DALRYMPLE, MC

Ian Douglas

DAMANT

Henry Kirkpatrick

Air Mechanic 2nd Class, 66th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Died of septic pneumonia in Tidworth Military Hospital 26 February 1917. Born 28 February 1888, in Cowes, Isle of Wight. Educated Sunningdale School, Berkshire. In the 1891 census he was aged 3, born Isle of Wight, Hampshire, son of Harry C and Mary Damant, resident Lammas, Baring Road, Northwood, Isle of Wight. In the 1901 census he was aged 13, born Isle of Wight, a school boarder, resident Sunnigdale School, Spring Grove, Sunningdale, Windsor, Berkshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 23, born Cowes, Isle of Wight, a Law Student, visting the Garrick Hotel, 385 Charing X Road, St Martin in the Fields, London & Middlesex. Married Urcelia Alice Wapshott in St Martin-In-The-Fields, Middlesexs in the January to March Quarter 1912. Enlisted 11 May 1916 for the duration of the war, aged 28. Buried in TIDWORTH MILITARY CEMETERY, Wiltshire. Plot/Row/Section/Area C. Grave 204. See also Cowes, Isle of Wight War Memorial

Extract from Hampshire Advertiser - Saturday 10 March 1917, page 4:

DAMANT.—On the 26th ult., at Tidworth Military Hospital, Henry Kirkpatrick Damant, AM., R.F.C., son of Mrs. and the late H. O. Damant, Cowes, aged 28.

DAVEY

John Stanley

Lieutenant, "B" Squadron, North Somerset Yeomanry. Killed in action 17 November 1914. Aged 33. Born 12 July 1881. Baptised 24 August 1881 in Clifton, St John the Evangelist, Gloucestershire, son of THomas and Alice Mary Davey. Youngest son of the late Thomas and Alice Mary Davey, of Bannerleigh, Leigh Woods, Bristol. In the 1911 census he was aged 29, born Redland, bristol, Gloucestershire, a Tobacco factory manager, son of Alice Mary davey (a widow), resident Bannerleigh, Leigh Woods, Bristol, Long Ashton, Somerset. Buried in YPRES TOWN CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row E2. Grave 20.

From the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1895:

LIEUTENANT JOHN STANLEY DAVEY, NORTH SOMERSET YEOMANRY, who was killed in action near Ypres on the 17th November, 1914, was the youngest son of the late Mr. Thomas Davey and Mrs. Davey, of Bannerleigh, Leigh Woods, Bristol.

He was born on the 12th July, 1881, and was educated at the Rev. S. Cornish's School, Walton Lodge, Clevedon, and at Charterhouse (Girdlestonite).

In 1897 he entered the business of Franklyn, Davey & Co., which subsequently became a branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland, Ltd. He was fond of shooting, fishing, hunting, and polo.

He joined the Somerset Yeomanry in April, 1909, and became Lieutenant in August, 1914.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

DAVEY John Stanley of Bannerleigh Leigh Woods Long Ashton Somersetshire tobacco merchant lieutenant N.S. Yeomanry died 17 November 1914 at Vlamentighue near Ypres Belgium Probate Bristol 17 March to Thomas Ruding Davey tobacco merchant and Arthur Davey esquire. Effects £82978 13s. 7d.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 93:

DAVEY, JOHN STANLEY, Lieut., North Somerset Yeomanry (T.F.). yst. s. of the late Thomas Davey, of Bannerleigh, Leigh Woods, Bristol; b. 12 July, 1881; educ. Charterhouse (Girdlestonite); entered the business of Franklyn, Davey et Co., in 1897, which firm subsequently became a branch of the Imperial' Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland, Ltd.; joined the North Somerset Yeomanry as 2nd Lieut. 12 April, 1909, being promoted Lieut. in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders. and was killed in action near Ypres 17 Nov. 1914.

DAVIDSON

Ian Sprot

DAVIDSON, MiD

Christopher Edmund Grant

DAVIES

George Stewart Berrington

Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Died from war related illness contracted on service in North Russia 26 October 1919. Aged 20. Born 31 January 1899. Baptised 30 March 1899, in Llechryd, Cardinganshire, son of David Berrington Griffith and Mary Charlotte Stewart Davies. Recorded on CWGC as son of David Berrington Griffith and Joyce Berrington Davies, of Plas, Llangoedmore, Cardiganshire [assumption is that his father remarried]. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Cardigan, at school, resident Norfolk House, Knotty Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. Buried in South-West part of LLANDYGWYDD (ST. TYGWYDD) CHURCHYARD, Cardiganshire.

DAWSON

William Ernest

Captain (Pilot), Artillery and Infantry Co-operation School, Royal Air Force and Royal Field Artillery. Whilst flying in a Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 at Winchester his aircraft spun to ground and caught fire, serial number D4746, 16 September 1918. Aged 24. Native of Newport, Monmouthshire. Son of William Frederick Dawson, of Llantarnam Hall, Newport. Buried in MALPAS (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Monmouthshire.

Extract from Western Mail - Thursday 19 September 1918, page 1:

DAWSON. On the 16th instant, as the result of an accident, Captain William Ernest Dawson, R.A.F., son of W. F. Dawson and Mrs. Dawson, Llantarnam Hall. Funeral at Malpas Church, Newport, Thursday, 19th. instant, at Four o'clock.

de la WARR
aka SACKVILLE

8th Earl (The Right Hon.)
aka Gilbert George Reginald

Gilbert George Reginald Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr. by Bassano Ltd whole-plate glass negative, 1913 NPG x33697 © National Portrait Gallery, London

(Gilbert George Reginald SACKVILLE) Lieutenant, H.M.M.L. "California," Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 16 December 1915. Aged 46. Born 22 March 1869; 8th Earl De La Warr. Second son of late Reginald Windsor Sackville, 7th Earl de la Warr; husband of Hilda Mary, Countess de la Warr (now Mrs. John Dennis). He was at Charterhouse [S] 1882 - 1885. He served in the South African War and later joined the R.N.V.R. He died at Messina, Italy on 16th December 1915 whilst in command of H.M.M.L. (His Majesty’s Motor Launch) California. His grave is in MESSINA TOWN CEMETERY, Italy. Section 2. Row 2. Grave 4. See also Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1882:

Sackville, Gilbert George Reginald. b. 22 March, 1869. (Saunderites); Left C.Q., 1885.-Viscount Cantelupe; 8th Earl De La Warr, 1896; D.L., J.P., Alderman & C.C. (East Sussex); War Correspondent to the Globe; served with Bethune's Horse, in S. African War; Capt., 2nd Cinque Ports Vol. Artillery, 1900; Major, 1901; retired, 1902.

Earl De La Warr, The Manor House, Bexhill-on-Sea.

[See also Wikipedia Gilbert Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr]

de LUSIGNAN

Raymond

Lieutenant. Born 13th February 1894, only son of the late Mr. H .H. de Lusignan. He was at Charterhouse [R] 1907 - 1911. He was commissioned into the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and joined 1st Bn. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 26th April 1915 whilst rescuing a comrade. His grave is at V Beach Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Grave lost. Special Memorial Row B. Grave 29. See also Hove, Sussex

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 126:

LIEUTENANT RAYMOND de LUSIGNAN, 1st BATTN. ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS, only son of the late Mr. II. M. de Lusignan and of Mrs. de Lusignan, was born on the 13th February, 1894, at 29, Holland Road, Hove, Sussex.

He was educated at Marlborough house, The Drive, Hove, and at Charterhouse, entering the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in 1911. He was gazetted to his regiment in September 1913, and joined the 1st Battalion in India, remaining with it at Quetta until it was recalled to form part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. He was promoted Lieutenant in September, 1914, and was killed in action on Sunday, the 25th April, 1915, at Sedd-el-Bahr, Gallipoli Peninsula, while trying to pull a wounded man back into cover. It is a curious coincidence that Lieutenant de Lusignan supposed to be the last of his line, met his death in battle with the Turks, fighting against whom his ancestors, centuries before, helped to make history.

Lieutenant de Lusignan was a member of tile Public Schools Club and of the Cavendish Club, Piccadilly.

de NEUFVILLE, DSO, MiD

Eustace Charles

Major. Born 24th October 1886, only son of R. de Neufville, husband of Mrs. Elsie (nee Johnston) de Neufville, of Henstridge, Combe Martin, Devon, married April to June Quarter 1912. He was at Charterhouse [g] 1900 - 1905. He went up to New College, Oxford, he was then a pupil at Middle Temple, he was called to the Bar in 1909. In the 1911 census he was aged 24, born Sydenham, Kent, a Barrister, son of Richard and Elisabeth De Neufville, resident Willoughby House, 12, Crystal Palace Park Road, Sydenham, Beckenham, Kent. In the Great War he was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery and served with 262nd Siege Battery. He was twice mentioned in despatches (MiD), he was awarded the D.S.O. and the Belgian Croix de Guerre. He was killed in action near Vaul Vrancourt on 21st March 1918. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1920:

DE NEUFVILLE Eustace Charles of 39 Lombard-street London major R.G.A. died on or since 21 March 1918 at Vaulx Vraucourt France Probate London 10 June to Christian Pierret banker and the reverend Donald Fitzherbert Campbell clerk. Effects £3976 3s. 9d.

de ROUGEMONT

Maurice Henry

Second Lieutenant. Born 13th June 1889, only son of Arthur Francis and Janet Emma de Rougemont, of 5, Gloucester Terrace, London, W.2. He was at Charterhouse [G] 1903 - 1907. He worked at Lloyd’s Insurers. He was commissioned into the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) and joined 2nd Bn. He was killed in action on 16th May 1915, aged 25. His grave is at Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row V. Grave 11.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 128:

2nd LIEUTENANT (temp.) MAURICE HENRY de ROUGEMONT, attd. 2nd BATTN. THE QUEEN'S (ROYAL WEST SURREY REGT), was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur de Rougemont, 5, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London, W., and was born at Sunderland Lodge, Westbourne Gardens, London, W., on the 13th June, 1889.

He was educated at Charterhouse (Gown boys) and Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1909 he joined the Artists' Rifles, in which he became a Sergeant. While al home he devoted his holidays and most of his spare time to his work in his corps. He went to Flanders with the 1st Battalion in October, 1914, and after going through the Officers' School of Instruction at Bailleul in January was gazetted Temporary 2nd Lieutenant on the General List in January, 1915, and joined the 2nd Battalion, The Queen's, taking part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. He was killed at Festubert on the 10th May, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant de Rougemont's servant gave the following account of the circumstance " It was on Sunday morning, the 16th May, at about 3.30, that we got the order for D ' and ' C ' Companies to advance. First of all, we advanced into an old trench with 2nd Lieutenant de Rougemont taking the lead : then secondly from there we advanced and lay down beside a trench, which was full of wounded from ' A ' and ' B ' Companies. Looking round we found that the company had lost us. Only 2nd Lieutenant do Rougemont and two men besides myself were there, so we assisted in bandaging the wounded until ono of our comrades got killed. We then crawled to the loft and found ' C ' Company, who had lost all their officers, so the first thought of 2nd Lieutenant de Rougemont was to get forward. We advanced again, ' C ' Company following, and as we wore getting over the German parapet 2nd Lieutenant do Rougemont got shut through the arm and chest and fell inside the trench. Ile never murmured."

The Senior Officer of the battalion wrote confirming the main details of the foregoing.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1, page 314:

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

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

DE ROUGEMONT Maurice Henry of 5 Gloucester-terrace Hyde Park Middlesex 2nd lieutenant Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment died 16 May 1915 at Festubert in France having been killed in action Administration (with Will) London 3 August to Arthur Francis de Rougemont insurance broker. Effects £758 14s. 3d.

DEACON

Edmund

Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Deacon © IWM (HU 121583)

Lieutenant-Colonel, Essex Yeomanry formerly 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards. Wounded and missing in action near Ypres Western Front, presumed killed in action 13 May 1915. Aged 43. Born 3 April 1872. Husband of Sybil Deacon, of Sloe House, Halstead, Essex. In the 1911 census he was aged 39, born Hoddesdon, hertfordshire, Lieutenant Colonel commanding Essex Yeomanry, husband of Sybil Deacon with a daughter and a son, resident Sloe House, Halstead, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 5.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1885:

DEANE, MiD

John Henry

Major, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli 30 April 1915. Aged 41. Born 20 May 1874 at Fairfields, Fareham, Hampshire. Baptised 1 August 1874 in Fareham, Ss. Peter & Paul, son of William Henry and Matilda Deane, resident Fairfields House, Farehyam, Hampshire. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Deane, of Fareham, Hants.; brother of Major James Deane, of Sulhamstead Abbots, near Reading; husband of Iris-Penn Gaskell (formerly Deane, nee Nedham), of "Glen Doone," Branksome Chine, Bournemouth, married 17 January 1911 in All Saints Church, Branksome, Hampshire. Educated Charterhouse. Unmarried. Spoke both French and Russian. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Served in India, Aden, Arabia, Somaliland, South Africa, Mauritius. Mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette 2 September 1904]. In the 1891 census he was aged 16, born farham, son of William and Matilda Deane, resident Fair Fields, East Street, Fareham, Hampshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 36, born Fareham, Hampshire, married, an Officer, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, billetted at Wynberg, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 126-135 or 223-226 228-229 & 328.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

DEANE John Henry of Chritchells House Lockersley Hampshire major 2nd Hampshire Regiment died 30 April 1915 at the Dardanelles Probate London 5 September to Ernest Stapley Heming Johnson captain R.A.O.C.
Effects £13011 13s. 2d. Former Grant August 1915.

Extract from Hampshire Advertiser - Saturday 08 May 1915, page 6:

FAREHAM.

Another well-known Hampshire officer whose death in the Dardanelles fighting is announced unofficially is Major John Henry Deane, son the late Mr. W. H. Deane, J.P., Fareham. In 1903-4 served in the operations in Somaliland, and was present at the action at Jidballi; he was mentioned in despatches, and awarded the medal with two clasps. Major Deane, who was married, was born May, 1874, and gazetted to the Hampshire Regiment in July, 1893, receiving his majority in 1910.

Extract from Hampshire Advertiser - Saturday 08 May 1915, page 6:

THE LATE MAJOR DEANE.

Major John Henry Deane, 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., who was killed in the Dardanelles April 30th, was a younger brother ot Major James Deane, C'.M.G. (now invalided home to Goldington Bury); and son ot the late Mr. W. H. Deane, J.P., of Fareham House.

DEARMER

Christopher

Lieutenant (RN), Armoured Car Division, Royal Naval Air Service. Died of shell wounds (Multiple injuries) on board H.M.H.S. Gloucester Castle 6 October 1915. Born 21 March 1894. Native of Primrose Hill, Middlesex. Son of Revd. Percy and Mabel Dearmer, of 10, Norfolk Road, St. John's Wood, London N.W. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born South Lambeth, Surrey, son of Percy and Mabel Dearmer, visiting at 102, Adelaide Road, Hampstead, London & Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 14.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

DEARMER Christopher of St. Mary's Vicarage Primrose-hill Middlesex lieutenant R.N.V.R. died 6 October 1915 at Suvla Bay on board hospital ship Gloucester Administration (with Will limited) London 6 April to Marian Jane Knowles (wife of Arthur Knowles) attorney of Geoffrey Dearmer. Effects £75 17s. 2d.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 97:

DEARMER, CHRISTOPHER, Lieut., R.N.V.R., 2nd s. of the Rev. Dr. Percy Dearmer, late Vicar of St. Mary-the-Virgin, Primrose Hill, now (1917), lecturing in India, Author of "Parson's Handbook," "Body and Soul," and many other writings, by his wife, Mabel (Novelist and Dramatist, who died 11 July, 1915, of enteric, contracted while attached to the Stobart Hospital Mission in Serbia), dau. of Surgeon-Major White; b. London, 22 March, 1894; educ. Temple Grove, Charterhouse, and Christ Church, Oxford, afterwards going to Hanover to study German, then to Moscow and the Crimea to study Russian, and when war was declared was studying French at Tours; returned to England, and enlisted in the Public Schools Corps in Aug., obtaining a commission in the R.N.V.R. Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles 1 Aug. 1915, and died on H.M. Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle 6 Oct. following, from wounds received in action on the Peninsula. An American friend wrote : "He was always so cheerful and entertaining, and seemed to have a faculty for making friends with anyone lie met. When war broke out I learned another side of his character, which I had not appreciated before : his love for England and his enthusiasm for helping out by doing his bit. We left Tours and went up to Paris together in August. I shan't forget one evening at a cinema when pictures of the Allied troops were shown on the screen. It was he who started the applause and was most enthusiastic, and when the pictures of the Belgian dogs drawing the artillery were shown, he amused us all by crying out, 'Vi vent les chiens.' But his one thought was to get to England and help." Unm.

DENT, MiD

Arthur Evelyn

DENT

Reginal Teesdale

Second Lieutenant. Born 4th October 1898, 4th son of Robert Wilkinson Dent and Edith Vere Dent, of Flass, Maulds Meaburn, Westmorland. He was at Charterhouse [V] 1912 - 1916. He was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade, joined 6th Bn. and was attached to 2nd Bn. He was killed in action at Pargny on 24th March 1918. He is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Panels 81 to 84.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 4, page 45:

DENT, REGINALD TEESDALE, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), s. of Robert Wilkinson Dent, of Flass, Crosby-Ravens-worth, Shap, Westmorland, M.A., J.P., by his wife, Edith Vere, dau. of the Rev. Francis Hanbury Annesley, of the Manor House, Clifford Chambers, Stratford-on-Avon; and brother to Lieut. A. E. Dent (q.v.); b. Tunbridge Wells, 4 Sept. 1898; educ. Barns Close; Beechmont, and Charterhouse, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; joined the Artists' Rifles 4 Sept. 1916, and the O.C.B. at Cambridge Dec. 1916, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. The Rifle Brigade 26 April, 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 2 Dec. following, and was killed in action at Pargny on the Somme 24 March, 1918. His Colonel being killed, his Major wrote : "It is with the deepest regret that I write to inform you of the death of your son, 2nd Lieut. R. T. Dent. He was killed in action on the 24th March, 1918, practically surrounded by the enemy. Owing to the heavy fighting and the difficult circumstances, your son's body must have fallen into the hands of the enemy," and his Commanding Officer : "He was shot by a German machine gun in a heroic attempt to recapture one of the posts his platoon was defending, and which had been captured by the enemy. . . . Your son was a very cheery member of our company mess, where we were all so happy together, and he was a great loss to us all." Unm.

DEVENISH

George Weston

Lieutenant (Pilot), 35th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Field Artillery. Missing believed killed in action flying a Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8, serial number A2693, last seen shot down in flames in enemy trenches 6 June 1917. Born 25 July 1893. Native of Mitcham, Surrey. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Mitcham, Surrey, son of Henry W and Bertha Devenish, resident Hillfield, Rose Hill, Carshalton, Epsom, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Surrey, at school, son of Henry Weston and Bertha Devenish, resident Hillfield, Mitcham, Carshalton, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

DEVENISH George Weston of Hillfield Mitcham Surrey lieutenant H.M. Army died 6. June 1917 at Le Catelet (Somme) France Administration London 31 October to Henry Weston Devenish barrister-at-law. Effects £1194 9s. 9d.

DICK

Thomas Aitken

DICKINSON

Francis Arthur

DICKINSON

Henry Waite

Lieutenant, 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds as a Prisoner of War in German hands 9 August 1918. Aged 27. Son of Gertrude Dickinson, of Wyke House Hotel, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, and the late Alfred J. Dickinson; husband of Maisie Dickinson (nee Hurrell). In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Province Sante Fe, Argentina, a serving soldier, Second Lieutenant, 1st Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, billeted at Tientsin, North China. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL, Hessen, Germany. Plot X. Row B. Grave 19.

DICKINSON

William Henry Egerton de Brissac

Major, 113th Battery, 25th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 29 October 1918. Aged 38. Son of the late Maj. Gen. William Rice Dickinson (Royal Engineers), and Blanche Clubley Dickinson; husband of Mabel Frances Dickinson, of Boston, Mass., U.S.A. Buried in VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 31.

DOLL

Philip Walter Rudolph

Lieutenant. Born 28th May 1890, 4th son of Charles Fitzroy Doll and Emily Frances Doll, of Hadham Towers, Much Hadham, Herts. He was at Charterhouse [V] 1905 - 1907. He was commissioned into the King’s (Liverpool) Regiment. At Aldershot in 1914 he was the winner of Lord Roberts' Gold Cup, with his guns. In the Great War he served as a Machine Gun Officer in 1st/8th Bn. He was killed in action at the 1st Battle of Ypres on 31st October 1914. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Panels 4 & 6. See also Lord's Members Cricket World War 1 Memorial

Extract from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, volume 2, page 103:

DOLL, PHILIP WALTER RUDOLPH, Lieut., 1st Battn. (8th Foot) The King's (Liverpool Regt.), 4th s. of Charles Fitzroy Doll, of Hadham Towers, Much Hadham, co. Herts, J.P.; b. 28 May, 1890; educ. Charterhouse, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. King's Liverpool Regt. 6 Nov. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 10 April, 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres 31 Oct. 1914.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice, Volume 1, page 114:

LIEUTENANT PHILIP WALTER RUDOLPH DOLL, 1st BATTN. THE KING'S (LIVERPOOL REGIMENT), was killed in action near Ypres on the 31st October, 1914, having previously been reported as missing. He was the fourth son of Mr. Charles FitzRoy J.P., and Emily Frances, his wife, of Hadham Towers, Much Hadham, Herts. He was born on the 28th May, 1890, and was educated at Charterhouse, where he was in the Cricket XI, and at the R.M.C., Sandhurst, where he was in the Football Team; he played both cricket and football in the Army, and at the Army Rifle Association meeting won Lord Roberts's prize for machine-gun practice with his squad. He entered “The King’s” in November, 1909, and was promoted Lieutenant in April, 1910.

DONAHOO

Malcolmson Gardiner

Captain, 8th Battalion, King's own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Died of wounds 31 January 1917. Aged 43. Born 7 December 1873. Native of London. Son of Thomas Malcolmson Donahoo and Anna E. M. Donahoo; husband of Annie Donahoo, of The Cottage, Wonersh, Guildford. In the 1911 census he was aged 37, born Kennington, London, a Solicitor, married to Annie Donahoo, resident Hobbs Farm, Tandridge, Oxted, Surrey. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot X. Row A. Grave 2.

DONALDSON, MiD

Norman

Lieutenant, 45th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 10 March 1915. Aged 36. Born 19 January 1879 in Chiswick, Middlesex. Baptised 20 February 1879 in Chiswick St. Nicholas, son of John and Frances Sarah Donaldson, resident Chiswick, Middlesex. Son of Mrs. F. S. Donaldson, of 2, Melbury Rd., Kensington, London, and the late John Donaldson; husband of Dorothea Joan Donaldson, of Lower Franklands, Pangbourne, Berks. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 1. See also Trinity College, Cambridge University

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 132:

LIEUTENANT NORMAN DONALDSON, 5th BATTERY, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY (RESERVE OF OFFICERS), who was born on the 19th January, 1879, was the second son of the late John Donaldson, of Chiswick, and Mrs. Donaldson, of Kensington and The Crofts, Pangbourne.

He was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his degree in Science in 1900. At Cambridge he rowed head of the river, was in the trial eights, also fenced for his University against Oxford. He joined the Royal Artillery in May, 1900, and served in both Horse and Field Batteries, retiring in 1909, and, voluntarily joining the Reserve of Officers in August, 1914, in the following month was gazetted to the Special Reserve, Royal Field Artillery, as Lieutenant.

His Commanding Officer wrote as follows : "Lieutenant Donaldson was shot through the head and killed instantaneously in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 10th March, 1915, and was buried near the trench in which he fell. At the time of his death he was observing Officer for the battery in the trenches. There was no more gallant, unselfish, indefatigable officer in the Army, and he was loved by all the officers and men who served with him. The battery could not have suffered a greater loss. In order better to follow and report on the progress of the attack, he had shown himself above the parapet, with the regardlessness of personal danger that characterised him, though he was never unnecessarily reckless In this respect. The last messages from him were to say that we had gained the German trenches, and that the fire of our battery was effective."

He was mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of 31st May, 1915, and his battery's share in the success of the bombardment was fully recognised in all the orders.

Hie married, in 1912, Dorothea, daughter of Mr. J. Freeman, of Shepperton.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

DONALDSON Norman of Lower Franklands Pangbourne Berkshire lieutenant R.F.A. died 10 March 1915 in France having been killed in action Probate London 28 April to Dorothea Jane Donaldson widow.
Effects £1928 3s.10d.

DORRELL

Harold George Harcourt

[Listed as Harold George Hugh DORRELL on Medal Card all other sources state Harold George Harcourt DORRELL] Second Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action when shot by a sniper 2 April 1916. Aged 25. Son of Lt. Col. George Henry and Martine Frances Marie Dorrell, of 621, 15th St. West, North Vancouver, British Columbia. Native of Maidenhead, Berkshire. His brother Evelyn Percy Dorrell also fell. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born Maidenhead, Berkshire, son of George H and Martina M F Dorrell, resident Castle House, Woodham Road, Horsell, Chertsey, Surrey. Went up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1910 to read Classics; B.A. in 1913. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Maidenhead, Berkshire, a Student, visiting James and Laura Thunder at 37, Gravel Hill, Ludlow, Shropshire. Buried in AGNY MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Row C. Grave 7. See also Emmanuel College, Cambridge University

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

DORRELL Harold George Harcourt of 4 Ormonde-terrace Regent's Park Middlesex 2nd lieutenant 10th Service battalion Durham L I died 2 April 1916 in France killed in action Probate London 24 May to Alfred Sidney Gillet merchant. Effects £223 7s. 11d.

Extract from Newcastle Journal - Wednesday 12 April 1916, page 6:

Second-lieutenant H. G. H. Dorrell. Durham Light Infantry (killed in action), was gazetted temporary second-lieutenant in December, 1914.

DOUGLAS-WILLAN, MiD

Stanhope William Howard Sholto

Lieutenant Acting Captain, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 17 February 1917. Born 22 November 1896. Baptised 29 December 1897 in Charing, Kent, son of Ferdinand Howard and Agnes Hilda Louise Douglas-Willan. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) 7 April 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 B. See also Morley St Botolph, Norfolk

Extract from The Times, 10 March 1917:

KILLED IN ACTION

Extract from the Eastern Daily Press, Saturday 10 March 1917, page 4:

KILLED IN ACTION

There is a brass plaque dedicated to him inside the church at Morley St Botolph, Norfolk:

Captain S W H S Douglas-Willan © Chris Clarke (WMR-20130)

DOWLING

Geoffrey Charles Walter

Captain, 7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action during a German flamethrower attack at Hooge 30 July 1915. Born 12 August 1891 in Australia. His father was born in Tasmania and his mother, as Rose Tuenich, was born in Blandford Forum, Dorset. They married in Australia. Father died and mother remarried Colonel Foster Cunliffe. He lived at the Nunnery, a country estate south west of Rusper. In the 1901 censusm he was aged 9, born Australia, son of Joseph and Rose Nanette Dowling, resident Ridgewood House, Uckfield, Sussex. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Melbourne, Australia, a Student, son of Rose Nannette Dowling (a widow), resident The Nunnery, Rusper, Horsham, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 51 and 53. See also Rusper War Memorial

DOWNING

George Guy Barry

Lieutenant (Pilot), No.2 (Auxilliary) School of Aerial Gunnery, 34 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and 9th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in a flying accident at Turnberry, Strathclyde, flying a Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c, serial number 5416, which stalled on a turn 4 September 1917. Aged 23. Born 29 September 1894. Native of Llanishen, Glamorgan. Son of George Cottrill Downing and Alice Grace Downing; husband of Edith Eva Downing, of Beverley, Llanishea, Cardiff. Buried in North part of LLANISHEN (ST. ISAN) CHURCHYARD, Glamorganshire.

Court of Enquiry stated:

"The court of the opinion that accident was not caused through faulty construction of machine, but owning to an error of judgement on part of Pilot, who attempted to turn back to Aero instead of straight on to Golf Links and by doing so stalling on a turn. The court further recommend that all Pilots should be instructed to use their safety belts."

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

DOWNING George Guy Barry of Beverley Llamshen Glamorganshire lieutenant Royal Flying Corps died 4 September 1917 at Turnberry Ayr Scotland Probate Llandaff 23 October to Edith Eva Downing widow. Effects £724 14s. 2d.

DREW

Alan Appleby

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Killed in action 10 March 1915. Aged 30. Born 26 June 1884. Baptised 26 July 1884 in Padiham, St Leonard, son of Daniel and Rhoda Drew, of Lower House, Padiham, Lancashire. Son of Daniel and Rhoda Drew, of Burnley. In the 1891 census he was aged 6, born Lancashire, a scholar, son of Daniel and Rhoda Drew, resident Lower House, Park Hill Terrace, Habergham Eaves, Burnley, Lancashire. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born Burnley, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse Block, Godalming Rural, Guildford, Surrey. Buried in ROYAL IRISH RIFLES GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row H. Grave 4.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1898:

DRUMMOND-FRASER, MC

Haddo Reginald

Captain, 5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment attached to 1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment. Died near Soissons 1 August 1918. Aged 22. Son of Sir Drummond and Lady Drummond Fraser, of Earlscliffe, Altrincham, Cheshire; his younger brother Murray Drummond was killed 3 June 1915 (see below). Educated at Charterhouse and Cambridge University. Employed as Manager with The Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company Limited. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE, Aisne, France. Plot IX. Row D. Grave 3.

DRUMMOND-FRASER

Victor Murray

Second Lieutenant, 1st/5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Died of wounds 3 June 1915. Aged 21. Native of Manchester. Son of Sir Drummond Drummond Fraser, K.B.E., and Lady Drummond-Fraser. Educated at Charterhouse; his elder brother Haddo Drummond-Fraser was also killed near Sopissons August 1918 (see above). In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Manchster, Lancashire, son of Drummond and Vally N Fraser, resident 135, Palatine Road, Withington, Chorlton, Lancashire. Buried in DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row E. Grave 22.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 166:

2nd LIEUTENANT VICTOR MURRAY DRUMMOND FRASER, 5th (EARL OF CHESTER'S) BATTN. (TERRIT.) THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT, died on the 3rd June, 1915, of wounds received in action during the previous night. He was the son of D. Drummond Fraser, Esq., managing director of the Manchester, Liverpool, and District Banking Company, of Earlscliffe, Altrincham, Cheshire, and was born at Manchester on the 10th April, 1894.

2nd Lieutenant Drummond Fraser was at first sent to a preparatory school at Tan-y-Bryn, Llandudno, and from there went on to Charterhouse, where he served in the contingent of the O.T.C. He had many recreations—sketching, music, writing—and was proficient at most games, especially hockey, tennis, and golf. He was greatly interested in economics and penny savings banks, in order to encourage thrift; and just before he gained his commission in October, 1914, although only in his twnty-first year, he had written a paper on " Compulsory Arbitration in Trade Disputes," for which he gained the prize at the Manchester Institute of Bankers. A short time after the war had been declared he offered his services, and was granted a 2nd Lieutenancy in November, 1914, in the 5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He at once undertook Imperial Service obligations, and was then sent to Hale, Cheshire, to learn his drill and duty. While stationed there, although so young, he worked incessantly, and with much success to get recruits for his Reserve battalion, the 2/5th. He was sent afterwards to Aberystwyth, Cambridge, and Northampton, and, although only five months in training, he persuaded his Colonel to allow him to go on active service, and joined the I /5th Battalion, at Ypres, on 24th April, as the whole corps had previously volunteered for Imperial Service. After five weeks' duty at the front, and having seen considerable fighting in the trenches. he was shot while engaged in the dangerous work of superintending the erection of barbed-wire entanglements in front of the British line. He lingered a short time niter being wounded, and died in a field ambulance. He is buried at Dickebusch.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

FRASER Victor Murray Drummond of Earlscliffe Dunham Massey Cheshire 2nd lieutenant 5th battalion Cheshire regiment died 3 June 1915 in Flanders having been killed in action Probate London 20 July to Drummond Drummond Fraser banker. Effects £146 19s. 5d.

DUBS

Charles Eric Douglas

[Listed as Charles Edward Douglas DUBS on SDGW] Captain, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own). Died of influenzaon service 6 November 1918. Born 27 December 1887. Son of Mrs. I. M. Wallace, of Cloncaird Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire. In the 1891 census he was aged 4, born Glasgow, Lanarkshire, son of Charles R and Isabella M Dubs, resident Woodside Crest, Barony, Kelvin, Lanarkshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 14, born Scotland, school boarder, resident Hindhead Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. Buried near South-East corner of Churchyard in SYMINGTON PARISH CHURCHYARD, Ayrshire.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1900:

DUIRS

Mearns William

Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 22. Born 5 August 1895. Son of the late Dr. D. P. Duirs, M.D., of Johannesburg, South Africa, and of Mrs. A. E. Duirs. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 53 to 56.

DUNCAN

David Alan

Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Pilot), Killingholme Naval Air Station, Royal Naval Air Service. Killed while flying in a Sopwith Schneider 3800, drowned, 2 June 1917. Aged 22. Son of Mr. George H. P. Duncan and Mrs. H. R. Duncan, of 12, Kensington Court, London.In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Valparalso, Chile, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse, Goldaming, Godalming Rural Detached, Surrey. Educated Trinity College, Cambridge. Buried in KENSAL GREEN (ALL SOULS') CEMETERY, London. Grave reference 173. 44875. See also Trinity College, Cambridge

DUNLOP

Brian John

Lieutenant, 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action at the Battle of Pilkem Ridge, Flanders, 31 July 1917. Aged 19. Baptised 28 April 1898 in Earley St Peter, son of Herbert William and Martha Adelaide Dunlop, resident Maisonette Earley. Son of Mrs. and the late H. W. Dunlop, of Maisonnette, Earley, Reading. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Reading, berkshire, son of Herbert and Adelaide Dunlop, resident Maisonette, Earley, Wokingham, Berkshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Reading, Berkshire, a student boarder, resident Holyrood, Victoria Drive, Bognor, Sussex. Buried in BLEUET FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row F. Grave 17.

Extract from Reading Standard - Saturday 11 August 1917, page 2:

LIEUT. DUNLOP • KILLED IN ACTION.

Brian was killed instantaneously at the head of his platoon just before they captured their objective. He was beloved of his comrades and all ranks. I can ill afford to lose such a splendid soldier and leader.

The chaplain in writing of him says:—

He was as usual leading his men forward and was showing the greatest gallantry. If I may say so his motto should have been "Sans peur et sans raproche." He was absolutely fearless and blameless. There are few boys who have been better loved by his battalion, both officers and men, than he was. He was always cheerful and a good companion—in fact, he was one of God's own.

The King and Queen deeply regret the loss you and the Army have sustained by the death of your son in the service of his country. Their Majesties truly sympathise with you in your sorrow.

KEEPER OF THE PRIVY PURSE

DUNLOP

John Gunning Moore

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action 27 August 1914. Aged 28. Born 14 November 1885. Son of Archibald Dunlop, M.D. Native of Holywood, Co. Down. Buried in HONNECHY BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 9.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1899:

DUNN

Gerald Morton

Second Lieutenant, 140th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 13 October 1918. Aged 33. Born 4 Decermber 1884. Son of William Newton Dunn and Susannah Newton Dunn; husband of Lena Dunn, of Heatherlands, Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born Brixton, Surrey, a school boarder, resident Hindhead Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 26, born Tulse Hill, London, an Architect, son of William newton and Susannah Dunn, resident Glenfenlen, Gatton Road, Reigate, Surrey. Worshipful Company of Haberdashers - Register of freedom admissions 1773-1967 records Freedom and Livery Court Day 1st July 1913, A.R.I.B.A. of Heatherland, The Chase, Burgh Heath, Surrey and of 192 Bucklersbury, London E.C. Architect and Surveyor, son of William Newton Dunn, free by patrimony. Buried in HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 10.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1898:

DURRANT

Dudley Garton

Second Lieutenant, "A" Company, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 16 August 1916. Aged 23. Son of Ellen Mary Durrant, of "Cairnsmore", 6, Langley Avenue, Surbiton, Surrey, and the late Edward Durrant. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Surbiton, Surrey, son of Edward and Ellen Mary Durrant, resident Garbrand Hall, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Surbiton, Surrey, at school, son of Ellen Mary Durrant (a widow), resident 50 Elsworthy Road, Hampstead, London & Mid,dlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B.

Extract from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, volume 2, page 109:

DURRANT, DUDLEY GARTON, 2nd Lieut., 115th Battn. The Gloucestershire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of the late Edward Durrant, by his wife, Ellen Mary (Elmcroft, Ditton Hill, Surbiton), dau. of William Garton, of Woolston, co. Hants; b. Surbiton, co. Surrey, 28 May, 1893; educ. Cheam School and Charterhouse, where he was in the Cricket XI. of 1912; joined the 15th Battn. (Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.) in Aug. 1914, after the outbreak of war; obtained a commission in the 5th Gloucestershire Regt. 17 March, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following May, and was killed in action during a night attack near Thiepval 16 Aug. 1916, while in command of his company; unm.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

DURRANT Dudley Garton of Elmcroft Ditton Hill Surrey second-lieutenant 1/5th battalion Gloucestershire regiment died 16 August 1916 in France Administration London 31 January to Ellen Mary Durrant widow.
Effects£14068 8s. 1d.

DYSON

Charles

Captain, "C" Company, 2nd/8th Battalion (Leeds Rifles) (Territorial), Prince Of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 6 April 1917. Aged 36. Born 23 March 1881. Son of Hiram and Ruth Dyson, of Huddersfield; husband of E. Gwendoline Dyson, of "Braeside," Crowborough, Sussex. In the 1901 census he was aged 20, born Huddersfield, son of Hiram and Ruth Dyson, resident New Hey Road, Laund Hill, Lindley cum Quarmby, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). In the 1911 census he was aged 30, born Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Managing Director of a Woollen & Worsted Spinning and Manufacturing Company, resident 13, Woodhouse Hill, Fartown, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). Served as 42869 in the Imperial Yeomany in the South African War 1899-1902, attested 18 January 1902, joined in London, aged 20 years 10 months, resident Huddersfield, an Undergraduate at Oxford University, matriculated 1899 in Hertford College, height 5 feet 9¼ inches, weight 143 lbs, chest 33-35 inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, black hair, religious denomination Church of England. Buried in H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 1.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1898: