Part 198

=WHITCHURCH, LESLIE SEDGWICK=, Capt., 21st Prince Albert Victor’s Own Punjab Cavalry (Frontier Force), Indian Army, attd. 5th Dragoon Guards, 2nd _s._ of the late Rev. Walter Beaumont Gurney Whitchurch, Rector of Spixworth, Norfolk, by his wife, Margaret Elizabeth (Old Catton, Norfolk), dau. of (--) Sedgwick; _b._ Lockeridge House, co. Wilts, 6 April, 1880; educ. Marlborough and Sandhurst, where he took the Queen’s Gold Medal for Military Proficiency and the Sword of Honour, with six other prizes, and on passing out, broke the College “record” and was given six months seniority; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Indian Army, unattd., 19 July, 1899; entered Indian Staff College, 1 Oct. 1900, and was promoted Lieut. 19 Oct. 1901; and appointed Squadron Officer in 21st Cavalry, 29 May, 1902, and became Capt., 19 July, 1908; served on the N.W. Frontier of India, Waziristan, 1901–2 (medal with clasp), and also took part in the operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris, 1902; was home on leave when the European War broke out, and at once applied to be attd. to a British Regt.; trained reserves for the 9th Lancers at Tidworth for a short time; was sent to France to join 5th Dragoons, 10th Squadron, and was killed in action at Messines on 31 Oct. following, during the First Battle of Ypres; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “He was a most gallant and capable officer, and I was most fortunate to have had him with me. He was killed when most gallantly holding on to an advanced post which he had occupied with a few men on the edge of the town, when the enemy made a very determined attack on the town we were holding. He held on there though the enemy in force were only a few yards away from him. He was quite dead when I reached him. I grieve to have to tell you we were unable to bring him back. All I can say is that it was not possible. I reported especially upon his conduct as having been most gallant.”

=WHITCOMBE, DOUGLAS JAMES AUBREY=, Private, No. 6/176, Canterbury Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Frederick Whitcombe, of 24, Buckley’s Road, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand, by his wife, Alice, grand. dau. of Lieut.-Col. Mein, C.B., of Dumfries; and grandson of John Aubrey Whitcombe, of Hillfield, Gloucester; _b._ in New Zealand, May, 1893; volunteered on the outbreak of war; killed in action in Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._

=WHITCOMBE, GERALD AUBREY=, Trooper, No. 13/750, Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force; 2nd _s._ of George Whitcombe, of Kawhia, New Zealand; by his wife Margaret Janet, dau. of Albert West Sedcat, and grandson of John Aubrey Whitcombe, of Hillfield, Gloucester; _b._ New Zealand, Oct. 1890, volunteered on the outbreak of war; killed in action in Gallipoli, 8 Aug. 1915; _unm._

=WHITCOMBE, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 15193, Royal Canadian Dragoons, only _s._ of Charles Henry Whitcombe, of Sunnyside, Crudwell, Malmesbury, F.R.C.S., by his wife, May, dau. of Richard Billiald, of Nottingham, and grandson of John Aubrey Whitcombe, of Hillfield, Gloucester; _b._ Westerham, co. Kent, 18 May, 1889; educ. the New School, Halifax, co. York, and the Royal Latin School, co. Bucks; was for two years in the Eastern Telegraph Co., but went to Canada in 1907 and took up farming at Pilot Mound, Manitoba. On the outbreak of the European War he joined the Fort Garry Horse, Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in June, 1915, when he was attached to the Royal Canadian Dragoons; and died near Ploegsteert, 1 July, 1915, of wounds received in action same day; _unm._ He was buried in the Maple Leaf Military Cemetery, Romarin, near Nieppe, Belgium.

=WHITE, ALFRED=, Leading Seaman, 200784 Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WHITE, ALFRED WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 106882, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=WHITE, BENJAMIN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11762, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WHITE, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 766), 280315, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WHITE, ERNEST=, Signal Boy, J. 24674, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WHITE, FREDERICK=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 297650, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WHITE, GEORGE EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9578), 203769, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WHITE, GILBERT VICTOR=, Private, No. 871, The Honourable Artillery Company, yr. _s._ of William Baglin White, of High View, Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, Kent; _b._ Wood Green, co. Middlesex, 11 Jan. 1893; educ. Quernmore School and Clifton College; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and joined the H.A.C. 4 Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept.; was in the trenches from Nov. to Jan., and died at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 2 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action near Ypres, on 6 Jan. He was shot by a German sniper while helping to bring in a wounded comrade; _unm._

=WHITE, HARRY ARTHUR ALBERT=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 11354, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WHITE, JAMES ERNEST=, Private, No. 287, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of James White, of 2, Woodside Road, Wood Green, N., by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Josiah Briscoe; _b._ London, N., 30 Sept. 1885; educ. Higher Grade School, Wood Green, N., and Birkbeck College; was a Clerk in the Oceana Land Co., Ltd.; joined the London Rifle Brigade on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 13 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zillebeke, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried at Fortuin. White took a prominent part in many branches of Church work, was an enthusiastic ’cellist, and led a small orchestra.

=WHITE, LESLIE SPENSER=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., eldest _s._ of Frank Faulder White, of Charlton Road, Blackheath, F.R.C.S. Eng., by his wife, Eva Dalgairns, dau. of the late Major J. D. Travers; _b._ Coventry, 21 Sept. 1891; educ. King Henry VIII’s School there, and Framlingham College; joined the Artists Rifles immediately on the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal West Kent Regt., 27 Jan. 1915; went to France in Oct. 1914; served as temp. 2nd Lieut. with the 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers in the trenches and was accidentally killed near Ypres, 15 March, 1915, by a bomb explosion, while on active service; _unm._ Buried there.

=WHITE, LLOYD ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9380, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WHITE, LYNTON WOOLMER=, Lieut., 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, elder _s._ of Woolmer Rudolph Donati White, of Salle Park, co. Norfolk, and Southleigh Park, co. Hants, J.P., High Sheriff, co. Norfolk (1914), by his wife, Edith Wittcomb, yr. dau. of George Dawes Monck, of Hilsea, co. Hants.; _b._ Southsea, 5 May, 1886; educ. Cheltenham and Trinity College, Cambridge, gazetted 2nd Lieut. 7 May, 1905, and promoted Lieut. 25 March, 1910. Being home on leave when the war broke out, he was attached to the Queen’s Bays; was severely wounded in action at the Battle of Nery, 1 Sept. 1914, during the retreat from Mons and died at the Chateau de Baron, three days later. He was buried at first in the Chateau grounds and afterwards removed to the Churchyard. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbott’s, Kensington, 29 June, 1911, Dorothea, only dau. of W. R. Haughton, of Calcutta, V.D., M.I.C.E., formerly Engineer-in-Chief Eastern Bengal State Railway; _s.p._

=WHITE, ROBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 9733, 3rd Battn. (Toronto Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Robert White, Master Roscrea (Ireland) Union, by his wife, Elizabeth (44, Dingwall Avenue, Toronto, Canada), dau. of William Proctor, of Glashare, co. Kilkenny; _b._ Roscrea, co. Tipperary, 8 July, 1895; educ. National School there; went to Canada in May, 1914, and was a Sales Clerk; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Toronto, about 20 Aug. 1914; left Valcartier for England with the first contingent 9 Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914–15; went to France early in Feb. and was killed in action “in the field between St. Julien and St. Jean,” 23 April, 1915, being shot through the head and killed instantly.

=WHITE, WALTER EDWIN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7921, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WHITE, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Blacksmith’s Mate, M. 5496, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WHITE, WILLIAM CLEMENT=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5261), 181422, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WHITE, WILLIAM DARCY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19848, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=WHITEFORD, PETER=, Sergt., No. 6965, 2nd Battn. The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 4th _s._ of Andrew Whiteford, of Cramond, by his wife, Hannah Lawrie, dau. of James Black, of Easter Drylaw, Cramond; _b._ Davidson’s Mains, Cramond, 15 May, 1886; educ. Davidson’s Mains Public School; enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders at Edinburgh in 1904, and after a few months in Dublin served three years in South Africa, two years in China, and two years in India, returning to England in Jan. 1912. He obtained his discharge 1 June that year, and became a gardener to Mr. W. R. Reid at Lauriston Castle. When war broke out he rejoined at Inverness, and after training recruits there for four months, was promoted Sergt., and went to France early in Dec. He was killed while leading his platoon into action at La Bassée 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._

=WHITEHEAD, ALFRED GEORGE=, Signal Boy, J. 23867, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=WHITEHEAD, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9373, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=WHITEHEAD, HARRY HARDING=, Private, No. 3/927, R.N.V.R. Hawke Battn. 1st R.N. Brigade, R.N. Division, 2nd _s._ of James Dove Whitehead, of Middleton Hall, near Pickering, Yorks, J.P., North Riding, by his wife, Jane, 2nd dau. of the late Samuel Harding Loy, J.P., Keldead, Pickering; _b._ Scarborough, 26 March, 1891; educ. Repton School; qualified as an Engineer, and joined a Flying School for the Naval Flying Corps, joining the R.N.V.R. after the outbreak of war, in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, Gallipoli, 29 June, 1915; _unm._ His only brother, Capt. James Loy Whitehead, is now (1916) on active service.

=WHITEHEAD, HENRY MONTAGUE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th, attd. 2nd, Battn. East Surrey Regt., 2nd _s._ of Henry Hammond Whitehead, of Boston Road, Brentford, by his wife, Edith Miriam, dau. of John Cove, of Northampton; _b._ Brentford, co. Middlesex, 16 Nov. 1890; educ. Tonbridge School, where he was in the O.T.C.; was an Architect; joined the Artists Rifles in 1908; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the East Surreys, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France Jan. 1915; attd. to the 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers, joining the 2nd Battn. East Surreys in March, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 14 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried there.

=WHITEHEAD, JAMES SCULLARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2390), 161600, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WHITEHURST, CHARLEY=, Private, No. 13205, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John William Whitehurst, of 4, Grove Lane, Smethwick; _b._ Birmingham; educ. Dudley Road and City Road Schools; was employed in the Ebbw Vale Steel Works; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 3 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1 Jan. 1915, and was reported missing after the fighting at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date. He _m._ at St. Matthew’s Church, Smethwick, 29 Sept. 1907, Emma (2, Fering Street, Corporation Road, Newport, co. Monmouth), dau. of Robert (and Emma) Bell, and had a dau., Elsie Agnes, _b._ 24 June, 1913.

=WHITEHURST, HAROLD=, Private, No. 1544, 1st Battn. Highland L.I., _s._ of William Whitehurst, of 31, Cove Street, Beverley Road, Hull; _b._ Hull, 27 Feb. 1897; educ. Trinity House School, Hull; after leaving school was apprenticed to Messrs. Wright & Bacon, Shipowners; joined 1st Highland L.I., 6 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between 11 and 18 March, 1915; _unm._ Two of his brothers are serving in the Army: George William Whitehurst in the N.E.R. Fusiliers (Pioneers), and Alfred Whitehurst in the 2nd Northumbrian R.F.A.

=WHITELAW, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 9040, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., _s._ of Alexander Whitelaw, Foreman Carpenter with Messrs. Currie & Co., of Leith, Ship Owners, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Adam Stenhouse, of Leith, _b._ Leith, 22 Aug. 1880; educ. Couper Street School there; enlisted in 1902, served for three years with the Colours and nine years in the Reserve, and on mobilization rejoined his regt. 17 Aug. 1914. He was shot through the head by a German sniper while helping to repair the trenches at Houplines, 30 Jan. 1915, and was buried in the military cemetery there. He _m._ at Leith, 9 July, 1908, Jane Jackson (66, Coburg Street, Leith), dau. of Allan McCallum, and had two sons and a dau.: Alexander, _b._ 6 Sept. 1909; Allan McCallum, _b._ 14 March, 1913, and Susan Webster, _b._ 9 Dec. 1910.

=WHITEWAY, THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 208492, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WHITFIELD, THOMAS NICHOLAS=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1752, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

=WHITING, CHARLES=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 186224, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WHITING, FREDERICK JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 1050, 1/6th (Cyclist) Battn. The Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Whiting, of 73, Surrey Road, Ipswich, by his wife, Margaret; _b._ Westerfield, Ipswich, 10 Jan. 1893; educ. Council School and Boys’ British School there; joined the Suffolk Cyclists, 20 March, 1912, and died in the Military Hospital, Saxmundham, 12 May, 1915, from injuries received through an armoured car, while cycling out with his company, near Saxmundham; _unm._

=WHITTLE, GEORGE THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 237335, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WHITTLE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 290939 Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WHYBROW, THOMAS JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9533), 106899, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WHYTE, CHARLES LEONARD LE BARON=, Chief Petty Officer, 147436, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WHYTE, DAVID STEWART=, Engine Room Artificer, No. Ch. 270811, R.N., only _s._ of the late John Stewart Whyte, of Stonehaven, Edinburgh, and 101, Stephen’s Road, Tunbridge Wells, Schoolmaster (died 23 March, 1915), by his wife Margaret (died 5 Sept. 1911), dau. of the late James Sutherland, Leith, N.L.S.; _b._ Stonehaven, co. Kincardine, 10 Nov. 1878; educ. Tewel Public School there, and Gordon’s College, Aberdeen; was 2nd Engineer in the Merchant Service; joined the Navy Nov. 1902, and was lost on H.M.S. Good Hope, 1 Nov. 1914, when that ship was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili. He _m._ at St. Simon’s Church, Southsea, 1 Aug. 1908, Emmeline Annie (31, Wisborough Road, Southsea), dau. of the late David Williams, of Southsea, and had two children: Merry Sutherland, _b._ 28 Nov. 1909, and Lena, _b._ 1 Sept. 1913.

=WICKENDEN, HARRY CHARLES=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch./6612, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WICKINS, VERNON JOHN=, Private, No. 2086, 15th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late Vernon Evan Wickins, Engineer (who died shortly after the outbreak of war), by his wife, Mary (Cambria, 32, Wellington Street, North Hobart, Tasmania), dau. of John McGinnes, of Edinburgh; _b._ Hobart, 30 Aug. 1886; educ. State School there; joined when young the Volunteer Force and for five and a half years was a member of the Derwent Infantry Regt., in which he was promoted Sergt., 27 May, 1911. He was for some years employed in the Government Railways Service at Launceston, and while there became an active member of the Hobart Launceston Rifle Club, but on the illness of his father resigned his position to return home to Hobart so as to be a help to his mother and the other members of the family. On his return to Hobart he joined the A.N.A. Rifle Club and was on the roll as an active member when war broke out. He volunteered for Imperial service and joined the 15th Battn., 6 Feb. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements and was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 8 Aug. 1915. Capt. L. Simpson, A.N.A. Rifle Club, wrote: “Vernon Wickins endeared himself to all his club mates and to all with whom he came in touch by his quiet, kindly and unassuming manner, and no greater testimony can be given of his love for country and fellow mortals than that he laid down his life for them.” He _m._ at Launceston, Tasmania, 3 April, 1915, Hilda, dau. of (--) Collins.

=WICKS, JAMES=, Private, No. 9532, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., _s._ of George Wicks, of 22, Parkfield Road, Hollington, near Hastings; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 3 Oct. 1914.

=WIDGER, JAMES SAUNDERS=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 345559, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WIGG, ARTHUR HARRY=, Private, No. 2685, 1st Battn. Honourable Artillery Company, yr. _s._ of the late Harry Owen Wigg, of Ealing, W., formerly of West Derby, Liverpool, Draper’s Buyer, by his wife, Mary Walmsley (25, Gordon Road, Ealing, W.), dau. of the late Thomas Fletcher, of Newsham Park, Liverpool; _b._ West Derby, Liverpool, 16 Oct. 1890; educ. Elstow School (formerly called Bedford County School), Bedford; was in the service of Messrs. Dalton & Young, Fenchurch Street, E.C.; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war and joined the H.A.C. in Nov. 1914; left for France 26 April, 1915, as one of a draft to the 1st Battn.; and was killed in action at Hooge, 16 June following. Early on the morning of the 16th the British had attacked with some success south of Hooge, capturing 1,000 yards of German front trenches and part of their second line. Towards night the troops holding the most advanced of the captured trenches were obliged to fall back, and volunteers were called to go to their support. Private Wigg was one of those who volunteered, and while advancing with a party composed of men from various units under Major G. N. Crosfield, 4th South Lancashires, was hit in the head by a piece of high explosive shell and killed instantaneously. He was buried by the side of a path leading to the Sunken Road between Hooge and Potijze; _unm._ He was a very keen sportsman, being vice-captain of the Old Elstonian Hockey Club and a member of the Ealing Cricket Club, upon the committee of which he served.

=WIGG, EDWARD CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1497), 208328, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WIGHTMAN, FRANCIS CHARLES=, Private, No. 00189, 1st Imperial Light Horse, elder _s._ of the late John Wightman, of Edinburgh, Master Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, by his wife, Janet (28, Mardale Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of James McFarlane; _b._ Edinburgh, 6 April, 1880; educ. Daniel Stewart’s College there; joined the Imperial Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) at the time of the South African War; took part in the operations there, receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps; returned to South Africa, 1902, and was for a time at the Remount Camp at Mooi River, afterwards settling in Johannesburg, where he held a position in one of the Rand Mines, Cattine Modder, Brakham. On the outbreak of the European War he made preparations to return to Britain, but on the rebellion in South Africa he joined the 1st Imperial Light Horse, and was killed in action at Rooidam, 25 Nov. 1914, during a fight with Kemp’s force, which lasted all day; _unm._ He was buried there. He was a keen footballer and played for Daniel Stewart’s College F.P. 1st team; a good horseman and a good shot.

=WIGHTON, JAMES ALBERT FORGAN=, Leading Carpenter and Diver, R.N., No. 346697, 2nd _s._ of the late James Brown Wighton, Jute Commission Agent, Calcutta, by his wife, Catherine (28, Redbourne Street, Boulevard, Hull), dau. of James Albert Forgan, of Hull, Engineer; _b._ Barrow-in-Furness, 19 Oct. 1886; educ. Constable Street Council School, Hull; joined the Navy in 1904; served on H.M.S. Assistance; went to India on H.M.S. Renown, with King George (then Prince of Wales); served on H.M.S. Glasgow, on her first Commission, and on H.M.S. Fearless; transferred to the Good Hope on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. and was lost when that ship was sunk in the action off Coronel on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His brother-in-law, Joseph Williams, was lost on the Cressy (see his notice).

=WIGMORE, JAMES EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12112, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILCOX, PERCY JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., 10304 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 929), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILDE, REGINALD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5463 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WILDMAN, HERBERT ARTHUR=, Rifleman, No. 2970, 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Wildman, of 1, Stanhope Road, North Finchley, by his wife, Florence May, dau. of Joseph Evans; _b._ Pulloxhill, co. Bedford, 30 May, 1894; educ. Christ Church School, Finchley, N.; was a Postman at Whetstone; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, and joined the Post Office Rifles, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 25 May, 1915, after being reported missing since 22 May. Buried at Festubert; _unm._

=WILFRID, WILLIAM=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.