Chapter XV: Part 15

=DE BURIATTE, JOHN PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., yr. _s._ of William Warwick de Buriatte, of The Mill House, Wraysbury, co. Bucks, by his 1st wife, Mary, dau. of James Edmund Huxley, M.D., and niece of Prof. Huxley; _b._ Aylesford, Kent, 28 Oct. 1887; educ. Dulwich College, and Manchester University, where he studied in the Faculty of Technology, in chemical technology (paper manufacture) from 1905–8; joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1912, and went to France as Sergt. with them, 28 Oct. 1914; was given a commission in the 2nd East Surrey Regt., 14 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action leading his platoon at Lindenhoeck during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915, and was buried 20 yards behind the trenches.

=BURINI, CHARLES LEWIS=, Sergt., No. 7510, 2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt. (the “Green Howards”), _s._ of the late Sergt. Lewis Augustus Burini, for ten years drill instructor of the local company of the 2nd Vol. Battn. of the Yorkshire Regt., by his wife, Maria (Scorton, Darlington), dau. of William Winslow, of Trowbridge, co. Wilts (who served for 21 years in the Army); _b._ Norton, Malton, co. York, 2 Aug. 1891; educ. Bower Memorial Schools, Norton; enlisted 2 Oct. 1903, appointed L.-Corpl. 16 Feb. 1914, served in India for 15 months, in Africa for three years, and with the Expeditionary Force in France from 5 Oct. 1914 to 20 March, 1915, on which latter date he was severely wounded in the head in action at Neuve Chapelle, and died in No. 2 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, 20 March following; _unm._ He was buried in the Casten Cemetery there, grave No. 136.

=BURKE, CORNELIUS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7775), S.S. 103254, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURKE, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9051), S.S. 2130, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURKE, THOMAS CAMPBELL=, Capt., 1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 2nd _s._ of Joseph Francis Burke, of Stratford-on-Avon, Civil Engineer, by his wife, Kate Marlow, dau. of the late William Cruickshank, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals (who served through the Crimean War, for which he received medal, and died at Simla during the Indian Mutiny); _b._ Stratford-on-Avon, 27 May, 1877; educ. Trinity College, Stratford-on-Avon and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattached, Indian Army, 4 Aug. 1897; served his first year with the Royal Irish Rifles; entered the Indian S.C., 23 Oct. 1898, and was appointed to the 125th (Napier’s) Rifles, being promoted Lieut. 4 Nov. 1889, and Capt. 4 Aug. 1906. He served in China in 1900 with the 122nd Rajputana Infantry during the Boxer Rebellion, receiving the medal, and was afterwards Assistant Inspector of Imperial Service Troops in Rajputana from 1903–6. After three years’ service as Adjutant of the Bangalore Volunteer Rifles (during which time he started the first corps of Boy Scouts in India); he was (26 March, 1912) transferred as Double Company Commander to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, then stationed at Dharmsala, Punjab. On the outbreak of the European War the regt. was ordered to France, but was detained for 10 weeks guarding the Suez Canal, and arrived at the Front late in Nov. 1914. He was killed in action at Festubert, 19 Dec. 1914. He was ordered to lead a party against a German advanced trench, but the men were waist deep in mud, and he was only able to get 24 ready to start, and with these and his subaltern, Lieut. Rundall (who was ordered not to go, but would not let his Capt. go alone), left the trench in broad daylight. The Colonel stated the action was most gallant, and recommended him for the V.C. The Brigade-Major officially reported that Capt. Burke and Lieut. Rundall were killed, and more than 50 per cent. other ranks hit. He _m._ at Agra, 1906, Ada Mary Jane, dau. of the Rev. J. Langshaw.

=BURKETT, WALTER=, Private, No. 1976, machine gun section, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Isaac Burkett, of 12, Remus Road, Old Ford, E., by his wife, Annie; _b._ Old Ford, Bow, 26 Dec. 1896; educ. Smeed Road Board School; enlisted, 8 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Morrock, France, on the night of 22 Sept. 1915, being shot through the body while with a working party; _unm._ Sergt. Morgan wrote of him as one of his best men and a general favourite.

=BURN, JOHN=, Private, No. 8806, 2nd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of Thomas Burn, of 113, Conyers Road, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Labourer; _b._ Byker, 27 March, 1885; educ. Jubilee School, Byker Hill; was employed in Locke Blackett’s Lead Works, St. Anthony’s; joined the Army 29 Aug. 1914; died of wounds received in action at Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915, and was buried in the cemetery there. He _m._ at Byker 6 Aug. 1906, Mary Jane (113, Conyers Road, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of Aaron, Richardson, and had three children: Thomas, _b._ 22 Nov. 1906; Margaret Richardson, _b._ 9 Oct. 1908; and Elizabeth Collins, _b._ 28 Dec. 1910.

=BURN, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 8356, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt. served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 13 Sept. 1914; _m._

=BURNAND, CYRIL FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Grenadier Guards, only _s._ of Charles Hubert Burnand, of 1, Cavendish Square, London, Banker, by his wife, Mary Tirzah, dau. of James Nelson, and grandson of Sir Francis Burnand, late Editor of “Punch”; _b._ at 1, Cavendish Square, London, 31 July, 1891; educ. Downside School, and Trinity College, Cambridge. When the war broke out he was in the General Superintendent’s department of the Midland Railway at Nottingham, but immediately offered his services and was given a commission in the Special Reserve of the Grenadier Guards, 18 Aug. 1914, and later appointed to the 1st Battn. at the front. He was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Lieut. Burnand was a Cambridge rowing “blue,” and Capt. of the 1st Trinity Rowing Club.

=BURNARD. LEONARD=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1153), 149707. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURNELL, GEORGE CUTHBERTSON=, 2nd Lieut., 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Robert Burnell, of Egremont, co. Chester, by his wife, Mary (The Bungalow, Whitby, near Chester), dau. of John Cuthbertson, of Govan, M.D.; _b._ Egremont, co. Chester, 6 April, 1890; educ. Liscard High School; joined the Liverpool Scottish as a private the day war broke out, and after three months’ training at Edinburgh and Tunbridge Wells, went out with his battn., 31 Oct. 1914. He was given a commission in his own regt. 16 March, 1915. He was wounded at Hooge, 16 June, 1915, while leading his platoon in the famous charge of the Liverpool Scottish, and lay on the battlefield for two and a-half days, and at last crawled within sight of the British trenches, when an officer saw him and brought him in. He died at No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 24 June, 1915, from his wounds; _unm._ Lieut. Burnell played Rugby for the Cheshire XV for two seasons, and was a member of the Birkenhead Park Football Club.

=BURNELL, JOHN SIDNEY=, Private, No. 2321, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Burnell, an employee of Watney, Coombe & Reid, Brewers, by his wife, Elizabeth (14, Castle Buildings Castle Lane, Westminster), dau. of James Woodland; _b._ Holborn, 7 Sept. 1891; educ. St. Albans, Holborn; enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at Armentières, 19 May, 1915. He was buried in Esquingham Cemetery; unm. 2nd Lieut. Frank C. Langley, 2nd Battn. The London Regt., wrote from France: “He was engaged with other fellows filling sandbags when it happened, and he was awfully brave right up to the time he was sent to hospital. I was proud to feel that he was in my platoon”; and the Chaplain, 17th Field Ambulance, writing to his father, said: “Your son ... has died of a bullet wound received yesterday. It went through his right arm and into his stomach. An operation was attempted, but in vain. He did not suffer much pain, and was very calm and brave.” The following extract is from a letter to his mother, sent by L.-Corpl. A. N. Fegat, No. 2134, No. 9 Platoon, C Coy., 2nd Battn. London Regt.: “Your son, who was in my section, was wounded yesterday afternoon about 4 o’clock. He was working behind the trench when a bullet hit his arm, inflicting a cut 1½ inches long and ¾ inch deep. The bullet then ricochetted across his stomach, inflicting a very nasty wound. The doctor attended immediately and we soon got him to hospital. The news from there was very good at first, but later reports were not so hopeful, and the news came through this morning that he died peacefully at 6.30 a.m.”

=BURNET, ROBERT=, Lieut.-Col. and Sanitary Staff Officer, 1st Wessex Division, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of George Burnet, of Wigan, co. Lancaster; _b._ 9 Feb. 1875; educ. King William’s College, Isle of Man, and University College, Liverpool, graduating B.Sc. Hons. 1897, M.B., Ch.B., 1900, and M.Sc. 1904. Four years later he qualified D.P.H., Birmingham. After holding appointment as House Surgeon to the Rawcliffe Hospital, Chorley, he secured the appointment of Medical Officer of Health for the County Borough of Bury, and Medical Superintendent, Bury and District Joint Hospital Board, Fever and Smallpox Hospital, and Aitken Sanatorium for Consumption. Later he was appointed Medical Officer of Health for Cornwall and Principal Medical Officer, Cornwall Education Committee. He joined the R.A.M.C. (T.F.) in 1907, was for some time Capt. 2nd Wessex Field Ambulance, and in Feb. 1913 was promoted Major upon appointment as Divisional Sanitary Officer to the 1st Division. On the outbreak of war he joined his unit for active service, and was promoted Lieut.-Col. On the afternoon of Thursday, 28 Jan. 1915, he was riding between Newton St. Cyres and Exeter, accompanied by Col. H. J. Mackay, when his horse was frightened by some colts in a field near the roadway, and bolted. Half a mile further on Col. Burnet was thrown and died within a few minutes from injuries caused by a fracture of the skull. He was buried at Chorley, Lancashire, the family burial place. An order issued by Brig.-Gen. G. S. McD. Elliott, Commanding R.A.M.C. (T.F.), Wessex Division said: “Lieut.-Col. Burnet was an officer of very high professional attainments, and these he devoted unceasingly with never-failing energy and earnestness to the welfare of the Division. By his death the Army has been deprived of the services of an officer who can ill be spared, and those who knew him have lost a valued friend.” Col. Burnet was a Fellow of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, and a member of the British Medical Association, and had held the offices of Senior Steward in Phœnix Lodge of Honour and Prudence, No. 331, Truro, and of Junior Steward in the Royal Cornubian Chapter, No. 331, Truro, of Royal Arch Masons. He was author of “Poliomyelitis and Dust Nuisance,” in The British Medical Journal, 1911; and “Poliomyelitis, as illustrated by an English Epidemic,” Paris Health Congress, 1913. He _m._ at Whalley Range, Manchester, 2 April, 1903, Alice, 3rd dau. of Thomas Thornber, of Vivary Bridge, Colne, co. Lancaster, and Westbourne, Rusholme, Manchester, and had three children: Gordon, _b._ 29 Sept. 1904; Georgina, _b._ 28 Jan. 1906; and Monica, _b._ 12 June, 1912.

=BURNETT, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10276), 204551, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURNETT, FRANCIS=, Private, No. 8578, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of J. Burnett, of Slew House, Broadwood Widger, Difton, Devon; _b._ Ashwater, Holsworthy, co. Devon; enlisted 19 March, 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 18 Dec. 1914.

=BURNETT, GEORGE=, Private, No. 7591, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Burnett of Chichester; served with the Expeditionary Force; reported missing and now assumed to have been killed in action between 29 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1914.

=BURNETT, NOEL FLETCHER=, Private, No. 6/18, Machine Gun Section, 1st Canterbury Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of James Burnett, M.Inst.C.E., Chief Engineer, New Zealand Government Railways, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Wilson Gibson, of Waitangi Station, South Canterbury, New Zealand; _b._ Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 Dec. 1889; educ. Wellington College, Victoria College and Canterbury College (all New Zealand), where he was in his last term at the Engineering School when war broke out; volunteered and enlisted in the Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct. 1914; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915; in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, and in the great attack on Krithia, where he was severely wounded by a bullet in the lung; was six weeks in hospital at Alexandria, and was then invalided to England, where he was in various hospitals till Oct., when he rejoined at the Base Camp, Weymouth; went out with a draft, 15 Nov., and returned to the trenches early in Dec. and was shot at Chunock Bair, near Anzac, on the 13th of that month, and died the same day on board the hospital ship Dunluce Castle. Buried at sea between Anzac and Lemnos the same night; _unm._ His College Professor wrote: “He was a thoroughly sterling character, and commanded alike the respect and affection of his fellow-students and teachers. It was really his great influence which led to many College men enlisting after he had set the example. As a power for good and a standard for manliness amongst the students I shall greatly feel his loss.” He was a keen sportsman and athlete, member of his college football fifteen for three years, and secretary of the College Engineering Society.

=BURNHAM, CHARLES RICHARD=, Private, No. 1791, 4th Battn. West Riding Regt., _s._ of John Burnham, Commercial Traveller; _b._ Halifax, 16 Oct. 1872; educ. there. He was a member of the National Reserve, and on the outbreak of war joined the 4th Battn. West Riding Regt., 8 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 4 May, 1915, while carrying rations and water from the headquarters to the trenches. He was buried in the Military Burial Ground, Sailly. He _m._ at the Parish Church, Halifax, 19 May, 1894, Mary Emma, dau. of Isaiah Tawton, and had a dau: Ivy Eastwood, _b._ 16 May, 1907.

=BURNS, ALBERT HORACE=, Private, No. 10720, 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., _s._ of Harry Walter Burns, of 97, Chingford Road, Walthamstow, Silversmith, by his wife, Emma Esther, dau. of Richard Rolph; _b._ Camden Town, 4 Feb. 1899; educ. Oldfield Road School, Willesden; joined the Army at the outbreak of the war, 11 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert, 14 May, 1915, five days after his brother, Drummer Harry Walter Burns (see his notice); _unm._

=BURNS, DAVID=, Private, No. 9413, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Keith, co. Banff; enlisted 23 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died a prisoner of war, 27 Jan. 1915, and was buried at Pont-a-Vendin, Pas de Calais, by the German authorities.

=BURNS, HARRY WALTER=, Drummer, No. 1441, 3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Harry Walter Burns, Silversmith, by his wife, Emma Esther, dau. of Richard Rolph; _b._ Kentish Town, London, 20 Nov. 1896; educ. Oldfield Road School, Willesden; enlisted 22 Feb. 1911, and was killed in action at Festubert, 9 May, 1915; _unm._

=BURNS, JOHN=, Private, No. 77984, 15th Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Robert Burns, of Dublin, by his wife, Lizzie (20, Longford Street, Dublin); _b._ Dublin, 10 April, 1890; educ. there; went to Canada about 1907, and settled in Victoria, British Columbia; volunteered after the outbreak of war; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914; came over with the second contingent; went to France, and was killed in action at Festubert, 20 May, 1915. Buried first line trenches, north-east of Festubert village, about 500 yards from church. He _m._ at Victoria, B.C., 16 Nov. 1912, May (Box 934 Nelson, British Columbia, Canada), dau. of Thomas Carlisle, and had a son: John Carlisle, _b._ 15 June, 1914.

=BURNS, MICHAEL=, Private, No. 5973, 2nd Battn, The Border Regt.; served through the South African War with the 1st Border Regt. (Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Previous to the outbreak of the European War he was employed at the Ravensworth Colliery, Gateshead.

=BURNS, THOMAS=, Private, No. 10646, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Patrick Burns, of 4, Spring Row, Knowle Park, Keighley, Yorkshire; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing 29 Oct. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed in action that day.

=BURNS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3321, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Thomas Burns, of 299, Hilltown, Dundee; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died in the 13th General Hospital at Boulogne, 28 May, 1915, from wounds received in action.

=BURNS, WILLIAM GORDON=, L.-Corpl., No. 9217, 1st Section, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., _b._ Dumfries, 14 Sept. 1885; educ. there; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 5 Aug. 1915. He was buried north of Hop Store, just outside Vlamertinghe, on the Poperinghe Road. He _m._ at Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland, Jennie (now training as a Nurse), eldest dau. of John Steele, of Wallsend-on-Tyne; _s.p._

=BURR, HAROLD=, A.B., J. 2742, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURRARD, NORMAN SIDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14263 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURRELL, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 13676, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Richard Burrell, of 70, Victoria Street, Shotton Colliery, Durham, Miner, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of William Keen, of Haswell; _b._ Haswell, co. Durham, 2 May, 1894; enlisted at Sunderland, 14 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Vermelles, 29 Sept. 1915; _unm._

=BURRELL, FREDERICK=, A.B., 192688, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURRELL, JOHN WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 1519, B Coy., 9th Battn. 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Richard William Burrell, of 46, Croyland Road, Lower Edmonton, N., Confectioner, by his wife, Louisa Matilda, dau. of George Watling; _b._ Islington, 19 Sept. 1895; educ. Chequer Street School, E.C.; went to Australia, and enlisted there in Aug. 1914, after the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ His elder brother was killed in France in Sept. (see following notice).

=BURRELL, RICHARD GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 1197, D Coy., 7th Battn. The London Regt., 47th London Division (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Richard William Burrell, of 46, Croyland Road, Lower Edmonton, N., and elder brother of the preceding; _b._ St. Luke’s, E.C., 13 July, 1893; educ. Chequer Street School, E.C.; enlisted in June, 1911, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. He _m._ at Watford, 16 March, 1915, May, dau. of Henry Knowles, of King’s Road, Fairfield Road, Edmonton.

=BURRELL, WILLIAM MATTHEW=, of Broome Park, co. Northumberland, and Hampton Court, co. Hereford, Major, Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry, elder _s._ of William John Burrell, by his wife, Helena Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Major Alexander Browne, of Doxford Hall; _b._ Glen Allen, Alnwick, co. Northumberland, 2 Feb. 1876; educ. Harrow; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 12th Royal Lancers, 15 May, 1897, and promoted Lieut. 1900, and Capt. 22 Nov. 1902; served in South African War, 1899–1902; took part in advance on, and relief of, Kimberley, including action at Maggersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill; operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Lindley, Bethlehem and Wittebergen; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to July, 1901; and in Cape Colony, July, 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four claps and King’s medal with two clasps); and retired 15 May, 1907. He then joined the Northumberland Yeomanry Hussars; was Adjutant for three years, and became Major, 7 June, 1913. On the outbreak of war he was _en route_ for France with his regt. when he contracted pneumonia at Southampton, and died of septic pneumonia at a nursing home in Bath, 10 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Carham, 13 May, 1903, Nancy (Hampton Court, Leominster, Herefordshire), 2nd dau. of the late Charles Perkins, of Carham Hall, Coldstream, N.B., and Birkley Hall, co. Durham, and had four children: Michael, _b._ 8 July, 1909, _d._ 4 Jan. 1910; Charles Dominic (now of Broome Park), _b._ 11 Aug. 1914; Cornelia Mary, _b._ 12 Jan. 1911; and Philippa, _b._ 25 Aug. 1912.

=BURRIDGE, ARTHUR CHARLES=, L.-Corpl., East African King’s Mounted Rifles, elder _s._ of the late Arthur Francis Burridge, a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and a Vice-President of that Society, by his wife, Emily (Elmington, Bexley, Kent), dau. of Major-Gen. Charles James Green, R.E., for many years Chief Engineer of Mysore; _b._ Bedford Park, W., 7 Jan. 1883; educ. Rugby 1896–99, winning his house cup for running; entered Huth’s Bank 1899, and joined the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps; but in 1910 emigrated to British East Africa, where he took up a large tract of land; became a coffee planter, and started the raising of the Legion of Frontiersmen. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in C Squadron, King’s Mounted Rifles, was made L.-Corpl., and took part in the fighting along the British-German frontier during Sept. On 25 Sept. he was one of a small party, 30 in number, of the Rifles who were attacked in the Ingito Hills by a greatly superior force of the enemy, with two Maxim guns. After an hour’s severe fighting the enemy were driven off, but not until the Rifles had lost eight of their number killed, among them Mr. Burridge. The “Morning Post” for 1 Jan. 1915, contained a letter, in which the writer says: “One poor youngster in my section and mess got shot through the leg, and a man named Burridge attended him in the firing line and refused to retreat when the order was given. That was the last seen of either of them alive, for when we returned later the poor boy was found bayoneted through the neck and his companion shot through the head.” He was buried in the Ingito Hills the following day, and a handsome brass memorial tablet was placed in Bexley Parish Church.

=BURRIDGE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15303, H.M.S. Hawke, lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=BURRIDGE, HENRY GARDINER (Lal)=, Lieut., 107th Pioneers, Indian Army, _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Francis John Burridge, R.A. (2nd _s._ of the late William Burridge, of Bradford Court, West Somerset), by his wife, Kitty (The Croft, Lee-on-the-Solent), dau. of Capt. E. Stannard, R.H.A.; _b._ Bareilly, India, 20 Jan. 1890; educ. Winton House, Winchester, Wellington College (1902–8), and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 Sept. 1909, he was attached to the North Staffordshire Regt. at Nowshera for a year, and on 31 Dec. 1910, was transferred to the Indian Army and posted to the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs; promoted Lieut. 8 Dec. 1911, he transferred to the 107th Pioneers in 1912, and was killed in action (being shot through the head) while ascertaining the extent of damage done by high explosives at La Bassée, 17 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was buried in Bethune Cemetery, the men of his company carrying his body back some three miles. His Colonel wrote: “During the short time I knew him I got to recognise and admire his many qualities. He was always bright and jolly whatever his hardships might be, and I have seldom met a more unselfish fellow. He was always keen both at work and play, and was much loved by his men. Since we have been at the front I have much relied on his judgment, and he was my right hand. I miss him greatly. He had endeared himself to me.” At Wellington he was second of three brothers in the Anglesey, a school prefect, a member of the XI and XV, and a gentleman of the Hunt, and won the Challenge Cup in 1908. In 1908 he was passed for Sandhurst, but was sent to the infantry company attached to the R.M.A.

=BURRINGTON, HARLEY=, Private, No. 13615, Grenade Coy., 2nd Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of the late Gilbert George Burrington, of Bridgwater, co. Somerset, Bank Manager, by his wife, Amelia Frances (Burnham, co. Somerset), dau. of Edward Bryant; _b._ Bridgwater, 1 Dec. 1883; educ. Haileybury College; went to Canada in 1902; enlisted on the outbreak of war; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to France in Feb.; was wounded when coming out of the trenches at Festubert, and died in the General Hospital at Boulogne, 23 July, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Eastern Cemetery there.

=BURROW, THOMAS=, Private, No. 20447, 10th Battn. 2nd Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late James Burrow, Water Bailiff (died 1905), by his wife, Agnes (Grange Fell, Grange Over Sands, co. Lancaster), dau. of John Rigg, of Hill Farm, Cartmel; _b._ Grange Over Sands, 5 May, 1893; educ. National School there; went to Canada in 1913, and settled in Alberta. He joined the 103rd Calgary Regt. in 1913, and after the outbreak of war volunteered for service oversea. He came to England with the first Canadian Contingent, was severely wounded at 3 p.m. on 20 March, 1915, in action at Neuve Chapelle, and died the following evening; _unm._ He was buried in Merivale Cemetery, France.

=BURROWS, LEOPOLD CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10748), 203733, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURROWS, SAMUEL JOSEPH=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 12278, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BURSNALL, FRANCIS GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1734U, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURT, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4559), S.S. 103678, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BURTON, ALFRED WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7803, 1st Battn. North Staffordshire Regt., _s._ of the late William Burton; _b._ Haynford, 5 Feb. 1888; educ. there; enlisted 7 Dec. 1904; died 14 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle two days previously. He _m._ at Haynford, 7 Oct. 1913, Edith Miriam, dau. of Charles Golding; _s.p._

=BURTON, JAMES ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7513), S.S. 102819, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURTON, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10637 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURTON, REES THOMAS=, Private, No. 64831, Royal Field Artillery, _s._ of the late William Burton (died 20 May, 1898); _b._ Tylorstown, co. Glamorgan, 26 Sept. 1888; educ. there; enlisted 24 March, 1911, and had finished his three years’ service just five months before the outbreak of war; he immediately rejoined and was killed in action in France between 11 and 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._

=BURTON, WILLIAM HARRY=, Sergt., No. 1420, C Coy., 1st/14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Herbert Burton, of North Street, Atherstone, Foreman Hatter, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William Lucas; _b._ Atherstone, 15 March, 1887; educ. Atherstone Grammar School; joined the London Scottish 1910, and was killed in action at Vermelles, 27 May, 1915; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Capt. Claud Low, wrote he “was killed by a shell at 10.15 this morning, in a trench about 2,000 yards east of Vermelles. At the moment of writing this letter your son has not been buried but I am making arrangements for this. If the shelling does not stop before nightfall it will be done then. It may interest you to know that when the shells commenced to strike in this section this morning, your son immediately took steps to get his men into safety, and it was in doing so, in the exercise of his duty as a non-commissioned officer, that he lost his life.”

=BUSH, ARTHUR DOUGLAS=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 6857, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BUSH, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 819), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BUSHELL, WILLIAM THEODORE=, L.-Corpl., No. 2816, A Coy., 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Arthur Forest Bushell, of 39, Moreton Place, Pimlico, S.W., and Biggin Hill, Westerham, Kent, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William Cooper, of Milton, Kent; _b._ Pimlico, 17 July, 1883; educ. Westminster Training College, and was for some 14 years in the employ of Messrs. J. W. Benson, Ltd., of Ludgate Hill. On 27 Feb. 1899, at the age of 15, he joined the 1st Cadet Battn. of the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., and leaving them 11 Jan. 1900, joined the old 13th Middlesex Queen’s Westminster Volunteers 5 Nov. following, with whom he served till 8 Dec. 1904. After the outbreak of war he rejoined 2 Sept. 1914, and went to the Front at the end of Jan. The Westminsters were stationed at Houplines, near Armentières, until 28 May, when they were moved up to Ypres. At the Battle of Hooge they were in reserve and were heavily bombarded the whole time. Bushell was hit in the head by a piece of shrapnel shell, and was killed instantaneously at midnight on 16–17 June, 1915. He was _unm._, and was buried on the side of the Potjhe-Hooge Road, about half a mile from Potjhe. His Commanding Officer, Capt. Stanley Low, wrote: “He was killed by shrapnel whilst doing his duty nobly in the trenches. He was very popular and will be sadly missed by his comrades. I should like to say how well his brother (who recently joined us) behaved, by restraining his natural inclination to go to his brother’s assistance, and remaining on sentry go until someone came to relieve him”; and Lieut. R. S. Dickinson wrote of him as “One of the best soldiers” in his platoon. His third brother, Harry George, joined the Warwickshires on the outbreak of war, and was later transferred to the Westminsters, being with his brother when he was killed. He is now (1916) a 2nd Lieut. in the 10th Suffolks. His next brother, Arthur Frederick, is serving with the Army Service Corps.

=BUSK, EDWARD TESHMAKER=, Lieut., London Electrical Engineers (T.F.), _s._ of Thomas Teshmaker Busk, of Fords Grove, Winchmore Hill, and Hermongers, Rudgwick, co. Sussex, M.A., J.P., by his wife, Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Brindley Acworth, of the Hook, co. Herts, J.P., Chairman of Petty Sessions; _b._ Fords Grove afsd., 8 March, 1886; educ. Bilton Grange, Rugby, Harrow (Mr. Marshall’s House, 1900–04) and King’s College (Foundation Scholar), Cambridge, where he secured a 1st Class in Part 1 of the Mechanical Sciences Tripos (1907), and carried off the John Winbolt prize next year. He joined the staff of the Royal Aircraft Factory as Assistant Engineer in charge of physical experimental work on 10 June, 1912. There he devoted much of his time to the mathematics and dynamics of stable flight on the full size, as distinct from the model aeroplane. He introduced many valuable improvements, of which it is not permissible to give particulars at the present juncture, his work not being confined to the solution of aeroplane stability, but covering a wide and varied range. His valuable researches into the nature and cause of wind gusts and his work in connection with the offensive and defensive uses of aircraft in warfare may be specially mentioned. He also guided his branch in the production of aeroplane instruments, some of which were exhibited at the Royal Society in May and June, 1913, by permission of the Superintendent, Mr. Mervyn O’Gorman, C.B., Royal Aircraft Factory. By the autumn of 1913, Mr. Busk had carried his researches so far that complete stability without material loss of efficiency could be obtained for any aeroplane designed in accordance with his results. Such an aeroplane was then produced for the first time, and in Nov. 1913, he was able to make flights of several hours’ duration in winds up to thirty-eight miles per hour, without at any time using any balancing, controlling, or steering mechanism whatever, save for alighting purposes. He took Col. Seely on such an uncontrolled flight, and later on made demonstration flights before the King and Queen. The matter was introduced in practical form to the Royal Flying Corps by his taking his Commanding Officer, Col. Sykes, as passenger, from the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough, to Salisbury Plain and back, while both passenger and flier, being freed from the use of controls, wrote notes and observations continuously throughout the journey. This trial was repeated by Col. now Gen. Brancker as pilot as well as many other officers. When at the Wilbur Wright Memorial Banquet (1914), Col. Seely made the first public announcement of his flight on the stable aeroplane produced at the Royal Aircraft Factory, the pilot’s name was veiled in anonymity, only a privileged few knowing that Lieut. Busk was, in fact, the designer of the R.E. 1 now known as B.E. 2C. He was flying over Laffan’s Plain in his own stable aeroplane on 5 Nov. 1914, when it was destroyed by fire at a height of some 800 ft. The cause of the accident is unknown, as he was engaged on experimental work of which he had not given information. Mr. Busk’s scientific attainments and versatility were shown by the variety of matters entrusted to him by the Superintendent of the Royal Aircraft Factory. He resembled other men of genius in the simplicity of his methods, and the speed at which he worked, and he was remarkable for the soundness of the scientific judgments he reached. His mother received the following letter from H.M. the King:--

Buckingham Palace, 11 Nov. 1914.

Dear Mrs. Busk,

The King has heard with much concern of the tragic death of your
son Mr. Busk. His Majesty well remembers meeting him at the
Royal Aircraft Factory on the occasion of Their Majesties visit
to Aldershot last summer, and was much struck by his ability and
technical knowledge of the machinery of aeroplanes.

The King and Queen also saw him give an exhibition of flying in
a stable aeroplane of his own invention.

In offering you his sincere sympathy in your bereavement, the
King feels that the Country has lost the services of one, who,
by experiment and research, contributed, in no small measure,
towards the Science of flying.

Yours very truly, (Signed) CLIVE WIGRAM.

Mr. Mervyn O’Gorman, C.B., Superintendent R.A.F. wrote: “He did the most magnificent things without announcing any intention and without applauding audience. He merely took all the sane precautions of a clever engineer. Later with his hair blown about by a hatless flight, he would walk into my office, report the success of an experiment. He knew it was interesting, he forgot that it was brilliant or it did not occur to him. He worked out a result, knew he was right, but simply had his results checked and then proved them in his own person over and again. He was a genius, that we knew and you knew. He knew what he was about when he relinquished his volunteer regimental duty for the risks of this service, he talked it all over with me and he took this course, because he knew that he served his country better that way”; and Lord Rayleigh, President, writing on behalf of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: “At the National Physical Laboratory the assistance he was constantly able to give, from his experience in actual flying and his wide knowledge of his subject, in the critical examination of the difficult problems presented for investigation was very greatly valued.... The Committee have had many opportunities of appreciating the services he was able to render to the development of flying, and to his country, and wish to offer their tribute of admiration of the courage, skill, and devotion he brought to his work.” He was also awarded the posthumous honour of the Gold Medal of the Aeronautical Society.

=BUTCHER, CHARLES GEOFFREY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of George William James Butcher, of 9, Tregunter Road, South Kensington, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Samuel Debenham; educ. St. Paul’s School, and was for some time in the H.A.C. He was gazetted to the Special Reserve in Aug. 1912. On 10 June, 1914, he joined the 2nd Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., and on the outbreak of war was appointed to the 1st Battn. At La Bassée on 22 Oct. 1914, he was wounded in the leg by a bullet, his life being saved by Sergt. H. Cox, of the Dorsetshire Regt. who carried him from the trenches into cover under a very heavy fire. For this Sergt. Cox received the D.C.M. Lieut. Butcher was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914, returning to the Front on 25 March. He was killed in action by asphyxiating gas at Hill 60 on 2 May, 1915, and was buried at Reninghelst, Belgium; _unm._ His Adjutant wrote: “I knew him very well and looked upon him always as a man of unusual character, ability, and promise; his loss is a severe one for the Dorset Regt.”; and another officer wrote “He is a real loss to the regt. in every way. I am sure he had great prospects before him as he was an extraordinarily keen subaltern and very popular with both officers and men. He was always ready for any amount of work.” Two of his brothers are in the Army and one in the Navy.

=BUTCHER, HARRY STANLEY=, A.B., J. 3004, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BUTCHER, WILLIAM=, Signalman, J. 6825, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

=BUTLER, CHARLES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3442C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BUTLER, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1441), 198254, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BUTLER, HARRY WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1990), 199217, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BUTLER, JOHN=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch./8249, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BUTLER, JOHN=, Private, No. 3545, 5th Battn. The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Henry Butler, of Sutton Scotney, near Winchester, Hants, by his wife, Abigail, 3rd dau. of John Stocker, of Hampshire; _b._ Crookham, co. Berks, 24 April, 1885; educ. West Clandon (Surrey) Council School; and had worked on Lord Rendel’s estate at East Clandon for nine years; enlisted 16 Nov. 1914, and died at the London South-Western Fever Hospital, Stockwell, 25 Feb. 1915, of measles and double pneumonia, contracted while on active service. He _m._ at Edmonton, London, 25 April, 1907, Ellen (2, Westfield Cottages, Great Bookham, Surrey), 3rd dau. of William Savage, of Bones Cottage, West Clandon, and had four children: William John, _b._ 17 May, 1910; Henry Louvain, _b._ 18 Dec. 1914; Edith Annie, _b._ 22 July, 1908; and Dora Irene, _b._ 1 Aug. 1912.

=BUTLER, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4345), S.S. 101226, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BUTLER, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 311362, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=BUTLER, WILLIAM LEWIS=, Private, No. 3187, 1/13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Butler, of Prior’s Lea, Barrow-in-Furness, Solicitor, by his wife, Bertha, dau. of John Lewis; _b._ Barrow-in-Furness, 1 Dec. 1892; educ. Lancing College; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Kensingtons in Sept. 1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action, 19 April, 1915. He was buried in La Croix Marechal Cemetery, Rue David, near Armentières.

=BUTTERWICK, ALEXANDER MIDDLETON=, Rifleman, No. 3636, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Charles Matthias Butterwick, of Walthamstow, House and Estate Agent, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of R. Adnams, formerly of Reading; _b._ Walthamstow, co. Essex, 20 April, 1895. After his father’s death, when a child, he was taken and brought up by his uncle, A. M. Butterwick (Master Mariner, retired), who saw service in Burma, 1885–7, now of Broxton, Kew, Surrey; educ. Richmond (Surrey) County School and Gunnersbury High School, and on leaving there became an articled pupil in the firm of Breadmore and Webb, F.A.I., Auctioneers and Estate Agents, of Richmond. After the outbreak of war he volunteered and enlisted in Queen Victoria’s Rifles in Nov. 1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action in Flanders, 13 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried in 13th Infantry Brigade Cemetery, Voormeezelle. At the time of his death his name was down for a commission. He was a keen athlete, and held prizes for drill and swimming, also certificates for life saving and first-aid.

=BUTTON, JOHN SAMUEL=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1540D, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BYATT, HARRY VIVIAN BYATT=, Capt., R.A.M.C., elder _s._ of Henry Byatt, author, late of 36, Warwick Gardens, Kensington; _b._ Kensington, 16 Dec. 1882; educ. Summer Fields, Summertown, Oxford, 1891; obtained an entrance scholarship at Charterhouse School, Godalming, 1896, and left there with the Charterhouse Science Exhibition, 1901, entering Clare College, Cambridge, with a Science Scholarship the same year. He left Cambridge with a second class in the Natural Science Tripos, and proceeded to the London Hospital, qualifying M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 1907. He was gazetted Lieut. R.A.M.C. the same year, and appointed to Netley Hospital. From there he proceeded to Poona in 1909, was promoted Capt. 29 Jan. 1911, and after five years’ service in India, joined the Expeditionary Force in France in Oct., being attached to the 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade. He attended to the trenches between Laventie and Estaires, and died 11 March, 1915, from wounds received at Neuve Chapelle while dressing the wound in the head of Machine Gun Sergt. Marriage. He was buried at Estaires. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son was hit while attending to a wounded man and I never saw him again. He was taken to the 25th Field Ambulance at Estaires and died there. He was shot by a rifle bullet in the chest.” While at Clare College he was first secretary and then captain of the Clare Rowing Club, and under his leadership Clare rowing improved so greatly that the well-known footer college was placed in the first division on the river for the first time for many years.

=BYE, FRANK EDWIN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17384, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=BYHAM, EDWARD ARTHUR GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 12937, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BYRNE, HERBERT HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 184370, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BYRNE, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2235), 204649, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BYRNE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 5334, 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Thomas Byrne, Royal Irish Rifles, by his wife, Anne (Castledermot, co. Kildare), dau. of James Grace; _b._ Carlow, 14 Aug. 1895; educ. Castledermot; joined the Army in Aug. 1911, and was killed in action at Ypres, 13 Jan. 1915; _unm._

=CADGER, WILLIAM LAW=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4793), 293766 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=CADMAN, ISAIAH=, Private, No. 10213, 3rd Battn. Cheshire Regt., _s._ of the late Samuel Cadman, of Bilston, co. Staffs, Collier, by his wife, Ann (9, Taylor’s Buildings, Heywood, Lanes, Manchester), dau. of Joseph Reynolds; _b._ Awsworth, co. Notts. ...; educ. Bilston; enlisted 12 Aug. 1914; went to France, 18 Dec., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 13 March, 1915; _unm._

=CAESAR, AUGUSTUS BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 1896, 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Julius Cæsar, of 49, Chippenham Road, Elgin Avenue, W., formerly of Southampton, M.P.S., F.S.M.C., by his wife, Emma (49, Chippenham Road, Elgin Avenue, W.), dau. of James Baker; _b._ at 49, Chippenham Road aforesaid, 12 April, 1897; educ. at Vale College, Maida Vale, W., afterwards at the City of London Freeman’s School, where he obtained the bronze medal for rifle shooting at Bisley; he was an optician and microscopical demonstrator attached to the firm of H. F. Angus & Co., Wigmore Street, W.; joined the 1st City of London Regt., 17 Aug. 1914; trained at Croydon; left for Malta, 19 Sept. 1914; returned to England, Feb. 1915; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action on Sunday, 9 May, 1915, at the Battle of Aubers Ridge.

=CAFFYN, HAROLD HUNT=, Capt., 1st Battn., North Staffordshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Stephen Mannington Caffyn, of 6, Cedar Gardens, S.W., M.D., by his wife, Kathleen, Novelist (Iota) (Lacey Green, Princes Risborough), dau. of William de Vere Hunt, of Waterloo House, co. Tipperary; _b._ at Mount Sandria, South Australia, 10 Feb. 1882; educ. Rugby and Sandhurst; gazetted second Lieut., unattached, 8 Jan. 1901; posted to the 2nd North Staffordshires 9 March following and promoted Lieut., 16 Feb. 1904; served in the South African War (Queen’s medal with 2 clasps) 1901–2, and afterwards in India and retired in 1912. Subsequently he was for eighteen months Private Secretary to Sir Wilfred Collett, Governor of British Honduras, but after the outbreak of war volunteered and was gazetted Capt., 14 Nov. 1914. He rejoined his old regiment in Jan., went to France, 7 Jan., 1915, and was killed in action in front of the trenches near Armentières, 21 March, 1915, while reconnoitring; _unm._

=CAHILL, HENRY THOMAS=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1709), 152629, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=CAINAN, DAVID WALTER=, Corpl., No. 9866, 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade, 4th _s._ of William Cainan, of 49, Albert Street, Llanelly, South Wales, Marine Engineer, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of William Perrott, of Llanelly; _b._ Llanelly, 9 April, 1886; educ. Copper Works School; joined the Army 4 May, 1903, and after being stationed at Malta for 12 months, he went to India, where he did 11 years’ service, returning to Europe with his regt. after the outbreak of war. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between the 10–14 March, 1915; _unm._ He was an all-round athlete, having gained the light-weight boxing championship of India, as well as a record for long jump and high jump.

=CAIRD, JAMES ROBERT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, _s._ of Major Lindsay Henryson Caird (late Border Regt.), Assistant to Colonel in charge of Records, No. 2 District, by his wife, the late Janet Laura, 5th dau. of the late Rowland Hunt, of Boreatton Park, co. Salop, and Kibworth Hall, co. Leicester, and grandson of the late Right Hon. Sir James Caird, of Cassencary, Kirkcudbrightshire; _b._ Dalhousie, India, 4 Nov. 1892; educ. Bedford and Carlisle Grammar Schools; was in the office of the Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co., Ltd., but when war broke out at once applied for a commission, and being a member of the Inns of Court O.T.C., was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. K.O.S.B. 15 Aug. 1914. He was promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. following, and went to the Front in Dec., being attached to the 2nd Highland L.I. until March, when he came home on short leave. On his return to the Front he was posted to the 2nd Battn. of his regt., and was killed in action while leading his platoon over open ground in the advance upon St. Julien, near Ypres, 23 April, 1915; _unm._ He was promoted Capt. after his death to rank as from 2 Feb. 1915. Major Hilton, who was in command of the battn. during the action and was himself seriously wounded, wrote: “Capt. Caird was a gallant fellow, and we can ill afford to lose his kind.... I didn’t get much detail of the manner of his death as I was also knocked over, but I know enough to say that he died game and led his men well until killed.” And Sergt. Hugh McMurchy, in a sworn statement, declared: “I saw Lieut. Caird killed on 23 April in the advance at St. Julien. He was advancing in front of me and was shot through the forehead, being killed instantaneously.” Capt. Caird’s experience of active service had brought him to the conviction that he preferred a military to a civil career, and his application for a permanent commission had been sent in before his death. His last letter to his father contained an interesting account of the assault and capture of Hill 60, in which he took part.

=CAIRNIE, GILBERT JAMES BRYAN=, Corporal, No. 12/50, A Coy., 3rd Auckland Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James Bryan Cairnie, of Taranaki, New Zealand, retired Farmer; _b._ Lymington, near Kilmarnock, co. Ayr, 5 June, 1881; educ. Tarbolton, Ayr, and Higher Grade School, Deansgate, Manchester; went to New Zealand and was Computing Draughtsman, Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, N.Z.; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the N.Z.E.F. Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force, and from there went to the Dardanelles, where he was killed in action during a night sortie, 5 June, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in Despatches with his Coy. Sergt.-Major, for bringing in a wounded man under heavy fire. He was for a long time reported as missing, and Sapper L. J. Poff wrote: “The last that was seen of Jim as far as I can ascertain was that he was by himself in a Turkish trench. I hope he was taken prisoner rather than that he has been killed, for he has proved himself as brave as a lion. I sought out the Sergt.-Major of Jim’s company, who was with him in bringing in a wounded man, of which I wrote some time ago. He tells me that they were both ‘Mentioned in Despatches’ for it. The Sergt.-Major says that the sortie in which Jim became missing was a purely voluntary one, but practically the whole of his section went. They sallied out, did their work, and what was left returned with the wounded. The dead they could not bring in then. A few nights afterwards a party went out and gathered the identity discs of those who were killed. They also procured those of the men whose dead bodies were thrown out of the Turkish trenches, accounting for all but six. Jim’s disc was not among them, so let us hope he is a prisoner,” but later he was officially returned as killed in action, 5 June, 1915.

=CAIRNS, JOHN=, Sergt., No. 3515, 2nd Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Thomas Cairns, Gunner, Mid-Ulster Artillery, by his wife, Phoebe (Ballygawley, co. Tyrone), dau. of James Montgomery, of Feddan, Ballygawley, co. Tyrone; _b._ Ballygawley, co. Tyrone, 12 May, 1891; educ. National School there; enlisted originally in 1909, was called up on mobilisation, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines 31 Oct. following; _unm._ His brother, Private William Cairns, No. 17584, 9th Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, is now (1916) on Active Service.

=CALE, ALBERT=, P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., A. 2006), 143929 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=CALLANDER, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2332, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 6th _s._ of the late Thomas Edward Callander, late of Richmond, Surrey, by his wife, Mary Ann Henrietta, dau. of the late Edward Faggetter; _b._ Richmond, Surrey, 21 June, 1886; educ. Commercial Travellers’ Schools, Pinner; was manager of the costume department at Messrs. Green & Co., Oxford Circus Mansions; volunteered after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the London Scottish; went to France in March, and was killed in action, 9 May, 1915; _unm._

=CALLEY, OLIVER JOHN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Wiltshire Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. John Henry Calley, Vicar of Figheldean, Salisbury, by his wife, Elizabeth Isabella Maria, yst. dau. of Major John Haverfield; _b._ Chiseldon, 4 July, 1892; educ. at The Old Ride, Branksome, Bournemouth, and St. John’s School, Leatherhead; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Territorial Force to the Wiltshire Regiment, 4 Dec. 1912, joining at Tidworth in Jan. 1913, and being transferred the following Sept. to the 2nd Battn. at Gibraltar. He was promoted Lieut. 27 Oct. 1914; went to the Front the same month, and was invalided home a few weeks later. He left for the Front again in Dec., and was killed in action, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried, Spanbrock Molen. His Colonel said of him that he deplored the loss of such a valuable and trustworthy officer.