Part 187

=TROTMAN, SYDNEY=, Private, No. 3155, 2/3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers), The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late George Hayman Trotman, of Brooklands Lodge, Cambridge, by his wife, Agnes (35, Norwich Street, Cambridge), dau. of Edward Godfrey; _b._ Cambridge, 18 April, 1886; educ. St. Paul’s School, Cambridge; was a Clerk; joined 2/3rd Royal Fusiliers, 8 Dec. 1914; left for Egypt, in April, and died of heatstroke at Khartoum, 3 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Khartoum. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son was buried with all military honours and the Sirdar (Sir Reginald Wingate) has written asking me to express his sympathy to his relatives and the men of his company”; and another officer: “Your son was a good man and soldier, and will be deeply missed by officers and men alike.”

=TROTT, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21850, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=TROTTER, ALEXANDER NIGEL=, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), only _s._ of Alexander Pelham Trotter, of 181, Ashley Gardens, London, S.W., Electrical Adviser to the Board of Trade, by his wife, Alys Fane, dau. of Maurice Keatinge, and a nephew of Lieut.-Col. Sir Henry Trotter, K.C.M.G., C.B.; _b._ Cottesmore Gardens, London, W., 17 Sept. 1894; educ. Packwood Haugh, and Clifton College, where he was a member of the O.T.C., shot in the Bisley VIII, and was one of the best boxers in the school; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Royal Scots, 21 Dec. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 9 July, 1914; acted as Transport Officer for the 3rd Battn. on the outbreak of war; left for France in charge of a draft of 100 men for the 2nd Battn., 30 Aug. 1914; the Royal Scots left the trenches at the Aisne about 26 Sept. and arrived in position near Bethune 11 Oct., and Lieut. Trotter was killed in action at La Fosse, near Vieille Chapelle, 12 Oct. 1914, while engaged in attacking a wood strongly held by the enemy. The ground over which the British had to advance was intersected by small irrigation canals crossed by plank bridges, on which the officers and men offered a good target. Lieut. Trotter is believed to have been first hit while crossing one of these bridges, and after advancing three-quarters of a mile fell with two more wounds. He was buried on the farm of Zelobes, near La Fosse, north of Bethune; _unm._ His Coy. Commander, Capt. (now Major) F. C. Tanner, D.S.O., wrote: “Everyone is unanimous that Nigel died like a hero, and knowing him I could not suppose it otherwise. I saw him under fire at the beginning of the action”; and a man in his company: “I can assure you all the men were sorry to lose him, for he seemed to have no fear and was a good leader of men.” On the cross put up on his grave by the mobile column of the Red Cross, some of his comrades wrote: “A very gallant gentleman.”

=TROTTER, JAMES KEITH=, Lieut. 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only _s._ of Major-General Sir James Keith Trotter, of Aislaby Lodge, Sleights, co. York, K.C.B., C.M.G., by his wife, Alice, yst. dau. of Francis James Crow, of Haughton-le-Skerne, co. Durham; _b._ Malta, 19 Dec. 1888; educ. Wellington College (where he was prefect, 1906, and head of the Rifle Corps), and the Royal Military College Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Gordon Highlanders, 23 Jan. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 15 Oct. 1910; was A.D.C. to his father, Major-General Sir J. K. Trotter, Commanding Southern Coast Defences, from 3 Nov. 1910, to 23 July, 1911; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Audencourt, near Le Cateau, 26 Aug. 1915, being shot in the head while watching the fire of his machine-guns through field-glasses; _unm._ He was buried at Audencourt. Lieut. Trotter was the winner of 100 and 200 yards races at Wellington College, and was second in quarter of a mile race at Army Championship Meeting, Aldershot, 1909.

=TROUNSON, GRAHAM FRANCIS JAMES=, Midshipman, R.N.R., only child of Francis Thomas Trounson, of Onslow Mansions, Richmond, Surrey, by his wife, Kate E., dau. of Thomas Martin, of Chelmsford; _b._ London, 11 June, 1897; educ. The Whitegift and Mersey training ship for White Star Officers; Cadet R.N.R., 1911; Midshipman (Proby.), Jan. 1914; appointed to H.M.S. Good Hope, 2 Aug., and was lost when that ship was sunk in the Naval action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. He had the unique experience, in so short a life of having travelled the world as a cadet, and Midshipman, in sail The Mersey, in steam The Cevarmie, and in H.M.S. Good Hope. He had been round the Horn six times.

=TRUDGETT, JAMES ALBERT=, Sergt., No. 5435, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Alfred Trudgett, of 68, Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of William Greenwood, of Stowmarket; _b._ Stowmarket, 18 Dec. 1883; educ. British School there, and was for a short time a Clerk in the offices of the New Explosives Co.’s Works at Stowmarket; enlisted in the King’s Dragoon Guards, 3 Jan. 1901, and after training at York was drafted to the regt. then in South Africa; remained there a year, then returned to England; served at Hounslow and Aldershot; went to India, 6 Nov. 1907, and was stationed at Ambala and later at Lucknow; went to France with the Lucknow Cavalry Brigade about Nov. 1914; took part in the heavy fighting round La Bassée, and was killed in action at Hooge, 2 June, 1915; _unm._ The Adjutant, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, wrote: “Your son was with me in the Headquarters during the 1st and 2nd and gave me very able assistance in taking messages, and assisting in dressing the wounded. During the severe bombardment of the 2nd, at about 2 p.m., the dug-out was blown in, in two places, and I gave your son an order to take the most important papers and go down the communication trench to a place of greater safety in Zouave Wood. That was the last I saw of him. The communication trench was almost obliterated, his body not being discovered for two days. The Lincoln Regt. reported that in clearing the trench, they had found him and buried him in Zouave Wood. I cannot tell you how great a loss he is to the regt., Colonel and myself. A thorough, trustworthy, gallant soldier, and mourned by all ranks.”

=TRUEMAN, CHARLES FITZGERALD HAMILTON=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Manchester Regt., eldest _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Charles Hamilton Trueman, of Oakwell-on-the-Blean, Kent, late 32nd L.I., by his wife, Dorothea Magdalena, dau. of John P. Fitzgerald, M.D.; _b._ Devonport, 22 March, 1877; educ. King’s School, Canterbury, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd Manchesters, 8 Sept. 1897; promoted Lieut. 17 Aug. 1899, and Capt. 5 Jan. 1901; served in the South African War, 1900–1; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, July, 1901, and in those in the Orange River Colony, 30 Nov. 1900 to Oct. 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), was Superintendant of Gymnasia, Aldershot Command, 23 April, 1908, to 31 Aug. 1909, and Assistant Inspector of Gymnasia in same command, 1 Sept. 1909, to 22 April, 1912; left for France with the Expeditionary Force (14th Brigade, 5th Division), Aug. 1914, and was reported missing after the Battle of Le Cateau, on the 26th of same month, and is believed to have been killed in this action; _unm._ He had the Coronation medal of King Edward VII.

=TRUEMAN, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3264), 292872, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=TRUSSLER, FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./13907, H.M S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=TUCK, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3410), 308496, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=TUCK, PETER ISAAC THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5338), 211878, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=TUCKER, ALAN ROBERT LLOYD=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army (attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt.), only _s._ of Robert Edward Tucker, of Ashburton, co. Devon, Solicitor, Lt.-Col. Commanding 2/5th Battn. Devonshire Regt. (T.F.), by his wife, Annie Lloyd, dau. of the late Richard Williams, of Bodafon, Anglesey; _b._ Ashburton, 25 June, 1894; educ. Sherborne and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, 8 Aug. 1914, and was subsequently attd. 2nd Royal Warwicks; went to France, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 19 Dec. following; _unm._

=TUCKER, ERNEST EDWIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5398), 195629, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=TUCKER, GEORGE JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 7283), 308124, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=TUCKER, REGINALD=, Rifleman, No. 1901, 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Tucker, of “Oakwood.” Chorley Wood Road, Rickmansworth, Cigar Dealer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Samuel Drake; _b._ Wimbledon, 13 Sept. 1891; educ. Whitgift School, Croydon. He enlisted on the outbreak of war, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action, 4 Dec. 1914; _unm._ He was buried near Burnt Farm, Bois Grenier, France. Capt. Whitmore, commanding D. Coy. The Westminsters, wrote: “I regret to say that your son while sitting in the trench was this morning hit in the head by a bullet, which glanced in through a loop hole above him, and died in half an hour. I can only express my personal sorrow at losing a soldier who has always shown himself an extraordinarily plucky fellow, doing his best to keep down the enemy’s fire even when at its heaviest. We shall always remember him among us as the first man of the Company to fall fighting for England.”

=PITTS TUCKER, CECIL MORTIMER=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Highland Light Infantry, 2nd _s._ of William Edwin Pitts Tucker, of Crosslands, near Barnstaple, Solicitor, by his wife, Violet Emily, dau. of Edmund Tattersall; _b._ Barnstaple, 12 April, 1890; educ. Ellerslie, Fremington, Devonshire; Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st H.L.I. 20 April, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 18 Dec. 1912; was an extra A.D.C. to Sir James Meston, Lieut.-Governor of the United Provinces, India, Oct. 1912, to March, 1913; left for France with the Sirhind Brigade, Lahore Division, Indian Expeditionary Force, Sept. 1914; and was killed in action at Festubert, on the morning of 20 Dec. following; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was as fine a soldier as one could wish to see and a true and affectionate comrade, and he met his soldier’s death just in the manner all who knew him, knew he would.”

=TUCKWOOD, LESLIE EDGAR=, Private, No. 9964, 1st Battn. Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Charles Tuckwood, of 82, Wightman Road, Hornsey, Music Publisher; _b._ Harringay, 1891; joined the Navy in 1912, was transferred to the Army in 1913, and was killed in action at the Battle on the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._

=TUDBALL, THOMAS JOHN=, Private, No. 5499, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Tudball, of Bench Cottage, West Harwood, Timberscombe, near Dunster, co. Somerset, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Anna; _b._ Timberscombe aforesaid, 25 Dec. 1884; educ. Endowed Church School there; was a Farm Labourer and Ploughman: enlisted in the Coldstreams on 29 March, 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, 21 Aug. to 21 Dec. 1914, and from 9 Jan. 1915; and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 Jan. 1915.

=TUDWAY, HERVEY ROBERT CHARLES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, eldest _s._ of Charles Clement Tudway, of The Cedars, Stoberry Park, and Milton Lodge, Wells, Somerset, J.P., D.L., by his 2nd wife, Alice Constance, yst. dau. of Sir Frederick Hutchinson Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Bart.; _b._ 17, Lower Berkeley Street, W., 23 Sept. 1888; educ. Evelyns and Eton, where he was in the sixth form and Eton Society; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Grenadier Guards, 1 Feb. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 29 Sept. following; was appointed A.D.C. to Lord Buxton, and sailed for South Africa, 25 July, 1914, but hearing of the outbreak of war on his arrival there, cabled to Lord Buxton, who was in England, for leave; returned immediately and rejoined his regt.; went to the Front; joined the 2nd Battn. at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, and died in hospital at Boulogne, 18 Nov. following, of wounds in the head received at the 1st Battle of Ypres on the 9th; _unm._ He was buried in the cemetery at Boulogne. A brass tablet was erected to his memory in the North Choir Aisle of Wells Cathedral, the inscription concluding with; “His life for his country, his soul to God.” Lieut. Tudway was a keen sportsman and cricketer, and played for the Brigade, I.Z. and M.C.C. His brother, Lieut. Lionel C. P. Tudway, R.N., D.S.O., was taken prisoner at Kut when in command of H.M.S. Sumara.

=TUFF, CECIL THOMAS=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt., 3rd _s._ of Charles Tuff, of Westfield, Singlewell, near Gravesend, and Rochester, J.P., formerly M.P. for Rochester, by his wife, Marian, dau. of George William Gill; _b._ Rochester, 16 Aug. 1885; educ. Abbey School, Beckenham, and Malvern College; obtained a commission in the Royal West Kent Militia in 1905; but resigned in or about 1911 rejoining as a Lieut. the day war was declared. He was gazetted Capt. to 3rd Royal West Kents, 26 Sept. 1914; went to France, 25 Nov. following, where he was attd. to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action at Hill 60, near Ypres, 15 April, 1915. Buried Hill 60; _unm._

=TUFNELL, CARLETON WYNDHAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, 3rd _s._ of Carleton Fowell Tufnell, of Waterdone Manor, Kenley, Surrey, by his wife, Laura Gertrude, dau. of William Parker Charsley, of Ceylon, M.D.; _b._ Sydenham, co. Kent, 5 Aug. 1892; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Grenadier Guards, 4 Sept. 1912; left for France in Sept. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. He was mortally wounded near Klein Zillebeke, during the first Battle of Ypres, on the evening of 6 Nov. 1914, dying shortly after he reached hospital. He was machine gun officer of his Battn., and was hit whilst taking up a position. Buried in Zillebeke Churchyard; _unm._ At Eton, Lieut. Tufnell was one of the best all-round athletes that the school has known. He was captain of the Eleven, Keeper of the Field (two years), Keeper of Oppadon Wall and Mixed Wall, and President of the Eton Society (“Pop.”). He won the Victor Ludorum Prize at athletic sports, and the King’s medal in the O.T.C. At Sandhurst, he was captain of the cricket, association football, and athletic team, and later played cricket for the Household Brigade, M.C.C., and Zingari, and represented the British Army against the Dutch Army at “Soccer,” both in England and Holland, in the season of 1914–15.

=TULETT, THOMAS=, Acting Leading Stoker, 296909, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=TULIP, JOHN JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5840), S.S. 106376, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=TULLY, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9914), S.S. 107383, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=TUNE, JOHN SKERROW=, Private, No. 5435, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late John Tune; _b._ Birmingham, 23 April, 1882; educ. Sherborne Road Board School there; enlisted 22 Feb. 1901; was reported missing after the fighting at Givenchy, Belgium, and later to have been killed in action, 22 Dec. 1914. Tune had the Good Conduct Badge granted, 22 Feb. 1906. He _m._ at Birmingham, 1910, Sarah Ann (16, Eastbourne Terrace, Herbert Road, Small Heath, Birmingham), eldest dau. of the late William Smith, of 32, Frazier Street, Oldburn, Staffs, and had three children: Rosina May, _b._ 3 Dec. 1910; Olive Florence Ada, _b._ 8 July, 1912, and Beatrice Maud, _b._ 15 April, 1915.

=TUPPER, ERNEST=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10769), 300721, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=TURNBULL, DERWENT CHRISTOPHER=, M.B., Lieut., R.A.M.C., 5th _s._ of William Peverill Turnbull, of Burway House, Church Stretton, co. Salop, late H.M. Divisional Inspector of Schools, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of the late Edwin John Hayes, Town Clerk of Birmingham; _b._ Stockwell End, Wolverhampton, 28 Aug. 1890; educ. Private Schools, Sheffield, the Sheffield Royal Grammar School, and King Edward VII’s School at Sheffield, Giggleswick School, and the University of Sheffield; volunteered in 1914, obtained a commission as Lieut. in the R.A.M.C. Dec. 1914; was for some weeks a medical officer at King George V’s Hospital, Dublin; went to France 15 Feb. 1915; was attd. to 84th Field Ambulance, 28th Division, but on 9 March was lent as a temporary M.O. to the 1st Battn. Cheshire Regt., and died at St. Eloi, 14 March, 1915, having been wounded on the 10th; _unm._ He was buried in a burial ground at Ypres. On the morning of 10 March, 1915, while Lieut. D. C. Turnbull was in his dressing station, a message came that an officer in a trench was bleeding to death. Lieut. Turnbull, with an orderly, volunteered to go to him, and about 10.30 a.m. crossed the dangerzone, and reached the trench, which was about 3 ft. deep and half full of water. Lieut. Turnbull attended to the wounded man but, judging some further operation necessary, determined to remove him to the dressing station. Rifle fire, however, prevented this, and the wounded officer and Lieut. Turnbull and the orderly were unable to get away from the trenches for many hours. About 6 p.m. they made an attempt in the course of which the wounded officer received a further wound and Lieut. Turnbull was shot in the lung. Of this he died four days later notwithstanding the utmost efforts made on his behalf by his colleagues, Capt. Bickerton and Lieut. Haynes. The orderly, Private (now Corpl.) J. Needham (1st Cheshires), afterwards received the D.C.M. for his conduct on this occasion. Lieut.-Col. W. Salisbury Sharpe, R.A.M.C., wrote: “I do not know what form official recognition will take, but I can assure you of my personal appreciation that no greater instance of heroic self-sacrifice will be recorded during the war;” and Capt. R. E. Bickerton, R.A.M.C., “The stretcher-bearers of my section have spoken very, very kindly of him and admired his pluck, saying that he never let them cross a risky part of the road without being there himself.” Lieut. Turnbull was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

=TURNBULL, WALTER=, Private, No. 964, 24th Infantry Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Thomas Edward Turnbull, of Hexham, Northumberland, Rope and Candle Manufacturer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of James Charlton; _b._ Hexham, 26 Jan. 1882; educ. North Eastern County School, Barnard Castle; went to Australia in May, 1912; joined the Australian Force in March, 1915, and died on board the hospital ship Guildford Castle, 21 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action near Lone Pine, Gallipoli; buried at sea about 5 miles from Lemnos; _unm._

=TURNER, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 7673; 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 27 April, 1915, of wounds received in action; _m._

=TURNER, ARTHUR=, No. 3894, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; enlisted 15 Nov. 1900; served in South Africa, 26 Nov. 1901, to 6 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps, “Cape Colony,” “South Africa, 1901,” “1902”), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 26 Aug. 1914; was reported missing after the fighting at Rentel on 12 Nov. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date.

=TURNER, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4104), 194994, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=TURNER, ARTHUR MORRIS=, Private, No. 10/1357, Wellington Regt. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Edwin Turner, of 27, South Street, Chichester, Wholesale and Retail Grocer and Provision Merchant, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of William Light, of Chichester; _b._ Chichester, co. Sussex, 22 July, 1893; educ. Chichester and Portsmouth Grammar Schools; went to New Zealand in Feb. 1913, and settled near Tologa Bay as a Farm Worker; volunteered on the outbreak of war, left for Egypt in Dec. 1914, and died on or about 11 May, 1915, from wounds received in action, when the New Zealanders landed at the Dardanelles; _unm._

=TURNER, BERNARD GEORGE=, Private, No. 11833, Maxim Gun Section, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of John William Turner, of The Gables, Bledlow Ridge, co. Bucks. Schoolmaster, by his wife, Emily, dau. of David Hainsworth; _b._ Bledlow Ridge, Wallingford, 28 Nov. 1894; educ. High Wycombe Grammar School, and after leaving there won in open competition a post under the London County Council, and was serving in the Fire Brigade Department when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He volunteered shortly after and joined the Coldstream Guards in Sept. and left for the Western Front in Jan.; he was attd. there to the Maxim Gun Section, and was killed in action on Hill 70, at Vermeilles, 27 Sept. 1915, being shot through the heart; _unm._

=TURNER, CHARLES=, Private, No. 7725, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Troyon, 8 Oct. 1914; _m._

=TURNER, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2817), S.S. 133, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=TURNER, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4579), 293331, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=TURNER, ERNEST HERBERT=, Private. No. 6226, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Ernest Turner, of No. 6, Howard Terrace, Bank Top, Bedlington, Northumberland, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Henry Hyatt; _b._ Oxford, 14 July, 1886; educ. Broomhill Colliery School; was a Miner; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 30 May, 1905; went to France, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Soupir, 16 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Bedlington Parish Church, 3 Jan. 1914, Margaret Harrison, (1, Cragg’s Buildings, Bedlington, Bank Top, Northumberland), dau. of Isaac Nicholson, of Bedlington; _s.p._

=TURNER, FRANCIS OLIVER=, Private, No. 11420, No. 1 Coy. 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Frederick George Turner, of Briningham, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Clerk in Time and Wages Department, Midland and G. N. Joint Railways, by his wife, Ellen Maria, dau. of John Oliver, of Thornage, Norfolk; _b._ Briston, co. Norfolk, 17 Aug. 1894; educ. Norfolk C. C. School, Melton Constable, and on leaving there entered the service of the M. & G. N. Joint Railways as an apprentice in the Boiler-making trade in Oct. 1908. On the outbreak of war he enlisted, 2 Sept. 1914, and after three months’ training at Caterham and Windsor, was sent to France on 22 Dec. and was in the trenches before 1 Jan. 1915. He was killed in action at Cuinchy brickfields 2 Feb. following, and was buried in the British cemetery between La Bassée Canal and the Railroad; _unm._