Fort Stewart, County Donegal), and of the lath Mrs. Stewart, of Hopton Hall, near Lowestoft.

He was born on the 25th February, 1888, at Morningthorpe Manor, Norfolk, and finished his education at the Sandhurst, on passing out of which he was appointed to the Gloucestershire Regiment (in which corps his father had served for several years as Adjutant and Captain) in May, 1907, being promoted Lieutenant in December, 1909. In March, 1914, he was seconded for service under the Colonial Office, and joined the 3rd Battalion Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force, and fell on the 30th August 1914, at the unsuccessful assault of Garua, Cameroon, German West Africa.

He was a keen all-round sportsman, an expert rifle shot and swimmer, and of remarkably fine physique.

The house of Fort Stewart has sent many representatives to the Army uninterruptedly since its foundation two or three centuries ago, several of whom gained high rank and distinction. It is believed he was the first Army officer of his name to fall in this war, waged on three continents.

Lieutenant Stewart was a member of the Junior United Service Club.

Major, Royal Munster Fusiliers attached to 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday 5 April 1918. Aged 33. Son of Harry Hutchinson Augustus Stewart, late 92nd, 61st and 9th Regiments. A cadet of the family of Fort Stewart, Co. Donegal, formerly also of Newtown Stewart, Co. Tyrone. Brother of Adrian (above). Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). In the 1891 census he was aged 6, born Suffolk, resident with his parents, Harry Hutchinson A and Frederica Elizabeth Stewart, at Hopton Hall, Chapel Road, Hopton. Buried in MEZIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France. Row D. Grave 22.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 4, Page 198:

STEWART, CHARLES FREDERIC SOMES, Major, 1st Battn. (101st Foot) The Royal Munster Fusiliers, s. of the late Colonel Harry Hutchinson Augustus Stewart, The Norfolk Regiment., by his wife, Frederica Elizabeth, dau. of Frederic Somes, of Beech Hill Park, Loughton, co. Essex; b. Lowestoft, co. Suffolk, 31 Aug. 1884 ; educ. Framlingham College, Suffolk, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. The Leinster Regiment. in 1903; transferred to the 2nd Dragoon Guards in 1904 ; promoted Lieut. in 1906 ; resigned in 1908, and rejoined The Royal Fusilisers on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; transferred in 1915 to the Royal Munster Fusilier; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Oct. 1915 ; seriously wounded 6 July, 1916, and to assist his recovery was appointed British Vice-Consul at Las Palmas, The Canary Isles ; returned to France in Nov. 1917, attached as Adjutant to the 6th Battu. The Northamptonshire Regiment., and was killed in action at Hangaard 5 April, 1918. He was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous bravery in leading a trench raid in July, 1916. The Chaplain wrote : "He died, I feel sure, as he would have died, leading his men unflinchingly and gallantly, and though we all mourn him deeply because we loved him, yet we thank God too for his noble example and heroism." Unm.