Chapter LXXXIV: Part 84

=WALKER, EDMUND BASIL=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. George Sherbrooke Walker, M.A., Rector of March, by his wife, Jessie Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Carter, of Hazelwood, Edgbaston; _b._ Birmingham, 8 Aug. 1888; educ. The Towers, Portinscale, Keswick; Sherborne School, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and soon after leaving college, went as a master to Sherborne Preparatory School. On 23 March, 1912, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Dorsetshire Regt. (Special Reserve), and after war broke out joined his regt. at the Front, afterwards transferring to the 1st Battn. Royal West Kents, and was given a commission in that regt. 2 Jan. 1915; took part in the heavy fighting for Hill 60, near Ypres, and was killed in action there, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ He had been called upon to undertake the Senior Captain’s duty and he volunteered for the post of danger with the machine-guns on Hill 60, near Ypres. He was on the Hill all through the awful night of Saturday 17, when so many fell--with two officers under him, and in the early morning, just as day was breaking, their company was relieved. They had left the ridge of the hill, when with his usual devotion to duty he suddenly said to his fellow officer: “You go on--I’ll follow in a minute,” and turned back again, explaining that he wanted to make sure all was right for the relief company just coming to take their place. So he went back--and in doing this, lost his own life, for he was shot dead. He was buried in the little military cemetery near Ypres. Major Dunlop, officer in command of the Battn., wrote: “I found your son of great assistance to me, as he was not only devoid of fear, but was an exceptionally keen officer, and, I am sure, would have made a great name for himself had he survived. Anyone who knew him could not help admiring him.” An officer, working with Lieut. Walker when he was killed, wrote: “on all sides I heard mention of his bravery. He stood on the top of the hill, directing operations, and was actually handling the machine-gun at the time he was shot in the throat, and died instantly. He had volunteered for the post of danger.” Lieut. Walker was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April, 1915. He was in the O.T.C. at both Sherborne and Cambridge, and after his two years of teaching, spent a year in promoting Boy Scout work, and was organising secretary to the Great Rally at Birmingham in 1913.

=WALKER, EDWARD HENRY=, A.B., 163583, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=WALKER, HENRY CLEMENT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 308726, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WALKER, JAMES=, Private, No. 1780, 1/9th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F); _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23 Aug. 1891; educ. Gateshead-on-Tyne; enlisted in the Durham L.I., 21 April, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and was killed in action on the outskirts of Ypres, 3 May, 1915. Buried in the Chateau grounds, west of Brielin, on the Poperinghe Road. He _m._ at the Roman Catholic Church, Dunston, 26 Dec. 1912, Mary (189, Rose Street, Gateshead), dau. of John Quinn, and had a child.

=WALKER, JOHN JAMES=, Corpl., No. 51512. R.F.A.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died from wounds received in action, 25 Aug. 1914.

=WALKER, JAMES THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6224), 203795, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WALKER, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7858), 292549, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WALKER, SAMUEL REID=, Private, No. 1876, A Coy. 1/9th Battn. (Highlanders) Royal Scots (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Walker, of Wentworth, Newmarket Road, Norwich, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Samuel Reid, of St. George’s, Norwich; _b._ Norwich, 13 Feb. 1893; educ. Belle Vue and King Edward VI Middle School, Norwich; apprenticed to the Drapery Trade, first at Mr. Moll’s, Norwich, then to Messrs. Bryant and Bryant, St. Ives, Hunts, and lastly to Messrs. Jenners, Edinburgh; volunteered and joined 1/9th Royal Scots (A Coy.), 6 Aug. 1914; left for France, 24 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 8 Hospital, Bailleul, 27 April following, of wounds received four days previously during the Second Battle of Ypres. Buried Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._ Corpl. W. M. Clarke wrote: “I thought it would perhaps comfort you to know how much he was appreciated by his comrades, and how great a shock his death was to them. His bright face and willingness made him a valued man in my section and won him everybody’s affection. Our only consolation, and I hope it may be yours also, is that he died like a man fighting for the Old Country.”

=WALKER, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2395, 1/7th Battn. The Black Watch (T.F.), _s._ of Alexander Middleton Walker, of Middleton Place, Crossgates, co. Fife, Miner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late Thomas Young, of Leven; _b._ Fordell, Dalgetty, co. Fife, 13 Feb. 1884; educ. Crossgates Public School; served as a grocer in Dunfermline Co-operative Society for nearly five years, then enlisted in the Royal Scots, 2 Jan. 1902; obtained his discharge by purchase, 11 July following, and was employed in the mines; re-enlisted in the Black Watch after the outbreak of war, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried there. His Captain wrote: “We were being subjected to a terrible bombardment during an attack on the Germans, and Tom along with L.-Corpl. Somerville were sitting in a dug-out sheltering from the fire, when a high explosive shell hit it, smashing in the roof. Both were killed immediately, and without suffering any pain. All the men exhibited great courage during the day and none more than your son, who was always a worker, doing his share and always willing to help others.”

=WALKER, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD SMAIL=, Major, 46th Punjabis, Indian Army, 2nd _s._ of the late Major-Gen. Alexander Walker, C.S.I., R.A., Director-General of Ordnance in India, 1890–97, by his wife, Anne Yewdale Lambert, dau. of Commander William Archibald Smail, R.N.; _b._ Dum-Dum, India, 31 Oct. 1874; educ. Dulwich College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. Indian Army, 10 Oct. 1894; was attd. to the 1st Somerset L.I. for his first year; entered the Indian S.C. 10 Jan. 1896, and was promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. 1897; Capt. 10 Oct. 1903, and Major 10 Oct. 1912; served with the 45th Sikhs and then with the 40th Pathans, and was posted to the 46th Punjabis on their formation; took part in the operations on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1897–8, including the Defence of Malakand, action at Landakai, and operations in Bajaur (medal with two clasps), and in the Tirah Expedition 1897–8 (clasp), and was afterwards employed with the King’s African Rifles, 25 Nov. 1903 to 10 May, 1906. After the outbreak of the European War, he was sent in Jan. 1915, with a double coy. to British East Africa and attd. to the 130th Baluchis (King George’s Own). He was commanding a section of the outpost line with headquarters at Mzima on the Tsava River. While visiting sentry groups with an escort of seven men on 12 April, he came on the spoor of a large party of Germans. He followed this up for some way in order to locate the enemy. In returning he was ambuscaded by a smaller party of Germans who were following the main force, and he and two men were shot. He was buried on the banks of the Tsava River--the grave was marked by a cairn of stones; the two men who fell with him are buried by his side. A brother officer wrote: “I knew him for a fearless man. He was with my regt. in the Tirah Expedition, 1897--I have never met a braver soldier”; and another: “His escort, Dogras and Gurkhas, five of whom managed to get away, all bear great testimony to his fearlessness and gallantry. He gave the orders with his last breath for his men to scatter; such is necessary in the bush. He is a great loss to us and to our country--we can ill spare such men.” He _m._ at Peshawar, N.W.P., 30 April, 1913, Marion Balfour, yst. dau. of the Rev. Frederick William Crick, M.A., Rector of Litton Cheney, Dorset, and had a dau., Anne Margaret, _b._ 21 Jan. 1914.

=BANES-WALKER, FREDERICK CECIL=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Harry Banes-Walker, of Verriers, North Petherton, Somerset, B.A., C.C., Director of Brewery Companies, by his wife, Mary Alexandra, dau. of Frederick S. Barker; _b._ Northgate House, Bridgwater, co. Somerset, 19 June, 1888; educ. Mr. Coplestone’s, Exmouth, Devon, and Tunbridge School, and was gaining a business experience at the Ashton Gate Brewery. He enlisted in the Gloucestershire Regt. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, but was offered a commission in the Devons a few weeks later, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Reserve Battn. of that Regt. 7 Oct. 1914, and subsequently attd. to the 2nd Battn. (23rd Brigade, 8th Division), of which he became a Machine-Gun Officer. He went to France, 15 March, 1915; was promoted Lieut., and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in a cemetery on the Rue Petillon, about 3,500 yards south of Fleurbaix. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son was killed in action early Sunday morning, 9 May, as we were advancing under heavy cross-firing. He was in charge of our machine-gun section, and had done extremely well. He was very popular with all ranks, and will be greatly missed.” Lieut. Banes-Walker was well-known in sporting circles being a fine rider to hounds. He played cricket for Somerset, and hockey for Gloucestershire.

=GORDON-WALKER, CHARLES NIGEL=, Lieut. and Adjutant, 10th (Service) Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., attd. 8th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Frederick Alexander Walker, of Gravesend, Kent, by his wife, Grace Marion (23, Holbein House, Sloane Square, London, S.W.), dau. of the late David Alexander Gordon, of Culveman and Greenlaw, co. Kirkcudbright, and of Hong Kong; _b._ Milton-next-Gravesend, co. Kent, 3 July, 1889; educ. Westminster School; was in the firm of Messrs. Gilman & Co., Merchants of Hong Kong, and 18, St. Swithin’s Lane, London, E.C., and was Corpl. in the Scouts Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Corps; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 10th South Staffords, 21 Nov. 1914, and appointed Adjutant to the battn. 21 Nov. 1914; attd. to 8th Manchester (T.F.), May, 1915; left for the Dardanelles from Plymouth, 15 May, and was killed in action in Gallipoli 7 Aug. following; _unm._

=WALL, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 5743, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Warwick; enlisted 30 Sept. 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 11 Sept. 1914; died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, Poperinghe, 29 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action. Buried Poperinghe New Cemetery.

=WALLACE, ANDREW=, Capt., 1/4th Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Wallace, of Castle View, Prestonpans, Headmaster of Prestonpans Public School, by his wife, Barbara, dau. of John Guthrie Smith, of Newmilns, Ayrshire, Manufacturer; _b._ Prestonpans, 3 Feb. 1875; educ. Prestonpans Public School; George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University, where he was Gold Medallist in Anatomy, and completed his medical course when he was only twenty. After being assistant to Dr. Nuttall of Leicester for three years, he went as Ship’s Doctor to China and Japan on the S.S. Glen Avon, which was wrecked off Hong Kong on her homeward voyage; and then practised for fifteen years in Coldstream, where he took a prominent part in Ambulance Association Work, and in the Territorials. He joined the 2nd Vol. Battn. K.O.S.B. (afterwards the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Scottish Borderers) in 1902 and became Lieut. 8 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 11 April, 1906; and volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war. He left for the Dardanelles on 21 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Krithia, Gallipoli, 12 July following; _unm._ Of his nine brothers, Capt. W. E. Wallace is in France with 8th Battn. Royal Scots, Capt. H. S. Wallace is in Egypt with the Notts and Derby Mounted Field Ambulance Bde., and Cadet R. H. Wallace presently training with University Corps, Bristol. His second youngest brother, Harold S. Wallace, with 8th Battn. Royal Scots, was killed in France, 8 April, 1915, at Picantin, near Laventie.

=WALLACE, HAROLD SYDNEY=, Private, No. 893, 8th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), 9th _s._ of James Wallace, of Castle View, Prestonpans, Headmaster of Prestonpans Public School, and a younger brother of Capt. Andrew Wallace (see preceding notice), by his wife, Barbara, dau. of John Guthrie Smith; _b._ Prestonpans, 29 Nov. 1892; educ. Prestonpans Public School; George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, and Skerry’s College; was an Officer of Customs and Excise; joined the 8th Territorial Battn. of the Royal Scots in 1912; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Picantin, near Laventie, 8 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried Rue Tilleloy, Laventie.

=WALLACE, HENRY ATHOLL CHARLES=, Capt., 10th Battn. 2nd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late Henry Wallace, of Trench Hall, co. Durham, J.P., for many years Agent to the Earl of Ravensworth; by his wife, Jessie (139, Ware Road, Hertford), dau. of Charles Ellis, of New York, U.S.A.; _b._ Trench Hall, Gateshead-on-Tyne, 1879; educ. Uppingham College; served in the South African War with the Northumberland Imperial Yeomanry, 1900–1901 (Queen’s medal with two clasps); emigrated to Canada in 1902, and after farming in Manitoba for a short time, turned his attention to real estate; joined the 106th Winnipeg L.I. in Winnipeg, Canada; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and was appointed Capt. 10th Battn. (Winnipeg L.I.); came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France early in Feb. and after serving in the trenches for two months, was killed in action at Langemarck, 22 April, 1915. He always took a keen interest in military matters, and belonged in Canada to the Veterans’ Brigade, composed of men who had served their country in any part of the world. He _m._ at St. Mary’s, Gateshead-on-Tyne, 1903, Winifred (194, Hill Street, Norwood Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), dau. of the late Thomas Archer, of the Dunston Engine Works, Dunston-on-Tyne, a well-known engineer and inventor, and had two children: Henry Archer Harold, _b._ 3 April, 1906; and Dorothy Laura, _b._ 15 March, 1909.

=WALLACE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4924), S.S. 104347, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WALLACE, JOHN=, Private, No. S./7097, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 10 Feb. 1915.

=WALLACE, JOHN ROGER (ION)=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Roger William Wallace, of 36, Campden Hill Gardens, Kensington, K.C., by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Thornton; _b._ Kensington, 25 June, 1895; educ. at School House, Rugby, and Oriel College, Oxford; joined the Artists’ Rifles as a Private when war began, and went to France with them, 26 Oct. 1914. He was given a commission, 15 Dec. 1914, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers. The same month he was invalided home after an attack of pleurisy caught in the trenches, and early this year (1915), after taking out a draft of men from Ayr, was transferred to the 1st Battn. of his regt. He was killed in action, near Ypres, 22 April, 1915, and buried in the Military Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “His pluck and unselfishness will always be remembered in the Scots Fusiliers. His one idea was that the men wounded at the same time should be cared for first. Both in his life and death he was a splendid example.”

=WALLACE, JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker, 282825, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WALLACE, THOMAS=, Acting Corpl., No. 7349, 1st Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action at Ypres, 12 May, 1915.

=WALLACE, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Private, No. 7865, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 14 Dec. 1914.

=BURGOYNE-WALLACE, DOUGLAS BURGOYNE=, Lieut., 7th Duke of Connaught’s Own Rajput L.I., Indian Army, elder _s._ of Frederick Burgoyne Burgoyne-Wallace, of Beechmont, Cheltenham, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Robert Watson, of Victoria Park, co. Ayr, and gdson. of the late Gen. Hill Wallace, C.B., R.H.A., by his wife, Harriet, dau. of Capt. Frederick Burgoyne, R.N. (who was present at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent); _b._ Edinburgh, 12 June, 1893; educ. Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the unattd. list for the Indian Army, 12 Aug. 1912. He was attached to the 2nd Battn. Norfolk Regt. at Belgaum for a year, and was posted to the 7th Rajputs 2 Nov. 1913, being promoted Lieut. Nov. 1914. He left India with his regt. for the Persian Gulf in the same month and was reported as missing after the heavy fighting at Ahwaz, 2 March, 1915. He was _unm._ Whilst at Cheltenham College he gained the Gold Medal in 1910 presented by the Republique Francaise Ministère de l’Instruction Publique et des Beaux Arts for French competed for by all the Public Schools.

=WALLARD, WALTER=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1817), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WALLER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 3082, C Coy., 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of George Waller, of Uckfield Road, Ringmer, Lewes, Stockman to Mr. John Porter, Park Farm, Ringmer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Henry Godcher, of Streat; _b._ Curd’s Farm, Barcombe, co. Sussex, 25 Nov. 1895; educ. Ringmer Council School, near Lewes; was Groom and Gardener to Mr. Moore Wellingham, Ringmer; enlisted 25 Nov. 1914; went to France, 12 Feb., and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May, 1915; _unm._

=WALLER, HORACE EDMUND=, Private, No. 1530, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, yr. _s._ of John Edward Hopkins Waller, of Rockvale, co. Tipperary, 172, Cromwell Road, London, S.W., and The Nook, Westgate-on-Sea, M.Inst.C.E., by his wife, Annette Elizabeth, dau. of Adolphe Naudé, and grandson of the late John Francis Waller, of Finoe House, co. Tipperary, LL.D., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, writer and poet; _b._ in London, 16 April, 1891; educ. the Towers, Wellington College, and Tonbridge School (Scholar), and on leaving there entered the Engineering Section of the University of London at King’s College, and was one of the earliest members of the O.T.C. In 1910 he went to Canada where he engaged in engineering, the principal work with which he was connected being the Hydro Electric installation of the Algoma Central Railway at Steep Hill Falls, Ontario, and the government survey of Strathcona Park, Vancouver Island, B.C. On the declaration of war he joined the 1st Contingent of Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I. as a private, and after training in Canada, on Salisbury Plain, and at Winchester, left Southampton for France with his regt. to join the Expeditionary Force on Sunday, 20 Dec. 1914. Owing to his intimate knowledge of French and his experience as an engineer, he was detailed to act as interpreter and guide. He was frequently in the trenches, and although as a result of the severe conditions prevailing he developed dysentery, he would not be persuaded to rest. On 4 Feb. however, he was obliged to enter hospital at Boeschèpe, and he died there, 7 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the churchyard at Boeschèpe with full military honours. Lieut. Crubbe wrote: “I must tell you as one of his company officers how great a loss to No. 4 he is. He was always an excellent soldier, and seemed to thoroughly realise how his superior education and position necessitated his being a good example, and in this he never failed. Since we have been actually fighting he was of great service as a company guide, and invariably showed the greatest courage and devotion to duty”; and Sergt. Phillips: “Everybody in No. 4 Coy. and anybody in other companies who knew him join you in mourning the loss of one of the best little fellows that ever lived, and one whom I am very proud to have called friend. He was the most popular man in the company.”

=WALLER, JAMES=, A.B., J. 8260, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

=WALLER, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 2467, 1/7th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Charles Waller, of 121–123, Edgware Road, London, W., Master Tailor (died 2 Feb. 1916), by his wife, Alice Easter (123, Edgware Road, London, W.), dau. of James Waller, of Old Catton, Norwich; _b._ New Cross, London, 14 June, 1896; educ. Regent Street Polytechnic; was a student at Selfridges; enlisted in Aug 1914 on the outbreak of war; left for France, 12 March, 1915, and was killed in action, 7 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery on the Rue Petillon, near Neuve Chapelle. Lieut. A. G. Groser wrote: “He was a universal favourite among the non-commissioned officers and men of No. 3 Platoon. ‘Best man in my section,’ his sergeant used to say to me. Among the men all spoke well of ‘Nobby,’ as they used to call him.... On the night of May 7, your son was in the party of 19 under myself which was to occupy an advanced trench 70 yards in front of the trenches, and within 70 yards of the German lines. We occupied this advanced trench at 8.30 p.m., and barely had the sentries been posted, when a party of over 24 Germans, bent on slaughter, appeared on all sides and attempted to rush this trench. They had crawled up under cover of darkness, then jumping up they fired at us and then rushed into close quarters. After a hand-to-hand fight lasting a few minutes, they were beaten off with the loss of seven killed and several wounded. But four of the platoon lay on the ground wounded, and three more had slight wounds. Your son with five others under Sergt. Hocking (who has since died of wounds) stood up and fought like the gentleman he was against fully 15 of the Germans. Facing the enemy who appeared in front, he was shot in the back by one of those who sprang up from the rear. Though four were badly wounded they went on fighting till they drove the Germans off, which undoubtedly went a long way to saving the position. He behaved like a gentleman and a hero, as I ever thought he would should such circumstances arise. He was conscious the whole time he was waiting for a stretcher, and I could tell from his face that he was in great pain. I talked to him and gave him water, and he answered back though very feebly. Then the stretcher came and he was carried to the billets right behind the trenches. Not a murmur or cry of pain came from him while lying in the trench in awful agony, because he was not half a hero but one throughout;” and Sergt. G. W. Scott, writing “at the unanimous request of the N.C.Os. and men of the Platoon” to “record the great affection which every man in this platoon had towards him, and the high esteem in which he was held by all who knew him, officers and men alike,” added: “About 9 o’clock p.m. on Friday, May 7, just as the day party was being relieved, the Germans rushed the sap. Our boys were absolutely taken by surprise, but rose to the occasion and succeeded in driving the Germans off, but not before your son was shot through the back and several others wounded. Poor ‘Nobby’ lived for a few hours and remained cheerful and brave to the end. His death actually occurred about 1 o’clock a.m. whilst he was being conveyed to the dressing-station.”

=WALLIS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6251, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Frederick Wallis, of 55, Morecambe Street, Walworth; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 16 May, 1915.

=WALLIS, HERBERT FRANCIS=, No. G. 3330, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 27 April, 1915.

=WALMESLEY, RICHARD=, Lieut., attd. 2nd Battn. Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of John Walmesley, of Lucknam, co. Wilts, and the Hall of Ince, co. Lancaster; _b._ London, W., 21 Nov. 1890; educ. Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd (Reserve Battn.) Yorkshire Regt. 13 Aug. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 1 May, 1912; was posted on the outbreak of war to the 2nd Battn.; went to France early in Oct. 1914, and was killed in action about the 21st of the same month, near Ypres. He was shot through the head, death being instantaneous and was the first of his regt. to fall. Lieut. Walmesley is described as a thorough soldier whom his men would have followed anywhere. He was also a keen sportsman and a well-known and fearless rider to hounds. He was Master of the Cambridge Harriers, 1912–13, and hunted with the Quorn, the Belvoir, and the Cottesmore, during the winter of 1913–14.

=WALSH, ARCHIBALD=, Private, No. 3796, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; enlisted 28 Feb. 1901; served in South Africa, 7 Nov. 1901, to 4 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps); obtained his discharge, 14 Feb. 1903; re-enlisted. 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 7 Oct. following, and was reported missing between 29 Oct. and 2 Nov., and is now assumed to have been killed in action between those dates; _m._

=WALSH, GEOFFREY PENNELL=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.), elder _s._ of the late James Joseph Walsh, M.B., Fleet Surgeon, R.N. (who was lost on H.M.S. Good Hope in the battle off Coronel, 1 Nov. 1914), by his wife, Eveline Mary (44, Worthing Road, Southsea), eldest dau. of Charles Pennell; _b._ Sheerness, 28 Oct. 1892; educ. Eversley School, Southwold; St. Paul’s and Pembroke College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Sherwood Foresters, 15 Aug. 1914; promoted Lieut. 16 May, 1915; went to France, 16 May, 1915; was attd. to 2nd Battn. and was killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915. Buried in Sanctuary Wood, Hooge; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “Though he had only been with us a few weeks, he was very popular with both officers and men, and he is a great loss to the service;” and his tutor from Pembroke College, Oxford, wrote: “He only gave us pleasure. From the first he took his full share of college life, his energies mostly given to the river. He leaves behind him a memory upon which it is a pleasure to dwell.”

=WALSH, JAMES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 205302, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WALSH, JAMES=, Acting Corpl., No. 12/1822, Auckland Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, was reported missing after the fighting on 8 Aug. 1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date.

=WALSH, JAMES JOSEPH=, M.B., Fleet Surgeon, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Good Hope, yst. _s._ of the late Patrick James Walsh; _b._ Wexford, 29 Sept. 1863; educ. St. Peter’s College, Wexford, and the Royal University of Ireland; graduated. M.B. 1885, and was appointed Surgeon, Royal Navy, 20 Aug. of the same year; promoted Staff Surgeon, 20 Aug. 1897, and Fleet Surgeon, 20 Aug. 1901, and was lost in the sinking of H.M.S. Good Hope in the battle off Coronel, 1 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Sheerness, Kent, 21 Jan. 1891, Eveline Mary (44, Worthing Road, Southsea), eldest dau. of Charles Pennell, and had two sons: Geoffrey Pennell, Lieutenant 3rd Sherwood Foresters, _b._ 28 Oct. 1892, killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915; and Raymond Neville, _b._ 10 July, 1906.

=WALSH, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 5846, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Thomas Walsh, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of John Tyrrell, of Bolton; _b._ Earlestown, co. Lancashire, 3 Jan. 1885; educ. St. Patrick’s School, Bolton; enlisted 19 Nov. 1904; was called up from the Reserve on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 30 Aug. 1914. He was reported missing, 27 Oct. 1914, and is supposed to have been killed in action on that date. He _m._ at Nelson, 6 April, 1912, Florence Ellen (8, Eastbank Street, Barrowford, Nelson, Lancs.), dau. of Henry Edwards, of Madeley Salop, and had a dau. Norah, _b._ 19 March, 1913.

=WALSH, PATRICK=, Carpenter’s Crew, M. 1741, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=CORMAC-WALSHE, EDWARD JOSEPH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn Prince of Wales’) The Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), 4th _s._ of Edward Cormac-Walshe, of Castle Hill, Crossmolina, co. Mayo, D.L., by his wife, Annita, dau. of Henry Hodgens, of Beaufort, co. Dublin; _b._ Bath, 6 Feb. 1892; educ. Stoneyhurst and Trinity College, Dublin (B.A. 1912), and obtained a University commission, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Leinsters, 19 Jan. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 7 May, 1913; went to France with his regt, which formed part of the 6th Division, 22 Sept. 1914, and died in No. 13 Base Hospital, Boulogne, 5 Nov. 1914, from wounds received in action on 20 Oct.; _unm._ The 6th Division was holding the Radinghem-La Vallée-Emnetières-Copingham-Premesques Railway Line, 300 yards east of Halte, and according to information received from a brother officer at Premesques, Lieut. Walshe volunteered to go with a despatch some distance, and when returning with the report to his superior officer (Capt. Maffett, who had meanwhile been killed) found himself under severe machine-gun fire, and sheltered behind a hay stack, which was 300 yards from his trench. After half an hour he emerged running head down, but received a mortal scalp wound. His Colour-Sergeant ran out and fetched him in, and after 18 hours in the trench he was removed to the dressing station. His Colonel wrote: “During the attack on Premesques on the 18 Oct. he led his platoon in a gallant and skilful manner, always the first up to show his men the way. During that night and following night, he worked hard getting his men entrenched. When we were counter-attacking on the morning of the 20th, he was wounded when apparently bringing a report to his Company Commander, Capt. Maffett, who had just been killed. Your son was a gallant officer, very popular with all ranks. We all deplore his loss.” At Stoneyhurst he was in the football fifteen and cricket eleven, and was for a short time before leaving Capt. of the Officer’s Cadet Corps.

=WALTER, ARGYLE FRANCIS BRADFORD=, Private, No. 2795, 13th (Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.). eldest _s._ of the late Francis Edward Walter, of Hornsey, N., by his wife, Ellen Annie (65, Middle Lane, Crouch End, Hornsey, N.): _b._ Holloway, N., 9 March, 1893; educ. L.C.C. School, Duncombe Road, Holloway; was a Clerk in the Scottish Provident Association Institution, Lombard Street, E.C.; volunteered and enlisted in the Kensingtons on the outbreak of war; went with his battn. to France, 28 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fromelles on Sunday morning, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ A comrade said that on Sunday morning the 13th were ordered to capture certain German trenches--three successive lines of them--and they carried out their orders with great gallantry and success. Between the second and third lines was an open field, across which the battn. had to rush. Private Walter was among those who succeeded in reaching the third trench unhurt. It was then discovered that the red flag which they carried with them to indicate to the British Artillery behind them the point they had reached in their advance, had been left behind inadvertently at the second line of trenches. The officer in command called for volunteers to return and fetch it. Before he had finished Private Walter was out of the trench racing back across the open field under heavy fire from the enemy. He was about five yards from the flag when he fell. So far as could be judged he was killed instantaneously, as he was never seen to move again.

=WALTER, CHARLES RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 1654, 4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Charles Walter; _b._ Haggerston; educ. Shap Street School there; joined the Royal Fusiliers in May 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died in Boulogne Hospital, 3 May, 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._ Buried at Boulogne.

=WALTER, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 15801, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914

=WALTERS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17428, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WALTERS, HENRY JAMES=, C.P.O (N.S.), 179888, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WALTERS, VIVIAN ARTHUR WALKER=, Leading Signalman, 228510, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WALTHAM, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Private, No. 6423, 2nd Battn Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Hamlin Waltham, of 3, Harold Street, Selby, by his wife, Ellen Eliza; _b._ Hull, 7 June, 1888; educ. Buckingham Street Board School there; was a Boilermaker; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 17 Nov. 1905; served three years with the Colours; went to France, 10 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 4 Field Ambulance, 9 Nov. following, of wounds received at the First Battle of Ypres that day. He was buried in the N.W. corner of the field, east of Château, 1½ miles west of Ypres, on the Vlamertinghe Road. He _m._ at the Congregational Church, Selby, 1911, Harriett (Staynor House, Denison Road, Selby, co. Yorks), 3rd dau. of William Cass, and had a son, William Ernest, _b._ 31 Jan. 1912.

=WALTHO, THOMAS JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5537), S.S. 100433, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WALTON, GEORGE HENRY=, Sergt., R.M.A. (R.F.R., 0696), R.M.A. 4367, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WALTON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 8670, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=WALTON, RICHARD CRAWHALL=, Lieut., 1st Battn. 9th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army; elder _s._ of Richard Walton, of 5, Croxteth Grove, Liverpool, Secretary in Liverpool Northern Assurance Co., Ltd., President of the Insurance Institute of Liverpool, and Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, by his wife, Judith, dau. of the late Joseph Crawhall, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Clifton, Bristol, 1 March, 1886; educ. Liverpool College, and passed into Sandhurst in 1905, being third on the list in that half-year’s examinations. A year later he passed out second in order of merit, with honours, and was placed first of the Cadets for the Indian Army, winning the coveted Norman medal, then presented for the first time. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the unattached list for the Indian Army, 29 Aug. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 29 Nov. 1908; served his first year with the 1st Prince of Wales’ Own West Yorkshire Regt.; was posted to the 9th Gurkhas, 12 Nov. 1907; appointed Double Company Officer, 17 Nov. 1907, and Qr.-Mr. 18 Jan. 1914; left India with the Expeditionary Force for France on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, during the first Battle of Ypres, 7 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Lieut. Walton was an all-round sportsman, and when in garrison at Chitral engaged in big game shooting, fine specimens of markhor, oorial, tahr, black and red bear, deer and leopard, being among his trophies. He was also an expert horseman and polo player, and was considered one of the best judges of ponies on his station. He rode Mr. Lee’s Ringette, the winner of the Murree Cup at the Gharial Races in 1907.

=WAND, THOMAS EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R), Ch./8521, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=WANDBY, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5312), S.S. 42, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WANDS, ANDREW EASTON=, L.-Corpl., No. 7689, 8th Battn. Highland L.I. (T.F.), attd. 1/7th Royal Scots (T.F.), _s._ of the late James Wands, of 65, Glasgow Road, Wishaw, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Andrew Easton; _b._ Wishaw, co. Lanark, 18 Aug. 1893; educ. Berryhill School there; was Craneman G.I.S.W., Wishaw; joined the 8th Highland L.I., 1908, and served five years, rejoining, 15 Aug. 1914, after the outbreak of war; was attached to the 1/7th Royal Scots, and left with them for the Dardanelles 22 May, 1915, and was killed in action at the capture of the Sagir Dere, Gallipoli, 28 June, following; _unm._

=WARBURTON, JOHN ALFRED=, Private, No. 6675, 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., _s._ of the late Joseph Warburton, Cooper, by his wife, Emma (117, Walter Street, Blackburn); _b._ Blackburn, 10 Oct. 1882; educ. St. Matthew’s School there; enlisted 18 March, 1901; served through the South African War, 1901–02 (Queen’s medal), after which he proceeded with his regt. to India, but later returned to South Africa, where he was stationed until the outbreak of the European War; went to France 2 Nov., came through the action at Neuve Chapelle safely, but was killed the following day, 15 March, 1915, while trying to locate a German sniper; _unm._ While in India he scored many successes in regimental competitions.

=EGERTON-WARBURTON, PIERS (PETER)=, Private, No. 903, 10th Light Horse (Western Australian) Regt., Australian Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of the late Rowland Egerton-Warburton, by his wife, Mary (Stonyhurst, Williams River, Western Australia), dau. of John M. Kail, and grandson of the late George Edward Egerton-Warburton, of St. Werburgh’s, Albany, Western Australia, sometime 51st Regt [5th _s._ of the Rev. Rowland Egerton-Warburton. of Warburton and Arley, co. Chester]; _b._ Perth, Western Australia, 13 July, 1892; volunteered and enlisted on the outbreak of war; left for Egypt in April; went to the Dardanelles in May, and died in No. 1 General Hospital, Alexandria, 19 Aug. following, of wounds received on the 9th in the great attempt to storm the Turkish positions, when the 8th and 10th Light Horse were almost annihilated; _unm._

=WARD, ARTHUR=, Painter, 2nd Class, M. 6330, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WARD, ARTHUR PERCY=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 3850), 196305, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WARD, ARTHUR RENOLD=, Private, No. 1196, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late (--) Ward, by his wife, Eliza (126, Commercial Road, Camberwell, S.E.); _b._ Walworth, S.E., 3 Sept. 1894; educ. Trafalgar Street Board School there; joined the 2nd London Regt. about Aug. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Dec. and died 4 May, 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._

=WARD, BASIL MIGNOT=, Capt., 1st Battn. Essex Regt., yr. _s._ of Arthur John Hanslip Ward. V.D., D.L., Town Clerk of Harwich, and Col. 1st Suffolk and Harwich R.G.A. Vol. (which he raised and commanded 1899–1906), by his wife, Eleanor Katherine Mignot, only dau. of John Brown, of Altwood, Maidenhead; _b._ Dovercourt, co. Essex, 20 Feb. 1888; educ. The Tower School, Dovercourt; Felsted School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st Essex Regt., 8 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut., 25 Sept. 1911, and Capt., 26 April, 1915; served in Burma, India, and Mauritius; and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; and was killed in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried on the shore of Gallipoli, just above W. Beach. His Commanding Officer (who was himself killed a few days later) wrote: “He was such a good officer, and so much beloved by us all. It must indeed be terrible for you, but you have the consolation that he died fighting for his country, and no one could die a more noble death. He fell the first day we landed, but not before he had proved what a gallant fearless officer he was. In the Regt. we shall miss him dreadfully.” He was a Freemason, and a member of the Hanslip Ward Lodge, into which he was initiated by his father; he was also a member of the St. Nicholas Mark Lodge.

=WARD, HENRY DE COURCY=, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., 2nd _s._ of the late Commander Henry Purcell Ward, R.N., by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Allan, of Springfield House, Havant, co. Hants, and grandson of Capt. Richard Ward, R.N.; _b._ Kingstown, co. Dublin, 4 July, 1862; educ. Vickerys, Southsea; entered the Navy 15 July, 1878, and became Paymaster in 1895 and Fleet Paymaster in Aug. 1903. He served on H.M. Ships Wolverine, Miranda and Rapid, Australian Station; H.M.S. Emerald, North American Station; H.M.S. Firebrand, China Station; and H.M.S. Triumph and Indomitable, Home Fleet; and was appointed to H.M.S. Cressy in Dec. 1913, being present on the latter at the action off the Bight of Heligoland, 28 Aug. 1914. He was lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914, when the Cressy was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. A survivor said: “Ward managed to reach a life-buoy, which was supporting the Doctor and Chaplain. When he found he could hold on no longer without taxing the strength of the others (our Chaplain, the writer says, could not swim), he slipped off, telling the others to save themselves, and sank with a cheery good-bye to us all.” And the Chaplain wrote: “The courage of Ward, the calmness with which he faced death was typical of the bravery of the rest.” Capt. Ozanne, R.M.L.I., another of the survivors, wrote: “I hope someone has told his wife what a fine thing he did. Ward passed me swimming hard. He was splendid, letting go a life-buoy which he had hold of, as our Chaplain, who couldn’t swim, was on it, and so was the Doctor, who was looking after him. He apparently thought they would get on better without him. He is a great loss, he kept things going in a wonderful way.” Fleet Paymaster H. de C. Ward was selected as one of the Naval interpreters to escort the officers of the French Fleet during the Entente Cordiale festivities in Aug. 1906, and was also chosen when the Indomitable took the Prince of Wales (now King George V.) to Quebec for the Tercentenary Celebrations in July, 1908. He _m._ at Kilmaronaig Lodge, Connel, co. Argyle, 10 July, 1900, Emelie Chisholm, 2nd dau. of the late Staff Surgeon Richard McClymont, R.N., by his wife, Anne Constance (who _m._ 2ndly Archibald Argyll Lochnell Campbell, 13th, of Lochnell), dau. of Inspector General (of Asylums) John Francis Fitzgerald, of Glenlee Lodge, Cheltenham; _s.p._ His brothers, Paymaster-in-Chief Charles A. Ward, R.N., and Col. W. R. Ward, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, are on service.

=WARD, HENRY=, Private, No. 2010, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Durham; enlisted 20 Sept. 1898; served in South Africa, 15 April, to 4 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France from 11 Aug. 1914; killed in action, 22 Oct. 1914; _m._

=WARD, HERBERT ALFRED=, Sergt., R.M.A., 5345, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WARD, JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 8066, 1st Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 1st _s._ of Stephen Ward, of Westbury, Brackley, co. Northampton, by his wife, Anne, dau. of William Merry; b. Brackley, 20 May, 1886; educ. Brackley National School; joined 2nd Oxford and Bucks, L.I., 21 Oct. 1905; left for France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Richebourg l’Avoué, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried, Rue du Bois, near Richebourg l’Avoué.

=WARD, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 68, H Coy., 1/5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only child of John Edward Ward, of 39, North Street, Ashford, Kent, employee of the South-Eastern Railway, by his wife, Kate Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Warner, of 39, North Street, Ashford, Kent; _b._ Ashford, 15 July, 1891; educ. Grammar School there, and on leaving secured an appointment at the Folkestone Branch of Lloyd’s Bank. After three years there he was given a special appointment at the Southsea Branch; remaining there for 13 months, he was then transferred to the Westgate Branch and from there to the head office in Lombard Street. Two days after the declaration of war (7 Aug. 1914) he joined the London Rifle Brigade, left England with it on 2 Nov. and was killed in action in the trenches at Ploegsteert, Belgium, 9 Dec., 1914; _unm._ His Company Officer, Capt. H. Macfeogh, wrote that by his death he “had lost one of the best men of his Company.” Ward had for many years been studying organ and piano, was a prize winner Trinity College, was assistant organist at Ashford Parish Church, was also a gifted accompanist on the piano and in great request at concerts. Was a choir boy at Ashford Parish Church for some years, soloist for two years until his voice broke. Resting from singing for some years, he again started by studying voice production under Mr. Fletcher of Folkestone, and later on under Mr. Franklin Clive, of London, and he developed a baritone voice of exceptional quality and power, and was seen in many provincial productions, and was heard to much advantage in the production of “The Geisha” at Portsmouth Theatre Royal by the Portsmouth Orpheus Society. In this production he played “Reggie Fairfax,” the part originally played in London by Mr. C. Hadyn Coffin. His first appearance on the concert platform was at the age of three, when he sang a little solo in a children’s operetta, and at intervals he appeared for years in many operettas and at many concerts, until his departure for the Front. He was a fine cricketer, and still holds the record for the Ashford Grammar School Eleven against club cricketers (not school cricket), viz., 168 not out, which he scored against the Ashford Drapers Cricket Club for the Grammar School in 1913. Another notable feat in his cricket career was 59 in the morning, l.b.w. out, and 59 in the afternoon, l.b.w. out, against a very strong combination Great Chart Cricket Club in 1910. His last season of cricket he played on the London grounds for the Private Banks C.C. and also for the Droits C.C. and scored up to the time of his enlistment in Aug., 9 runs short of 1,000 runs. This would have been, had he kept playing, his best season. He did not make a century in 1914 but scored 95, 98, 90 and 84, thus getting near it on four occasions. He topped the averages in all clubs he played for at some time of his cricket career, and was looked upon as a fine sporting bat by all good judges of the game.

=WARD, THOMAS LEONARD=, Private, No. 1859, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late Henry Walter Ward, of 34, St. Paul’s Road, Camden Town, N., for many years an optician with Adam Hilger, Stanhope Street, N.W., by his wife, Mary Ann Elizabeth, dau. of William Bartlett; _b._ London, 28 March, 1890; educ. Camden Town National School and Ditcheat Council School; went to Australia, 28 Oct. 1911; bought property in Narrogin, and farmed for himself 633 acres at Corrogin, W.A.; joined the 11th Battn. Jan. 1914; sailed for Egypt with the fourth reinforcements; proceeded to the Dardanelles, 25 May, 1915, and died in the Military Hospital, Alexandria, 10 Aug. following, of wounds received in action at Shell Green, Anzac, on or about 5 Aug. Buried in Chatby Cemetery, Alexandria, Grave No. 1240; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “Tom’s first thought was for his comrades; he even went so far as sharing his water allowance at a time when every drop was a luxury.” Another wrote: “His fearlessness was noticeable even among ‘our set.’ He died the death he chose--one of many heroes.”

=WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1368), 194032, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WARDALE, CLARENCE=, A.B. (R.F.R., C. 229), S.S. 1740, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WARDE, BRIAN EDMUND DOUGLAS=, Lieut., 6th (Special Reserve), attd. 4th, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Major Charles Aprilis Warde, late 7th Dragoon Guards and 6th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, and now 2nd in command of 15th Battn. R.F., by his wife Felicia, dau. of James Richard Alexander Douglas, of Treaty House, Hounslow, F.R.C.S.; _b._ Hounslow, 29 July, 1894; educ. at Bilton Grange, Rugby; and Lancing College, Shoreham, where he was second classic, and Captain of his house. He was intending to go to Ceylon as a planter, but on the day war was declared applied for a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to his father’s old battn., 15 Aug. 1914, being promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. following. After training at Dover and taking part in the defences of the fortress, he left for the Front with a draft of the 4th Battn. on 29 Dec. He served with that Battn. at Ypres, St. Eloi, and elsewhere in Flanders, until his death in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 16 June, 1915. That day he was the last officer of his company unhurt. He had helped to take three lines of the enemy’s trenches, had then fallen back to the 2nd line again, where his wounded Capt. saw him, quite calm and unconcerned, leading a handful of men down the trench. He jumped on the parapet to fire at and bomb a party of the enemy, when he fell shot through the head. An hour later he died, never having recovered consciousness, and was buried in the trench where he was shot; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote of him: “He will be a great loss to us, he was always cheerful, was a very brave officer, and a real good leader of men.... He was sniped from the flank and killed dead.” Lieut. Warde was a splendid gameshot, and devoted to field sports and to nature generally. He possessed an excellent knowledge of French.

=WARDEN, ERNEST=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24984 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=WAREING, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6370, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WARLOW, THEODORE WILLIAM=, Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., elder _s._ of the Rev. George Edmund Warlow, M.A., Vicar of Ledsham, South Milford, Yorkshire, by his wife, Ellen Constance, dau. of Ferdinand Gozna Eiloart; _b._ St Anne’s Wycombe, Marsh, co. Bucks, 15 March, 1895; and was educ. at Doon House, Westgate-on-Sea, and Bradfield College, where he gained an Exhibition, was a Sergt. in the O.T.C. and obtained Certificate “A.” He left Bradfield, July, 1914, and was to have gone up to University College, Oxford, the following Oct., but on the outbreak of war he applied for a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th K.O.Y.L.I., 14 Aug. 1914, he was promoted Lieut. 25 Oct. following, went to France 21 May, 1915; and died at a stationary hospital, Boulogne, 28 July, 1915, of wounds received at Hooge on the 19th, while endeavouring to bring in a wounded Corpl. Buried at Boulogne; _unm._ Major E. H. Rigg wrote: “He was a good soldier, and his loss is deeply felt by all ranks,” and 2nd Lieut. R. G. Royle: “Being in the same company, I can bear personal witness to the great esteem his soldierly abilities and his remarkably sunny disposition have engendered amongst everybody.”

=PICTON-WARLOW, WILFRED=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Welsh Regt., and Royal Flying Corps, 7th and yst. _s._ of Col. John Picton Turbervill, formerly Picton-Warlow, of Ewenny Priory, Bridgend, Glamorgan, late Indian Staff Corps, by his 2nd wife, Eleanor, yst. dau. of Sir Grenville Temple, of Stowe, 10th Bart.; _b._ Laleston House, Bridgend, 6 April, 1884; educ. Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Welsh from the Guernsey Militia, 28 Jan. 1903, and promoted Lieut. 28 Nov. 1906, and Capt. 7 June, 1913; attached Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps as Flying officer, 14 Aug. 1913; and promoted Flight Commander, 1 May, 1914. On the outbreak of war he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and on 20 Dec. 1914 left St. Omer for Dover. He was seen flying over Calais that same day, but nothing more was heard of him, and he is believed to have been drowned while crossing the Channel; _unm._