CADELL

Richard Lewis

CALLINGHAM

Stanley Breach

Lieutenant Stanley Breach Callingham © IWM (HU 119479)

Lieutenant 266494, 1st/6th (Cyclist) Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Died on service 18 January 1918. Born 29 September 1886. Son of the late Frank R. Callingham; husband of M. Joyce Baker (formerly Callingham), of Wymering Lodge, Farnborough, Hants. In the 18911 census he was aged 24, born London, Middlesex, a Wine Merchant, visting 87, High Street, Newport, Shropshire. Buried in SANDON (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, Essex.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1900:

Callingham, Stanley Breach. b. 29 Sep., 1886. (Gownboys); Left C.Q., 1903.-In firm of Messrs. R. James, Son, & Co. (Wine merchants).

S.B. Callingham, Esq., Moorcroft, Farlweigh Common, Warlingham.

CALVERLEY

Geoffrey Walter

Lieutenant, 'A' Squadron, Central Flying School (Upavon), Royal Flying Corps and Royal Irish Rifles. Killed in a flying accident while piloting a Sopwith Pup, serial number B5933, when the aircraft got into a spin and was to low to recover 7 January 1918. Aged 22. Born 22 February 1896. Son of the late W. Calverley. Native of Lee, Kent. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland, school boarder resident Charterhouse, Godalming, Godalming Rural, Surrey. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)for services 7 to 16 July 1916 at La Boisselle [London Gazette 25 August 1916]. Buried in UPAVON CEMETERY, Wiltshire. Grave 15.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

CALVERLEY Edwin of 67 Chirton West-view North Shields foreman botanical brewer private 13th Durnam Light Infantry died 7 July 1918 in Italy Administration Newcastle-upon-Tyne 10 December to Annie Elizabeth Calverley widow. Effects £202 7s. 2d.

D.S.O. Citation London Gazette 25 August 1916:

CALVERLEY, GEOFFREY WALTER, Lieut. (Temporary Capt.). Royal Irish Rifles. For conspicuous gallantry during several days of fighting. He led his company with great dash, and successfully beat off enemy counterattacks. He helped to organize bombing attacks, which broke down the enemy's resistance, and led to the capture of a large number of prisoners.

CAMPBELL

Ivan Stewart

Civilian Medical Orderly, Lady Paget's Serbian Hospital Unit. Died on duty in Regina Elisabeta Military Hospital, Jassy, Romania, 28 June 1917. Aged 30. Born 15 June 1887. Resident Regina Elisabeta Military Hospital, Jassy, Romania. A Student of Medicine in Bucharest, Romania.

CANTLE

Leonard Heath

Lieutenant, 43rd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment). Killed in action flying as an observer in a Sopwith 1½ Strutter, serial number A2406, 8 April 1917 when Manfred von Richthofen attacked the Sopwith Strutter A2406 at 11.40 near Farbus, he, the observer, was killed and controls of aircraft went limp and it crashed, injuring the pilot, Second Lieutenant J S Heagerty, who was taken prisoner. Born 10 August 1895. Native of Weybridge, Surrey In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Clapham, London, at school, son of George Heath and Ellen Kate Cantle, resident Penn Craiy, Oatlands Avenue, Oatlands Park, Weybridge, Walton upon Thames, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

CANTLE Leonard Heath of Cornerways Weybridge Surrey lieutenant Surrey Yeomanry died 8 April 1917 in Flanders on active service Administration London 7 November to George Heath Cantle journalist. Effects £392 15s. 6d.

CAPE,CMG, MiD

George Augustus Stewart

Brigadier General commanding 39th Division, Royal Artillery. Killed in action 18 March 1918. Aged 51. Born 28 March 1867 in Lee, Kent. Son of George Augustus and Mary Catherine Cape, of No. 8, Old Jewry. Awarded the Companion of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.), three times Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the Kent Electoral Registers 1893 he was resident in East Cliff, Dover Borough, Kent. In the 1911 census he was aged 44, born Kent, a Major Royal Field Artillery, boarding at Angel Hotel, 96, King Street, Knutsford, Cheshire. Buried in PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 40.

From the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1881:

Cape, George Augustus Stewart. b. 28 March, 1867. (Robinites-Pageites); Left L.Q., 1884.-Joined R.A., 1889; served in Uganda Expedition, 1898; S. African War, 1899-1900; Capt., 1900; Gambia Expedition, 1901.

Capt. G. A. S. Cape, Army & Navy Club, S.W.

Extract from Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 2 April 1918, page 2:

BRIGADIER-GENERAL KILLED

Last night's casualty lists report that Brigadier-General G. A. S. Cape, C.M.G., has been killed, and that Brigadier-General Sir W. A. I. Kay, Bart., D.S.O., has been wounded.

Captain H. T. Willmer, M.C., The King's (Liverpool Regiment), is reported missing.

Gunner Thomas W. Murphy (22), killed in action on the 7th March, after serving at the front for two and a half years, gained the Military Medal in 1917. His younger brother, Private Harold V. Murphy, aged nineteen years (South Lancashires), was killed in France on the 2nd April, 1917.

Extract from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday 3 April 1918, page 6:

BRIGADIER-GENERAL GEORGE AUGUSTUS STEWART CAPE, who has fallen in action, had commanded a brigade since October last, and for his services in the present war had been given the decoration C.M.G. He had just completed his 51st year, had nearly 30 years record of Army service. For two years he was at the War Office, and four years the staff of the Western Command; and his active services included the Boer War, for which held the Queen's medal with four clasps, the Expedition up the Gambia, and in the Uganda Protectorate.

Extract from Daily News (London) - Tuesday 25 June 1918, page 7:

RECENT WILLS.

The following wills have been proved:

Capt. Frank Pearson. Lancashire Regt., Storrs Hall. Arkholme died at a military hospital—£36,433.

Brigadier-General George Augustus Stewart Cape, C.M.G.. R.A., the. Army and Navy Club. killed March 16—£12,582.

CAPRON

Thomas Harvey Overbury

Lieutenant, Adjutant 1st Battalion attached 1st/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 26 March 1917. Aged 21. Born 1 December 1895. Baptised 21 January 1896 in Grays Thurrock, Ss Peter & Paul, Essex, son of Thomas Alfred and Caroline Helen Capron, resident 2 Orsett Rd., Grays, Essex. Son of Thomas Alfred Capron and Caroline Helen Capron, of Grays Hale, Grays, Essex. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot XVIII. Row C. Grave 9.

CARDEW, MC

George Eric

Captain, 4th Battalion (Territorial) Devonshire Regiment attached to 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 9 April 1918. Aged 31. Born 30 November 1887 in India. Baptised 8 January 1888 in Somastipore, Bengal, son of Henry masters and Beatrice Mary Cardew. Son of Henry Masters Cardew and Beatrice Mary Cardew, of The Birches, Churchdown, Glos. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Previously wounded in 1916. In the 1891 census he was aged 3, a scholar, son of Beatrice Mary Cardew, resident Belgrave Terrace, Littleham, St Thomas, Devon. In the 1901 census he was aged 13, born India, a school boy boarder, resident 0, Canynge Square, Bristol, Gloucestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 3.

CARTER

Arthur Donald Dundas

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion attached 1st Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles. Died 20 July 1915. Born 6 September 1888. Baptised 14 October 1888 in Arrah, Bengal, son of Roderick Edmond and Mary Ursula Carter. Buried in MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 25.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1, page 72:

CARTER, ARTHUR DONALD DUNDAS, Lieut. 4th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, elder s. of Roderick Edmond Carter, of Waratilla, Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, formerly of the Public Works Dept., Bengal, by his wife, Mary Ursula, dau. of Donald William Dundas; b. Arrah, Bengal, 8 Sept. 1888; educ. Charter-house and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 4th Gurkhas, 9 Sept. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1910. He was attached to the Shropshire L.I. from Sept. 1908 till Sept. 1909; served in the Abor Expedition in 1913, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders during the winter of 1914-15, being accientally killed near Merville, France, 20 July, 1915, by the explosion of a bomb while instructing his men. He was buried in Merville Cemetery; unm.

CARTLAND

James Bertram Falkner

Captain Acting Major, 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 27 May 1918. Aged 42. Born 24 May 1876. Husband of Mary Hamilton Cartland, late of Amerie Court, Pershore, Worcs. In the 1911 census he was aged 34, born Egbaston, Warwickshire, Captain in the General Reserve of Officers, married to Mary Hamuilton cartland with one daughter and one son, resident Amerie Court, Pershore, Holy Cross, Worcestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France.

From the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1890:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

CARTLAND James Bertram Falkner of Amene Court Pershore Worcestershire major died 27 May 1918 in France or Belgium on active service Probate London 28 February to Mary Hamilton Gartland widow. Effects £2406 2s. 5d.

Extract from Birmingham Mail - Saturday 8 June 1918, page 4:

News has been received Mrs. Cartland that her husband, Major (Acting Lieut.-Colonel) J. B. F. Cartland, Worcestershire Regiment, was killed in action on May 27. Major James Bertram Falkner Cartland was 42 years of age, and the only son of the late Mr. James Howard Cartland, of Vectis Lodge, Edgbaston. He was educated at Eastbourne and Charterhouse, and joined the Worcestershire Militia in 1889, from which he retired with the rank of captain after 12 years' service. In 1900 he married Miss Mary Hamilton Scobell, fourth daughter of the late Colonel Scobell, of the Down Houtse, Redmarley. Until war brake out be resided at Pershore. In August, 1914, he was attached to the Worcestershire Regiment, and went to France in the following November A.P.M. on a divisional staff under Sir Francis Davies. He was invalided home, and in November, 1916, he returned to France, and met his death in the recent fighting on the Aisne. His widow is left with two sons and a daughter.

Extract from The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette. - Saturday 8 June 1918, page 5:

MAJOR CARTLAND KILLED IN ACTION.

It is our painful duty to record the death of that gallant officer, Major J. F. B. Cartland, of the Worcestershire Regiment.

On Wednesday his wife, who is at present residing with her mother, Mrs. Scobell, of Walton House, received a telegram conveying the sad news that Major Cartland was killed in action in the fighting on the Aisne on May 27th. No further particulars have yet been received.

Major James Bertram Faulkner Cortland, who was born on the 24th May, 1876, was the only son of the late Mr. James Howard Cartland, of Vectis Lodge, Edgbaston, Birmingham. He was educated at Eastbourne and Charterhouse, and joined the Worcestershire Militia in 1893, from which he retired after 12 years service. In 1900 he married Miss Mary Hamilton Scobell, fourth daughter of the late Col. Scobell, of the Down House, Redmarley, and of Mrs. Scobell, of Walton House. Until war broke out he resided at Pershore. He was well known in political circles, being secretary of the Pershore Habitation of the Primrose League, and also Provinoial secretary of the League for five counties — Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Montgomeryshire — and Ruling Counsellor for Shipston-on-Stour. He acted as private secretary to Lt. Commander B. Eyres Monsall, R.N., M.P. for South Worcestershire. When war broke out he was in London, engaged as secretary to the Ulster Women's and Children's Scheme. On August 5th, 1914, he was attachea to the 5th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, and went to France in the following November as A.P.M. on a Divisional Staff, under Sir Francis Davies, K.C.B., K.C., M.G., Military Secretary. After eleven months servise he was invalided home, and subsequently was appointed a Garrison Adjutant in this country. In November, 1916, he returned to France as instructor at a G.H.Q. School of Instruction. Later he returned to his regiment, and was present at the battle of Messines and other engagements. Again being invalided home, on recovery he returned to France in November, 1917. At the time of his death he was acting Lieut.-Col. and he had been mentioned in despatches.

His widow, who is left with two sons and a daughter, has resided in Tewkesbury since Major Cartland went on active service. During her residence here she has actively associated herself with various movements organized for the public benefit, and hm become well known and deservedly popular. She and her family have the sincere sympathy of all classes in her great sorrow. ]

This is the third son-in-law of Mrs. Scobell who has fallen in action.

CARTWRIGHT

Eric Percival St. George

Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) attached to 45th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 13 August 1916. Aged 19. Born 5 September 1896. Son of Arthur and Ellen Mabel Cartwright, of Rothbury, Cusop, Hay, Hereford. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Market Harborough, Leicestershire, a school boarder residing at Hogsoniter, Godalming, Surrey. Buried in BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row V. Grave 12.

Extract from Brecon County Times - Thursday 24 August 1916, page 8:

KILLED IN ACTION.—Mr A Cartwright, of Rothbury, Cusop, until recently H.M. Inspector of Schools for Worcestershire, has received official intimation that his youngest son, Second-lieutenant Eric St. George Cartwright, of the Leinster Regiment, attached Machine Gun Corps, was killed in action in France on August 13th. Further information has been received to the effect that Lieutenant Cartwright was going the rounds of the trenches in the early morning after a night attack. and while in the act of looking over the parapet was shot through the head by a sniper. This gallant young officer, who was 19 years old, was a grandson of the late Colonel Heywood, of Hatley St George, Malvern, a gentleman well known in Herefordshire as master of hounds, whose kennels were at Ledbury. Another brother of Lieutenant Cartwright is Mr R St George Cartwright, who came over with the Canadian Contingent and was attached to the Canadian Scottish. He was in the relief of Festnbert and several times was buried by shell bursts. Subsequently he spent some months in hospital suffering from shell shock, aggravated by having to undergo an operation for appendicitis, which affected the muscles of his leg and which has incapacitated hips from rendering further service. A third brother is with the Royal Field Artillery. Mr and Mrs Cartwright have only resided in the district a comparatively short time, but widespread sympathy is felt for them in their trouble.

CASLEY

Hugh de Chastelai

Lieutenant, 6th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 7 August 1915. Aged 28. Born 31 August 1886. Son of Mrs. E. Casley, of 5, St. Vincent Terrace, Coatham, Redcar, Yorks, and the late Mr. W. J. B. Casley. In the 1891 census he was aged 4, born Newcastle, son of Wilbraham J B and Mary E Casley, resident St Vincent Terrace, Coatham, Guisborough, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding). In the 1901 census he was aged 145, born Newastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, a school boarder, boarding at Charterhouse Block, Godalming Rural, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 24, born newcastle-on-Tyne, Jesmond, Northumberland, a Constructional Engineer, son of Wilbraham John Braddick and Mary Eleanor Casley, resident 5, St Vincent Terrace, Coatham, Redcar, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding). No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 55 to 58.

From the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1900:

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1, page 73:

CASLEY, HUGH DE CHASTELAI, Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. Yorkshire Regt., only s. of Wilbraham John Braddick Casley, of Coatham, Redcar, co. York, Civil Engineer; b Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 31 Aug. 1886; educ. Coatham Grammar School and Charterhouse, where he was in the O.T.C. He was articled to Head, Wrightson & Co., Ltd., of Stockton-on-Tees, as an engineer, leaving that firm to go to Dorman, Long & Co., Ltd., of Middlesbro', and became a member of the Cleveland Institute of Engineers. At the outbreak of war he was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the 6th (Service) Battn. Yorkshire Regt., 17 Sept. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915, and appointed to the command of the machine gun section. He left England in July for the Dardanelles, and landed 6 Aug. at Suvla Bay with his battn., which was the first to land there. He survived the fierce fighting on that day on Lala Baba, where so many of the officers and men of his regt fell, but he was killed on the following day (7 Aug.) whilst leading his men across the Salt Lake to the attack on Anafarta; he was buried where he fell at the foot of Chocolate Hill; unm.

CAUSTON

Jervoise Purefoy

CAWSTON

George

Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force and The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died from pneumonia following influenza at 10 Hemdead Road, Faversham, 29 October 1918. Aged 20. Born 2 October 1898. Son of Edwin and Edith Mary Cawston, of Leigh Court, Cobham, Surrey. Educated Charterhouse. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Pasedena, California USA, pupil at Sandroyd School, Cobham, Surrey. Buried 1 November 1918 in ESHER (COBHAM ST. ANDREW) CEMETERY, Tilt Road, Elmbridge, Surrey. Grave reference F/61.

Extract from Surrey Advertiser - Monday 4 November 1918, page 3:

DEATH OF SEC.-LIEUT. G.
CAWSTON.

A PROMINENT ATHLETE

It was with the deepest regret that the people of Cobham heard this week of the death of Sec.-Lieut. George Cawston, 2nd Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.), son of Mr. E. Cawston, of Leigh Court, which occurred on Monday at Reading from pneumonia following influenza. His family have resided at Cobham for over 12 years, and deceased, who lived the greater part of his life in the place, was popular with everybody, his manners and sociable nature endearing him to all whom he came in contact.

Twenty years of age, he was educated first at Sandroyd School, Cobham. being one of the finest athletes the school has turned out. Whilst there he was a member of the cricket and football teams, and did good work for both elevens. Going from there to Charterhouse his prowess in the cricket field stood him in good stead, and he obtained his first eleven colours when only 15 years of age, being captain of the team in 1916. He took prominent part in athletics whilst at Charterhouse, especially in running, the sprint being his special feature. When only 16 years of age he was chosen, with his brother, to run for the school in the 100 yards race against Harrow. He also played for the school at fives, was head monitor, and head of his school.

After leaving Charterhouse he went to Sandhurst, and, when through his studies there, obtained his commission in the 2nd Queen’s, being sent to Italy, where he remained about nine months. He came home with the intention of joining the Royal Air Force, and was training at Reading when taken ill, and no doubt the hard winter he spent in Italy left him too weak to combat his complaint from which he succumbed, as stated above, on Monday in the military hospital at Reading. A great favourite with all his men, and also with his fellow-officers, his loss ill much felt by everyone of them.

Mr. Cawston has two other sons serving with the forces, the elder being in the American Flying Corps in France, and the other Captain Edwin Cawston, in Palestine, having previously been in the Dardanelles campaign. The latter, when at Charterhouse, was captain of the football team.

CAZALET

Clement Marshall

Second Lieutenant, Infantry Brigade Headquarters, New Zealand Infantry. Died of wounds in a hospital ship at sea 8 August 1915. Aged 28. Born 5 April 1887. Buried at sea. Commemorated on LONE PINE MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 71.

Extract from Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph - Saturday 18 September 1915, page 4:

Lieutenant Clement Marshall Cazalet, acting Captain on Staff of Infantry Brigade, New Zealand Force (attached Canterbury Motmted Rifles); died in a hospital ship on August 8th of wounds received in the attack on Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, on August 7th. He was the elder son Mr. William L. Cazalet, of Moscow, and was 28 years of age.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1900:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

CAZALET Clement Marshall of Dean Park Lodge Bournemouth and of Waiau New Zealand lieutenant New Zealand Expeditionary Force died 8 August 1915 at the Dardanelles Probate London 27 April to William Lewis Cazalet gentleman. Effects £1220 12s. 4d.

CENTER

William Rudolph

Fleet Surgeon, H.M.S. "Russell," Royal Navy. Died of his injuries on Malta caused by the sinking of H.M.S Russell 28 April 1916. Born 28 January 1871, baptised 3 February 1871 in Morar Gwalior, Bengal, son of William and Maria Adele bertha Center. Educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, Charterhouse, Edinburgh University, University College London, Strasburg and Berlin Universities. Qualified interpreter. In the Medical Register 1913, page 263, he was listed as Royal Navy, registered 3 August 1893, M.B., Master Surgeon 1893, University of Edinburgh; Member Royal College of Surgeons England, 1896; Licenced Royal College of Physcians London, 1896. Buried in MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY, Malta, Protestant Grave 43.

Notes from Aberdeen University:

CENTER, WILLIAM RUDOLPH: Fleet Surgeon, Royal Navy; son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Center, IMS, (MB (Aberdeen) 1865); born 28 January 1871; educated Aberdeen Grammar School; student in Medicine, 1889-90 MB, CM (Edinburgh), 1893; MRCS, LRCP (London), 1896; studied also at Strassburg and Berlin. In 1896 Center joined the Royal Navy and held many appointments at home and abroad, serving at the Cape, in the Mediterranean and in Australian waters. In 1911 he qualified as a German interpreter and in 1912 was promoted Fleet-Surgeon. In the following year he was commissioned to HMS "Russell" the flagship of Rear-Admiral Freemantle, in which he served during the war in the North Sea 1914-15, and in the Mediterranean from November 1915 till his death. On 27 April 1916, the "Russell" struck a mine and sank. Center was among those who were rescued but he was so severely injured that he died in the Naval Hospital at Malta the following day, 28 April 1916.

Note: William Center was credited as being an inspiration for the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels (and so the blockbuster film Master and Commander that came out of it). Fleet Surgeon Center’s widow became the step-mother to the boy who grew up to be the prolific author Patrick O’Brian CBE. One of the two main characters in the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels, Dr Stephen Maturin, is a ship’s surgeon (albeit in an earlier period of history to Fleet Surgeon Center- although curiously one of Nelson’s telescopes was reputedly on board when Fleet Surgeon Center’s ship went down). Reference is made to Fleet Surgeon Center in Dean King’s book “A Life Revealed, Patrick O’Brian” and in “Patrick O’Brian, The Making of the Novelist” by Nikolai Tolstoy.

CHANCE

Andrew Ferguson

Captain, "B" Battery, 85th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 3 October 1915. Aged 32. Born 9 November 1882. Son of Frederick William and Mary Seton Chance, of Morton, Carlisle. Buried in LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row H. Grave 29.

From the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1897:

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 65:

CHANCE, ANDREW FERGUSON, capt., 88th brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 2nd s. of Frederick William Chance, of Morton, Carlisle, J.P., D.L., formerly M.P. for Carlisle, and head of the firm of Ferguson Brothers, Ltd., Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers, Manchester and Carlisle; b. Morton, Carlisle, 9 Nov. 1882; educ. Repton, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.H. and R.F.A. 21 Dec. 1901, and promoted Lieut. 21 Dec. 1904, and Capt. 30 Oct. 1914; served in Ireland and in India 1911-14, and when the European War began, volunteered for service with the Indian Expeditionary Force; arrived in France in Nov. 1914, and took part in the hard fighting during the winter of 1914-15, being later given command of a battery of one of the Divisions of the New Armies; killed in action by a shell, Sunday, 3 Oct. 1915, while on duty near Bethune. His Brigade Commander, Colonel Kirby, wrote : "I feel his loss enormously. He was one of my best Battery Commanders, had his battery in excellent order, and was always cheery and bright. I feel not only that I have lost a personal friend, but that the Royal Regiment has lost one of its most promising and able officers." He was a good big game shot and a keen polo player. His elder brother, Capt. E. S. Chance, Queen's Bays, was wounded in France in 1914, and is now on the Staff, and his two younger brothers, Capt. Miles Chance, 6th Border Regt., and Capt. F. S. Chance, Adjutant, 4th Border Regt., are also on service; unm.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

CHANCE Andrew Ferguson of Morton Carlisle captain 88th brigade Royal FieId Artillery died 3 October 1915 in action in France Administration Carlisle 1 February to Frederick William Chance gentleman.
Effects £9257 15s. 4d.

CHANCE

Edward Seton

Captain (Brevet Major), 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) attached as Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 29 May 1918. Aged 36. Born 23 June 1881 in Carlisle. Son of Frederick William (now Sir Frederick Chance, K.B.E.) and Mary Seton Chance, of Morton, Carlisle. Member of Charterhouse Football Eleven 1899-1900. Height 6 feet 1½ inches. Unmarried. In the 1901 census he was aged 19, born Carlisle, Cumberland, an Undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, visiting The Knoll, Barnards Green, Malvern Common, Guarlford, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France. See also Cambridge University, Trinity College

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1895:

CHAPLIN

Frederick Hardress

Major, 154th (Hamsphire) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on service 27 May 1916. Aged 43. Born 12 January 1873. Son of Frederick William and Minna Chaplin, of London; husband of Frances Chaplin, of Point Out Farm, Winchester Rd., Bassett, Southampton. Buried in BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row C. Grave 3.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 3, page 51:

CHAPLIN, FREDERICK HARDRESS, Major, 154th Hampshire Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, only s. of Frederick William Chaplin, of 187, Queen's Gate, London, S.W., by his wife, Margaret Lucy, dau. of the late John Francis Waller, of Dublin, LL.D.: b. London, 12 Jan. 1873; educ. Tyttenhanger Lodge. near St. Albans, and Charterhouse, where he was in Daviesite's House; obtained a commission in the Hampshire Garrison Artillery (T.F.); went to South Africa In 1901 with the Wemyss' Horse; was invalided home after severe enteritis; was appointed Adjutant to the Hampshire Garrison Artillery on his recovery, 22 March, 1909, having held a commission in the same artillery precious to going to South Africa; subsequently raised a heavy battery, which he commanded for eight years. On the outbreak of war he was stationed at Weymouth; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 30 April, 1916, and died of heart failure 27 May following, by his guns at Ypres. Buried in Brandehoek Cemetery, near Ypres. He m. in 1910, Frances, dau. of the Rev. Charles Russell Tomkins, Vicar of St. Peter's Church, Southsea, formerly of the Royal Navy.

CHAPMAN

John

Captain, 21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 14 July 1916. Aged 27. Born 17 July 1887. Native of Harrogate. Son of John George and Florence Gertrude Chapman, of Amberley, Newmarket. Buried in DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 8.

CHATTOCK

Claud Arthur

Private 15/704, Platoon No. XII, "C" Company, 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 4 June 1916. Aged 23. Born 25 February 1893 in Hampstead, London, resident Edgbaston, Birmingham, enlisted Birmingham. Son of Richard Alexander Chattock, of 24, Augustus Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born London, Middlesex, visiting Lilleshall, Newport, Shropshire. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

CHATTOCK Claud Arthur of 22 Carpenter-road Edgbaston Birmingham private 15th, battalion Royal Warwickshire regiment died 4 June 1916 in action in France Administration Birmingham 27 February to Richard Alexander Chattock electrical engineer. Effects £156 11s. 10d.

CHETWYND-STAPYLTON

Granville Joseph

Major, 130th Battery, 30th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 25 August 1914. Born 11 September 1871. Aged 42. Son of Lieut. Gen. G. Chetwynd Stapylton and Lady Barbara Chetwynd Stapylton; husband of Elizabeth G. Chetwynd Stapylton, of Woodford, Salisbury. Served in the South African War. Buried in ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot X. Row B. Grave 4.

From the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1885:

CHITTENDEN

Arthur Grant Bourne

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died of wounds 9 September 1914. Aged 20. Born 11 June 1894. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. T. F. Chittenden, of High Croft, Steyning, Sussex. Buried in MONTREUIL-AUX-LIONS BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Grave lost. Special Memorial 2.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 1, page 76:

2nd LIEUTENANT ARTHUR GRANT BOURNE CHITTENDEN, 2nd BATTN. THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT, who was reported as having died of wounds received in action, in France, the actual date of his death not being known, was the youngest son of the late Charles Grant Thomas Faithfull Chittenden, and of Mrs. Chittenden, Steyning, Sussex. Second Lieutenant Chittenden, who was only twenty years old when he died, was gazetted to the Manchester Regiment on the 24th January, 1914.

CHOLMONDELEY

Charles Almeric John

Captain, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 26 October 1914. Aged 34. Born 5 March 1880. Son of the late Lord and Lady Henry V. Cholmondeley. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 35.

From the Charterhouse School Register, Cricket Quarter 1894:

CHURCH

Arthur Gilbert Walsh

Captain, 1st/5th (Prince of Wales) Battalion (Territorial), Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 20 July 1918. Aged 24. Born 13 July 1894. Baptised 15 September 1894 in Darjeeling, St Andrew, Bengal, India, son of Charles Theobald Walsh and Gertrude Rose Church (it appears his father may have remarried after this). Son of Maj. C. T. W. Church, (Royal Sussex Regt.), of "Gortlee", Dawlish, Devon. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born India, son of Emily B Church, resident Piermont Place, Dawlish, East Dawlish, Newton Abbot, Devon. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Darajeeling, India, a scholar, son of Charles J W and Emily Blanche Church, resident West Cliff, Dawlish, East Dawlish, Devon. Buried in MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Marne, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 10.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

CHURCH Arthur Gilbert Walsh of Gortlee Dawlish Devonshire captain 5th battalion Devonshire regiment died 20 July 1918 in France on active service Administration (with Will) London 18 December to Edward Theobald Walsh Church lieutenant R.N. Effects £1292 11s. 2d.

CLARK

Alick Morton

Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 27 January 1917. Born 19 November 1894. Buried in GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS, Somme, France. Plot IX. Row N. Grave 8.

CLARKE

Hubert Wilton

Lieutenant (Pilot), 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artists' Rifles), London Regiment. Piloting a Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a, serial D8445, he went missing in France believed killed in action 2 September 1918; previously wounded in action during combat 6 July 1918. Aged 19. Born 30 June 1899. Son of Albert Edwin and Clara Anna Clarke, of St. John's Cottage, Copse Hill, Wimbledon, London. Buried in DURY MILL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 27.

CLAYE

Charles Geoffrey

Lieutenant (Observer), 99 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 5th Battalion (Territorial), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 5 July 1918. Aged 23. Born 14 February 1895. Son of Mr. W. E. and Mrs. M. L. Claye, of The Hill, East Bridgeford, Notts. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Radcliffe, Nottinghamshire, a schoolboy boarder, resident Sanatorium, Paperharow Road, Godalming, Surrey. Buried in CHARMES MILITARY CEMETERY, ESSEGNEY, Vosges, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 8.

CLEEVE

Frederick John Stewart

CLERK

Beauchamp

Captain, 82nd Punjabis, Indiam Army. Died 11 March 1915. Aged 28. Born 22 August 1886 in India. Baptised 3 October 1886 in Madras,St George, Madras, India, son of Hugh Edward and Edith Elizabeth Clerk. Son of Hugh Edward Clerk, C.I.E. and Edith Elizabeth Clerk, of Northgate, Beaconsfield, Bucks. In the 1901 census he was aged 14, born India, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse Boarding House, Charterhouse Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. His estate was handled under the British India Office Wills & Probate. Buried in LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 21.

From the Charterhouse School Register, Oration Quarter 1900:

COLE

Arthur Willougby George Lowry

See LOWRY COLE, A.W.G.

COLLCUTT

Philip Martin Blake

Temporary Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 12 May 1917. Formerly a Planter on the Strathisla Estate, Perak, Malaysia. Embarked in France 13 October 1915. Mr P M B Colcutt sailed on 6 August 1909 from Liverpool to Rangoon, Burma on the "Mandalay" and returned on 23 February 1913 to London, embarking at Singapore while sailing on the ship "Sumatra". His occupation was given as Engineer and his place of residence the Federated Malaya States. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4 and 5. Also listed on Totteridge Estate War Memorial and Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia War Memorial

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 5, page 35:

COLLCUTT, PHILIP MARTIN BLAKE, Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. The East Yorkshire Regt., yst. s. of Thomas Edward Collcutt, of Bloomsbury Square, W.C., and Totteridge, co. Hertford, Architect, formerly President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and Architect of the Imperial Institute : b. London. 13 Jan. 1881; educ. at Charterhouse; held a commission in the Warwickshire Militia; then obtained a commission in 2nd Battn. The East Yorkshire Regt., with whom he served in Burmah, 1905-9 was rubber planting in the Malay States, 1909-14; on the outbreak of war he immediately returned to England, and rejoined his regiment in Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action near Armentieres 12 May, 1917. His Commanding Officer wrote : " He was killed in action leading his men to the attack on the 12th inst. He had done awfully well all through the heavy fighting. I am quite sure that he died as he himself would have chosen, at the head of his men, like a true British officer and gentleman." Unm.

Extract from Hendon & Finchley Times - Friday 25 May 1917. page 5:

LIEUT. PHILIP M. COLLCUTT.

News has been received that Lieut. Philip Martin Collcutt, of the East Yorkshire Regiment, younger son of Mr. T. E. Collcutt, Totteridge, was killed in action on May 12th.

COLLER

Charles Mervyn

Captain, 4th Battalion (Territorial) attached 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 22. Born 19 October 1895. Baptised 19 October 1895 in Eaton (St Andrew & Christchurch), Norwich. Son of Charles Tarrant Coller and Maud Coller, of Judge's Walk, Norwich. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Norwich, son of Charles T and Maud Coller, Hartswood (Judges Walk), Newmarket Road, Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

COLLER Charles Mervyn of Judges Walk Norwich captain H.M. Territorial. Force died on or since 21 March 1918 in France Administration Norwich 17 July to Charles Tarrant Colder esquire. Effects £682 0s. 10d.

COLLINGWOOD

Carlton

Captain, 4th Battalion (Territorial), Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) attached to Royal Flying Corps. Died of wounds 8 August 1916. Aged 26. Born 24 October 1889 in India. Eldest son of Sir William Collingwood; husband of May C. C. Mackie (formerly Collingwood), of Thornyhill, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorks. Native of Newton-le-Willows, Lancs. In the 1911 census he was aged 21, born Jamalpern, India, an Engineering Student, son of William and Marie Elizabeth Collingwood, resident Mere House, Newton Le Willows, Newton in Makerfield, Lancashire. Buried in DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC, Somme, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 34.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

COLLINGWOOD Carlton of Mere House Newton le Willows Lancashire captain 4th South Lancashire regiment died 8 August 1916 in. France Probate London 17 October to May Campbell Carnegie Collingwood widow and William Collingwood manager. Effects £6332 5s. 9d.

Extract from Suffolk and Essex Free Press - Wednesday 16 August 1916, page 7:

CAPT. C. COLLINGWOOD.

Captain Carlton Collingwood, of the South Lancashire Regiment, killed August 8th, was born 1889. The eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Collingwood, of The Grove, Dedham, and of Mere House, Newton le-Willows, Lancashire, he was educated at Charterhouse and was for three successive years member of the shooting eight, and in 1907 captained it to second place for the Ashburton Shield. He also represented his school as featherweight in boxing at Aldershot. He served his apprenticeship at Armstrong and Whitworth’s, Manchester, and thence proceeded to the Vulcan Foundry Company , Newton-le-Willows, where in 1913 he was appointed assistant manager. He entered the South Lancashire Regiment in 1909, and on the outbreak of war immediately joined for active service, being commissioned as lieutenant, and went early to the front. In April, 1915, he was invalided back, and remained on home duty till April last, when he returned to the front with captain's commission. In July, 1913, he married May, youngest daughter of the late Alexander Cavendish and of Mrs. Cavendish, Fmchampstead, Berks, and leaves a widow and a son.

Extract from Essex Newsman - Saturday 19 August 1916, page 2:

Capt. Carlton Collingwood South Lancashire Regt., killed on August 8, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Collingwood, The Grove, Dedham, and of Mere House, Newton-le-Willows. He was born in 1889, educated at Charterhouse, and was for three successive years member of the shooting eight, and in 1907 captained it to second place for the Ashburton Shield. He also represented his school as featherweight in boxing at Aldershot. In April, 1915, he was invalided back from the front, and remained on home duty till April last, when he returned to the Front with Captain's Commission. He leaves a widow and a son.

COOPER

Percy

Lieutenant, "B" Company, 18th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 23 March 1918. Aged 28. Born 1 January 1900. Second son of Howard Lister Cooper and Mary Beatrice Cooper. Enlisted 1914, Gazetted 1917. In the 1891 census he was aged 2, born Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, son of Howard L and Mary B Cooper, resident Riverdene, Hoddesdon, Ware, Hertfordshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, pupil at Sunny Down Private School, Compton, Guildford, Surrey. At Charterhouse 1902-1905; Verities. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 90 to 93.

CORNISH

Charles Lawson

Lieutenant Charles Lawson Cornish © IWM (HU 120385)

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Killed in action in the Battle of Ypres, Western Front, 13 November 1914. Aged 27. Born 1 January 1887. Son of the late Henry Cornish and of Emily H. Cornish, of "Glastonbury," Lovelace Rd., Surbiton, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 38.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

CORNISH Charles Lawson of Glastonbury Lovelace-road Surbiton Surrey lieutenant Reserve of Officers attached to Highland Light Infantry died 13 November 1914 in North-West Europe having been killed in action Administration London 24 August to Henry Dauncey Cornish barrister-at-law. Effects £170 9s.

CORNOCK-TAYLOR, CBE

Gerald [Oldroyd]

Lieutenant G D Cornock-Taylor © IWM (HU 121549)

Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, Special Lists. Died 14 February 1919. Aged 34. Born 27 February 1884. Son of John and Alice Cornock-Taylor, of Alvington House, Wimbledon Common, Surrey. Officer de la Croix de la Couronne (Belgium). He was Deputy Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries G.H.Q. (and Secretary to the Imperial War Graves Commission) from 13th December 1917 until his death. Those under whom he served think it fitting to place on record in this book the great ability and the unstinted devotion that he gave to this duty, and the severe loss sustained by the Army and the Commission in his death. Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.). Buried in FILLIEVRES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Row B. Grave 32.

From the Charterhouse School Register, Long Quarter 1898:

COULTER

William Hugh

Lieutenant, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers. Killed in action 22 February 1915. Aged 24. Born 1 January 1900. Son of William and Kate Coulter, of High Wick, St. Albans. Buried in YPRES TOWN CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row G. Grave 5. See also St. Albans War Memorial

Extract from Irish Officers Died In The Great War, 1914-1919:

MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES

2nd Lieutenant William Hugh Coulter, 5th Royal Irish Lancers, entered the service February, 1912, and accompanied the Regiment to France on the outbreak of hostilities, and was mentioned in Sir John French's despatches. He is a member of the Subaltern's Regimental Polo Team, and is a good all-round sportsman.

OUR HEROES

Lieutenant William Hugh Coutter, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, was killed in action on 22nd April at Ypres. He appeared in our last part as one of the officers mentioned in despatches.

COURTHOPE-MUNROE

John Wilfrid

Second Lieutenant, 597th Mechanised Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died of eneteric on service 24 January 1916. Born 14 June 1893. Married Nancy Andersonj in the April to June Quarter 1914 in Marylebone Registration District, London. Two daughters Sheila Jasynth Ellen, born 29 November 1914, and Wilfrida Rosemary Jane, born 24 February 1916. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section Q. Grave 558.

Extract from Evening Mail - Wednesday 9 February 1916, page 7:

SECOND LIEUTENANT JOHN COURTHOPE-MUNROE, who died of enteric at Alexandria, Egypt, on January 24, was the second son of Mr. H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C.. of 3, Gloucester-gate, Regent's Park, and the Manor House, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Suffolk. Born on June 14, 1893, he was educated at the Rev. Walter Earle's, Bilton Grange, Rugby, and at Charterhouse and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. When at Charterhouse he was a member of the O.T.C. (Charterhouse Cadet Corps), and qualified in musketry. On leaving Charterhouse he was for two years at Lausanne, Switzerland, and at Marxzell, near Karlsruhe (Batten) and became a fluent linguist in both French and German. In September, 1915, he obtained a commission as second lieutenant in the A.S.C. (Mechanical Transport), and after training at Bulford Camp, Salisbury, was sent out to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force landing at Alexandria, and was at the time of his death under orders for Salonika. Mr. J. W. Courthope-Munroe married in 1914 Nancye, second daughter of Mr. Duncan S. Anderson, and leaves a daughter. His elder brother, Second Lieutenant Caryl H. Courthope-Munroe, 33rd Indian Cavalry, is now in Mesopotamia.

COWIE

Alexander Gordon

Captain, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs). Died of wounds 6 April 1916. Born 27 February 1889. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Hordle, Hampshire. an Undergraduate at Cambridge and an Officer Special Reserve, son of Alexander Hugh and Katherine Elizabeth Cowie, resident Uddens House, Chalbury, Holt, Dorset. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot I. Row D. Grave 16.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1920:

COWIE Alexander Gordon of Shorncliffe Kent captain Seaforth Highlanders died 7 April 1916 in Mesopotamia Administration (with Will) London 21 July to Helen Grace Cowie widow. Effects £129 12s. 5d.

Extract from Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 18 April 1916, page 4:

Other northern casualties include:-- Captain Alexander Gordon Cowie, Seaforth Highlanders (died on wounds on April 6), the younger son of Brigadier-General and Mrs. A. H. Cowie. Educated at Charterhouse and Cambridge, he entered the Seaforth Highlanders in December, 1911, when he was in his twenty-third year. He was promoted in September, 1914, and in October of last year he received his captaincy. Captain Cowie was a fine cricketer, and got his Blue for Cambridge.

Extract from Leamington Spa Courier, - Friday 21 April 1916, page 2:

Captain Alexander Gordon Cowie, Seaforth Highlanders, whose death is officially reported, was the younger son of Brigadier-General and Mrs. A. H. Cowie, and son-in-law of Mrs. Williams, Stanway Manor, Church Stretton, Shropshire. He was educated at Charterhouse and Caius College, Cambridge. He played cricket for his University against Oxford in 1910, when he took four wickets for 67; he also played for Hampshire. Captain Cowie, who was reported wounded in July 1915, was killed on April 7th.

Major, 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died of wounds 20 May 1915. Aged 42. Born 17 September 1872. Son of Hugh Cowie, Q.C., J.P.; husband of Victoria Alexandrina (nee Elphinstone) Cowie, of Varhn, Studland, Dorset, married 28 September 1898 at Bagshot three children, Norma born 10 July 1899, Howard Elphinstone born 10 October 1901 and John Victor born 25 February 1904. Educated Charterhouse. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) and C.M.G. Height 5 feet 9 inches. In the 1881 census he was aged 8, born Arrochar, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, a scholar, son of Hugh and Septima Cowie, resident Ewell Road, Strathyham, Kingston, Surrey. Buried 24 May 1915 at the south-east corner of the church in ST. LAWRENCE CHURCHYARD, WEST WOODHAY, Berkshire. Also listed on Bagshot Memorial

From the Charterhouse School Register, Oration Quarter 1886:

Extract from The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1915:

COWIE, HUGH NORMAN RAMSAY, Capt., was born at Arrochar, N.B., 17 Sept. 1872, son of Hugh Cowie, Q.C., J.P. He was educated at Charterhouse and Sandhurst, and joined the Dorsetshire Regt. 18 May, 1892, becoming Lieutenant 28 Aug. 1894. He served in the Tirah Expedition in 1897-98, being present at the actions of Chagra Kotal and Dargai, and the capture of Sampagha and Arhanga Passes. Reconnaissance of the Saran Sar and action of 16 Nov. 1897. Operations in the Waran Valley and action of 16 Nov. 1897. Operations in the Bara Valley 7 to 14 Dec. 1897 (Medal with two clasps). He served in the South African War, 1899-1900; operations in Natal, 1899, including operations at Elandslaagte, Rietfontein and Lombard's hop. In the Defence of Ladysmith, including the sortie of 7 Dec. 1899, and action of 6 Jan. 1900; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions of Belfast (26 and 27 Aug.) and Lydenberg 5 to 8 Sept. He was mentioned in Despatches (Sir R. H. Buller, 13 Sept. and 9 Nov. 1900 [London Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901]) : received the Queen's Medal with three clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 19 April, 1901]: "Hugh Norman Ramsay Cowie, Capt., Dorsetshire Regt. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa." The Insignia, etc., were sent to the Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, and presented by the Duke of Cornwall and York 14 Aug. 1901. He had become Captain 13 June, 1900. From 5 June, 1901, to 17 Feb. 1904, he was Adjutant, Volunteers, and he was Adjutant, Dorsetshire Regt. from 9 Sept. 1904, to 22 Jan. 1903, when he went to the Staff College. He was D.A.Q.M.G., Headquarters, South Africa, 20 April, 1907, to 1909; from 1909 to 1911 a Staff Captain at the War Office, and from 1912-14 Commander of a Company of Gentlemen Cadets at Sandhurst,. In 1914 he was appointed Commandant of the 1st School of Instruction in France. He was created a C.M.G. Major Cowie died on 20 May, 1915, of wounds received whilst in command of the 1st Battn. of his Regiment. He had married, in 1898, Victoria Alexandrina, eldest daughter of the late Sir Howard Elphinstone, K.C.B., C.M.G.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

COWIE Hugh Norman Ramsay of the Royal Military College Sandhurst Berkshire major His Majesty's Dorset Regiment C.M.G. D.S.O. died 20 May 1915 at King Edward VII. Hospital 9 Grosvenor-gardens Middlesex from wounds received on active service in France Administration London 3 September to Victoria Alexandrina Cowie widow. Effects £303 14s. 4d.

CRAIG

Arthur Francis

Captain, 1st/4th Battalion (Territorial), Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). attached 30th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds 4 October 1918. Aged 24. Son of John Francis and Ada Georgina Craig, of 1, Mount Ephraim Mansions, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Cheshire, son of John F and Ada G Craig, resident 6, Fairlawn Road, Lytham, Fylde, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Marple, Cheshire, boarder at school, resident Sanatorium, Paperharow Road, Godalming, Surrey. Buried in LA KREULE MILITARY CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK, Nord, France. Plot VI. Row A. Grave 13.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

CRAIG Arthur Francis of Erin Lodge Camden Park Tunbridge Wells lieutenant acting-captain 4th battalion Royal West Kent Regiment T.F. died 4 October 1918 in France Administration London 4 February to John Francis Craig retired merchant. Effects £311 7s. 2d.

CRAUFURD, MiD

John Gordon

[Listed as CRAUFORD on CWGC and SDGW] Captain, 37th Dogras, Indian Army attached to 12th Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died 22 November 1915. Aged 29. Born 14 July 1886. Twice Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 54 and 67.

From the Charterhouse School Register, Cricket Quarter 1900:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

CRAUFURD John Gordon of Jehlum Punjab India captain 37th Dogras attached 12th Divisional Signal Company died 22 November 1915 at Ctesiphon Mesopotamia killed in action Administration London 18 May to Ethel Sophia Barnes (wife of Cyril Gwynne Sedley Barnes).
Effects £1493 1s. 6d. Further Grant January 1919.

CRAWFORD

Kelvin

Captain (Pilot), 60th Squadron, Royal Air Force and Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Missing presumed killed while flying in a Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a, serial number C5445, 11 April 1918; last seen over Burquoy. Aged 22. Born 6 May 1895. Native of Wandsworth Common, London. Son of W. A. Crawford, of 11, Routh Road, Wandsworth Common, London S.W.; brother of William (below). In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Handsworth, son of William and Elizabeth M Crawford, resident 275, Trinity Road, Wandsworth, London & Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Wandsworth Common, London S.W., a school boarder, resident Bodcites, Godalming, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1920:

CRAWFORD Kelvin of 11 Routh-road Wandsworth Common Surrey captain R.A F. died on or since xi April 1918 in France Administration London 7 February to William Archibald Francis engineer. Effects £885 6s. 3d.

CRAWFORD

William Charlton

CRISP

Reginald

Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion (Territorial) attached 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action 29 March 1918. Aged 25. Son of C. E. Crisp, of Haydn House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, and the late William Henry Crisp. Educated at Charterhouse. Enlisted from Wye College August, 1914. Gazetted, 1917. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born SSuffolk, son of W H and C E Crisp, resident The Cedars, Boot Street, Great Bealings, Woodbridge, Suffolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Bealing, Suffolk, an Apprentice Chemist, boarding at 8, Champion Park, Camberwell, London & Surrey. Also served in India and Mesopotamia. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 16. See also Great Bealings, Suffolk

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

CRISP Reginald of 1 Esplanade Teignmouth Devonshire second lieutenant 4th Buffs (East Kent) regiment died 29 March 1918 in France killed in action Administration London July to Charlotte' Elizabeth Crisp widow.
Effects £39 3s. 4d. Further grant 6 May 1941

CROFT, DSO, MC

Desmond Warwick

Major. Born 19th April 1894; 2nd son of William Bleadon Croft. Baptised 21 May 1894 in Winchester, Hampshire, son of William Bleadon and Geraldine Elizabeth Croft. He was at Charterhouse [D] 1908 - 1912. He was commissioned into the South Wales Borderers and joined 5th Bn. He was awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette 1 January 1919] and the M.C. [London Gazette 15 April 1916, Issue 29548 - while Temporary Captain] His name does not appear in the C.W.G.C. register. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Winchester, Hampshire, son of William B and Geraldine E Croft, resident 9, College Street, Winchester St Swithin, Winchester, Hampshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Winchester, Hampshire, a school boarder, resident Charter House, Godalming, Surrey. Married Mary Euphemia Willcocks in 1922, aged 28, in St Andrew, Ashley Place, Middlesex. In the Charterhouse Register he is recorded as ‘died as the result of War wounds’ on 8th July 1928 in Cornwall.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1928:

CROFT Desmond Warrick of Red-cottage Esher Surrey died 8 July 1928 at Polpier Mevagissey Cornwall Probate London 21 September to Roger Hussey Willcocks solicitor and Charles Richard Croft M.B. Effects £1933 12s. 11d.

His is one of the names added later to the Chapel panels, after their installation.

Military Cross Citation from London Gazette:

Temporary Captain Desmond Warwick Croft, 5th Battalion (Pioneers), The South Wales Borderers.

For conspicuous daring and initiative under very critical conditions. He rendered assistance to the garrison of a work that had been partially destroyed, and with a small party of men he returned to the post, organised the defence and held it till relieved.

CROFT

John Arthur Christopher

Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment attached to 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action 18 April 1915. Aged 27. Born 15 April 1888. Son of Henry Herbert Stephen and Emma Croft, of Sussex Square, Brighton. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 8. See also Trinity College, Cambridge University

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 110-111:

2nd LIEUTENANT JOHN ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER CROFT, 4th BATTN. (EXTRA RESERVE) ROYAL WARWICSHIRE REGIMENT, attd. 2nd BATTN. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON (WEST RIDING REGIMENT), was the youngest son of Henry Herbert Stephen Croft, barrister-at-law, Recorder of Tenterden, and was born at 28, Royal Crescent, London, on the 15th April, 1888.

He was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an international hockey player, Blackheath Club, champion of the Thames Punting Club, 1912, and a member of the New University Club, St. James's Street, London.

He was gazetted to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, in August, 1914, and trained with it in the Isle of Wight. In November, 1914, he was attached to the West Riding Regiment, and served with it in the trenches in France till April, 1915.

He was killed on the 18th of the latter month in the first attack on Hill 60, near Ypres, "while "—in the words of his Commanding Officer— "leading his men with the greatest bravery in the successful charge on Hill 60 on Sunday last. We have lost a most capable and gallant officer and charming friend whose place it will be hard to fill."

CROOKS

Edward Neilson

Second Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 22 March 1918. Born 22 September 1898. Son of Edward Victor and Mabel Crooks. In the 1901 census he was aged 2, born Hoylake, Cheshire, son of Edward V and Mabel Crooks, grandson of Mary Crooks (a widow), visiting The Grange, Noctorum, Birkenhead, Cheshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Hoylake, Cheshire. a school boarder, resident The Leas School, 64, Meols Drive, West Kirby, Hoylake cum West Kirby, Cheshire. Buried in FORESTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 3.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

CROOKS Edward Neilson of Overstrand Holyake Cheshire second-lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps died 22 March 1918 by Douchy near St. Quentin France Administration London 13 August to Edward Victor Crooks solicitor. Effects £257 4s. 9d.

Extract from Birkenhead News - Wednesday 17 April 1918, page 3:

Hoylake Officer Killed.

The deepest sympathy will be extended by a wide circle of friends to Mr. E. V. Crooks, of Liverpool and Hoylake, in the bereavement he has sustained by the death in France of his elder son, Second-Lieut. Edward Neilson Crooks, at the age of 19½ years. Educated at the Leas, Hoylake, and at Charterhouse, from where he went to Sandhurst in November, 1918, Second-Lieut. Crooks received his commission in the King's Royal Rifle Corps on passing out of Sandhurst in September, 1917, and, after spending a fortnight at the regimental depot, he proceeded to France. He took part in the operations at Cambrai in the closing months of last year, and was recently appointed intelligence officer to his battalion and attached to the headquarters staff. He was engaged in the recent heavy fighting, and, whilst riding with his second in command, he was struck by a shell and mortally wonnded. News of his death has been communicated in a letter received from his company commander.

CROPPER

John

Note: Britannic, built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line and launched in 1914, was a sister ship to the Titanic. During the Great War she served as a hospital ship. She sank in 55 minutes after hitting a mine 4 miles off the Greek island of Kea, on her way back to Lemnos from Southampton via Gibraltar and fortunately empty of passengers. 30 lives were lost, many of these when two lifeboats, prematurely launched, drifted into the still-turning propellers, 1,036 were saved.

From the Charterhouse School Register, Oration Quarter 1878:

CURWEN

Henry Stanley

Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Born 25 April 1893. Killed in action 13 October 1915. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Curwen, of BeckenhamNo known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31.

Extract from Westminster Gazette - Wednesday 27 October 1915, page 4:

KILLED IN ACTION.

CURWEN.—On the 13th inst., in France, Henry Stanley Curwen. 2nd Lieut. 7th Batt. The Norfolk Regt., youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Curwen, of Beckenham, Kent, aged 22 years.

Extract from Westminster Gazette - Wednesday 27 October 1915, page 4:

The late Second Lieut. Henry Stanley Curwen, 7th Norfolk. Regt., was the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Curwen, of Beckenham. He enlisted soon after the outbreak of war in the 7th Norfolk Regt., and was given a commission in November 1914. He was killed in France on October 13th, aged 22 years.

CURWEN

Wilfred John Hutton

Captain, 6th Battalion attached 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 9th May 1915. Aged 32. Born 14th April 1883, Beckenham, Kent. Son of the late John and Maria Curwen. Matriculated 1902 Magdalen College, Oxford University. Played for Oxford University and Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 6 and 8. See also Lord's Members Cricket World War 1 Memorial and also Kennington, The Oval, Surrey CCC Memorial

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Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice Volume 2:

CAPTAIN WILFRED JOHN HUTTON CURWEN, 6th BATTN. (RESERVE) ROYAL FUSILIERS, CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT, when the war broke out was serving as A.D.C. to the Right Hon. Sir R. C. Munro-Ferguson, G. C. M. G., Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Australia. Captain Curwen was then a Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment (T.F.), which he had entered in April, 1911, being promoted Lieutenant in July, 1912. He had also previously served as A.D.C. to Sir John Fuller, Bart., K.C.M.G., Governor of Victoria, and also to the Right Hon. Lord Denman when Governor-General of Australia. On war being declared he obtained permission to resign his appointment as Aide-de-camp to Sir R. C. Munro-Ferguson, and returning to England as soon as possible, offered his services, which were immediately accepted, and on joining he was promoted Captain in the 6th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, on December 25th, 1915. Born at Beckenham, Kent, in 1883, he was the only son of John M. Curwen, Esq., and Mrs. Curwen, of The High House, Thames Ditton, Surrey, and of 53, Carlisle Mansions, S.W., and was educated at Charterhouse and at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was brother-in-law to the famous Charterhouse and Oxford half-back, Mr. C. Wreford Brown, to whom his sister was married. He was an excellent cricketer, and a fine Association football player, and represented his school and University at both games, and played against Cambridge at Lord's. He also belonged to the I Zingari, the Free Foresters, the Harlequins, and the M.C.C., and represented Charterhouse at rackets, also playing football for the Old Carthusians on many occasions. He was a member of the Bath Club.

He fell in action on May 13th, 1915, in the second Battle of Ypres, and was Acting-Adjutant at the time of his death, being killed at a critical moment in the fighting, while gallantly directing some of his men.

His Commanding Officer, in writing concerning his death, stated : "He died bravely while doing his duty." Captain Curwen was buried close to where he was killed.

From the Charterhouse School Register, Oration Quarter 1896:

CUTHBERTSON

Edward Hedley

*Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 24th July 1917. Aged 28. Son of Edward Hedley Cuthbertson and Alice Cuthbertson; husband of Mary Constance Follett (formerly Cuthbertson), of 72, Onslow Gardens, South Kensington, London. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XIII. Row L. Grave 6. Member of the Exchange. See also Lord's Cricket Ground Members Memorial World War 1 and also Stock Exchange Memorial

Extract from the Stock Exchange Memorial Book:

LIEUTENANT EDWARD HEDLEY CUTHBERTSON, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was born in 1888, the son of Edward Hedley Cuthbertson, formerly a member of the Stock Exchange.

Educated at Malvern College and Clare College, Cambridge, he was given his Blue for Association football, and he also played cricket for his University several times.

He became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1911.

Enlisting in the Public Schools Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers in August 1914, he was eventually given his commission in the Warwickshire Regiment.

He went to France in March 1915 and was wounded at Ypres a few weeks later. Returning to France, he was invalided home again in July 1916.

After a period of convalescence in England he was sent to Mesopotamia and died in hospital at Amara on 24 July 1917.