part in the engagement at Karee Siding, near Bloemfontein, in which

the Scottish Borderers were badly cut up, and for this gained the

Distinguished Conduct Medal. In Jan. 1900 he became Sergt., in the

following year Colour-Sergt., and while stationed at Cairo in 1908

Quartermaster-Sergt., having in the meantime seen service in Egypt and

the Soudan; his final promotion came when he left Khartoum to take up

the Sergt.-Majorship of the 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers at

Berwick in 1910. On the outbreak of war he was offered a commission,

but preferred to stay with his regt., with which he proceeded to the

Front, being killed in action at the Aisne River, 13 Sept. 1914. He

was buried about two miles from Saarcy. Sergt.-Major Macwhinnie was

mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 9 Oct. 1914, and was

awarded the Military Cross and the French Medaille Militaire; he also

held the regulation medal for long service and good conduct, and

King George’s Coronation Medal. He _m._ at the Roman Catholic

Chapel, Belfast, 28 April, 1904, Caroline Christina, dau. of William

Hart, 1st Class Staff Sergt.-Major, A.S.C., and had a son and dau.:

Norman, _b._ Cairo, 29 Jan. 1908; and Elizabeth Madge, _b._

Colchester, 1 Dec. 1905.

[Illustration: =Norman H. Macwhinnie.=]

=McWHIRTER, HUGH WALTER=, Private, No. 902, 1st Newfoundland

Regt., _s._ of Henry McWhirter, of Humbermouth, Bay of Islands,

Newfoundland, by his wife, Lottie, dau. of Henry Lilsed Harris;

_b._ New Richmond, Quebec, 18 March, 1894; educ. Bay of Islands;

volunteered and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt. in 1915; left for

Britain 20 March, 1915, went to the Dardanelles, 19 Sept., and was

killed in action there, 22 Sept. 1915; _unm._

[Illustration: =Hugh Walter McWhirter.=]

=MACWILLIAM, JAMES JULIAN GORDON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Gordon

Highlanders, only child of James MacWilliam, of 22, Forbes Road,

Edinburgh, Solicitor in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, by his wife,

Ella Julie de Lorn, dau. of Charles William Gordon MacDougall;

_b._ Edinburgh, 16 Aug. 1895; educ. Edinburgh Academy and the

Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Gordon

Highlanders, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut., 11 Dec. following;

was for some time A.D.C. to Major Oakeley, Commandant of the O.T.C.

at Barry Camp; went to France about 10 Sept.; joined his battn. at

Fère-en-Jardenois; marched to La Bassée early in October, and was

wounded by shrapnel on the 12th; rejoined the battn. about 19 Nov.,

when he took over his coy. temporarily, and was killed in action at

Maedelsted Spur, Wytschaete, 14 Dec. 1914, while leading his platoon.

His Commanding Officer, Major Baird, wrote: “On 14 Dec. three companies

of his battn. were ordered to attack a German trench. Your boy’s coy.

was one of these. The artillery previously bombarded the German trench,

and it was hoped that it would have been made practically untenable.

So far from this proving to be the case, as soon as our men advanced

they were met by a terrific fire, through which they pushed forward in

spite of heavy losses to within fifty yards, and in some places nearer

still, of the German trench. It was when your boy was gallantly rising

to lead his men for a final rush from this forward position that he was

shot through the head and killed instantly. These are the particulars

given me by a sergt. who was with the body of men under your son and

who saw him fall. The Germans’ fire was so heavy that our men, in spite

of their splendid advance, could not assault and carry the trench;

their losses during the advance had been terrible, yet they hung on all

day from 8 a.m. till dusk, and then had to withdraw. It was to my deep

regret impossible to bring your boy’s body back for burial. Even after

dark, the Germans kept up a heavy fire at this very close range, but he

was lying so near the German trench that there is no doubt that they

will have taken him behind their lines and buried him. I cannot express

sufficiently the deep sorrow which I, and all of us, feel at the loss

of a brother officer, who, though but so recently joined, had already

on more than one occasion shown his sterling value. I have felt it my

duty to bring to official notice the gallant manner in which your son

was leading his men when he met his death. I know how little there is

I can say that can bring consolation to you in your great sorrow, and

will only add that your son’s death occurred in an action which, though

it failed in its purpose, has been as fine an exhibition of sacrifice

and determination as any in the annals of this regt., and I hope that

you may be able to feel that your boy has died in covering himself with

glory.” And Sergt. P. Benzies (since killed) on behalf of the N.C.Os.

and men of C Coy., wrote: “On the morning of 14 Dec., the Gordon

Highlanders made a glorious charge, two platoons of C Coy. leading, the

other two to support. Your son was in charge of Nos. 9 and 11 Platoons

which led, and, when the order came to advance, he was the first out of

the trenches; smiling and waving his stick, he encouraged his men on.

When we had got to within fifty yards of the German trenches we had

to lie down for a minute to get our breath before the final assault.

It was when he raised his head to give the order to advance that he

was killed. He died instantaneously, and therefore suffered no pain.

You ought to be very proud of yourself to have had such a gallant son,

for he was a thorough hero, and we all admired him very much. I was

also with your son when he was wounded on 12 Oct. 1914. I gave him a

snapshot photograph, which was taken about the beginning of Oct., and

which I hope he sent home. He gave a few of us cigarette lighters just

a few days before the charge, and we all treasure them very much now.”

Another officer writing home said: “Poor young MacWilliam, who had

just rejoined after recovering from a wound, was shot dead through the

head. I have since then taken over temporary command of C Coy., and in

drawing up a report of its work during the day of the attack (14 Dec.)

find that the men speak in the most glowing terms of the bravery of

George and Mr. MacWilliam, and of the gallant way in which they led

up their men to the advance under heavy machine gun and rifle fire.

In fact the Commanding Officer has expressed extreme satisfaction and

praise for the altogether splendid way in which they led their men in

face of overpowering odds. Although victory was not achieved, the glory

of unselfish bravery, such as reaches the highest achievements of the

British Army, is attached to the names of the men who took part in that

charge.” At Edinburgh Academy he was a L.-Sergt. in the O.T.C., and a

member of the Shooting VIII, and shot for his school at Bisley.

[Illustration: =James J. G. MacWilliam.=]

=MADDANS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. G6535, 3rd Battn. Middlesex

Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,

3 May, 1915; _unm._

=MADDEN, THOMAS HYLTON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Liverpool

Regt., only _s._ of the Ven. Thomas John Madden, Archdeacon of

Liverpool, and Vicar of St. Luke’s Church there, by his wife, Jane,

dau. of William Henry Horrocks, M.D.; _b._ Liverpool, 30 April,

1895; educ. Liverpool College and was to have entered Emmanuel,

Cambridge, in Oct. 1914, but war breaking out he gave up his studies

and applied for a commission. He had joined the Liverpool College

O.T.C. in 1909, and at 16 commanded a coy. of the “King’s” Cadets under

the late Lieut.-Col. A. T. S. MacIver. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut.,

5th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (Reserve of Officers), 2 Aug. 1914;

mobilised 5 Aug. following, and after training at Seaforth left there

for the Front, 29 Sept.; reaching the firing line, 13 Nov. He received

a regular commission in the 1st Battn. of his regt., 2 Feb. 1915; led

the charge of his platoon against the German trenches on 10 March

following, and was in the act of throwing a bomb over the barbed wire

entanglements when he was shot down by a machine gun and fell mortally

wounded. The Adjutant (Capt. S. E. Norris) wrote: “He fell leading

his platoon in an assault on the German trenches at Givenchy about

8.15 yesterday (10 March). Capt. Feneran and Lieut. Young were also

killed, and Lieut. Millar (all the officers of your son’s Coy., A) was

wounded. From the evidence of the few men who returned I am sure they

were all killed instantly. The whole history of the British Army has

nothing finer to show than the work of A Coy. yesterday. Col. Carter

was wounded, so I am writing this for him. Your son was one of the

most promising young officers in the regt.”; and a Capt. of the 5th

King’s: “On 10 March there was a general attack by the whole of the 1st

Division, and on the whole it succeeded. The 6th Brigade, of which ‘The

King’s’ Liverpool Regt. formed part, attacked at Givenchy, and in the

attack by his regt. Hylton led the second party on the left. The first

party had come under exceptionally heavy fire, and he must have known

that he had to face more than the usual risk. He never faltered nor

hesitated. He led his men well, and fell a victim to machine-gun fire.

I think he must have died instantaneously. When the history of this

war comes to be written, the story of ‘The King’s’ charge at Givenchy

will rank equally with any of its heroic deeds in the past. The attack

of our brigade failed, and the King’s Royal Rifles, the Liverpools and

the South Staffords lost heavily in officers and men. But the force of

their attack caused the Germans to bring reinforcements to Givenchy,

and enabled success to be achieved elsewhere.” He was mentioned in F.M.

Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and

distinguished service in the field. A memorial tablet and window has

been placed in St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool, and a memorial tablet in

Christ Church, Southport.

[Illustration: =Thomas H. Madden.=]

=MADDISON, ALFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26723 (Ports.), H.M.S.

Hawke, _s._ of James Arthur Maddison, of 7, Railway View,

Dringhouses, near York; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North

Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=MADDOCK, THOMAS HENRY=, Private, No. 10066, 1st Battn. Royal

Scots, _s._ of George Maddock, of Stratford, by his wife, Sarah,

dau. of Thomas Henry Rand; _b._ Stratford, co. Essex, 21 March,

1890; educ. Carpenter’s Road Council School there; enlisted 19 July,

1907; went to France, 30 Jan. 1915, and died at a Clearing Station on

27 Feb. 1915, of wounds received at St. Eloi the previous day. He was

buried in Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._

=MADIGAN, JAMES FRANCIS JOSEPH=, Private, 12 1703, Auckland

Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force; volunteered for

Imperial service after the outbreak of war; joined his unit at the

Dardanelles, 8 May, 1915, and was killed in action, 8 June following.

=MAGEE, RICHARD EDWARD=, Master-at-Arms, 164813, H.M.S.

Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off

the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=MAGILL, HUGH=, L.-Corpl., No. 11355, 1st Battn. Highland L.I.,

_s._ of Hugh Magill, of 17, Ardenlea Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow;

served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action

at Neuve Chapelle, 11–18 March, 1915.

=MAGUIRE, CHARLES=, Private, No. 8081, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,

_s._ of James Maguire, of Newton Farm, East Wemyss, Fife;

_b._ Carnoustie, co. Forfar; enlisted 13 Nov. 1911; served with

the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; dangerously wounded in

the spine in action; admitted to hospital at Aldershot, 6 Nov. 1914,

and died there, 12 July, 1915.

=MAHONEY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 12317, 2nd Battn. The Welsh

Regt., _s._ of John Mahoney, of Convent Street, Bandon, co. Cork,

by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Gilman; _b._ Convent

Hill, Bandon, co. Cork; educ. Convent School, Bandon; enlisted in the

Royal Munster Fusiliers, and served nine years with the Colours, going

through the South African War, for which he received the Queen’s medal

with three clasps. He then enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery

at Tralee, 4 April, 1901, and served his time in Halifax. On the

outbreak of the European War he again enlisted in the 2nd Welsh, 22

Aug. 1914; went to France, 2 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at

Festubert, 24 Dec. 1914. He _m._ at the R.C. Church, Dowlais, 29

Aug. 1897, Emily (29, Greenfield Terrace, Penydarren, near Merthyr),

dau. of William Mitchell, and had two children: Daniel, _b._ 17

June, 1905; and Minnie, _b._ 11 June, 1898. While with the Munster

Fusiliers Mahoney was a prominent regimental athlete.

=MAHONY, FREDERICK HENRY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Cheshire Regt., only

_s._ of Capt. Frederick Henry Mahony, late York and Lancaster

Regt., for some years Adjutant of the Royal Military School of Music,

Kneller Hall, Hounslow, by his wife, Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Lawrence

Cahill; _b._ Lucknow, 24 Aug. 1874; educ. Dover College, and by

Mr. Miller Maguire, the Army Tutor, etc.; enlisted in 1892 in the

York and Lancaster Regt., and served for five years in the ranks.

He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Cheshires, 24 Aug. 1898, and

promoted Lieut., 2 June, 1900, and Capt., 10 Feb. 1906; served in the

South African War, 1900; took part in the operations in the Orange

Free State, Feb. to May, attd. to the A.S.C., including actions at

Dreifontein, Vet River, (5–6 May), and Zand River; in the Transvaal,

May to June, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and

Diamond Hill (11–12 June), and in the Transvaal, East of Pretoria,

July to Nov., including action at Belfast (26–27 Aug.), etc. (Queen’s

medal with five clasps); was employed with the West African Frontier

Force, 28 Nov. 1900 to 9 July, 1904, first in Northern Nigeria,

during operations against the Emir of Yola, 1901 (medal with clasp),

and subsequently in Southern Nigeria with the Aro Expedition 1901–2

(clasp). From 8 Jan. 1906 to 31 March, 1908, he was Adjutant of the

Durham L.I. Volunteers and of the Territorial Battn., 1 April, 1908, to

Jan. 1909. He went to France with his battn. which formed part of the

15th Brigade, under Major-Gen. Count Gleichen, in Aug. 1914, and which

he commanded in Oct. during the first desperate fighting in which the

2nd Army Corps was engaged in the neighbourhood of La Bassée. During

this time he led a successful bayonet charge under very heavy artillery

fire, and showed excellent coolness and courage, and was complimented

by General Count Gleichen on the excellent work of his battn. On 22

Oct., near La Bassée, while on his way to give orders to some men in

the trenches, he was mortally wounded by a bullet from a German sniper,

who fired at him from a cottage window, over 1,000 yards distant, the

bullet striking him in the shoulder and penetrating to the lungs. He

was removed to the Clearing (114) Hospital at Bethune, where he died

a couple of hours after his arrival. Before starting on his fatal

journey to the trenches he had been asked, “Why not send a man with the

message?” to which he replied: “I won’t ask a man to do what I won’t do

myself.” He was buried in Bethune Cemetery. Capt. Mahony was mentioned

in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 14 Jan. 1915. He had

been strongly recommended for the D.S.O. by General Count Gleichen,

and according to information received by his relatives from the War

Office this honour would have been duly awarded him had he lived. He

_m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 12 July, 1905, Ethel, dau.

of John Paterson, of 42, Holland Park, W., and 1, Wallbrook, City, and

had issue: Frederick Henry Patrick, _b._ 11 Feb. 1911; and Cynthia

Patricia, _b._ 14 March, 1909.

[Illustration: =Frederick Henry Mahony.=]

=MAINE, JOSEPH LESLIE=, Corpl., No. 10399, 7th (Service) Battn.

Gloucestershire Regt., _s._ of Thomas Maine, by his wife,

Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Thomas Preece; _b._ Grangetown, Cardiff, 1

Aug. 1888; educ. Grange Schools, Cardiff; enlisted, Aug. 1914; promoted

Corpl., 26 Sept.; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in

the 13th Division at the Dardanelles from 17 June to 8 Aug. 1915, on

which date he was killed in action there. He was a well-known member

of the Bream Rugby Football Club. He _m._ at the Baptist Chapel,

Parkend, 26 Dec. 1912, Hannah (Breams Tufts), dau. of Thomas Preece.

=MAINWOOD, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., 10397 (R.F.R., Ch.

A. 666), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MAIR, JOHN=, Private, No. 3334, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, 2nd

_s._ of Walter Mair, of Church Street, Newarthill, Motherwell,

by his wife, Annie Glen, dau. of (--) Buchanan; _b._ Newarthill,

co. Lanark, 13 May, 1880; educ. there; enlisted 12 Nov. 1901; went to

France, 6 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines, 17 Nov.

1914. He _m._ at Forsyth, Newarthill, 8 April, 1910, Annie (now

wife of James Reid, of 25, Drygate Street, Larkhall), dau. of John

Dobbie, and had three children: Mary Sneddon, _b._ 26 June, 1910;

Annie Glen Buchanan, _b._ 29 Jan. 1911; and Margaret Dobbie,

_b._ 8 Dec. 1913. He was awarded the Second Class Certificate of

Education, 9 April, 1908, and had the Mounted Infantry Certificate.

=MAIRS, ALEXANDER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7130), S.S.

101872, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of John Mairs, of Kellswater Station,

Randalstown, co. Antrim; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North

Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=MAISEY, FRANK DOUGLAS=, Rifleman, No. 2326, 9th Battn. (Queen

Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late

Arthur George Maisey; _b._ London, 28 Feb. 1893; educ. Commercial

Travellers’ Schools, Pinner; enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to France,

March, 1915; and was killed in action at Hill 60 21 April following, on

the occasion on which the Q.V.Rs. so greatly distinguished themselves,

and 2nd Lieut. Geoffrey H. Woolley of that battn. won the V.C.;

_unm._

=MAISEY, WALTER SRAFFORD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8384), 203623,

H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MALCOLM, JAMES (HAMISH) WADDELL=, 2nd Lieut., 5th (City of

Glasgow) Battn. Highland L.I. (T.F.), _s._ of John Malcolm, of 3,

Kensington Gate, Dowanhill, Glasgow, Shipowner and Shipbroker, by his

wife, Margaret Black, dau. of the late James Waddell, of Airdriehill;

_b._ Hillhead, Glasgow, 19 Sept. 1894; educ. Kelvinside Academy,

Glasgow; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 9 April, 1913; on the outbreak of war

volunteered for foreign service with the battn., and was killed in

action at the Dardanelles, 12 July, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned

in Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28

Jan. 1916], for gallantry in the field. Writing to his father, July 16

his Colonel stated: “A Coy. was detached as support to the 6th Highland

L.I., and early on the evening of the 12th was ordered up to reinforce

that battn. which had captured several trenches, but was held up at one

advanced trench running diagonally across its front. Our men carried

the near end of the trench, but the Turks retained the far end, and

for a long time the struggle raged up and down at very close quarters

between hurriedly constructed barriers of sand bags. Major Downie was

severely wounded early in the fight, and for some time Hamish was the

only officer of the company at that part of the trench. The men all

speak in the highest terms of his pluck and the manner in which he

cheered them on and kept them at it. They say that he fainted from

exhaustion, but as soon as he came to, insisted on getting forward

again although he was urged to rest for a little. A good deal of hand

grenade work was going on on both sides, and he set the example of

picking up the enemy’s grenades and throwing them back. Eventually he

was struck by a grenade which exploded and killed him on the spot.”

[Illustration: =James Waddell Malcolm.=]

=MALET, HUGH ARTHUR GRENVILLE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own

Scottish Borderers, elder _s._ of Allan Arthur Grenville Malet,

of The Butts, Harrow-on-the-Hill, M.I.C.E., Madras P.W.D. (ret.),

Deputy Chief Engineering Inspector, Local Government Board, by his

wife, Elizabeth Anne, dau. of William Lysaght, of Beechmount, co. Cork;

and gdson. of the late Lieut.-Col. George Grenville Malet, 33rd (old

3rd) Queen’s Own Bombay Light Cavalry [killed in action at Bushire in

the Persian War, 1857; 4th _s._ of Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st

Bart., F.R.S., F.S.A.]; _b._ Duggirala, Kistua, India, 22 Sept.

1892; educ. Harrow, and Caius College, Cambridge; was in the O.T.C. at

School and College, and on entering the Inner Temple in 1913; joined

the Inns of Court Squadron; volunteered for active service the day war

was declared, and obtained a Special Reserve Commission in, and joined,

the 3rd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Aug. 1914, and was given

a commission as a University Candidate in the Connaught Rangers, 26

Sept. 1914, but at the special request of the Col., 3rd King’s Own

Scottish Borderers, was transferred to them; was promoted Lieut. 15

Nov. following; joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt. 26 Nov., and was

killed in action at Hill 60, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 18

April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Hill 60. An officer wrote: “Everyone

here speaks very highly of him. And they all say he was absolutely

fearless. I understand his name was sent in for ‘mention in Despatches’

for some very useful work he did in scouting. Those who were present

on Hill 60 say that he was killed while trying to take a communication

trench which was held by German bomb-throwers. I am told he was killed

instantaneously, which is a blessing. I am really proud to have known

him.” A wounded Private of his platoon wrote from a Base Hospital:

“At the request of Major Bindloss, R.A.M.C., I will endeavour to the

best of my ability to describe to you how your son conducted himself

during his period of active service. I cannot say for certain when he

joined us out here, but it was either the end of Nov. or the first

days in Dec. that he was posted to No. 3 Platoon of A Coy., which I

belonged to. I know we were not exactly delighted at the time, for he

just looked like a young boy, and we of No. 3 did not like the idea of

being led into action by a lad whom we thought had no experience, but

he was not with us many days when we changed our opinion regarding him.

It was our first turn in wet trenches when we began to take a little

more notice of him. He came amongst us cheering us up and giving us all

the help he possibly could to make things more comfortable until we

were relieved. The next time we went in, your son, at a very great risk

to himself, went about looking for different ways into the trench, so

that we should not have to go through the communication trenches which

were full of water, and he always found a way which took us into the

trench with dry feet, which meant a great deal to our comfort. He was

always the same every time we went into the trenches. The comfort of

the men came first; this continued during the hard winter which we put

in. Spring came, and with it dangerous work. Your son was always the

first to volunteer, in fact he was the only officer in A Coy. who ever

did any of that work. He used to go out in front of the trench scouting

along with six men, perhaps he would stay out one hour, perhaps two,

and then again I’ve known him stay out from 8 o’clock at night until

4 in the morning, trying to find out who were in front of us. Then

came the order we were to help at Hill 60. We lay in dug-outs while

our artillery shelled the Hill; the Germans replied; the air seemed

to be alive; it was awful, but we sat tight until the hour arrived,

7 a.m. It was then the Hill went up; it was like a huge crater, and

shook the earth for miles around. We then advanced on the Hill, and,

of course, we took it. We could not see a German anywhere, but bullets

and bombs came amongst us, doing frightful damage. Your son then said,

‘Follow me, men, I’ll find the Germans for you.’ We went after him, he

found them, but I regret to say, they found him first. His death was

instantaneous, he suffered no pain. Madam, your son died a hero, and he

should have had the V.C., but unfortunately there was no one there to

recommend him for same. His death was deeply regretted, not only by the

men of his platoon, but by every man who was left alive in his Coy. We

not only lost our best officer, but we had lost a friend.” The Medical

Officer, after taking a statement from two wounded men of his platoon,

wrote; “Lieut. Hugh Malet took command of the trench, and in less than

an hour he was killed in an exactly similar way by a rifle bullet. His

death was instantaneous. He fell within five yards of the place where

Capt. Wingate was lying.... Lieut. Malet was considered by these men

to be a wonderfully brave officer, he invariably volunteered for all

dangerous duties; quite recently he had gone out four nights in command

of scouts in front of the British trenches to try and capture German

‘listening’ posts and snipers who were suspected of using explosive

bullets. The two men said that we men always said that he would either

get a V.C. or be killed; Lieut. Malet used to come back from these

night scouting expeditions covered from head to foot in mud, from the

ditches he had crawled through.”

[Illustration: =Hugh Arthur G. Malet.=]

=MALKIN, PERCY=, Private, No. G. 2941, 2nd Battn. East Surrey

Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in

action, 8 May, 1915.

=MALLINS, CLAUDE JOSEPH O’CONOR=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Batt. Connaught

Rangers, eldest _s._ of the late Capt. Frederick William Mallins,

3rd East Lancashire Regt., by his wife, Eliza (now the wife of Henry

O’Connell-Fitzsimon, of 31, Pembroke Road, Dublin), yst. dau. of

the late Roderic Joseph O’Conor, of Milton, co. Roscommon, J.P.;

_b._ Dublin, 3 Oct. 1894; educ. Stonyhurst College, Wimbledon, and

Sandhurst; was gazetted from the Reserve of Officers to the Connaught

Rangers, 14 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force on

2 Sept. and was killed close to Mollemsarrelhoek, near Ypres, while

directing the fire of his platoon, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He had

been acting as Adjutant for some weeks. His Commanding Officer wrote

deploring the loss of a very valuable officer who “knew no fear.”

[Illustration: =C. J. O’Conor Mallins.=]

=MANCER, ARTHUR JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3083), 210896, H.M.S.

Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.

1914.

=MANDERS, NEVILLE=, Col., Army Medical Staff, yst. _s._

of the late Major Thomas Manders, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers),

afterwards Adjutant, P.W.O., Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, by his wife,

Catherine, dau. of John Hacking; _b._ Marlborough, co. Wilts,

12 Dec. 1859; educ. Marlborough College, and after qualifying (with

honours) as L.R.C.P. (Lond.), and M.R.C.S. (Eng.), entered the Army

Medical Service as a Surgeon, 2 Aug. 1884; was gazetted Major,

R.A.M.C., 2 Aug. 1896, and promoted Lieut.-Col 2 Aug. 1904; and Col,

21 Dec. 1910; served in the Suakim Campaign, 1885 (medal with clasp,

Khedive’s Bronze Star), and with the Burmese Expedition of 1887–89,

in which he was severely wounded (medal with two clasps); was Senior

Medical Officer, Ceylon, 1908 to 1911, and at the Curragh, 1912 to

Dec. 1913, and was appointed Deputy Director of the Medical Service

in Egypt, 21 Dec. 1913, a position which he retained until Jan. 1915,

when he was, by special request, attd. to the Headquarters Staff of

the Australian and New Zealand Forces as A.D.M.S., going with them

to the Dardanelles in April, 1915. He was killed in action at Anzac,

Gallipoli, 9 Aug. 1915, during the attack on Sari Bair, and was buried

on the beach at No. 3 Post. Gen. Sir Alexander Godley, General Officer

Commanding, New Zealand and A Division, wrote: “He had endeared himself

to us all, and had so thoroughly identified himself with this force

and had been such a help to us, that his loss will be irreparable. I

can hardly say how much I shall miss him and all the help he gave me.

He was killed while making plans for the relief of the wounded, on the

field in the execution of his duty, and I only hope it may be some

slight consolation to you to know this, and to know how highly we all

thought of him, and how much we shall miss him both as a Staff Officer

and a comrade.” Col. Manders was a prominent Entomologist, having done

much research work in that branch of science. He was a Fellow of the

Entomological Society, and a Fellow of the Zoological Society, and the

Bombay Natural History Society. He _m._ at St. Michael’s, Colombo,

Ceylon, 15 Sept. 1900, Maude Braybrooke (Glenthorne, Dorset Road,

Bexhill-on-Sea), only child of Frederick William Vane, I.S.O., Ceylon

C.S. (retired), and of Louisa Frances, his wife, and had a dau., Una

Jim Chester, _b._ 1 Nov. 1901.

[Illustration: =Neville Manders.=]

=MANLEY, HERBERT JOHN=, Gunner, No. 2/330, New Zealand Field

Artillery, _s._ of the late John Manley, of Rathdrum, co. Wicklow,

Ireland, for over 30 years Relieving Officer under Rathdrum Board of

Guardians (who died 11 Dec. 1910), by his wife, Maria, dau. of the late

Arch Manning Greenane; _b._ Rathdrum, co. Wicklow, 20 June, 1892;

educ. Rathdrum High School; went to New Zealand with his mother and

brothers and sisters after his father’s death in 1910, and after the

outbreak of war joined the Expeditionary Force, 2 Oct. 1914, and was

killed instantaneously in action at Gallipoli, 2 May, 1915, being shot

through the heart; _unm._ He was buried in a gully near the sea,

close to the spot where he fell, and a wooden cross was erected by his

comrades.

[Illustration: =Herbert John Manley.=]

=MANLEY, JOHN DUNDAS=, 2nd. Lieut., 26th Field Coy. Royal

Engineers, eldest _s._ of the late Herbert Manley, of West

Bromwich, M.D., Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Alice (1, Bank Mansions,

Golders Green, London, N.W.), dau. of Capt. Robert Thomas Dundas,

R.N.R.; _b._ West Bromwich, co. Stafford, 24 Jan. 1892; educ.

Cheltenham College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut.

on probation, to the Special Reserve of the Royal Engineers, 21 June,

1913, and confirmed in that rank, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the

26th Field Coy. R.E., attd. to the 1st Division, of the Expeditionary

Force, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, during the Battle of

the Aisne, 26 Sept. following, and was buried in Vendresse churchyard

about a mile from the spot where he fell; _unm._ An oak cross set

in stone and bearing his name and rank was erected by the men of the

26th Coy. Major H. L. Pritchard, D.S.O., R.E., wrote: “I cannot tell

you how much all the officers of the 26th Coy. sympathise with you in

your bereavement, and how much we mourn the loss of your son, while to

me, his commanding officer, it is a serious handicap to lose such a

brave and valuable officer. It will also, I hope, be some consolation

to you to know that the General, under whose orders he was working

(having been detached from me), had several times on days just prior to

his death told me how much your son was helping him, and what a good

fellow he was. In fact, the General appreciated his services as much as

I did;” and Lieut.-Col. A. L. Schreiber, R.E., D.S.O.: “I feel that I

must write to tell you of the high opinion that had been formed of your

boy. He had been in charge of a section of his company detached with

the front line of the 3rd Brigade, and the General (Loudon) and his

Staff Officer, Major Grant, both expressed to me their great sorrow at

his loss, and their appreciation of the excellent work he had done for

them. I had personally come specially in contact with him several times

since he was detached, and was much impressed with the excellent spirit

in which he was carrying out his independent duties. There must be

this consolation that his death must have been instantaneous ... also

there is the feeling, of which you should be proud, that he was killed

actually on the field of battle while in the execution of his duty,

and he had borne his share of the great hardships the company had gone

through, and was much appreciated by his brother officers.”

[Illustration: =John Dundas Manley.=]

=MANN, ERNEST WALTER CHARLES=, Private, No. 9489, 2nd Battn.

Suffolk Regt., eldest _s._ of Albert Mann, of 61, Rosebery Road,

Ipswich, Sawyer, by his wife, Ellen; _b._ Westbourne, near

Ipswich, 1878; enlisted in the Suffolks at the age of 18, and served

eight years with the Colours and four in the Reserve, and after the

outbreak of war rejoined his old regt. in Sept. 1914; went to France,

in Nov., and was killed in action at La Bassée, 8 Jan. 1915. He

_m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich, 2 Dec. 1905, Ethel Frances

(12, Benhall Green, Saxmundham), dau. of Thomas Holland, and had a son:

Ronald Albert, _b._ 27 June, 1912.

=MANN, HOWARD WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 11617, 12th (Service) Battn.

King’s Liverpool Regt., _s._ of George Mann, of Blakeney, co.

Glos., Wood Sawyer; _b._ Blakeney, 17 Nov. 1877; educ. Council

School there; enlisted in the Monmouth R.E. (Militia) in April,

1895; served for two years and five days, and obtained his discharge

by purchase, July, 1897; later became a member of the Cyclist Coy.

Liverpool Battn. National Reserve, and on the outbreak of war

re-enlisted in the Liverpool Regt., Aug. 1914; died of pneumonia at

Aldershot, 21 Dec. 1914. He _m._ at Gloucester, 24 Dec. 1898,

Sarah Jane, dau. of John Papps, of Stroud; _s.p._

=MANN, REUBEN=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22131 (Ports.), H.M.S Hawke,

_s._ of William Mann, of Bishops Itchington, Leamington Spa; lost

when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=MANN, WILLIAM HORACE=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. E. 13136, H.M.S.

Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MANNERING, ARTHUR LIDSTONE=, Cook’s Mate, M. 5540, H.M.S. Cressy;

lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MANNING, ALFRED=, Private, No. 1618, 12th Battn. (The Rangers)

The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Alfred Manning, Coal

Porter; _b._ Canning Town, E., 27 Aug. 1895; educ. Cyprus Place

Council School, New Beckton, E.; joined the Rangers, 12 June, 1912;

volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France

with his Battn. at the end of Dec. 1914, and died of wounds received in

action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 24–26 April, 1915; _unm._

=MANSFIELD, JOHN RICHARD=, A.B., 213674 (Ports), H.M.S. Aboukir;

lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MANSFIELD, THOMAS RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5775), S.S. 487,

H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MANSFIELD, WILLIAM=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 276756, H.M.S.

Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off

the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=MANSON, MAGNUS MURRAY=, Rifleman, No. 1999, A Coy. 1/21st (1st

Surrey Rifles), London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of James Alexander

Manson, of 4, Cornwall Avenue, Church End, Finchley, author and

journalist, by his wife, Margaret Emily, dau. of Charles Deering;

_b._ at Herne Hill, London, 30 Sept. 1891; educ. Alleyn’s School,

Dulwich; was a Clerk, first in the Education Department of the London

County Council and, secondly, in the London Office of the Guaranty

Trust of New York; joined the 1st Surrey Rifles on the outbreak of war

in Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action

at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried the

same day in the little churchyard there behind the firing line. Capt.

Quintin Walford, his Coy. Officer, wrote: “His loss is much felt by his

comrades of ‘A’ Coy. and by me. He was conscientious and hard working,

and died doing his duty for his King and Country.”

[Illustration: =Magnus Murray Manson.=]

=MANT, WILLIAM=, S.P.O., 306427. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action

off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=MAPLESTONE, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1857),

290210, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of

Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=MAPPLETHORPE, CLAUDE=, Rifleman, No. 1508, 12th Battn. (The

Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Frank Mapplethorpe,

of 9, Delamere Terrace, Paddington. Tailor, by his wife, Annie, dau.

of Alexander Mould; _b._ Lumley Street, Oxford Street, W., 5 May.

1892; educ. Camble Street Council School, N. Paddington; was by trade a

Tailor; joined the Rangers about 1912; volunteered for foreign service

on the outbreak of war; went to France in Dec. 1914, and died in the

5th General Hospital, Rouen, on 2 July, 1915, of wounds received at

St. Julien, near Ypres, on 3 May. He was buried in the cemetery at

St. Sever, Rouen; _unm._ His brother Frank, serving in the same

battn., was wounded and taken prisoner on 8 May. Their platoon sergt.

wrote of them: “Both brothers did some splendid work while we were in

the trenches, and stood by me like bricks.”

[Illustration: =Claude Mapplethorpe.=]

=MARDELL, EDWARD=, Private. R.M.L.I., Ch. 16690, H.M.S. Hogue;

lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MARKER, RAYMOND JOHN, D.S.O.=, Col., Coldstream Guards,

1888–1913. Staff Officer, eldest _s._ of Richard Marker, of Combe,

Honiton, co. Devon. J.P., D.L., late Capt. 1st Devon Yeomanry, by his

wife, the Hon. Victoria Alexandrina, née Digby, eldest dau. of Edward,

9th Baron Digby; _b._ Upcerne Manor, Dorchester, 18 April, 1867;

educ. Evelyns Preparatory School, Eton, and the Royal Military College,

Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 15 Nov. 1888, and

promoted Lieut., 29 Sept. 1890; Capt. 1st Battn. 24 Jan. 1898; Brevet

Major, 26 June, 1902; Major, 29 Nov. 1903; Lieut.-Col. 2nd Battn. 11

March, 1911, and Col. 5 Aug. 1914; was Adjutant, Coldstream Guards, 7

March, 1892, to 6 March, 1896; A.D.C. to Gov. and Com.-in-Chief (Sir

Joseph West Ridgway), Ceylon, 7 March, 1896, to 5 Dec., 1897; A.D.C. to

Viceroy of India, 6 Jan. 1899 to 9 March, 1900; on special service in

South Africa, 7 April, 1900, to 8 March, 1901; and A.D.C. to General

Officer, Com.-in-Chief the Forces, South Africa, 9 March, 1901, to

Sept. 1902; served through that campaign; took part in the operations

in the Orange Free State, April to May, 1900, including actions at

Vet River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May to June,

1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill;

operations in the Transvaal, East of Pretoria, July to Aug. 1900,

including action at Belfast; operations in Orange River Colony, Sept.

to 29 Nov. 1900 and 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900; operations in Cape Colony,

Dec. 1900 to March 1901, and operations in the Transvaal, March, 1901,

to 31 May, 1902 (three times mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette,

23 April, 7 May, and 10 Sept. 1901]; Brevet of Major, Queen’s medal

with five clasps, King’s medal with two clasps, D.S.O.; placed on list

of officers concerned qualified for stall employment, in consequence

of services on the Staff in the Field); was in charge at Vereeniging

during deliberations of Boer Generals and with Col. (afterwards

Major-Gen.) Hubert Hamilton brought home peace despatches to Windsor,

June. 1902; A.D.C. to Com.-in-Chief, East Indies, 28 Nov. 1902 to 30

April, 1904; Private Secretary of State for War (Mr. Arnold Foster), 1

Jan. 1905 to 18 Oct. 1905; A.D.C. to Com.-in-Chief East Indies, 5 Nov.

1905 to 27 Oct. 1906; General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, Home Counties

Division, E. Command, 1 April, 1908 to 12 June, 1910; in command of 2nd

Battn. Coldstream Guards, March 1912 to Nov. 1913; A.Q.M.G. Aldershot

Command, 29 Nov. 1913 to Aug. 1914; A.A. and Q.M.G. 1st Army Corps,

British Expeditionary Force, in France; served through the retreat

from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne (twice mentioned in

Despatches [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914, and 17 Feb. 1915]; Cross of

Officer of the Legion of Honour); was wounded at Ypres, 4 Nov. 1914,

and died at Boulogne on the 13th. Buried at Gittisham, Honiton. He

_m._ at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, 21 Nov. 1906,

Beatrice Minnie Shrieve, 3rd dau. of Sir Thomas Jackson, of Stansted

House, Essex, 1st Bart., and had a son: Richard Raymond Kitchener,

_b._ 18 June, 1908.

[Illustration: =Raymond John Marker.=]

=MARKHAM, ALLAN=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., B. 8683), 295344, H.M.S. Hawke;

lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=MARKHAM, JOHN ADDIS=, Capt., 1st Battn. The East Yorkshire

Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Markham, of Popenhoe, Wisbech,

Norfolk, by his wife, Henrietta Jane, dau. of William Addis, of London;

_b._ Faulkner House, Walpole-St.-Peter, Wisbech, 31 Dec. 1886;

educ. Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st East Yorkshires

from the Militia, 27 May, 1908, and promoted Lieut. 3 Sept. 1910. He

was appointed temporary Capt. 15 Nov. 1914, and this rank was made

substantive, 6 Feb. 1915. He went to France with the 6th Division

in Sept. 1914, and was mortally wounded by a sniper’s bullet in the

trenches near Armentières, 7 May, 1915, and died two hours later,

being buried in Le Bizet Convent; _unm._ Major I. L. I. Clarke,

commanding 1st East Yorkshires, wrote: “I looked upon Markham as my

most reliable Company Commander, always cheery and a splendid example

to all under him. He was beloved by his men, and exceedingly popular

with his brother officers”; and Private John Brady, of his company:

“He was the gentleman who led my platoon to the trenches on the Aisne,

the platoon that was the first to come under the fire of the Germans’

famous coalboxes. He laughed at those shells, bucked us up, making us

so that we could not do anything else but follow him.” Capt. Markham

was a fine horseman, and in 1913 he won the East Yorkshire’s Regimental

Point-to-Point Race, on his horse, Loretto.

=MARKILLIE, EDGAR JOHN=, Private, No. 944, Machine Gun Section,

13th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late

John Adam Markillie, Mayor of Camberwell in 1908, by his wife,

Frances J. (85, Norbury Crescent, Norbury), dau. of Thomas Morris, of

Harrow, Tailor; _b._ Peckham, 1 Dec. 1890; educ. Bellingdon Road

Higher Grade School, South London School, Camberwell, and Clarke’s

College, Lewisham; went to Sydney, New South Wales, 3 Aug. 1912,

and on the outbreak of war volunteered and joined the Australian

Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles,

Aug. 1915; _unm._ He had gained accountancy examination just

before enlistment, also examination in book-keeping, first class. He

excelled in sport of all kind, and was one of the crack shots of the

second Australian contingent. His brother, Ernest Stuart, was killed in

Belgium (see his notice).

[Illustration: =Edgar John Markillie.=]

=MARKILLIE, ERNEST STUART=, Private, No. 156, 5th Battn. (London

Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late John

Adam Markillie, Mayor of Camberwell in 1908, by his wife, Frances J.

(85, Norbury Crescent, Norbury), dau. of Thomas Morris, of Harrow,

Tailor; _b._ Peckham, 24 March, 1895; educ. Bellingdon Road Higher

Grade School, and South London School, Camberwell; was a Clerk in the

London County and Midland Bank, 1913–14; volunteered and enlisted on

the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914; went to France, Nov. 1914, and was

killed in action at Bailleul, 18 Jan. 1915, while fixing barbed wire;

_unm._ He was in first Rugby team, and was a fine swimmer. His

brother, Edgar John, was killed at the Dardanelles (see his notice).

[Illustration: =Ernest Stuart Markillie.=]

=MARKQUICK, ARTHUR CHRISTIAN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23520, H.M.S.

Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=MARLER, ALBERT WALTER=, Officer’s Steward, R.N.V.R., Sussex

1/305, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Albert Marler, of 116, Montgomery

Street, Hove; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15

Oct. 1914.

=MARQUER, TOUSSAINT MARYS=, Shipwright, 2nd Class, 342455, H.M.S.

Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.

1914.

=MARROW, EDWARD ARMFIELD=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. King’s

Own Scottish Borderers, only surviving _s._ of the late Major Peter

Marrow, of the King’s Dragoon Guards, by his wife, Mary (Belhaven Hill,

Dunbar), dau. of the Rev. Alexander Stewart, Rector of Liverpool; _b._

Blantyre, co. Lanark, 26 Sept. 1883; educ. Summerfields, near Oxford,

Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.

to the K.O.S.B., 18 Jan. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 24 Jan. 1906, and

Capt. 1 April, 1910; served with the 2nd Battn. in India, 1902–06; was

at the depot at Berwick-on-Tweed from 1908 to 1912, and then joined

the 1st Battn. in India, and was appointed Adjutant, 15 May, 1914.

He returned with his Battn. to England on 31 Dec. 1914, and was at

Rugby till 17 March, 1915, when they embarked for the Dardanelles,

took part in the landing at Y beach, Gallipoli, on 25 April, 1915, and

was killed in action at Y Beach the following day. He was buried just

above the landing place there. He _m._ at Norham, Berwickshire, 11 Jan.

1911, Constance Marion (Belchester, Coldstream), 2nd dau. of the late

Lieut.-Col. Bloomfield Gough, 9th Lancers, and had three children:

Peter, _b._ 11 Jan. 1913; Edward Charles Gough, _b._ posthumous, 21

Nov. 1915; and Margaret Constance, _b._ 29 Nov. 1911, died in infancy.

[Illustration: =Edward Armfield Marrow.=]

=MARSH, ARTHUR=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 3940, H.M.S.

Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off

the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=MARSH, CECIL FRANK=, Private, No. 14953, 10th (Service) Battn.

Hampshire Regt., _s._ of William John Marsh, a Painter, working on

Sir George A. Cooper’s Hursley Park Estate, by his wife, Mary, dau. of

Hilbert Whitmarsh; _b._ Winchester, 15 Aug. 1897; educ. Church of

England School, Ampfield; enlisted, 4 Jan. 1915; killed in action at

the Dardanelles, 21 Aug. following; _unm._

=MARSH, HENRY HERBERT STANLEY=, Major, 4th London Field Coy.,

R.E. 2nd London Division (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Herbert

Marsh, of London, Engineer and Manufacturer, by his wife, Agnes Amelia,

dau. of Thomas Towers, of Ontario, Canada; _b._ Toronto, Canada,

26 Oct. 1875; and was educ. Kent House, Eastbourne, and Faraday

House. He began work as an engineer under Sir Benjamin Baker, and in

1897 was appointed Assistant Engineer to the City and South London

Railway; subsequently he worked for Sir Alexander B. W. Kennedy; was

a member of the Engineers’ Lodge of Freemasons, of the Institute of

Electrical Engineers, and of the Junior Institution of Engineers,

and Vice-President of the Faraday House Old Students’ Association.

He obtained a commission in the 1st Middlesex R.E. (Volunteers) in

March, 1900, and served in the South African War in command of the

2nd Service Section of that regt., for which he was mentioned in Lord

Kitchener’s Despatch of 29 July, 1902, and received the Queen’s medal

with five clasps, and was gazetted an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 1902. He

afterwards commanded the Telegraph Coy. 2nd London Divisional Engineers

(T.F.), for several years, and was gazetted Capt. 3rd London Field

Coy. 3 Aug. 1913, and Major, 4th London Field Coy. 10 Sept. 1914. On

14 March, 1915, he went with his company to France, and was wounded

by a shell at Cuinchy, April, 1915, while superintending a working

party under fire, and died the following day. He was buried in Bethune

Town Cemetery. The A.A. and G.M.G. wrote “We have lost in your husband

not only a friend, but a really good officer, whose value lay in his

keenness and conscientious sense of duty.” He _m._ at St. Jude’s,

South Kensington, 20 April, 1904, Grace Marie (86, Lansdowne Road,

London, W.), 2nd dau. of the late Francis Cheyne Hare, late 53rd Regt.

and had issue: Thomas Francis Herbert, _b._ 9 Nov. 1905; Agnes

Marie, _b._ 1 June, 1908, and Margaret Grace, _b._ 19 May,

1912.

[Illustration: =Henry H. S. Marsh.=]

=MARSHALL, ALBERT FRANK=, Plumber, 340898, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in

action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MARSHALL, ALFRED ERNEST=, Leading Stoker, 293716, H.M.S. Good

Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=MARSHALL, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4648), 212798, H.M.S. Good

Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=MARSHALL, AUGUSTUS DE LA PERE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East

Lancashire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late John Harcourt Hamilton

Marshall, by his wife, Blanche Isabella (73, Muswell Road, Muswell

Hill, N.), dau. of Augustus De la Pere Robinson, of Cloughkeating

Castle, co. Tipperary; _b._ Melbourne, Australia, 23 Nov. 1892;

educ. Seapoint High School, Cape Town, and Bedford Modern School. He

joined the 28th London Territorials (Artists’ Rifles), 16 April, 1912,

and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and went to

France, 26 Oct. 1914. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., and was

posted to the 2nd East Lancashires, 27 March, 1915. He was killed in

action during the attack on Aubers Ridge, near Fromelles, 9 May, 1915;

and was buried in “Cameron Lane,” off the La Bassée Road, near Neuve

Chapelle; _unm._ He was a keen cricketer and hockey player. He

won his Second Cricket XI when at Bedford, was Capt. of the Royal Mail

Steam Packet Cricket Club, and Vice-Capt. of the Bowes Park Hockey Club.

[Illustration: =Augustus De la P. Marshall.=]

=MARSHALL, EVELYN SAFFREY=, Capt., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal

Warwickshire Regt., 6th _s._ of the Rev. Edward Thory Marshall,

M.A., Vicar of Sutton-in-the-Isle, Hon. Canon of Ely, by his wife, Lucy

Charlotte Emma, dau. and co-heiress of the Rev. Charles Henry Knight,

of Barrells, Warwickshire; _b._ Manea, Isle of Ely, 28 Jan. 1887;

educ. Stancliffe Hall School and Repton; and Camborne School of Mines;

volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Empire Battn. Royal

Fusiliers, Sept. 1914, as a Motor-cycle Despatch Rider; was given a

commission as 2nd Lieut. Royal Warwickshire Regt. 25 Jan. 1915, and

promoted Capt. 7 Aug. 1915; left for Gallipoli, 19 June, 1915, and

took part in both evacuations at the end of the year; was specially

mentioned for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field, in Gen.

Monro’s Despatches from the Dardanelles; joined Mesopotamian Relief

Force, March, 1916, and died in Hospital on 6 April of wounds received

the previous day at Falahiyeh (El Hannel); _unm._ In reporting

his death, Col. Gordon wrote: “We are all most deeply grieved. He

led his company most gallantly at Falahiyeh, and in no small measure

contributed to the brilliant success and capture of the Turkish

trenches. He was one of the noblest men I have ever known, brave to a

fault, modest, warmhearted, cheerful when everyone else was depressed,

enduring and the most capable leader of men. His company was devoted

to him, and all wanted to stay by him on his stretcher.” A brother

officer wrote: “At Suvla, when most people fell sick, he was one of the

mainstays of the battn., and kept things going when most others were

ready to give in. I can remember how at one time he hung on with great

grit against an overcoming sickness which would have sent others down

to the hospital ship.” Another letter said: “All his men worshipped

him, and would have followed him anywhere.” An officer wounded in

Gallipoli told how Capt. Marshall practically saved his life by ripping

the fleecy lining out of his coat and sending him down to the hospital

in it. His brother, Capt. J. E. Marshall, was also killed in action

(see his notice).

[Illustration: =Evelyn Saffrey Marshall.=]

=MARSHALL, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11469, 2nd Battn.

Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of John William Marshall, by his

wife, Isabella (41, Curzon Street, Birmingham), dau. of William Hoare;

_b._ Birmingham, 30 May, 1890; educ. Cowper Street Council School

there; was a Brass Polisher; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; went to the Front,

5 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Cambrin, 9 July, 1915, by

a rifle grenade while on sentry duty; _unm._ An officer of his

battn. wrote to his brother: “He was killed by a rifle grenade which

fell into the trench close by him, but as he was shot through the heart

death must have been instantaneous and quite painless.... Ever since I

have known him, some three months, your brother did well in everything,

being one of the first to volunteer for a patrol about five weeks

ago, and, which is a more difficult thing than any momentary act of

bravery, whether in the trenches or in billets, he invariably did his

duty cheerfully and willingly, an excellent example to all. He will be

buried in Cambrin Churchyard, a village close to Bethune.”

[Illustration: =George Frederick Marshall.=]

=MARSHALL, GEORGE GARTH=, Lieut., 11th Hussars, 2nd _s._

of Victor Alexander Ernest Garth Marshall, of Monk Coniston, co.

Lancaster, by his wife, Victoria Alberta Alexandrina, eldest dau.

of Gen. the Hon. Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, K.C.B., M.P., and

granddau. of George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., K.T., P.C., Prime

Minister (1852–55); _b._ South Kensington, 6 Dec. 1884; educ.

Marlborough; joined the Lancashire R.F.A. (Militia) in 1904, and

was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 11th Hussars, 20 Dec. 1907, and promoted

Lieut. 16 Sept. 1909. He was stationed in Dublin, and afterwards at

Shorncliffe and Aldershot, and was appointed A.D.C. to Gen. Sir E. H.

Allenby, K.C.B., commanding Cavalry Corps just before the outbreak of

war. He went to France in Aug. 1914, served in the retreat from Mons,

the advance to the Aisne, and the movement to the Calais front, and

was killed in Ypres by a shell while carrying a despatch to Gen. Haig,

commanding 1st Army Corps, on 6 Nov. 1914. Gen. Allenby wrote: “He

was a devoted A.D.C., indefatigable and capable.” A brother officer

wrote: “If there is a consolation it is in the memory of his example,

which will always live with us who knew him,” and Gen. Hamilton Gordon,

commanding at Aldershot, said: “We all loved him.” He was _unm._

[Illustration: =George Garth Marshall.=]

=MARSHALL, ISAIAH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9597), S.S.

106977, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MARSHALL, JENNER STEPHEN CHANCE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn.

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., only _s._ of the late

Jenner Guest Marshall, of Westcott Barton Manor, co. Oxford, J.P., by

his wife, Grace Eleanor (now wife of the Rev. George Miller, Rector

of Teffont Ewyas, near Salisbury), dau. of A. de Peyster Chance, of

Wheatfields, Worcester, J.P.; _b._ Hagley, co. Worcester, 1 June,

1895; educ. Connaught House, Weymouth Verites, Charterhouse, and the

Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd

Oxford and Bucks L.I., 17 Sept. 1913; went to France with his Battn.,

which formed part of the 5th Brigade, in Aug. 1914, and died on 23 Oct.

following, of wounds received on the 21st. near Langemarck, Ypres.

Buried in Ypres Cemetery; _unm._

[Illustration: =Jenner S. C. Marshall.=]

=MARSHALL, JOHN EDWARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s

L.I., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Edward Thory Marshall, M.A., Vicar of

Sutton-in-the-Isle, Hon. Canon of Ely, by his wife, Lucy Charlotte

Emma, dau. and co-heiress of the Rev. Charles Henry Knight, of

Barrells, Warwickshire; _b._ Coveney, Isle of Ely, 3 June, 1881;

educ. Llandaff Cathedral School and Repton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the

Royal Garrison Regt. from the Militia, 28 Jan. 1903; promoted Lieut.

Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. 17 Oct. 1906, and Capt. 30 Aug. 1914; served in

the South African War, 1901–2; took part in the operations in Orange

River Colony, Dec. 1901 to Feb. 1902, and in Cape Colony, Feb. to 31

May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps); with the West African

Regt. from 29 Aug. 1908 to 2 April, 1913, and with the Expeditionary

Force in France and Flanders from 18 Dec. 1914 to 30 March, 1915, on

which latter date he was killed in action at Kemmel; _unm._ Buried

there. Brig.-Gen. J. S. Maude, commanding 4th Infantry Brigade, wrote:

“I just wanted as General Commanding the Brigade to bear testimony to

the splendid work which has been done by your gallant son since he has

been with us. It was not my good fortune to know your son intimately,

but I had noted him especially on several occasions for his quiet

unassuming manner, a characteristic which is often associated with

more sterling qualities. He was in every respect a thoroughly capable

and efficient officer; he fell as a gallant soldier at the head of his

men, a brilliant example of personal bravery and devotion to duty”;

and Major H. T. Cantan: “He is a great loss to the regt., being a very

smart officer, and one of my best company commanders, a man to whom I

had hardly to express my wishes before the matter was done or placed

in hand. He had always shown great bravery, and did not, I think, know

fear. I only hope that my boys will grow up with the same pluck and

endurance.” Capt. W. T. Brooks also wrote: “My regard for your son was

sincere, and I admired greatly the way he handled his men under very

trying circumstances. His loss to me is very great, and to our regt. of

which we are so proud.... I must say again what a severe loss we have

suffered, for your son was not only a fine officer, who looked well

after his men and feared nothing, but when out of the trenches he kept

people going.” A yr. brother, Capt. E. S. Marshall, 9th Royal Warwicks,

died of wounds in Mesopotamia, 6 April, 1916.

[Illustration: =John Edward Marshall.=]

=MARSHALL, PERCY STANLEY THOMAS=, Private, No. 7905, 1st Battn.

Lincolnshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of William Marshall, of 4, Lochinvar

Street, Balham, S.W., late Trooper, Royal Horse Guards, by his wife,

Lucy Jane, dau. of William Bartholomew Pestete, of Bacton. Norfolk;

_b._ Southwark, S.E., 11 April, 1891; educ. Cavendish Road School,

Balham; enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regt. in Jan. 1907; served seven

years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve; mobilised on 5

Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and died at

Jemappes, 11 Sept. following, of wounds received in action there, 23

or 24 Aug.; _unm._ Buried in the garden of the Institute of St.

Ferdinand, Jemappes.

=MARSHALL, ROGER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham Light Infantry,

yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Anthony Marshall, of Annstead, Chathill,

Northumberland, late 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers; _b._

Annstead afsd., 25 Jan. 1891; educ. privately; joined the Special

Reserve, R.F.A., 10 Aug. 1910; was granted Aviator’s Certificate of the

Royal Aero Club. 30 April, 1913; passed Army Examination, March, 1914;

gazetted 2nd Lieut, to the 2nd Durham L.I., 15 July, 1914, and joined 6

Aug. 1914; went with his battn. as part of the 6th Division to France

in Sept., and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept.

1914, only four days after his arrival at the Front; _unm._

[Illustration: =Roger Marshall.=]

=BURT-MARSHALL, WILLIAM MARSHALL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Argyll and

Sutherland Highlanders, yst. _s._ of the late James Burt-Marshall,

of Luncarty, co. Perth, J.P., by his wife, Katherine, dau. of the

late David Bannerman, J.P.; _b._ Luncarty, 14 July, 1887; educ.

at Rugby, where he was in the XI and XV (playing half-back), Steward

of Athletics, and winner of the School Mile and passed into Sandhurst

in 1906. He was in the XV of 1906–7, captaining the team of 1907 when

they beat Woolwich by a score which was a record up to that period. He

was also in the XI of 1908. On 19 Sept. 1908 he was gazetted to the

2nd Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders then in South Africa,

where they remained until Jan. 1910, when the regiment returned to

Scotland. He was promoted Lieut., 10 Sept. 1910. On 9 Aug. 1914 the

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders left Fort George for France, and

from then onwards were in the thick of all the fighting. They were

personally complimented by Sir John French on their performance in

the Battle of Le Cateau. In Sept. Lieut. Burt-Marshall was in command

of A Coy., which command he held, save for one short period, until he

fell. Capt. H. Clark, writing of him, said “All through the retreat he

was strong of heart and untiring in devotion to duty. All the way back

towards Paris, and right up again to the Aisne, he was with his men,

encouraging and influencing them, and gradually the company grew to its

original strength again. On 8 Nov. a special duty in Ploegsteert Wood

was detailed to us. The capture of an advanced German trench which had

proved a veritable thorn in the British side was imperative, and the

93rd were asked to do what others had already tried to do and failed.

All through the 9th the battn. lay in the wood shelled at intervals;

the attack was ordered for that night, three companies were to advance

from different points against the enemy trench, and while our guns

were paving the way for the assault we silently moved forward to our

allotted positions. When the shelling stopped the attack crept closer,

but the German flare lights showed up our line and we rose and dashed

for the trench. He was at the head of his men and led the charge. He

ran right up to the German barbed wire, was hit and fell, but rose

again and dashed on to the parapet where he fell again. No one could

get up to him, and those who were able crawled back to reform with

the remnants of the companies.” For some months it was hoped that

news might come that he was a prisoner, but on 8 Feb. the War Office

reported that Capt. Burt-Marshall had died of wounds in a German Field

Hospital at Quesnoy on 17 Nov. 1914.

[Illustration: =William H. Burt-Marshall.=]

=MARSON, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class K. 14685 (Ports.), H.M.S.

Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MARSON, JOHN CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. The Welsh

Regt. (13th Divisional Pioneers), only _s._ of the Rev. Charles

Latimer Marson, Vicar of Hambridge, Somerset (died 3 March, 1914), by

his wife, Clotilda (86, Oakwood Road, Golders Green, N.W.). dau. of

Dr. Peter Bayne, author of “Chief Actors of the Puritan Revolution,”

etc., and gdson. of the Rev. Charles Marson, Vicar of Clevedon;

_b._ 62, Gower Street, London, 15 April, 1896; educ. Eastington,

Clevedon; Honiton Grammar School; Sherborne (1910–13), and matriculated

at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in the latter year. As he, however,

wished to become a naval architect, he changed to Glasgow University,

and spent a year between there and Fairfield Shipbuilding Works. At

Sherborne and Glasgow University he had belonged to the O.T.C.’s, and

he was offered a commission the day war broke out, and at once signed

on for foreign service. On 1 Sept. 1914, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut.,

and after a month’s training at Barry Camp, was drafted into the 6th

Battn. of the Loyal North Lancashires. He was for some months in

training at Jellalabad Barracks, Tidworth. Early in 1915 the officers

of the 6th North Lancashires who had any engineering experience were

invited to volunteer for the 13th Pioneer Division of the Welsh Regt.

Marson at once responded and migrated to Tournay Barracks, Aldershot,

where he stayed in training until his regt. left for the Dardanelles on

Tuesday, 15 June, 1915. They were nearly five weeks at Lemnos before

crossing to the Peninsula. On 7 Aug. he wrote to his mother from the

trenches:--“To-night is a supreme test of the men of K.s Army. Numbers

are bound to be killed. This may be the last letter. However, I have

a conviction it will not be yet.” Early on the following morning

(Sunday) he was killed in action with the Anzacs. He was shot through

the forehead and killed instantaneously on the summit of Chunuk Bair.

Capt. Gordon Williams, his commanding officer, wrote: “He was a great

favourite with us all, and he made an excellent officer, always

showing plenty of keenness and was never, if I may so say, without a

cheery smile on his face. We had to hold a hill that day with the New

Zealanders against terrific counter attacks, and your son, throughout

the action, behaved magnificently, finally to be shot down, bayonet and

rifle in hand, surrounded by Turks. His men brought him in, and Lieut.

Gwyther had him placed on a stretcher during the fight, but he died at

once, and could only be buried then and there, right in the midst of

the fighting. We all feel his death awfully, and that of our brother

officers who fell that day. The hill was lost next day by the regts.

that relieved us, so there our dead officers and men lie buried by

the Turks who are very chivalrous in this respect. The regt. earned a

great name for itself that day, but suffered severely”; and Lieut. Evan

B. Gwyther: “He died leading his men on, and yards in front of all;

and he was last seen alive fighting 10 or 15 Turks all by himself. He

did not know what fear was, and everybody admired his pluck, and was

amazed at his courage. There wasn’t a man in his platoon that could

speak too highly of his courage, pluck and determination. I am glad

to tell you his sufferings were nil, as he died the moment he fell.”

The Lieut.-Col. (J. A. Bald) also wrote: “I was unfortunately wounded

myself that day before the regt. as a whole went into action, and so

missed what I had been looking forward to so keenly, namely, to go into

action with them all, and also could not see how all my brave officers

led their men, but I did hear that the last seen of your son was, that

he was gallantly leading his platoon in the face of what must have been

a very severe fire, rifle in hand, more than ready to do his share. I

always looked on him as absolutely without fear and knew, when it came

to the point, he would show himself a good leader. The regt. lost many

good officers it could ill spare, who will be a loss both to it and the

Army at large. Your son before the fighting began showed himself a keen

officer and did some very hard work for me when we were at Lemnos.”

Major H. Lynn Stevens, Adjutant of the 8th Welsh, wrote: “It will be

a source of never-ending pride to know that your son died fighting

most gallantly in a hand-to-hand attack upon the enemy at the summit

of Chunuk Bair. He would not suffer restraint, but charged forward

outstripping everybody in his resolve to do his duty.”

[Illustration: =John Charles Marson.=]

=MARTIN, ALBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 2107, 1/7th Battn. The

Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Martin, of Capel House

Lodge, Turkey Street, Waltham Cross, Herts, Gardener, by his wife,

Emily, dau. of John and (Ann) Savage; _b._ Romford, co. Essex, 11

Aug. 1895; educ. Forty Hill, Enfield and Ramsbury, Wilts; was employed

in the garden at Capel House; joined the Middlesex Territorials, 6

March, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, 5

Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 March, 1915, and died at No. 6 Casualty

Clearing Station, Merville, 15 May, 1915, of wounds received in action

at Aubers Ridge, 9 May previous; _unm._ Buried in Merville

Cemetery.

[Illustration: =Albert Henry Martin.=]

=MARTIN, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16124, H.M.S.

Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MARTIN, AYLMER RICHARD SANCTON=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 2nd

Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., _s._ of the late Rev. H.

Martin, Vicar of Thatcham, Newbury, Berkshire; _b._ Newbury, co.

Berks, 19 Nov. 1870; educ. Bradfield College, and Sandhurst; gazetted

2nd Lieut, to the Royal Fusiliers, 4 March, 1891, and Lieut. 26 June,

1892 and later the same year transferred to the Royal Lancaster Regt.;

became Capt. 25 Jan. 1900, Brevet Major 29 Nov. 1900, Major 8 Sept.

1906, and Lieut.-Col. 13 Dec. 1912; served through the South African

War, 1899–1901, including the relief of Ladysmith and the actions at

Spion Kop, Vaal Kranz, Tugela Heights (14–22 Feb. 1900, wounded) and

Laing’s Nek, and acted as Adjutant to the 2nd Battn., 2 Nov. 1899 to 8

Jan. 1900, and 25 Jan to 15 Sept. 1900 (twice mentioned in Despatches

[London Gazette, 8 Feb. and 10 Sept. 1910], Queen’s medal with six

clasps, Brevet of Major). On his return to England, after passing

through the Staff College he was attached to the General Staff at the

War Office from 1904 to 1906 and from 1907 to 1912 was Deputy Assistant

Adjutant General, Scottish Command. In 1912 he was given the command of

the 2nd Battn. of the King’s Own, then in India. Col. Martin was killed

in action at Frezenberg during the fighting around Ypres, 8 May, 1915.

He _m._ at Surbiton, 21 July, 1896, Mary Beatrice, dau. of General

Charles Terrington Aitchison, C.B., Indian Army, and had a dau.,

Eileen, _b._ 15 Oct. 1898.

[Illustration: =Aylmer R. S. Martin.=]

=MARTIN, BASIL CUTHBERT DANVERS=, 2nd Lieut., 13th (Service),

attd. 4th, Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., only _s._ of the Rev.

Henry Basil Martin, Rector of Pudleston, Leominster, co. Hereford,

by his wife, Gertrude May, eldest dau. of the Rev. Thomas Hannington

Irving Child, formerly Rector of Stratton, co. Gloucester; _b._

Sunhill Ranch, Loomis, Placer Co., California, U.S.A., 6 Oct. 1896;

educ. Wolborough Hill School, Newton Abbott, South Devon, and Lancing

College, Sussex; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13th Worcesters, 14 Dec. 1914;

went to the Dardanelles, 20 May, 1915, where he was attached to the 4th

Battn., and was killed in action there, 4 June following; _unm._

His commanding officer wrote: “I was not near him at the time, but

those who were said that he showed perfect coolness and courage all

the time. During the few days he was with us I especially noticed him

for his keenness and desire to get on and feel very sure that if he

had been spared he would have done well.” While at Lancing he was a

keen member of the O.T.C., shooting twice at Bisley, where he helped to

gain the Cadets’ Challenge Trophy in 1913, and the Public Schools Rapid

in 1914, besides gaining several other medals at school, his first

being Lord Roberts’s Miniature Rifle Clubs Society, which he won at

Wolborough Hill School at the age of 13.

[Illustration: =Basil C. D. Martin.=]

=MARTIN, CECIL TAYLOR=, Assistant Clerk, R.N., elder _s._ of

George Martin, of 4, Park Terrace, Silloth, L.R.C.S.I., L.R.C.P.I., by

his wife, Margaret Emily, dau. of Robert Taylor; _b._ Silloth, co.

Cumberland, 15 June, 1897; educ. Preparatory School there, Cherbourg,

Malvern, and St. Bee’s School, Cumberland; joined the Navy as Assistant

Clerk, 1 Aug. 1914; was appointed to H.M.S. Monmouth, and was lost when

that ship was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1

Nov. 1914.

[Illustration: =Cecil Taylor Martin.=]

=MARTIN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 8758, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex

Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,

30 Oct. 1914; _m._

=MARTIN, CHARLES EDWARD JOHN=, Private, No. 7974, 1st Battn.

Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Charles Martin, of 41,

Ashbrooke Road, Upper Holloway; served with the Expeditionary Force in

France, etc.; died, 4 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action.

=MARTIN, CHARLES HERBERT GEORGE=, M.A., F.Z.S., Lieut., 3rd

Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late Edward

Pritchard Martin, of The Hill, Abergavenny, Mining Engineer and

Colliery Owner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of C. H. James, of Merthyr;

_b._ Dowlais, co. Glamorgan, 5 Oct. 1882, and was educ. at Eton

and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained a high standard of

efficiency in biology and obtained his degrees. He was demonstrator

in Zoology to the University of Glasgow, and Lecturer at Oxford, and

was well-known at Cambridge and at Naples, and was a scientist of

European reputation. At Glasgow he joined the University O.T.C. and was

gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. (T.F.), 12 Oct. 1909, and posted to the 3rd

Monmouths, 5 June, 1912. He was promoted Lieut. 29 Aug. 1914, being

subsequently machine-gun officer. On the outbreak of war he volunteered

for foreign service, and was killed in action N.E. of Ypres, 2 May,

1915. He was buried between St. Julien and Freezenberg. He published

several books on protozoology. When war broke out he was preparing

papers for the Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden. He was also

an ardent all-round sportsman, a keen follower of the Monmouthshire

Hounds, and was Master of the Crickhowell Harriers. He _m._ at

St. Mary’s Church, Abergavenny, 11 June, 1912, Beatrice Elise (The

Hill, Abergavenny), only child of Ferdinand Packington John Hanbury, of

Nantoer, Abergavenny, J.P., D.L., co. Monmouth, and had a son, Charles

Edward Capel, _b._ 21 April, 1913.

[Illustration: =Charles H. G. Martin.=]

=MARTIN, HERBERT EDWARD=, A.B., J. 11840, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in

action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

=MARTIN, JOHN=, Private, No. 7875, 1st. Battn. Royal West Kent

Regt., _s._ of John Martin, of 79, Mill Road, Lewisham; served

with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 26 Oct.

1914.

=MARTIN, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7909, H.M.S. Good

Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chill, 1 Nov. 1914.

=MARTIN, JOSEPH EDWARD=, Chief Stoker, (R.F.R., A. 1793), 152383,

H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15

Oct. 1914; _m._

=MARTIN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11808, H.M.S. Aboukir;

lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MARTIN, WILLIAM HERBERT=, Private, No. 1522, E Coy. 7th Battn.

Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Albert Martin, of

10, Shakespeare Road, Edmonton, Labourer at Woolwich Arsenal, by his

wife, Isabella, dau. of Robert Rawlinson; _b._ Sawston, co.

Cambridge, 8 June, 1896; educ. Bruce Grove Board Schools, Tottenham;

was a Carpenter and Joiner; joined the Middlesex Territorials in June,

1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug.

1914; trained at Sittingbourne; went to Gibraltar, 7 Sept. 1914, and

died in the Military Hospital there, 23 Jan. 1915, after undergoing an

operation for appendicitis, contracted on service; _unm._

[Illustration: =William Herbert Martin.=]

=WOOD-MARTIN, FRANCIS WINCHESTER=, Capt., 1st Battn. Suffolk

Regt., 4th and yst. _s._ of Col. William Gregory Wood-Martin,

of Cleveragh, co. Sligo, A.D.C., J.P., D.L., by his wife, Frances

Dora, dau. of Roger Dodwell Robinson, of Wellmount, co. Sligo, J.P.;

_b._ London, 27 Feb. 1880; educ. Cheltenham; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,

1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., 12 Aug. 1899; promoted Lieut. 30 Aug. 1900,

and Capt. 11 Feb. 1906; served in the South African War, 1899–1902;

took part in the operations in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River,

1899–1902, including actions at Colesberg (1–5 Jan.) being taken

prisoner, but was released in the following June when Lord Roberts

entered Pretoria. He was appointed Station Officer in the Transvaal and

took part in the operations east of Pretoria, July-29 Nov. 1900, and in

the Transvaal, Dec. 1900–31 May, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with

three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. On the outbreak of

the European War he served with his regt. in the Expeditionary Force,

and was killed in action near Ypres, 17 Feb. 1915; _unm._ His

elder brother, Capt. J. I. Wood-Martin, was killed at Neuve Chapelle,

12 March, 1915 (see following notice), and a memorial was erected

to their memory in St. Anne’s Parish Church, Strandhill, and in the

Cathedral at Khartoum.

[Illustration: =Francis W. Wood-Martin.=]

=WOOD-MARTIN, JAMES ISIDORE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire

Regt. (58th), eldest _s._ of Col. William Gregory Wood-Martin,

of Cleveragh, co. Sligo, A.D.C., late R.G.A. and 44th Regt., etc.

(see preceding notice); _b._ 3 Sept. 1874; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,

2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., 20 Feb. 1895; promoted Lieut. 23

Feb. 1898, and Capt. 2 June, 1903; served with the Mounted Infantry

in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in operations in the

Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal

west of Pretoria, July to Nov, 1900; including action at Venterskroon

(7–9 Aug.), operations in the Orange River Colony, May to Nov. 1900;

including actions at Lindley (1 June), and Rhenoster River; operations

in the Transvaal, May, 1901, to May, 1902 (severely wounded, Queen’s

medal with three clasps, and King’s medal with two clasps). On the

conclusion of the war he was attached to the Egyptian Army, 4 April,

1903, to 3 April, 1913, being Lieut.-Col. Commanding the 9th and 11th

Sudanese. In 1905, he took part in the operations in the Sudan against

the Nyam Nyam tribes in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province (Egyptian medal

with clasps). On the outbreak of the European War he left with his

regt. for the Front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in

action, while leading his men in a charge against the enemy, near Neuve

Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ His yr. brother, Capt. F. W.

Wood-Martin, was killed, 17 Feb. 1915 (see preceding notice).

[Illustration: =James I. Wood-Martin.=]

=MARTYN, EDWARD THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8487), 194645 Chatham,

H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1

Nov. 1914.

=MARVIN, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8452), 203011 Chatham, H.M.S.

Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.

1914.

=MASEFIELD, ROBERT=, Major, 1st Batt. King’s Shropshire L.I.,

eldest _s._ of Valentine Vickers Masefield, of Akaroa, New

Zealand, by his wife, Isabel, dau. of (--) McKay, of Pigeon’s Bay,

New Zealand, and nephew and adopted _s._ of Col. Robert Taylor

Masefield, C.B., formerly commanding 4th Battn. Shropshire L.I.,

late of Ellerton Hall, Newport, Salop, and now of Woodbury, Devon;

_b._ Gough’s Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand, 24 May, 1872; educ.

Marlborough (Crescent), 1884–90, and the Royal Military College,

Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I., 18

June, 1892, and shortly after posted to the 1st Battn. at Hong Kong,

going with it to India; became Lieut. 21 Aug. 1895, and Capt. 9 June,

1901; joined the 2nd Battn. in South Africa in 1902, took part in the

operations in the Transvaal, March 31 to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with

two clasps) and returned with it to India on the close of the campaign;

promoted Major at Secunderabad, 18 Sept. 1912. On the outbreak of the

European War he was home on furlough, and was ordered to join the 1st

Battn. at Tipperary, 8 Aug. 1914. They proceeded to the Front on 8

Sept. and were in the trenches on the Aisne, near Vailly. On 12 Oct.

the Shropshires were moved north to help to bar the first rush on

Calais, and during the following days--hastily entrenched and holding

an extended front in flat country--had to beat back incessant and

determined attacks from superior numbers. On 24 Oct. Major Masefield,

commanding A Coy., was also left 2nd in command of the battn., and

was killed in the trenches near Bois-Grenier, between Armentières

and Lille. Of his death on that day his Capt. wrote: “It was in the

trenches of A Coy. We had been fighting hard for five days, and D

Coy. had lost all their officers except one, so at 12 o’clock I was

taken from A to go to D Coy. trenches. I said good-bye, and he took my

seat. It was there at about 4.30 p.m. he was killed instantaneously

by shrapnel shell in the back.” Many tributes to his memory were

received from his brother officers and men, and his feelings for them

may be best expressed in his own words, in almost his last letter:

“The men are splendid, always cheery--full of thrust and ready for

anything--we cannot do enough for them.” A Private in A Coy. wrote:

“His last thoughts were for his men, his last words telling us to keep

our heads down as much as possible”; and a Sergt.: “It was a critical

time as another strong attack was expected ... he himself was (standing

against the traverse) watching the front ... cheering his men and

preventing any signs of possible panic or unnecessary risk at a most

nerve-trying time.... He died, as he had lived, a gallant gentleman.”

Brother officers wrote: “You know we all loved him, from the Colonel

down to the newest recruit....” and “we always said the regt. would be

all right as long as Masefield was with it”; and his Colonel (himself

wounded): “Always cheery and ready for work under all conditions,

he will be hard to replace.” A fine soldier and sportsman, he was a

first-class shot, both big and small game, and a keen fisherman, and he

also excelled in all games, in most of which he played for his regt.

He _m._ at Farnham, co. Surrey, 2 July, 1908, Esmé, dau. of Col.

Henry Spencer Wheatley, C.B. (late 3rd Gurkhas), of the Knoll, Farnham;

_s.p._

[Illustration: =Robert Masefield.=]

=MASON, ALBERT EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16559, H.M.S.

Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off

the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=MASON, ANDREW NIMMO=, Private, No. 919, 2nd Battn. Gordon

Highlanders; _b._ Edinburgh, 14 Oct. 1893; educ. Morningside Board

School there; was employed as a Vanman with Messrs. Buchan, Dairymen,

of Balcarris Street, Edinburgh; enlisted 22 Feb. 1912; went to France

in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 2 Nov. following.

=MASON, ARTHUR=, Rifleman, No. 2367, A Coy, 1/18th Battn. (London

Irish Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Joseph

Mason, of 11, Tower Terrace, Wood Green, N., by his wife, Sarah, dau.

of Thomas Hammond, of Lower Guiting; _b._ Wood Green, N., 4 Feb.

1883; educ. Higher Grade School there; was a Mercantile Clerk; enlisted

in the 2nd Battn. of the London Irish Rifles, 2 Sept. 1914, and trained

with them at the White City, London, and Reigate; later he volunteered

for the 1st Battn. then at St. Albans, and left with them for France on

10 March, 1915. He was killed in action during the famous charge made

by the London Irish at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._

[Illustration: =Arthur Mason.=]

=MASON, EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut. 3rd (attached 2nd) Battn.

Northamptonshire Regt., the distinguished ’Cellist and Conductor;

only _s._ of Jeremiah Mason, of 1, Ingoldsby Mansions, West

Kensington, and Coventry, by his wife Sarah, dau. of William Sutton,

of Kenilworth; _b._ Coventry, 24 June, 1878; educ. privately in

Coventry and in Germany; began his musical life as a chorister in St.

Michael’s Church, during the period Dr. A. H. Brewer was organist and

choirmaster, and when he entered the Royal College of Music, he had

already gained some proficiency as a violinist, ’cellist and pianist.

In the course of his studentship he won several exhibitions, and

obtained his diploma of Associateship. On leaving there, he was, in

1897, appointed assistant to Dr. C. H. Lloyd at Eton, a post he held

until the outbreak of the war. He made his first appearance in London

as a ’cellist at the Bechstein Hall in 1900, and was well-known both

as a soloist and as a quartet player at Chamber concerts in London and

the country. He was a Director of, and principal ’cellist in the New

Symphony Orchestra, which he conducted on its first appearance at the

Queen’s Hall, in 1906, and was engaged in the orchestras of most of the

principal musical festivals. In 1907, he established the Edward Mason

Choir, formed principally in order to produce new works by the younger

British composers, who by his death lost a good friend. Following the

outbreak of war, he joined the Universities and Public Schools Battn.

early in Sept., received his commission 24 Feb. 1915; went to France at

the end of March, and was killed in action near Fromelles, 9 May. In a

letter to his father, a brother officer said: “He was killed gallantly

leading his men in the attack on 9 May against the German trenches”;

and his platoon sergt. wrote that Mr. Mason’s detachment came under

a devastating fire from German machine guns near Fromelles, and that

he fell in a hail of bullets. His portrait was hung in the music

school at Eton, where he taught so long and so successfully. Another

portrait hangs in the Students’ Room of the Royal College of Music. The

R.C.M. Magazine for No. 3 Term, 1915, says: “Edward Mason, the man,

had many lovable qualities, which endeared him to his friends. He was

generous-hearted, good-humoured, and at all times a charming companion.

He hated any kind of pose or pretence, and might be described as the

antithesis of the conventional musician of the ‘long-haired’ variety.”

“He was a fine fellow, and one of the best musicians I ever knew,”

wrote Dr. C. H. Lloyd, his former chief at Eton. “And all who knew

Edward Mason well will endorse this very apt and true summary of his

qualities.” He _m._ at Ealing 14 Aug. 1905, Jessie, (the violinist

and leader of the Grimson String Quartet) dau. of Samuel Dean Grimson.

[Illustration: =Edward Mason.=]

=MASON, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 7021, H.M.S.

Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.

1914; _m._

=MASON, HENRY THOMAS=, Chief Stoker, 170258, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in

action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MASON, JAMES=, Private, No. 5779, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,

_s._ of James Mason, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Charles

Lincoln; _b._ Sprowston, co. Norwich, 14 May, 1886; enlisted 18

Oct. 1904; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 20 Oct. 1908, and with the

Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 12 Aug. 1914, and was

killed in action at Landrecies, 25 Aug. 1914. He _m._ at Norwich,

19 Aug. 1911, Clara (7, Pearces Fields, Sprowston, Norwich), dau. of

James Hazelton, and had a dau., Clara Ada, _b._ 5 Feb. 1913.

=MASON, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 196093, H.M.S. Cressy;

lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MASON, JOHN=, Color-Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. 7778. H.M.S. Cressy;

lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MASON, THEOPHILUS=, Drummer, No. 1614, 2nd Battn. Coldstream

Guards, yst. _s._ of Theophilus Mason, of 3, Pitley Place,

Walworth, S.E., retired Policeman: _b._ New Kent Road, London,

S.E., 23 Feb. 1884; educ. Sayer Street Board School; enlisted as a

Drummer, 2 May, 1898; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in

action at Cuinchy Brickfields, 1 Feb. 1915. Buried in Cuinchy Cemetery

(Grave No. 14 F). Sergt.-Drummer A. Douglas of his battn. wrote to

the widow; “I feel I must write and tell you how sorry we all feel

for you in your sad bereavement. It may be some consolation to you to

know that your husband died like a hero and a true soldier. He always

had my deepest respect, and I with the remainder of the drummers feel

his loss very deeply.” He _m._ at St. Stephen’s Church, Walworth,

S.E., 1 Nov. 1902, Ellen (14, Russell Street, Windsor), dau. of Charles

Eagle, of 39, Eltham Street, Walworth, S.E., and had five children:

Theophilus, _b._ 26 May, 1904; Charles, _b._ 15 April, 1907;

Horace, _b._ 17 April, 1910; Ellen, _b._ 23 Nov. 1905; and

Muriel Irene, _b._ 12 March, 1913.

[Illustration: =Theophilus Mason.=]

=MASON, WALTER TROWER=, Shipwright, 342914, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost

in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MASON, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 3625), 133388, H.M.S.

Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.

1914; _m._

=MASSEY. CHARLES THOMAS=, Chief Petty Officer (W.T.O.), R.N.R.,

H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea 22 Sept. 1914.

=MASSIE, JOHN HAMON, D.S.O.=, Major, Royal Garrison Artillery,

yr. _s._ of Edward Richard Massie, of Coddington, Cheshire,

and Annefield, Gresford, North Wales, formerly Lieut. 78th

Highlanders, by his first wife, Baroness Olga Marie, dau. of

Baron von Wessenberg-Ampringen and granddau. of Henry, Baron von

Wessenberg-Ampringen, formerly Austrian Ambassador, at St. James’,

and grandson of Admiral Thomas Leche Massie; _b._ Eaux Chaudes,

Basses Pyrenees, France, 10 June, 1872; educ. Stubbington House (Mr.

M. Foster), and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd

Lieut. 1 May, 1892; promoted Lieut. 1 May, 1895; Capt. 19 Jan. 1900,

and Major, 15 Feb. 1913; served in Chitral, 1895, with the Relief Force

(medal with clasp); and in the South African War, 1900–2, attd. to the

Transport Department; took part in the operations in the Orange Free

State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal in May and June,

1900, including actions near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill; operations

in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including action at

Wittebergen; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to March, 1902,

and those in the Orange River Colony, March to 31 May, 1902 (mentioned

in Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Jan. 1902], Queen’s medal with four

clasps and King’s medal with two clasps, D.S.O.); was Instructor at the

Royal Military Academy from 1 Jan. to 11 Sept. 1904; Commander of a

company of Gentleman Cadets there from 12 Sept. 1904 to 31 Dec. 1908,

and Staff Capt. School of Gunnery, Shoeburyness, Nov. 1910 to Aug.

1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 9 Oct. 1914, and

died in the Field Ambulance, near Ypres, 15 Nov. following, of wounds

received in action on the 13th, when in command of the 26th Battery,

Heavy Artillery. Buried in Ypres Cemetery. Major Massie _m._

at Southsea, co. Hants, 3 Sept. 1903, Maria Margaret, elder dau. of

Major-Gen. Ernest Archibald Berger, late 10th (The Lincolnshire) Regt.;

_s.p._

[Illustration: =John Hamon Massie.=]

=MASTER, CHARLES LIONEL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Rifles,

_s._ of the late William Edward Master, of Kotmalie, Ceylon, Tea

Planter, by his wife, Jeanette, dau. of Samuel Newson Gissing, nephew

of Harcourt Master, of Rotherhurst, Liss, co. Hants, grandson of

Lieut.-Col. Harcourt Master, 1st Dragoon Guards, and 4th Queen’s Own

Light Dragoons, and great-grandson of Lieut.-Col. Harcourt Master, 52nd

Foot; _b._ in Ceylon, 24 March, 1881; educ. Bradfield College;

joined the Royal Irish Rifles from the Louth Militia, as 2nd Lieut.

5 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieut. 28 March, 1905; Adjutant, 25 Jan. 1908;

and Captain, 28 June, 1908; served in the South African War, taking