part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb.

1915, and in the landing at Gaba Tepe on April 25 and for 10 days was

in the thick of the fight. On May 5 when re-embarking with 400 others

for Cape Helles he was shot in the lungs. After considerable delay he

reached Alexandria on 10 May, but died at the Deaconess Hospital there

two days later; _unm._ He was buried in the Military Cemetery at

Alexandria. His Colonel (Plugge) was near him when wounded, and helped

temporarily to dress his wounds. Writing subsequently, he described

him as “an ideal soldier, and as plucky as could be,” and said also

that “he had done magnificent work.” One of his comrades wrote: “You

would feel proud if you could hear the way all his men spoke of him,

and they all said the same.” The Prime Minister of New Zealand writing

as Minister of Lands said, “As an officer of the Lands and Survey

Department he showed the greatest promise, and his assiduity to his

responsible duties occasions a great loss not only to the Public

Service, but also to the Dominion.” The Under-Secretary wrote also “His

record in the Department was of the highest.” In the district in which

he was last engaged in survey work, a public movement was made, and a

memorial brass erected in the Manganui Hospital, and a number of beds

attached to the Memorial.

[Illustration: =W. B. De Laval Willis.=]

=WILLS, GEORGE EDWARD LEONARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11282,

H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15

Oct. 1914.

=EARDLEY-WILMOT, FREDERICK LAWRENCE=, Lieut., Princess Patricia’s

Canadian L.I., only _s._ of Col. Arthur Eardley-Wilmot, of

Westernlea, Westward Ho! and Hales Hall, Cheadle, co. Staffordshire,

late R.F.A., by his wife, Mary Blanche, only dau. of Clement Thomas

Sneyd-Kynnersley, of Loxley Park, and Highfields, co. Stafford, and

grandson of Major-Gen. Frederick Marrow Eardley-Wilmot, R.A. [2nd son

of Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Bart.]; _b._ Portsmouth, 25 Feb.

1895; educ. Cheltenham and Toronto University (Oct. 1913 to Aug. 1914);

volunteered on the outbreak of war and was gazetted Lieut., P.P.C.L.I.

22 Sept. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; was

appointed Machine Gun Officer, Feb.; went to France when his regt.

joined the 20th Brigade (27th Division), and was killed in action in

the trenches at St. Eloi, 18 March, 1915; _unm._

[Illustration: =F. L. Eardley-Wilmot.=]

=WILMSHURST, WILLIAM JESSE=, Driver, No. 826, 1/3rd Kent

(Fortress) Royal Engineers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Jesse

Wilmshurst, of 15, Standen Street, St. John’s, Tunbridge Wells,

Engine Steerer for Kelsey’s, brewers, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of

Charles Hallett; _b._ Tunbridge Wells, 3 Sept. 1895; educ. at

St. John’s Boys’ School there; was working at Kelsey’s, brewers, when

mobilised; joined the Kent (Fortress) R.E. Oct. 1911; left England

for the Dardanelles, and was drowned on H.M.S. Hythe, 28 Oct. 1915,

when that ship was sunk in the Ægean Sea; _unm._ Major Ruston,

himself saved from the ship, wrote: “The whole event was so sudden

and so unexpected, and the time the Hythe remained afloat after the

collision was so short, that it is practically impossible to say what

happened to individual men. Many of the drivers must have been injured

in the collision, as the other vessel struck their part of our vessel,

and brought down our foremast.... From what I know of the drivers, and

your son in particular, I am sure he died bravely.” His brother, Albert

Edward Wilmshurst, was also on the Hythe, but was rescued.

[Illustration: =William Jesse Wilmshurst.=]

=WILSON, ALBERT PATTERSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6304), 224462, H.M.S.

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

1914; _m._

=WILSON, ALLAN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9740), 205388, H.M.S.

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

=WILSON, DOUGLAS HENRY VERNON=, Lieut., R.N., H.M.S. Bulwark, yst.

_s._ of the late Charles Pooley Wilson, formerly Lieut. Indian

Navy, and Principal Officer of the Board of Trade, London District, by

his wife, Claudia Wilson (Highland Road, Upper Norwood, S.E.), dau. of

James T. Secretan; _b._ Upper Norwood, 19 Dec. 1885; educ. Dulwich

College and H.M.S. Britannia (where he won Champion Featherweight Cup

in Boxing, Aug. 1901); entered the Navy as a Naval Cadet on H.M.S.

Formidable, 15 Sept. 1901, became Midshipman, 30 Nov. 1901; Sub-Lieut.

30 April, 1905; and Lieut. 1 Oct. 1907; served the whole of her first

commission on H.M.S. Formidable on Mediterranean Station; when Lieut.

on H.M.S. Venus attended Mr. Winston Churchill as A.D.C. to Mombasa,

and on the same ship went to Quebec for the Tercentenary Festival in

1908; appointed to H.M.S. Glory 30 Oct. 1913; transferred to H.M.S.

Bulwark 29 July, 1914; and was lost when that ship was blown up

off Sheerness on the morning of 26 Nov. following. He _m._ at

Weymouth, 17 Oct. 1914, Evelyn Maud, dau. of Thomas Charles Hooman, of

Lilliput, Dorset; _s.p._

[Illustration: =Douglas H. V. Wilson.=]

=WILSON, EDWARD HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 2056, 9th Battn. (Queen

Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Henry

Edward Wilson, of 45, Durham Road, East Finchley, by his wife, Alice,

dau. of Robert Pritty; _b._ Tufnell Park, N., 17 May, 1895;

educ. Owen’s School, Islington, and on leaving school, entered the

Head Office of the London City and Midland Bank; volunteered on the

outbreak of war and joined the Queen Victoria’s Rifles, Aug. 1914;

left for France 4 Nov. following, being attached to the machine-gun

section of his battn.; took part in the capture of Hill 60, when the

machine-gun section of the Q.V.R.’s rendered excellent service; and

was killed in action by shell fire near Wieltje, at the beginning of

the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915. Buried in the garden of a

cottage 200 yards S.E. Battn. H.Q., Wieltje. His officer, Lieut. Brian

Fargus, who was himself killed on New Year’s Day, wrote in Dec. 1914:

“Wilson accompanies me voluntarily whenever I go out on a prowl round

the lines or up to some dangerous point. He knows no fear and has

turned himself into my bodyguard; he is a splendid fellow and I think

no end of him.” And the Sergt. in charge of the machine-gun section

wrote of his fearlessness of danger and conscientious attention to

duty, and of the very good work he had done at Hill 60. He was a member

of the Blackheath Harriers and had won a number of prizes at athletic

meetings; he was also a keen cricketer and football player and an

enthusiastic yachtsman.

[Illustration: =Edward Henry Wilson.=]

=WILSON, ENNIS NORMAN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9005), 196524, H.M.S.

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

=WILSON, ERNEST=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16978, H.M.S. Hawke; lost

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

=WILSON, EWEN HOLMES HUMPHREY JAMES=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Black

Watch (Royal Highlanders), only _s._ of the late James Humphrey

Wilson, of Shona, Ayr, by his wife, Katherine Campbell, dau. of John

Gordon MacMillan; _b._ Ayr, 18 June, 1892; educ. Harrow; gazetted

2nd Lieut. 14 Feb. 1912; and promoted Lieut. 16 May, 1914; left for

France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, his battn. forming

part of the 1st Brigade, and was killed in action at Sablonnières

during the Battle of the Marne, 8 Sept, following; _unm._ Buried

at Sablonnières. His Major wrote: “His Coy. will miss him, and so do

we all, as he had endeared himself to all his brother officers and

comrades,” and a corpl. in his platoon: “He died leading the men who

adored him.” At Harrow he played cricket and football for his house,

and was a Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C. at Sandhurst.

[Illustration: =Ewen H. H. J. Wilson.=]

=WILSON, GEORGE=, Stoker, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off

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

=WILSON, HARRY=, Private, No. 1278, 14th Battn. Australian

Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in

action, 27 April 1915.

=WILSON, HARRY=, Leading Seaman, 233319, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in

action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILSON, HUGH STANLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 8th Battn. Worcestershire

Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the Rev. James Maurice Wilson, D.D.,

Canon of Worcester, formerly Head Master of Clifton College, and

afterwards Vicar of Rochdale and Archdeacon of Manchester, by his

wife, Georgina Mary, dau. of the late Admiral John Talbot; _b._

at the School House, Clifton College, Bristol, 28 Nov. 1885; educ.

Clifton College and King’s College, Cambridge; was an assistant Master

at Rugby School; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the

8th Worcesters as a Private in Aug. 1914; was given a commission as

2nd Lieut., 29 Oct. following, and was killed in action in France, 14

Sept. 1915. Buried in the English Military Cemetery, Hébuterne, Pas de

Calais, France; _unm._

=WILSON, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10493), S.S.

108189, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of James Wilson, of 63, Britannia

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

Oct. 1914.

=WILSON, JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. 15442), H.M.S.

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

1914; _m._

=WILSON, JOHN JOSEPH DEXTER=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27512 (Ports.),

H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Joseph Wilson, of 22, High Street, Waterloo,

Pilsley, co. Derby; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea,

15 Oct. 1914.

=WILSON, ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports. 7473, H.M.S. Good

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

=WILSON, ROBERT SYM=, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth Highlanders,

eldest _s._ of the late Andrew Hay Wilson, Agent, Royal Bank

of Scotland, Leith, by his wife, Anne Wood (11, Drummond Place,

Edinburgh), dau. of Christopher Wood, of Leith; _b._ Leith, 17

Nov. 1876; educ. Edinburgh Academy and Trinity College, Glenalmond,

Perth; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Seaforth Highlanders from the Militia,

Dec 1897, and promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1899, and Capt. 11 April, 1902;

served through the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the

advance on Kimberley, including action at Magersfontein (wounded); the

operations in the Orange Free State, May 8 to Jan. 1901, and Jan. to

March, 1902; those in the Cape Colony, Feb. and March, 1901, and Aug.

1901 to Jan. 1902, and in the Transvaal March to Aug. 1901, and March

31 to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with

two clasps). Between 1907 and 1910 he was employed as Adjutant, first

to the Volunteers and afterwards to the Territorial Force. On the

outbreak of war Capt. Wilson was in India with his battn. He sailed

for France with the Dehra Dun Brigade (Meerut Division) of the Indian

Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve

Chapelle, 8 Nov. following. He _m._ at Murrayfield, Midlothian, 5

Nov 1902, Harriet Evelyn (Hawthornbank, Murrayfield), 2nd dau. of the

late Alfred William Pearce, of Broughty Ferry, and had three children:

Andrew Ripley, _b._ 13 Jan. 1904; Ronald Christopher, _b._ 15

May, 1905; and Marjorie Anne, _b._ 25 July, 1912.

=WILSON, SAMUEL OLSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9787), S.S. 2446, H.M.S.

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

=WILSON, WILFRED=, A.B., 212496, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in

the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BOWES-WILSON, GEORGE HUTTON=, Capt., 4th Battn. The Yorkshire

Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Thomas Bowes-Wilson, of Enterpen Hall,

Hutton Rudby, Yorkshire; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 26 April, 1877;

educ. Clifton College, and New College, Oxford (B.A.); joined the

4th Territorial Battn. of the Yorkshires from the Volunteers on the

organisation of the Territorial Force in 1907, and was promoted Capt.

1 March, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of

war; and was killed in action, near Ypres, 17 June, 1915. Buried at

Vlamertinghe. He _m._ at St. Peter’s Church, Harrogate, 29 Sept.

1908, Nora Dulcie, only child of the late Herbert Linney, and had a

son, Maurice Desmond, _b._ 6 June, 1912, _d._ 17 March, 1915.

=WIMHURST, ARTHUR DANIEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, 364229, H.M.S. Good

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

=WIMSETT, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Private, No. 2280, 83rd Field

Ambulance, 27th Division, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of William

George Wimsett, of 2, Hilda Terrace, Ham Hill, Snodland, co. Kent., by

his wife, Emma, dau. of Richard May; _b._ Larkfield, 10 Dec. 1896;

educ. Snodland National School; was working at Snodland Paper Mill;

joined the Territorials 2 July, 1914, and was at his first training

camp on Salisbury Plain when they were ordered to return, owing to the

outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. He immediately volunteered for foreign

service, trained at Maidstone, Canterbury, Sittingbourne and Windsor;

went to France, 6 March, 1915, and died in No. 11 General Hospital,

Boulogne, 13 May, 1915, from a wound in the head, received while

picking up the wounded on the 11th. He was buried in the English part

of the Cemetery there.

[Illustration: =Frederick T. Wimsett.=]

=WINDEBANK, ROBERT PERCY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4075), 190016, H.M.S.

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

1914.

=WINFIELD, STUART JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 9956, 1st Battn. East

Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of James Stratton Winfield, of 17,

Boden Road, Gillingham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,

etc.; killed in action, 18 Oct. 1914.

=WINDLE, JOHN=, Officers’ Steward, 1st Class, L. 2085, H.M.S.

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

=WING, MATTHEW=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2016), H.M.S.

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

=WINGATE, THOMAS PATERSON=, Capt., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish

Borderers, only _s._ of the late Paterson Wingate, of Glasgow,

Shipbuilder, by his wife, Jessie Crawford (18, Westbourne Terrace,

Glasgow), dau. of John Bruce Murray, of Glasgow; _b._ Woodcroft,

Glasgow, 7 Feb. 1877; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, and Glasgow

University (B.Sc. 1899); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd King’s Own

Scottish Borderers, then in India, 4 May, 1898, and promoted Lieut.

21 April, 1900, and Capt. 24 Jan. 1906; served in the South African

War, 1899–1902, with the King’s Royal Rifle Corps; took part in the

operations in Natal, 1899, including actions at Rietfontein and

Lombard’s Kop; the defence of Ladysmith, including action on 6 Jan.

1900; operations in Natal, March-June, 1900; in the Transvaal, east of

Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, and in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900,

to March, 1901; and was Railway Staff Officer (graded Staff Lieut.),

4 May, 1900, to 4 May, 1901, and Military Landing Officer (graded

Staff Capt.), 5 Sept. 1901, to 30 June, 1903 (mentioned in Despatches

[London Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901], Queen’s medal with two clasps and King’s

medal with two clasps). At the close of the war he joined his regt.

in India and returned with it to Glasgow; and from 9 March, 1912, to

9 March, 1915, was Adjutant to the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. at the Depôt,

Berwick-on-Tweed, and after mobilisation in Aug. 1914, at Portland.

He went to France, 16 March, 1915, in charge of a draft for the 2nd

Battn., which had formed part of the first Expeditionary Force (13th

Brigade, 5th Division), and was killed in action at Hill 60, 18 April,

1915, the day after the 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers and the 1st

West Kents had stormed the Hill; _unm._ Col. Sladen, D.S.O.,

commanding 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, himself wounded on this

occasion, wrote: “He was such a brilliant soldier and such a good

comrade in every way. His loss is a great loss to the regt., and the

Army can ill afford to lose such as he was. Hill 60 has indeed taken a

heavy toll of this regt.” And the following appeared in the Regimental

Orders, 23 April, 1915: “It is with very great regret that the

commanding officer has to announce to the battn. the death of Captain

T. P. Wingate, the late Adjutant, who was killed in action on 18 April,

1915. In his magnificent soldierly qualities and his self-sacrificing

devotion to duty the late Capt. Wingate has set a standard which all

ranks may well endeavour to attain.”

[Illustration: =Thomas Paterson Wingate.=]

=WINGFIELD, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310594, H.M.S. Pathfinder;

lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East

Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WINKS, LAWRENCE=, Sergt., No. 11/457, 2nd Wellington Mounted

Rifles, 5th _s._ of John Winks, of Hawera, New Zealand, by his

wife, Mary Jane Amon, who was a dau. of the late Thomas Amon, of

Rangitikei, N.Z.; _b._ Hawera, 19 Dec. 1891; educ. Normanby;

enlisted the day following the declaration of war, 6 Aug. 1914, and

died 6 June 1915, of wounds received in action during the fighting at

No. 3 Port, Gallipoli, on 31 May; _unm._

[Illustration: =Lawrence Winks.=]

=WINKWORTH, HARRY=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 176650, H.M.S. Hawke,

_s._ of Stephen Winkworth, of 17, St. Clement Street, Winchester;

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

=WINMILL, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4702, H.M.S. Good Hope;

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

=WINN, ARTHUR=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd. Suffolk Regt.,

only _s._ of Arthur Thomas Winn, of the Uplands, Aldeburgh,

Suffolk, Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple, by his wife, Constance, dau.

of Henry Hicks, of Weybridge, Surrey; _b._ Ewell, co. Surrey,

13 April, 1884; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Suffolk

Territorials, April, 1902, and promoted Lieut., and Capt. 23 Aug. 1913;

volunteered on the outbreak of war; went to France, Aug. 1914, attd. to

the 2nd Suffolks, and was killed in action near Soissons, 9 Sept. 1914;

_unm._

=WINN, ROBERT CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9831), 213622, H.M.S.

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

=WINN, THOMAS=, Private, No. 12897, 3rd Battn. Coldstream

Guards, _s._ of Thomas Henry Winn, by his wife, Selina Harriet;

_b._ 1873; enlisted 28 Sept. 1914, and died 29 June, 1915, in

No. 23 General Hospital, Etables, of wounds received in action at

France. He _m._ at St. Mark’s, Bow, E., 4 June, 1899, Emma (137,

High Street, Homerton), dau. of Walter Elson, and had five children:

Henry, _b._ 27 Jan. 1905; Selena, _b._ 12 Aug. 1902; Alice,

_b._ 26 Jan. 1907; Martha, _b._ 6 Aug. 1909; and Caroline,

_b._ 2 June, 1913, and _d._ 29 June, 1915.

[Illustration: =Thomas Winn.=]

=WINSHIP, ERNEST=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25790, H.M.S. Hawke; lost

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

=WINSHIP, JOHN=, Stoker (R.N.R.), V. 282, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when

that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=WINTER, WILLIAM=, A.B., 230420, H.M.S. Aboukir, lost in action in

the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WINTERBOTTOM, JACK HUDSON=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26734 (Ports.),

H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15

Oct. 1914.

=WINTERSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9876, 2nd Battn. Coldstream

Guards, _s._ of Thomas Winterson, of Weir Cottages, Chirton, near

Devizes, by his wife, Ann; _b._ Chirton, co. Wilts, 8 Oct. 1894;

educ. Patney School there; enlisted in the 3rd Battn., Wiltshire Regt.

in 1910; transferred to the Coldstreams, 6 Dec. 1912; went to France

12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, Belgium, 5 Nov.

following. Buried there. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Windsor,

7 July, 1914, Minnie Jane (75, Hatherley Road, Reading, Berks), dau. of

William Collyer, and had a son, Frederick Williams, _b._ 12 July,

1915.

[Illustration: =George Winterson.=]

=WINTON, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6841), 194785, H.M.S.

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

1914; _m._

=WINTON, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 9376, 2nd Battn., East Yorkshire

Regt., eldest _s._ of John Winton, of East Ferring, Worthing,

Council Labourer, by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of Charles Pelham, of

Angmering; _b._ Sutton, co. Sussex, 25 Feb. 1886; educ. Ferring

Church of England School; was a Barman and Nurseryman; enlisted in Dec.

1909; served in India 1912–14; was recalled with his Regt. to England

after the outbreak of the European War; arrived in England on Christmas

Eve; went to France, 17 Jan. 1915, and was promoted L.-Corpl., previous

to being killed in action, 22 May, 1915; _unm._

[Illustration: =John Winton.=]

=WINWOOD, GEORGE=, A.B., J. 2550, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in

action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

=WINWOOD, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4966), S.S. 1786, H.M.S. Good

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

=WIRE, JOHN BERTRAM=, Private, No. 2047, 11th Battn., Australian

Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of John Benjamin Wire, of 35, Borthwick

Road, Stratford, co. Essex, retired Builder; by his wife, Eliza, dau.

of Nicholas (and Grace) Oldreive; _b._ Stratford, co. Essex;

educ. Commercial and Civil Service College, Forest Gate, and emigrated

to Australia in Sept. 1907, where he had two years training at the

Australian Government College for Agriculturists. On the outbreak of

war he gave up his farm of 420 acres; enlisted in the Commonwealth

Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in April; went to the Dardanelles

in June, and was killed in action in a bayonet charge 1 Aug. 1915, his

battn. having been ordered by Lieut.-General Birdwood to clear the

trenches opposite Tasmania Post. Buried at the rear of the battn. lines

next to his Lieut.; _unm._ Private Wire gained distinction at the

West Ham Technical Institute in Bookkeeping and a 1st Class Certificate

from the Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, of London.

[Illustration: =John B. Wire.=]

=WISE, ARTHUR ERNEST=, Steward, H.M. trawler Argyll, _s._

of the late Robert Wise, of Gainsborough; _b._ Newport, Isle of

Wight, 30 Nov. 1873; educ. Bristol; joined H.M. cutter Argyll, 5 March,

1915, and was lost when she was torpedoed, 15 June, 1915. He _m._

at Bristol, 7 Aug. 1893, Maude (1, Auckland Terrace, Gillett Street,

Hessle Road, Hull), dau. of the late Frank Lewis; _s.p._

=WISEMAN, PHILIP JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4902), 204779, H.M.S.

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

1914.

=WITTER, JAMES=, Private, No. 742, 11th Battn. 3rd Brigade, 1st

Division, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Andrew Witter, of

Kiltyferagle, Cloghan, co. Donegal, Farmer, by his wife, Mary, dau.

of John McDermott; _b._ Kiltyferagle, 9 May. 1887; educ. Cloghan

National School; went to Australia, 11 May, 1911; worked on the gold

fields; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Commonwealth

Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; left for Egypt in Nov.; took part in

the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on 26 May,

1915, of wounds received in action there; _unm._ His Company

Commander wrote: “He had been in my company from its inception and I

found him a fine reliable soldier, full of pluck and good nature. He

was wounded in the trenches by a shell, and although he received prompt

attention, it seems that he was too badly hit to recover. My company

formed part of the first landing force of 1,500 men, and your son took