Part 57

=DAVIDSON, DUNCAN HAMLYN=, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, eldest _s._ of Duncan Davidson, of Inchmarlo, co. Kincardine, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Flora Frances (died 6 Jan. 1884), eldest dau. of sir Francis Burdett, of Foremark, 7th Bart.; _b._ Inchmarlo, 28 March, 1877, and was educated at Harrow. He served some time with the 3rd Gordon Militia, and during the South African War obtained (21 April, 1900) through King Edward a commission as 2nd Lieut, in the Seaforth Highlanders, although he was over the age, and was promoted Lieut. 19 April, 1902, and Capt. 25 March, 1911. He afterwards served with his regt. in Egypt and India, and was Adjutant to the 4th (Territorial) Battn. of the Seaforths from 1909 to 1913. Capt. Davidson was stationed at Agra when the European War broke out, and he went with his regt. to France, arriving there in Oct. 1914. He was severely wounded at Festubert, 17 Dec. 1914, and was invalided home. He returned to his own battn. on 28 March, and fell at Neuve Chapelle on 9 May 1915, while commanding the first company in the attack on the German trenches. His colonel wrote: “He was twice wounded in the advance, but still went on until he finally fell still leading his company. He was a good officer and a great favourite, and was much loved by officers and men. We miss him very much. He was a gallant fellow”; and again: “It was he who led us in everything, no matter what; and Ritchie told me it was Hamlyn who reached the German trenches in the fore front as usual. The 1st Battn. have lost their bravest and most gallant officer, and his brother officers their dearest pal. Both battns. have suffered so heavily, and how you have felt for us, I know, and I and others of the two battns. who knew and loved your son so well, grieve with you in your great loss. A brother officer tells me that the moment he crossed the parapet they came under heavy machine gun fire. He was hit, got up again, hit again; and again up at the head of what remained of his company. Then he was hit again and fell near the German trenches, and he could not or would not retire.” His younger brother, Capt. L. E. O. Davidson, R.F.A., Adjutant of the 55th Brigade, received the D.S.O. for gallant conduct on 16 Sept. 1914.

=DAVIDSON, JAMES=, Private, No. 9720, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Bothwell Belshill, co. Lanark; enlisted 4 Sept., 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 23 July, 1915. He _m._ at Blantyre, 14 Dec. 1907, Mary (34, Hale Street, Blantyre), dau. of (--) Kelly, and had four daus.: Mary, _b._ 4 Dec. 1908; Annie, _b._ 23 May, 1910; Catherine, _b._ 23 Aug. 1912, and Agnes, _b._ 25 Sept. 1914.

=DAVIDSON, JOHN HENRY=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 125, 9th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), _s._ of Robert Davidson, of 75, Thomas Terrace, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Foreman on the N.E.R. Co., by his wife. Ellen; _b._ Hexham, co. Northumberland, 17 March, 1885; educ. Blaydon Council School; enlisted in the 5th Vol. (now the 9th Territorial) Battn. D.C.L.I.; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and greatly distinguished himself on Whit Monday, at the Second Battle of Ypres, when he carried four men who were gassed to a place of safety; was for this promoted Coy. Sergt.-Major, and was killed in action, 22 June, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried at Kemmel. His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. Henderson spoke of him as a splendid soldier.

=DAVIDSON, WILLIAM=, Chief Petty Officer (N.S.), 156472, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAVIDSON, WILLIAM LESLIE=, C.B., J.P., Col. on the Staff, R.A., 2nd _s._ of the late Patrick Davidson, of Inchmarlo, co. Kincardine, LL.D., J.P., D.L., by his wife, Mary Anne, eldest dau. of William Leslie, 10th Laird of Warthill, co. Aberdeen; _b._ Aberdeen, 31 Jan. 1850; educ. the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (passing in twenty-seventh and out twenty-seventh), and entered the Army as Lieut. 7 July, 1869; was promoted Capt., 24 Jan. 1880; Major, 7 June, 1885; Lieut.-Col., 25 June, 1896; and Col., 23 Jan. 1900. He was for some time A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief in India, and subsequently to the Governor of Gibraltar; served through the Zulu Campaign (wounded at Ulundi--mentioned in Despatches, medal with clasps), 1879. Had charge of Cetewayo for some time in Cape Town. Took part in the Afghan War (medal), 1880. Served in the South African War, 1899–1900; commanded the R.H.A. on the forced march to the Relief of Kimberley; was present at Paardeburg, Poplar Grove, Driefontein and Karee Siding, and afterwards commanded the town defences of Bloemfontein (twice mentioned in Despatches, Queen’s medal with four clasps and C.B.). He retired in 1907, and in 1913 was appointed Gentleman Usher to the King. On the outbreak of the European War, in Aug. 1914, although 63 years of age, he immediately volunteered for active service and was sent to command No. 4 General Base Depôt at Rouen. There he fell a victim to over-exertion and died on active service, 3 Aug. 1915, from heart failure. He was buried with full military honours in the portion of the cemetery at Rouen reserved for British officers. A brother officer wrote: “He died when in the fulfilment of a duty to his country, towards which he devoted a life-time full of energy and heartiness. I felt sure that with his keen and vigorous sense of duty he would spare no pains to try and take his share of work in the Nation’s task.” Another: “A soldier to the backbone, he leaves a very fine record.” One from Rouen: “He was such a favourite amongst us all that we all feel the loss of a dear friend.” A naval officer: “He has given everything and laid down his life for the country like many another gallant gentleman.” A relation from France: “I can’t be thankful enough for those two afternoons that I saw him over this side, nor will I ever forget him, as I looked back, standing there in the sun, his hand raised in farewell, laughing with pure joy of life and the summer day. He was so smart and upright, with his rows of decorations, as he stood beside his pony, a British officer on active service. And he was so kind to everyone, all there seemed to be his friends and to want a word from him as they passed.” He _m._ at the Oratory, Brompton, 1 Feb. 1887, Lady Theodora, née Keppel, eldest surviving dau. of William Coutts, 7th Earl of Albemarle, and had two sons and four daus.: Donald Alastair Leslie, Lieut. Royal Flying Corps, formerly a Page of Honour to His Majesty King Edward VII, now (1916) on active service with the British Expeditionary Force, returned home severely wounded, _b._ 6 Oct. 1891; Colin Keppel, Lieut. R A., now (1916) on active service, _b._ 1 Sept. 1895; Doris, _b._ May, 1888 and _d._ 14 Oct. 1888; Hilary, _b._ 13 April, 1889; Vera Marian, _b._ 6 Aug. 1893, _m._ 17 Dec. 1914, Aylmer Probyn Maude, Lieut. Rifle Brigade; and Lena Theodora, _b._ 14 Sept. 1894. His nephew, Capt. D. H. Davidson, younger, of Inchmarlo, was also killed in action (see his notice).

=DAVIES, ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 16080, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=DAVIES, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 9579, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Thomas Davies, of Poole Hills, Nantwich, Cheshire, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Henry Halfpenny; _b._ Burslem, co. Stafford, 22 Feb. 1894; educ. Acton School, near Nantwich; enlisted 24 April, 1912; went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914; was wounded in Sept. but rejoined; took part, with his company, in the assault on the German trenches on 4 Oct., for which Corpl. Russell was elected by vote to receive the D.C.M., and was mortally wounded at the First Battle of Ypres, and died in No. 13 Clearing Hospital at Vlamertinghe, Belgium, 7 Nov. 1914; _unm._

=DAVIES, CHARLES=, Sick Berth Steward, 350753, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAVIES, FREDERICK ERNEST=, Corpl., R.M.L.I. 15356 (R.F.R., B. 1855), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAVIES, GEORGE=, Stoker 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9247), S.S. 106467, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAVIES, GEORGE ROLAND=, Gunner, No. 80826, R.F.A., _s._ of (--) Davies, of Moss Bank, 27, Richmond Road, Ashton-under-Lyne; _b._ 1893; was a clerk; volunteered and enlisted 8 March, 1915; was drafted to Newcastle-on-Tyne, and died in the Armstrong College Military Hospital there, 27 April following, from pneumonia, contracted while training; _unm._

=DAVIES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8150, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., _s._ of the late John Davies, by his wife, Mary, dau. of John Bright; _b._ Hansley, near Nottingham, 11 March, 1885; educ. Nottingham; enlisted 3 March, 1901, served three years with the Colours and eight with the Reserves, and was with the Militia in South Africa (medal). He was afterwards employed at Orgreaves Colliery, Truton, near Rotherham, but was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914. Went to the Front, 18 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 27 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at St. Mary’s Church, Sculcoates, Hull, 7 Oct. 1911, Lily (83, Stepney Lane, Beverley Road, Hull), dau. of John Brown, and had two children: George, _b._ 1 March, 1914; and Mary, _b._ 22 May, 1912.

=DAVIES, HAROLD=, Private, No. 10744, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Davies, of Sandy Lane, Middlestown, Wakefield; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing between 29 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1914.

=DAVIES, ISAAC=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7028), S.S. 101591, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=DAVIES, JAMES=, Private, No. 15761, A Coy., 9th Battn, the Welsh Regt., _s._ of Isaac Davies, of Old Royal Oak Saw mills, Pumpsaint, co. Carmarthen, Builder; by his wife Letitia, dau. of David Lewis of Llanybyther; _b._ Pumpsaint, afsd., 10 Dec. 1896; educ. Llandovery Intermediate School; was a joiner; enlisted after the outbreak of War, 25 Sept. 1914; went to France, 19 July, 1915, and died in the hospital at Etaples, 29 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action near Loos, four days previously. He was buried in the English Military Cemetery, Etaples (Grave D. 30); _unm._

=DAVIES, JOHN ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5466), 178192, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAVIES, RICHARD=, L.-Corpl. No. 8557, 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., eldest _s._ of John Aubrey Davies, Colliery Manager, by his wife, Rachel, dau. of William Thomas, of the Brecon Arms, Penderyn; _b._ Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil, 2 Aug. 1878; educ. in United States and Penderyn, co. Breconshire; enlisted in the Somerset L.I. 24 April, 1899, and served through the South African War, 1900–2, took part in the relief of Ladysmith and in the operations in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, receiving the Queen’s medal with three bars and the King’s medal with two bars. Afterwards he worked as a collier at the Tower Colliery of the Marquis of Bute, but was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France the third week in Dec. 1914; was wounded by a shell in the left shoulder and side, 8 April, and died in the 4th General Hospital, Versailles, 17 April, 1915, being buried in the cemetery there. He _m._ at Aberpergwm Church, Glyn Neath, Glamorgan, 31 May, 1906, Catherine (51, Station Road, Hirwain), dau. of Rees Thomas, and left a son and dau.: Austin, _b._ 7 Oct. 1912; and Gwyneth, _b._ 1 Nov. 1910.

=DAVIS, ALBERT HENRY=, Leading Stoker, 305137, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=DAVIS, ARTHUR ALBION=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306743, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAVIS, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3865), 292225, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=DAVIS, EDWARD SAMUEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5119), 194384, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=DAVIS, ERNEST GEORGE FRANK=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17054, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=DAVIS, GEORGE DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8815), S.S. 105493, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM WARREN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Welch Regt., eldest _s._ of Henry Warren Davis, of Tre Warren, Milford Haven, J.P., Major of Mining Engineers (Militia) from 1888 to 1902, by his wife, Christobel, dau. of Christopher Robson; _b._ Milford Haven, co. Pembroke, 27 Dec. 1891; educ. Malvern College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Welch Regt. 14 Feb. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1914. On the outbreak of war he went with the 1st Battn. of his regt. to the Front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, near Ypres, 18 April, 1915, being hit by a bomb on the head and killed instantaneously while assisting a wounded comrade. He was buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._ Lieut. Davis was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. He was a first-class swimmer, and won prizes at Malvern; was also a good boxer, and won the amateur heavy weight at Cairo in 1912. His captain wrote of him that “A more lovable and splendid fellow it would be impossible to find.”

=DAVIS, REGINALD WILLIAM=, E.R.A., R.N.R. 1011EA, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAVIS, SIDNEY JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7182), S.S. 1186, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAVISON, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Leading Seaman, 209911, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAVISON, CHARLES GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5469), 201505, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=DAVISON, CHARLES HENRY GEORGE= (_alias_ =CHARLES HENRY PETTMAN=), P.O., 226607, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=DAVISON, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5032), S.S. 104650, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=DAVY, GEORGE HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111068, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=DAWDRY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7924), S.S. 103616, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAWES, ALBERT=, Gunner, R.M.A., 13515, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAWKINS, ALFRED=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4885), 197385, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=DAWKINS, CHARLES JOHN RANDLE=, B.A., LL.B., 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. The Welsh Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Randle Dawkins, of Redhill, Haverfordwest, by his wife, Clara Vaughan, dau. of Charles Vaughan Simmons Bennett, of Haverfordwest, M.R.C.S.; _b._ Haverfordwest, co. Pembroke, 16 June, 1891; educ. at the Haverfordwest Grammar School, Clifton College, and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A., and LL.B. with honours, taking a second class (First Division) in the Historical Tripos, part I, and a first class in the Law Tripos, part II. He was articled to Mr. C. W. M. Price, of Lincoln’s Inn, but on the outbreak of war applied for a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 9th Welsh Regt. 4 Nov. 1914, and proceeded on foreign service on 18 July, 1915. He took part in the great offensive at Loos, and was killed in action near there on 25 Sept. 1915. His capacity as an officer may be judged by the following extract from a letter written by his Company Commander: “He was always ready to volunteer for any task, more especially if it were of a dangerous nature; he was always ready to advise, and it was always the advice of a wise man, and was never proffered in anything but a good spirit; he was very interested in his profession and if ever any out of the way problem arose, one always appealed to him. He was the coolest man I ever met--his coolness under fire was almost uncanny and made the men look up to him with a sort of worship.” Huxley (his orderly) wrote: “I would rather have been struck by the shell myself than Mr. Dawkins, the best friend I ever had or expect will ever have. While he was with me, I did not know what fear was.” He _m._ at Camberley, 8 May, 1915, Enid Myfanwy, eldest dau. of David Evans, of Old Bridge House, Haverfordwest, and gddau. of Ceiriog, the Welsh Poet, and had a son, Thomas Charles Randle, _b._ posthumous, 29 Feb. 1916.

=DAWSON, ALBERT GEORGE=, Yeoman of Signals, 191036 (Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=DAWSON, HENRY BEAL=, Private, No. 8/32, 10th Otago Coy. Otago Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late A. Dawson, Settler, by his wife, Mary (Hampden, Otago, New Zealand); _b._ Hampden District, 8 April, 1891; educ. Hampden District High School; was engaged in farming, but on the outbreak of war was the first from his district to volunteer, and enlisted 12 Aug. 1914; left with the Main Expeditionary Force for Egypt in Oct.; took part in the landing at Gabe Tepe on Sunday, 25 April, 1915, and two days later was shot in the trenches by a Turkish sniper; _unm._ In letters from his comrades he was described as a brave, true soldier, afraid of nothing, and one who had done his duty and had done it well.

=DAWSON, JOHN THOMAS GIBSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9653), S.S. 2426, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=DAWSON, WILFRED YELVERTON=, Private, No. 1173, 4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Yelverton Dawson, of Heathlands, Southbourne-on-Sea, co. Hants, M.D., by his wife, Alice Anne dau. of the Hon. Judge (Henry) Martley, of the Landed Estates Court, Dublin, M.A., Q.C., and gdson. of William Barry Yelverton Dawson, of Bellevue, Mallow, co. York; _b._ Aubrey, Shankill, co. Dublin, 3 Nov. 1871; educ. Sherborne and Trinity College, Cambridge (matriculated 1890); joined the Militia Battn. of the Sherwood Foresters in 1889, and the Cape Mounted Rifles in 1892, and went through the Bechuanaland campaign (medal). Returning to England he entered the Lincoln Theological College in 1895, but when the Boer war began joined Lock’s Horse and served in South Africa, receiving medal and clasp. Returning to England he finished his theological course, and was ordained in St. Paul’s Cathedral, 19 March, 1905. In 1911, he was received into the Roman Catholic Church, spent a short time in Canada, and then returned to South Africa. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he went to Sydney, N.S.W., joined the 1st Division of Australian Infantry, accompanied them to Egypt, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there two days later; _unm._

=DAY, ARNOLD ELLIS=, L.-Corpl., No. 2088, 1/5th Battn. West Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Edward Joseph Day, of 10, South Drive, Harrogate, Agent, by his wife, Adah, dau. of James Ellis, of Staincliffe, near Dewsbury; _b._ Dewsbury, co. York, 19 May, 1889; educ. Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge, Leeds; and was for seven years on the literary staff of the “Bradford Daily Telegraph.” After the outbreak of war he joined the 1/5th West Yorkshires, 28 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 13 July, 1915, being buried at Turcos Farm, near Ypres; _unm._ 2nd Lieut. Allen wrote: “He was in my platoon and a most promising N.C.O. He was shot in the head while carrying out his duties, and died a little while afterwards;” and a comrade: “I wish you could have seen Arnold with the children out here; how they loved him. It was common to see him with a crowd around him, all talking to him at once, all of them adoring him. It was the same with the old people.”

=DAY, AUBREY OLIVER FISHER=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27367 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=DAY, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Rifleman, No. 3047, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), first _s._ of Frederick Charles Day, of 160, Usher Road, Old Ford, Bow, E., Labourer, by his wife, Matilda A., dau. of Samuel Williams; _b._ Bow, 9 Dec. 1894; educ. Monteith Road School, Old Ford Road; enlisted 15 Sept. 1914; left for the front, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 or 28 Sept. 1915; _unm._

=DAY, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Gunner, R.M.A. 7880 (R.F.R., B. 1089), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _m._

=DAY, CHARLES=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., B. 10277), 299330, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=DAY, CHARLES GEORGE=, Drummer, No 7037, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Charles George Day, of 47, South Street, Bishop’s Stortford, Maltmaker, by his wife, Mary Eleanor, dau. of Joseph Bavin; _b._ Bishop’s Stortford, 26 June, 1892; educ. National School there; enlisted in 1st Battn. 26 Nov. 1906, and was transferred to the 3rd Battn. in Oct. 1907, serving with it in Egypt, 1907, to April, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France, Aug. 1914, to Feb. 1915. He was shot through the head by a sniper while building a dug-out close to the brickfields near La Bassée, 22 Feb. 1915, and was buried at Cuinchy; _unm._ His N.C.O. spoke highly of him.

=DAY, HENRY JOHN=, Chief E.R.A., 1st Class 268182, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=DAY, JOHN VICTOR=, Rifleman, No. 5018, Machine Gun Section, 1st Battn. Rifle Brigade, _s._ of Edmund Brassey Day, of 1, Green Road, Whetstone, co. Middlesex, Tramcar Driver, by his wife, Lydia Mary, dau. of Jabez Craddock, of Bradgate, Napier Road, Wembley, Middlesex; _b._ Kensal Green, 6 July, 1896; educ. North Finchley; joined the Rifle Brigade, 20 March, 1912; went to the Front with the 4th Division, served nine months in France and was present at the Battle of Hill 60, also at Neuve Chapelle, and was killed in action in France, 6 July, 1915; _unm._ A comrade, Rifleman H. Rayner, wrote to his father: “Victor was killed in action after we had made an attack and taken the enemies’ trenches. Your son got his machine gun in position and did very good work with it, but it was the next day that he was killed, when the enemy gave us an eight hours’ bombardment; a big Jack Johnson burst on top of the trench, killing about six.” He was buried at Talana Farm [Map reference, Sheet 28, B 18 c, 9-4]. His eldest brother, Edmund Day, Sergt., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., was very dangerously wounded at Richebourg l’Avoue, 10 May, 1915.

=DAY, JOHN WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9629), S.S. 2346, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.