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=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.

=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.”

=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._

=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.

=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.

=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._

=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.

=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 part in this action. You have read the reports in the papers, and from that you can see what each man had to put up with. Some of my men informed me that during the first few days he carried several men under fire. Unfortunately he has lost his own life. Still you can look with pride on his record, which was a good one indeed.”

=WOGAN, JOHN HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3770), S.S. 101411, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WOLSELEY, WILLIAM SPENCER JOSEPH=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., 6th _s._ of Edward Talbot Wolseley, of Maryland, Ascot, formerly Capt. 3rd Staffordshire Militia, by his wife, Florence Mary, 3rd dau. of Edward Joseph Weld, of Lulworth Castle, Dorset, and nephew of Sir Charles Michael Wolseley, of Wolseley, 9th Bart.; _b._ Holme Chase, Weybridge, co. Surrey, 23 March, 1886; educ. St. Augustine’s College, Ramsgate; went to Canada in March, 1913, but on the outbreak of war came home and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Reserve of Officers to the 3rd Battn. East Lancashires, 15 Aug. 1914. He went to France with his regt. on 15 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._ His yst. brother, Robert Francis Joseph, who was commissioned in the same battn. at the same time, was wounded at Ploegsteert on 4 Feb. 1915, and his 2nd brother, Hubert Joseph, was killed in action at Elandslaagte, during the South African War, 27 Oct. 1899, while serving with the Imperial Light Horse.

=WOLSTENHOLME, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109673, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WOMBWELL, ROBERT BERTIE=, Sergt., No. 8207, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., 2nd _s._ of Robert Wombwell, of Lower Holbrook, Ipswich, Hay Binder, by his wife, Elizabeth Louise, dau. of William Buttle; _b._ Holbrook, co. Suffolk, 16 March, 1892; educ. there; enlisted in 1910; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action, 25 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His Chief Officer, Capt. V. C. de Crespigny, wrote: “He was a brave man and died a soldier’s death, and I cannot say how sorry we all are. He had had narrow escapes, having had amongst other things, a bullet through his clothes, and as his Company Commander I knew him well. Good men such as he are scarce. When sick before, he refused to go to hospital till ordered to do so.”

=WOOD, ALFRED JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1817, 2/9th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Arthur Henry Wood, of 29, Devonshire Road, Pinner Road, Harrow, Civil Servant, by his wife, Ellen Elizabeth, dau. of Alfred Brown of Roxeth, Harrow; _b._ Finsbury Park, London, 17 June, 1895; educ. Lower School of John Lyon, Harrow; was a Dental Mechanic; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 31 Aug. 1914; trained at Sittingbourne, was attd. 2/10th Middlesex, went to the Dardanelles, 18 July, 1915; took part in the heavy fighting at Suvla Bay during Sept. 1915, and died in Alexandria Government Hospital, 16 Oct. from dysentery, contracted after six weeks in the trenches; _unm._ He was buried at Chatby Cemetery, Alexandria.

=WOOD, ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER=, Plumber’s Mate, M. 5490, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WOOD, CHARLES EDMUND=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Edward John Wedg Wood, of Meece House, near Stone, Staffordshire, by his wife, Lettice, 3rd dau. of the late Charles Challinor, of Basford; _b._ Watford, co. Herts, 23 Dec. 1884; educ. at Elstree Hall, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffs., Harrow and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 Jan. 1905, and promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. 1909, and Capt. 11 April, 1913, and was Adjutant to the 5th (Territorial) Battn. at Flint from 20 Oct. 1913 to Nov. 1914, when he left for France to join his own battn., which formed part of the 22nd Infantry Brigade, 7th Division, under General Sir Thomson Capper. He was acting Adjutant and 2nd in Command at the time of his death, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Fauquissart, near Laventie. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatches of 31 May, 1915, being incorrectly described there as of the 2nd Battn. Capt. Wood was a keen and zealous officer, well spoken of by his Divisional General and all who came in contact with him. He was well known in the hunting field with the North Staffordshire and other packs.

=WOOD, CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 11863, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WOOD, EDGAR ADRIAN=, Signalman (R.F.R., B. 2104), 206288, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=WOOD, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10376), 204911, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WOOD, GEORGE DOUGLAS HARRY=, Midshipman, Royal Naval Reserve, and A.D.C. to Capt. Kennedy, H.M.S. India, yr. _s._ of the late George Wood, of Gordon Terrace, Edinburgh, Wholesale Boot Factor, by his wife, Annie Champion (9, Fountainhall Road, Edinburgh), dau. of Capt. William Bastard, of Padstow, Cornwall; _b._ Edinburgh, 7 Dec. 1897; educ. Edinburgh Academy and H.M.S. Conway; was appointed Midshipman (temp.), R.N.R., 24 March, 1915, and posted to H.M.S. India, and was lost when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 8 Aug. 1915.

=WOOD, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9617), S.S. 106983, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=WOOD, HARRY=, Private, No. 5562, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of John Wood, Cloth Drawer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of James Broxombe; _b._ Burley, Leeds; educ. Church Schools there; enlisted 31 Aug. 1904; passed into the Reserve, 1907, then went into the Police Force, North Riding, at South Bank; was called up on mobilisation; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug.; was wounded at the Aisne, 14 Sept., and was home for six months, returned to the Front 19 April, 1915; was again wounded at the Battle of Festubert, and died at No. 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 19 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Festubert two days previously. He was buried at Boulogne. Private Wood _m._ at Middlesbrough, 1908, Edith Mary Ellen (4, Rockcliff Street, Ventnor Street, Kirkstall Road, Leeds), dau. of John Hughes, and had three children: John Henry, _b._ 26 Oct. 1908; Rowland George, _b._ 11 Feb. 1912; and Ivy, _b._ .. June, 1910.

=WOOD, JAMES MACGREGOR=, Private, No. 7941, 2nd Battn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, eldest _s._ of James Wood, of 11, Maxwell Street, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily Mary, dau. of William Fraser, of New York; _b._ Edinburgh, 20 July, 1882; educ. North Merchiston, South Morningside and Bruntsfield Board School there; joined the 3rd Royal Scots, was for some time in the 8th Provisional Battn. of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, joining the 1st Battn. in Jan. 1900. He was three years with the Colours, then passed into the Reserve and was a Postman at the G.P.O. in Edinburgh when war was declared; went to the Front in Aug. 1914, with the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 10 Nov. 1914. He was a member of St. Matthew’s Parish Church, Edinburgh. Wood _m._ at Morningside, 4 Oct. 1909, Martha (25, Stewart Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of Patrick Currie, of Ballymena, co. Down, and had two children: James, _b._ 27 March, 1911; and Robert MacGregor, _b._ Sept. _d._ Oct. 1912.

=WOOD, JOHN=, Chief Stoker, 279879, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=WOOD, JOSEPH=, Acting Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4528), 305734, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.