Part 4

=ANDERSON, JOHN GRANT=, Private, No. 71568, 27th Battn. (City of Winnipeg Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force; 2nd surviving _s._ of Lieut.-Col. John Grant Anderson, Military Knight of Windsor (late the Leicestershire Regt., and formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers), by his wife, Beatrice, dau. of Col. Samuel Bradburne, Commanding 2nd Battn. The Leicestershire Regt.; _b._ Brentwood, co. Essex, 20 Nov. 1894; educ. at Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, and the Imperial Service College, Windsor. Went to Canada in June, 1912, with a view to taking up farming there, and settled in Manitoba. Shortly after the war broke out, however, he enlisted, and came over to England with the 2nd Canadian Contingent, arriving at Shorncliffe on 29 May, 1915; and on 17 Sept., left with his Battn. for the Western Front. Very shortly after arrival in France, they were sent into the trenches in the fighting line in the Ypres district--he having meanwhile volunteered for the Grenade and Bombing Section of his battn., and during an enemy bombardment on 13 Oct., he was killed by a high explosive shell, which penetrated the parapet. He was buried in the Military Cemetery at Kemmel, Belgium, where his grave was carefully marked and tended by his comrades. The following are extracts from some of the letters received by his parents from his officers and comrades. From Major Beattie, Senior Chaplain, 2nd Canadian Division: “Your boy made many dear friends in the battn., and leaves a record that others might be proud to emulate.” From Major Owen, Chaplain to the Brigade: “Your son was always spoken of very highly, a general favourite and very lovable. I have heard nothing but good of him.” From Lieut. Cay, in charge of Grenade Section: “I want to say how much I appreciate the way in which all his work was done. You will know what I mean when I say he was a real soldier.” From Corpl. Howard Chalmers: “He was very much endeared to us all by reason of his wonderful cheerfulness under all conditions. I need not tell you his death was a great loss to us all.” From Pte. C. A. Smith, Grenade Section: “I can’t say enough for him. Everybody had a good word for him, the bravest and kindest boy that ever lived.” He was _unm._

=ANDERSON, KENNETH ANGUS=, Cadet, R.N., H.M.S. Bulwark, 2nd _s._ of Sir Kenneth Skelton Anderson, of Stamford House, Wimbledon, K.C.M.G., by his wife, Louisa Mary, 4th dau. of the late James Cochrane Stevenson, for many years M.P. for South Shields; _b._ Kings Langley, Herts, 13 Nov. 1898; educ. St. Aubyn’s School, Rottingdam; entered Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, in Sept. 1913. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he joined H.M.S. Bulwark, and lost his life when that ship was blown up at Sheerness on 26 Nov. 1914.

=ANDERSON, JOHN ROBERT=, Pensioner Cooper, 135921, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=ANDERSON, MERVYN KEBBLE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Regt., 4th _s._ of James Anderson, of Brentford, Orwell Park, Dublin, by his wife, Sarah Olivia, dau. of Michael Thomas Brown; _b._ Ballina, co. Mayo, 22 Jan. 1892; educ. at the Diocesan School and St. Andrew’s College, Dublin; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. (Special Reserve) of the Royal Irish Regt. 12 Sept. 1914; went to the Front in Jan. 1915. He was wounded by shrapnel while passing through a communication trench at Ypres on 7 May, 1915, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, 11 May following. His captain wrote: “As his captain I knew him better than any other officer in the regiment, and next to his own people I don’t know who could feel his death more than I do, unless it be his men. He was always so good to them and thoughtful of their comfort. He was, indeed, a true type of British officer.”

=ANDERSON, REGINALD WILLIAM CHRISTIE=, Private, No. S. 4, 070893, Army Service Corps, _s._ of Robert Anderson, of Fraserburgh, co. Aberdeen, Solicitor; _b._ Fraserburgh, 9 Nov. 1875; educ. Blair Lodge School, Polmont; enlisted 18 March, 1915, and _d._ of pneumonia in the Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, while going through his course of training. He _m._ Alvescot, co. Oxford, 9 Nov. 1901, Edith Elizabeth (The Warren, Carterton, Clanfield, S.O., Oxon.), only dau. of the late John Pearse, Fleet Engineer, R.N., and left two sons: Robert Pearse, _b._ 20 Feb. 1905, and John Christie, _b._ 3 Dec. 1908.

=ANDERSON, ROBERT SAMUEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16946, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ANDERSON, SAMUEL=, Private, No. 997, 2nd Battn., Australian 1st Infantry Brigade, only _s._ of Charles Anderson, of Eastwick, Ollaberry, North Mavine, Shetland, R.N.R., by his wife, Christina, dau. of George Clark Sharp, of Ollaberry; _b._ Ollaberry, Shetland, 14 Nov. 1890; educ. Public School there; was a few months in the Merchant Service, and went to Australia in 1910, and was working on a farm until the outbreak of war. He enlisted, went with the 1st Australian Contingent to Cairo, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 15 April, 1915; _unm._

=ANDERSON, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 14318, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ANDERSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, Leading Seaman, J. 918, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ANDERSON BEY, GEORGE WHITEFIELD=, Quartermaster and Hon. Major, late Seaforth Highlanders, Director of Stores, Headquarters Staff, Egyptian Army, _s._ of the late James Anderson, Farmer in Bogieside, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George Wright, of North Ardlair, Kennethmont, Farmer; _b._ at Muir of Rhynie, co. Aberdeen, 30 June, 1856; enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders (then in India) at Stirling, 9 July, 1874, and after being attached to the 91st Highlanders in Ireland for a time, went out to India with a draft in 1876, and joined his own regt. at Sialkot, and served 17 years and 57 days in the ranks. He went through the Afghan War, 1878–80, first with the Kuram Field Force; took part in the reconnaissance of 28 Nov.; the assault and capture of Peiwar Kotal, passage of the Chappri Defile, the Khost Valley Expedition, action of Matoon; then with the Kabul Field Force; took part in the night attack on rearguard at Zahidabad, Battle of Charasiah (promoted Sergt.); pursuit to Asniai Heights, occupation of Kabul, actions at Doaba and Lataband, operations in and around Kabul in Dec. 1879, relief of Sherpur; action of Childukbteran; march from Kabul to relief of Kandahar, reconnaissance of 31 Aug. and battle of 1 Sept., and was awarded the medal with four clasps and the bronze star. He afterwards served in the Egyptian Campaign, 1882; present at Battle of Chalouf, seizure of Canal east of Ismailia, Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, occupation of Zagazig and of Cairo (medal with clasp, bronze star), and in the Bechuanaland Expedition, 1884–85, acting as chief of the signalling party. He became Regimental Sergt.-Major, Sept. 1891, and was promoted Quartermaster, 22 Dec. 1894, with the hon. rank of Lieut. He was with his regt. in Crete during the insurrection of 1896, and took part in the Nile Expedition, 1898. He was present at the Battles of Atbara and Khartoum, and was again mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 30 Sept. 1898], and given the hon. rank of Capt. 16 Dec. 1898. On the conclusion of that campaign his services were asked by Lord Kitchener and Sir Reginald Wingate for the Egyptian Army, and he was attached to it with the rank of Major in 1901. He became Director of Stores on the Headquarters Staff of the Egyptian Army in 1905, and his successful efforts in re-organisation and in matters of armament and equipment were gratefully recognised by the Khedive and Sirdar. He was made an Hon. Major in the British Army, 17 Oct. 1908, a Lieut.-Col. in the Egyptian Army, and created a Bey and decorated with the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh. His period of services ended in 1911, but he was induced by Lord Kitchener to extend his service for three years, and before this was ended the European War had broken out. He volunteered to go to the Dardanelles, but was retained at his post in Cairo, and he died there on active service, 31 Aug. 1914. Anderson Bey was a great traveller and explorer, and had at one time or other penetrated to the outskirts of every province in the Soudan, inspecting, hunting, sketching and snap-shooting. Speaking Arabic fluently, his agreeable manners made him a welcome visitor, and “Assad Ahmar” (“The Red Lion”), as the Arabs called him, had many loyal friends among the desert tribes on the Nile. He was the author of “Seaforth Songs and Ballads” and “Lays of Strathbogie.”

=MOORE-ANDERSON, WALTER GRAHAM, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O.=, Staff Surgeon, R.N., 3rd _s._ of Sir Robert Anderson, of 39, Linden Gardens, Bayswater, W., K.C.B., LL.D., late Assistant Commissioner of Police, Scotland Yard, by his wife, Lady Agnes Alexandrina, sister of Ponsonby William, 9th Earl of Drogheda, and dau. of Ponsonby Arthur Moore; _b._ 7, Kensington Gore, S.W., 12 Sept. 1877; educ. Coombe Down School, Bath, and Trinity College, Dublin, and took his degrees in 1902. He was for some time House Surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, and joined the Navy in Nov. 1903, entering Haslar R.N. Hospital, Portsmouth. During his three years on H.M.S. Scylla, Sept. 1908, to May, 1911, he saw three revolutions--at Haiti, Nicaragua and Honduras--and was complimented on the wonderfully good health enjoyed by that ship’s company in the very trying West Indian climate. After the outbreak of war he served in H.M.S. Royal Arthur--doing patrol work in the North Sea--until Dec. 1914, when he went to the armed merchantman Clan McNaughton, on the paying off of the Royal Arthur (Cruiser), and was appointed Chief Medical Officer. She left Tilbury Docks, London, just after Christmas, and was lost with all hands on or about 3 Feb. 1915. Dr. Moore-Anderson was a very good all-round sportsman, and while serving in the Impregnable training ship, did a great deal in working up the boys’ enthusiasm for manly sports and exercises. He played cricket for the Navy on several occasions, and in July, 1914, at 37 years of age, gained the Silver Cup presented to the winner of the Officers’ Flat Race for the Queenstown Training Squadron. He _m._ at Plymouth, 6 July, 1907, Nora Edith Martin (39, Linden Gardens, London, W.), yst. dau. of Alfred Henry Martin, Paymaster-in-Chief, R.N., had issue a son, Barry Loftus, _b._ 12 July, 1911, _d._ 17 March, 1912.

=ANDERTON, JAMES=, Private, No. 8651, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of James Anderton, of 15, Harper Street, Wigan; _b._ Wigan, co. Lancaster; enlisted 30 June, 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action in France, 16 May, 1915.

=ANDERTON, JOHN WAINWRIGHT=, Corpl., R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 14411, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _m._

=ANDERTON, WILLIAM LYON=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regt.; elder _s._ of the Rev. William Edward Anderton, M.A., Congregational Minister, Woodford Green, Essex, by his wife, Ellen Anderton, dau. of John Tyrer, of Liverpool; _b._ Woodford Green, 17 Jan. 1885; educ. St. Aubyn’s School, Woodford Green, and Merchant Taylors’ School, where he gained his colours for both cricket and football, and afterwards became a Director of the firm of George Anderton & Son, Ltd., Cleckheaton, Yorkshire. On the declaration of war, he enlisted as a Private in the West Riding Regt., 10 Aug. 1914, and six months later (-- Jan. 1915) was given a commission in his own regiment. He was shot by a sniper, while going his rounds as bombing officer, at 4.30 a.m. on 21 Aug. 1915, about two miles north of Ypres, on the eastern bank of the Yser Canal. Writing to his father, Brig.-Gen. E. Brereton, Commanding 147th Infantry Brigade, said: “I am able to send you the following particulars:--I left my headquarters at 4 a.m. yesterday morning on my round of inspection. There is one corner where one has to leave a trench and be in the open more or less for about six paces, and then enter the trench again. At about 4.30 a.m. I came to this bit, and as I turned into the open found a small party with Mr. Law, of the 6th Battn., with your poor son lying at their feet. They said: ‘For God’s sake jump in quick; they have sniped Mr. Anderton.’ I saw at a glance his case was hopeless, poor boy. He was not suffering; of that I am sure, for practically the bullet had, I should imagine, passed through or near the brain.... I then proceeded on my rounds, and about three-quarters of an hour afterwards passed back, and found he had been moved to a first-aid post about 200 yards along the trench. He was still breathing as I passed, but quite unconscious. He died shortly afterwards, I understand. He died doing his duty nobly. As you know, he was bombing officer to his battn. I knew him fairly well, and looked upon him as a very charming fellow, and an excellent officer.” Other letters from his Company Officers and comrades unite in speaking of him in the highest terms. Gen. E. M. Perceval, 49th West Riding Division, wrote: “Brig.-Gen. Brereton, who commands the 147th Brigade, told me that your son was one of his best officers, and I know that his brother officers and men were very fond of him.” Lieut.-Col. E. P. Chambers, Commanding 4th W.R. Regt.: “He was a most popular officer with the men, and everyone will feel his loss. Officers of his experience are most difficult to replace, and our Battalion is much the poorer by his death.” And Capt. W. F. Denning: “I was quite close to him when he was killed, at about 4.30 a.m., being caught by a sniper. He was shot in the head and never regained consciousness, and I am thankful to be able to assure you that he suffered no pain. We have been in perhaps the worst trench in the whole line, and have had a very hard and trying time, losing some good men, but I think poor Lyon’s death was the last straw. I buried him on the canal bank in the afternoon, and we have put a cross over his grave, which adjoins the graves of other soldiers. I’m afraid no words of mine can lessen your grief, but I should like you to know how much we all loved him, officers, N.C.O.’s, and men alike, and how terrible it feels to miss him.” He was _unm._ His cousin german, Major H. Lyon Anderton, 1/6th West Yorkshire Regt., was wounded while attached to and in command of the 11th West Yorkshire Regt., and is now (1916) on active service with the Expeditionary Force in France.

=ANDREW, FREDERICK RUSSELL=, Private, No. 51041, 16th Battn. (91st Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Capt. James Andrew, of Owen Sound, Ontario, Merchant Service (who _d._ 14 April, 1916), by his wife, Sarah (_d._ 9 Nov. 1907), dau. of John McKechnie; _b._ Owen Sound, 1 July, 1885; educ. Owen Sound Public and Collegiate Schools. He had served as a Cadet in the Collegiate O.T.C., and later in 1903 in the 31st Grey Co. Regt., and after the outbreak of war enlisted at Victoria in Sept. 1914, and in Jan. 1915, was sent from the 30th Battn. with reinforcements to Princess Patricia’s L.I. He died 30 May, 1915, of shrapnel wounds received at the Battle of Festubert: _unm._ Lieut. H. A. Colquhoun wrote: “‘Happy,’ as he was called by the men, came through the fight in the Orchard, where he did exceedingly well, being very courageous and cool under the most trying fire. After this attack we were in reserve behind our former position. We were all out in the open when the Germans put six shrapnel shells among us. I managed to get to a dug-out with Capt. Morison, when Andrew came in wounded. I remember well he had some flesh wounds in the back, but one bad one in the left breast. At the time he was being bandaged up I tried to hold his head on my knee, but he seemed to want to get up and walk. He was a splendidly strong man, and we all thought he was quite safe; but I fear that shot in the left breast was worse than we thought. On making inquiries I find that he passed quietly away without pain about 30 May. He was a splendid chap.”

=ANDREW, HARRY=, Seaman (R.N.R., 2672B), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ANDREWS, CHRISTOPHER BOYD=, Capt., R.M.L.I., Royal Naval Division, yst. _s._ of the Rev. John Marshall Andrews, Vicar of St. Jude’s, Gray’s Inn Road, and afterwards of St. Michael’s, Highgate, by his wife, Lucy Anne (2, Winchester Road, Oxford), dau. of the Rev. James Nash, of Clifton; _b._ St. Jude’s Vicarage, King’s Cross, London, 20 May, 1880; educ. Cholmely School, Highgate. He obtained a commission in the Marines in 1898 and served twelve years, becoming Capt. 3 Oct. 1906. On his retirement in 1910 he took up farming in Western Australia, but on the outbreak of war he returned to England, rejoined, and was appointed to the Plymouth Battn. He was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 11 May, 1915; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote of him: “His men revered and respected him; he met his death solely in serving their interests and actively seeking their welfare.” His elder brother, E. Lancelot Andrews, of the 2nd Australian Contingent, was severely wounded at the Dardanelles.

=ANDREWS, EDWARD SILVESTER=, Private, No. 13908, 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Henry Andrews, of Norah Farm, Hatfield, Leominster, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of George James Witbourne, of co. Worcester; _b._ Bockleton, Tenbury, co. Worcester, 2 March, 1895; educ. Bockleton and Hatfield Parish Schools; enlisted 26 Nov. 1914, and was killed at Vermelles, Belgium, 17 Oct. 1915, by a bomb explosion.

=ANDREWS, FREDERICK CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. (Reserve Battn.), att. 2nd Battn., Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), only _s._ of Charles Henry Andrews, of 26, Mapleside Avenue, Hamilton, Canada (_b._ Hammersmith, London, 22 April, 1862), by his wife Frances Cowan, dau. of John James Matthews; _b._ Toronto, Canada, 7 Oct. 1888; educ. St. Andrew’s College, Toronto, and Toronto University (B.A. & D.Sc.). He was working on the Dome Gold Mine, Porcupine, Ontario, but on the outbreak of war came to England, and was gazetted to the 3rd Reserve Battn., Nov. 1914. He was killed in action near Armentières, 16 March, 1915, and was buried at La Bitterne Farm, Armentières; _unm._ The Adjutant, Capt. C. E. Harman, wrote: “He was a great class of man, the best of all the young officers we had; keen and able to handle men, and as gentle as a child, at the same time as hard as iron.” Another Adjutant of the 2nd Battn., to which he was attached, Capt. W. D. Murphy, said: “Andrews was most popular with both officers and men, and his death is a great loss to the Regiment. I might mention a few days previous to his death, your son was detailed for a particular ticklish duty, which he accomplished with great skill and credit, and it was a deed that would have stood him had he lived.”

=ANDREWS, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Lieut., 4th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt.; _b._ Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 Dec. 1872; educ. there; gazetted Lieut. 4th Battn. Liverpool Regt., 10 Aug. 1914; killed in action on the Western Front, 21 Oct. 1914; _unm._

=ANDREWS, FREDERICK JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3726), S.S. 1023, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ANDREWS, JAMES=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. 6945, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ANDREWS, JAMES JOSIAH=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 4206), 162842, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ANNABELL, FREDERICK FELIX=, Private, No. 10/1175. Wellington Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Joseph Robert Annabell, of Wanganui, Surveyor, by his wife Theresa; _b._ Wanganui, New Zealand, 23 Oct. 1890; educ. there; volunteered Nov. 1914 and was killed in action at Walker’s Ridge, Gallipoli, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ Lieut. F. K. Turnbull wrote of him: “He had been in my platoon since he joined the main body in Egypt, and was quite one of my best men.”

=ANNAND, WALLACE MOIR=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N.V.R., and Acting Major, Collingwood Battn., Royal Naval Division, 4th _s._ of Robert Cumming Annand, Managing Director Northern Press and Engineering Co., Ltd., of South Shields, Proprietor of the Shields Daily Gazette, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John Young; _b._ South Shields, 23 Aug. 1887; educ. South Shields High School, 1896–1904, and Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne; on leaving there in 1904 joined the Northumberland Fusiliers as a Private: served two years, and then joined the R.N.V.R. as Midshipman, 11 April, 1907, being attached to H.M.S. Satellite on the Tyne, in which he took great interest and spent much time and labour creating greater efficiency. On the creation of the Royal Naval Division he was promoted Lieut., and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and was employed training men until appointed to the Collingwood Battn. Just before leaving the camp at Blandford he was gazetted Lieut.-Commander, 8 May, 1915. He was killed near Achi Baba, Gallipoli, and was buried on the battlefield. He represented the Northern Press Co. in South Africa and at home for some years, and had recently become a Director. He _m._ at South Shields 10 Jan. 1914, Dora Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Chapman, of Seacroft, South Shields, and had a son: Richard Wallace, _b._ 5 Nov. 1914.

=ANNESLEY, HON. ARTHUR=, Capt., 10th (Prince of Wales’s Own Royal) Hussars, eldest _s._ of Arthur, Viscount Valentia, C.B., M.V.O., M.P., late 10th Hussars, by his wife, Laura Sarah, widow of Sir Algernon William Peyton, 4th Bart., yst. dau. of Daniel Hale Webb, of Wykeham Park, co. Oxford; _b._ Bletchington Park, Oxford, 24 Aug. 1880; educ. Eton; joined the 3rd (Militia) Battn. Oxford and Bucks L.I. in 1898, and was gazetted into the 10th Hussars during the War, 4 April, 1900, being promoted Lieut. 16 Nov. 1901, and receiving his company 6 April, 1907. He served in the South African War, principally in the Transvaal, 1900–2, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s with two clasps, and afterwards went to India with the regt., being stationed at Mhow, Rawal Pindi, and other places; and when the regt. was transferred to South Africa, was appointed A.D.C. to Major-Gen. the Hon. Julian Byng, General Officer Commanding the Forces in Egypt, 1912. On the outbreak of war, Capt. Annesley left Cairo, rejoined his regt., and was killed in action at Klein Zillebeke 16 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Capt. Annesley, like his father, was a distinguished polo player. In 1907 he played at No. 1 for the 10th Hussars, when they won both the Inter-Regimental and the Subaltern Tournament of India, and, excepting in 1909, he was always at No. 1 in the team, which between 1907–12 ran up such a remarkable series of successes in the Indian Inter-Regimental tournaments. He also assisted the 10th Hussars to win the Indian Championship at Calcutta.