Part 12

=BARR, THOMAS HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 11508, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARRASS, ALFRED LEONARD=, Private, No. 6014, 3rd Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Alfred Barrass, of Hull, Private, 3rd East Yorkshire Regt., by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of William Leonard Brown; _b._ Hull, 15 Sept. 1894; educ. Warnes Street Board School there; enlisted 23 June, 1911; placed on the Reserve, Dec. 1911; called up on the outbreak of war, and transferred to the 1st Battn. at the front. He was killed in action in France, 8 Dec. 1914, being shot by a sniper when fetching water; _unm._

=BARRATT, CHARLES WYLLY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3160), S.S. 100828, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BARRATT, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9500), S.S. 106889, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARRATT, PERCIVAL JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7811), S.S. 103275, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARRETT, CHARLES JOHN CHARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of the late Major William Barrett, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Charlotte Maria Herring (Moredon, North Curry, Taunton), dau. of William Wheaton Chard, of Mount Tamar, Devon, and nephew of Col. John Rouse Merriott Chard, V.C., R.E., the hero of Rorke’s Drift; _b._ Moredon, North Curry, co. Somerset, 26 Aug. 1873; educ. at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he won the riding prize, “The Saddle.” He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 10 Oct. 1894, becoming Lieut. 12 Nov. 1896, and Capt. 2 May, 1900, and was Adjutant of the 1st Battn. 12 Sept. 1903 to 7 March 1904. He served in the South African war, beginning with the operations in Natal in March, 1900, also in the operations in the Transvaal, the Orange River Colony, and the action of Ruidam. He also raised a company of Mounted Infantry on active service, and gained the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He was Adjutant of the 1st Volunteer Battn. of the Welsh Regt. from Jan. 1905 to 1908. While stationed in Dublin with his regt. in 1909 he won the Irish Grand Military at Punchestown with his horse Scarlet Runner. He had nearly completed four years as an officer of gentlemen cadets at Sandhurst, to which he was appointed, 1 Feb. 1911, and had raised a new company (L Coy.), which he was commanding when he was called to join the 1st Battn. of his regt. at the Front. He was killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 14 Nov. 1914, when in temporary command of the battn., and was buried in the grounds of Héronthage Château, Hooge. He was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He _m._ at London, 26 Nov. 1904, Lena, only dau. of the late Albert Vaucamps, of 34, Queen’s Gate. His brother Donald, who was in the same regt., was accidentally drowned, 28 May, 1891, while fishing in the River Dee during the time he was serving on the Queen’s Guard of Honour at Ballater.

=BARRETT, HUGH HENRY GUY=, Private, No. 27589, 15th Battn. (48th King’s Canadian Highlanders) 3rd Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of William Henry Barrett, of 127, Kenilworth Court, Putney, by his wife, Florence Annie, dau. of James Redgrove; _b._ West Dulwich, London, 10 Sept. 1894; educ. Lynchmere School, Eastbourne, and Dover College. Being in Canada when war was declared, he volunteered immediately, enlisting at Grimsby, Ontario, 15 Aug. 1914, and came over with the 1st Canadian Contingent. He went through the heavy fighting at Ypres on 22–23 April, 1915, and was mortally wounded on Saturday, 24 April. It was on this occasion that the Germans first used asphyxiating gases which caused the French to retire and left the Canadian left exposed. The 48th suffered very severely. Barrett was removed to No. 13 General Hospital at Boulogne, where he died 27 April; _unm._ He was buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.

=BARRETT, JOSEPH=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 8954, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARRETT, ROBERT SIMON=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.) 7048, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BARRETT, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., A.E. 4468, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARRETT, WILLIAM GEORGE JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R. 2677B, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARRINGTON, NOEL SCOT=, Lieut. 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, only _s._ of Fourness Barrington, M.S. (Edin.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), Lecturer in Obstetrics, University of Sydney, Surgeon Royal Hospital for Women and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals; _b._ Edinburgh, 20 May, 1892; educ. Mostyn House and Worcester College, Oxford (1912); gazetted as University candidate to be 2nd Lieut. Royal Irish Rifles, 26 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 23 Jan. following; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._

=BARRY, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., 34 Immed. Class), 189368, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BARRY, JOHN FRANCIS=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4274. H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=BARSBY, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9097), 210354, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARSON, PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9083, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARSTOW, JOHN BAILLIE=, Major, R.E., eldest _s._ of Henry Clements Barstow, of Hazelbush, York, late Bengal Civil Service, by his wife, Cecilia Clementina, 3rd dau. of Rev. the Hon. John Baillie, M.A., Canon Residentiary of York [brother of George, 10th Earl of Haddington]; _b._ Allahabad, India, 31 Oct. 1872; educ. Clifton College and Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 July, 1891, and promoted Lieut. 24 July, 1894, Capt. 24 July, 1902, and Major 24 July, 1911. Killed in action near Bailly, 31 Aug. 1914; buried in the cemetery there. He _m._ at Killiney, 31 Oct. 1906, Ethel Constance, dau. of John Richards Orpen, of St. Leonard’s, Killiney, co. Dublin, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, and had three sons and one dau.: John Michael Orpen, _b._ 15 Dec. 1907; Henry Stewart Peregrine, _b._ 21 April, 1909; George Baillie, _b._ 29 Aug. 1912; Cecilia Mary Penelope, _b._ 11 Feb. 1914.

=BARTER, HARRY STANLEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26050, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=BARTER, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., A. 891), 119878, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARTHROPP, SIDNEY ALFRED NATHANIEL SHAFTO=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., only _s._ of Major Alfred Shafto Barthropp, of Newport House, Essex (now serving on the Depôt Staff of the Norfolk Regt. at Britannia Barracks, Norwich), by his wife, Ellen Ada Wentworth, 2nd dau. of the late Capt. Sidney Wentworth Stanley, of Longstowe Hall, co. Cambridge, J.P., D.L., and nephew of the late Philip George Barthropp, for many years Master of the Essex and Suffolk Foxhounds; _b._ Kensington Court, W., 25 March, 1892; educ. at Winchester, where he played for “Commoners XVs.” in Nov. 1909, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. After taking his degree in Nov. 1913, he went to the Bishop’s Hostel, Farnham, Surrey, with the intention of studying for Holy Orders, and on the outbreak of war joined the 3rd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (Special Reserve) then at Dover. He subsequently joined the 2nd Battn. of the regt. in France, and had only been out there a fortnight when he was killed in action in the trenches in the brickfields, near Cuinchy, on 29 Jan. 1915. In announcing his death to his parents, Col. E. W. B. Green, officer commanding the regt., wrote: “He was killed on 29 Jan. during an attack by the Germans upon a portion of the line which we were holding and in which the company with which your son was serving put up a very gallant defence, and beat off a very determined attack. He died a soldier’s death in the very front of the fight. In him we feel we have lost a comrade who was bound to do well, and who, during the short time he had been with us, had endeared himself to all. He is buried in the graveyard at Cuinchy, near Bethune.” He was confirmed in his rank as 2nd Lieut. the day he was killed. Lieut. Barthropp was a thorough sportsman, and while at Cambridge whipped in to the Trinity Foot Beagles from March, 1911, until he left the University. Mr. Barthropp also whipped in to the Eastern Counties Otter Hounds from Aug. 1911, during the Mastership of Mr. Rose, until the retirement of the latter gentleman in Dec. 1914, when he succeeded Mr. Rose as Master, which position he occupied at the time of his death. His fondness for, and eager participation in, all sorts of outdoor pursuits earned him amongst his fellow students at Farnham the name of “The Squire,” and one of them, writing of the healthy and manly influence he exercised over men of his own age, said: “It is good to have been with him here.” He was _unm._

=BARTLETT, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1858D, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARTLETT, GEOFFREY EDWARD ROSE=, Midshipman, R.N.R., elder _s._ of the late Edward Noel Napier Bartlett, J.P., co. Bucks, by his wife, Dorothy (St. Margaret’s Cottage, Penn, Bucks), dau. of Sir Philip Rose, 2nd Bt. of Rayners; _b._ London, 8 Oct. 1895; educ. St. John’s, Beaumont, Old Windsor; was for three years on H.M.S. Conway, and two years a cadet on the White Star s.s. Mersey, going round the world twice, 1912–13 and 1913–14; joined H.M.S. Bulwark 29 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was blown up at Sheerness, 26 Nov. following. Bartlett was a great-great-grandson of Admiral James Noble, who served as Act.-Lieut. of the Agamemnon under Commodore Nelson in 1795, and was promoted to Commander in 1797 through the influence of Nelson after the battle of St. Vincent, where he was very dangerously wounded.

=BARTLETT, HENRY ARTHUR=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21843, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=BARTLETT, JOE=, Armourer’s Crew (Pension, No. 19272), 135647, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARTON, ERNEST=, Corpl., No. 7380, 1st Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I., _s._ of Thomas Barton, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of James Crossley; _b._ Ashton-under-Lyne, 3 July, 1884; educ. St. Peter’s School there; enlisted 9 Sept. 1903; on outbreak of war was called up from the Reserve and was killed in action near Lille, 23 Oct. 1914. Major W. A. Payn (his commanding officer), writing to his widow, described how, on the evening of 22 Oct. they were in the trenches near Lille, with the Germans 600 yards away. When day broke on the 23rd they saw the Germans entrenching 100 yards away. Volunteers were called to creep up to the ditch to turn the Germans out with the bayonet, and Barton, with six others, volunteered at once, and proceeded to crawl towards the trench. They had not gone far when the Germans saw them, and opened fire. Barton unluckily was hit in the head and killed. Before the war Corpl. Barton was employed as a grinder at the Park Road Spinning Company’s Mill, Dukinfield, and was one of the bellringers at St. Peter’s Church, where a tablet has been erected to his memory. He _m._ at Ashton, 13 Jan. 1908, Mary Jane (195, Portland Street, Ashton-under-Lyne), dau. of the late John Edward Wolstencroft, and had issue a dau., Hilda, _b._ 17 Nov. 1911.

=BARTON, GILBERT JOHNSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5356), S.S. 100, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARTON, HAROLD WILLIAM FERGUSON=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Scots Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of the late William Thomson Barton, of Morriston, Elgin, by his wife, Clara (Woodstock, Camberley, Surrey), dau. of the late Very Rev. John Ferguson, Dean of Moray, Ross and Caithness; _b._ Morriston, Elgin, 5 Sept. 1893; educ. Stratheden House, Blackheath; Radley College; Mr. Tinniswood’s, Holmdale, Camberley; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; and was gazetted to the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914. He went to France on 8 Sept., served on the Aisne and in Flanders, and was killed in action near La Bassée on or about 18 Oct. 1914. At first reported missing after the fighting that day, the news of his death was conveyed to his mother by a German officer, who wrote on a letter from her, no doubt found on his body, as follows: “Dear Mrs. Barton, Your son fell on the field of honour against our regt. I admired his courage after a very hard struggle against us. Your son will be buried near Castle Warneton, near Lille.--(Signed) Ewald, Lieut. Feldart. Regt. No. 7.”

=BARTON, HENRY=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 10176), 298707, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARTON, JAMES THOMAS=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., A. 2315), 115754, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BARTON, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5046, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=BARTTELOT, NIGEL KENNETH WALTER=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., H.M.S. Liberty, 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, yr. _s._ of the late Sir Walter George Barttelot, 2nd Bt., 5th Dragoon Guards (killed in action South Africa, 23 July, 1900), by his wife, Georgiana Mary (now wife of Beville Molesworth St. Aubyn), only dau. of George Edmond Balfour, of The Manor, Sidmouth; _b._ Coates Castle, Fittleworth, Sussex, 9 April, 1883; educ. at “Fonthill,” East Grinstead; “Kivernells,” Lymington, and H.M.S. Britannia, Dartmouth. He joined the Navy, 15 Jan. 1899, becoming a Midshipman 15 May the same year, Sub-Lieut. 15 May, 1902, Lieut. 30 Sept. 1904, and Lieut.-Commander 30 Sept. 1912. He was appointed to the command of the destroyer Liberty, 7 March, 1914, and was killed in action off Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. He was buried at Stopham. In the official report of their action, Commodore R. V. Tyrwhitt said: “H.M.S. Liberty.... The late Lieut.-Commander Nigel K. W. Barttelot commanded the Liberty with great skill and gallantry throughout the action. He was a most promising and able officer, and I consider his death a great loss to the Navy.” He _m._ at St. George’s, Hanover Square, 10 Jan. 1906, Dorothy Maud, dau. of the late Frederick Aldcroft Kay, and had a son: James Nigel Walter, _b._ 27 June, 1911.

=BASHFORD, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2682), 217071, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BASKERVILLE, GILBERT THOMAS=, Clerk, Royal Navy, yr. _s._ of the late Henry Spencer Baskerville, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., by his wife, Jane (4, Marlboro’ Villas, Gillingham, Kent), dau. of Thomas Wetherall Sproulle, M.D., and grandson of the late Commander Percival Baskerville, R.N.; _b._ Gillingham, 6 Oct. 1893; educ. Christ’s Hospital; entered the Navy, July, 1911, and was appointed to H.M.S. Highflyer, flagship in the East Indies. After the manœuvres in 1913, for which he was appointed to H.M.S. Euryalis, he joined the King George V. and was amongst those fêted at Kiel in June, 1914. In July the same year he was appointed to H.M.S. Cressy in order to qualify for his Assistant Paymaster examination, and was lost in the North Sea when that ship was torpedoed, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He had the Persian Gulf medal.

=BASKERVILLE, HEDLEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2418), 204437, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BASNETT, JOHN=, Corpl., No. 2801, D Coy., 8th (Service) Battn. Rifle Brigade, _s._ of John Basnett, of 14, Clement Street, Taylorson Street, Salford, Manchester, Labourer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of John Gallop; _b._ Bristol, 1 Sept. 1890; educ. Ordsall Board School, Salford; was employed at the Westinghouse Works, Trafford Park, but after the outbreak of war joined the Rifle Brigade, 31 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Hooge, 30 July, 1915; unm. His Capt., A. C. Sheepshanks, wrote that after the action he was found to be missing, and must have been struck down in the charge that day, adding: “He was turning out a most useful and reliable N.C.O.”

=BASS, HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 6800, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=BASSETT, VICTOR CHARLES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26732, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Isaac Bassett, of 12, Furnival Road, Sheffield; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=BASTARD, REGINALD GEORGE=, Officers’ Chief Steward, 362308 (Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BASTARD, WILLIAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., _s._ of William Bastard, of Coltscombe, Slapton, near Kingsbridge, South Devon, by his wife, Helen, 2nd dau. of Joshua Edward Adkins; _b._ Coltscombe, 20 April, 1891; educ. Plymouth (Miss Tubbs’ preparatory school), Blundells’, and Exeter College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 22 Jan. 1913; was in South Africa at the outbreak of war, came home in Sept., was promoted Lieut. the 30th of that month, went to the front on 4 Oct., and was killed in action at Gheluvelt a few days later, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. The following remarks were received by his mother from Col. Coates--6 Nov. 1914. “From the day he joined I recognised that your son was one of the best types of officers--very keen on his work, thoroughly sensible, and willing to take responsibility. I always had him in my eye as being well fitted for the Adjutancy later on.”

=BATCHELOR, BENJAMIN EDWIN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111822, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BATCHELOR, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5069), 177988, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BATCHELOR, HAROLD JAMES=, Flight Sub-Lieut., Royal Naval Air Service, 3rd _s._ of Capt. (--) Batchelor; was in the merchant service; obtained his commission Nov. 1914; was killed in the Dardanelles 11 May, 1915; _unm._

=BATE, THOMAS HENRY=, P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., A. 1815), 134972, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BATEMAN, CLAUDE JOHN=, Private, No. 391, 7th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of F. Bateman, of Wainfleet, Lincolnshire; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 2 June, 1915.

=BATEMAN, FRANK=, A.B., R.F.R. (B. 2845, S.S. 184), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BATEMAN, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, No. 748, 16th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; _d._ 15 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles.

=BATES, FRANK=, Private, No. 2020, 4th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.); _d._ at Cuckfield 31 Jan. 1915, of heart failure, while training.

=BATES, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9776), 210136, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BATES, JAMES CHRISTOPHER=, Private, No. 11259, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Joseph Bates, of 113, Woodland Street, Smethwick, co. Stafford; served with Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; reported missing 22 Dec. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed in action on that date.

=BATES, STANES GEOFFREY=, Capt., 7th Queen’s Own Hussars, and Adjutant, North Somersetshire Yeomanry, only _s._ of Gilbert Thompson Bates, tenant of Mells Park, Frome, Somerset, J.P. [2nd _s._ of Sir Edward Bates, 1st Bt., M.P.], by his wife, Charlotte Thaxter, dau. of George Warren, of Woolton; _b._ London, 2 June, 1884; educ. Farnborough, Winchester, and Sandhurst. He joined the 7th Queen’s Own Hussars, 22 April, 1903, and was promoted Lieut. 27 April, 1907, and Capt. 11 May, 1912. He spent two and a-half years in South Africa, and returned with his regt. in Dec. 1906, when they were quartered at Norwich and afterwards at Aldershot. In Oct. 1911 the regt. went to Bangalore, where he remained until July, 1913, when he returned to England on leave, shortly afterwards (1 Nov.) receiving the Adjutancy of the North Somersetshire Yeomanry. He went to the front with this regt. and was wounded at Vlamertinghe during the 1st battle of Ypres, 16 Nov. 1914, but was able to return to the front from the Base Hospital in a few days. At the 2nd battle of Ypres he was killed instantaneously in the trenches at Hooge by a shell explosion, 13 May, 1915; _unm._ He was buried there the same day, amid a few trees behind the line held by the North Somersets. For their conduct on this occasion the North Somersets were specially mentioned in Despatches. He was much beloved by his men in both regts., and his loss deeply regretted by his Colonel and brother officers in the 7th Hussars. A good all-round sportsman and well-known with the Blackmore Vale Hounds.

=BATES, STANLEY KNIGHT=, Lieut., 5th Battn. The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.), yr. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. John Henry Bates, late 2nd in command of the same regt., formerly of Fir Bank, Penrith, Manager of the Penrith branch of the Liverpool Bank, by his wife, Sarah Eleanor, dau. of the late William Knight, of Milnthorpe, co. Westmorland; _b._ Morcambe, co. Lancaster, 19 June, 1897; educ. Lancaster Royal Grammar School in which he was House Prefect, and an Ashton House Exhibitioner. On the outbreak of war he obtained a commission in his father’s regt., 10 Aug. 1914, was promoted Lieut., 28 Dec. 1914, and went along with his father to France with his regt., 11 Feb. 1915. He was killed during the second Battle of Ypres in an advanced trench off the Zonnebeke River in front of Potijze at noon on Sunday, 9 May, 1915, while bringing food for the few men he had left with him. He was buried in front of the White Château, Potijze, near Ypres, where an iron cross was erected to his memory. Lieut. Bates took a great interest in the work of the O.T.C. from its commencement, obtained his colours in the Rugby team, and was also in the School Cricket team. A keen athlete, he was intended for the Army and was proud of the distinction of being the youngest full Lieut. in the Army; _unm._