Chapter LXVIII: Part 68

=POLLARD, GEOFFREY BLEMELL=, Lieut., 119th Battery. R.F.A., elder _s._ of Alfred William Pollard, Assistant Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum, by his wife, Alice, dau. of George Francis Gloyns England, of Crediton; _b._ Kensington, 5 April. 1888; educ. King’s College School, Wimbledon, and St. Paul’s School, Hammersmith, where he was head of the Army Side, Captain of Shooting, Lieut. of the Cadet Corps, and Captain of his House. Passed 2nd into Woolwich in 1906 (thereby gaining an exhibition from his school), joined the 146th Battery, R.F.A., in 1908, transferred subsequently to 40th and 119th. Qualified as a 1st Class Interpreter in French, 1910. During the retreat from Mons, between Elouges and Dour, “he was in the very hottest on the very first day and behaved splendidly” (letter from Brigadier-General Headlam), helping Major E. W. Alexander and Capt. Francis Grenfell (both of whom obtained V.C.’s for their work that day) to manhaul the guns of the 119th when it was impossible to get the horses to them. He was killed while on observation duty in advance of his battery, 24 Oct. 1914, and buried the following day in the Churchyard at La Couture. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. His war-letters “printed for friends” 1915, under the title: “On Active Service.”

=POLLARD, HOWARD=, Proby., 2nd Cook’s Mate, M. 7798, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POLLEY, ALFRED CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2949), 179128, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POLLEY, HARRY=, Private, No. 941, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of David Polley, of Woodstock, Brambletye Road, Earswood, co. Surrey, Gardener, by his wife, Lucy Rebecca, dau. of Shadrach Fairs; _b._ Redhill, co. Surrey, 13 Feb. 1875; educ. St. Matthew’s Schools there; was for some time a Grocer’s Assistant at Home and Colonial Stores, Edgware Road; went to Australia in 1909, and settled at Lismore, New South Wales, working as a Cowman and General Hand; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the 15th Battn. A.I.F.; left for Egypt in Dec.; went to the Dardanelles 1 June, 1915, and died on the Hospital Ship Maheno, 29 Aug. following, of wounds received in action at Suvla Bay the previous day; _unm._

=POLLOCK, FREDERICK ROBERT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder _s._ of the late Robert Erskine Pollock, of Avening Court, co. Gloucester, K.C., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Mary Viner, only dau. and heiress of Frederic Carl Playne, of Avening Court, aforesaid, Capt. 1st Battn. Rifle Brigade (who served through the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny), and grandson of Robert John Pollock, Barrister-at-Law, Lieut. 8th Madras Cavalry [2nd son of the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt.]; _b._ 74, Queens Gate, S.W., 24 Oct. 1885; educ. Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 13 Aug. 1904, promoted Lieut. 15 June, 1907, and from 29 Dec. 1909 to Feb. 1914, served with the West African Frontier Force. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and was killed while leading his men in an attack near Langemarck, Belgium, 23 Oct. 1914; _unm._

=POLLOCK, MARTIN VINER=, LL.B., Barrister-at-Law, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers, 2nd and only surviving _s._ of the late Robert Erskine Pollock of Avening Court, Avening, co. Gloucester, and 74, Queen’s Gate, K.C. (see preceding notice); _b._ 74 Queen’s Gate, S.W., 15 May, 1888; educ. Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge; was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in Nov. 1910, and went to the Oxford Circuit. He was given his commission in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. of the South Wales Borderers, 15 Aug. 1914, and afterwards transferred to the 2nd Battn. He left with his regt. for the front in March, 1915, and was killed in action while leading his men in an attack near Richebourg St. Vaast, France, 9 May, 1915; _unm._

=POLLOCK, WALTER=, Private, No. 2160, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of James Pollock, of Port Glasgow; served in Egypt and in the Dardanelles; killed in action, 20 May, 1915.

=POLSON, GEOFFREY WILLIAM=, Lieut., 1st Battn The Black Watch, only _s._ of the late Daniel Maclean Polson, of Paisley, by his wife, Ethelle Beatrice (Invervar, North Berwick), dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. Joel Blades, R.A.; _b._ Paisley, 16 Sept. 1890; educ. St. Ninians, Moffat; Charterhouse, and New College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut., The Black Watch, 19 Aug. 1913, to rank as from 21 Sept. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 2 June, 1914; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne, 15 Sept. following, while temporarily in command of his company; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetery at Moulins, Canton of Craonne, France. Dr. W. A. Spooner, Warden of New College, Oxford, wrote: “Geoffrey Polson was one of the best, if not the best, undergraduate I can remember at his college. Understanding that he came to Oxford to learn, he stuck always manfully to his work, and succeeded in taking a fore place in the Honour History School, for which he finally entered. But study formed but a small part of his College activities; in games, particularly in all games bearing on military life, he was an expert and a natural leader; in social life he had the art of attracting and winning friends and was deservedly one of the most popular and most influential men in College. When he left us we all expected him to make a first-rate officer; and our expectations were filled during the short period of his military career. His friends and the whole College heard with profound regret of his death, but they felt that he had died as he had lived, and that his death was the worthy crown of his life.” While at Charterhouse he won two scholarships, and during his last year, when he was head of the school, was presented with a copy of “Forty Years of My life in India,” by the late Lord Roberts, for being the best all-round boy at school, and at sport. At New College, he took 2nd class honours in History; was a keen golfer and played for his College.

=POND, BERTIE=, Private, No. 7112. 1st. Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Henry Pond, of 212, King Street, Norwich, by his wife, Rose Hannah, dau. of John Richardson (and Mary Ann) Fox; _b._ Norwich, co. Norfolk, 20 Nov. 1888; educ. Carrow School, Norwich; enlisted in the Army, 25 July, 1904; went to France in Aug. 1914, and died of wounds received in action at Ypres, 25 Oct. 1914. Buried in Bethune Cemetery. He _m._ at Norwich, 1909, Alice Jane (36, Eagle Walk, Newmarket Road, Norwich), dau. of the late Josiah William (and Anna Maria) Larkman, and had three children: Donald Bertie; _b._ 15 Sept. 1909: Norman Henry, _b._ 23 Oct. 1910; and Phyllis Alice, _b._ 31 Dec. 1914.

=PONSFORD=, _alias_ =JONES, THOMAS EDWARD=, Private, No. 57662, 20th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Thomas Edward Ponsford (died 24 March, 1907), by his wife, Alice (8, Prospect Place, Barnsbury, Islington, N.), dau. of (--) Jones; _b._ Clerkenwell, E.C., 24 June, 1890; educ. Wilmington Street School there; went to Canada in April, 1910, and settled at Toronto, and was engaged on farm work; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the 20th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over in June, 1915, and died in hospital at Shorncliffe, 8 Sept. 1915, while training; _unm._

=PONTEFRACT, ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17262, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=POOK, RICHARD THOMAS=, Driver, No. 2268, 1/3rd Coy. Kent Fortress R.E., eldest _s._ of James Pook, of Noman’s Wood, Wadhurst, Carter, by his wife, Ruth, dau. of Richard Muggridge; _b._ Beanford Farm, Battle, co. Sussex, 15 April, 1883; educ. Battle School; was a Coal Carman at Tunbridge Wells; enlisted 31 May, 1915; left England for the Dardanelles, 12 Oct. 1915, and was drowned in the collision of H.M.S. Hythe, 29 Oct. 1915, when she was wrecked in the Ægean Sea, off Cape Wells. He _m._ at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Wadhurst, Sussex, 14 Dec. 1907, Florence Edith (4, Hill Street, Tunbridge Wells), dau. of George Benge Gardener, and had two children: Francis Norah, _b._ 16 Sept, 1908; and Edith Margaret Elsie, _b._ 20 Nov. 1912.

=POOLE, EDWARD BRUCE=, Private, No. 2262, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., _s._ of Frederick Poole, of 9, Hill Street, Hastings; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 9 May, 1915.

=POOLE, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 2518, 2nd Home Counties Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (T.F.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 13 May, 1915; _m._

=POOLE, HUGH EDWARD ALGERNON=, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars, 2nd _s._ of Major Arthur Edward Poole, a Military Knight of Windsor, late 10th Hussars, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Dunbar Smith; _b._ at the Cavalry Barracks, York, 7 Jan. 1889; educ. Christ’s Hospital, Horsham; enlisted in the 14th Hussars in 1906 and served in India. Being home on leave when war broke out in Aug. 1914, he was attached to the 20th Hussars, going to the front with them as a corpl.; mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914, he was promoted for gallantry in the field and gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 11th Hussars, as from 1 Oct. 1914; served in the trenches through the winter of 1914–15, and was wounded for the third time at Zillebeke, by a shell while guiding his squadron from the trenches in the early dawn of the 24 May; he was taken to Boulogne and died there of tetanus, 2 June, 1915, _unm._ He was buried at Windsor with full Military honours. On 1 Sept, at a place called Mary at the junction of the Marne and the Ourcq, he and two other men of the 20th Hussars returned three times under fire to try and save a mortally wounded comrade. The 20th Hussars were acting as rearguard at the time and were attacked at 2 p.m. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He had done excellent work ever since he had been with the regt. and was very popular with officers and men; he is a great loss to us.”

=POOLE, WALTER=, Private, No. G. 3554, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt., _s._ of Freeman Poole, of Witcham, near Ely; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 5 May, 1915.

=POOLE, THOMAS LUKE=, Private, No. 8947, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of J. C. Poole, of 35, West Street, Berwick-on-Tweed; _b._ Berwick: enlisted 29 April, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 20–26 Oct. 1914.

=POOR, ALBERT HENRY=, Sergt., No. 9099, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Walter Poor, of 14, Union Terrace, St. Sidwell’s, Exeter, Gardener; _b._ Exeter, 27 Sept. 1893; educ. there; enlisted 1 May, 1911; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; was promoted Sergt. at the Front, 23 Nov. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne, the Marne, Landrecies, La Bassée, St. Julien, Festubert, etc.; was home on leave in July, returning to the Front on the 28th, and died near Vermelles, at 2 a.m., 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds inflicted by a stray bullet. He was buried in Vermelles Cemetery. 2nd Lieut. E. Platt wrote: “I had an intense admiration for the smart way he performed all his military duties. This view I may say was shared by Capt. Darell who was commanding his Coy. in the early stages, and afterwards by Capt. Longueville.”

=POPE, CYRIL MONTAGU=, B.A., B.C.L., Lieut., 2nd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Reginald Barrett Pope, of 41, Sussex Square, Brighton, LL.B., Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Richardson (4, The Cliff, Blackrock, Brighton), dau. of Alexander Reid; _b._ Brighton, Sussex, 6 Aug. 1888; educ. Brighton; Temple Grove, East Sheen (now Eastbourne), and won a scholarship for Winchester College, where he won an Exhibition for Brasenose College, Oxford (1907), taking there a second class in “Mods,” and “Greats,” second class in Jurisprudence, the Senior Hulme Exhibition in 1912, and finally, in 1913, his B.C.L.; and was in the second year of his articles with Messrs. Stuckey, Pope & Carr. In 1910 he obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Battn. Oxford and Bucks L.I. In March, 1914, was gazetted Lieut. to the 5th (Special Reserve) Worcester Regt. He went to France, 13 Aug 1914, attd. to the 2nd Battn.; served through the retreat from Mons, and was seriously wounded in a charge through the Polyon Wood, near Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914, dying on his way to the 22nd Field Hospital. He was buried in the cemetery on the Hollebeke Road, just past the junction of the Menin Road; _unm._ Major Sweetman, of the 2nd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., wrote: “I saw him just after I was hit leading on his men most gallantly against a strong position of the enemy.” At Brasenose he stroked the first Torpid in 1912 and was a member of the Association football team.

=POPE, ERNEST RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9964), S.S. 2589, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POPE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111165, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Henry Richard Pope, of 2, Hampton Road, Hanworth; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=POPE, HENRY JAMES=, Private, No. 2292, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Henry Pope, of High Street, Burwash, Platelayer on the S.E. & C.R., by his wife, Emma Annie, dau. of the late John Isted, of Burwash; _b._ Burwash, co. Sussex, 28 July, 1883; educ. National School there; was a Gardener; joined the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers in 1899 for three years and in 1912 became a member of the National Reserve. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he rejoined his old corps, went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May following. He _m._ at Burwash Parish Church, 7 July, 1910, Alice Elizabeth (Sketrick, Etchingham, Sussex), dau. of Jabez Munday, of Faringdon, Berkshire, and had a dau., Alice, _b._ 28 Oct. 1912.

=POPE, HERBERT=, Private, No. 631, 10th Battn. Australian Light Horse (Western Australia), _s._ of William Pope, of Henrietta Street, Waterford, Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth (Brook House, Moss Lane, Pinner), dau. of Richard Harieey, of Killoteran House, Waterford; _b._ Tower Hill, Ferry Bank, co. Waterford, 11 April, 1893; educ. privately and at Waterford. About four years before his death he went to Western Australia and acquired a farm there. On the outbreak of war he enlisted, and was killed in action in the charge of the Australians at Suvla Bay, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._

=POPE, REGINALD THOMAS BUCKINGHAM=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Welch Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Reginald Barrette Pope, of 41, Sussex Square, Brighton, LL.B., Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Richardson (4, The Cliff, Blackrock, Brighton), dau. of Alexander Reid; _b._ Eton Place, Brighton, 29 July, 1891; educ. Junior House, Brighton College; Rottingdean School, near Brighton; Bradfield College, where he won an exhibition, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Welch Regt. 20 Sept. 1911, and joined at Cairo in Nov., was promoted Lieut. 16 July following; proceeded to France with his regt. in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action, 16 Feb. 1915. His Major wrote: “We had a most terrible time.... Your brother thought he had seen a sniper and got up with a rifle to try and shoot him, when almost immediately he was hit right through the forehead. He died at once without any suffering at all. When night fell I managed to get his body back and had him sent out of the trenches. He is buried at Chateau Rosenthal, Ypres, between Capt. Lloyd and another officer.” Lieut. Pope was a very keen sportsman, played football and cricket for his school, and went big game shooting in the Soudan in Jan. 1914. His elder brother, Cyril Montagu Pope, Worcester Regt., was fatally wounded near Ypres, in Oct. 1914 (see his notice).

=POPE, WALTER GEORGE HENRY=, M.A.A., 165439, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PORT, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3905), 191709, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=PORTEOUS, DICK MACDONALD, D.S.O.=, Capt. 1st Battn. Princess Louise’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, only _s._ of Col. John James Porteous, of 7, Sloane Street, S.W., late R.A.; _b._ Dublin, 15 June, 1883; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (the old 91st), 22 Oct. 1902, Lieut. 19 Oct. 1907, and Capt. 13 Sept. 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, greatly distinguishing himself; was awarded the D.S.O. for conspicuous gallantry on many occasions throughout the campaign [London Gazette, 15 April, 1915], the official record stating that “His very great daring and total disregard of danger on reconnaissance duty, especially at St. Eloi on 19 Feb. 1915, were noticeable,” and was mentioned again in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for distinguished service in the field. He was killed in action, being shot through the head in the trenches near Ypres, 10 May, 1915; _unm._

=PORTER, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Rifleman, No. 1551, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.); _s._ of the late Edward Porter, Plasterer, by his wife, Alice (now wife of Benjamin William Hatine, of 1, Ferndale Road, Forest Gate, E.), dau. of Edward Jackson; _b._ Childs Hill, London, N., 28 July, 1896; educ. Manse Road School, West Ham; was a Clerk in an Assurance Office, 110 Cannon Street; joined the London Irish Rifles in July, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 29 Aug. following. Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery.

=PORTER, GEORGE HENRY=, Petty Officer 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2455), 169078, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PORTER, HARRY=, Private, No. 3617, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ Codford St. Mary, co. Wilts; educ. there; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 14 June, 1900; was called up from the Reserve on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 24 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Wellow, co. Somerset, Elizabeth Ann (The Batch, Wellow, Somerset), dau. of (--), and had three children: William George, Frederick Robert, and Florence Gertrude.

=PORTWAINE, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16678, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=POSTLETHWAITE, JOHN JOYCE=, Trooper, No. 336, 11th, attd. 5th, Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Frank Postlethwaite, of Brentnor, Tavistock, co. Devon, M.R.C.S., by his wife, Emma Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. H. M. Joyce, Vicar of Penton; _b._ Stapleton, co. Cumberland, 11 June, 1893; educ. King’s College, Taunton, and Tavistock Grammar School; went to Australia in March, 1911, and settled at Burrowa, New South Wales, and later at Winton, Queensland, as a Station Hand; joined the Australian Light Horse at Brisbane in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt in March; went to the Dardanelles, Aug. 1915, and was killed in action there, 2 Nov. following, while serving his machine gun; _unm._ Buried in Shell Green Cemetery, Anzac, Gallipoli. His company officer wrote: “Your son had recently been transferred from my squadron to the machine-gun section of this regt. (5th Light Horse), a position which he quickly learnt. At all times he proved himself to be a good soldier, as able and willing to perform the many fatigue duties as he was resourceful in the firing line”; and a comrade: “There were a good many of the men rolled up to see him buried: fellows from his own regt. and also from the one to which he was posted. From the Major downwards, your son was tremendously popular, and the men are very cut up at his loss. A cross, bearing his name, regt., age, and date of death, was erected by his regimental comrades.”

=POTTER, BERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2622), 284614, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POTTER, FRANK WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9478, 3rd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Henry Potter, of 198, Bedford Hill, S.W., member of the firm of Henry Potter & Co., West Street, Charing Cross, Army Musical Instrument Makers, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of George Lash; and a great grandson of the late Samuel Potter, of the Coldstream Guards, who compiled and published in 1815 the authorised Bugle, Drum and Fife Calls, including the Last Post, a revised edition of which is now in use in the Army and Navy; _b._ Sidcup, Kent, 19 Aug. 1887; educ. Cheltonia College, Streatham, S.W. (where he won the prize for “High Character”); went to Canada about 1903 and was in Dakota when war was declared; went to Toronto and volunteered for Imperial service Aug. 1914; came over with the first Canadian contingent in Oct.; went to France early in Feb., served through the Second Battle of Ypres, and the various engagements during the early part of 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried near Givenchy, behind trench No. 19, 500 yards east of the “Ducks Bill.”

=POTTER, MAURICE HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 11182, 1st Battn. Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt., 4th _s._ of Elijah William Potter, of Six-Mile Bottom, Newmarket, co. Cambridge, Goods Porter on the Great Eastern Railway at Six-Mile Bottom Station, by his wife, Jane, dau. of James Cook; _b._ Six-Mile Bottom, 1 May, 1891; educ. Council School there; enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters, 2 March, 1909; served in India, Sept. 1911 to Oct. 1914, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Nov. 1914 to 1 Feb. 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action near La Bassée, and was buried 30 yards west of the Estaires-La Bassée Road; _unm._ He gained the 2nd Class Certificate of Education 19 Dec. 1909, and a 1st Class Certificate of the same, 27 March, 1913; he also gained four good conduct badges, and the swimming certificate at Bombay, 17 Jan. 1914. His three brothers are all now (1916) on active service.

=POTTER, VICTOR JAMES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25352 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of William Henry Potter, of 23, George Street, Sutton, co. Surrey; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=POTTER, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Bugler, No. 1255, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Reuben Potter, of 33, D’Eynsford Road, Camberwell, London, S.E., Pensioner, by his wife, Jane, dau. of the late John Faux, of Leatherhead; _b._ King’s Cross, London, N., 1 Aug. 1895; educ. Grove Lane Board School, Camberwell; was employed by Warner & Sons, 3 and 4, Newgate Street; joined the 1st Surrey Rifles, 20 Dec. 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 16 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 25 May following; _unm._ Buried there.

=POTTER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8288), 207367, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POTTERTON, LEWIS JOHN=, A.B., S.S. 618, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POTTS, GEORGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 15741, 15th (Service) Battn. Durham L.I., eldest _s._ of Thomas Farrar Potts, of 17, Grosvenor Street, Southwick-on-Wear, Shipyard Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ellen (died 1910), dau. of Joseph Rooney, of Southwick; _b._ Southwick, 14 March. 1895; educ. Board School there; was employed at Hylton Colliery; enlisted 7 Sept. 1914, trained at Halton, Yorks; was promoted L.-Corpl. and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26 Sept. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Loos Cemetery.

=POUGHER, WILLIAM ANDREW=, Corpl., No. 8395, 2nd Battn. Leicestershire Regt., eldest _s._ of Samuel Thomas Pougher, and nephew of A. D. Pougher, the famous Leicestershire cricketer; _b._ Leicester, 1889; educ. Holy Trinity Schools there; enlisted in the 2nd Leicestershires, March, 1908, and served in India for six years, being drafted direct to France on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 27 July, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. W. Andrews wrote that “Corpl. Pougher was his best scout, and right-hand man.”

=POUGHER, WILLIAM HENRY=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 647), 164970, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POULTNEY, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3125), S.S. 100753, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POULTON, JAMES=, Private, No. 6493, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Joseph Poulton, of Ladywood, Birmingham, by his wife, Annie; _b._ Birmingham, 10 July, 1888; enlisted 9 Dec. 1905; served three years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve for nine years; called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914, and was reported missing after the fighting at Soissons, 14 Sept. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day. He _m._ at All Saints’ Church, Birmingham, 8 Oct. 1911, Florence Ann (200, Bolton Road, South Heath, Birmingham), dau. of Thomas Chater, and had two children: Thomas James, _b._ 8 May, 1914; and Irene May, _b._ 9 Oct. 1912.

=POULTON, WILLIAM MITCHELL=, A.B., 213679, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=POVEY, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3752), 186391, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POWELL, ARTHUR CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1720), 124746, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POWELL, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10190 (R.F.R., I.C. 40), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POWELL, CHARLES VICTOR=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111772, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=POWELL, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 113461, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POWELL, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, No. 7183, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of the late Frank Powell, Postman, by his first wife, Winifred, dau. of Joseph Tracey, of Gloucester; _b._ Longdon, near Tewkesbury, co. Gloucester, 29 Nov. 1889; enlisted 21 Feb. 1907; went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 21 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at St. Michael’s Church, Stonebridge Park, Willesden, 22 Feb. 1914, Emily Annie (106, Goldhurst Terrace, South Hampstead), eldest dau. of David Harper, of 31, Winchelsea Road, Harlesden, N.; _s.p._

=POWELL, HAROLD OSBORNE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, only _s._ of Hubert John Powell, of Hill Lodge, Lewes, Land Agent, by his wife, Mabel, dau. of Charles Francis Trower, Barrister-at-Law; _b._ Lewes, co. Sussex, 20 Aug. 1888; educ. Winchester; was a Land Agent in his father’s office in Lewes; joined the Sussex Yeomanry in 1908, and the Inns of Court O.T.C. in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug. 1914; gazetted as attd. to the 4th Reserve Regt. of Cavalry on the 22nd; went to France 8 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines, during the First Battle of Ypres, 31 Oct. following; _unm._ Buried in a cottage garden at Messines. His commanding officer at Tidworth, where he went through his training, wrote: “I considered him one of the smartest and quite the most able of the young officers here, that was the reason why I selected him as the first of his class to go to the Front. He had a charming personality and was always full of energy.” His commanding officer at the Front also wrote: “He was fighting in the town of Messines guarding a barricade at very close quarters with the enemy. I sent him with a message to the Queen’s Bays on my left, and while carrying the message he was shot by a sniper”; and the officer commanding his squadron: “I had many opportunities of seeing your son’s behaviour under fire--it was in the highest sense praiseworthy. He showed himself in this his first and only action to be a very cool and efficient officer.” At Winchester he was a member of the Commoner football XV, 1903–06, and captain of Commoner VI, 1905–06.

=POWELL, JOHN=, A.B., S.S. 1861, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POWELL, RHYS CAMPBELL FFOLLIOTT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Highland L.I., only child of Major-Gen. Charles Herbert Powell, of the Lower House, Wickham, co. Hants, C.B., Indian Army, by his wife, Alice, dau. of the late James Mackenzie, of Auchenheglish, co. Dumbarton, and grandson of Capt. Williams Wellington Powell, 9th Regt.; _b._ Dharamsala, Punjab, 24 July, 1892; educ. St. Clare, Walmer; Winchester College, and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Highland L.I., 3 Sept. 1912; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Verneuil, 14 Sept. 1914, during the Battle of the Aisne; _unm._

=POWELL, WILLIAM ARCHIE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3821, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=POWELL, WILLIAM JOHNSON=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 284603, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=POWER, HERBERT=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Frederick Edward Power (died Sept. 1915), late Northamptonshire Regt., by his wife, Ellen Matilda (7, Newsteine, Brighton), dau. of the late Charles James Barnett, of 12, Chichester Terrace, Brighton, J.P. and D.L. for Gloucestershire; _b._ Northampton, 14 March, 1886; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and St. Paul’s School, London (Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Northamptonshire Regt., 24 Jan. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 1 Dec. 1908, and Capt. 15 June, 1913; appointed Adjutant, 20 Nov. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried just outside Neuve Chapelle. Capt. Power was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.

=POWER, JOYCE=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9324), 308879, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=POWNALL, GEORGE HARLEY=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., only _s._ of the late Frank Pownall, of 7F, Bickenhall Mansions, W., Barrister-at-Law, Registrar of the Royal College of Music, by his wife, Helen Augusta, yst. dau. of Sir William Henry Stephenson, K.C.B.; _b._ London, 30 Aug. 1883; educ. Evelyns, and Cheltenham College, and subsequently went to the Britannia, passing in third on the list and first out; became Midshipman 15 Sept. 1899, Sub-Lieut. 1902, Lieut. 1903, and Lieut.-Commander 1912; served in China as Midshipman, H.M.S. Terrible, under Sir Percy Scott, and on coming home took his “five firsts.” He chose the submarine branch of the service, and after serving in B.1, and having the charge of the A boats at Fort Block House and serving in C.9, he was eventually appointed to the Onyx at Plymouth and finally 1st Lieut. to the Egmont, with command of the Malta Submarine Flotilla. He was second in command of landing operations at V Beach, Gallipoli, during the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was struck while giving orders from his picket boat. He was carried on board a transport where he died in a few hours, being buried at sea. He _m._ at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, 17 Dec. 1910, Vera, dau. of Henry Chichester, of Verbeer, Cullompton, Devon.

=POWRIE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2852, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Thomas Powrie, Private, No. 9754, 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers (now on active service in France), by his wife, Emily (58, Canal Road, Mile End, London), dau. of the late Edwin Beard; _b._ Mile End, London, 18 Dec. 1896; educ. Harford Street L.C.C. School there; was employed in the firm of Messrs. Remington, typewriter manufacturers, as a mechanic; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 21 Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 25 March, 1915; was in the actions at La Bassée and Neuve Chapelle, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 14 Nov. 1915, of a bullet wound in the head, received at the Battle of Loos. He was buried in the Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne (Grave No. 2771).

=POYNTER, JOHN JACK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16550, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRATLEY, ELISHA=, Stoker, 1st Class, 238572, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PRATT, ALFRED MASON=, Corpl., No. 3/614, New Zealand Medical Corps, _s._ of James Pratt, Member of the Mounted Armed Constabulary, New Zealand, formerly Sergt. in the Donegal P.W. Artillery; _b._ Wyndham, New Zealand, 1886; joined the Staff of No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital at Wellington, 20 March, 1915, with which he went to Egypt, and after some months in Cairo, proceeded to Salonika, and was lost on H.M. Transport Ship Marquette, when that ship was torpedoed in the Ægean Sea, 23 Oct. following.

=PRATT, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 287482, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRATT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5284), S.S. 100034, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRATT, LIONEL HENRY=, 2nd Lieut,. 18th Battn. (London Irish) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Edward Roger Pratt, of Ryston Hall, Downham, co. Norfolk, J.P., D.L., by his wife the Hon. Louisa Francis, née Mulholland, dau. of John, 1st Baron Dunleath; _b._ Ryston Hall aforesaid, 17 Dec. 1889; educ. Uppingham School, and on leaving there in 1904 entered Lloyd’s Bank. He joined the London Irish on the outbreak of war, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France with his regt. in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. On this occasion the London Irish formed part of the 47th Division, and referring to them F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French said in his Despatch of 15 Oct. 1915: “The 47th Division occupied the southern outskirts of Loos. Thence it pushed on, and by taking possession of the cemetery, the enclosures and chalk pits, succeeded in forming a strong defensive flank. This London Territorial Division acquitted itself most creditably. It was skilfully led, and the troops carried out their task with great energy and determination.” He was buried at the cross roads between the cemetery and South Maroc; _unm._ His Major wrote: “He was so absolutely reliable as an officer, so conscientious, so calm. If he said he had been up to the German wires, they all knew he had been--he was so absolutely fearless. His loss was a disaster to the regt.”; and the Sergt. of D Coy.: “It was D Coy.’s particular task to take the cemetery, just outside the village. We got there all right, and going on splendidly. A party of Germans commenced firing on some of the Scots following us. A sergt. sent a message for an officer to come along. Mr. Pratt immediately volunteered and walked along the top of the trench and got a bullet. When he was lying there wounded he displayed his usual great bravery, and was a wonderful example to his men. Everybody loved and esteemed him, he was the Battalion’s greatest loss in the battle. A better officer we could not have had, his work out here has been invaluable.”

=PRATTEN, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5720), 284931, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=PREECE, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 17016, 9th (Service) Battn. Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of George Preece, of Newland Post Office, Coleford, Glos., by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Grazier; _b._ 30 June, 1896; educ. at Clearwell C. Schools; was in the employ of Mr. C. T. Palmer, of Newland House, J.P.; volunteered and enlisted, 29 Aug. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 20 June to 10 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in action there; _unm._ He was a member of the choir at All Saints’ Church, Newland.

=PRENTICE, JOSEPH=, Acting Sergt., No. 7673, 2nd Battn. The Essex Regt., 4th _s._ of the late Charles Prentice, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of James Patient; _b._ Springfield, co. Essex, 19 May, 1885; educ. there; was a member of the Essex Constabulary, and later an employee at the Chelmsford Golf Club; enlisted 5 Oct. 1903; served three years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve; rejoined his old regt. the day after war was declared, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 22 Aug.; served during the winter of 1914–15, and died in No. 18 General Hospital, Etaples, 29 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres on the 26th. Buried at Cainers. He was recommended for the D.C.M., for conspicuous bravery in the field, 14 March. Sergt. Prentice _m._ at Shelly Church, Ongar, 1910, Alice (Well Lane, Galleywood, Chelmsford), dau. of William Tarling, of Ongar, and had three children: Joseph Charles, _b._ 29 April, 1911; Sydney Reginald, _b._ 5 Feb. 1913; and Gladys Evelyn, _b._ 18 April, 1915.

=PRESCOTT, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 12628, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of John Prescott, of Budleigh Hill, Allerford, co. Somerset, Game Keeper to Sir Thomas Acland; by his wife, Mary, dau. of Samuel Burgess; _b._ Selworthy, co. Somerset, 11 May, 1890; educ. Allerford; was a Gardener in the employ of Sir Thomas Acland, at Allerford, for five years, and then for 1½ years in the employ of Sir Ian Amory, at Tiverton; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 17 Sept. 1914; went to France 9 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, on the 25th of that month; _unm._ Buried in the churchyard there.

=PRESTON, ARTHUR JOHN DILLON=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only _s._ of Major Arthur John Preston, of Swainston, co. Meath, late Duke of Wellington’s Regt., B.A., Trin. Coll., Dublin, J.P. cos. Durham and Meath, by his wife, Gertrude Mary, dau. of Richard Knight, of Bobbing Court, co. Kent; _b._ Luther House, Huddersfield, 16 Nov. 1885; educ. Malvern College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd (Militia) Battn. of the Durham L.I., 5 Oct. 1904, posted to the 1st Battn. Dublin Fusiliers, 2 March, 1907, promoted Lieut. 15 Dec. 1909, and Capt. 2nd Battn. 7 June, 1914; served with the 1st Battn. in Egypt, where he joined the Mounted Infantry, winning at Cairo the Lloyd Lindsay prize. At the outbreak of the European War he was ordered to Naas and afterwards to the Curragh to raise the 6th Service Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, with which he proceeded to the Gallipoli Peninsula on 9 July. He took part in all the heavy fighting at Suvla Bay until 15 Aug. when he fell in the moment of victory. The Colonel of his battn. writing to his widow, remarked: “I am sure all Ireland will soon hear of the charge of the Dublins and Munsters on that (15th) afternoon. Your husband (Capt. Preston, second in command) was responsible for it and organised it splendidly, and in conjunction with Capt. Whyte he brilliantly led it. It was a magnificent sight considering they charged up a hill through a hail of bombs and bullets. Capt. Preston got safely on the hill (capturing the trench), but in the counter-attack was fatally wounded in the right breast. I was the last officer to speak to him, and told him how splendidly he had done. Personally, I feel his death very much. No man could have helped his colonel more than he, the success of the regt. was greatly due to him.” Capt. Whyte, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, wrote: “We closed on the Munsters, and all collected on some dead ground about 100 yards from the crest; I was sitting beside John, and he was in his usual spirits, laughing and joking. When the word came that we were to clear the ridge we fixed bayonets, then we all started together, Dublins and Munsters, John shouting ‘Come on boys.’ They (the Turks) threw bombs and opened fire upon us as we neared the top, but we went straight on and rushed the trench. The Turks put up their hands. I saw John stop his men who were just going to bayonet a Turkish officer. As you know, he was my best friend, and was loved by every one in the regt., officers, N.C.Os, and men. The only consolation is that he died a glorious death, leading his men to victory, the death I am sure he would have chosen.” Capt. Preston wrote to his wife on that fatal 15 Aug., remarking: “I have had six hours sleep and am full of buck and life.” Also to his father a five-page letter. The battle had even then commenced in the valley below. It was written under strenuous circumstances, no change of clothes for five nights, and only six hours sleep, no chance of a wash, and exposed to the heat of a tropical sun, yet his last written words were “Love to you all; I am very fit and quite happy.” He and the Adjutant, Capt. Richards, who fell at the same time, were buried side by side in the same grave close to the sea shore at Suvla Bay. A flat gravestone covers them with their names engraved upon it under the words “In Victory.” He was mentioned for gallant and distinguished service in the field by Sir Ian Hamilton in his Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915. While in Egypt he and Lieut. Crozier sailed some hundreds of miles up the White Nile from Khartoum, in a rough native boat, on which occasion they secured a fine bag of big game, including lion, buffalo, elephant, hippo, and various specimens of antelope, deer, etc. He was a keen sportsman, well known with the Kildare and Meath hounds, and a fine cricketer and tennis player, and the best shot with revolver and rifle (tied) in his battn. Capt. Preston _m._ at St. Mary-le-Bone Church, London, 24 March, 1914, Sylvia, dau. of Arthur James Billin, of Tadworth, co. Surrey, and had a son: John Nathaniel, _b._ 27 Jan. 1915.

=PRESTON, GEORGE FRANCIS=, Private, No. 365, 3rd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of James Preston, of Milton, Hampshire (who served as a gunner in the R.G.A. for 12 years, and is one of the few survivors of Lord Roberts’ march from Kabul to Kandahar), by his wife, Florence Alexandra, dau. of the late Capt. F. Bunyer, R.H.A.; _b._ Harda, Central Province, India, 20 March, 1893; educ. National School, Milton; went to Australia in July, 1913, and settled at Milton, New South Wales, to learn farming; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt with the main force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was wounded in the right arm, shortly afterwards, and was killed in action there, 7–12 Aug. 1915; _unm._

=PRESTON, GEORGE THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2520), 202274, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PRESTON, THOMAS ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17074, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRETT, JESSE=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2123), 165403, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRICE, ALFRED=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 3715), 133963, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=PRICE, CHARLES LEMPRIÈRE, D.S.O.=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, only child of Col. Thomas Charles Price, of 8, Inverness Gardens, Kensington, W., late R.A., by his wife, Amy Earle, dau. of Chas. Monteiro D’Almeida Lemprière, and gdson. of Col. Thomas Smith Price, H.E.I.C.S. (who received the Punjab medal with clasps for Mooltan and Googerat); _b._ Alderney, C.I., 17 Sept. 1877; educ. St. Paul’s School; privately, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Scots, 8 Sept. 1897; and promoted Lieut. 29 June, 1899, and Capt. 3 Nov. 1903; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and Lydenberg (5–8 Sept.); operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to Dec. 1901, and Feb. 1902 to 31 May, 1902; operations in Orange River, Dec. 1901 to Feb. 1902; was acting Provost Marshal, Komati Poort, and afterwards Station Staff Officer (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 20 Aug. and 10 Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with three clasps, and King’s medal with two clasps; awarded D.S.O. “for gallantry in leading an attack on the Boer position at Bermondsey, East Transvaal 16 May, 1901”; and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from -- Aug.; was appointed Adjutant at the Front, and was killed in action at Vailly on 16 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne, while in command of the regt.; _unm._ A brother officer wrote: “I was present at the Battle of Mons with him and also at Le Cateau, and in the trying retreat almost as far as Paris, during the whole of which he was indefatigable, cheery, doing the work of ten men, full of resource, regardless of danger, the bravest and finest man I have ever known or wish to know; in losing him we have lost our best, a great sportsman and staunch friend. He will be mourned by the whole regt., by whom he was respected and beloved”; and Private P. Clancy, in describing his experiences during this time, said [“Dundee Advertiser”]: “We met the Germans on 23 Aug. On the 26th we were nearly annihilated at Cambray owing to the French reinforcements not coming up. About 7.30 o’clock that morning one of our airmen descended and reported that the French were advancing about 20 miles off, and would be able to reinforce us about mid-day. We waited anxiously, but 12 o’clock came and no French, and 5 o’clock and still no French. Half-an-hour later Major Butler gave the order ‘Retire, men, for God’s sake; every man for himself.’ Shells were flying thick about us, and it was an awful order to give. We got the order alright, but, with a few exceptions, it did not reach the Gordons, with disastrous results to them. So we began the never-to-be-forgotten retreat, with shells and bullets flying about everywhere. We got into Einecourt. When we got between a church and a farmhouse we came across two women and a child. Pipe-Major Duff said he would stay behind and look after them. This he did, and we saw no more of them. Our Adjutant, Capt. Price, who was one of the finest and most popular of the officers, and who was on horseback, said to us ‘Keep your heads, men. There are no marked men here. If the bullets are going to hit you they will hit you.’ The Gordons, 18th Royal Irish and 2nd Royal Scots were all together on the retreat, falling back as fast as they could. The last fight on the retreat was at St. Quentin, and then we fell back to Hams, within 24 kilometres of Paris. We blew up all the bridges and the roads as we retreated except one bridge, and upon that solitary bridge and for five miles beyond it 150 guns of the outer defences of Paris were trained. On came the massed forces of the Germans and started to cross the bridge. Out blazed the guns and the bridge was blown to bits, along with the Germans who were approaching and crossing it. Their losses were awful. But for us it was a terrible retreat, and I shall never forget it. Then came the turning movement. We were seventeen days and nights in the trenches at the Aisne without being relieved. It was a time of artillery duels. Here we lost Capt. Price, who had saved thousands of men at Cambray. He lost his life trying to save another’s. One of our N.C.O.’s was wounded and began to yell. Capt. Price was in his bomb-proof dug-out when he heard the shouting, and he called out to the man, ‘Alright man, I will be with you in a few minutes.’ Just as he got out of the trench he was hit by a bit of shell, and died a few hours afterwards. His loss was deeply regretted, because he was beloved by everybody.” At Mons, when the troops were in full retreat, men of many regts. hurrying down the road, and getting hopelessly mixed and out of hand, under heavy shell-fire, he noticed some guns on a ridge and succeeded in rallying some of his men in all that ghastly confusion, and holding the ridge for over an hour, while the guns were removed. Capt. Price was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914, “for gallant and distinguished service in the field.” He had the Coronation medal and was Past Grand Sword Bearer of England. In a speech at the Annual Dinner of the Royal Scots, Edinburgh Association (29 March, 1902), Col. Douglas described how, during the Boer War, Capt. Price was recommended for the V.C. They attacked the Boers, said Col. Douglas, in a very strong position at Bermondsey, their flanks being protected by precipices. It was a difficult position to turn. He sent Lieut. Dalmahoy with E Coy. to the left and they were round the Boer’s right in no time. The guns were in action at 1,600 yards. But E Coy. made the Boers bolt. Major Moir and Lieut. Dalmahoy went after them. Then the Boers took up a rearguard position, and it was here that Major Moir got hit in five places. He (Col. Douglas) sent Lieut. Price with a message to the firing line. When he reached it Corpl. Paul was in command. Lieut. Dalmahoy, Private Sheddon and another man were lying wounded about 50 yards in front of the firing line, which was 400 yards from the Boers. The men had two of the small intrenching implements with them, and with these each scraped up a little earth in front of them. This was the only cover they had. Lieut. Price ran out, picked up the nearest of the three wounded men, and carried him in. He found it heavy work and called for three volunteers. Three young L.-Corpls., M’Gill, Miller and Smith, at once responded. He made them take off their equipment and coats, and did the same himself, and then unarmed and in shirt sleeves they ran out. Nevertheless, the Boers at once turned a heavy fire on them, and, in bringing in the wounded, one of the bearers was hit. Lieut. Dalmahoy was again hit in the head, and Private Sheddon was killed. Lord Kitchener promoted Corpl. Paul to Sergt. for his gallantry, and recommended Lieut. Price for the V.C., and the three young L.-Corpls. for Distinguished Conduct Medals.

=PRICE, EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307395, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PRICE, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3876), 188494, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PRICE, PHILIP FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2434), 297773, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PRICHARD, FREDERICK GILES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard, M.A., Rector of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of William McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire; _b._ Whalley Vicarage, co. Lancaster, 23 Aug. 1891; educ. Heswall (Miss Gore); Lindley Lodge, Nuneaton; Marlborough College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Yorkshire Regt., 4 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 Aug. 1914; served one year in England, and subsequently three years in India at Tezpur, Fyzabad, Kailana, and Kamptee; returned to England on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 Jan. 1915; was invalided home, suffering from frostbite, 19 Feb. following, but rejoined his regt. at the end of April; was severely wounded in the head and in six places in limbs and body as he was leading a platoon to the trenches on 3 May, within a week of his rejoining, and died in the Military Hospital, Millbank, London, S.W., 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. R. G. Prichard, was killed in action, 27 April, 1915 (see following notice).