Part 33

=DE BURIATTE, JOHN PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., yr. _s._ of William Warwick de Buriatte, of The Mill House, Wraysbury, co. Bucks, by his 1st wife, Mary, dau. of James Edmund Huxley, M.D., and niece of Prof. Huxley; _b._ Aylesford, Kent, 28 Oct. 1887; educ. Dulwich College, and Manchester University, where he studied in the Faculty of Technology, in chemical technology (paper manufacture) from 1905–8; joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1912, and went to France as Sergt. with them, 28 Oct. 1914; was given a commission in the 2nd East Surrey Regt., 14 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action leading his platoon at Lindenhoeck during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915, and was buried 20 yards behind the trenches.

=BURINI, CHARLES LEWIS=, Sergt., No. 7510, 2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt. (the “Green Howards”), _s._ of the late Sergt. Lewis Augustus Burini, for ten years drill instructor of the local company of the 2nd Vol. Battn. of the Yorkshire Regt., by his wife, Maria (Scorton, Darlington), dau. of William Winslow, of Trowbridge, co. Wilts (who served for 21 years in the Army); _b._ Norton, Malton, co. York, 2 Aug. 1891; educ. Bower Memorial Schools, Norton; enlisted 2 Oct. 1903, appointed L.-Corpl. 16 Feb. 1914, served in India for 15 months, in Africa for three years, and with the Expeditionary Force in France from 5 Oct. 1914 to 20 March, 1915, on which latter date he was severely wounded in the head in action at Neuve Chapelle, and died in No. 2 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, 20 March following; _unm._ He was buried in the Casten Cemetery there, grave No. 136.

=BURKE, CORNELIUS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7775), S.S. 103254, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURKE, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9051), S.S. 2130, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURKE, THOMAS CAMPBELL=, Capt., 1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 2nd _s._ of Joseph Francis Burke, of Stratford-on-Avon, Civil Engineer, by his wife, Kate Marlow, dau. of the late William Cruickshank, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals (who served through the Crimean War, for which he received medal, and died at Simla during the Indian Mutiny); _b._ Stratford-on-Avon, 27 May, 1877; educ. Trinity College, Stratford-on-Avon and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattached, Indian Army, 4 Aug. 1897; served his first year with the Royal Irish Rifles; entered the Indian S.C., 23 Oct. 1898, and was appointed to the 125th (Napier’s) Rifles, being promoted Lieut. 4 Nov. 1889, and Capt. 4 Aug. 1906. He served in China in 1900 with the 122nd Rajputana Infantry during the Boxer Rebellion, receiving the medal, and was afterwards Assistant Inspector of Imperial Service Troops in Rajputana from 1903–6. After three years’ service as Adjutant of the Bangalore Volunteer Rifles (during which time he started the first corps of Boy Scouts in India); he was (26 March, 1912) transferred as Double Company Commander to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, then stationed at Dharmsala, Punjab. On the outbreak of the European War the regt. was ordered to France, but was detained for 10 weeks guarding the Suez Canal, and arrived at the Front late in Nov. 1914. He was killed in action at Festubert, 19 Dec. 1914. He was ordered to lead a party against a German advanced trench, but the men were waist deep in mud, and he was only able to get 24 ready to start, and with these and his subaltern, Lieut. Rundall (who was ordered not to go, but would not let his Capt. go alone), left the trench in broad daylight. The Colonel stated the action was most gallant, and recommended him for the V.C. The Brigade-Major officially reported that Capt. Burke and Lieut. Rundall were killed, and more than 50 per cent. other ranks hit. He _m._ at Agra, 1906, Ada Mary Jane, dau. of the Rev. J. Langshaw.

=BURKETT, WALTER=, Private, No. 1976, machine gun section, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Isaac Burkett, of 12, Remus Road, Old Ford, E., by his wife, Annie; _b._ Old Ford, Bow, 26 Dec. 1896; educ. Smeed Road Board School; enlisted, 8 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Morrock, France, on the night of 22 Sept. 1915, being shot through the body while with a working party; _unm._ Sergt. Morgan wrote of him as one of his best men and a general favourite.

=BURN, JOHN=, Private, No. 8806, 2nd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of Thomas Burn, of 113, Conyers Road, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Labourer; _b._ Byker, 27 March, 1885; educ. Jubilee School, Byker Hill; was employed in Locke Blackett’s Lead Works, St. Anthony’s; joined the Army 29 Aug. 1914; died of wounds received in action at Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915, and was buried in the cemetery there. He _m._ at Byker 6 Aug. 1906, Mary Jane (113, Conyers Road, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of Aaron, Richardson, and had three children: Thomas, _b._ 22 Nov. 1906; Margaret Richardson, _b._ 9 Oct. 1908; and Elizabeth Collins, _b._ 28 Dec. 1910.

=BURN, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 8356, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt. served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 13 Sept. 1914; _m._

=BURNAND, CYRIL FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Grenadier Guards, only _s._ of Charles Hubert Burnand, of 1, Cavendish Square, London, Banker, by his wife, Mary Tirzah, dau. of James Nelson, and grandson of Sir Francis Burnand, late Editor of “Punch”; _b._ at 1, Cavendish Square, London, 31 July, 1891; educ. Downside School, and Trinity College, Cambridge. When the war broke out he was in the General Superintendent’s department of the Midland Railway at Nottingham, but immediately offered his services and was given a commission in the Special Reserve of the Grenadier Guards, 18 Aug. 1914, and later appointed to the 1st Battn. at the front. He was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Lieut. Burnand was a Cambridge rowing “blue,” and Capt. of the 1st Trinity Rowing Club.

=BURNARD. LEONARD=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1153), 149707. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURNELL, GEORGE CUTHBERTSON=, 2nd Lieut., 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Robert Burnell, of Egremont, co. Chester, by his wife, Mary (The Bungalow, Whitby, near Chester), dau. of John Cuthbertson, of Govan, M.D.; _b._ Egremont, co. Chester, 6 April, 1890; educ. Liscard High School; joined the Liverpool Scottish as a private the day war broke out, and after three months’ training at Edinburgh and Tunbridge Wells, went out with his battn., 31 Oct. 1914. He was given a commission in his own regt. 16 March, 1915. He was wounded at Hooge, 16 June, 1915, while leading his platoon in the famous charge of the Liverpool Scottish, and lay on the battlefield for two and a-half days, and at last crawled within sight of the British trenches, when an officer saw him and brought him in. He died at No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 24 June, 1915, from his wounds; _unm._ Lieut. Burnell played Rugby for the Cheshire XV for two seasons, and was a member of the Birkenhead Park Football Club.

=BURNELL, JOHN SIDNEY=, Private, No. 2321, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Burnell, an employee of Watney, Coombe & Reid, Brewers, by his wife, Elizabeth (14, Castle Buildings Castle Lane, Westminster), dau. of James Woodland; _b._ Holborn, 7 Sept. 1891; educ. St. Albans, Holborn; enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at Armentières, 19 May, 1915. He was buried in Esquingham Cemetery; unm. 2nd Lieut. Frank C. Langley, 2nd Battn. The London Regt., wrote from France: “He was engaged with other fellows filling sandbags when it happened, and he was awfully brave right up to the time he was sent to hospital. I was proud to feel that he was in my platoon”; and the Chaplain, 17th Field Ambulance, writing to his father, said: “Your son ... has died of a bullet wound received yesterday. It went through his right arm and into his stomach. An operation was attempted, but in vain. He did not suffer much pain, and was very calm and brave.” The following extract is from a letter to his mother, sent by L.-Corpl. A. N. Fegat, No. 2134, No. 9 Platoon, C Coy., 2nd Battn. London Regt.: “Your son, who was in my section, was wounded yesterday afternoon about 4 o’clock. He was working behind the trench when a bullet hit his arm, inflicting a cut 1½ inches long and ¾ inch deep. The bullet then ricochetted across his stomach, inflicting a very nasty wound. The doctor attended immediately and we soon got him to hospital. The news from there was very good at first, but later reports were not so hopeful, and the news came through this morning that he died peacefully at 6.30 a.m.”

=BURNET, ROBERT=, Lieut.-Col. and Sanitary Staff Officer, 1st Wessex Division, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of George Burnet, of Wigan, co. Lancaster; _b._ 9 Feb. 1875; educ. King William’s College, Isle of Man, and University College, Liverpool, graduating B.Sc. Hons. 1897, M.B., Ch.B., 1900, and M.Sc. 1904. Four years later he qualified D.P.H., Birmingham. After holding appointment as House Surgeon to the Rawcliffe Hospital, Chorley, he secured the appointment of Medical Officer of Health for the County Borough of Bury, and Medical Superintendent, Bury and District Joint Hospital Board, Fever and Smallpox Hospital, and Aitken Sanatorium for Consumption. Later he was appointed Medical Officer of Health for Cornwall and Principal Medical Officer, Cornwall Education Committee. He joined the R.A.M.C. (T.F.) in 1907, was for some time Capt. 2nd Wessex Field Ambulance, and in Feb. 1913 was promoted Major upon appointment as Divisional Sanitary Officer to the 1st Division. On the outbreak of war he joined his unit for active service, and was promoted Lieut.-Col. On the afternoon of Thursday, 28 Jan. 1915, he was riding between Newton St. Cyres and Exeter, accompanied by Col. H. J. Mackay, when his horse was frightened by some colts in a field near the roadway, and bolted. Half a mile further on Col. Burnet was thrown and died within a few minutes from injuries caused by a fracture of the skull. He was buried at Chorley, Lancashire, the family burial place. An order issued by Brig.-Gen. G. S. McD. Elliott, Commanding R.A.M.C. (T.F.), Wessex Division said: “Lieut.-Col. Burnet was an officer of very high professional attainments, and these he devoted unceasingly with never-failing energy and earnestness to the welfare of the Division. By his death the Army has been deprived of the services of an officer who can ill be spared, and those who knew him have lost a valued friend.” Col. Burnet was a Fellow of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, and a member of the British Medical Association, and had held the offices of Senior Steward in Phœnix Lodge of Honour and Prudence, No. 331, Truro, and of Junior Steward in the Royal Cornubian Chapter, No. 331, Truro, of Royal Arch Masons. He was author of “Poliomyelitis and Dust Nuisance,” in The British Medical Journal, 1911; and “Poliomyelitis, as illustrated by an English Epidemic,” Paris Health Congress, 1913. He _m._ at Whalley Range, Manchester, 2 April, 1903, Alice, 3rd dau. of Thomas Thornber, of Vivary Bridge, Colne, co. Lancaster, and Westbourne, Rusholme, Manchester, and had three children: Gordon, _b._ 29 Sept. 1904; Georgina, _b._ 28 Jan. 1906; and Monica, _b._ 12 June, 1912.

=BURNETT, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10276), 204551, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURNETT, FRANCIS=, Private, No. 8578, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of J. Burnett, of Slew House, Broadwood Widger, Difton, Devon; _b._ Ashwater, Holsworthy, co. Devon; enlisted 19 March, 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 18 Dec. 1914.

=BURNETT, GEORGE=, Private, No. 7591, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Burnett of Chichester; served with the Expeditionary Force; reported missing and now assumed to have been killed in action between 29 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1914.

=BURNETT, NOEL FLETCHER=, Private, No. 6/18, Machine Gun Section, 1st Canterbury Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of James Burnett, M.Inst.C.E., Chief Engineer, New Zealand Government Railways, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Wilson Gibson, of Waitangi Station, South Canterbury, New Zealand; _b._ Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 Dec. 1889; educ. Wellington College, Victoria College and Canterbury College (all New Zealand), where he was in his last term at the Engineering School when war broke out; volunteered and enlisted in the Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct. 1914; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915; in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, and in the great attack on Krithia, where he was severely wounded by a bullet in the lung; was six weeks in hospital at Alexandria, and was then invalided to England, where he was in various hospitals till Oct., when he rejoined at the Base Camp, Weymouth; went out with a draft, 15 Nov., and returned to the trenches early in Dec. and was shot at Chunock Bair, near Anzac, on the 13th of that month, and died the same day on board the hospital ship Dunluce Castle. Buried at sea between Anzac and Lemnos the same night; _unm._ His College Professor wrote: “He was a thoroughly sterling character, and commanded alike the respect and affection of his fellow-students and teachers. It was really his great influence which led to many College men enlisting after he had set the example. As a power for good and a standard for manliness amongst the students I shall greatly feel his loss.” He was a keen sportsman and athlete, member of his college football fifteen for three years, and secretary of the College Engineering Society.

=BURNHAM, CHARLES RICHARD=, Private, No. 1791, 4th Battn. West Riding Regt., _s._ of John Burnham, Commercial Traveller; _b._ Halifax, 16 Oct. 1872; educ. there. He was a member of the National Reserve, and on the outbreak of war joined the 4th Battn. West Riding Regt., 8 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 4 May, 1915, while carrying rations and water from the headquarters to the trenches. He was buried in the Military Burial Ground, Sailly. He _m._ at the Parish Church, Halifax, 19 May, 1894, Mary Emma, dau. of Isaiah Tawton, and had a dau: Ivy Eastwood, _b._ 16 May, 1907.

=BURNS, ALBERT HORACE=, Private, No. 10720, 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., _s._ of Harry Walter Burns, of 97, Chingford Road, Walthamstow, Silversmith, by his wife, Emma Esther, dau. of Richard Rolph; _b._ Camden Town, 4 Feb. 1899; educ. Oldfield Road School, Willesden; joined the Army at the outbreak of the war, 11 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert, 14 May, 1915, five days after his brother, Drummer Harry Walter Burns (see his notice); _unm._

=BURNS, DAVID=, Private, No. 9413, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Keith, co. Banff; enlisted 23 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died a prisoner of war, 27 Jan. 1915, and was buried at Pont-a-Vendin, Pas de Calais, by the German authorities.

=BURNS, HARRY WALTER=, Drummer, No. 1441, 3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Harry Walter Burns, Silversmith, by his wife, Emma Esther, dau. of Richard Rolph; _b._ Kentish Town, London, 20 Nov. 1896; educ. Oldfield Road School, Willesden; enlisted 22 Feb. 1911, and was killed in action at Festubert, 9 May, 1915; _unm._

=BURNS, JOHN=, Private, No. 77984, 15th Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Robert Burns, of Dublin, by his wife, Lizzie (20, Longford Street, Dublin); _b._ Dublin, 10 April, 1890; educ. there; went to Canada about 1907, and settled in Victoria, British Columbia; volunteered after the outbreak of war; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914; came over with the second contingent; went to France, and was killed in action at Festubert, 20 May, 1915. Buried first line trenches, north-east of Festubert village, about 500 yards from church. He _m._ at Victoria, B.C., 16 Nov. 1912, May (Box 934 Nelson, British Columbia, Canada), dau. of Thomas Carlisle, and had a son: John Carlisle, _b._ 15 June, 1914.

=BURNS, MICHAEL=, Private, No. 5973, 2nd Battn, The Border Regt.; served through the South African War with the 1st Border Regt. (Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Previous to the outbreak of the European War he was employed at the Ravensworth Colliery, Gateshead.

=BURNS, THOMAS=, Private, No. 10646, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Patrick Burns, of 4, Spring Row, Knowle Park, Keighley, Yorkshire; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing 29 Oct. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed in action that day.

=BURNS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3321, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Thomas Burns, of 299, Hilltown, Dundee; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died in the 13th General Hospital at Boulogne, 28 May, 1915, from wounds received in action.

=BURNS, WILLIAM GORDON=, L.-Corpl., No. 9217, 1st Section, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., _b._ Dumfries, 14 Sept. 1885; educ. there; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 5 Aug. 1915. He was buried north of Hop Store, just outside Vlamertinghe, on the Poperinghe Road. He _m._ at Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland, Jennie (now training as a Nurse), eldest dau. of John Steele, of Wallsend-on-Tyne; _s.p._

=BURR, HAROLD=, A.B., J. 2742, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURRARD, NORMAN SIDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14263 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURRELL, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 13676, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Richard Burrell, of 70, Victoria Street, Shotton Colliery, Durham, Miner, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of William Keen, of Haswell; _b._ Haswell, co. Durham, 2 May, 1894; enlisted at Sunderland, 14 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Vermelles, 29 Sept. 1915; _unm._

=BURRELL, FREDERICK=, A.B., 192688, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BURRELL, JOHN WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 1519, B Coy., 9th Battn. 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Richard William Burrell, of 46, Croyland Road, Lower Edmonton, N., Confectioner, by his wife, Louisa Matilda, dau. of George Watling; _b._ Islington, 19 Sept. 1895; educ. Chequer Street School, E.C.; went to Australia, and enlisted there in Aug. 1914, after the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ His elder brother was killed in France in Sept. (see following notice).

=BURRELL, RICHARD GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 1197, D Coy., 7th Battn. The London Regt., 47th London Division (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Richard William Burrell, of 46, Croyland Road, Lower Edmonton, N., and elder brother of the preceding; _b._ St. Luke’s, E.C., 13 July, 1893; educ. Chequer Street School, E.C.; enlisted in June, 1911, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. He _m._ at Watford, 16 March, 1915, May, dau. of Henry Knowles, of King’s Road, Fairfield Road, Edmonton.

=BURRELL, WILLIAM MATTHEW=, of Broome Park, co. Northumberland, and Hampton Court, co. Hereford, Major, Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry, elder _s._ of William John Burrell, by his wife, Helena Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Major Alexander Browne, of Doxford Hall; _b._ Glen Allen, Alnwick, co. Northumberland, 2 Feb. 1876; educ. Harrow; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 12th Royal Lancers, 15 May, 1897, and promoted Lieut. 1900, and Capt. 22 Nov. 1902; served in South African War, 1899–1902; took part in advance on, and relief of, Kimberley, including action at Maggersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill; operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Lindley, Bethlehem and Wittebergen; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to July, 1901; and in Cape Colony, July, 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four claps and King’s medal with two clasps); and retired 15 May, 1907. He then joined the Northumberland Yeomanry Hussars; was Adjutant for three years, and became Major, 7 June, 1913. On the outbreak of war he was _en route_ for France with his regt. when he contracted pneumonia at Southampton, and died of septic pneumonia at a nursing home in Bath, 10 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Carham, 13 May, 1903, Nancy (Hampton Court, Leominster, Herefordshire), 2nd dau. of the late Charles Perkins, of Carham Hall, Coldstream, N.B., and Birkley Hall, co. Durham, and had four children: Michael, _b._ 8 July, 1909, _d._ 4 Jan. 1910; Charles Dominic (now of Broome Park), _b._ 11 Aug. 1914; Cornelia Mary, _b._ 12 Jan. 1911; and Philippa, _b._ 25 Aug. 1912.

=BURRIDGE, ARTHUR CHARLES=, L.-Corpl., East African King’s Mounted Rifles, elder _s._ of the late Arthur Francis Burridge, a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and a Vice-President of that Society, by his wife, Emily (Elmington, Bexley, Kent), dau. of Major-Gen. Charles James Green, R.E., for many years Chief Engineer of Mysore; _b._ Bedford Park, W., 7 Jan. 1883; educ. Rugby 1896–99, winning his house cup for running; entered Huth’s Bank 1899, and joined the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps; but in 1910 emigrated to British East Africa, where he took up a large tract of land; became a coffee planter, and started the raising of the Legion of Frontiersmen. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in C Squadron, King’s Mounted Rifles, was made L.-Corpl., and took part in the fighting along the British-German frontier during Sept. On 25 Sept. he was one of a small party, 30 in number, of the Rifles who were attacked in the Ingito Hills by a greatly superior force of the enemy, with two Maxim guns. After an hour’s severe fighting the enemy were driven off, but not until the Rifles had lost eight of their number killed, among them Mr. Burridge. The “Morning Post” for 1 Jan. 1915, contained a letter, in which the writer says: “One poor youngster in my section and mess got shot through the leg, and a man named Burridge attended him in the firing line and refused to retreat when the order was given. That was the last seen of either of them alive, for when we returned later the poor boy was found bayoneted through the neck and his companion shot through the head.” He was buried in the Ingito Hills the following day, and a handsome brass memorial tablet was placed in Bexley Parish Church.

=BURRIDGE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15303, H.M.S. Hawke, lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._