
GODALMING,
CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL MEMORIAL CHAPEL
World
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Wheeler 2008-2009
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GREAT
WAR 1914-1918
SURNAMES M
MACAN |
Robert
Basil |
Captain,
28th Indian Light Cavalry attached 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse),
Indian Army. Died 13 June 1915. Aged 32. Born 23 September 1882.
Son of Reginald Walter Macan, D.Litt., Master of University College,
Oxford, and Mildred Elizabeth Macan. In the 1891 census he was aged
8, born oxford, son of Mildred E Macan, borther of Agatha P macan,
grandson of Robert and Mary Lucy Healey, resident Sunnyside, Devonshire
Road, Toxteth Park, Lancashire. In the 1901 census he was aged 18,
born Oxford, a Gentleman cadet, resident Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich Common, Woolwich, London & Kent. Probate 1915 with
British India Office Wills & Probate. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE
MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row D. Grave
11.
Extract
from The London Gazette 7 May 1907, page 3085:
Lieutenant
Robert Basil Macan, 28th Light Cavanlry, from the Royal Field Artillery.
Dated 27th December, 1906. but to rank from 31st October, 1904.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1896:
Macan,
Robert Basil. b. 23 Sept., 1882. (Saunderites); Left C.Q., 1899.-Joined
R.A., 1902.
R. B. Macan, Esq., Grove Place, Oxford |
MACKENZIE |
Donald
Charles |
Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs). Died of
wounds 20 January 1915. Born 24 October 1891. Baptised 5 December
1891 in Calcutta, St Paul, Bengal, son of Donald Fraser and Maria
Cecilia Mackenzie. In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born India,
son of Donald F and Maria C Mackenzie, resident Fairview, Park Avenue,
Dover, Kent. Buried in North-East corner of FRIMLEY (ST. PETER)
CHURCHYARD, Surrey.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
MACKENZIE
Donald Charles of Collingwood Grange Camberley Surrey
lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders died 20 January 1915 on active service
at Boulogne France Administration London 19 March
to Donald Fraser Mackenzie merchant. Effects £1294 7s. 7d.
Extract
from Dublin Daily Express - Monday 25 January 1915, page
1:
Died
of Wounds
MACKENZIE—On
the 20th inst., at Boulogne, of wounds received in action on 22nd
December, Donald Charles Mackenne, Lieutenant, 1st Batt. Seaforth
Highlanders, aged 23 years, only and very dearly-loved son of D.
F. and M. C. Mackenzie, Collinwood Grange, Camberley. |
MACKIE |
William
Torbet |
Private
4386, 14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish), London
Regiment. Killed in action 28 September 1915. Aged 24. Resident
Colchester, enlisted London. In the 1891 census he was newborn,
son of Fanny Rice Mackie, grandson of William and Annie Mackie,
resident Lee Crescent, Duddingston, Portobello, Midlothian, Scotland.
In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born Barnes, Surrey, son of Fanny
R Mackie and newphew of Elizabeth A Ratcliff, resident 62, High
Street, Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey. Buried in DUD CORNER
CEMETERY, LOOS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row G. Grave 7. |
MACKINTOSH |
Edwin
Hampson |
Lieutenant,
8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action
at the Battle of Loos 25 September 1915. Born 5 March 1888. Matriculated
1907 University College, Oxford University. Embarked with his unit
at Folkestone 10 May 1915. In the 1901 census he was aged 13, son
of Edwin and Elizabeth R Mackintosh, resident Fanshawe's Mansion,
Brickendon, Brickendon Rural, Hertford, Hertfordshire. In the 1911
census he was aged 23, born Hong Kong, son of Elizabeth Rose Mackintosh
(a widow), resident 79, Lancaster Gate W., Paddington, London &
Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de
Calais, France. Panel 78 to 83.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
MACKINTOSH
Edwin Hampson of 79 Lancaster Gate Middlesex
second lieutenant in H.M. Army was killed 25 September 1915 in
France Probate London 7 March to Lillian Mary
Mackintosh Broad (wife of captain Charles Noel Frank Broad R.A.)
Effects £69738 3s.
Resworn £69947 5s. 6d.
Extract
from London and China Telegraph - Monday 11 October 1915,
page 18:
Lieutenant
EDWIN HAMPSON MACKINTOSH, 8th Black Watch, who was killed in France
on Sept. 25, was the only son of the late Mr. Edwin Mackintosh
and of Mrs. Mackintosh, of 79, Lancaster-gate, W. He was educated
at Charterhouse and University College, Oxford. His late father
will be remembered as a partner in the firm of Messrs. Butterfield
and Swire in Shanghai and Hongkong, and a member of the Legislative
Council in the latter colony. On his return home he was a partner
in Messrs. John Swire and Son, London.
Extract
from Dundee Evening Telegraph - Friday 8 October 1915,
page 4:
Mr
E. H. Mackintosh. 8th Black Watch.
Lieutenant
Edwin Hampson Mackintosh, 8th Battalion the Black Watch (killed
in action in France during a charge in the fighting on September
25), received his commission in August last year, and left for
France in May. He was educated at Charterhouse and University
College, Oxford, and was the only son of the late Edwin Mackintosh
and Mrs Mackintosh, of 79 Lancaster Gate, London.
|
MAGGS |
Eric
William Bristowe |
Second
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company attached
to 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 20
August 1918. Aged 23. Baptised 19 July 1895 in Dulwich, St Stephen,
Surrey. Son of William Adolphus Maggs and Alice Maude Maggs, of
Riversford, Northam, North Devon. Home address 14, Upper Wimpole
Street, London W.1. Joined H.A.C. 26 November 1915 as Private 5366.
Twice wounded. Overseas 21 July 1916. In the 1901 census he was
aged 5, born Kensington, Middlesex, son of William A and Alice M
Maggs, resident 14, Oaklands Road, Bromley, Kent,. In the 1911 census
he was aged 15, born London, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse,
Godalming, Godalming Rural Detached, Surrey. Matriculated 1913 University
College, Oxford University. Buried in SUCRERIE CEMETERY, ABLAIN-ST.
NAZAIRE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row E. Grave 6.
|
MALCOLMSON |
James
Grant |
Captain.
Born 4th June 1862, 1st son of Capt. John Grant Malcolmson, V.C.,
and the late Mrs. Annette Elizabeth Malcolmson; husband of Helen
Elizabeth (nee Whinney) Malcolmson, of 2, Salisbury House, St.
Aubyns, Hove, Sussex, married October to December Quarter 1896
in Hampstead Registration District, London. . Born in Bombay 4
June 1862. Baptised 24 July 1862 in Byculla, Christ Church, Bombay.
He was at Charterhouse [W] 1875 - 1878. In 1882 he was commissioned
into the 3rd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers then in 1890 transferred
to 3rd Gordon Highlanders. He was sometime managing director of
a vinegar brewery. In the 1891 census he was aged 28, born East
Indies, a Secretary & Director, Lieutenant, 3rd battalion,
Gordon Highlanders, son of John G and Annette E Malcolmson, resident
The Lawn, Corner Hall, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. In the
1901 census he wasaged 38, born India, a Director Vinegar Brewery,
married to Helen E Malcolmson with one sonm and one daughter,
resident 31, Cumberland Market, St Pancras, London & Middlesex.
In the Great War he served in the 18th (County of London) Battalion
(London Irish Rifles), London Regiment. He died on service 22nd
December 1914. His grave is at Kensal Green (All Souls’) Cemetery,
Ref. 99. 14117. Roadside.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
MALCOLMSON
James Grant of 100 Gloucester-terrace Hyde Park Middlesex
died 22 December 1g14 at Paddington Cemetery Middlesex Probate
London 26 February to Helen Elizabeth Malcolmson
widow Ivor Forbes Malcolmson esquire and Arthur Francis Whinney
esquire.
Effects £7542 0s.
Extract
from Home News for India, China and the Colonies - Friday
4 September 1896, page 12:
A
marriage will take place, early in October, between James Grant
Malcolmson, Captain 3rd Bn. Gordon Highlanders, eldest son of
Capt. Malcolmson, V.C., Royal Body Guard, and Helen Elizabeth,
daughter of Mr. F. Whinney, of 85, Avenue-road.
Extract
from Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 6 May 1891,
page 3:
PROMOTIONS
IN THE THIRD GORDON HIGHLANDERS.
It
will be seen from the following notice in the "London Gazette
" of last night that quite a batch of promotions has been
made in this popular and flourishing regiment. Lieutenant Fairfax-Adams
promoted Captain, and the young laird of Beldonie returns to the
Battalion to command a company. Several Second Lieutenants are
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and Lieutenant Grant-Malcolmson,
son of our gallant townsman the well known V.C. of the Indian
Mutiny, is appointed Instructor of Musketry. The official notice
is as follows: —3rd Battalion the Gordon Highlanders—Lieutenant
C. G. F. Adams to Captain: William James Grant, Esq., formerly
serving Lieutenant, to be Captain; the undermentioned Second Lieutenants
to Lieutenants —J. A. G. King, J. G. Malcolmson, K. Nicholson,
E. C. Cooper; Lieutenant J. G. Malcolmson is appointed Instructor
of Musketry; Gambier Middleton, gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
Extract
from Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 23 December
1914, page 3:
OFFICER'S
DEATH AT GRAVESIDE.
The
Late Captain James Grant Malcolmson.
Captain
James Grant Malcolmson, of the National Reserve Territorials,
and formerly captain in the 3d Battalion Gordon Highlanders, died
suddenly while attending in Paddington Cemetery yesterday the
funeral of one of his men accidentally killed last week while
guarding the railway at Wimbledon.
On
arriving at the graveside the Captain fell forward, and died almost
immediately in the arms of his son. Death was due to angina pectoris.
Captain Grant Malcolmson, who was fifty-two years of age, was
the eldest son of Captain Malcolmson, V.C., late of the Royal
Bodyguard, and cousin of Lord Erskine. Subject to a Coroner's
ordet, the funeral will take place to-morrow.
|
MANDER |
D’Arcy
Wentworth |
Major,
2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 20 September
1914. Aged 51. Born 27 October 1870. Son of Charles John and Louisa
Mander, of 21, Carlton Rd., Putney, London; husband of Esme Mary
Mander, of 1, Lionel Rd., Bexhill, Sussex. Baptised in St. Marys,
Balham 1 February 1871. Educated at Charterhouse, Trinity College,
Cambridge. In 1892 he joined the Durham Light Infantry, made Captain
in 1900, Major, 2nd Batt. Married Esme Mary Sealyallin 12 December
1908 in St Marys Coligate Church, Youghal, daughter of S Sealy-Allin
and Sophy Barker. In the 1911 census he was aged 40, born Brighton,
Surrey, a Captain in His Majesty's Durham Light Infantry, married
to Esme Mary Mander with one son and one daughter, resident 4 Honywood
Road Colchester, Colchester, Essex. Buried in VENDRESSE BRITISH
CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row J. Grave 7.
From
the Charterhouse Register Vol 1, Charterhouse Register 1872-1900,
Oration Quarter 1883:
Mander,
D'Arcy Wentworth. b. 27 Oct., 1870: 2 s. of Charles John Mander,
of Putney; (Girdlestoneites); Left O.Q. 1887. Trin. Coll., Camb.-
Joined Durham L.I., 1892; capt., 1900. m. 1908, Esme, 2 d. of
S. Sealy-Allin, of Youghal, co. Cork
Capt. D'A.W. Mander, Messrs. H.S. King & Co., 9, Pall
Mall, S.W.
Extract
from The Bond of Sacrifice Volume 1 Aug-Dec 1914:
MAJOR
D'ARCY WENTWORTH MANDER, 2nd BATTALION DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY,
was the son of Charles John Mander, Esq., of 9, New Square, Lincoln's
Inn, and Carlton Road, Putney. He was related to Colonel A. T. Mander,
R.E., and General F. D. Mander. Major Mander was born in London
in October, 1870, and was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College,
Cambridge. He was first gazetted in 1892, promoted Lieutenant 1896,
Captain in 1900, and Major in 1912. He played polo for his regiment
in India, and assisted in winning several cups. He also played cricket
and football in the regimental team, was a keen golfer, and hunted
when opportunity offered.
He
was killed while serving with his battalion at the Battle of the
Aisne on the 20th September, 1914. The following account of the
circumstances attending his death was given by a brother officer:
“I was with Major Mander just before he was killed. We went
up and relieved a regiment in the trenches just after dark on Saturday,
the 19th. As soon as it was daylight the enemy's snipers started
bothering us. At about 10 a.m. on Sunday, the 20th, the Germans
started an attack, chiefly against the West Yorks, on our right.
We could not do anything to help, as the enemy were hidden from
us by the ground, and we were expecting all the time to be attacked
ourselves. At lunch time I walked along the trenches and joined
Major Mander and another officer. Whilst we were eating a party
of perhaps one hundred Germans walked in towards the West Yorks
trenches, holding their hands above their heads, but still in possession
of their rifles. We stood up to watch them, and saw that when they
got in among the West Yorks they appeared to bayonet some of them.
This was all happening about four hundred yards to our right. We
all three jumped up and shouted to the company to stand to, and
went to our places in the trenches. The Germans almost immediately
faced down our line and opened fire. I was looking along the trenches,
and saw Major Mander standing about fifty yards in front of me,
also in the trenches. We were all shouting to some men from our
trenches (not D.L.I.), who were running back, telling them to stop.
This they did, and opened fire on the Germans. Just at that moment
I was hit, and did not see any more. It was a very low trick the
Germans played on us." Major Mander was a member of the Sports
Club. He married Esmé Mary, daughter of the late Samuel Sealey-Allin,
Esq., of The College, Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland, and left two children:
a son, age five, and a daughter, age three years.
Extract
from Lichfield Mercury - Friday 2 October 1914, page 5:
...
The
Durham Light Infantry has also sustained severe losses, three of
its officers having been killed in action Major D'A. W. Mander,
Captain H. V. Hare, and Second-Lieutenant R. Marshall; one—Major
A. K. Robb —has died from wounds; and six have been wounded
Lieutenants W. H. Godsal, W. A. Grey-Wilson, and W. B. Twist, ami
Second-Lieutenants C. H. Baker, J. R. Gales, and V. A. C. Yate.
With the exception of Major Robb (on the staff), and Second - Lieutenant
J. R. Gales (3rd battalion), all the above belonged the Battalion
of the regiment.
....
2nd
BATT. DURHAM LIGHT ISTFANTRY.
Killed.
Major
D'ARCY WENTWORTH MANDER.
[Major
Mander joined the regiment on December 17th, 1892, was promoted
to lieutenant February 12th, 1896, captain on January 14th, 1900
and major on November 2nd, 1912. He had therefore served nearly
22 years in the Durhams, and had spent much time in India. He was
a very popular officer.] |
MANLEY |
Francis
Cyril Churchill |
Lieutenant
(Observer), No. 188 (Night) Training Squadron, Royal Air Froce formerly
Royal Field Artillery. Accidentally killed when hit by an aeroplane
at Throwley 11 August 1918. Aged 21. Born 14 October 1896. Native
of Hessle, Yorkshire. Son of Francis Churchill Manley and Florence
Manley, of "Holmsleigh," Davenport Avenue, Hessle, France.
Served in France. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Hull, Yorkshire,
son of Frances Churchill and Florence Manley, resident Holmsleigh,
26, Marlborough Avenue, Sculcoates, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (East
Riding). In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Hall, Yorkshire,
a school boarder, resident Charterhouse, Godalming, Godalming Rural
Detached, Surrey. Buried 15 August 1918 in HESSLE (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY,
Yorkshire. Grave reference 43. 13. 2. Also listed on Solicitors
And Articled Clerks Memorial, Holborn, London.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
MANLEY
Francis Cyril Churchill of Holmsleigh Davenport-avenue
Hessle Yorkshire lieutenant His Majesty's Army
died 11 August 1918 at Throwley Kent Administration London
3o November to Francis Churchill Manley, solicitor. Effects £216
1s. 11d.
Extract
from Hull Daily Mail - Wednesday 14 August 1918, page 2:
We
regret to state the death, at an aerodrome in a South-Eastern county,
as the result of an accident, of Lieut. Francis Cyril Churchill
Manley, R.A.F., the elder son of Mr and Mrs F. C. Manley, of Holmslcigh,
Hessle. Lieut. Manley was 21 years of age. The funeral service takes
place at Hessle Parish Chinch to-morrow.
Extract
from Hull Daily Mail - Friday 16 August 1918, page 3:
Funeral
of Lieut. F. C. C. Manley.
The
funeral took place on Thursday at Hesele of Lieut. Francis Cyril
Churchill Manley, elder son of Mr and Mrs F. C. Manley, of Holmsleigh,
Hessle.
Deceased
died on August 11th as the result of an accident at an aerodrome
in a south-east county. He was originally commissioned in the East
Yorkshires, and was transferred to the R.F.A., being sent France,
and served throughout the Battle of the Somme in charge of heavy
trench mortar. He then became an observer in the R.F.C., and was
severely injured in July, 1917, through his aeroplane falling into
the sea. After being discharged from hospital he was sent to be
trained as a pilot, and on Sunday met with the accident which proved
fatal.
The
body was brought on Wednesday evening from the South of England,
and taken from Hessle Station to the church, where it lay all through
the night.
A
detachment of the R.A.F. attended as bearers. There was large attendance
at the church.
The
principal mourners were Mr F. C. Manley (father), Miss Manley, Mrs
A. L. Dous (C'hiswick), Miss Manley (Twickenham), Mrs Arthur Wallis,
Mrs Edward Wallis, Miss N. Burnham, Lieut. Horrell (representative
of the 188th Squadron, R.A.F.), Capt. Lowndes (Westminster Rifles),
Mr Kenneth Lowson, and Mr W. Burnham.
A
funeral party also attended from the 46th Wing, R.A.F.
Among
others present were Mr H. Seed, Capt. H. Seed (East Yorks), Mr W
Burwell, J.P., Mr and Mrs G. H. Gale, Mr E. O. Dykes, Mr and Mrs
G. H. Acheson, Capt. Abbott, Mr E. A. Laverack, Mr M. V. Gosschalk,
Mr J. P. Lockwood, Mr J. M. Wares, Mr W. H. Snuth, Rev A. Curtis,
and others.
The
service was conducted by the Rev Canon England, assisted by the
Rev H. N. Lowndes (Cottingham). The hymn. "On the Resurrection
Morn," was sung. After the service the body was placed on a
gun cartiage, furnished by the A.S.C. at Hull, and the closing part
of the service was conducted at the cemetery. The flowers were conveyed
on a handcart. Mrs Manley (the mother), through indisposition, was
unable attend the service, and deceased's only brother is a prisoner
in Germany.
There was wreath from the Royal Air Force, and one inscribed "A
last tribute to a gallant young Englishman," from Mr and Mrs
J. W. B. Wilcock, Messrs H. R. Rudiston and Sons carried out the
funeral arrangements. |
MANN,
MC |
Ian
Anderson aka John |
Lieutenant
(Observer), 25th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and 5th Battalion
(Territorial), Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Missing, believed
killed in action during an aerial combat flying in an Royal Aircraft
Factory F.E.2b, serial number 6996, 9 August 1916. Aged 21. Born
in Glasgow. Baptised as John but universally known as Ian. Son of
Sir John Mann, K.B.E., and Lady Mann, of "Duncryne," Woldingham,
Surrey. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in RUE-PETILLON
MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row
G. Grave 17. Also listed on Trinity
College Memorial, Cambridge
|
MANSEL |
Jestyn
Llewelyn |
Captain, 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards. Killed in action
20 December 1914. Born 15 May 1880. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD).
In the 1881 census he was newborn, born Newport, Monmouthshire,
son of Lilian Augusta Mansel, grandson of Tomas Morgan Llewelyn
(a widower), resident High Street, Caerleon, Newport, Monmouthshire,
Wales. In the 1891 census he was aged 10, born Caerleon, Monmouthshire,
son of Robert H and Lilian Augusta Mansel, grandson of Thomas M
Llewelyn (a widower), resident High Street, Caerleon, Newport, Monmouthshire,
Wales. In the 1911 census he was aged 30, born Caerlron, Wales,
unmarried, a serving soldier, Captain, 7th Dragoon Guards, billetted
at Hislop Barracks, Trimulgherry, Deccan, India. No known grave.
Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel
1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1920:
MANSEL
Jestyn Llewelyn of Maurdiff Court Abergavenny Monmouthshire
captain 7th Dragoon Guards died on or since 21 December 1914 near
Festubert and Givenchy France Administration London
31 May to Robert Henry Mansel a retired colonel H.M. Army.
Effects £274 4s. 3d.
Extract
from South Wales Daily News - Wednesday 22 February 1899,
page 6:
Militia
Engineers.—Royal Monmouthshire—Undermentioned gentlemen
to be second lieuts. Nigel William Francis Bayones; dated 10th inst.
and Jestyn Llewelyn Mansel; dated 11th inst.
Extract
from Army and Navy Gazette - Saturday 13 January 1900,
page 17:
7th
Dragoon Guards.— 2nd Lieut. Jestyn Llewelyn Mansel,
from Royal Monmouthshire R.E. (Militia), to be 2nd Lieut., in succession
to Lieut. J. S. Cayzer, promoted. |
MANSELL |
Leslie
Wyndham |
Second
Lieutenant, Derbyshire Yeomanry seconded for duty with 14th Battalion,
Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 22 April 1917. Aged 21.
Son of Harry Milton Mansell and Emmie Margaret Mansell, of "Beechwood",
Marlow, Bucks. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Forest Hill,
Surrey, son of Harry M and Emma M, Mansell, resident The Limes,
Queens Road, Lewisham, London & Kent. In 1909 he was an apprentice
with the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers to Leonard Samuel Rogers,
his father, Harry Milton Mansell, was resident Southover, Westmoreland
Road, Bromley, Kent. Initally enlisted as 574, Honourable Artillery
Company (H.A.C)., resident Southover, South Hill, Bromley, Kent,
1914, Gunner, Reserve Battery, 15 November 1915 to Derbyshire Yeomanry.
No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 2.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
MANSELL
Leslie Wyndham of Southover South Hill Bromley Kent
died 22 April 1917 in France Administration London
8 November to Harry Milton Mansell merchant.
Effects £607 15s. 8d.
Extract
from Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle - Thursday 17
May 1917, page 5:
LOCAL
SOLDIERS KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Sec.
Lieut L. W. Mansell.
Many
people in Luton will hear with regret of the death—killed
in action on April 22nd—of Sec. Lieut. Leslie Wyndham Mansell,
only son of Mr. H. M. Mansell, C. A. Coutts & Co., Victor Works,
Old Bedford-road, Luton. Lieut. Manscll, who was educated at Charterhouse,
lived in Luton for some time, taking an active part in business
here in preparation for the London business, and had previously
studied in both Germany and France, spending six months in one country
and a similar period in the other. He had only just started in Golden
Lane business when war broke out, and was in his 20th year when
he enlisted, in September, 1914, in the H.A.C. He obtained his commission
in November of the following year, and was gazetted to the Derbyshire
Yeomanry, but was afterwards attached to the Durham Light Infantry,
with whom he was at the time of his death. He went to the Front
last September.
In
a letter to the bereaved parents, who reside at Southover,
South Hill, Bromley, Captain Roster:—
"He
was in my Company, from the time he joined the battalion, and you
will understand how attached I had become to him; no duty was ever
too hard or too dangerous for him. No officer could be more popular
with his men and with all of us than he. We have been through many
trying times together, and I cannot wish to endure hardship with
anyone more cheerful at all times than your son. The Company. Battalion,
and, indeed the Army, have lost an officer such as can be ill spared
these days."
Colonel
Rosher also wrote:—"I was much attached to your son,
who was a splendid officer, extremely popular with all the officers
and men. On April 21st, he had done very fine work leading a successful
attack with great gallantry, and on the next day in another attack
was killed instantly by a shell. We shall miss him terribly. It
seems so hard that so many the best fellows are taken in this war."
|
MANSFIELD |
John
Roy |
Second
Lieutenant, 121st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed
in action 18 June 1917. Aged 20. Baptised 1 March 1897 in Oystermouth,
Glamorganshire, Wales, resident Longfield, West Cross, Glamorganshire.
Son of George John and Susan Mansfield, of Priory Lodge, Blackheath,
London. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Glamorganshire, son
of George J and Susan Mansfield, resident Priory Lodge, Priory Lane,
Charlton and Kidbrooke, Woolwich, London & Kent. In the 1911
census he was aged 14, born Mumbles, Glamorganshire, at school,
son of George John and Susan Mansfield, resident Priory Lodge, Priory
Lane, Blackheath, Charlton and Kidbrooke, London & Kent. Buried
in DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION, West-Vlaanderen,
Blegium. Plot III. Row B. Grave 44.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
MANSFIELD
John Roy of Priory Lodge Lee-road Blackheath Kent second-lieutenant
died 18 June 1917 in France Administration London 19
October to George John Mansfield gentleman. Effects £1012
12s. 4d. |
MANSON |
A
H |
No
further information currently available |
MAPPIN |
Frederick
Thorpe |
Canadian
Flying Corps. Born 3 April 1886. Accidentally killed at Los Angeles
on 17 July 1916 while training to fly with the Canadian RFC at an
Air Service School in America. Resided at 86, Pembroke Road, Clifton,
Bristol. In the 1901 census he was aged 14, born Lincoln, resident
Hindhead Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. 2nd son of Samuel Wilson
Mappin of Scampton, Lincolnshire. Educated Charterhouse [R then
H] 1900 - 1905, where he excelled as a marksman in the Rifle Shooting
VIII and attained the rank of Lieutenant in the O.T.C., and Trinity
College, Oxford. Became a fruit farmer at Kelowna, British Columbia,
then a financial agent in Vancouver. He married in 1912 Ethel Barrett.
Not listed on CWGC.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1900:
Mappin,
Frederick Thorpe. b. 3 April, 1886. (Robinites-Hodgsonites); Shooting
VIII, 1903.
F. T. Mappin, 86, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol
Extract
from Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 12 August 1916,
page 5:
RESULT
OF AEROPLANE ACCIDENT.
News
has been received of the death as the result of an aeroplane accident,
of Mr. Frederick Thorpe Mappin, son of Mr. S. W. Mappin, of Clifton,
Bristol. Mr. F. T. Mappin was attending an Air Service School
in America. He was the second son of Mr. S. W. Mappin and grandson
of the late Sir Frederick Thorpe Mappin.
Extract
from Horfield and Bishopston Record and Montepelier &
District Free Press - Friday 18 August 1916, page 4, Clifton
and Redland Free Press - Thursday 17 August 1916, page 4,
and South Bristol Free Press and Bedminster, Knowle &
Brislington Record - Saturday 19 August 1916, page 4:
Frederick
Thorpe Mappin, son of Mr. S. W. Mappin, 100 Pembroke Road, Clifton,
has been killed as the result of an aeroplane accident in America.
Extract
from Sheffield Independent - Saturday 12 August 1916,
page 4:
MAPPIN.—July
17th, 1916, as the result of an aeroplane accident , at an Air
Service School, United Sattes America, Frederick Thorpe Mappin,
aged 30, second beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Mappin, 100.
Prembroke Road, Clifton, bristol.
|
MARCHETTI |
Eustace
or Eustie |
Second
Lieutenant. Born 21 September 1887, 1st son of George Alexandra
Marchetti, of 135, Gloucester Terrace, Paddington, London. He was
at Charterhouse [V] 1901 - 1905. He was commissioned into the Royal
Field Artillery and served with 149th Brigade. He was killed in
action on 8 November 1916. His grave is at Guards’ Cemetery, Lesboeufs,
Somme, France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 7.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2,
page 219:
MARCHETTI,
EUSTIE,
2nd Lieut. R.F.A., only surv s. of George Marchetti,
of 135, Gloucester Terrace, London, W., Merchant, by his wife,
Alexandra, dau. of E. E. Petrocochino; and brother to 2nd Lieut.
A. Marchetti (q.v.); b. London, 21 Sept. 1887; educ.
Charterhouse; subsequently became a Merchant, and when war broke
out in Aug. 1914, was in India, where he joined a volunteer corps;
came home on leave in April, 1915, and joined a Cadet Corps in
Feb. 1916, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. 6. July; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from July, 1916,
and was killed in action 8 Nov. following. His Commanding Officer
wrote: "He was my most promising young officer, and I and
his brother officers feel his loss very deeply. He was extremely
popular with all ranks and a gallant officer. The Royal Artillery
can ill afford to lose an officer
such as he was." Unm.
Extract
from Newcastle Journal - Saturday 18 November 1916, page
5:
FALLEN
OFFICERS. BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Second-Lieut.
Eustie Marchetti, Royal Field Artillery, killed, was the eldest
and only surviving son of Mr and Mrs Marchetti, of Gloucester
Terrace, Hyde Park. His younger and only brother fell in action
March of this year. Lieut. Eustie was born in London, of Greek
parents, and was educated Charterhouse. He was in India when war
broke out, and served in a Volunteer corps. Coming home ob leave,
he joined a cadet corps, and received his commission in July of
this year. He was 29 years of age.
|
MARKHAM |
Montagu
Wilfrid |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Killed in action 29 August
1917. Born 20 November 1884 in Folkestone. Baptised 18 December
1884 in Folkestone, SS Mary & Eanswith, Kent. Son of Lieut.-General
Sir. Edwin Markham, K.C.B. and Emily Evelyn Lucy Markham, of 57,
Brunswick Place, Brighton; husband of Dorothy (nee Ram) Markham,
of Badminton, Gloucestershire, married July to September Quarter
1914 IN Kensington Registration District, London. Religious denomination
Church of England. Height 6 feet 1½ inches. Married. Second
Lieutenant (on probation) in Special Reserve of Officers 25 January
1917. Proceeded to France 9 June 1917 joining the British Expeditionary
Force for active service in France and was posted to 2nd Battalion,
Scots Guards. In the 1891 census he was aged 6, born Folkestone,
Kent, son of Edwin and Emily Evelyn Lucy Markham, resident St Georges
Square, St George Hanover Square, London & Middlesex. In the
1901 census he was aged 16, born Folkestone, Kent, a school boarder,
resident Hindhead Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. No known grave.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
10.
Extract
from Gloucestershire Chronicle - Saturday 27 October 1917,
page 5, and Gloucestershire Echo - Tuesday 23 October 1917,
page 1:
SEC.-
LIEUT. M. W. MARKHAM.
Sec.-Lieut. Montagu Wilfrid Markham, Scots Guards, first reported
missing and now reported killed, was an estate agent to the Duke
of Beaufort, and son of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Edwin and Lady Markham,
of Brighton. He was 32 years old.
Extract
from West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 25 October 1917, page
8:
Second
Lieutenant Montagu Wilfrid Markham (32), Scots Guards, who was reported
wounded and missing at 'the end of August, and is now reported killed,
was the younger son of Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Markham and
of Lady Markham, of Brunswick place, Hove. |
MARKHAM |
Ronald
Anthony |
Major,
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died of wounds 26 October 1914.
Aged 44. Born 15 October 1870 in West Cowes, Isle of Wight. Baptised
24 November 1870 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Son of Col.
William Thomas Markham and Anne Emily Sophia Markham, of The House,
Melton Mowbray. Twice Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Spoke French
and Arabic. Promoted to Second Lieutenant 3 December 1890, Lieutenant
26 August 1896, Captain 1897, Major 1903, Lieutenant-Colonel 1911.
Religious denomination Church of England. Height 5 feet 10½
inches. In the 1871 census he was newborn, born Isle of Wight, Hampshire.
son of William T and Annie E S Markham, resident Sir F Grants Lodge,
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. In the 1881 census he was aged 10,
born Isle of Wight, Hampshire, a school boarder, resident Palmer
Flatt Boarding School, Aysgarth, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North
Riding). In the 1911 census he was aged 40, born West C owes, Isle
of Wight, unmarried, a serving soldier, Major, 2nd Battalion, Cioldstream
Guards, resident Marlborough Lines, Aldershot, Farnborough, Hampshire.
Buried in SYSONBY CHURCHYARD, Leicestershire. See also Lord's
Cricket Ground World War 1 Memorial and Morland
War Memorial
From
the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1884:
Markham,
Ronald Anthony. b. 15 Oct., 1870. (Daviesites); Left C.Q., 1887.-Joined
Coldstream Guards, 1890; Capt., 1899; served in Nile Expedition,
1899; employed with Egyptian Army, 1899; A.D.C. to the Sirdar; Order
of the Medjidie (4th Class).
Capt. R. A. Markham, Guards' Club, S.W.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 1, page 255:
MAJOR
RONALD ANTHONY MARKHAM, 2nd BATTALION COLDSTREAM GUARDS,
was the only surviving son of the late Colonel W. T. Markham,
of Becca Hall, Yorkshire, who served in the Crimean War in the
Rifle Brigade and Coldstream Guards, and grandson of Sir Francis
Grant, P.R.A.
He was born on the 15th October, 1870; educated at Charterhouse;
and joined the Coldstream Guards from the Militia in December,
1890, becoming Lieutenant in August, 1896, and Captain in December,
1899.
He served with the first advance against the Khalifa in the Nile
Expedition of 1899, for which he received the Egyptian medal and
clasp. From August, 1899, to August, 1903, he was employed with
the Egyptian Army, acting as A.D.C. to the Sirdar from April,
1900, to December, 1902, for which he received the Insignia of
the 4th Class of the Imperial Order of the Medjidieh. He was promoted
Major in 1907.
He was shot through the head at St. Julien, France, on the 25th
October, 1914, and, at the time of his death was Second in Command
of his battalion. He was mentioned in Sir John. French's Despatches
of the 8th October, 1914, and the 14th January, 1915.
He was a member of the Guards', Nulli Secundus, and the Turf Clubs;
also of the M.C.C. and I Zingari. He was fond of cricket and shooting,
and was a very keen and hard rider to hounds. He was born at Melton
Mowbray, from which place he had hunted all his life, and where
his interment took place.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
MARKHAM
Ronald Anthony of the Guards Club Pall Mall and 68 Curzon-street
Mayfair both in Middlesex major in His Majesty's
Coldstream Guards died 25 October 1914 at the Allied Forces Base
Hospital Boulogne France Probate London 15 January
to Archibald Francis Fletcher Smith and Alan Herbert Davidson
esquires.
Effects £8039 9s. 1d.
Extract
from Grantham Journal - Saturday 31 October 1914, page
4:
DEATHS.
MARKHAM.—On
the 25th inst., died of wounds, in Hospital at Boulogne, France,
Major Ronald Anthony Markham, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards,
last surviving sou of the late Lieut.-Colonel William Thomas Markham,
of Becca Hall, Yorks, aged 44 years.
Extract
from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday
20 January 1915, page 4:
Major
Ronald Anthony Markham, of the Coldstream Guards, only surviving
son of the late Colonel W. T. Markham, of Becca Hall. Aberford;
died from wounds received in France........................................
£8,039
|
MARRIOTT |
Herbert
Norman |
Temporary
Captain, 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action
on the Ancre 13 November 1916. Aged 35. Born 5 July 1879. Son of
Herbert Mayo Marriott and Florence Emily Marriott, of St. George's,
Hinton St. George, Somerset. Matriculated 1898, Brasenose College,
Oxford University. Journalist on The Malay Mail, Kuala Lumpur Selangor
Malaya (Malaysia). In the 1901 census he was aged 21, born Sydenham,
Kent, son of Herbert M and Florence E Marriott, resident Whitehall
House, Churchstow, Kingsbridge, Devon. Buried in SERRE ROAD CEMETERY
No.2, Somme, France. Plot XII. Row G. Grave 11.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1894:
Marriott,
Herbert Norman. b. 5 July, 1879. (Gownboys); Left C.Q., 1898. B.N.C.,
Oxf.; B. A.
H. N. Marriott, Esq., Whitehall, Kingsbridge, S. Devon.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
MARRIOTT
Herbert Norman of Kuala Lumper Federated Malay
States lieutenant His Majesty's Army died 13 November 1916
in France Probate London 18 January to Herbert
Mayo Marriott gentleman. Effects f522 14s. 3d.
Extract
from The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser,
19 December 1916, page 8:
THE
LATE CAPTAIN MARRIOTT.
The Malay Mail of which be was part proprietor gives the following
appreciation of Capt. H N Marriott. We deeply regret to announce
the death in action of Capt. H N Marriott, one of the proprietors
of this paper and for nearly seven years an active worker on the
staff. His name appeared in a casualty list published in London
on Nov. 22nd. We cabled to his bankers, Messrs. Cox and Co., and
this morning received the following reply:—"Capt. H N
Marriott reported killed Nov. 13th."
Mr H N Marriott, who was about 37 years of age, was educated at
Charterhouse and Brasenose College, Oxford. After leaving the 'Varsity
he was engaged for some years in teaching, and it was towards the
end of 1907 that he came out to join the Malay Mail, with which
he remained (except for six months' leave in 1913) until October,
1914, when a spirit of patriotism sent him Home to fight for Great
Britain. In December of the same year he was appointed Temporary
2nd Lieutenant on probation in the 12th Batt., East Yorkshire Regt.,
confirmation of the appointment coming two months later. After a
year in training he went as Lieut. and acting Adjutant with his
battalion to Egypt, remaining there until early in the present year,
when he was transferred to France. He was not engaged in the early
stages of the Somme Battle, but some three months ago was promoted
to captain and sent behind the front for training as a company commander.
The latest advices received here stated that he had been unexpectedly
sent to the Somme, and it was there probably that he met his death.
Capt. Marriott was a man with a strongly developed sense of duty,
and it was that, and that alone—for he was absolutely devoid
of military ambition—which sent him Home to fight the King's
enemies.
Extract
from London and China Telegraph - Monday 27 November 1916,
page 14 and London and China Express - Wednesday 29 November
1916, page 11:
Captain
HERBERT NORMAN MARRIOTT, East Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in
action on 13th inst. He was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Mayo Marriott, Torcross, S. Devon, late of White Hall, Kingsbridge.
When war broke out Captain Marriott was a member of the literary
staff of the Malay Mail in Kuala Lumpur. He came home, and was subsequently
granted a commission in the East Yorkshires. |
MARSHALL |
Claude
|
Second
Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed
in action 27 July 1917. Born 19 April 1890. Baptised 31 May 1890
in Calcutta, St Paul, Bengal, son of Edward James and Blanche Marshall.
In 1901 he was aged 10, born Calcutta, India, a scholar, resident
Streete Court, Westgate on Sea, Thanet, Kent. Buried in ESSEX FARM
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row Z. Grave 6.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
MARSHALL
Claude of 61 Harley House Regents Park Middlesex
second-lieutenant His Majesty's Army died 27 July 1917
in Belgium on active service Administration London
12 October to Edward James Marshall director.
Effects £1296 4s. |
MARSHALL |
Jenner
Stephen Chance |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Died of wounds 23 October 1914 [21 October 1914 -SDGW].
Aged 19. Born 1 June 1895. Son of Grace E. Miller (formerly Marshall),
of West Monkton Rectory, Taunton, and the late Jenner G. Marshall.
Native of Westcott Barton Manor, Oxon. In the 1901 census he was
aged 5, born Hagley. Worcestershire, son of Jenner Guest and Grace
Eleanor Marshall, resident near Rednal, Coston Hackett, Bromsgrove,
Worcestershire. Buried in YPRES TOWN CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Row E2. Grave 6.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1, page
245:
MARSHALL,
JENNER STEPHEN CHANCE, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire
and Buckinghamshire L.I., only s. of the late Jenner Guest
Marshall, of Westcott Barton Manor, co. Oxford, J.P., by his wife,
Grace Eleanor (now wife of the Rev. George Miller. Rector of Teffont
Ewyas, near Salisbury), dau. of A. de Peyster Chance, of Wheatflelds,
Worcester, J.P.; b. Hagley, co. Worcester, 1 June, 1895;
educ. Connaught House, Weymouth, Verites, Charterhouse, and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd
Oxford and Bucks L.I., 17 Sept. 1913; went to France with his Battn.,
which formed part of the 5th Brigade, in Aug. 1914, and died on
23 Oct. following, of wounds received on the 21st, near Langemarck,
Ypres. Buried in Ypres Cemetery: unm.
Extract
from Oxfordshire Weekly News - Wednesday 11 November 1914,
page 1:
WESTCOTT
BARTON.
THE
LATE LIEUT. MARSHALL—A large congregation assembled at the
parish church on Monday se'nnight, for the memorial service to Second-Lieut.
Jenner Stephen Chance Marshall, of the Oxford and Bucks Regiment,
who was wounded in the coast battle on October 21st, and died two
days later. The news of the death of this gallant young officer,
whose family have so long been associated with this village, was
received with the greatest regret, and with much sympathy for those
who mourn his loss. Mr. Marshall was the only son of the late Jenner
Guest Marshall, of Westcote Barton Manor, and of Mrs. Miller, of
Teffont Rectory, Salisbury. He was 19 years of age, and passed out
of Sandhurst only last year.
Extract
from Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette - Friday 30 October
1914, page 8:
DIED
FROM WOUNDS.
Second-iieutenont
Jenner Stephen Chance Marshall, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry, who died on October 21 from wounds received the
same day, was the only son of the late Mr. Jenner Guest Marshall,
of Westett Barton Manor, Oxfordshire, and of Mrs. George Miller,
of Teffont Ewyas Rectory, near Salisbury. Born in 1895, he obtained
his commission in September of last year. |
MARSHALL |
John
Arthur |
Lieutenant,
45th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and 2nd/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist
Battalion, Army Cyclist Corps. Missing believed killed in action
during an aerial combat over Lille and shot down flying in a Sopwith
1½ Strutter on photographic reconnaissance, 6 April 1917.
Aged 19. Son of Captain James and Helen Marshall, of 2, Halsey St.,
Cadogan Square, London and Hartford Cottages, Huntingdon. Born Huntingdon,
Huntingdonshire. Buried in TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION,
Hainaut, Belgium. Plot II. Row J. Grave 30. See also Huntingdon
|
MARTIN,
MC |
Frank
Henry |
Lieutenant,
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 28 March 1918.
Aged 20. Born 20 November 1897 in West Horwood, London S.E. Educated
Alleyns School, Dulwich and Charterhouse. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
Martin, of Oat Hall, Haywards Heath. Awarded the Military Cross
(M.C.). First commission 25 October 1916 as Second Lieutenant. Height
5 feet 2½ inches. Religious denomination Church of England.
In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Norwood, London, son of Thomas
and Rose Martin, resident 46, Chapel Road, Lambeth, London &
Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born West Norwood, London,
son of Thomas and Rose Martin, resident 207, Knights Hill ,West
Norwood, Lambeth, London & Surrey. Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY,
FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row A. Grave 11.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1918:
MARTIN
Frank Henry of Oat Hall near Haywards Heath Sussex
second-lieutenant Coldstream Guards died 28 March 1915
in France Administration London 2 September to
Thomas Martin gentleman. Effects £164 7s. 11d. |
MARWOOD |
Charles
Philip Lysaght |
Captain,
Royal Warwickshire Regiment attached to 1st Nigeria Regiment, West
African Field Force (seconded by Colonial Office 1 January 1913).
Died of wounds 24 November 1915. Born 21 January 1888 in Whitby,
Yorkshire. Baptsied 23 February 1888 in Whitby, St Ninian, Yorkshire
(North Riding), son of Arthur Oclairas and Phillipa Charlotte Marwood.
Son of Mr. Arthur Marwood, esq., Folkestone, Kent. In the 1891 census
he was aged 3, born Whitby, Yorkshire, son of Arthur Octavius and
Philippa Charlotte Marwood, resident Havelock Place, Ruswarp, Whitby,
Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding). In the 1901 census he
was aged 13, born Whitby, Yorkshire, a pupil, resident Stoneleigh
(Boys Private School), Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, Elham, Kent.
Educated Charterhouse School. Passed from Yeomanry 1908, promoted
Lieutenant 1910, Captain 1913. Height 6 feet 1 inch. First arrived
in India aboard "Rohilla" at Karachi 24 September 1908.
No known grave. Commemorated on ZARIA MEMORIAL, Nigeria.
Extract
from Leamington Spa Courier - Friday 29 May 1908, page
8 and Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth & District Daily Circular
- Thursday 28 May 1908, page 2:
The
Royal Warwickshire Regiment.—Second Lieutenant Charles Philip
Lysaght Marwood, from the Glamorgan Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia),
in succession to Lieutenant R. F. Woodward, transferred to the Indian
Army. |
MASSEY,
MC, MiD |
John
Hamon |
Captain,
5th Battery, 45th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
27 May 1918. Aged 24. Croix de Guerre with Palms (France). Son of
Horatio Arthur and Mary Judith Massey. Born in New Zealand. B.A.
(Cantab.). His brother George Hocken Massey also fell. Awarded the
Military Cross (M.C.)[London Gazette: 30716 - 3 June 1918], Mentioned
in Despatches (MiD). Mentioned, with his Battery, in General Berthelot's
Ordre General No. 351 of 16th July, 1918; the Battery also received
the Croix de Guerre. Buried in JONCHERY-SUR-VESLE BRITISH CEMETERY,
Marne, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 15. |
MATHER |
Alfred
Lushington |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment formerly
Private Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 7 January 1917. Aged 32.
Born 18 June 1884. Baptised 12 Jul 1885 in Over Tabley, Cheshire.
Son of Edward Lushington Mather (formerly Vicar of Over Tabley,
Cheshire) and Rose Eleanor Mather, of Over Tabley, Cheshire. Educated
Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge. In the 1891 census
he was aged 5, born Over Tabley, Cheshire, son of Edward L and Rose
E Mather, resident Over Tabley Vicarage, Moss Lane, Tabley Superior,
Altrincham, Cheshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 15, born Over
Tabley, Cheshire, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse Block,
Godalming Rural, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged
25, born Over Tabley, Cheshire, living on his own means, resident
Beardwood Fold, Blackburn, Lancashire. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V. Row D. Grave 8. See
also Trinity
College, Cambridge.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1899:
Mather,
Alfred Lushington. b. 18 June, 1884. (Verites).
A. L. Mather, Tyberlon, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham.
Extract
from the Southport Visitor - 18 January 1917:
Sec-Lieut
Mather was the younger son of the late Rev E L Mather, 1st Vicar
of Christ Church, Bootle, and afterwards, Vicar of Over Tabley,
Knutsford. He was the grandson of the Rev Richard Leigh, Rector
of Halsall. Sec-Lieut Mather was educated at Charterhouse, and
Trinity College, Cambridge, and joined the Public Schools Brigade
when it was formed, receiving his commission in June 1915.
|
MATTHEWS |
John
Hubert |
Captain,
1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 15 September
1914 [14 September 1914 on SDGW]. Aged 35. Born 19 September 1878
in Walmer, Kent. Baptised 22 December 1878 in Walmer, St Mary, Kent.
Documents used for British Civil Service Evidence of Age. Son of
Jessie Matthews and the late John Matthews, of Walmer, Kent; brother
of Richard Malcolm Matthews who also fell (see below). In the 1881
censuis he was aged 2, born Walmer, Kent, son of John and Jessie
Matthews, resident Dover Road, Walmer, Eastry, Kent. In the 1891
census he was aged 12,, born Walmer, Kent, a pupil, scholar, High
Street, Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent. In the 1911 census he was aged 33,
born Walmer, Kent, a serving soldier, Captain, 3rd Battalion, Northumberland
Fusiliers, billeted in Barracks Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL,
Seine-et-Marne, France.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1893:
Matthews,
John Hubert. b. 19 Sept., 1878. (Robinites-Saunderites); Left L.Q.,
1896.-Joined 5th (Northumberland) Fusiliers, 1899; served in S.
African War with M.I., 1899-1901; Capt., 1901.
Capt. J. H. Matthews, Messrs. Cox & Co., 16, Charing Cross,
S.W.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 1, page 260:
CAPTAIN
JOHN HUBERT MATTHEWS, 1st BATTN. NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS,
son of John and Jessie Matthews, was born on the 19th September,
1878, at Walmer, Kent, and educated at Charterhouse. He first
joined a Militia Battalion of the Border Regiment, from which
he was gazetted to the Northumberland Fusiliers in January, 1899,
becoming Lieutenant in February, 1900, and obtaining his company
in October, 1901, at the age of twenty-three.
With his battalion he served in the South African War, being employed
with the Mounted Infantry, and was present at operations in the
Orange River Colony and Cape Colony. He received the Queen's medal
and King's medal, each with two clasps.
He was with his battalion when, on the 15th September, 1914, he
was killed in the Great War, being hit in the head by a piece
of shrapnel from a gun which enfiladed the trench in which he
was on duty, just north of the town of Vailly.
|
MATTHEWS |
Leonard
Mansfield |
Lieutenant,
Mechanised Transport, 49 Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps.
Died of influenza 25 June 1918. Aged 34. Born 12 August 1883. Son
of David and Mary Susan Matthews, of 181, Walm Lane, Cricklewood,
London. In the 1901 census he was aged 17, born Islington, Middlesex,
a Commercial Clerk, son of David and Mary Matthews resident 310,
Camden Road, Islington, London & Middlesex. In the 1911 census
he was aged 27, born Islington, London, a Wholesale Hardware Merchant,
son of Mary Susan Matthews (a widow), resident 26 Brondesbury Park,
Willesden, Middlesex. Attested for "B" Battery, Honourable
Artillery Company 12 August 1883, aged 18. Re-attested 2 December
1901 for South African War. Attested 30 April 1908 at Armoury House,
Finsbury, aged 24 years 8 months, as 5682, "B" Battery,
Hon. Artillery Company, resident 26, Brondesbury Park, London N.W.
and 9-27, Hearn Street, London E.C., born Islington, London, Middlesex,
a Hardware Merchant, previously served in the Charterhouse Cadet
Corps, mobilized 5 August 1914, terminated engagement 13 May 1916
as a Staff Sergeant. With Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 10 April
1915 to 29 April 1916, commisioned as Lieutenant, Army Service Corps.
Buried in CROIX-ROUGE MILITARY CEMETERY, QUAEDYPRE, Nord, France.
Plot I. Row A. Grave 4.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1895:
Matthews,
Leonard Mansfield. b. 12 Aug., 1883. (Weekites); Left L.Q., 1899.-In
firm of Messrs. Osmond, Matthews, & Co. (Importers & Factors).
L. M. Matthews, Esq., 310, Camden Road, N.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1918:
MATTHEWS
Leonard Mansfield of 9-27 Hearn-street Shoreditch Middlesex
lieutenant A.S.C. died 25 June 1918 in France or Belgium Probate
London 2 November to Mary Susan Matthews widow.
Effects £17607 19s. 9d.
|
MATTHEWS |
Richard
Malcolm |
Second
Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 20 September 1917. Aged 38. Born 16
September 1879. Baptised 16 November 1879 in Walmer, St Mary, Kent.
Son of John and Jessie Matthews, of Walmer, Deal, Kent; brother
of John Hubert Matthews who also fell (see above). In the 1881 census
he was aged 1, born Walmer, Kent, son of John and Jessie Matthews,
resident Dover Road, Walmer, Eastry, Kent. In the 1891 census he
was aged 11, born Walmer, Kent, a scholar, resident High Street,
Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent. In the 1911 census he was aged 32, born
Walmer, Kent, a Brewer, resident Yew Tree Cot, Dover Road, Walmer,
Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 52 to 54.
Extract
from Dover Chronicle - Saturday 17 April 1915, page 5:
MOTORIST
WITH DEFECTIVE LIGHT.
Richard
Malcolm Matthews was charged with having driven a motor car at Caple-le-Ferne,
on March 20th, without a light. The case was proved by a constable,
who had received a complaint from the military. His lamp, which
had become defective, was afterwards repaired, and he was able to
proceed.
Defendant,
who pleaded guilty, said he had been stopped by a military picket.
He was questioned by the constable when he had stopped to attend
to the lamps.
A
question was raised as to the varying conditions as to lighting
orders, and defendant was fined £1 inclusive.
Extract
from Deal, Walmer & Sandwich Mercury - Saturday 29
September 1917, page 3:
PRO
PATRIA.
Lieut. R. M. Matthews.
We
much regret to record the death of 2nd Lieut. Richard Malcolm Matthews,
of Yew Tree Cottage, Upper Walmer, fourth son of the late Mr. John
Matthews, J.P., of The Old House, Walmer, and a member of the firm
of Messrs. Thompson & Son, Ltd, Lieut. Matthews was killed in
action in France on the 20th inst., at the age of 38. He was educated
at the Charterhousee, and after a year in Germany, entered the business
in 1905. In the early days of the war, he offered himself for service,
but being rejected on medical grounds, he became a member of the
Deal and Walmer V.T.C.. on the formation of that body, taking a
keen interest in the corps. He was subsequently passed for service.
and after a period of training with an O.T.C., was gazetted to the
West Yorkshire Regiment in July last, and within a month of joining
his battalion, he proceeded to France on active service. By a pathetic
coincidence, he was killed a day after the third anniversary of
the death in action of his brother. Capt. J. H. Matthews, Northumberland
Fusiliers. and like him, within a few days of his birthday. Lieut.
Matthews would have been 38 on the 22nd September. From the time
of his return to his native place, Lieut. Matthews was a member
of the choir of St. Mary's Parish Walmer, and he took a keen interest
in the promotion of cricket and other games for the choir boys and
others in the village, taking an active part also in the Walmer
Cricket Club. For a short time he acted as Secretary of the Deal
and Walmer Musical Society, of which he was a member from the time
of his return to Walmer. Mr. Matthews was very highly respected
by all classes in the neighbourhood, and a wide circle of friends
will deeply regret this further bereavement in a family which has
taken an honoured part in local affairs for many years.
Extract
from Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph - Saturday
8 December 1917, page 4:
Second,
Lieut. Richard Malcolm Matthews, Yorkshire Regiment, of Upper Walmer,
who was killed on active service on September 20th, left estate
valued at £11,392. He bequeathed £100 to his old nurse. |
MAUDE,
DSO, Crois de Guerre |
Ralph
Walter |
Major. Born 1 October 1873, 6th and youngest son of Captain Charles
Henry Maude and the late Hon. Mrs. Georgina Henritta Emma Maude,
of Elm Park Gardens, London. He was baptised 2 November 1873 at
St Saviour's, St George's Square, Pimlico, Middlesex. He was at
Charterhouse [Saunderites] 1887 - 1888. In the 1901 census he was
aged 17, born Middlesex, son of Charles M and Georgina H E Maude,
resident Elm Park Gardens, Chelsea, London & Middlesex. He became
a journalist. In the 1911 census he was aged 27, born Kensington,
Middlesex, a Journalist, son of Charles H and Georgina H E Maude,
resident 90, Elm Park Gardens, Chelsea, London & Middlesex.
On 3 June 1905 he married Alice, daughter of N.W. Thompson. He and
Alice Thomson were divorced in 1915. During the Great War the Charterhouse
register records him as serving in the R.A.F., as an Interpreter
attached to the Gurkhas and as an Assistant Provost-Major. As a
Second Lieutenant attached to the 2nd Gurkhas he was admitted to
Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital at Millbank with bronchitis,
discharged the 17 December 1914. He was awarded the D.S.O. [1919]
and the Croix de Guerre [London Gazette 10 October 1918]. In 1921
he was resident St George's Hanover Square, London & Middlesex,.
He died at Hyères, France, from consumption contracted during the
war, on 17 January 1922, aged 48.
His
is one of the names added later to the Chapel panels, after their
installation. Possibly he was adjudged to have died as a delayed
effect of wounds.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1887:
Maude,
Ralph Walter. b. 1 Oct., 1873. (Saunderites); Left C.Q. 1888.-Journalist.
Orpen
met Captain Maude during World War I in Amiens, where Maude
was A.P.M. (Army Provost Marshall). The two became great friends,
and Orpen recounts numerous humorous anecdotes about Maude in
his memoir, An Onlooker in France. In 1918 Maude was promoted
to Major and appointed A.P.M. Cologne, where he remained until
demobilisation in 1920. He then accepted the position of Secretary
to the Guard’s Club in London. In the letter, written
from the Hotel Majestic, Paris, 14 November 1920, Orpen asks
for his friend’s help in connection to a portrait of Lord
Cavan that he had painted for the Guard’s Club. As it
transpired, Maude never assumed duties at the club owing to
illness, and died of T. B. in 1922.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1922:
MAUDE
Ralph Walter of the Motor Club Middlesex
D.S.O. died 17 January 1922 at Villa Marie Marguerite Hyeres (Var)
France Probate London 4 March to Cyril Francis
Maude actor. Effects £387 17s. 6d.
Extract
from Distinguished Service Order 1916-1923, volume 3,
page 303:
MAUDE,
R. W. (D.S.O. L.G. 3.6.19); b. 1873; y. s. of late Hon.
Mrs. Maude, d. of 2nd Baron Sudeley, and Capt. C. H. Maude; younger
brother of Cyril Maude; m. Alice Thomson; one s.; educ. Charterhouse;
joined Army, 1914; T/Major, Special List,; Major, and was first
attached to 2/8th Gurkhas; was A.P.M., Bethune, Dieppe, Rouen,
Amiens and Cologne; French Croix de Guerre; Despatches twice.
He wrote "The Haymarket Theatre," with Cyril Maude.
Extract
from Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 17 April 1922,
page 7:
Major
Ralph Walter Maude, D.S.O., of The Motor Club, London, W.C., and
of Villa Marie Marguerite, Hyères, France, who, as A.P.M., became
well known to the British troops at Bethune, Rouen, Amiens, and
Cologne, brother of Mr. Cyril Maude, the actor, left estate of
the gross value of £387, with net personalty £109.
Testator left all of his property upon trust for his infant son,
Ralph Henry Evelyn Maude.
Extract
from Illustrated Police News - Thursday 17 December 1914,
page 6:
STRANGE
XMAS BOX.
Wife Who Wrote “Love Has Proved Too Much for Me.“
A
strange box was received on Christmas Day, 1908, lieutenant Ralph
Walter Maude, an interpreter now at the front, in the shape of
a confession of misconduct by his wife, Mrs. Alice Miller Maude.
“I destroyed it at her request,” added the lieutenant,
“and forgave her. My wife and I were very happy until the
receipt of another letter, and then I made inquiries to her whereabout
at places she had been living Westbourne-terrace, London, W.,
but could not find her. Later I found her in Paris, where I went
with my solicitor and found her at a flat with the co-respondent
(Signor Bozzano)." This led Lieutenant Maude, who knew Bozzano,
to file a petition for divorce before Mr. Justice Deane, and the
statement, above be made in the course of his evidence, taken
on commission. The marriage was in 1905 at St. Malo, petitioner
being then a journalist, and a letter the wife wrote to her husband
contained the following passages:—
“You
trusted me, oh, yes, and you were right, for at least Iam trustworthy,
but love has proved too much for me. It’s no use dwelling
upon this period. The inevitable was bound to come, even with
an absolutely pure woman, which I may yet be. . "
Mr.
Justice Deane granted the lieutenant a decree nisi with costs
and custody of the child of the marriage.
|
MAXWELL |
Thomas |
Second
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action
9 September 1916. Aged 20. Born 20 December 1895 in Dublin. Son
of Patrick W. Maxwell, M.D., and Elizabeth Suckling Maxwell, of
Dublin. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Dublin, Ireland,
school boarder, resident Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey. Buried
in GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT, Somme, France. Plot III.
Row G. Grave 8.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 3, page
192:
MAXWELL,
THOMAS, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. The Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, only s. of Patrick W. Maxwell, of 19, Lower
Baggot Street, Dublin, M.D. Edinburgh, F.R.C.S.I., by his wife,
Catherine Elizabeth, dau. of Cornelius Suckling, M.D.; b.
Dublin, 20 Dec. 1895; educ. Cargilfield; Charterhouse, and Dublin
University; was an Arts Student there; volunteered for active service
on the outbreak of war 6 Aug. 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. The Royal
Dublin Fusiliers Oct. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders from Dec. 1915, and was killed in action
at Ginchy, during the Battle of the Somme, 9 Sept. 1916. Buried
between Ginchy and Guillemont, north-west of Combles; unm.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917 (two entries):
MAXWELL
Thomas of 19 Lower Baggot-street Dublin second-lieutenant
H.M. Army died 9 September 1916 in France on active service Administration
Dublin to Patrick William Maxwell esquire M.D.
Effects £3634 15s. in England.
Sealed London 1 February.
Further Grant sealed London 27 July 1917.
MAXWELL Thomas of 19 Lower Baggot-street Dublin
second-lieutenant H.M. Army died 9 September 1916 in France Administration
Dublin to Kathleen Florence Draper married woman.
Effects £3634 15s. in England.
Sealed London 27 July.
Former Grant sealed London 1 February 1917.
Extract
from Irish Independent - Saturday 7 October 1916, page
1:
MAXWELL—September
9, 1916, killed in action, Second-Lieutyenant Thomas Maxwell, Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, only son of Patrick W. Maxwell, M.D., F.R.C.S.I.,
19 Lower Baggot street, Dublin. |
McDERMOTT |
Robert
Keith |
Captain,
3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Ross-Shire
Buffs, The Duke of Albany's). Killed in action 20 September 1918.
Aged 33. Born 8 April 1885. Son of Walter and Anita McDermott, of
115, Church St., Chelsea, London. Educated Charterhouse and Oxford
University, BA. In the 1901 census he was aged 15, born U.S.A.,
school boarder, resident Hindhead Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey.
A Barrister of the Inner Temple [his call to the bar was listed
in the Morning Post - Thursday 2 July 1908, page 7]. In the 1911
census he was aged 25, born United States, a Barrister, son of Walter
and Hilda McDermott, resident 6 Evelyn Garden S W, Kensington, London
& Middlesex. The Morning Post, Thursday 2 July 1908,
page 7, reported him being "Called to the Bar". No known
grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine
(including Gaza). Panel 43.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1898:
McDermott,
Robert Keith. b. 8 April, 1885. (Daviesites); Left C.Q., 1903. Oriel
Coll., Oxford.
R. K. McDermott, Esq., 15, Connaught Square, W.
Extract
from Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph - Saturday
5 October 1918, page 3:
Captain
Robert Keith McDermott, Seaforth Highlanders, killed in action
on September 20th, was the younger son of Mr. Walker McDermott,
of The Vale House, Chelea. He was educated at Charterhouse and
Oriel College, Oxford, and was called to the Bar in 1908. He
received his commission in August, 1914, and went to France
in November, attached to the Cameron Highlanders, later rejoining
the Seaforth Highlanders and proceeding in May, 1916, to Mesopotamia,
India and Egypt.
|
McGILDOWNY,
DSO, MiD |
William |
Major,
124th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 26
May 1917. Aged 47. Born 12 July 1870. Son of John McGildowny, J.P.,
of Clare Park, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim; husband of Honora McGildowny.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). In the 1891 census
he was aged 21, born Ireland, a Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, billetted
at Fort Popton, Pwllcrochan, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales. In
the 1901 census he was aged 30, born Ireland, a Captain in Royal
Artillery, visiting at 1, Norris Street, St James Westminster, Westminster,
London & Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 40, born
Whiteabbey, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, an Army pensioner retired
Captain and Hampshire Major, visiting at Hoddington, Winchfield,
Upton Grey, Hampshire. Buried in MINDEL TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY,
ST. LAURENT-BLANGY, Pas de Calais, France. Row C. Grave 1.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1884:
McGildowny,
William. b. 12 July, 1870. (Weekites); Left C.Q., 1887.-Joined R.A.,
1889; Capt., 1899; Adjutant, Cardigan Vol. Artillery, 1900.
Capt. W. McGildowny, Army & Navy Club, S. W.
Extract
from Distinguished Service Order 1916-1923, volume 3,
page 296:
McGILDOWNY,
W. (D.S.O. L.G. 4.6.17); b. 12.7.70; 2nd Lt., R.A., 27.7.80;
Capt. 20.9.99; retired pay 22.7.05; retired as Major from S.R.
22.9.06; served Europ. War; Despatches.
Extract
from Reading Mercury - Saturday 22 June 1901, page 7:
MARRIAGE.
McGildowny—Spiller.—On
the 15th inst., Holy Trinity, Sloane-street, by the Rev. Canon
Holland, assisted by the Rev. Henry Bevan, Captain William McGildowny,
Royal Artillery, youngest son of the late John McGildowny, Esq.,
D.L., of Clare Park, Ballycastle, County
Antrim, and Nora, eldest daughter ot Lient.-Colonel Duncan Spiller,
of Erleigh Lodge, Reading, and 97, Cadogan-gardens.
Extract
from Berkshire Chronicle - Saturday 22 June 1901, page
8:
MARRIAGE.
McGildowny
: Spiller.— June 15, at Holy Trinity, Sloane-atreet, by
the Rev. Canon Holland, assisted by the Rev. Henry Bevan, Captain
William McGildowny Royal Artillery, youngest son of the late John
McGildowny, Esq., D.L., of Clare Park, Ballycastle, co. Antrim,
and Nora, eldest daughter of Lt-Col. Duncan Spiller, of Erleigh
Lodge, Reading, and 97, Cadogan Gardens, S.W.
Extract
from Reading Mercury - Saturday 2 October 1915, page
8:
LOCAL
NAVY AND ARMY APPOINTMENTS.
Royal
Garrison Artillery.—To be adjutant. September 9th, 1915;
Captain (Hon. Major)
William McGildowny, Reserve of Officers.
|
McINNES |
John
Edward |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial), Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 1 July
1916 in France. Aged 22. Baptised 2 December 1894 in Littleover,
St. Peter. Son of Edward and Caroline Frances Elizabeth McInnes,
of Hilltop, Littleover, Derby. In the 1901 census he was aged 6,
born Littleover, Derbyshire, son of Edward and caroline F McInnes,
resident The Old Hall, Burton Road, Littleover, Shardlow, Derbyshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A. See also Littleover,
Derybshire.
Extract
from Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal - Friday 13 October
1916, page 4:
THE
LATE SECOND-LIEUT. J. E. McINNES.
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
On
Saturday afternoon, memorial service was held at Littleover Church
to the late Second- Lieut. J. E. Mclnnes, who was recently killed
at the front. It was conducted by the vicar, and was very largely
attended. Amongst those present were the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mclnnes,
Councillor A. F. Longdon (vicar’s warden), Mr. J. H. Gascoyne,
D.L., Mr. H. E. Ayre (Mickleover), Mr. H. Litherland, Capt. Litherland
(an old school fellow of the late lieutenant), Lieut. Ann, Mr. E.
S. Johnson, Mr. M. Attwood, Mr. Newton Attwood, R.N., Ald. and Mrs.
W. B. Robotham, Ald. G. Brigden, Capt. L. Eardley Simpson, Mr. and
Mrs. Timms, Mrs. Arthur Cox and Mr. J. W. Cox. A large number employees
from the Derby Crown Porcelain Works were also present, as well
as the servants from the Old Hall and many parishioners. Mr. Smith,
the organist, played Beethoven's Funeral March and "O rest
in the Lord," whilst he also gave a very fine rendering of
Chopin’s March Funebre and the Dead March from ‘‘Saul’’
at the conclusion of the service. The service itself was one drawn
up by the Bishop of Stepney and sanctioned for use in this diocese.
The hymns were “Saints of God ’’ and “My
God, My Father,” the last being by the request of Mr. and
Mrs. McInnes.—It may be interesting to note that a letter
has been received from Lieut. Lilley, who is also prisoner of war,
who saw Second-Lieut. McInnes on the battlefield. This letter was
written to Lieut. Lilley’s mother. In it, the writer says:—
Mclnnes and I were first over the parapet. We occupied the ground
we were told to do. McInnes was losing men, so I sent some of mine
to help him. I deeply regret that McInnes was killed, but he had
the satisfaction of knowing that he had carried out what he was
told to do."
Preaching
at Littleover Church, Sunday morning, the 1st inst., the vicar,,
the J. M. Cunningham, referred to the death in action of the gallant
young officer. The rev. gentleman said that news of the sad occurrence
had been received from Lieut. Downman, son of the Rev. F. P. Downman,
of Derby, and who was a prisoner of war in Germany. He (the vicar)
had been very closely associated with young McInnes, and he recalled
the time he returned home from Switzerland and his adventurous and
somewhat perilous journey across France, after the outbreak of war.
He was a young man beloved by all for his high character and kindly
disposition. After he gained his commission, he returned home for
a short time, and the last occasion upon which he (the vicar) saw
him was when he bade him goodbye after he had partaken of Holy Communion
with his parents in that church.
|
McJANNET,
MiD |
Hector
William |
Captain,
"C" Battery, 261st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died
on service 28 October 1918. Aged 25. Born in Glasgow. Only son of
Frederick William and Margaret McIntyre McJannet, of Southwood,
Monkton, Ayrshire. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the 1901 census
he was aged 7, born Scotland, son of Margaret McJannet, resident
Clarens, Alpine Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight &
Hampshire. Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section
Q. Grave 29.
Extract
from The Scotsman - Tuesday 5 November 1918, page 6:
DEATHS
McJANNET.
—At Nasmyth School Hospital, Cairo, on 29th October, of illness
contracted on active service, Captain HECTOR WILLIAM MCJANNET, R.F.A.,
aged 25, only son of the late F. W. McJannct and Mrs McJannet, Southwood,
Monkton, Ayrshire . |
McKERROW |
Charles
Kenneth |
Captain,
Royal Army Medical Corps attached 10th Battalion, Northumberland
Fusiliers. Died of wounds 20 December 1916. Aged 33. Born 26 June
1883. Son of Dr. George McKerrow, of Ayr; husband of Jean Craik
Turnbull (formerly McKerrow), of Hindhead, Surrey. In the 1891 census
he was aged 7, born Ayr, Ayrshire, a scholar, son of George and
Jessie McKerrow, resident Barns Street, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.
In the 1901 census he was aged 17, born Ayr, Scotland, a school
boarder, resident Charterhouse Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey.
listed in the Medical Register 1913 as being resident 7 Barns Street,
Ayr, registered 16 May 1908, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons,
England, 1908; Licenced Royal College of Physicians, Lonson, 1908.
Listed in the Calendar of The Royal College of Surgeons in England,
resident Ayr, yearly from 1908 up to, and including, 1916. Buried
in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
IX. Row B. Grave 15. Also commemorated on the family grave in Ayr
Cemetery, Ayrshire.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1897:
McKerrow,
Charles Kenneth. b. 26 June, 1883. (Lockites); Science Exhibitioner;
Left C.Q., 1902. Scholar of Clare Coll., Cambridge.
C. K. McKerrow, Esq., 7, Barnes Street, Ayr.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
MCKERROW
Charles Kenneth of Barns-street Ayr captain R.A.M.C.
died 20 December 1916 in Belgium Confirmation of Jean or Jane Beckwith
Craik or McKerrow
Sealed London 26 May. |
McLELLAND |
Robert
Carrick |
Lieutenant,
9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion (Territorial), Highland Light
Infantry. Died of wounds 17 August 1916. Aged 28. Born 16 October
1888 in Glasgow. Son of Robert Carrick Donaldson McLelland and Jessie
Baxter Lawrie McLelland, of 18 Montgomerie Quadrant, Partick, Govan,
Lanarkshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Glasgow, Lanarkshire,
a scholar, son of Robert (a Shipowner) and Jessie McLelland, resident
Montgomerie Quadrant, 18, Govan, Partick, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Buried in GLASGOW WESTERN NECROPOLIS, Glasgow. Plot/Row/Section/Area
X. Grave 360.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
MCLELLAND
Robert Carrick of 6 Great Western-terrace Glasgow
died 17 August 1916 at London Confirmation of Janet Laura McLelland
or Blacklock (wife of Duncan Colquhoun Stewart Blacklock) and Helen
Doris McLelland.
Sealed London 4 April. |
McNAIR,
VC |
Eric
Archibald |
Captain.
Born 16th June 1894, 2nd son of George Burgh McNair, solicitor,
and Isabella Frederica McNair, of 5, Harrington St., Calcutta.
He was at Charterhouse [L] 1907 - 1913. He was Head Monitor. He
won a scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford amd matriculated
1913. In the Great War he was commissioned into the Royal Sussex
Regiment and joined 9th Bn. For most conspicuous bravery in an
action at Hooge on 14 February 1916 he was awarded the V.C.
Victoria
Cross Citation, extract from the London Gazette No. 29527,
28 March 1916:
“When
the enemy exploded a mine, Lieutenant McNair and many men of two
platoons were hoisted into the air, and many men were buried.
But, though much shaken, he at once organised a party with a machine
gun to man the near edge of the crater and opened rapid fire on
a large party of the enemy, who were advancing. The enemy were
driven back, leaving many dead. Lieutenant McNair then ran back
for reinforcements, and sent to another unit for bombs, ammunition
and tools to replace those buried. The communication trench being
blocked he went across the open under heavy fire and led up the
reinforcements the same way. His prompt and plucky action and
example undoubtedly saved the situation.”
He
was promoted Captain. In August that year he was severely wounded
at the Battle of the Somme with shrapnel wounds to the right shoulder.
He was admitted to Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital at Millbank
5 february 1917 and discharged 13 March 1917 to London Hospital.
His wounds precluded a return to active service but through the
influence of Edward, Prince of Wales, whom he had come to know
as a fellow-undergraduate at Oxford, on his partial recovery he
was appointed to the General Staff and was later attached to G.H.Q.
in Italy. He developed chronic dysentery and died in hospital
at Genoa on 12 August 1918. His grave is at Staglieno Cemetery,
Genoa, Italy. Plot I. Row B. Grave 32.
By
one of the War’s many ironies, McNair’s opposite number as deputy
head monitor in 1913 was a Southern Irish boy who remained a non-combatant
throughout.
Extract
from Englishman's Overland Mail - Friday 7 April 1916,
page 14:
THE
CALCUTTA V.C.
SON OF MR G B MCNAIR
Private
advices received in Calcutta intimate that the V. C. has been awarded
to Capt. Eric Archibald McNair, of the Royal Sussex Regiment.
Capt.
McNair is a son of Mr. G. B. McNair, the well-known Solicitor of
Calcutta, and head of the firm of Messrs. Morgan & Co. Mr. McNair
has been the recipient of many congratulations on the honour conferred
on his gallant son. No particulars have yet been received of the
exploit for which Capt. McNair was awarded the coveted decoration,
and recent letters from Capt. McNair himself are characteristically
reticent.
LIEUT.
McNAIR'S LETTER TO HIS FATHER.
We
publish below an extract from the last letter written by temporary
Lieutenant E. C. (sic) McNair, one of the new V. C.'s. to his father.
Mr. G. B. McNair, head of the firm of Messrs. Morgan and Co., Solicitors,
Hastings Street, Calcutta. The letter is dated February 29th and
possibly refers to the occasion on which he performed the act of
valour which has won him the V. C. He writes; "Just off back
to the front after a week's leave. We had a bit of a "show"
at last just before my leave which made it all the more pleasing
to get home. The Huns shelled our front trenches solemnly by day
for three days and then on the evening of the third day exploded
a couple of large mines As usual they "got the wind up"
before getting right under our trenches and so only the lip of one
of the craters touched the trenches. The other crater was in a gap
which we did not hold. The men were simply wonderful, not a sign
of panic or anything approaching thereto. My company, or most of
it, was in the front line with a couple of platoons of another company
on our right and gaps on both sides of us held by bombing posts.
The Germans attacked towards the crater in the gap and 15 of my
men and the Sergt.-Major drove them back with rifle fire some 80
of them. The rest of my men and a machine-gun lined the edge of
the crater in our trenches and some 200 Germans came out quite casually
and lined their side of the crater and after 10 minutes or so went
back again. It was amazing show —-one of those evenings when
you feel that everything is bound to go well whatever you do. It
was a most exhilarating feeling while it lasted and really Providence
looked after us. The regiment got enormous kudos out of the affair
and it did a world of good in giving the men confidence in themselves
and their officers. The General was enormously pleased and I believe
I got a "mention in dispatches" —but of course don't
knew yet." |
McNEILL |
Neil |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed
in action 11 November 1914. Aged 20. Born Shanghai, China. Son of
Duncan and Emilie Margaret McNeill, of Shanghai, China. Educated
at Charterhouse and Hertford College, Oxford, matriculated 1912.
In the 1911 census he was aged 17, listed as Japanese Resident,
at school, Patient under treatment, resident Peterbawn Road, Godalming,
Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37. |
MEAD,
MiD |
Christopher |
Lieutenant,
"A" Company, 4th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, East
Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 28 September 1915. Aged 27. Son
of John Phillips Mead, and Maud Helen Kate Mead, of St. Mary's,
Teddington, Middlesex; brother of Geoffrey Mead (see below). Mentioned
in Despatches (MiD). In the 1891 census he was aged 2, born London,
Middlesex, son of John Phillips and Mary Helen Kate Phillips Mead,
of Finborough Road, Kensington, London & Middlesex. In the 1901
census he was aged 12, born London, Middlesex, a scholar, resident
Streete Court, Westgate on Sea, Thanet, Kent. Assigned as Second
Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 15 August 191, Lieutenant
11 September 1915. 4. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 65 to 67. Also commemorated on Solicitors
And Articled Clerks, Holborn, London.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1, page
250:
MEAD,
CHRISTOPHER, Lieut., A Coy. 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.,
2nd s. of John Phillips Mead, of the firm of Mead &
Co., 2, King's Bench Walk, Inner Temple, and of St. Mary's, Teddington,
Solicitor, by his wife, Maud Helen Kate. dau. of Samuel King Church;
b. Fopstone Road, Earl's Court, S.W., 10 May, 1888; educ.,
Street Court, Westgate-on-Sea, and Charter-house (Bodeites); was
admitted a Solicitor in 1913, and was a junior partner in his father's
firm; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in 1910. and after serving
in it four years, joined the Reserve. He rejoined on the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Battn.,
East Surrey Regt., 15 Aug., and promoted Lieut. 8 Sept. [London
Gazette, 1 Nov.], 1915; trained at Devonport; went to France, 11
May, 1915, and was there attached to the 2nd Battn.; served through
the gas attack on Whit Monday, his regiment being in the front trenches,
and was shot in the temple by a bullet in July, but remained on
duty at the time; was given five days' leave in Aug., and was killed
in action in the assault on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, Vermelles,
28 Sept. 1915. while leading a bombing party of A Coy., and after
having been throwing bombs incessantly for over three hours; unm.
His Commanding Officer, Col. F. Montague Bates, wrote: "Your
son was killed by a bomb on the 28th. He was commanding A Coy. at
the time of his death and was gallantly leading a bombing party
of his men forward when he was hit by a German bomb and killed instantaneously.
I thought a great deal of him, he was an excellent soldier, daring
and gallant; he was beloved by his men and popular with all ranks;
his loss to me as commanding officer is a great blow. He was brave
as a lion and died a glorious death"; and in a later letter:
"Your boy was killed by a bomb in a trench leading out of the
Hohenzollern Redoubt; he was running up a trench towards the Germans,
who were in the same trench, and throwing bombs and driving the
Germans back. He, of course, was in the thickest of the fighting."
Capt. A. Howler of his regt. wrote: "Doubtless you know how
popular Mead was with everybody and his work in the Hohenzollern
would undoubtedly have earned him some distinction" and Major
F. Clifford, of The King's Liverpool Regt., wrote from Egypt: "Today
the Colonel of the East Surrey Regt. was here, he told me that young
Mead had behaved in a very gallant manner and that he probably would
be awarded some posthumous honour." Lieut. Mead was mentioned
in Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915 [London
Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916], for conspicuous gallantry in the field. At
Charterhouse he was in the Cricket and Football Elevens in 1908.
His brother, Corpl. G. P. Mead, died on active service (see following
notice), and two surviving brothers are now (1916) serving with
the British Forces.
Extract
from Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser - Saturday 9 October
1915, page 7, and Surrey Mirror - Tuesday 5 October 1915,
page 4 and Surrey Mirror - Friday 8 October 1915, page
7:
Second
Lieutenant Christopher Mead, the 4th (attached to 2nd) East Surrey
Regiment, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mead, of St. Mary's,
Teddington, was born in 1888, and was educated at Charterhouse,
where he was in both the football and cricket teams. He was admitted
as solicitor in 1913, and was a member of the firm of Mead and Co.,
of the Inner Temple. He joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. some years
ago, obtained his commission in the East Surrey Regiment in August,
1914, and proceeded to the Front in France in May last. He was wounded
in July but remained on duty.
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MEAD |
Geoffrey
Phillips |
Corporal
54268, Mediterranean Lines of Communication Signal Company, Royal
Engineers. Died on service 2 December 1915. Aged 23. Born Brompton,
Middlesex, resident Teddington, Middlesex, enlisted London. Third
son of John Phillips Mead and Maud Helen Kate Phillips Mead, of
St. Marys, Teddington, Middx; brother of Christopher Mead (see above).
Educated at Streete Court, Westgate and Charterhouse. In Service
of Egyptian Government (Survey). In the 1901 census he was aged
8, born Fulham, Middlesex, son of John P and MAud H P Mead, resident
Park Road, Teddington, Kingston, Middlesex. Buried in ALEXANDRIA
(CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section B. Grave
80. Also commemorated on Teddington Cenotaph, London, St Peter And
St Pauls Church, Teddington and Teddington War Memorial.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1, page
250:
MEAD,
GEOFFREY PHILLIPS, Corpl., No. 54268, Despatch Rider, 32nd
Signal Section, Royal Engineers, 3rd s. of John Phillips
Mead, of the firm of Mead & Co., 2, King's Bench Walk, Inner
Temple, E.C., and of St. Mary's, Teddington, Solicitor, by his wife,
Maud Helen Kate, dau. of Samuel King Church; b. London,
28 Oct. 1892; educ. Street Court, Westgate-on-Sea, and Charterhouse
(Bodeites), where he matriculated in the first class; studied surveying,
and held a post under the Egyptian Government Survey Dept., from
March, 1912, to Sept. 1914, when he returned to England to join
the Army. lie enlisted as a Motor Cyclist Despatch Rider, and after
training at various camps, went to the Eastern Front in Aug. 1915,
and died while on active service in the Military Hospital at Alexandria,
2 Dec. 1915, of pneumonia, following enteric fever, which he contracted
while carrying despatches in Egypt; unm. He was buried
with military honours at Chatby Cemetery, Alexandria. His brother,
Lieut. C. Mead, was killed in action two months previously (see
preceding notice). |
MILLER |
John
Lockhart |
Lieutenant,
1st/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London
Regiment. Killed in action 21 May 1916. Aged 32. Born 3 October
1883. Son of Major-Gen. James Miller, of 14, Southwick Crescent,
Hyde Park, London. In the 1881 census he was aged 7, born London,
Middlesex, son of James and Elinor K Miller, resident Chichester
Terrace, Brighton, Sussex. In the 1901 census he was aged 17, born
London, Middlesex. a student Boarder, resident Charterhouse Road,
Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1897:
Miller,
John Lockhart. b. 3 Oct., 1883. (Girdlestoneites); Left C.Q., 1902.
New Coll., Oxford.
J. L. Miller, Esq., 5, Chichester Terrace, Brighton.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
MILLER
John Lockhart of 14 Southwick-crescent Middlesex
died 21 May 1916 in France on active service Probate London
4 August to Arthur John Bern, esquire and Bernard Harper Drake solicitor.
Effects £46286 14s. 9d.
Extract
from The Scotsman - Friday 9 June 1916, page 8:
THE
LATE LIEUTENANT J . L . MILLER.
Lieutenant
John Lockhart Miller, London Regiment (killed), was born in 1883,
the only son of Major-General James Miller, whoso father, the late
Mr John Miller, W.S., of Stewartfield, Co . Roxburgh, succeeded
to that estate on the death of his elder brother (Colonel William
Miller) at Quatre Bras in 1815, and was a son of Sir William Miller
of' Glenlee (the Hon. Lord Genlee [sic]), 2nd Baronet,
whose father, Lord Barskimming, Lord President of the Court of Session,
received the Baronetcy in 1788. Mr Miller was a cousin of Sir William
Frederic Miller, 5th and present Baronet, whose eldnr son was killed
in action in 1914.
Extract
from Dumfries and Galloway Standard - Saturday 10 June
1916, page 3:
LIEUT.
JOHN MILLER KILLED.
Lieutenant
John Lockhart Miller, London Regiment, has been killed at the front.
He was born in 1883, and was a cousin of Sir William Frederic Miller,
fifth Baronet of Glenlee, Kirkcudbrightshire, whose oldest son fell
early in the war. Mr Miller was the only son of Major-General James
Miller, Indian Army, grandson of the second Baronet (Lord Glenlee
in the Court of Session), whose father, Lord President of the Court
of Session Lord Barskimming, received the baronetcy 1788. His great
grand-uncle, Patrick Miller, of Dalswinton, was the inventor in
1788 of steam navigation.
Extract
from Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 10 August 1916, page
2:
Among
other wills proved are the following:—
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Gross
|
Lieutenant
John Lockhart Miller, Southwick Crescent, Hyde Park, W., of
the London Regiment, barrister-at-law; died active on service
in France (net personalty £17,692) . . . . . . |
£46,286 |
|
MILLER
|
William
Reginald Francis |
Lieutenant,
10th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action between 24
April 1917 and 25 April 1917. Aged 20. Born 27 December 1896. Son
of Hubert William and Amy B. Miller (nee Dulley), of 4, The Beacon,
Exmouth. No known grave. Commemorated on DOIRAN MEMORIAL, Greece.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
MILLER
William Reginald Francis of 4 The Beacon Exmouth Devonshire
lieutenant died 24 April 1917 at Salonica Administration London
20 September to Hubert William Miller gentleman. Effects £282
8s. 1od.
Extract
from North Devon Journal - Thursday 7 June 1917, page 5:
LIEUT. W. R. F. MILLER KILLED IN ACTION.
Mr.
W. H. Miller (Director of Miller Bros., Ltd., Derby Lace Factory,
Barnstaple), father of Lieut. W F. Miller (Devons), who was early
in May officially reported to be missing, has received the following
letter from Lieut.-Col. T. N. Howard, in command of the Battalion
to which deceased was attached:—
"You
will of course have heard from the War Office that your son was
killed in action on the night 24—25 April. I enclose a card
of sympathy from myself and all the ranks of the —Devons,
by whom he was much loved and respected both for his high character
and great devotion to duty. He was, as you know, signalling officer
to the Battalion, a duty which he preferred to carry on rather than
take command of a Company which I offered him. His conduct throughout
the trying times have had has been beyond praise. He was killed
by a large shell, which fell just behind me as we were going into
action, and took several others besides your son. This was in the
Jumeaux ravine, about mile west of the south end of Lake Doiran.
I regret that it is impossible for me to give you more detailed
information, because most of those who were with him were killed
or badly wounded. Your son will long live in the memories of the
officers and men of the —Devons, especially the signallers,
who were devoted to him "
Lieut
W. R. F. Miller was the only son of Mr. W. H. Miller and Mrs. Miller,
of Exmouth. Only 20 years of age, he was educated at Charterhouse,
where he was prominent in athletics, winning the 120 yards hurdle
race at the School sports, and also a similar event in the inter-school
sports with Harrow. He was in the O.T.C. camp with the Charterhouse
Corps in Staffordshire on the outbreak of War, and on the camp being
broken up applied for a Commission, being gazetted the following
September. He went to France with his unit just twelve months later,
and shortly afterwards joined the Salonica Forces, and had been
in the Balkans ever since. He was the signalling officer of his
battalion, and although promotion had on more than one occasion
been offered him, he preferred to remain In command of the Signalling
Section, in which he had been almost from tbe time of joining—being
extremely interested in the work. He was slightly wounded by a shell
fragment early in November last, but soon rejoined his unit. In
Barnstaple, where the Miller family—so long associated with
the industrial life of the town as proprietors of the Lace Factory—is
held in high honour, widespread and profound sympathy will be expressed
with the bereaved parents.
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MILLS,
MiD |
Charles
Gordon |
Second
Lieutenant, No. 1 Company, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed
in action 25 January 1915 [26 January 1915 - SDGW]. Aged 19. Baptised
7 February 1895 in Merton, St Mary, Surrey, resident Wimbledon.
Son of Charles Antony and Maud Mills, of The Manor, Moulsford, Berks.
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried in CUINCHY COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 28.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 2, page 326:
2nd
LIEUTENANT CHARLES GORDON MILLS, 1st BATTN. COLDSTREAM GUARDS, SPECIAL
RESERVE' who was born at Wimbledon on the 12th March, 1895,
was the son of Charles Antony and Maud Mills, of The Manor, Moulsford,
Berkshire.
He was educated at Charterhouse (Gownboys), going up afterwards
to Clare College, Cambridge. He had been in the O.T.C. at Cambridge
and when war was declared he applied for a commission. He was gazetted
to the Special Reserve of the Coldstream Guards in August 1914,
and after having been attached for some time to the 4th (Reserve)
Battalion, was finally posted to the 1st Battalion. 2nd Lieutenant
Mills, who left for the front November, 1914, was killed instantaneously
on the 25th January, 1915, at La Bassée, while in command
of the 1st Company, 1st Battali0n Coldstream Guards.
The Officer temporarily in command of his battalion wrote regarding
2nd Lieutenant Mills' death: "He was in command of No. 1 Company,
and was holding a post on a railway embankment and a track running
from it. The actual attack came from his right, but the post was
under heavy the from the front. Then right of the line was broken
by mines and outflanked and rushed. He, from reports I can trust,
handled his men well, and made his change of front to face the new
advance well; but unfortunately was struck through the head and
killed instantaneously, just having accomplished the change. I should
like here to add that I was Second in Command of the 4th Battalion
when your boy joined, and I had a certain amount tp do with instructing
him in the art of war. From the early days of knowing him I felt
sure he would do well as a soldier and from all I have seen of him
here my exprctations have not only been fulfilled but surpassed."
A brother Officer wrote: " He was shot through the head and
died at once without any pain. It was a very gallant death, for
he died rallying his men. When the Germans had pierced the line
he was under a very heavy fire, and he was doing very well. He died
smiling. He was always so cheery that his men loved him, and so
did we all. We thought ourselves so luvky to have him." Another
officer wrote: "He had always done as well as possible out
here, and was a most promising officer, and I had hoped he would
have become one of us after the campaign."
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
MILLS
Charles Gordon of The Manor Moulsford Berkshire second-lieutenant
Coldstream Guards was killed in action 25 January 1915 at Bethune
France Administration London 13 October to Charles
Anthony Mills gentleman.
Effects £1327.
Extract
from Newcastle Journal - Tuesday 02 February 1915, page
2:
Second-Lieutenant
Charles Gordon Mills, Coldstream Guards (killed in action), was
appointed to 4th (Reserve) Battalion from the O.T.C. August 15 'last
year.
Extract
from Reading Mercury - Saturday 06 February 1915, page
6:
ARMY.
OFFICERS KILLED,
Second-Lieutenant
C. G. Mills, Coldstream Guards. Second-Lieutenant Charles Gordon
Mills, of the 1st Coldstream Guards, who was killed at Bethune on
January 25, who was the eldest son of Mr. Charles Anthony Mills,
of The Manor, Moulsford, Berks. Formerly a member of the Officers’
Training Corps, was appointed the Special Reserve of the Coldstreams
in August.
Extract
from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 19 November 1915
and Friday 26 November 1915, page 1:
Legal Notices.
SECOND
LIEUTENANT CHARLES GORDON MILLS DECEASED.
PURSUANT
to the Act of Parliament 22 and 23 Viet cap 35 intituled "An
Act to further amend the law of Property and to relieve Trustees."
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all CREDITORS and other persons having
any claims or demands against or upon the Estate of SECOND LIEUTENANT
CHARLES GORDON MILLS late of the Manor Moulsford in the County of
Berks a Second Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards deceased (who
was killed in action on the 25th day of January 1915 and whose estate
Letters of Administration were granted Charles Anthony Mills of
The Manor Moulsford aforesaid on the 13th day of October 1915 out
of the Principal Registry the Probate Division of His Majesty’s
High Court of Justice) are hereby required to send in full particulars
and proof of their claims or demands upon the estate of the said
deceased to us the undersigned the Solicitors for the said Administrator
at the undermentioned address on or before the 31st day of December
or in default thereof the Administrator will at the expiration of
that time proceed to distribute the assets of the said Second Lieutenant
Charles Gordon Mills deceased among the parties entitled thereto
having regard only to the claims and demands which he shall then
have had notice And the Administrator will not be liable for the
assets of the said Second Lieutenant Charles Gordon Mills deceased
or any part therof distributed to any person or persons of whose
claims or demands shall not then have had notice.
Dated
this 16th dor of November 1915,
TAYLOR AND TAYLOR,
10, New Broad Street. London, E.C.
Solicitors for the said Administrator.
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MITCHELL,
MiD |
Alexander
Charles Oswald |
Lieutenant,
"B" Company, 4th (Brecknockshire) Battalion (Territorial),
South Wales Borderers. Killed in action 30 April 1917. Aged 29.
Son of Mr. A. A. and Mrs L. S. Mitchell, of Woodfield, Stevenage,
Herts. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Educated Jesus College, Cambridge
University. In the 1901 census he was aged 13, born Church Knowle,
Dorset, visiting Henry Joseph and Elizabeth Minty Garland at Wargate,
Arne, Wareham, Dorset. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL,
Iraq. Panel 16 and 62.
Extract
from Brecon County Times - Thursday 2 May 1918, page
4:
IN
MEMORIAM.
In
ever loving memory of Lieut. Alexander Charles Oswald Mitchell.
Brecknockshire Territorial Batt, (attached South Wales Borderers),
eldest son of Mr and Mrs A. A. Mitchell, Glyncelyn, Brecon, South
Wales, killed in action April 30th, 1917, in the Battle of Bund-I-Adhaim,
Mesopotamia; aged 29.
Extract
from Western Mail - Monday 25 June 1917, page 2:
BRECON
LIEUTENANT KILLED.
Lieutenant
Alexander Charles Oswald Mitchell, who was killed in Mesopotamia
April 30, was the elder son ol Mr A.A. Mitchell, J.P., and Mrs.
A. A. Mitchell, Glyn Celyn, Brecon. He was educated at Charterhouse
and Jesus College, Cambridge. He then entered the general manager’s
office of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. In September, 1914,
he was given a commission by Colonel Lord Glanusk in a Brecknockshire
Territorial Battalion, and went with them to Aden and India. He
volunteered for war service and was attached to a battalion of the
South Wales Borderers, and had been with them for six months when
he was killed.
Extract
from Brecon County Times - Thursday 2 October 1919,
page 6:
THE
LATE LIEUT. A. C. O. MITCHELL.
Talachddu Memorial Tablet Dedicated.
A
handsome brass tablet placed by the family in Talachddu Church in
memory of Lieut. Alexander Charles Oswald Mitchell, 1/1st Brecknockshire
Battalion South Wales Borderers (attached 4th Battalion), who was
killed in Mesopotamia, was dedicated on Sunday afternoon last by
the Bishop of Swansea. His lordship was assisted by the Rev. M.
G. Price, who is in temporary caarge (sic) of the parish.
Those present included Mr and Mrs A. A. Mitchell and Lieut. Mitchell
(parents and brother of the deceased officer), Col. D. W. E. Thomas,
Capt. M. F. Thomas, Capt. H. Graystone, Capt. S. Mavrojani, Capt.
Gilbert Thomas, and Mr C. W. Best, and there was also a large attendance
of parishioners.
An
impressive service opened with the hymn "How bright these glorious
spirits shine!" and another hymn, "On the Resurrection
morning," was sung after the address. Following the Blessing.
the "Last Post" was sounded and the National Anthem was
sung.
The
Bishop, in the course of his address, said they had gathered together
in a spirit of neighbourly sympathy and pride to dedicate a memorial
to one whose family had been for a considerable number of years
resident in that parish. They were agreed it was fitting that there
should be set up in every parish church, before the eyes of all
men, a memorial to those who, in the great war, had made the great
surrender. It was well that generations yet to come should see such
tablets as that which had been that day, and should be reminded
of the imminent peril to which the nation was exposed and the splendid
sacrifices through which it was redeemed from that peril. It was
hard to pass over the distance from that quiet church at Talachddu
to Mesopotamia in the East, but they should remember that if the
final victory was won on the Western Front, that victory was only
rendered possible by the achievements of our forces in Mesopotamia
and the East. There was no plan so dear to the hearts of our enemies,
and especially to the Kaiser himself, as his project for making
a great highway from Berlin to Bombay. That plan he cherished for
many years, and in nothing was the defeat of the Germans more crushing
than in the entire annihilation of all those ambitions. in realising
which Mesopotamia would have been a point of enormous strategic
importace. We should always honour those who, like Lieut. Mitchell,
gave up life with all its joys and prospects in order that we at
home might be saved from the perils which beset us.
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MITCHELL |
Guy
Spencer |
Major,
3rd Battalion attached 11th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment).
Killed in action 15 May 1917. Born 5 November 1885. Baptised 6 December
1884 in Hythe, St Leonard, Kent. Son of Capt. Spencer and Edith
Mitchell; brother of Julian Alan Spencer Mitchell (below); husband
of Rhoda (nee Lister-Kaye) Mitchell, of Grappenhall near Warrington,
Cheshire, married 22 October 1914 in Llandrillo-Yn-Rhos, Denbighshire,
Wales. In the 1891 census he was aged 6, born Hythe, Kent, son of
Spencer and Edith Mitchell, resident Wilbury Road, Hove, Steyning,
Sussex. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born Hythe, Kent, son
of Spencer and Edith Mitchell, resident 7, Wilbury Road, Hove, Steyning,
Sussex. Buried in TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 3.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1899:
Mitchell,
Guy Spencer. b. 5 Nov., 1885. (Robinites -Hodgsonites); Left C.Q.,
1900.
G. S. Mitchell, Esq., 47, West Hill, Sydenham, S.E.
Extract
from Dublin Daily Express - Tuesday 27 October 1914,
page 1:
MITCHELL
AND LISTER-KAYE—On 22nd inst., at St. Trillo's
Church, Rhos-on-Sea (quietly, owing to the war), by the Rev.
E. J. Evans, Guy Spencer Mitchell, The King’s (Liverpool)
Regiment, eldest surviving son of Captain Spencer Mitchell,
late the Border Regiment, to Rhoda, youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alan Lister-Kaye, of Grappenhali, Warrington.
Extract
from St. Helens Examiner - Saturday 26 May 1917, page
5:
KILLED.
MAJOR GUY SPENCER MITCHELL.
Mr. Lister-Kaye's Son-in-Law Killed In Action.
Major
Guy Spencer Mitchell, of the King's Liverpool Regiment, has
been reported killed in action on May 15th. He was the eldest
son of Lieutenant-Colonel Spencer Mitchell, Manchester Regiment,
and Mrs. Mitchell, 8, Hampton-place, Brighton.
In
October, 1914, Major Mitchell married Rhoda, the youngest daughter
of Mr. Alan Lister-Kaye, of Grappenhall, Warrington.
Born
in 1884, he was educated at Charterhouse, and joined the King's
Liverpool Regiment in 1906. He was promoted captain in 1914
and acting-major this year. On the outbreak of war he was attached
to a service battalion of the Liverpool Regiment, and proceeded
to the front in May, 1915. His youngest brother, Captain Julian
Spencer Mitchell, King's Shropshire L.I., died of wounds received
in action September 28, 1914.
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MITCHELL |
Julian
Alan Spencer |
Captain,
3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion, King's (Shropshire Light Infantry).
Died of wounds 28 September 1914. Aged 28. Son of Capt. Spencer
and Edith Mitchell; brother of Guy Spencer (above). In the 1891
census he was aged 5, born Dublin, Ireland, son of Spencer and Edith
Mitchell, resident Wilbury Road, Hove, Steyning, Sussex. Married
October to December Quarter 1908 in Westminster Registration District,
London. Buried in BRAINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Row A.
Grave 54.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 1, page 269:
CAPTAIN
JULIAN ALAN SPENCER MITCHELL, 3rd BATTN. THE KING'S (SHROPSHIRE
LIGHT INFANTRY), who died at Braisne on the 28th September,
1914, of wounds received at the Battle of the Aisne, aged twenty-eight
years, was the second son of Captain Spencer Mitchell, formerly
of the Border Regiment (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding
20th [Service] Battalion Manchester Regiment).
He was born at Dublin on the 15th January, 1886, and was educated
at Charterhouse. He joined the 3rd Battalion King's (Shropshire
Light Infantry) in 1910, became Lieutenant in October, 1912, and
was promoted Captain shortly before his death.
He was married, and his only child was born on the 27th September,
1914.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
MITCHELL
Julian Alan Spencer of 53a Nevern-square Earl's Court Middlesex
a captain in His Majesty's Shropshire Light Infantry was killed
in action on 28 September 1914 in France Probate London
24 February to Spencer Mitchell late captain His Majesty's
Border Regiment.
Effects £129 15s. 9d.
Extract
from Westminster Gazette - Wednesday 7 October 1914, page
4:
DIED
FROM WOUNDS.
MITCHELL.—On
the 28th ult., at Braisne, of wounds received on 25th ult., in the
Battle of the Aisne, Lieutenant Julian Alan Spencer Mitchell, "King's"
Shropshire L. I., aged 28, husband of C. I. Mitchell, of 53, Nevern-square,
S W., and second son of Captain Spencer Mitchell, 66, Victoria-street,
S.W.
Extract
from Westminster & Pimlico News - Friday 9 October
1914, page 3:
Lieut.
Julian Alan Spencer Mitchell, the King's (Shropshire Light Infantry),
died on September 28, at Braisne, of wounds received September 25,
at the battle of the Aisne. He was 28 years of age, and was the
second son Captain Spencer Mitchell. The birth of a daughter to
Lieut. Mitchell on the day before his death is announced in to-day's
'Times.'
Extract
from Western Daily Press - Thursday 8 October 1914, page
3:
Lieutenant
Julian Alan Spencer Mitchell, whose death at the Front is announced,
was the second son of Captain Spencer Mitchell, of 66 Victoria-street,
Westminster, and was born in 1886. His appointment as lieutenant
in the Shropshire Light Infantry was gazetted in 1912. Lieutenant
Mitchell's wife gave birth to a daughter on the day preceding her
husband's death.
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MÖLLMANN |
Hubert
Bernhard |
[Listed
as Herbert Bernard MOLLMAN on CWGC and as Herbert Bernard MOLLMANN
on SDGW] Captain, 4th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Prince of
Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). Killed in action 1
February 1917. Born 16 September 1892. Only surviving son of Mr.
A. Mollman, Woodsome Lodge, Weybridge. Educated Charterhouse. Death
reported in Irish Independent - Saturday 10 February 1917,
page 2 and Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 10 February
1917, page 8. Buried in MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row N. Grave 6. |
MONEY |
Charles
Arthur Gilbert |
Major,
130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles), attached to 129th
Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis, Indian Army. Killed in action
by machine gun fire at Picquet Hill, Kibati, German East Africa
13 December 1916. Aged 33. Born Portsea Island. Baptised 19 August
1883 in Southsea, St Jude, Hampshire. Son of Col. Charles Gilbert
Colvin Money, C. B. and Sophia Louisa Money; husband of Madeline
Louise Charlotte (nee Willett) Money, of "Adderstone,"
Cleeve Hill, Gloucester, married 23 December 1905 in Bombay, India.
Educated Charterhouse and Woolwich. Obtained his commission 1900.Buried
in DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY, Tanzania. Plot 4. Row J. Grave 8.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1922:
MONEY
Charles Arthur Gilbert of Treble-hill Glasbury-on-Wye
Breconshire died 13 December 1916 at Kibata East Africa
Administration London 12 July to Madeline Louise
Charlotte Money widow.. Effects £576 11s. 1d.
Extract
from Morning Post - Saturday 4 November 1905, page 7:
The
marriage arranged between Lieutenant Charles Arthur Gilbert Money,
Indian Army, son of Colonel C. G. C. Money, C. B., and Madeline,
younger daughter of the late Lewis Wilmer Willett and of Mrs. Willett,
of 27, Palmeira-mansions, Hove, formerly of Adderston Hall, and
Allerburn, Northumberland, will take place in Bombay in December.
Extract
from Brecon County Times - Thursday 28 December 1916, page
8:
The
following notice of the career of the late Major C A G Money appeared
in the "Morning Post" of the 21st inst :—"Major
Charles Arthur Gilbert Money, Indian Army (killed in action on December
13th), was the only son of Colonel C G C Money, C.B., late 5th Fusiliers.
He was born in June, 1883, and was educated at Rokeby (Wimbledon),
Charterhouse (Junior and Senior Scholarships), and the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich. He obtained his commission in the Royal Garrison
Artillery in August, 1900, and when Lord Kitchener wanted additional
officers for the Indian reg iments, he was transferred to the Indian
Army, and posted to a famous battalion. When war broke out he was
on leave in England, and was retained to assist in training a Service
Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers. After a few months with that corps
he was ordered to France for service with the Indian Contingent.
He was twice wounded, and in October, 1915, was ordered to India
to command his Regimental Depot. In April, 1916, he left for another
theatre of war, and was temporarily in command of the battalion
with which he was serving at the capture of Dar-es-Salaam early
inSeptember."
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MOODY |
Rowland
Harry Mainwaring |
Captain,
2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 31st August
1914. Aged 39. Born 1 May 1875. Husband of Sybil Marie Moody (nee
Conway-Bishop), married the October to December Quarter 1910 in
St. George Hanover Square Registration District, London. In the
1881 census he was aged 5, born West Indies, son of John McDonaldmand
Isabella Moody, resident South Bank Lodge, 6, Holland Park Terrace,
Kensington, London & Middlesex. In the 1891 census he was aged
15, born West Indies, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse, L
Marshall, Sandy Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1901
census he was aged 25, born Lymington, Hampshire. a Builder's Clerk,
boarding at 16, Ernest Street, Kensington, London & Middlesex.
No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL,
Seine-et-Marne, France. See also Lord's
Cricket members World War 1 Memorial
From
the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1890:
Moody,
Rowland Harry Mainwaring. b. 1 May, 1875. (Daviesites); Left L.Q.,
1892.-Joined Royal Fusiliers, 1896; Lancashire Fusiliers, 1898;
Capt., 1900; served in S. African War, 1899-1901.
Capt. R. H. M. Moody, Junior U.S. Club, S.W.
Extract
from Particulars
of the following deaths were not received in time for inclusion
in WISDEN'S ALMANACK FOR 1915:--
CAPT.
ROWLAND HARRY MAINWARING MOODY (2nd Lancashire Fusiliers) fell in
the Battle of Cambrai on August 26, 1914, aged 39. He was not in
the Eleven whilst at Charterhouse, but joined the M.C.C. in 1906
and played frequently for the club. He served in the South African
War.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 1, page 273:
CAPTAIN
ROWLAND HARRY MAINWARING MOODY, 2nd BATTN. LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS,
who was reported wounded and missing after the Battle of Cambrai,
has since been reported as killed in that engagement on the 26th
August, 1914.
He was born on the 1st May, 1875, and was educated at Charterhouse.
In December, 1896, he joined the Royal Fusiliers from the Militia,
becoming Lieutenant in May, 1898, and being transferred in August
of the latter year to the Lancashire Fusiliers, in which Regiment
he was promoted Captain in October, 1900.
He took part in the South African War, being present at the relief
of Ladysmith, including operations on the Tugela Heights and action
at Pieter's Hill; at operations in Natal and in the Transvaal, and
received the Queen's medal with three clasps. From February, 1904,
to July, 1907, he was Adjutant of the 5th Battalion (Militia) Rifle
Brigade.
Captain Moody, who was a keen cricketer and frequently played in
the M.C.C., married, in 1910, Sybil Marie, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel
and Mrs. Conway Bishop, of Rutland Gate, London, S.W., and left
one son.
Extract
from The Queen - Saturday 30 April 1910, page 53:
Marriages
have been arranged between:
. . .
Capt.
Rowland Harry Mainwaring Moody, the Lancashire Fusiliers, only son
of Major-gen. Sir John Macdoanld Moody, of 29, Upper Berkeley-street,
and Sybil Marie, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Col. Conway Bishop, of
61, Rutland-gate.
Extract
from London Evening Standard - Monday 2 August 1915, page
8, and Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 4 August 1915, page
4:
FALLEN
OFFICERS.
Captain
Rowland Harry Mainwaring Moody, 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers,
previously reported wounded and missing, is now reported to have
been killed at the battle of Cambrai on August 26, 1914. He was
educated at Charterhouse, and joined the 5th Battalion of the Rifle
Brigade as second lieutenant on February 1904. He was adjutant to
the 5th Battalion Batt. Rifle Brigade from February, 1904, to July,
1907. A keen cricketer, Captain Moody frequently played for the
M.C.C. In the heavy lighting at Cambrai on August 26, Captain Moody's
courage and coolness were the subject of much comment in his regiment
at the roll-call in the evening. He was 39 years of age, and married
in October, 1910, Sybil Marie, daughter of Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs.
Conway Bishop, of 61, Rutland-gate. He leaves one son.
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MOORE |
Gerald
Alexander Clifford |
Lieutenant,
8th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died of wounds 11
July 1915 in Malta, (sustained at Gallipoli 28 June 1915). Aged
24. Born Glasgow 3 March 1892. Only son of Alexander and Jane Elizabeth
(nee Clifford) Moore, of Badgeworth Court, Cheltenham; husband of
Morgan (nee Montgomery) Moore. Accountant at Kerr, Andersons &
Macleod, Glasgow. Educated at, Charterhouse & Trinity, Cambridge.
He was wounded by Turkish grenade splinters at Battle of Gully Ravine.
The 1901 Scottish Census shows the Moore family (residing at 6 Lancaster
Crescent, Glasgow) the family consisted of; Alexander Moore (Chartered
Accountant, aged 45) and Jane E. Moore (aged 38) and their children,
Lorna C. (aged 12) and Gerald C. (aged 9). Lieutenant Moore is named
in the Scottish Roll of Honour in the Scottish National War Memorial,
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh; he is also named on the War Memorial
Plaques in the Charterhouse School Chapel, Godalming, Surrey. Buried
in PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY, Malta. Plot B. Row II. Grave 1. See
also Trinity
College, Cambridge
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of
Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Gerald Alexander
Clifford Moore:
MOORE
Gerald Alexander clifford of 2 Lancaster-crescent Glasgow
lieutenant in Scottish Rifles died 11 July 1915 at Malata Confirmation
of Hilda Esty Marsh spinster. Sealed London 30
October [1915].
From
the Charterhouse Register Vol 2, Oration Quarter 1905:
Moore,
Gerald Alexander Clifford. b. 3 March, 1892: only s. of A. moore,
of Glasgow, Chartered Accountant; (Verites); Shooting VIII, 1907,'08,'09,'10;
Capt., '09,'10; Left C.Q. 1910. Trin. Coll., Cambridge.
G.A.C.
Moore, Esq., 2, Lancaster Crescent, Glasgow, W. |
MORDAUNT-SMITH |
Lionel
St George |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Killed
in action between 15 May 1915 and 16 May 1915. Aged 19. Born 23
April 1896. Baptised 26 May 1896 in Newbold-On-Avon, Warwickshire,
resident Dover Lodge, Rugby. Son of Mrs. Ethel Blanche Mathew (formerly
Mordaunt-Smith), of Rose Cottage, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, and
the late Mordaunt Kirwin Mordaunt-Smith. No known grave. Commemorated
on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 16 and 17.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 2, page 433:
2nd
LIEUTENANT LIONEL ST. GEORGE MORDAUNT-SMITH, 2nd BATTN. ROYAL INNISKILLING
FUSILIERS, born at Dover Lodge, Rugby, on the 23rd April,
1896, was the eldest son of the late Mordaunt Kirwan Mordaunt -
Smith, Esq., and of Mrs. Mathew, of Milton Bank, Laugharne, Carmarthenahire.
He was a grandson of the late Rev. Theodosius Egerton W. Boughton-Leigh,
Vicar of Newbold-on-Avon, Warwickshire, and of the late Major Lionel
Seaton Smith, 54th Regiment.
Mr. Mordaunt-Smith was educated at Elstree School and at Charterhouse,
afterwards going to the R.M.C., Sandhurst. Passing out from the
latter, he was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers in October, 1914, and was attached to the 3rd Battalion
at Elrington Barracks, Londonderry. Three Weeks later he joined
the 2nd Battalion in France and remained with them until he was
killed at Festubert on the night of the 15th-16th May, 1915, while
gallantly leading his Platoon in the attack on the German trenches,
which he had almost reached when he fell.
The Officer Commanding the Battalion wrote: "He was a real
good soldier; the men of his Company were fond of him. He was a
brave fellow, and they are the ones unfortunately that get killed.
I can assure you that he is a great loss to me."
The Adjutant wrote: "I am very sorry to have to tell you that
your son L. Mordaunt-Smith was killed in the attack on the German
trenches on the 16th. He was a great friend of mine so I thought
I would write to you. It may be some consolation to you to know
that he fell a hero leading his Platoon, and not very far from the
enemy's position."
His Headmaster at Charterhouse wrote: "It was a real pleasure
to feel that he was 'coming out' steadily and to realise the warmheartedness
and loyalty that there was in his nature. I liked him, I believed
in him, and he seemed to understand and respond. I looked forward
to seeing him from time to time and keeping in touch with him. I
am sure the character he had developed was not wasted."
A Captain wrote: "I have spoken to a Sergt. of his Company
who saw him dead. He says he died instantaneously, and as far as
he knew, was hit low down in the stomach and thighs. He is a Sergt.
I can depend upon."
Extract
from Rugby Advertiser - Saturday 29 May 1915, page 5:
MORDAUNT-SMITH—Killed in action near Ypres,
on the 15th-16th May, 1915, a few days after his 19th birthday,
Second-Lieut. Lionel St. George Mordaunt-Smith, 2nd Battalion Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, eldest and very-dearly-loved son of Mrs.
Mathew, of Milton Bank, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, and the late
Mordaunt K. Mordaunt-Smith, and grandson of the late Rev. and Mrs
Theodosios Egerton Boughton W. Boughton- Leigh, Vicar of Newbold-on-Avon,
Warwickshire, and the late Major Lionel Seaton Smith, 54th Regiment.
Extract
from Western Mail - Monday 31 May 1915, page 6:
WEST WALES OFFICER KILLED.
Second-lieutenant
Lionel St. George Mordaunt-Smith, 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers,
who was killed in Flanders on May 15 or 16, a few days after his
nineteenth birthday, was the eldest son of the late Mr. Mordaunt
K. Mordaunt-Smith, and of Mrs. Mathew, of Milton Bank, Laugharne,
Carmarthenshire. He was born April 23, 1896, and was educated at
Elstree School and Charterhouse. From there he passed into Sandhurst
in January, 1914, and was gazetted to the 2nd Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers in October, 1914. Three weeks later he joined his battalion
in France, and remained with them until his death. |
MORRIS |
Norman
Preston |
Captain
(Admin Officer), Bude Air Station, Royal Air Force. Fractured his
skull and accidentally killed when struck by a falling branch from
a tree at Bude, Cornwall, 17 September 1918. Aged 42. Born 30 August
1876. Husband of Leslie Anne (nee Dixon) Morris, of Breezepoint,
Reigate, married July to September Quarter 1905 in Marylebone Registration
District, London; he is listed as being resident at the time of
his death at Langlord Hill, Markham Church, Surrey. In the 1881
census he was aged 4, born Streatham Hill, Surrey, son of Arthur
and Annie Morris, resident Leigham Court Road (Ashfield), Streatham,
Wandsworth, London & Surrey. In the 1891 census he was aged
14, born Surrey, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse, Revd W
F J Romans, Sandy Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1901
census he was aged 24, born Streatham, Surrey. a Hop Merchant, son
of Arthur and Anne Morris, resident Court Green, Leigham Court Road,
Streatham, Wandsworth, London & Surrey. Burial service at Reigate,
St Mary, 21 September 1918 buried in REIGATE CEMETERY, Surrey. Grave
reference I. 3885A. [Not listed on Trinity College,
Cambridge War memorial]
From
the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1890:
Morris,
Norman Preston. b. 30 Aug., 1876. (Pageites); Left C.Q., 1893. Trin.
Coll., Camb.; B.A.
N. P. Morris, Esq., New Oxford & Cambridge Club, S.W. |
MORRISON |
Norman
Walter |
Second
Lieutenant (Observer), 25th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Queen's
(Royal West Surrey Regiment) and General List. Killed during an
aerial Combat while flying in a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d, serial
number 4877, 14 April 1917, with Lt. H R Davies who was taken POW.
Aged 19. Birth registered in the October to December Quarter 1897
in Reigate Registration District, Surrey. Baptised 10 January 1898
in Reigate, St Mark, resident Theydon, Surrey. Son of Walter Granville
Morrison and Gertrude Frances Morrison, of Theydon, Reigate, Surrey.
In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Reigate, Surrey, son of Walter
G and Gertrude F Morrison, resident Theydon, Alma Road, Betchworth,
Reigate, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Reigate,
Surrey, a school boarder, resident Thomas Henry Gascoigne Welch's
Preparatory School, 64 Reigate Hill, Reigate, Surrey. No known grave.
Commemorated on ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Extract
from Surrey Mirror - Friday 20 April 1917, page 5:
REIGATE
AIRMAN KILLED.
We
regret to learn that information was received on Thursday morning
that Mr. Norman Walter Morrison, the Royal Flying Corps, eldest
son of Mr. Walter G. Morrison, of Theydon, Reigate, and the Royal
Exchange, has been killed in action in France. The deceased, who,
like his father, was old Carthusian, was only 19 last December,
and had given promise of a brilliant career. |
MOSS |
John
Miles |
Second
Lieutenant, 256th Mechanical Transport Company, Royal Army Service
Corps formerly Corporal 78201, Royal Engineers. Died on service
6 September 1915. Aged 25. Baptised 22 June 1890 in Windermere,
Westmoreland. Son of the Rev. John Miles Moss and Mary Ethel Moss,
of Helm, Windermere. In the 1891 census he was newborn, born Windemere,
Westmorland, son of John M and Mary Ethel Moss, resident Ellerthwaite,
Applethwaite, Kendal, Westmorland. In the 1901 census he was aged
10, born Windermere, Westmorland, son of evd. John M and Mary E
Moss, resident Helm, Bowness on Windermere, Kendal, Westmorland.
Buried in ETRETAT CHURCHYARD, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot I. Row
C. Grave 18. Also commemorated on St Johns Church Roll of Honour,
Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria and Windermere Cenotpah, Cumbria. |
MURPHY,
MC |
James
Keogh |
Staff
Surgeon, F.R.C.S., M.D., M.A. Born 12th September 1869; 1st son
of the Right Honourable Mr. Justice Murphy, husband of Mabel Murphy.
He was at Charterhouse [B] 1882 - 1888. He qualified in medicine
and in 1901 joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a Staff
Surgeon. During the Great War he served on ‘H.M.S. Vivid’ (Royal
Naval Barracks, Devonport). Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). In
the 1901 census he was aged 31, born Dublin, Ireland, a Doctor of
Medicine, husband of Mabel R K Murphy, resident 35, Princes Square,
Paddington, London & Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged
41, born 8, herbert Street, Dublin, a Consulting Surgeon, married,
resident 16, Pembridge Cresent, Notting Hill W., Kensington, London
& Middlesex. He died from cirrhosis of the liver on 13th September
1916. Buried 16 September 1916 in PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY
(formerly Plymouth Old Cemetery, Pennycomequick), Devon. Grave reference
Church S. 6. 2.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1882:
Murphy,
James Keogh. b. 12 Sept., 1869. (Bodeites); Senior Scholar; Science
Exhibitioner; Left C.Q., 1888. Exhibitioner of Caius Coll., Camb.;
1st Class, Nat. Science Tripos (Part I); M.A.- Demonstrator of Anatomy,
Cambridge University; M.D.; B.C.; F.R.C.S. (Eng.); Laurence Gold
Medallist & Scholar, & Demonstrator of Anatomy, St. Bartholomew's
Hospital; Fellow of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society.- A Founder
of the Deo Dante Dedi Lodge of Freemasons, 1901.
J. K. Murphy, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.S., St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
E.C.; 16, St. Petersburg Place, W.
Extract
from Daily News (London) - Wednesday 20 September 1916,
page 5:
SURGEON'S
DEATH.
Career of Staff-Surgeon James L Murphy. R.N.V.R.
Staff-Surgeon
James Keogh Murphy, R.N.V.R., whose name appears in the Roll
of Honour to-day, died at Plymouth, aged 47. He was the eldest
son of the late Mr. Justice Murphy, grandson on his mother's
side ot the late Mr. Justice Keogh, and he married in 1895 Miss
Mabel Roney, daughter of the late Mr. J. K. Schofield, of Kersal,
Manchester.
He
was educated at Charterhouse and Cambridge, and for three years
was demonstrator of anatomy to the University of Cambridge.
He afterwards became house physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital,
London. He was a noted consultant, and surgeon to the Miller
Hospital, Greenwich, and to the Paddington Green Children's
Hospital. He published a number medical works, and was general
medical editor to the Oxford University Press.
Extract
from Western Morning News - Monday 18 September 1916,
page 6:
LATE
STAFF-SURG. MURPHY, R.N.V.R.
FUNERAL AT PLYMOUTH.
The
funeral took place at Plymouth on Saturday, with navel honours,
of Staff-Surg. James Keogh Murphy, R.N.V.R., F.R.C.S., who for
some time had served at the R.N. Hospital, Stonehouse, and who
died there on Thursday. The first part of the service was held
at the Hospital Chapel, Rev. J. Julian Smith (hospital chaplain)
officiating. The hymn sung was, "When our heads are bowed
with woe. Among the congregation were a large number of the
hospital staff, the nurses, and convalescents. The mourners
were the widow, Mr. Harold I. Murphy (brother), Mrs. Endean,
Mr. John White, R. E. Sare (representing Messrs. Henry Frowde
and Hodder and Stoughton, with whom deceased was associated
for many years as editor of the Oxford Medical Publications),
and Mrs. C. W. Goff. The interment took place at Plymouth Cemetery.
A gun-carriage bearing the coffin, which was draped with the
Union Jack, and on which were the deceased officer's hat and
sword, was drawn by a party of bluejackets. Six officers of
the R.N.V.R. acted as pall-bearers, and members of the hospital
staff, carrying wreaths, followed. After the mourning coach
was further large number of the hospital staff, then a funeral
party from the R.N. Barracks, Devon port, in charge of Lieut.-Commandcr
J. H. Allen, and then surgeons from the medical staff of the
hospital, and other officers. Among the latter were Surg.-Gen.
W. H. Norman, Surg.-Gen. Turner, Deputy-Surg.-Gen. V. G. Thorpe,
Deputy-Surg.-Gen. W. W. Pryn, Maj. Blackman. R.M.L.I., and Mr.
R. G. Fuller (head wardmaster). The floral tributes included
beautiful wreaths from the medical officers' mess, the wardmasters,
1st stewards, 2nd stewards, attendants, probationers, the sick
berth reserve, R.N. Hospital, and Mr. P. McGuire, gunner, R.N.
("in remberance of Staff-Surg. K. Murphy, who saved my
life"), and J. E. Williams.
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