PACKE

Robert Christopher

Lieutenant (Pilot), 212 Squadron, R.A.F. Air Station (Great Yarmouth), Royal Air Force. Flying in a Sopwith F.1 Camel, serial number N6608, missing after crashing into sea during early morning patrol, drowned 21 June 1918. Born 17 January 1899. Aged 19. Born and raised on the Falkland Islands. Elder son of Vere and Winifred N. I. Packe, of Gelderston Hall, Beccles, Suffolk and Falkland Islands. No known grave. Commemorated on HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON, Hampshire.

PAGET

Francis Austin Elliott

Private SP/3498, 24th (Service) Battalion (2nd Sportman's), Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 31 July 1916. Born 7 August 1890 in Sturminster Newton, resident Sturminster, enlisted Dorchester. Educated at Durnford School, Langton Maltravers (Preparatory) and Charterhouse Schhool, Godalming, Surrey. In the 1891 census he was newborn, born Holt, Dorset, son of cecil george and Innes Elizabeth Paget, resident Holt Vicarage, Holt Wood, Wimborne Minster, Wimborne, Dorset. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born Holt, Dorset,m son of cecil G and innes E Paget, resident Holt Vicarage, Holt, Hinton Parva, Wimborne, Dorset. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Holt, Dorset, a Student, son of Cecil George and Innes Elizabeth Paget, resident Stock House, Sturminster Newton, Lydlinch, Dorset. Matriculatd 1909 Hertford College, Oxford University. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C, 9 A and 16 A. Also commemrated on Hertford College Memorial, Oxford University, Oxford.

Extract from Dublin Daily Express - Thursday 24 August 1916, page 1:

PAGET.—Killed in action on the 31st July, Francis Austin Elliott Paget, Private, Royal Fusiliers, eldest son of Rev. Cecil G. Paget and Mrs. Paget, Stock House, Struminster Newton, aged 25.

PAGET

George Godfrey Brandreth

Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 14 September 1914. Aged 23. Born 6 April 1891. Son of Charles Edward and Ethel Pilkington Paget, of Great Houghton House, Northamptonshire. Educated at Charterhouse. In he 1901 census he was aged 9, born Lancashire, son of Charles E and Ethel P Paget, resident Great Houghton House, Great Houghton, Hardingstone, Northamptonshire. Commissioned in Northamptonshire Militia, 1908, transferred to Regiment, Aug., 1914. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Eccles, Lancashire, a Student for the Army, boarding at School Schedule 40, 10, Eton House, Tonbridge, Tonbridge Urban, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne, France. Also commemorated on Great Houghton Illuminated Roll, Great Houghton, Northamptonshire.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice Volume 1, page 295-296:

LIEUTENANT GEORGE GODFREY BRANDRETH PAGET, 1st BATTALION NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT, was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Paget, of Great Houghton House, near Northampton, his grandfathers being the late Sir George Edward Paget, K.C.B., M.D., F.R.S., of Cambridge, and Canon William Harper Brandreth, M.A., Rector of Standish, Lancashire. He was a great-nephew of Sir James Paget, Bart. On his mother's side he was a nephew of Major-General Sir Alexander B. Tulloch, K.C.B., C.M.G., and Major-General F. W. Hemming, C.B., and a cousin of Admiral Sir Thomas Brandreth, K.C.B.

Lieutenant Paget was born on the 6th April, 1891, and was educated at a Preparatory School, St. Andrew's, Eastbourne, from 1901-05, and then at Charterhouse till 1908. His father and both his grandfathers were also educated at Charterhouse.

He entered the Northamptonshire Militia as 2nd Lieutenant in April, 1908, passing into the Special Reserve in July of that year. He was promoted Lieutenant in July, 1910, and in 1913 passed the Army Qualifying Examination, being gazetted as 2nd Lieutenant in the Northamptonshire Regiment (Regulars), to date from the 14th August, 1914.

He served with the 1st Battalion of his regiment, forming part of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division of the British Expeditionary Force, from the 7th August till he was killed on the 14th September, 1914, going through the Battles of Mons, the Marne, and the Aisne. The C.O. of his battalion wrote as follows to his father about Lieutenant Paget :—

"On the 14th September he was detached with his company 'B' from the rest of the battalion to occupy a certain position. The company was under the command of Captain White. There was a lot of very hard fighting that day, and 'B' Company joined with the Queen's Regiment in a flanking attack on the enemy's position. In this both the Queen's and our company had many casualties. It was in this flank attack that Godfrey was hit. I heard that night that he was missing, and from the evidence of men in his company we knew that he was wounded. His Captain (White), was also missing (we have reason to believe he was also killed), and most of the N.C.O.'s were killed or wounded. Two or three days later—I think on the 17th—when we had more hard fighting, an officer of the Coldstream Guards brought in letters addressed to your son, which he said had been taken from the pocket of an officer in the Northamptonshire, who was some distance in front of our trenches, and who was dead. These letters were put aside by an officer to be sent to you, but I fear in the confusion due to the fighting they have been mislaid. (This officer was wounded later, but subsequently sent the letters, which fully established the identity of G. G. B. Paget.) The fact of these letters being brought in forced us reluctantly to come to the conclusion that your boy was killed. His body has not been found, nor has his identity disc been brought in. The position where White and Godfrey got with their company is some distance ahead of the trenches we now occupy, and midway between ourselves and the Germans, so that it is impossible to get out to search the ground for those who are missing—the German fire will not allow us to do so. (Unfortunately the Northampton were moved from the trenches along the Chemin des Dames, some four or five miles north-east of Paissy, on the 18th October, 1914, to go to Northern France. The French forces took their place. It is pretty certain that the German trench where G. G. B. Paget was killed has not yet been taken [7th June, 1915]. There is no knowledge of his having even been buried.) You should have had notice from the War Office that it was practically certain that your son was killed. The report we first sent was that he was missing and wounded. This we followed up with a second report to War Office saying that' Lieutenant Paget, previously reported missing, was killed.' . . . May I offer you and your wife my deepest sympathy ? I know what a blow the loss of your son will be to both of you. He was a most gallant chap, and when we were doing some of our long marches he stuck to it so well, even when he was not feeling very fit. We were all very fond of him."

A Captain of the 3rd Battalion, himself since killed, gave the following account: "Poor Godfrey was killed in action on the 14th September. His company were attacking under a very heavy shell fire and rifle fire also. They had just halted in a bit of a dip, where they were out of rifle fire. He moved forward to see if they could go on when he was hit. The men of his platoon say he didn't seem to mind the lead that was flying round, and was urging them on all the time."

The Adjutant wrote to his mother: "There are some consolations for you. You know he died doing his duty, and that his name will be handed down to posterity, amongst the others of the regiment, as being one who assisted to uphold the glorious traditions of our regiment, and who emulated the deeds of times gone by." He was hit twice before being killed. His men had followed him, and were fighting hand to hand with the Germans before the retirement was ordered. The loss of the company was most severe, very few returning.

PALMER

George Herbert Cecil

[Not listed on CWGC] Captain, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Died of wounds 1 February 1924 from wounds received at Wieltye near Ypres on 24 April 1915. Born 15 September 1887. Aged 36.

PARISH, DSO, MC

Francis Woodbine

[Not listed on CWGC] Lieutenant, King's Royal Rifle Corps seconded as A.D.C. (Extra) To Rt. Hon. Viscount Gladstone, Govenor General and Commander-in-Chief, Union of South Africa. A head wound, sustained on the Somme in 1916, probably contributed to his death from meningitis 13 October 1921 in at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada. Born 20 May 1884 in Russian Federation. In the 1891 census he was aged 6, born Russia, son of Charles W and Helen J Parish, resident Ennismore Gardens, Westminster, St George Hanover Square, London & Middlesex. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born Russia, a Student Boarder, resident Parkside Private School, Kingston Road, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey. Married Dorothy Mary Catherine Drew in April to June Quarter 1912 in St. George Hanover Square Registration District, London. Went to France 17 March 1915. In 1921 he was resident Bethnal Green, London & Middlesex. Buried 8 November 1921 in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. See biography from the Flintshire War Memorial

Extract from the Distinguished Service Order 1916-1923, page 318:

PARISH, F.W. (D.S.O. L.G.26.7.18); b.20.5.84; 2nd Lt., K.R.R.C. 3.8.04; Lt. 13.2.08; Capt. 3.11.14; Maj. 11.7.18. He died 123.10.21; M.C.

Extract from the Distinguished Service Order 1916-1923, page 110:

PARISH, FRANCIS WOODBINE, M.C., Capt. (Acting Lieut.-Colonel), King's Royal Rifle Corps. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the line was forced back this officer, collecting all the available men, led three counter-attacks, restoring the situation, and then, moving about exposed to intense fire, calmly reorganized the battalion.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1898:

PARTRIDGE, Croix de Guerre (France)

Richard Crawshay Bailey

Captain, Shropshire Yeomanry. Killed in action 28 September 1918. Aged 42. Born 3 Arpil 1876. Son of William Bailey Partridge and Mary F. E. Partridge, of Bacton, Herefordshire. Awarded the Croix de Guerre (France). Buried in BEAUMETZ CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, BEAUMETZ-LES-CAMBRAI, Pas de Calais, France. Row F. Grave 10.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1890:

Extract from Western Mail - Saturday 5 October 1918, page 5:

CAPT. BAILEY PARTRIDGE FALLS IN ACTION.

The death has occurred in action of Capt, Richard Crawshay Bailey Partridge, chairman of Partridge, Jones, and Co., a great coal-owning concern in Monmouthshire, a gentleman who bore a name very familiar in that county in years gone by. He was 53 years of age, and lived at Bacton, Herefordshire. Having served in the South African war as a Volunteer, he came forward again when the present war began, and joined the Shropshire Yeomanry, but was later transferred line regiment which was going to the front earlier. Capt. Partridge had won the M.C. and the Croix do Guerre. He was a bachelor and a keen sportsman. A good judge of horses, he also kept his own pack of hounds.

PATTERSON

Alan

Captain, 71st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 14 March 1916. Aged 30. Baptised 20 April 1886 in Deal, St. Andrew, son of Rpbert and Esther Beatrice Patterson. Son of the Rev. Robert Patterson, M.A. and Beatrice Patterson, of Deal; husband of Nan Patterson, of 30, Clarence Rd., Walmer, Kent. In the 1901 census he was aged 15, born Deal, Kent, a student baorder, resident Hindhead Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 25, born Deal, Kent, unmarried, serving soldier, Lieutenant, 98th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, billetted at Roberts Heights, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Buried in FOSSE 7 MILITARY CEMETERY (QUALITY STREET), MAZINGARBE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row G. Grave 2.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1899:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

PATTERSON Alan of Church Path Deal captain Royal Field Artillery died 14 March 1916 at Vermelles in France killed while serving with the British Expeditionary Force Probate Canterbury 27 June to Agnes Ramsay Patterson widow and Beatrice Patterson spinster. Effects £239 2s. 11d.

Below are a few of the many newspaper articles about him:

Extract from Sporting Chronicle - Thursday 13 January 1916, page 2:

Captain Alan Patterson, of the Royal Field Artillery, after serving in South Africa and India, is now with his battery "somewhere in France." Members of the Salford Harriers and London AC., of which former club Patterson is "first claim," will be glad to learn that up to a few days ago the ex-A.A.A. and Army quarter-mile champion was all right, though he has had at least two narrow shaves.

Extract from Dumfries and Galloway Standard - Wednesday 22 March 1916, page 3:

CASUALTIES.
CAPTAIN ALAN PATTERSON KILLED

Official intimation has been received by Mr Sibbald, Craiggowan, Lockerbie, that his son-in-law, Captain Alan Patterson, 71st Brigade Royal Field Artillery, was killed action in France the 14th inst. Captain Patterson was the son of the Rev. Robert Patterson, The Rectory, Deal, Kent, and was married at the Garrison, St Thomas’s Mount, Madras, to Nan, second daughter of Mr Sibbald, on 23d July, 1913. Captain Patterson arrived in this country in the spring last year, and went on active service in France in July. He was educated at Charterhouse and Sandhurst, and was a most successful athlete. Mrs Patterson has received a telegram from Buckingham Palace, sympathising with her in her sorrow.

Extract from Globe - Thursday 23 March 1916, page 6, and Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 24 March 1916, page 6:

Among those reported killed in last night’s casualty list was Captain Alan Patterson (R.F.A.), one of the most prominent Army athletes of recent years. In 1905 he won the 880 yards in 2min. 4 4-5sec., and was second in the 100 yards and 440. He again won the half-mile in 1906, when he was also successful in the 440 and second in the 100. The following year he won the 100 in 11sec., the 440 in 52 2-5sec., and the 880 in 2min. 6 4-5sec. Subsequently he won four Army championships—the half in 1908 and 1909, and the half and quarter in 1911.

Extract from Deal, Walmer & Sandwich Mercury - Saturday 25 March 1916, page 5:

Death of C apt. Alan Patterson.
A CAPABLE OFFICER AND FINE ATHLETE.

Throughout the Rural Deanery of Sandwich and particularly in Deal, the sorrow which has befallen our beloved Rural Dean and his family in the loss of his son, Capt. Alan Patterson, R.F.A., killed while serving with his battery in Flanders, on the 14th inst., evokes sincerest sympathy. A splendid athlete and a capable officer, beloved by his men, his death only two days after he had reached his 30th birthday, is much to be deplored.

Capt. Patterson was born at Deal on the 12th March, 1886, his father being then Rector of St. Andrew's. He was educated at the Charterhouse, Godalming, where he was a junior scholar. Here his prowess in athletics, so evident in his after career, began to be evident. Passing into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1905, he continued to take a very active part in athletic pursuits, being particularly successful as a runner, and in the contest between Sandhurst & Woolwich, he helped to bring victory to Woolwich 1905-6-7. While at the R.M.A. he won the challenge bugle for most points in the Woolwich sports. Obtaining his commission in 1907, the young officer was stationed with the R.F.A. at Sheffield, and there ran with the Sheffield Harriers’, and won numerous trophies at athletic contests. For several successive years he held army championship in running, winning the officers’ quarter-mile and half-mile, and the Army half-mile. He held the championship for Kent in 1910. He was one of the Olympic team which represented this country at Stockholm in 1912, and on his return took part in the Army sports at Aldershot, winning three events in one day—the quarter and half-mile championships and the officers 100 yards. While stationed with his battery in South Africa, in 1911, Capt. Patterson held the quarter-mile championship there. From South Africa he went to Madras, returning to England in 1914 to train gunners for the war. For some time he had been in Flanders, being for some months in a position of great danger, where two of his subalterns were recently killed.

TWICE RECOMMENDED FOR THE D.S.O.

The circumstances of his own sad death are given in the following extract from a letter received by his widow from his Colonel: —

“It is with the very greatest sorrow I am writing to tell you that your husband was killed this morning at a quarter to 12. The Germans were shelling two of my batteries which are about 500 yards on the left of — Battery very heavily all morning, but had not put a shell near¬— for two or three hours. Your husband was walking across from one of his gun pits to his mess when a single stray shell burst near him and a piece hit him on the top of his head, killing him practically instantaneously— a subaltern attached to — for a few days' instruction, was walking with him at the time, but most fortunately escaped with a mere scratch on his eye. I have just come back from his funeral at —; such a peaceful moonlight night! The service was taken by a clergyman called —. Your husband breakfasted with me last Sunday after attending Holy Communion . . . . . He had done such excellent work out here with his battery, and only the other day I had recommended him for a D.S.O. I also sent in his name after the Loos attack in September. We shall all miss him most dreadfully . . . . With most sincere sympathy from myseIf and all the officers of the Brigade, —Believe me, yours sincerely —.”

A brother officer wrote: —

“You not only have the sympathy of the officers in the battery, but of all the men as well for we were all awfully fond of him.”

And one of the sergeants paid this tribute:

“I need hardly tell you how sorry I am myself at the loss of one of my best officers. He was liked and respected by all.”

A spontaneous testimony to the regard in which Capt. Patterson was held by his men was recently received in a somewhat remarkable way. A Weymouth lady who has a friend in Deal, when visiting a hospital at Weymouth was interested in a conversation with a wounded Field Artilleryman, who quite unaware that the lady with whom he was talking had any knowledge of Deal, spoke in very warm terms of his officer.

Writing to her friend in Deal, the lady said: —

“One of the men I talked to for a long time suddenly mentioned his leader, a certain Capt. Alan Patterson, and said how splendid he was, and that he would follow him anywhere, as he took such care of his men, and never exposed them unnecessarily, and was altogether ‘a real good one.' I wondered if it could be Alan Patterson I had met some time ago at Deal. I described him and then asked the man if he knew whether his officer's father was a clergyman at Deal. He got quite excited and said 'Yes, because I have posted his letters for him a many a time!’ Wasn't it strange? . . . . . The man could not speak highly enough of him as a leader.”

Capt. Patterson leaves a widow and two children, with whom much sympathy is expressed. The very real regard in which the Rev. R. and Mrs. Patterson have been so long held in Deal, makes the expression of sympathy with them and their family in the loss of this much loved son no mere conventionality but the expression of a very widely shared and genuine feeling. Another of the Rector’s sons, Capt. John Patterson, is serving in the R.G.A.

Extract from Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 25 March 1916, page 11:

ATHLETICS.
CAPTAIN ALAN PATTERSON AND SHEFFIELD CONNECTIONS.

Sheffield athletes would learn with deep regret of the death of Captain Patterson, of the R.F.A., who was killed in action. Captain Patterson was formerly member of the Sheffield United Harriers, and was stationed at Hillsborough Barracks 1907-8. Although he had previously been successful in Army Championships, it was not until he came to Sheffield that he took part in open amateur athletics.

Whilst here he trained on the Wednesday Football Ground, and Paul Frith, who was in charge at that time, saw the great possibilities in this young subaltern. Frith dropped the hint to some Sheffield sportsmen, who were very successful in providing the tape-breaker for a certain big handicap in Scotland, but Mr. Patterson politely declined to avail himself of the blue ribbon of the professional world.

Patterson commenced to win open amateur events at the Good Friday meeting at Liverpool, in 1908, when he carried the 100 yards and 220 yards with the greatest ease. The following day he won the 440 yards at the Salford Harriers’ sports, and went along to Goole on Easter Monday, and again won the sprint and furlong. He was penalised in the usual way, but, to the surprise ot the handicapper who allotted his start for the next race, complained having too much start!

From these successes Patterson went into scratch events, and on leaving Sheffield joined the Salford Harriers, and with the “turkey reds” he did very well in relay races, usually running the quarter-mile for them. The quarter proved his best distance, and after a trying dead heat with L. J. de Reed, he won the 440 yards English Championship in 1909 at Stamford Bridge.

Military duties then took him out to India, and it was not until 1912 that he returned to Europe and prepared for the Olympic Games. He, however, could not reach his previous form, and failed to get the support of the Selection Committee.

The quarter-mile champions have been very unfortunate in the present war, for Captain Halswell, the champion 1908, was killed at Neuve Chapelle; C. N. Seedhouse, champion for 1912 and 1914, was badly wounded a few days ago. After putting out of action two Fokker aeroplanes, he piloted his observer from 20 miles beyond the German lines into safety, and received a great ovation from the whole Corps.

PAULL

Bryan Dolphin

[Second Lieutenant on SDGW] Captain, Royal Irish Rfiles attached 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 30 September 1916. Aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Paull, of Babington Park, Bath. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born redhill, Surrey, son of Allen and Annie Paull, resident Durfold, Doods Park Road, Betchworth, Reigate, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Redhill, Surrey, a school boarder, resident Laleham Hurtmore Road, Godalming, Surrey. Buried in BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD, Somme, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 9. Also commemorated in Burgh Heath War Memorial Hall, Burgh Heath, Surrey.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

PAULL Bryan Dolphin of Tadorne Tadworth Surrey captain 8th battalion East Surrey regiment died 3o September 1916 at Thiepval France on active service Administration London 1 December to Allen Paull retired stockbroker.
Effects £241 10s.

Extract from Surrey Mirror - Tuesday 10 October 1916, page 2:

ROLL HONOUR.

PAULL.—Killed in action, on Sept. 30th. Capt.. Bryan Paull, East Surrey Regiment, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Paull, of Tadworth aged 19.

Extract from Belfast News-Letter - Wednesday 11 October 1916, page 8:

CAPTAIN BRYAN D. PAULL, Royal Irish Rifles (attached East Surrey Regiment), killed in action, was 19 years of age, and was the only son of Mrs. Allen Paull, Tadorne, Tadworth, Surrey. He was all-round athlete, and obtained his colours for football at Charterhouse, where he was also a member of the Cadet Corps. Joining the Army at the close of 1914, he was gazetted first-lieutenant in the following February, and captain in April of that year. He was the youngest captain in his battalion when it proceeded to the front, and in January last he was nominated for a permanent commission in the Regular Army, being gazetted to the Royal Irish Rifles, but directed to remain until further orders with the East Surreys, with whom he had spent the winter in the trenches. On one occasion, when his company was attacked by a strong enemy force, he led the remainder of his men in a successful counter-attack. He was killed on 30th ult. in leading his company in an attack on an enemy trench, all the officers of his company being either killed or wounded.

PEACHE, DSO

William Wynter

Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. Died at Malta on service 3 December 1914. Aged 24. Born 10 October 1890 at Thames Ditton, Surrey. Baptised 26 January 1891 in Thames Ditton, St Nicholas, Surrey. Son of James Courthope Peache and Marion Agnes Peache (nee Gibbon), of Thorpe, Haywards Heath, Sussex. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). In the 1891 census he was newborn. born Thames Ditton, Surrey, son of James C and Marion A Peache, resident Portsmouth Road, Thames Ditton, Kingston, Surrey. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born Thames Ditton, Surrey, a Student Boarder, resident Private School, High Street, Rottingdean, Lewes, Sussex. Buried in TA-BRAXIA CEMETERY, Malta. Plot IV. Grave 27. Also commemorated on Haywards Heath Memorial, West Sussex.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

PEACHE William Wynter of Valetta Malta died 3 December 1914 at Auberge de Castile Valetta Administration London 11 May to James Courthope Peache esquire.
Effects £783 12s.

Extract from Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 14 July 1914, page 8:

PEAKE, MiD

Cecil Gerald Wyatt

Captain, "D" Company, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 10 March 1915. Aged 23. Born 21 November 1891 in Sleaford. Baptised in Sleaford 5 january 1892. Son of Henry Arthur and Alice Anne Peake, of 1, Rectory Place, Guildford. Born at Sleaford. His brothers Henry and Kenneth also fell (see below). In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Sleaford, son of Henry A and Alice A Peake, resident Westholme, Northgate, Sleaford, New Sleaford, Lincolnshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Sleaford, Lncolnshire, visiting at Pinehurst, Sycamore Road, Farnborough, Hampshire. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried in RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 4. Also commemorated on the Sleaford War Memorial, Lincolnshire, and Sleaford St Denys Memorial, Lincolnshire.

Extract from Du Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, Part 1, Page 283:

PEAKE, CECIL GERALD WYATT, Capt., 2nd Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 2nd s. of Henry Arthur Peake, of Westholme, Sleaford, co. Lincoln, Solicitor, by his wife, Alice Anne, dau. of the Rev. John I. Penford Wyatt; b. Sleaford, 21 Nov. 1891; educ. Aysgarth School, Charterhouse, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge [sic]; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Lincolnshire Regt., 19 Jan. 1912; promoted Lieut. 28 May, 1913, and Capt 21 Dec. 1914; served in Bermuda, Dec. 1913, to Sept. 1914, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 8 Nov. 1914 to March, 1915, on which date he was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, being among the first of the Lincolnshires to enter the enemy's trenches; unm. Buried in an orchard at Masselot. Capt. Peake was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. While at Oxford he gained his oar for rowing, and also took a 2nd in Law for his B.A . degree.

PEAKE

Colin

Lieutenant, Leicestershire Yeomanry. Killed 13 May 1915. Aged 25. Son of Ronald and Florence Rebecca Peake, of Howard House, Ashtead, Surrey.. Buried in OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VIII. Row G. Grave 3.

Extract from Du Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, Part 1, Page 283:

PEAKE, COLIN, Lieut., Liecestershire Yeomanry (T.F.), elder s. of Ronald Peake, of Howard House, Ashtead, co. Surrey, Solicitor, by his wife, Florence, dau. of the late Edward Adams; b. Ashtead, 28 Sept. 1889; educ. Fonthill, East Grinstead, and Charterhouse; admitted a Solicitor in 1913; joined the Leicestershire Yeomanry as 2nd Lieut., 23 April. 1909, being promoted Lieut., 1 April, 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with his regt. in Nov.; took part in the fighting in France and Flanders, during the winter of 1914-15, and was killed in action in an advance trench near Ypres, 13 May, 1915; unm.

Extract from Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 18 December 1914, page 6:

THE CASUALTIES.
KILLED
LIEUT. C. PEAKE.

Lieutenant Colin Peake, Leicestershire Yeomanry, who was educated at Fonthill and Charterhouse, joined the Leicestershire Yeomanry in 1909, and was promoted lieutenant in 1911. He was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Peake, of Howard House, Ashstead, Surrey, and was admitted a solicitor in 1913. He was killed on May 13th.

Extract from Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser - Saturday 22 May 1915, page 8:

LEATHERHEAD AND THE WAR
LOCAL MEN KILLED IN ACTION

Lieut. Colin Peake, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Peake, of Howard House, AShtead, was killed in action near Ypres on May 13th. Lieut. Peake was 25 years of age and was educated at Fonthill and Charterhouse. He joined the Leicestershire Yeomanry in 1909 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1911. He was admitted a solicitor in 1913, and on the outbreak of the war in August last he joined his regiment.

PEAKE

Henry Arthur Wyatt

Captain, 3rd Battalion attached 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 3 July 1916. Aged 25. Baptised 12 December 1890 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Son of Henry Arthur and Alice Anne Peake, of Westholme, Sleaford. Joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Aug., 1914. Wounded June, 1915. His brothers Cecil (above) and Kenneth (below) also fell. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born Sleaford, son of Henry A and Alice A Peake, resident Westholme, Northgate, Sleaford, New Sleaford, Lincolnshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Sleaford, visiting at Pinehurst, Sycamore Road, Farnborough, Hampshire. No kinown grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 D. Also commemorated on the Sleaford War Memorial, Lincolnshire, and Sleaford St Denys Memorial, Lincolnshire.

Extract from Du Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, Part 2, Page 246:

PEAKE, HENRY ARTHUR WYATT, Capt., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. The Essex Regt., eldest s. of Henry Arthur Peake, of Westholme, Sleaford, Solicitor, by his wife, Alice Anne, dau. of the Rev. John I. Penfold Wyatt, of Hawley Vicarage; and brother to Capt. C. G. W. Peake (see Vol. I., p. 283), and Lieut. K. J. W. Peake (q.v.); b. Sleaford, co. Lincoln, 5 Nov. 1890; educ. Rottingdean; Charterhouse, and Oriel College, Oxford; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. 4 Aug. 1914, the day war was declared, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. Essex Regt. on the 15th of that month; promoted Lieut. and Capt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action between Albert and Ovilliers July, 1916. Buried behind the wire 5,000 yards north-east of Albert and one and three-quarter miles south-west of Pozières.

Extract from Sleaford Gazette - Saturday 28 October 1916, page 2:

DEATHS

PEAKE.—Captain Henry Arthur Wyatt Peaks, 3rd Essex Regt., beloved eldest eon of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Peake, Westholme, Sleaford, reported "missing" July 3rd, 1916, in France, now officially reported killed in action on that date, aged 25.

PEAKE

Kenneth John Wyatt

Lieutenant Kenneth John Wyatt Peake © IWM (HU 116752)

Lieutenant, "D" Company, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 9 August 1915. Aged 22. Baptised 27 April 1893 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Son of Henry Arthur and Alice Anne Peake, of Westholme, Sleaford. His brothers Henry and Cecil also fell (see above). In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Sleaford, son of Henry A and Alice A Peake, resident Westholme, Northgate, Sleaford, New Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Matriculated 1912 Oriel College, Oxford University. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 45 to 47. Also commemorated on the Sleaford War Memorial, Lincolnshire, and Sleaford St Denys Memorial, Lincolnshire.

Extract from Du Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, Part 2, Page 246:

PEAKE, KENNETH JOHN WYATT, Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. The Lincolnshire Regt., 3rd s. of Henry Arthur Peake, of Westholme, Sleaford, co. Lincoln, Solicitor, by his wife, Alice Anne, dau. of the Rev. John Ingram Penfold Wyatt; and brother to Capt. C. G. W. Peake, 2nd Lincolnshire Regt., killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 10 March, 1915 (see Vol. I., p. 283), and to Capt. Henry A. W. Peake (q.v.); b. Sleaford, co. Lincoln, 25 March, 1893; educ. Rottingdean; Charterhouse, and Oriel College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th Lincoln& from the Oxford University O.T.C. in Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 10 Dec. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles; was reported wounded and missing after the landing at Suvla Bay 9 Aug. 1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day. At Oxford he stroked the Oriel Boat, May, 1914, which made Ave bumps, and he thus gained his oar.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

PEAKE Kenneth John Wyatt of Sleaford Lincolnshire died 9 August 1915 at Suvla Bay Turkey Administration London 27 June to Henry Arthur Peake solicitor.
Effects £200 14s. 10d.

Extract from Sleaford Gazette - Saturday 28 October 1916, page 2:

DEATHS

PEAKE.—Lieut. Kenneth John Wyatt Peake, 6th Lincs. Regt. beloved third son of Mr. and Mrs. Peake, reported "wounded and missing" August 9th, 1915, at Suvla Bay, now officially presumed killed on that date, aged 24.

PEAKE, CMG, MiD

Malcolm

PEARCE

Robert Swayne

Second Lieutenant Robert Swayne Pearce © IWM (HU 116765)

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 9 May 1915. Aged 20. Born 20 August 1895. Son of Sir Edward C. Pearce and Lady Pearce. Joined the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers as an apprentice to Percy Saxton 1910, son of Edward Charles Pearce of Shanghai China, and 40, Hyde Park Gate Kensington. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Shanghai, China, at school, newphew of Harold Edmund and Alice Warne, resident 22, Primrose Hill Road N.W., Hampstead, London & Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 10. Also listed on the Trinity College War Memorial, Cambridge.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

PEARCE Robert Swayne of 5 Fitzalan-road Church End Finchley Middlesex died on or since 9 May 1915 in France or Belgium Administration (limited) London 23 November to Horace Gildon Harwood solicitor the attorney of Edward Charles Pearce. Effects £139 2s. 3d.

PEARCE-GOULD

Alfred Leslie

Surgeon Lieutenant, Royal Navy attached 1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Killed instantly by 77mm shell whilst standing outside sick bay at Mesnil, Ancre, France, 19 May 1918. Aged 31. Born 6 May 1887. Son of Sir Alfred Pearce Gould, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., and Lady Pearce Gould, of London; M.D. Oxon., F.R.C.S. England. Educated Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey; Matriculated 1905, Christ Church College, Oxford, B.A. in Natural Science (1st class) in 1910, M.A., M.B., and B.Ch. in 1913; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. London in 1913, and the F.R.C.S. in 1916 University College Hospital, London. Buried in FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot 4. Row D. Grave 4. Also commemorated on Holne War Memorial, Devon and Christ Church College War memorial, oxford University.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1900:

Extract from the booklet A History of Holne:

Alfred Leslie Pearce-Gould's father Sir Alfred Pearce-Gould was one of this Country's great surgeons. In 1902 he rented Holne Cottage from the Dawson's and for fourteen years he used it as a retreat from the pressure of his work in London. He came to Holne every Christmas and gave a party for the children with a Christmas tree. When War broke out he was appointed Officer in Command (and Senior Surgeon) of the 3rd London Hospital at Wandsworth. This was a hospital with 1,000 beds. It had a reputation for the kindness of its staff and the absence of red tape.

PEARSON

Stephen Hetley

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards formerly 28/753, 28th (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers and T.R.5/40960, 80th Training Reserve Battalion. Killed in action 1 December 1917. Aged 35. Born 30 June 1882 in Beeston, Notts. Baptised 13 August 1882 in Attenborough, St Mary the Virgin, Nottinghamshire, resident Beeston, Notitnghamshire. Resident The Limes, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire. Son of the late Henry John Pearson of Bramcote, Notts, and of Laura Kate Pearson, of 109, Ashley Gardens, Westminster, London. In the 1891 census he was aged 8, born Beeston, Nottinghamshire, son of Henry J and Laura K Pearson, resident White House, Town Street, Bramcote, Shardlow, Nottinghamshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 18, born Beeston, Nottinghamshire, an Articled chartered accountant, son of Henry John and Laura K Pearson, resident The White House, Town Street, Bramcote, Shardlow, Nottinghamshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 28, born Beeston, Nottinghamshire, a Director of Engineering Limited Company, son of Henry John and Laura Kate Pearson, resident Bramcote, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Gazetted 19 December 1916 to Second Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards [Supplement to London Gazette 15 January 1917, page 577]. Enlisted 28th (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 9 December 1915 at Beeston, Nottinghamshire, aged 33 years 5 months, a Director at Beeston Foundry Company, single, resident The Limes, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, height 6 feet 4 inches, chest 36½-39 inches, next of kin Louisa Kate Pearson, 109 Ashley Gardens, Westminster, London, Buried in VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 6. See also Nottinghamshire County Council - Roll of Honour

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1896:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

PEARSON Stephen Hetley of The Limes Chilwell Nottinghamshire second-lieutenant H.M. Army died 1 December 1917 in France Probate Nottingham 27- February to George Thornton Simpson solicitor. Effects £31302 1s. 5d.

LIEUT. HETLEY PEARSON
A WELL KNOWN BEESTON OFFICER KILLED IN 'ACTION

The Boys' Brigade and the Lads' Club at BeestOn have been closely associated with Mr. Stephen Hetley Pearson, who was recognised as founder and generous supporter. Ten years ago the club came into existence with modest pretensions, but after a lapse of five years extenions and developments were begun under Mr. Hetley Pearson's supervision and organisation, with the result that the Brigade and Club now possesses a splendid establishment as headquarters for instruction and recreation.

The club has been the prime object in Mr. Hetley Pearson's public work. It was with the deepest regret that the news was received that he was killed on December 1 whilst leading his men into action. The deceased joined the colours about 18 months ago, and was transferred to the Grenadier Guards six months back, when he went out to the Front.

At the outbreak of war there were 200 old boys of military age associated with the Besston Lads' Club and Brigade, of which Mr. Pearson was captain. There are not more than 20 who have not donned the khaki uniform. Lieut. Pearson is the 29th club member who has made the supreme sacrifice, whilst there are 157 old boys in the fighting line, and 11 in hospital.

Lieut. Hetley Pearson, who was unmarried, was a son of the late Mr. Henry Pearson, a founder of the Beeston Foundry Company, and was a nephew of Mr. Louis Pearson.

WILLS.

Second-Lieutenant Stephen Hetley Pearson, Grenadier Guards, of Chilwell, who was killed in action, left £31,302 gross an £21,398 net, including £10,000 to his executor in trust to apply the income in payment of current expenses for the Beeston Lads’ Club while carried on for the mental and physical benefit of boys.

PEEL, DSO, MC, MiD

Home

Captain (Brigade Major) Home Peel © Lives of the First World War

Captain (Brigade Major), 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 24 March 1918. Born 30 June 1884. Son of William Charles and Augusta Peel, of 'Fairview', Sunninghill; married Kary G Emmott April to June Quarter 1913 in St. George Hanover Square Registration District, London. His sister Chauffeuse Helen Maud Peel, Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), also died. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) and Military Cross (M.C.), three times Mentoned in Despatches. In the 1911 census he was aged 26, born Durban, South Africa, a Civil servant, junior clerk at India Office and Assistant Private Secretary to rhe Secretary of State for India, a boarder at The Hotel Metropole, King's Road, Brighton, Sussex. He was was Acting Lieutenant Colonel and so in charge of the whole of the 1st/8th Battalion but relinquished this temporary commission due to an attack of scarlet fever. Buried in GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS, Somme, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 8.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1897:

Peel, Home. b. 30 June, 1884. (Verites); Junior & Senior Scholar; Left C.Q., 1901.

H. Peel, Esq., Fair View, Sunninghill, Berkshire.

Extract from the Distinguished Service Order 1916-1923, page 320:

PEEL, H. (D.S.O. L.G. 1.1.18), Capt. (Brig.-Major, 8th (City of London Batt.) The London Rgt. (Post Office Rifles); M.C. He was killed in action 24.3.18.

PEILE

James Alexander Haldane

[Not listed on CWGC] Captain, Royal Field Artillery. Died in Glasgow 6 March 1918. Born 15 April 1869 in Kilmaronock, Dunbartonshire, Scotland or Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Son of Horatio Renaud Babington Peile and Helen Haldane. Married Constance Jane Keeling at St Mark, Surbiton, Surrey, 1 February 1899. In the 1871 census he was aged 1, born Midlothian, Scotland, son of Horatio R B and Helen Peile, resident Catter House, Kilmaronock, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. In the 1901 census he was aged 31, born Scotland, a Chartered accountant, married to Constance J Peile, resident Whinfield, Fairmile, Village, Cobbam, Epsom, Surrey.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1883:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

PEILE James Alexander Haldane of 3 Camphill-avenue Langside Glasgow died 6 March 1918 Confirmation of Herbert William Haldane chartered accountant Francis Grove Haldane writer to the signet and Henry Chicheley Haldane solicitor.
Sealed London 31 August.

PELHAM

The Hon. Herbert Lyttelton

PELLY

Hubert Richard

Lieutenant, 1st/7th Battalion (Territorial), Essex Regiment. Killed in action 9 October 1915. Aged 20. Son of Edmund Neville Pelly and E. Mary Pelly, of Witham Lodge, Witham, Essex. His brothers John Noel Pelly and Edmund Godfrey Pelly fell in the 1939-45 War. Buried in 7TH FIELD AMBULANCE CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot IV. Row B. Grave 2. Also listed on the Witham Memorial, Essex.

Extract from Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 15 October 1915, page 8:

LIEUT. HUBERT PELLY KILLED

Last evening Mr. Edmund Pelly, of Witham Lodge, received a telegram informing him that his son, Lieut. Hubert Pelly, of the Essex Regt., had been killed in action at the Dardanelles. The deceased officer was aged 20, and obtained his commission in September last year. Previous to that he was at Charterhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Pelly had all their five sons serving until this sad loss occurred. One son was in the Formidable and was saved; another is in H.M.S, Queen Elizabeth; another in H.M.S. Australia; and another in France with the Mechanical Transport Corps.

Extract from Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 22 October 1915, page 2:

THE LATE LIEUT. H. R. PELLY.

On Wednesday afternoon a memorial service for Lieut. Hubert Richard Pelly, 7th Essex Regt., who was killed in action at the Dardanelles, the age of 20 years, was held at Witham Parish Church, where his father, Mr. Edmund Pelly, of the Lodge, Witham, is churchwarden. There was a large congregation, and the church flag was flown at half-mast from the tower. A fully choral service was rendered, the officiating clergy being Canon Ingles and the Rev. G. H. Bishop. The family mourners present were Mr. and Mrs. E. Pelly, Miss Pelly, sister; Canon Pelly, West Ham, and Mr. John Pelly, Epping, uncles; Mrs. J. H. Pelly, Buxton; Mr. Owen Flemings, Brasted. Kent, brother-in-law, and nieces. Among others present were the Hon. C. H. Strutt, Col. and Mrs. Arkwright, Miss C. Gimson, Mrs. Ingles, Miss Ingles. Mrs. C. W. Parker, Miss Blood, Miss Edith Luard, the Rev. D. M. Picton, the Rev. H. H. Willmott and Mrs. Willmott, Capt. Shafto Abrey, Mr. T. Gallop (churchwarden), Mr. Q. D. Greatrex, Mr. W Jones, Mr. H. B. Peacock, Mr. H. M. English, Miss Stephenson, Mr. E. Lass, Mr. W. Hubbard, and Mr. W. R. Lane. The service opened with the hymn,"Onward, Christian soldiers." Canon Ingles recited the funeral sentences. The hymn "For all the saints" was sung, followed by Psalms 23 and 16, and the Rev. G. H. Bishop read the lesson from St. Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians. "Just as I am" was sung, prayers and responses led bv the Canon following. The closing hymn was "Ten thousand times, ten thousand," and the service closed with the National Anthem. At the close of the service Mr. N. Linley Howlett, A.R.C.O., played Chopin's Funeral March on the organ.

PEMBERTON

Percy Leigh

See Percy LEIGH-PEMBERTON

PEPYS, DSO

Francis

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 12 November 1914. Aged 23. Born 2 April 1891 in Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Baptised 17 June 1891 in East Budleigh, Devon. Son of Capt. Arthur Pepys and Mrs. Pepys, of Knowle House, Budleigh Salterton, Devon; his brother, John, also fell (see below). Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born East Budleigh, Devon, son of arthur and Margaret Pepys, resident Knowle House, Great Knowle, Dalditch Lane, East Budleigh, St Thomas, Devon. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Budleigh Salterton, Devon, serving in the armed forces, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, resident Mooltan & Lucknow Barracks, North Tidworth, Wiltshire. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37 and 39. See also Lord's Cricket Members War Memorial and Budleigh Salterton War Memorial, Devon

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

PEPYS Francis of Knowle House Budleigh Salterton Devonshire died 12 November 1914 at Ypres in Belgium in action AdministrationLondon 3 March to Arthur Pepys captain late 6oth Rifles. Effects £516 10s. 4d.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1921:

PEPYS Francis of Knowle House Budleigh Salterton Devonshire died 12 November 1914 at Ypres Belgium Administration London 11 August to Margaret Pepys widow. Effects £192 8s. 6d. Former Grant P.R. March 1915.

Extract from The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1915 published by Naval & Military Press:

PEPYS, FRANCIS, Second Lieut., was born at Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire, 2 April, 1891, son of Colonel Arthur Pepys, late 60th Rifles. He was educated at Charterhouse, where he was in the Cricket Eleven, and he subsequently joined the Special Reserve, attached to the Devonshire Regt. He was gazetted to the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, as Second Lieutenant, in May, 1913. He served in the European War, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 1 Dec. 1914] “Francis Pepys, Second Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. On 3 Nov., for conspicuous good work in advancing from his trench and assisting in driving away a party of the enemy who were commencing to dig a new trench within 30 yards of his own; 30 of the enemy were shot down on the occasion. (Since killed in action)." His Commanding Officer wrote: “He most thoroughly earned it for the splendid way he, with three others, turned 30 or 40 Germans out of a trench, and for his splendid leading on other occasions." He was killed on 12 Nov. 1914, while stepping out of his trench the morning after his battalion had materially contributed to the rout of the Prussian Guard. He was mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of the 14th Jan. 1915. Second Lieut. F. Pepys was fond of shooting, steeplechasing, cricket, golf, fishing and ski-ing. He played cricket for the Aldershot Command in 1913 and 1914, and won the Officers' Race in the Vim Hunt Point-to-Point in 1914.

BUDLEIGH SALTERTON

Capt. and Mrs. Pepys, of Knowle House, who only recently lost their eldest son at the front, received news from the office of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry that their second son has also been killed by shrapnwel shot whilst in action. Lieut. Francis Pepys, like his brother, was much respected in the district, and much sympathy is felt for their parents. A third son is now at Aldershot with Kitchener's Army.

Extract from Western Times - Tuesday 1 December 1914, page 8:

Devon Officer Killed in Action

Second-Lieut. Francis Pepys, of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who is reported killed near Ypres, on November 12th, was the second son of Captain and Mrs. Arthur Pepys, of Knowle House, Budleigh Salterton. He was born in 1891, and was educated at Charterhouse, obtaining his commission in 1913.

This is the second Mr. and Mrs. Pepys have lost in the war. Captain John Pepys, of the Yorkshire Light Infantry, having been killed last month.

A third son is serving with the new army which is undergoing training at Aldershot.

Extracts from Freeman's Journal - Wednesday 2 December 1914, page 5, and Evening Despatch - Wednesday 2 December 1914, page 3, and Dundee Courier - Wednesday 2 December 1914, page 3, and Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 2 December 1914, page 7, and Birmingham Daily Gazette - Wednesday 2 December 1914, page 1, and Western Daily Press - Wednesday 2 December 1914, page 5, and Leeds Mercury - Wednesday 2 December 1914, page 7 - and many others:

DEEDS OF SKILL AND DARING
58 OFFICERS DECORATED
RECORDS OF THEIR HEROIC ACTIONS

The names are gazetted to-night of 58 officers of the Expeditionary Force who have received the D.S.O. in recognition of services in the field.

.................

Sec. Lieut. Hugh Valentine Pendaris, 3rd (attached to 2nd) Batt. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and Sec. Lieut. Francis Pepys, of same regiment. Both for preventing the enemy digging a new trench thirty yards from their own. Thirty of the enemy were shot down. The latter officer has been since killed in action.

NOTES OF THE DAY

.......

Second-Lieutenant Francis Pepys, 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who has also received the D.S.O. was a Devonian, his father being Captain A. Pepys, of Knowle House, Budleigh Salterton. The D.S.O. was awarded to Lieutenant Pepys "for conspicuous good work on November 3rd in advancing from his trench and assisting in driving away a party of the enemy who were commencing to dig a new trench within thirty yards of his own. Thirty of the enemy were shot down on the occasion." Unhappily Lieutenant Pepys, like Lieutenant Hancock, has been since killed in action.

DEVON SOMERSET HEROES.
—*—
Awarded the Distinguished Service Order

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the appointment of 58 officers to the Companions the Distinguished Service Order, in recognition of their services with the Expeditionary Force.

On October 23rd, Lieut. Hancock displayed gallantry leaving his trench under very heavv fire, and going back some 50 yards over absolutely bare ground to pick up Corporal Warwick, who had fallen whilst coming up with party of reinforcements. Lieut Hancock conveyed this non-commissioned officer to the cover of a haystack, and returned to his trench. (Since killed action)

On November 3rd, Lieut Pepys did conspicuous good work in advancing from his trench and assisting in driving away a party of the enemy who were commencing to dig a new trench within 30 yards of his own; 30 of the enemy were shot down on this occasion. (Since killed in action).

Extract from Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette - Friday 4 December 1914, page 7:

Second-Lieut. Francis Pepys.

PEPYS

John

PERKIN

Arnold Scott

Civilian. Red Cross Society. Died at 46 Hanover Gate-mansions 5 May 1918. Born 28 May 1876. Baptised 3 July 1876 in Surbiton Hill, Christ Church, Surrey, son of Robert Blakemore and Mary Alice Perkin. resident Long Ditton Hill, Surrey. In the 1881 census he was aged 4, born Long Ditton, Surrey, a child, son of Robert B and Mary A Perkin, resident Private House, Long Ditton Hill, Long Ditton, Kingston, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 34, born Long Ditton, Surrey, a Wine Shipper, brother of Mary Gertrude and Lionel price Perkin, resident 9, St Matthews Avenue, Surbiton, Surrey. Married Marguerite Charlotte Kate Meyer in St James, Piccadilly, Middlesex, in January to March Quarter 1914.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1890:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

PERKIN Arnold Scott of 62-63 Mark-lane London and of 46 Hanover Gate-mansions Regents Park Middlesex died 5 May, 1918 at 46 Hanover Gate-mansions Probate London 4 June to Marguerite Charlotte Kate Perkin widow.
Effects £6544 19s. 8d. Resworn £11159 14s. 0d.

Extract from Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 21 March 1914, page 1:

MARRIAGES

PERKIN—MEYER. - March 12th, at St. James's, Piccadilly, Arnold Scott Perkin, eighth son of the late Robert Blakemore Perkin, of Ditton Hill, to Marguerite, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johannes Meyer, of Parkside, Hampton Wick.

Extract from Westminster Gazette - Thursday 09 May 1918, page 4:

DEATHS

PERKIN. —On the 5th inst., of pneumonia, contracted on ambulace duty, Arnold Scott Perkin, of 46, Hanover Gate-mansions, and 62, Mark-lane, dearly beloved husband of Marguerrite Arnold Perkin, and eighth son of the late R. B . Perkin, of Ditton Hill. Funeral to-day (Thursday), Highgate Cemetery, at 2.15.

PHEAR

Henry John

Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, attached 14th Army Brigade. Died of wounds 17 October 1917. Aged 28. Born in Cape Province. Son of Mr. H. H. Phear, of Salisbury, Rhodesia. In the 1901 census he was aged 11, born Kimberley, South Africa, a school boarder, resident The Grange, St Annes Road, Eastbourne, Sussex. Buried in ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row G. Grave 6. Also commemorated on Great St Marys War Memorial, Cambridge and also Holborn Metropolitan Borough Council War Memorial, Camden, London.

PHILPOT

John

PIGGOT or PIGGOTT

Arthur Alfred

PITTS TUCKER

Cecil Mortimer

Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Killed in action 21 December 1914. Aged 24. Son of William Edwin and Violet Emily Pitts Tucker, of Crosslands, Barnstaple, Devon. In the 1891 census he was newborn, born Barnstaple, Devon, son of William E and Vioet E Pitts-Tucker, resident Hillborough, Sowden Lane, Barnstaple, Devon. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Barnstaple, Devon, a serviceman, 2nd Lieutenant, 'A' Company, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, billetted at Outram Barracks, Dilkusha, Lucknow, India. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and 38. Also commemorated on St Peters Church Triptych, Fremington, Devon.

Extract from du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, Volume 1, page 355:

PITTS TUCKER, CECIL MORTIMER, Lieut., 1st Battn. Highland Light Infantry, 2nd s. of William Edwin Pitts Tucker, of Crosslands, near Barnstaple, Solicitor, by his wife, Violet dau. of Edmund Tattersall; b. Barnstaple, 12 April, 1890; educ. Ellerslie, Fremington, Devonshire; Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st H.L.I. 20 April, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 18 Dec. 1912; was an extra A.D.C. to Sir James Meston, Lieut.-Governor of the United Provinces, India, Oct. 1912, to March, 1913; left for France with the Sirhind Brigade, Lahore Division, Indian Expeditionary Force, Sept. 1914; and was killed in action at Festubert, on the morning of 20 Dec. following; unm. His Commanding Officer wrote : "He was as true a soldier as one could wish to see and a true and affectionate comrade, and he met his soldier's death just in the manner all who knew him, knew he would."

Extract from Army and Navy Gazette - Saturday 10 September 1910, page 13:

Highland Light Infantry (71st and 74th).— Lieut. Farie, 2nd Batn., who is on a tour of duty with the 4th (S.R.) Batn. at Hamilton, has been appointed adjutant of a school of instruction for Territorial officers, which will be held in Glasgow during the winter.— —2nd Lieut. Pitts-Tucker is on his way to India in the Rewa to join the 1st Batn. at Lucknow.

Extract from Army and Navy Gazette - Saturday 10 September 1910, page 13:

Second-Lieut. C. M. Pitts-Tucker, Ist Battalion Highland Light Infantry has been appointed extra aide-de-camp to Sir J. Hewett, Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces.

Extract from London Evening Standard - Thursday 31 December 1914, page 1:

KILLED IN ACTION

PITTS TUCKER.—Killed in action, on the 20th Der., Cecil Mortimer Pitts Tucker, Lieutenant Ist Battn. Highland Light Infantry, second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E Pitts Tucker, of Crosslands, near Barnstaple. aged 24 years.

Extract from Broad Arrow - Friday 8 January 1915, page 29:

Lieut. Cecil Mortimer Pitts-Tucker, 1st Bn. Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the 20th ult., was the second son of Mr. W. E. Pitts-Tucker, of Crosslands, near Barnstaple. Born in 1890, he joined the Army in 1910, and was promoted lieutenant in 1912. .

POLSON

Geoffrey William

Lieutenant Geoffrey William Polson © IWM (HU 117068)

Lieutenant, "D" Company, 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action between 14 September 1914 and 15 September 1914. Born 16 September 1890. Son of Daniel Maclean Polson, and Mrs. D. M. Polson, of North Berwick. Matriculated 1910, New College, Oxford University. Buried in MOULINS NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Grave 1. Also commemorated on New College Memorial, Oxford University, Oxfordshire.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice Volume 1, page 315:

LIEUT. GEOFFREY WILLIAM POLSON, 1st BATTN. THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS), was born at Paisley on the 16th September, 1890, and was the son of Mrs. D. Poison, North Berwick, and the late D. M. Polson,Esq.,of Paisley. He was educated at St. Ninian's, Moffat; at Charterhouse; and at New College, Oxford. At Charterhouse Lieutenant Polson was head of the school in his last year, and was presented by Earl Roberts with a copy of his book "Forty Years in 'India," for being the best all-round boy of the school both in work and in sport. At Oxford he took second-class honours in history.

Lieutenant Polson was gazetted to the Black Watch in August, 1913, with twenty-three months' seniority, being an University Candidate, and was promoted Lieutenant in August, 1914. He was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne on the 15th September, 1914, leading his men while temporarily in command of his company.

He was a very keen golfer, and played for his college at Oxford. He was a member of the Junior United Service Club, London, and of the New Club, North Berwick.

PONSONBY, MiD

Gerald Maurice

Captain, 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers transferred from Royal Warwickshire Regiment 18 January 1908. Died of wounds 31 August 1914. Aged 37. Born 16 October 1876 in London. Son of the Rev. Lord de Mauley, 4th Baron, (Maurice John George Ponsonby) and Lady de Mauley (Madeline Emily Augusta (nee Hanbury-Tracy) Ponsonby), of Langford House, Lechlade, Glos. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Height 5 feet 7½ inches. Had served in Malta, South Africa, Bermuda, Gibraltar. In the 1881 census he was aged 4, born London, Middlesex, a Vicar's son, son of Maurice J G and Madeline E A Ponsonby, resident The Vicarage, Swindon, Highworth, Wiltshire. In the 1891 census he was aged 14, born London, Middlesex, a school pupil, resident Charterhouse, Revd W. Haig Brown,

Prince of Wales Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 34, born London, Middlesex, a serving soldier, Captain 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, billetted at Stanhope Lines, Aldershot, Hampshire. Buried in WAMBAIX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave 1. Also commemorated on Capt G M Ponsonby Plaque, Little Faringdon, Lechlade, Oxfordshire.

From the Charterhouse Register Vol 2, Oration Quarter 1890:

CAPTAIN GERALD MAURICE PONSONBY, 2nd BATTN. ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS, who was wounded in the retirement from Mons, and died on the 31st August, 1914, was the eldest son of the Rev. the Hon. Maurice and Mrs. Ponsonby, Wantage. He was born at St. George's Square, S.W., on the 6th October, 1876, and was educated at Charterhouse.

He entered the Royal Warwickshire Regiment from the Militia in May, 1898, becoming Lieutenant in March, 1899. He served in the South African War, being employed with the Mounted Infantry, and was present at operations in Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal, having been slightly wounded. He received the Queen's medal with clasp.

Captain Ponsonby, who was qualified as an Interpreter in Cape Dutch, reached his rank in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in February, 1902, and was transferred to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in January, 1908. He was mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of the 8th October, 1914.

He was a member of the Travellers' and Junior Naval and Military Clubs.

Captain Gerald Maurice Ponsonby, 0f the 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in May, 1898, Lieutenant in March, 1899, and received his Captaincy in 1908 (Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1902). He served in the South African War, 1902, where he was employed with Mounted Infantry. He was slightly wounded, and obtained the Queen's medal with four clasps.

Extract from Gloucestershire Echo - Saturday 5 September 1914, page 6, and also Dover Chronicle - Saturday 12 September 1914, page 3:

Captain Gerald Maurice Ponsonby, of the Royal Inniskiiling Fusiliers, was born in 1876, his father being the Rev. the Hon. Maurice Ponsonby, vicar of Wantage and honorary Canon of Bristol, brother of the present Lord de Mamey and heir presumptive to the title. He joined the Army in 1898 from the Militia and took part in the South African War, being slightly wounded in one of the engagements. Captain Ponsonby has the Queen’s medal, with four clasps. His mother is a sister of Lord Sudeley.

Extract from Broad Arrow - Friday 2 October 1914, page 28:

Capt. Gerald Maurice Ponsonby, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was recently killed in action, was the eldest son of the Rev. the Hon. M. Ponsonby, of Wantage. Born in 1876, he joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment from the Militia in 1898, and was promoted captain in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1908. He took part in the South African War of 1899-1902.

Extract from Western Gazette - Friday 4 December 1914, page 9:

Captain Gerald Maurice Ponsonby, The Vicarage, Wantage, Berks, who died on August 31st at Wambaix, Cambrai, France, from wounds received in action, left unsettled property valued at £363.

PONSONBY

Spencer Lawrence

Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died of wounds at Rouen 12 January 1916. Aged 19. Born 12 April 1896 Oporto, Portugal. Bapt8ised Oprto, Portugal. Son of Hugh and Anitha Ponsonby, of 20, St. Swithin''s Lane, King William St., London. Sailed from Southampton to Lisbon, Portugal, 14 April 1911. aboard the "Amazon" of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Sailed from Southampton to Lisbon, Portugal, 22 December 1911. aboard the "Araquaya" of the Royal Steam Packet Company. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Officers, Plot A. Row 2. Grave 5.

Extract from du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, Volume 4, page 159:

PONSONBY, SPENCER LAWRENCE, Lieut., 12th (Service) Battn. The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regt.), elder s. of Hugh Spencer Ponsonby, of Oporto, by his wife, Anitha, dau. of H. L. Feuerheerd; and gdsn. of the late Right Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane, G.C.B., of Brympton, co. Somerset; b. Oporto, Portugal, 12 April, 1896; educ. St. David's, Reigate; Charterhouse School, and Ecole des Roches, Vermeuil, France; gazetted 2nd Lieut. The Middlesex Regt. in Oct. 1914; promoted Lieut. the following Dec.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from July, 1915, and died at Rouen 12 Jan. 1916, of wounds received in action while on patrol duty near Fricourt on the 8th. Buried at Rouen. He was recommended for the Military Cross by the Colonel of the battalion, for sustained gallantry in patrolling during six months; unm.

Extract from Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 17 January 1916, page 5:

Mr Ponsonby, Middlesex.

Lieutenant Spencer Lawrence Ponsonby, 12th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (died in France of wounds on January 12) was born in 1896. He was the elder son of Hugh Spencer Ponsonby, whose father, Sir Spencer Ponsonby Fane of Brympton, Somerset, for over forty years Comptroller in the Lord Chamberlain's Department, died last month. Mr Ponsonby was the great grandson of the fourth Earl of Bessaborough, the grand nephew of the fith, sixth, and seventh Earls, and a cousin of the present and eighth Earl. Mr Ponsonby received his first commission in September, 1914, becoming lieutenant in December of the same year, when he was only 18. His cousin, Captain the Hon. Cyril Ponsonby, M.V.O., Grenadier Guards, fell in September last.

Extract from Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 17 January 1916, page 5:

LIEUT. S. L. PONSONBY.

Lieut. Spencer Lawrence'Ponsonby, 12th Middlesex Regiment, who was born on April 12th 1896, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ponsonby, until recently of Oporto and grandson of the late Right Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby Fane, G.C B. He was educated at Charterhouse and in France, and received his commission in the 12th Middlesex Regiment in September 1914, being promoted lieutenant in the following December. He went to the front in France in July 1915. He was severely wounded on January 8th, and died at Rouen on January 12th.

POPE

Charles Alfred Whiting

Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps. Drowned whilst attending the wounded on British Troopship Transylvania 4 May 1917. Aged 39. Born 26 November 1877. Baptised 28 March 1878 in Dorechester, Dorset. M.B. Son of Alfred Pope, J.P., F.S.A., and Elizabeth Mary Pope, of Wrackleford House, Dorset; husband of Marion Ruth (nee Gravener) Pope, of 7, Sedlescombe Rd. South, St. Leonards-on-Sea, married 14 April 1909 in Fordington, Dorset. Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A., B.A. One of eleven brothers and four sisters, all of whom (except one son predeceased) fought or worked for their Country in the Great War. In the 1901 census he was age 23, born Dorset, a medical Student, boarding at 4, Bernard Street, St Pancras, London & Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on SAVONA MEMORIAL, Italy. Also commemorated on Trinity College War Memorial, Cambridge and also Fight the Good Fight

From the Charterhouse Register Vol 2, Oration Quarter 1891:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

POPE Charles Alfred Whiting of 7 Sedlescombe-road South St. Leonards-on-Sea died 4 May 1917 at sea Probate Lewes 31 October to Marion Ruth Pope widow.
Effects £4129 4s. 2d.

Extract from Western Gazette - Friday 15 June 1917, page 2:

CAPTAIN C. A. W. POPE LOST ON TRANSYLVANIA.

Captain Charles Alfred Whiting Pope, M.B., R A.M.C., who was reported “missing, believed drowned,” on May 4th, on the occasion of the torpedoing of the transport Transylvania, was the fourth of the ten sons originally serving of Mr. Alfred Pope, Wrackleford House, near Dorchester. He was educated at Twyford School, Charterhouse, and Trinity College, Cambridge, and obtained his medical degrees from St. Bartholomew's Hospital in 1903. He practised in partnership at Rugby, and subsequently at Hastings and St. Leonard's, and joined the R.A.M.C., soon after the beginning the war. For about two years he held an Army medical appointment at Aldershot, and he was his way to take up duty when he lost his life. Captain Pope, married, in 1908, Marion Ruth, eldest daughter the late Captain J. J. Gravener, R.N., Avenue House, Dorchester, who, with two sons and a daughter, survives him.

Extract from Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 15 November 1917, page 7:

Among other wills proved are the following:

Captain Charles Alfred Whiting Pope, M.B., Cantab.. M.A., R.A.M.C.. formerly of Penrhoe House, Clifton Road, Rugby, drowned at sea on active service (net personalty £3,962) .............

£4,129

Extract from Western Gazette - Friday 31 May 1918, page 6:

STRATTON.

MEMORIAL DEDICATED.—On Tuesday evening, in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pope, Major Rolph Pope, Mrs. Clement Pope, Mrs. R. G. Bartelot, and other members of the family, a numerous gathering of the tenants of the Wrackleford Estate, and other friends, the memorial to the two sons of the Lord of the Manor, who have given their lives for the Empire, was dedicated in Stratton Church. After choral evensong, sung by the Rev. I. Eliot, a Lesson being read by the Rev. R. G. Bartelot (vicar of Fordington), the memorial tablet was unveiled by Mr. Shepard (churchwarden) during the singing of the hymn "O God, our help in ages past." A short address was given by the Rev. I. Eliot on the words which are inscribed at the base of the memorial, "Glory born of Duty is a Crown of Light." After the final hymn,"On the Resurrection Morning," the National Anthem was sung. The Stratton section of the Volunteer Battalion of the Dorset Regiment, under the command of Sergt. Clement Pope, formed a guard of honour. The memorial bronze, which is mounted on green-lined marble, and fixed on the south wall of the sanctuary, is of a most unique and effective design. The following is the inscription —"In loving memory of Percy Paris Pope, M.A., New College, Oxon, of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, 2nd-Lieut. the Welsh Regiment, sixth son of Alfred Pope, of Wrackleford House, who was killed in action during an attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 2nd October, 1915, aged 33. Also of Captain Charles Alfred Whiting Pope, M.A., M.B., Trinity College, Cambridge, R.A.M.C., fourth son of Alfred Pope, who was drowned while attending the wounded in the ship's hospital on the occasion of the British troopship Transylvania being torpedoed in the Mediterranean 4th May, 1917, aged 39. ' Glory of Duty is a Crown of Light.'

POVAH

Frank

Captain, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action 16 June 1915. Born 2 May 1885. Baptised Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1885. In the 1901 census he was aged 15, born Ceylon, son of John R and Ellen P Povah, resident Flat 13, 1, Chelsea End Gardens, Chelsea, London & Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11.

From the Charterhouse Register Vol 2, Long Quarter 1898:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

POVAH Frank of 13 Chelsea Court Chelsea Embankment Middlesex died 16 June 1915 at Ypres in Belgium in action Administration London 8 September to John Richard Povah retired colonel in H.M. Army.
Effects £2431 10s. 4d.

Extract from Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Tuesday 9 April 1912, page 10:

Extract from Truth - Wednesday 4 August 1915, page 6:

Captain Frank Povah, of the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots, who was killed on June 16, was the son of Colonel Povah, of Chelsea Court, who had also served in the Royal Scots. At the outbreak of the war he was on leave from the 1st Battalion of his regiment, which was in India, and was at once transferred to the 2nd Battalion, when he was given charge of the machine-gun section. By his death the Royal Scots loses a fine and promising young officer, who was a keen sportsman and general favourite in his regiment. He was a good linguist, having qualified as interpreter in French and also in Hindustani.

POWELL, MiD

Scott

Captain Scott Powell © Lives of the First World War

Captain, 8th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died of wounds between 4 April 1916 and 5 April 1916. Born 10 April 1885. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the 1891 census he was aged 5, born London, Middlesex, son of Richard D. and Juliet Powell, resident Wimpole Street, St Marylebone, Marylebone, London & Middlesex. Played cricket for Folkestone. In the 1901 census he was aged 15, born London, Middlesex, a School boarder, resident Charterhouse Block, Godalming Rural, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1911 census ge was aged 25, born St Marylebone, London, a Law student article clerk, son of Richard Douglas Powell (a widower), resident 11B Portland Place, St Marylebone, London & Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 15.

From the Charterhouse Register Vol 2, Oration Quarter 1899:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

POWELL Scott of 11b Portland-place Middlesex captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers died 5 April 1916 at Mesopotamia on active service Probate London 20 July to William Lewis Shepherd solicitor. Effects £1821 16s. 6d.

Extract from Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette - Friday 21 April 1916, page 8:

DIED OF WOUNDS.

Captain Scott Powell, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who has died of wounds, was the youngest son of Sir R. Douglas Powell, Bart., K.C.V.O., and was 30 years of age. Educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his B.A. degree, he was in 1912 admitted as a solicitor. Joining the Inns of Court O.T.C. shortly after the outbreak of war, he was given a commission, and was promoted temporary captain in January, 1915. Captain Powell took part in the Anzac withdrawal, and subsequently that at Cape Helles.

PRESTON, DCM

Philip Chamberlayne

Captain, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 13 October 1915. Aged 36. Born 19 February 1879. Baptised 26 March 1979 at Gargrave, Yorkshire (West Riding). Son of the late Capt. John Nondeffe Preston (3rd Hussars), and Mrs. Thermuthes Fancuier Preston, of Flasby Hall, Gargrave, Leeds. Served with Lumsden's Horse in the South African Campaign. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.) [London Gazette 27 September 1901]. In the 1891 census he was aged 12, born Gargrave, Yorkshire, resident Newton Le Willows, Leyburn, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding). In the 1901 census he was aged 22, born Gargrave, Yorkshire,an Indigo planter, son of John Norcliffe and Thermuther Farguier Preston, resident Flasby Hall, Flasby & Winterburn, Flasby with Winterburn, Skipton, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). In the 1911 census he was aged 32, born Floasby, Yorkshire, a General Merchant, resident The Shrublands, Swaffham, Norfolk. Listed on the Electoral Register for Swaffham from 1906 to 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31. See also Swaffham War Memorial, Norfolk and Gargrave War Memorial, Yorkshire.

From the Charterhouse Register Vol 2, Cricket Quarter 1893:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

PRESTON Philip Chamberlayne of Swaffham Norfolk captain in H.M. Army died 13 October 1915 at Hulluch in France having been killed in action Probate Norwich 28 July to John Henry Preston esquire and William Harold Martin solicitor. Effects £20262 19s. 5d.

Extract from Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 1 November 1915, page 4:

Descended From Pitcairlie, Fife.

Captain Philip Chamberlayne Preston, of Swaffham, 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment (wounded France, missing, believed to be killed), was born in 1879. He was the younger son of the late Captain John Norcliffe Preston, of Flasby Hall, Yorks, whose mother was descended from the old Scottish family of Cathcart of Pitcairlie, Fife, and of Carbiston, Ayrshire. Captain Preston was educated at Charterhouse. He was decorated for service in the South African War, and was gazetted captain in October, 1914. His family have been seated at Flasby since the reign of' George II., and is descended from the old Lancastrian family of Preston of Halker. Captain Preston was the only brother of John Henry Preston of Flasby Hall.

Extract from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 12 August 1916, page 6:

RECENT WILLS

Among the wills recently proved are the following:

Captain Philip Chamberlayne Preston, of Swaffhan Norfolk, who was killed at Hulluch, France. left £1,000 to Lucy Bird, now a nurse at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone .............

£20,262

Extract from Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 12 August 1916, page 4:

LATEST WILLS

Among the wills recently proved are the following:

Captain Philip Chamberlayne Preston, of Swaffham, of the 7th Norfolk Regiment, saw active service in the South African war. Was killed in action in France. Left £1,000 to Miss Lucy Bird, of the Roval Victoria Hospital (net personalty £18,813) .............

£20,262

Extract from West Bridgford Advertiser - Saturday 19 August 1916, page 6 and Portadown News - Saturday 19 August 1916, page 6:

BEQUEST TO NURSE.

Captain Philip Chamberlayne Preston, of Swaffham, Norfolk, who was killed in France, left property worth £20,262. He made numerous bequests, including a legacy of £1,000 to Miss Lucy Bird, now a nurse at the Boyal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone.

PRESTON

Thomas Frederick

Lieutenant, 53 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and 1st/1st Battalion, Norfolk Yeomanry (Territorial). Killed in action flying a Royal Aircraft Factory B.E. (Type unknown) on photographic reconnaissance when the aircraft was brought down by anti-aircraft fire 24 January 1917. Born 14 November 1893. Son of Lady Preston, of Brighton. Buried in OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row H. Grave 13. See also Coleman's World War 1 Trptych, Norwich, Norfolk .

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

PRESTON Thomas 'Frederick of Barton Hall Leatishead Norfolk died 24 January 1917 in Belgium Administration London 16 August to dame Mary Hope Preston widow.
Effects £641 2s. 3d.

PRICE

Harold Strachan

Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 24 May 1915. Aged 33. Born 14 October 1881. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Price, of Broadwater, Godalming, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 6 and 8. See also Lord's Cricket Members War Memorial

From the Charterhouse Register Vol 2, Oration Quarter 1895:

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice Volume 2, page 379:

2nd LIEUTENANT (temp.) HAROLD STRACHAN PRICE, 3rd BATTN. THE ROYAL FUSILIERS, (CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT), born in 1881, was the second son of Edward G. Price and Henriette K. Price, of No. 1, Craven Hill, W., and Broad-water, Godalming.

He was educated at Charterhouse, and had served in the Artists' Rifles for twelve years before the war broke out. He went to France with this corps in October, 1914, and accepted a commission, as Second Lieutenant (temp.), on the General List, being attached to the Royal Fusiliers in April, 1915. He was killed on the 24th May, 1915, while in command of a platoon holding an advanced position. They were badly gassed, and were ordered to retire, the greater number—Mr. Price amongst them—being killed during the retirement.

Second Lieutenant Price was a tennis and golf player, and cricket and shooting were also among the sports in which he took part.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

PRICE Harold Strachan of 1 Craven-hill Hyde Park Middlesex died 24 May J915 in France or Belgium on active service Probate London 3o November to Edward George Price and Keith William Price gentlemen.
Effects £43569 7s. 8d.

Extract from Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 4 December 1915, page 4, and The Scotsman - Saturday 4 December 1915, page 8:

LATEST WILLS

Among the wills recently proved are the following:

Second Lieutenant Harold Strachan Price, Hyde Park, London, W., of the 3rd Royal Fusiliers, killed in action in Flanders (net personalty £42,908) .............

£43,569

Extract from Daily News (London) - Saturday 4 December 1915, page 3:

LATEST WILLS

The followinge wills have also been proved:

	Gross value
Lieut. Harold Strachan Price, 3rd Royal Fuailiers, of Craven Hill, Hyde Park, who was killed May 24 in France or Belgium .............	£43,569

PROUD, MC and Bar

John Dover

Major, attached 46th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of wounds 1 August 1918. Born at Maryport, Cumberland. Son of Frederick and Jane Proud, of 5, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) and Bar. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Yorkshire, son of Frederick and Jane Proud, resident 12, Curzon Street, Maryport, Netherhall, Cockermouth, Cumberland. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Aldburgh, Yorkshire, a Medical Student, son of Frederick and Jane Dover, resident 18-20 Curzon Street, Maryport, Netherhall, Cumberland. Buried in SENLIS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, Oise, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 76.

Extract from North Star (Darlington) - Tuesday 22 June 1915, page 5:

John Dover Proud, of Maryport, and nephew of Mr J. T. Proud, solicitor, Bishop Auckland, passed his final examination as a medical practitioner on Friday. He has since received a commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Extract from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 5 August 1918, page 4:

THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

MAJOR JOHN DOVER PROUD, M.C., R.A.M.C. only son of Dr. and Mrs. Proud, Curzon Street, Maryport, died on Thursday last from wounds received on the previous Sunday or Monday morning. He was 26 years of age, and was educated at Charter House and Durham University. He went to France three years ago, and was awarded the M.C , with bar, for great gallantry and devotion to duty. Major Proud was a good all-round sportsman, an excellent shot, a Rugby player, a clever bowler, and a useful bat, while he promised to become an enthusiastic field naturalist.

PYBUS

Harold Robert

Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died on service in a motorcycle accident 24 July 1916. Born 6 May 1891. In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Newcastle-Upon-TYne, Northumberland, son of Robert and Ruth Pybus, resident Newbrough Hall, Newbrough Village, Newbrough, Hexham, Northumberland. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Newcastle-Upon_tyne, a Law Student, son of Robert and Agnes Josephine Pybus, resident Ravenswood, Westgate Road, Newcastle on Tyne, Elswick, Northumberland. Buried in NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. ANDREW'S AND JESMOND) CEMETERY, Northumberland. Grave reference H. C. 34. Also commemorated on Newcastle Upon Tyne Incorporated Law Society War Memorial, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

PYBUS Harold Robert of 21 Victoria-square Newcastle-upon-Tyne solicitor's articled clerk a lieutenant 4th Durham Light Infantry died 24 July, 1916 at Seaham Harbour county Durham Administration Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3 October to Robert Pybus solicitor.
Effects £144 2s. 1d.

Extract from Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Monday 24 July 1916, page 4:

LOCAL OFFICER BADLY HURT MOTOR CYCLE SMASH
Companion Fatally Injured.

A motor-cycle accident, in which two officers of the 4th D.L.I. were involved, occurred last night at Dalton-le-Dale, about a mile and a half west of Seaham Harbour.

As a result fatal injuries were sustained by Lieut. Harold Robert Pybus (25), of 21, Victoria-square, Newcastle, and serious injuries by Lieut. Miles Coverdale (22), youngest son of the late Mr. R. H. Coverdale, of Hartlepool.

It appears that the two officers were at about 10-30 p.m. proceeding to Seaham Harbour. Lieut. Pybus driving the motor-cycle and Lieut. Coverdale being on a seat behind, when the machine collided with a tub trap filled with passengers, going in the opposite direction. The weather was very thick at the time. One of the shafts of the trap struck Lieut. Pybus below the left shoulder, smashing his collar bone, and coming out behind the shoulder blade. Lieut.Coverdale was struck on the forehead and rendered unconscious.

P.C. Hailes, of New Hesleden, had the injured men, who were both unconscious, conveyed to Seaham Harbour Infirmary, where they arrived shortly after 11 o'clock. Major Dillon, Dr. Neilan, and two doctors from Sunderland, who were quickly in attendance, did everything possible for them, but Lieut. Pybuc succumbed to his injnries about 2-30 this morning. Lieut. Coverdale was reported this morning to be somewhat better, though still semi-conscious.

Variations of the same extract appeared in the following newspapers:

Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough - Monday 24 July 1916, page 3
Gloucestershire Echo - Tuesday 25 July 1916, page 1
Dublin Daily Express - Tuesday 25 July 1916, page 4
Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 25 July 1916, page 5
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 25 July 1916, page 4
Western Daily Press - Tuesday 25 July 1916, page 8
Western Morning News - Tuesday 25 July 1916, page 5
The Scotsman - Tuesday 25 July 1916, page 8
Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 25 July 1916, page 8
Southern Reporter - Thursday 27 July 1916, page 2

Extract from Newcastle Journal - Wednesday 26 July 1916, page 4:

PYBUS.—At Seaham Harbour, on the 24th inst., the result of accident, aged 25 years, Lieut. Harold Robert Pybus, D.L.I., second surviving son of Robert Pybus, 21, Victoria Square, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Funeral at St. Andrew's Cemetery, Newcastle, on Wednesday, 26th, at 3.15 p.m